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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2024

 

 

CalAmp Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-12182   95-3647070
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

15635 Alton Parkway

Suite 250

Irvine, California

    92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (949) 600-5600

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $0.01 per share   CAMP   Nasdaq Global Select Market*

 

*

On June 3, 2024, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC determined to delist CalAmp Corp.’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and to suspend trading thereof on June 12, 2024.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed, on May 31, 2024, CalAmp Corp. (“CalAmp”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation, LoJack Global LLC and Synovia Solutions LLC (collectively, the “Debtors” and, together with their non-Debtor affiliates, the “Company”) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “RSA”) with Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP (together with its direct and indirect affiliates, “Lynrock”), as lender under the Secured Term Loan Facility (as defined in the RSA), and a holder of Secured Notes Claims (as defined in the RSA). Under the terms of the RSA, the Debtors and Lynrock agreed to the terms of a restructuring of the Company (the “Restructuring”) pursuant to the terms set forth in that certain Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and its Debtor Affiliates. In connection therewith, on June 3, 2024, the Debtors filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), thereby commencing chapter 11 cases for the Debtors (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) in order to implement the Restructuring. The Chapter 11 Cases have been jointly administered under the caption In re CalAmp Corp., et al., Case No. 24-11136 (LSS).

On July 11, 2024, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) pursuant to which it confirmed the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Modified (Docket No. 133) (as amended, the “Plan”).

On July 31, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), each condition precedent to consummation of the Plan was satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order, and the Reorganized Debtors (as defined in the RSA) emerged from their Chapter 11 Cases. The Plan and the Confirmation Order are attached as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Amended Credit Agreement

As previously disclosed, on December 15, 2023, CalAmp and two of its domestic subsidiaries, CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation and Synovia Solutions LLC, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Original Credit Agreement”, and as amended by the Amendment (as defined below), the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with Lynrock under which the Reorganized Debtors borrowed $45,000,000. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors amended the Original Credit Agreement by entering into the First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) by and among CalAmp as the borrower, the other parties thereto, and Lynrock as lender. The Amended Credit Agreement has a seven-year maturity, subject to optional and mandatory repayment provisions. Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest on and after the Effective Date at an annual rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement plus 5.00%. Other material terms of the Amended Credit Agreement are consistent with the terms described under Item 1.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2023 with respect to the Original Credit Agreement, and such description is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of the Amended Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On the Effective Date, as part of the transactions undertaken pursuant to the Plan, the Secured Notes issued under the Secured Notes Indenture (as defined in the RSA) were cancelled, terminated and, consequently, are now of no further force or effect (the “Secured Notes Cancellation”). Except as described in Item 5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to Lynrock, in accordance with the Plan, holders of Secured Notes Claims are receiving payment in full in cash in full and final satisfaction, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Secured Notes Claims. There were no material early termination penalties incurred by CalAmp in connection with the Secured Notes Cancellation.

The information disclosed under Item 1.01 and Item 5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02 to the extent so required.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information disclosed under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 to the extent so required.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information disclosed under Item 1.01 and Item 5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02 to the extent so required.

 

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Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information disclosed under Item 1.01, Item 5.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03 to the extent so required.

 

Item 5.01

Changes in Control of Registrant.

On the Effective Date, as part of the transactions undertaken pursuant to the Plan, (i) all of the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, together with any shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units, or any other right to receive equity in the Company, in each case, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, were cancelled, discharged and of no further force and effect and (ii) the Company became a privately held company.

On the Effective Date, all $229,139,000 aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes held by Lynrock were cancelled and Lynrock received 100% of the New Equity Interests of CalAmp on account of its Secured Notes Claims. The New Equity Interests issued pursuant to the Plan were issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable, and, to the extent such exemption is not available, then upon the exemption from registration under section 5 set forth in section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Regulation D promulgated thereunder, Regulation S, or another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. On the Effective Date, all classes of equity securities issued by the Company were cancelled, the Company filed a Form 15 to deregister its common stock that was registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company ceased to be a publicly traded company.

Under the terms of the Plan, Lynrock appointed, Cynthia Paul, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Lynrock Lake LP, as the sole director of the Company, as of the Effective Date.

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On the Effective Date, the terms of each of CalAmp’s existing directors ended, and Cynthia Paul was appointed as the sole director of the Company, pursuant to the Plan. Ms. Paul is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Lynrock Lake LP. Ms. Paul will not receive any compensation from CalAmp for her service as director. As of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, Ms. Paul is not expected to be appointed to any committees of the board of directors.

There are no family relationships between Ms. Paul and any executive officer of the Company. Since the beginning of CalAmp’s last fiscal year, there have been no transactions, and are currently no proposed transactions, in which CalAmp was or is to be a participant and in which Ms. Paul had or will have a direct or indirect material interest required to be reported by Form 8-K, other than due to Ms. Paul’s positions and relationships with Lynrock with respect to (i) the Original Credit Agreement in the initial principal amount of $45 million, (ii) the RSA and (iii) the Plan.

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the CalAmp’s Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated. Provisions adopted or changed by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation include the following:

 

   

The name and street address of CalAmp’s registered agent in the State of Delaware.

 

   

The total number of shares of capital stock that CalAmp is authorized to issue was reduced to 100,000 shares, divided into two classes consisting of 90,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

   

In compliance with Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, CalAmp shall not issue nonvoting equity securities; provided, however, the foregoing restriction shall (a) have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to CalAmp, and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect.

 

   

No contract or other transaction of CalAmp with any other person, firm, corporation or other entity in which CalAmp has an interest, shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or more of the directors or officers of CalAmp, individually or jointly with others, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction so long as the contract or other transaction is approved by the Board in accordance with the Delaware law.

 

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None of the stockholders of CalAmp, any of their affiliates, or any members of the Board who are not employees of CalAmp have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (x) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which CalAmp or any of its affiliates now engages, engages in the future or proposes to engage, (y) making investments in any kind of property in which CalAmp makes or may make investments, or (z) otherwise competing with CalAmp or any of its affiliates.

 

   

The Board shall initially be comprised of one director. Previously the Board consisted of no fewer than six and no more than ten directors, and the exact number of directors was to be fixed from time to time solely by resolution of the Board.

Also on the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, CalAmp’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Original Bylaws”) were amended and restated by CalAmp’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws. Provisions adopted or changed by the amendment include the following:

 

   

The registered office of CalAmp.

 

   

Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by (i) the Chairperson of the Board, (ii) the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board or (iii) the Secretary upon the written request (which shall be delivered to and received by the Secretary and shall state the purpose or purposes therefor) of the holders of shares representing not less than a majority of the total voting power of all shares entitled to vote on any issue proposed to be considered at the meeting. The Original Bylaws provided that a special meeting of the stockholders could be called at any time by (i) by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the President or (ii) by the Secretary, following his or her receipt of one or more written demands to call a special meeting of the stockholders from stockholders who hold, in the aggregate, at least 10% percent of the voting power of the outstanding shares of CalAmp.

 

   

The Board shall at all times consist of no fewer than one director and no more than three directors. The Original Bylaws provided that the Board consist of no fewer than six and no more than ten directors.

 

   

The initial director shall be appointed in accordance with the Plan.

 

   

No officer of CalAmp shall be appointed or nominated by the Board to serve as a director unless such officer shall deliver a conditional resignation as director that shall become effective if and when the employment of such officer is terminated, unless the Board otherwise determines.

 

   

Unless otherwise determined by the Board, no party will have observation rights with respect to the Board.

Also on the Effective Date, CalAmp changed its fiscal year to end on December 31st, beginning with the current year ending December 31, 2024. CalAmp does not expect to file a report covering the transition period.

The foregoing summaries of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by references to the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 1, 2024, CalAmp issued a press release announcing that each condition precedent to consummation of the Plan was satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order, and the Reorganized Debtors emerged from their Chapter 11 Cases. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and the attached Exhibit 99.2 is furnished to and not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

 2.1    Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
 3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
 3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws
10.1    First Amendment to Credit Agreement
99.1    Findings Of Fact, Conclusions Of Law, And Order (I) Approving The Disclosure Statement For, And Confirming The Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan Of Reorganization Of CalAmp Corp. And Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant To Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code And (II) Granting Related Relief
99.2    Press Release of the Company dated August 1, 2024
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      CALAMP CORP.
Date: August 1, 2024     By:  

/s/ Jikun Kim

      Jikun Kim
      Senior Vice President and CFO
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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Exhibit 2.1

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

In re:

 

CalAmp Corp., et al.,

 

Debtors.1

 

 

  

 

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 24-11136 (LSS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

AMENDED JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

CALAMP CORP. AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES PURSUANT

TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

L. Katherine Good (No. 5101)

Aaron H. Stulman (No. 5807)

Gregory J. Flasser (No. 6154)

POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP

1313 N. Market Street, 6th Floor

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Telephone: (302) 984-6000 Facsimile: (302) 658-1192

Email:   kgood@potteranderson.com

astulman@potteranderson.com

gflasser@potteranderson.com

Counsel to the Debtors

and Debtors in Possession

Dated: July 9, 2024

Wilmington, Delaware

 

1 

The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number are: CalAmp Corp. (7070); CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation (1740); LoJack Global LLC (4794); and Synovia Solutions LLC (2994). The Debtors’ service address is 15635 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92618.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I.

  DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND COMPUTATION OF TIME      1  

Section 1.1

  Defined Terms      1  

Section 1.2

  Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time      15  

ARTICLE II.

  UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS      15  

Section 2.1

  Administrative Claims      16  

Section 2.2

  Priority Tax Claims      16  

Section 2.3

  Professional Fee Claims      16  

Section 2.4

  Statutory Fees      17  

Section 2.5

  Restructuring Expenses      17  

ARTICLE III.

  CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND EQUITY INTERESTS      18  

Section 3.1

  Classification of Claims      18  

Section 3.2

  Class Identification      18  

Section 3.3

  Treatment and Voting Rights of Claims and Equity Interests      19  

Section 3.4

  Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims      22  

Section 3.5

  [Reserved]      23  

Section 3.6

  Confirmation Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b)      23  

Section 3.7

  Controversy Concerning Impairment      23  

Section 3.8

  Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests      23  

Section 3.9

  Subordinated Claims      24  

Section 3.10

  No Waiver      24  

Section 3.11

  Presumed Acceptance of Plan      24  

Section 3.12

  Presumed Rejection of Plan      24  

Section 3.13

  Voting Class      24  

Section 3.14

  Acceptance by Impaired Class of Claims      24  

Section 3.15

  Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code      25  

Section 3.16

  Votes Solicited in Good Faith      25  

ARTICLE IV.

  MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN      25  

Section 4.1

  No Substantive Consolidation      25  

Section 4.2

  [Reserved]      25  

Section 4.3

  Sources of Consideration for Plan Distribution      25  

Section 4.4

  Restructuring Transactions      26  

Section 4.5

  Corporate Existence      27  

Section 4.6

  Corporate Action      27  

Section 4.7

  New Corporate Governance Documents      28  

 

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Section 4.8   Vesting of Assets    28
Section 4.9   Indemnification Provisions in Organizational Documents    29
Section 4.10   Employment Obligations    29
Section 4.11   Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements    30
Section 4.12   Issuance of New Equity Interests    31
Section 4.13   Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents    31
Section 4.14   Exemption from Registration Requirements    33
Section 4.15   Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes and Recording Fees    33
Section 4.16   Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors    33
Section 4.17   Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions    34
Section 4.18   Preservation of Retained Causes of Action    34
ARTICLE V.   TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES    35
Section 5.1   Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases    35
Section 5.2   Indemnification Obligations    36
Section 5.3   Assumption of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies    36
Section 5.4   Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases    36
Section 5.5   Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases    37
Section 5.6   Insurance Policies    38
Section 5.7   Reservation of Rights    38
Section 5.8   Nonoccurrence of Effective Date    38
Section 5.9   Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date    38
ARTICLE VI.   PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS    38
Section 6.1   Distribution on Account of Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date    38
Section 6.2   Distribution on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date    39
Section 6.3   Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed    39
Section 6.4   Delivery of Distributions    39
Section 6.5   Distributions by Distribution Agent    40
Section 6.6   Minimum Distributions    41
Section 6.7   Undeliverable Distributions    41
Section 6.8   Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations    42
Section 6.9   Surrender of Cancelled Instruments or Securities    42
Section 6.10   Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties    43
Section 6.11   No Postpetition Interest on Claims    44
Section 6.12   Setoffs and Recoupment    44
ARTICLE VII.   PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS OR EQUITY INTERESTS    44
Section 7.1   Disputed Claims Process    44
Section 7.2   Allowance of Claims and Interests    46
Section 7.3   Claims Administration Responsibilities    46
Section 7.4   Adjustment to Claims and Equity Interests Without Objection    46
Section 7.5   Disallowance of Certain Claims or Interests.    46

 

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ARTICLE VIII.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE    47
Section 8.1   Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date    47
Section 8.2   Waiver of Conditions Precedent    48
Section 8.3   Effect of Failure of Conditions Precedent    48
Section 8.4   Reservation of Rights    49
Section 8.5   Substantial Consummation of Plan    49
ARTICLE IX.   EFFECT OF PLAN CONFIRMATION    49
Section 9.1   Discharge of Claims and Termination of Equity Interests; Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Equity Interests, and Controversies    49
Section 9.2   Releases    49
Section 9.3   Exculpation and Limitation of Liability    54
Section 9.4   Injunction    54
Section 9.5   Setoffs and Recoupment    55
Section 9.6   Protection Against Discriminatory Treatment    55
Section 9.7   Release of Liens    56
Section 9.8   Reimbursement or Contribution    56
Section 9.9   SEC    56
ARTICLE X.   RETENTION OF JURISDICTION    57
ARTICLE XI.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    59
Section 11.1   Immediate Binding Effect    59
Section 11.2   Closing of Certain Chapter 11 Cases    59
Section 11.3   Payment of Statutory Fees; Filing of Quarterly Reports    59
Section 11.4   Amendments    60
Section 11.5   Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan    60
Section 11.6   Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Reimbursement    61
Section 11.7   Governing Law    61
Section 11.8   Successors and Assigns    61
Section 11.9   Severability    61
Section 11.10   Controlling Document and Conflicts    62
Section 11.11   Filing of Additional Documents    62
Section 11.12   Service of Documents    62
Section 11.13   [Reserved]    63
Section 11.14   Tax Reporting and Compliance    63
Section 11.15   Exhibits, Schedules, and Supplements    64
Section 11.16   Entire Agreement    64
Section 11.17   Allocation of Payments    64
Section 11.18   Term of Injunctions or Stays    64

 

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INTRODUCTION

Each of CalAmp Corp. (“CalAmp”), CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation (“CalAmp Wireless”), LoJack Global LLC (“LoJack Global”), and Synovia Solutions, LLC (“Synovia” (each, a “Debtor” and, collectively with CalAmp, CalAmp Wireless and LoJack Global, the “Debtors”) jointly propose this prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) for the resolution of outstanding Claims against and Equity Interests in the Debtors pursuant section 1121(a) of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101–1532 (as may be amended from time to time, the “Bankruptcy Code”). Capitalized terms used in the Plan and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I of the Plan.

Although proposed jointly for administrative purposes, the Plan constitutes a separate Plan for each Debtor, and each Debtor is a proponent of the Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors seek to consummate the Restructuring Transactions on the Effective Date. The classifications of Claims and Equity Interests set forth in Article III of the Plan shall be deemed to apply separately with respect to each Plan proposed by each Debtor, as applicable. The Plan does not contemplate substantive consolidation of any of the Debtors.

Reference is made to the accompanying Disclosure Statement for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, results of operations, historical financial information, projections and future operations, as well as a summary and analysis of the Plan and certain related matters, including distributions to be made under the Plan.

ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PLAN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND COMPUTATION OF TIME

Section 1.1 Defined Terms.

The following terms shall have the respective meanings specified below when used in capitalized form in the Plan:

1. “Administrative Claim” means any request for payment of costs or expenses (other than Professional Fee Claims) of the kind specified in section 327, 328, 330, 365, 503(b), 507(a), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code and entitled to priority under section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code, including, but not limited to: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) Bankruptcy Fees; (c) Allowed Professional Fee Claims (d) Restructuring Expenses; and (d) any Claim in respect of Adequate Protection Obligations (as defined in the Cash Collateral Orders).

2. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. With respect to each Entity that is not a Debtor, the term “Affiliate” shall apply to such Entity as if the Entity were a Debtor.

 


3. “Allowed” means, as to a Claim or an Interest, a Claim or an Interest expressly allowed under the Plan, under the Bankruptcy Code, or by a Final Order, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) there is no requirement to File a Proof of Claim (or move the Bankruptcy Court for allowance) to be an Allowed Claim under the Plan, and (b) the Debtors may affirmatively determine to deem Unimpaired Claims Allowed to the same extent such Claims would be allowed under applicable non-bankruptcy Law; provided, however that the Reorganized Debtors shall retain all claims and defenses with respect to Allowed Claims that are Reinstated or otherwise Unimpaired pursuant to the Plan.

4. “Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement” means, the amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement.

5. “Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents” means the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with all related security agreements, collateral agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements and guarantees.

6. “Assets” means, with respect to any Debtor, all of such Debtor’s right, title and interest of any nature in property of any kind, wherever located, including as specified in section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

7. “Avoidance Actions” means any and all actual or potential avoidance, recovery, subordination, or other Claims, Causes of Action, or remedies that may be brought by or on behalf of the Debtors, their Estates or other authorized parties in interest under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, including Claims, Causes of Action, or remedies arising under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code or under similar or related local, state, federal, or foreign statutes or common Law, including fraudulent transfer Laws.

8. “Ballot” means a ballot, as included in the Solicitation Package, upon which certain Holders of Impaired Claims entitled to vote shall, among other things, indicate their acceptance or rejection of the Plan in accordance with the Plan and the procedures set forth in the Solicitation Package.

9. “Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of the Plan.

10. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, or such other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any proceeding within, or appeal of an order entered in, the Chapter 11 Cases.

11. “Bankruptcy Fees” means any and all fees or charges assessed against the Debtors’ Estates under section 1930 of Title 28 of the United States Code.

12. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, the Official Bankruptcy Forms or the local rules of the Bankruptcy Court, together with any amendments made thereto subsequent to the Petition Date, to the extent that any such amendments are applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, and the general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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13. “BNYM” means The Bank of New York Mellon.

14. “BNYMTC” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

15. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a “legal holiday” (as such term is defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).

16. “CalAmp UK” means CalAmp UK Ltd.

17. “Cash” means cash and cash equivalents, including bank deposits, checks, and other similar items in legal tender of the United States of America.

18. “Cash Collateral Orders” means, collectively, the Interim Order (I) Authorizing Limited Use of Cash Collateral; (II) Granting Adequate Protection Liens and Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims to Prepetition Secured Parties; (III) Modifying the Automatic Stay; (IV) Scheduling Final Hearing; and (V) Granting Related Relief and the Final Order (I) Authorizing Limited Use of Cash Collateral; (II) Granting Adequate Protection Liens and Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims to Prepetition Secured Parties; (III) Modifying the Automatic Stay; and (IV) Granting Related Relief.

19. “Causes of Action” means any claims, interests, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, actions, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, liens, indemnities, guaranties and franchises of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, choate or inchoate, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, Disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable, directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, in contract, tort, Law, equity or otherwise including: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by Law; (b) any claim based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of local, state, federal or foreign Law, or breach of any duty imposed by Law or in equity, including securities Laws, negligence and gross negligence; (c) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (d) claims pursuant to sections 362, 510, 542, 543, 544 through 550 or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code.

20. “Chapter 11 Cases” means (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court, and (b) when used with reference to all Debtors, the jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court, collectively.

21. “Claim” means a claim as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code against any Debtor, including Administrative Claims, Other Priority Claims, Other Secured Claims, Secured Term Loan Claims, Secured Notes Claims, and General Unsecured Claims in each case whether or not asserted.

22. “Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent” means Stretto, Inc. in its capacity as noticing, claims, and solicitation agent for the Debtors.

 

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23. “Claims Register” means the official register of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors maintained by the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent.

24. “Class” means a group of Claims or Equity Interests classified together pursuant to section 1122(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

25. “Committee” means any statutory committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee.

26. “Company Parties” means CalAmp and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries that are or become parties to the RSA, solely in their capacity as such.

27. “Confirmation” means the entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases.

28. “Confirmation Date” means the date upon which the Confirmation Order is entered on the docket maintained by the Bankruptcy Court.

29. “Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing to be held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider confirmation of the Plan under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may be adjourned from time to time.

30. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

31. “Consenting Lenders” means the Term Loan Secured Party and the Consenting Noteholders.

32. “Consenting Noteholders” means the beneficial owners of, or nominees, investment advisors, sub-advisors, or managers of accounts that beneficially hold, Secured Notes Claims that have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to the RSA or a joinder thereto to counsel to the Debtors.

33. “Consummation” means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

34. “Cure” means a monetary Claim (unless waived or modified by the applicable counterparty) based upon a Debtor’s defaults under an Executory Contract or an Unexpired Lease assumed by such Debtor under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than a default that is not required to be cured pursuant to section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

35. “D&O Liability Insurance Policies” means the insurance policies and all agreements, documents or instruments related thereto (including runoff endorsements extending coverage, including costs and expenses (including reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees) for current or former directors, managers, and officers of the Debtors and for certain of the future directors, managers and officers of the Debtors for a six-year period after the Effective Date for covered liabilities, including sums that any party becomes legally obligated to pay as a result of judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, settlements, or liabilities arising from activities occurring before the Effective Date) for directors’, managers’ and officers’ liability maintained by the Debtors on or before the Effective Date.

 

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36. “Debtor” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of the Plan.

37. “Debtor Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2 of the Plan.

38. “Definitive Documents” means, collectively: (a) the Solicitation Package; (b) the Plan; (c) the Confirmation Order; (d) the Disclosure Statement (and all exhibits thereto); (e) the Disclosure Statement Order; (f) all material pleadings and motions Filed by the Debtors in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, including the first day pleadings and all orders sought pursuant thereto; (g) the Plan Supplement; (h) the New Corporate Governance Documents; (i) the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (j) all filings and requests for regulatory or other authorizations, licenses, rulings, documents, or approvals from any Governmental Entity or unit necessary to be obtained by the Company Parties to implement the Restructuring Transactions; (k) such other definitive documents relating to the recapitalization or restructuring of the Company Parties as are necessary or desirable to consummate the Restructuring Transactions; (l) the RSA (and all exhibits thereto); and (m) any and all deeds, agreements, filings, notifications, pleadings, orders, certificates, letters, instruments or other documents related to the Restructuring Transactions; in each case, including any amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto and any related notes, certificates, agreements, documents, and instruments (as applicable).

39. “Disallowed” means, with respect to any Claim or Equity Interest, (a) a Claim or Equity Interest, or any portion thereof, that has been disallowed by a Final Order or a settlement, or as provided in this Plan, or (b) a Claim or Equity Interest, or any portion thereof, that is not Allowed.

40. “Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement for the Plan, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, in each case, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the RSA, and that is prepared and distributed in accordance with sections 1125, 1126(b), and 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rule 3018, and other applicable Law.

41. “Disclosure Statement Order” means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement and the Solicitation Package as containing, among other things, “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order may be combined with or entered simultaneously with the Confirmation Order..

42. “Disputed” means, as to a Claim or an Interest, a Claim or an Interest: (a) that is not Allowed; (b) that is not Disallowed under the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order, as applicable; and (c) with respect to which a party in interest has Filed a Proof of Claim or otherwise made a written request to a Debtor for payment, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

43. “Distribution Agent” means the Reorganized Debtors, or any Person designated by the Reorganized Debtors to make or to facilitate distributions in accordance with the Plan.

 

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44. “Distribution Date” means, except as otherwise set forth herein, the date on which Holders of Claims are eligible to receive distributions under the Plan or as soon thereafter as is practicable, provided, that the Distribution Date with respect to the Secured Term Loan Claims and Secured Notes Claims shall be the Effective Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

45. “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

46. “Effective Date” means the date that is the first Business Day on which all conditions to the effectiveness of the Plan set forth in Article VIII hereof have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

47. “Employment Agreement” means any employment, compensation and benefit plans, policies, workers’ compensation programs, savings plans, retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, healthcare plans, disability plans, incentive plans, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans, and programs of each of the Debtors applicable to any of its employees and retirees.

48. “Entity” means an “entity” as defined in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code, and includes, for the avoidance of doubt, a Person.

49. “Equity Interest” means, collectively, any issued, unissued, authorized, or outstanding shares (or any class thereof) of common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, and any other equity, ownership, or profits interests of any Debtor, and options, warrants, rights, or other Securities or agreements to acquire or subscribe for, or which are convertible into the shares (or any class thereof) (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Secured Notes) of common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or other equity, ownership, or profits interests of any Company Party (in each case whether or not arising under or in connection with any Employment Agreement) and all rights arising with respect thereto that existed immediately before the Petition Date.

50. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for the Debtor pursuant to sections 301 and 541 of the Bankruptcy Code upon the commencement of such Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case.

51. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

52. “Exculpated Parties” means collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such, the means (a) the Debtors; (b) the officers of each of the Debtors and the members of any board of directors or managers of each Debtor (or comparable governing body or Person) of each of the Debtors, in each case, who served in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases between the Petition Date and the Effective Date; and (c) all Retained Professionals.

53. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection under sections 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any modification, amendments, addenda, or supplements thereto or restatements thereof.

 

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54. “File” means file, filed, or filing with the Bankruptcy Court or its authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases. “Filed” and “Filing” shall have correlative meanings.

55. “Final Order” means, as applicable, an order, ruling or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction, as applicable, which has not been reversed, vacated or stayed and as to which the time to appeal, petition for certiorari, or move for reargument or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari, or motion for reargument or rehearing is pending, or as to which any right to appeal, petition for certiorari, reargue, or rehear has been waived in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors or, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or, in the event that an appeal, writ of certiorari, or reargument or rehearing thereof has been sought, such order of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of competent jurisdiction (as applicable) has been determined by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari, reargument or rehearing has been denied and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari or move for reargument or rehearing has expired; provided, however, that the possibility that a motion under Rule 59 or Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules or applicable state or provincial court rules of civil procedure, may be filed with respect to such order, ruling, or judgment shall not cause an order, ruling, or judgment not to be a Final Order.

56. “General Unsecured Claim” means any unsecured Claim that is not an Administrative Claim, an Intercompany Claim, a Priority Tax Claim, or an Other Priority Claim against one or more of the Debtors arising (or deemed to arise under the Bankruptcy Code) prior to the Petition Date, including (a) Claims arising from the rejection of Unexpired Leases and Executory Contracts; and (b) Claims arising from any litigation or other court, administrative, or regulatory proceeding, including damages or judgments entered against, or settlement amounts owing by a Debtor related thereto.

57. “Governmental Unit” means a “governmental unit” as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.

58. “Holder” means an Entity holding a Claim against, or an Equity Interest in, any Debtor.

59. “Impaired” means, with respect to a Claim or Equity Interest, such Claim or Equity Interest that falls within a Class of Claims or Equity Interests that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

60. “Indemnification Obligation” means each of the Debtors’ indemnification provisions in place as of the Petition Date, whether in the Debtors’ bylaws, certificates of incorporation or other formation or governing documents, board resolutions, management or indemnification agreements, employment or service contracts, or otherwise for the benefit of the current, former, or future directors of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, director nominees, managers, managing members, officers, members (including any ex officio members), equity holders, employees, accountants, investment bankers, attorneys, other professionals of the Debtors, and such current and former directors’, officers’, and managers’ respective Affiliates, each of the foregoing solely in their capacity as such.

 

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61. “Indemnified Parties” means, each of the Debtors’ respective current directors, director nominees, managers, managing members, officers, members (including any ex officio members), equity holders, employees, accountants, investment bankers, attorneys, other professionals of the Debtors, and such current directors’, officers’, and managers’ respective Affiliates, each of the foregoing solely in their capacity as such.

62. “Indenture” means, collectively, (a)(i) that certain Indenture, dated as of July 20, 2018, by and between CalAmp, as issuer, and BNYMTC, as trustee and U.S. Collateral Agent (as defined in the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by (ii) that certain Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2023, by and among CalAmp, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) party thereto, BNYM, as trustee and U.S. Collateral Agent, and BNYM, as UK Collateral Agent, as further amended by (iii) that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2024, by and among CalAmp, the Guarantors party thereto, BNYM, as trustee and U.S. Collateral Agent, and BNYM, as UK Collateral Agent (as defined in the Indenture) (as may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof).

63. “Indenture Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (and any successors thereto, as permitted by the terms of the Indenture), in its capacity as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and U.S. Collateral Agent (as defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture and in any other capacities under or related to the Indenture.

64. “Indenture Trustee Charging Lien” means the Lien, indemnification, and priority of payment rights in favor of the Indenture Trustee and Secured Collateral Agents under the the Secured Notes Documents, on or with respect to distributions to be made on account of Secured Notes Claims.

65. “Intercompany Claims” means any and all Claims held by any Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor against any other Debtor.

66. “Intercompany Interests” means any and all Equity Interests in a Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor.

67. “Law” means any federal, state, local, or foreign “law” (including common Law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, ruling, or judgment, in each case, that is validly adopted, promulgated, issued, or entered by a governmental authority of competent jurisdiction (including the Bankruptcy Court).

68. “Lien” means a lien as defined in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

69. “List of Retained Causes of Action” means the schedule of certain Causes of Action of the Debtors that are not released, waived, or transferred pursuant to the Plan.

70. “Lynrock” means Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP.

 

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71. “New Corporate Governance Documents” means, as applicable, the organizational and governance documents for the Reorganized Debtors, as amended, amended and restated or replaced, to give effect to the Restructuring Transactions, including, without limitation, the New Shareholders Agreement, the certificates of incorporation, certificates of formation or certificates of limited partnership (or equivalent organizational documents), bylaws, limited liability company agreements, limited partnership agreements, shareholder agreements (or equivalent governing documents) as of the Effective Date, which documents shall contain terms consistent with the RSA.

72. “New Equity Interests” means, means the equity or membership interests in Reorganized CalAmp, to be authorized, issued or reserved on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan and applicable New Corporate Governance Documents.

73. “New Shareholders Agreement” means that certain shareholders’ agreement (if any) that will govern certain matters related to the governance of the Reorganized Debtors; provided, however, that to the extent the Reorganized CalAmp is converted to a limited liability company upon emergence, the references to the New Shareholders Agreement throughout the Plan shall instead refer to a new LLC operating agreement.

74. “Other Priority Claim” means any and all Claims against any Debtor entitled to priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code that are not Administrative Claims or Priority Tax Claims.

75. “Other Secured Claim” means any Secured Claims against any Debtor that are not Secured Term Loan Claims or Secured Notes Claims.

76. “Outside Date” means August 2, 2024.

77. “Person” means a “person” as defined in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

78. “Petition Date” means the date on which the Debtors each Filed a petition for relief commencing the Chapter 11 Cases.

79. “Plan” means this joint prepackaged plan of reorganization under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, including all appendices, exhibits, schedules and supplements to the Plan, (including any appendices, exhibits, schedules and supplements to the Plan that are contained in the Plan Supplement), as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the RSA, the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.

80. “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, agreements, instruments schedules, and exhibits to the Plan (in each case, as may be altered, amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the RSA, the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) to be Filed by the Debtors before the Confirmation Hearing or such later date as may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court on notice to parties in interest, including the following, as applicable: (a) the New Corporate Governance Documents; (b) to the extent known, the identity of the members of the Reorganized Board; (c) the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule, if any; (f) the List of Retained Causes of Action; (g) the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement; and (h) any and all other documentation necessary to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions or that is contemplated by the Plan.

 

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81. “Priority Tax Claims” means any and all Claims against any Debtor of the kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

82. “Professional Fee Claim” means any Claim of a Retained Professional for accrued and unpaid compensation for services rendered (including contingent, hourly, transaction, and success fees), and reimbursement for expenses incurred, by Retained Professionals on or after the Petition Date through and including the Effective Date, that: (a) are awardable and allowable as Administrative Claims pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 503(b) or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise rendered allowable prior to the Effective Date; (b) have not been denied by the Bankruptcy Court by Final Order; (c) have not been previously paid (regardless of whether a fee application has been Filed for any such amount); and (d) are Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court by Final Order. To the extent that any amount of the foregoing compensation or reimbursement is denied or reduced by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction, such amount shall no longer constitute Professional Fee Claims.

83. “Professional Fee Escrow Account” means the trust account held by Debtors’ counsel for the benefit of the Retained Professionals solely for the purpose of paying all Allowed and unpaid Professional Fee Claims, which account shall be funded by the Debtors with Cash on or before the Effective Date in amount equal to the Professional Fee Escrow Amount.

84. “Professional Fee Escrow Amount” means the aggregate amount of Professional Fee Claims and other unpaid fees and expenses that Retained Professionals estimate they have incurred or will incur in rendering services to the Debtors prior to and as of the Effective Date, which estimates the Retained Professionals shall deliver to the Debtors and the Consenting Creditors’ Advisors as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Plan.

85. “Proof of Claim” means a “proof of claim,” as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 3001, or a motion or request for payment of fees, costs or expenses made pursuant to section 503 of the Bankruptcy Code Filed in any of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases.

86. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated” or “Reinstatement” mean, with respect to any Claim, leaving such Claim Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

87. “Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule” means the schedule (as may be amended), if any, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (including any amendments or modifications thereto) that will be rejected by the Debtors pursuant to the Plan and which will be included in the Plan Supplement, which shall be acceptable to the Required Consenting Lenders.

88. “Related Parties” means, with respect to an Entity, collectively, (a) such Entity’s current and former Affiliates and (b) such Entity’s and such Entity’s current and former Affiliates’ directors, managers, officers, committee members, members of any governing body, shareholders, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), affiliated investment funds or investment vehicles, managed accounts or funds, predecessors, participants, successors, assigns (whether by operation of law or otherwise), subsidiaries, current, former, and future associated Entities, managed or advised Entities, accounts or funds, partners, limited partners, general partners, principals, members, management companies, fund advisors, managers,

 

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fiduciaries, trustees, employees, agents (including any disbursing agent), advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, other representatives, and other professionals, representatives, advisors, predecessors, successors, and assigns, each solely in their capacities as such (including any other attorneys or professionals retained by any current or former director or manager in his or her capacity as director or manager of an Entity), and the respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees of the foregoing.

89. “Releases” means the releases given by the Releasing Parties to the Released Parties under Section 9.2 of the Plan.

90. “Released Parties” means each of, and in each case in their capacity as such: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; (c) the Term Loan Secured Party; (d) the Secured Noteholders; (e) the Indenture Trustee; (f) the Secured Notes Collateral Agents; (g) all Holders of Claims; and (h) each Related Party of each Entity in clauses (a) through (g), solely (i) to the extent such Related Party is a Releasing Party and (ii) in their capacity as a Related Party; provided however, that in each case, an entity shall not be a Released Party if it timely Files with the Bankruptcy Court on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases an objection to the releases contained in the Plan that is not resolved or withdrawn before Confirmation.

91. “Releasing Party” means, each of, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) each Company Party; (b) the Term Loan Secured Party; (c) the Secured Noteholders; (d) the Indenture Trustee; (e) the Secured Notes Collateral Agents; (f) all Holders of Claims that (1) are deemed to accept the Plan or (2) are entitled to vote on the Plan and vote to accept the Plan; and (g) with respect to each of the Entities in clauses (a) through (f), such Entities’ Related Parties, in each case solely to the extent the Releasing Party to whom such Related Party is related (i) received notice of the Confirmation Hearing in accordance with the approved solicitation procedures and (ii) is entitled to bind such Related Party to the release provided in Section 9.2 of the Plan under applicable non-bankruptcy Law; provided that in each case, an Entity shall not be a Releasing Party if it timely objects to the releases contained in Section 9.2 of the Plan and such objection is not resolved before Confirmation.

92. “Reorganized Board” means the board of directors or similar governing body of Reorganized CalAmp as of the Effective Date.

93. “Reorganized CalAmp” means either (i) CalAmp, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan or any successor thereto (or as converted from a corporation to another form of entity, as agreed upon between the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders), or (ii) a newly-formed Entity formed to, among other things, directly or indirectly acquire substantially all of the assets and/or stock of the Company Parties and, on the Effective Date, issue the New Equity Interests (and, in each case, including any other newly-formed Entity formed to, among other things, effectuate the Restructuring Transactions and issue the New Equity Interests); in each case, as reasonably agreed to by the Required Consenting Lenders.

94. “Reorganized Debtors” means collectively, each of the Debtors and any successors thereto, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, as reorganized on or after the Effective Date, in accordance with the Plan.

 

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95. “Required Consenting Lenders” means the Term Loan Secured Party and the Required Consenting Noteholders.

96. “Required Consenting Lenders’ Advisors” means Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., each as co-counsel to the Required Consenting Lenders.

97. “Required Consenting Noteholders” means the Consenting Noteholders holding at least 67% of the Secured Notes Claims held by all Consenting Noteholders.

98. “Restructuring Expenses” means the reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) of the Required Consenting Lenders, the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Notes Collateral Agents incurred in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases and the Restructuring Transactions, including, but not limited to, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Required Consenting Lenders’ Advisors, as set forth in the Cash Collateral Orders.

99. “Restructuring Transactions” means the transactions described in Section 4.4 of the Plan.

100. “Retained Professional” means an Entity: (a) employed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to a Final Order in accordance with sections 327, 363, or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered prior to or on the Effective Date pursuant to (i) sections 327, 328, 329, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) an order entered by the Bankruptcy Court authorizing such retention; or (b) for which compensation and reimbursement has been Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court.

101. “RSA” means that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated May 31, 2024, as may be amended, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, by and among the Company Parties (as defined therein), the Consenting Lenders and any subsequent Entity that becomes a party thereto pursuant to the terms thereof (including all appendices, exhibits, schedules and supplements thereto).

102. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

103. “Section 510(b) Claim” means any Claim: (a) arising from the rescission of a purchase or sale of a Security of any Debtor or an Affiliate of any Debtor; (b) for damages arising from the purchase or sale of such a Security; or (c) for reimbursement or contribution allowed under section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code on account of such a Claim.

104. “Secured Claim” means any and all Claims against any Debtor that are secured by a Lien on, or security interest in, property of such Debtor, or that has the benefit of rights of setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, which Lien or right of setoff, as the case may be, is valid, perfected, and enforceable under applicable law and is not subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, but only to the extent of the value of the Holder’s interest in such Debtor’s interest in such property, or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, which value shall be determined as provided in section 506 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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105. “Secured Noteholders” means the Holders of the Secured Notes.

106. “Secured Notes” means those certain 2.00% convertible senior secured notes issued under the Indenture.

107. “Secured Notes Claim” means any and all Claims derived from, arising under, based upon, related to, or secured pursuant to the Secured Notes Documents, including all Claims in respect of principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, premiums, expenses, costs, reimbursement obligations, hedging obligations, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, in each case, with respect to the Secured Notes. For purposes of this Plan, the Secured Notes Claims shall be deemed Allowed in the amount of $230,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and other amounts arising and payable under and in accordance with the Secured Notes Documents.

108. “Secured Notes Documents” means the Indenture Documents (as defined in the Indenture) and all related agreements and documents, including, without limitation, any agreements entered into by any of the Debtors or their Affiliates in connection with the Indenture.

109. “Secured Notes Collateral Agents” means collectively, BNYMTC, in its capacity as the U.S. Collateral Agent, and BNYM, in its capacity as the UK Collateral Agent (each as defined under the Indenture).

110. “Secured Notes U.S. Collateral Agentmeans The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as the UK Collateral Agent (as defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture.

111. “Secured Notes Documents” means the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement, and all related security agreements, collateral agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements and guarantees, and all related agreements and documents, including, without limitation, any agreements executed by any of the Debtors or their Affiliates in connection with the Indenture.

112. “Secured Term Loan Claim” means any and all Claims derived from, arising under, based upon, related to, or secured pursuant to the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement or any related security agreements, collateral agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements and guarantees referred to therein, including all Claims in respect of principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, premiums, expenses, costs, reimbursement obligations, hedging obligations, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, in each case, with respect to the Secured Term Loans.

113. “Secured Term Loan Closing Date” means December 15, 2023.

114. “Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2023, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, by and among CalAmp, as borrower, and Lynrock, as lender.

115. “Secured Term Loans” means the term loans made to the Company Parties under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement.

 

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116. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a– 77aa, or any similar federal, state, or local law, as now in effect or hereafter amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

117. “Security” has the meaning ascribed to such term in section 101(49) of the Bankruptcy Code.

118. “Solicitation Package” means the solicitation materials provided to Holders of Claims in Class 3 by the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent to accept or reject the Plan.

119. “Stamp or Similar Tax” means any stamp tax, recording tax, personal property tax, conveyance fee, intangibles or similar tax, real estate transfer tax, sales tax, use tax, transaction privilege tax (including, without limitation, such taxes on prime contracting and owner-builder sales), privilege taxes (including, without limitation, privilege taxes on construction contracting with regard to speculative builders and owner builders), and other similar taxes imposed or assessed by any Governmental Unit.

120. “Term Loan Secured Party” mean Lynrock, in its capacity as lender under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement.

121. “Third Party Release” has the meaning set forth in section 9.2 of the Plan.

122. “Tracker” means Tracker Network (UK) Limited. 14

123. “Unclaimed Distribution” means any distribution under the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim to a Holder that has not: (a) accepted a particular distribution; (b) given notice to the Reorganized Debtors of an intent to accept a particular distribution; (c) responded to the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ requests for information necessary to facilitate a particular distribution; or (d) taken any other action necessary to facilitate such distribution.

124. “Undeliverable Distribution” means any distribution under the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim to a Holder that is returned to the Distribution Agent as undeliverable or is otherwise unclaimed.

125. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

126. “Unimpaired” means, with respect to any Claim or Equity Interest, such Claim or Equity Interest that is not Impaired.

127. “U.S. Trustee” means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

128. “Voting Class” means Class 3 only.

129. “Voting Record Date” means the date for determining which Holders of Claims in the Voting Class are entitled to receive the Disclosure Statement and to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

 

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Section 1.2 Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time.

For purposes herein: (i) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (ii) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; provided, that nothing in this clause (ii) shall affect any parties’ consent rights over any of the Definitive Documents or any amendments thereto (both as that term is defined herein and as it is defined in the RSA); (iii) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an existing document or exhibit having been Filed or to be Filed shall mean that document or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified, or supplemented; (iv) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” and “Sections” are references to Articles and Sections, respectively, of the Plan; (v) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan; (vi) the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitations, and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (viii) references to “shareholders,” “directors,” and/or “officers” shall also include “members” and/or “managers,” as applicable, as such terms are defined under the applicable state limited liability company Laws; (viii) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation hereof; (ix) unless otherwise specified herein, the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; (x) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be; and (xi) references to docket numbers are references to the docket numbers of documents Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases under the Bankruptcy Court’s CM/ECF system.

The provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein, unless otherwise provided for herein.

All references in the Plan to monetary figures refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

ARTICLE II.

UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, and Professional Fee Claims have not been classified and thus are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Equity Interests set forth in Article III of the Plan.

 

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Section 2.1 Administrative Claims.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim and the applicable Debtor(s) or the Reorganized Debtor(s), as applicable, to the extent an Administrative Claim has not already been paid in full or otherwise satisfied during the Chapter 11 Cases and except as otherwise provided in this Article II, each Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim (other than Holders of Bankruptcy Fees, Professional Fee Claims, or Priority Tax Claims) shall receive in full and final satisfaction of its Allowed Administrative Claim an amount of Cash equal to the unpaid portion of such Allowed Administrative Claim: (i) if such Administrative Claim is Allowed on or prior to the Effective Date, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or, if not then due, when such Administrative Claim is due or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter); (ii) if such Administrative Claim is Allowed after the Effective Date, on the date such Administrative Claim is Allowed or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; (iii) at such time and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the Holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors (with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable; or (iv) at such time and upon such terms as set forth in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, that all accrued and unpaid Adequate Protection Payments (as defined in the Cash Collateral Orders) as of the Effective Date shall be paid on the Effective Date.

Section 2.2 Priority Tax Claims.

Except to the extent that each Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code. To the extent any Allowed Priority Tax Claim is not due and owing on or before the Effective Date, such Claim shall be paid in accordance with the terms of any agreement between the Debtors and the Holder of such Claim, or when such Allowed Priority Tax Claim becomes due and payable under applicable non-bankruptcy Law, or in the ordinary course of business.

Section 2.3 Professional Fee Claims.

All final requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims must be Filed no later than the first Business Day that is forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date. Objections to any Professional Fee Claim must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, the U.S. Trustee, and the applicable Professional within twenty-one (21) days after the filing of the final fee application with respect to the Professional Fee Claim. After notice and a hearing in accordance with the procedures established by the Bankruptcy Code and prior Bankruptcy Court orders, the Allowed amounts of such Professional Fee Claims shall be determined by the Bankruptcy Court.

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall establish (if not already established) and fund the Professional Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the Professional Fee Escrow Amount. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be maintained solely for the benefit of the Retained Professionals. Subject to the rights of the Reorganized Debtors to such remaining amount, if any, in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, such funds shall not be considered property of the Estates of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. No Liens, Claims, or Equity Interests shall encumber the Professional Fee Escrow Account in any way, subject to any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Escrow Account being promptly paid to the Reorganized Debtors after all Allowed amounts owing to Retained Professionals have been paid in full. The amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Retained Professionals shall be paid in Cash to such Retained Professionals from funds held in the Professional Fee Escrow Account when such Professional Fee

 

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Claims are Allowed by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court. In no event shall the Reorganized Debtors be obligated to satisfy Professional Fee Claims to the extent that the Professional Fee Escrow Account is insufficient to satisfy the Professional Fee Claims. Any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, following payment of all Allowed Professional Fee Claims shall promptly be paid to the Reorganized Debtors without any further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay in Cash the reasonable and documented legal, professional, or other fees and expenses related to implementation of the Plan and Consummation incurred by such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor (as applicable) on or after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay, within ten (10) Business Days after submission of a detailed invoice to the Reorganized Debtors, such reasonable Claims for compensation or reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Retained Professionals of the Debtors. From and after the Effective Date, any requirement that Retained Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331, 363, and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor (as applicable) may employ and pay any Retained Professional in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

Section 2.4 Statutory Fees.

The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay all quarterly fees in accordance with section 11.3 of this Plan.

Section 2.5 Restructuring Expenses.

The Restructuring Expenses incurred, or estimated to be incurred, up to and including the Effective Date, shall be paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date or as reasonably practicable thereafter (to the extent not previously paid during the course of the Chapter 11 Cases) in accordance with the Plan, without any requirement to File a fee application with the Bankruptcy Court, without the need for itemized time detail, or without any requirement for Bankruptcy Court review or approval. All Restructuring Expenses to be paid on the Effective Date shall be estimated prior to and as of the Effective Date and such estimates shall be delivered to the Debtors at least three (3) Business Days before the anticipated Effective Date; provided, however, that such estimates shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to such Restructuring Expenses. On the Effective Date, invoices for all Restructuring Expenses incurred prior to and as of the Effective Date shall be submitted to the Debtors. In addition, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall continue to pay, when due and payable in the ordinary course, Restructuring Expenses related to implementation, consummation, and defense of the Plan, whether incurred before, on or after the Effective Date.

 

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ARTICLE III.

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND EQUITY INTERESTS

Section 3.1 Classification of Claims.2

The Plan constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each Debtor, and the classification of Claims and Equity Interests set forth herein shall apply separately to each of the Debtors. Except for the Claims addressed in Article II of the Plan (or as otherwise set forth herein), all Claims and Equity Interests are placed in Classes for each of the Debtors. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors have not classified Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, or Professional Fee Claims, as described in Article II of the Plan.

The categories of Claims and Equity Interests listed below classify Claims and Equity Interests for all purposes, including for purposes of voting, Confirmation and distribution pursuant to the Plan and pursuant to sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. A Claim or Equity Interest shall be deemed classified in a particular Class only to the extent that such Claim or Equity Interest qualifies within the description of such Class and shall be deemed classified in a different Class to the extent that any remainder of such Claim or Equity Interest qualifies within the description of such different Class.

The classification and the manner of satisfying all Claims under the Plan take into consideration (a) the existence of guarantees or alleged guarantees by the Debtors of obligations of other Debtors or Entities; and (b) that Debtors may be joint obligors with other Debtors or Entities with respect to the same obligation.

Section 3.2 Class Identification.

The following chart represents the classification of Claims and Equity Interests for each Debtor pursuant to the Plan.

 

Class

  

Claims and Equity

Interests

  

Status

  

Voting Rights

Class 1    Other Priority Claims    Unimpaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept)
Class 2    Other Secured Claims    Unimpaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept)
Class 3    Secured Term Loan Claims    Impaired    Entitled to Vote

 

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The Debtors reserve the right to separately classify Claims to the extent necessary to comply with any requirements under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable Law.

 

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Class 4    Secured Notes Claims    Unimpaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept)
Class 5    General Unsecured Claims    Unimpaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept)
Class 6    Intercompany Claims    Unimpaired / Impaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept) / Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
Class 7    Intercompany Interests    Unimpaired / Impaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Conclusively Presumed to Accept) / Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
Class 8    Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims    Impaired    Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)

Section 3.3 Treatment and Voting Rights of Claims and Equity Interests.

Except to the extent that the Debtors and a Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, as applicable, agree to less favorable treatment, such Holder shall receive under the Plan the treatment described below in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, such Holder’s Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest. Unless otherwise indicated, the Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest, as applicable, shall receive such treatment on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, or, if payment is not due, in accordance with its terms in the ordinary course.

(a) Class 1—Other Priority Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 1 consists of all Other Priority Claims.

(ii) Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim agrees to less favorable treatment, in exchange for full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Other Priority Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Other Priority Claim shall, at the option of the Debtors (with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) if on the Effective Date, or the applicable Reorganized Debtor, if after the Effective Date: (A) be paid in full in Cash the unpaid portion of its Other Priority Claim on or as soon as reasonably practicable after (1) the Effective Date, (2) the date on which such Other Priority Claim becomes an Allowed Other Priority Claim, or (3) such other date as may be ordered by the Bankruptcy Court; or (B) receive such other recovery as is necessary to satisfy section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 1 is Unimpaired and Holders of Other Priority Claims are conclusively presumed to accept the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such Holders will not be solicited with respect to such Other Priority Claims.

(b) Class 2—Other Secured Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 2 consists of all Other Secured Claims.

(ii) Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim agrees to less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, compromise, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Other Secured Claim, each Holder thereof shall receive: (A) payment in full in Cash; (B) delivery of the collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; (C) Reinstatement of such Claim; or (D) other treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 2 is Unimpaired and Holders of Other Secured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such Holders will not be solicited with respect to such Other Secured Claims.

(c) Class 3—Secured Term Loan Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 3 consists of Secured Term Loan Claims.

(ii) Treatment: On the Effective Date, the Secured Term Loan, the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement, and the Secured Term Loan Facility (as defined in the Cash Collateral Orders) shall be amended pursuant to the terms of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents to, among other things, (i) reduce the Applicable Margin from 6.75% per annum to 5.00% per annum; and (ii) extend the Maturity Date (as defined in the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement) from four (4) years after the Secured Term Loan Closing Date to seven (7) years after the Secured Term Loan Closing Date.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 3 is Impaired and Holders of Secured Term Loan Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

(d) Class 4—Secured Notes Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 4 consists of all Secured Notes Claims.

(ii) Treatment: On the Effective Date, each Holder of an Allowed Secured Notes Claim shall receive payment in full in Cash on account of such Allowed Secured Notes Claim; provided, however, that the Consenting Noteholders have agreed to accept lesser treatment under the Plan and shall receive 100% of the New Equity Interests on account of their Secured Notes Claims.

 

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(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 4 is Unimpaired and Holders of Allowed Secured Notes Claims are conclusively presumed to accept the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Secured Notes Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such Holders will not be solicited with respect to such Secured Notes Claims.

(e) Class 5—General Unsecured Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 5 consists of all General Unsecured Claims.

(ii) Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim has already been paid during these Chapter 11 Cases or such Holder agrees to less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, compromise, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed General Unsecured Claim, each Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall receive, at the Debtors’ option and with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders: (i) if such Allowed General Unsecured Claim is due and payable on or before the Effective Date, payment in full, in Cash, of the unpaid portion of its Allowed General Unsecured Claim on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; (ii) if such Allowed General Unsecured Claim is not due and payable before the Effective Date, payment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; or (iii) other treatment, as may be agreed upon by the Debtors, the Required Consenting Lenders, and the Holder of such Allowed General Unsecured Claim, such that the Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall be rendered Unimpaired pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 5 is Unimpaired and Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such Holders will not be solicited with respect to such General Unsecured Claims.

(f) Class 6—Intercompany Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 6 consists of all Intercompany Claims.

(ii) Treatment: On the Effective Date, each Intercompany Claims shall, at the option of the applicable Debtor (with the consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, be adjusted, Reinstated or cancelled and released without any distribution.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Holders of Intercompany Claims are either Unimpaired, and such Holders of Intercompany Claims are deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, or Impaired, and such Holders of Intercompany Claims are conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, Holders of Intercompany Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

 

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(g) Class 7—Intercompany Interests.

(i) Classification: Class 7 consists of all Intercompany Interests.

(ii) Treatment: On the Effective Date, each Intercompany Interest shall, at the option of the applicable Debtor (with the consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, be adjusted, Reinstated or cancelled and released without any distribution.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Holders of Intercompany Interests are either Unimpaired, and such Holders of Intercompany Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, or Impaired, and such Holders of Intercompany Interests are conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, Holders of Intercompany Interests are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

(h) Class 8—Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims.

(i) Classification: Class 8 consists of all Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims.

(ii) Treatment: On the Effective Date, all Equity Interests and all Section 510(b) Claims shall be cancelled without any distribution on account of such Equity Interests or Section 510(b) Claims.

(iii) Impairment and Voting: Class 7 is Impaired and Holders of such Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims are deemed not to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, Holders of Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and the votes of such Holders will not be solicited with respect to such Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims.

Section 3.4 Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan nothing under the Plan shall affect the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ rights in respect of any Unimpaired Claim, including, but not limited to, all rights in respect of legal and equitable defenses to, or setoffs or recoupments against, any such Unimpaired Claim.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, Plan Supplement, or Confirmation Order, until an Allowed Claim that arises prior to the Effective Date in Classes 1, 2, 4, 5, and, to the extent Unimpaired, Classes 6 and 7 (including Cure claims related to the assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, but excluding claims for damages related to the rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases), or which is an Administrative Claim or Priority Tax Claim (collectively, the “Unimpaired Claims”) has been (x) paid in full in accordance with applicable law, or on terms agreed to between the Holder of such Allowed Claim and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, or in accordance with the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to such Claim, or (y) otherwise satisfied or disposed of as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction: (a) the provisions of Plan sections 9.1, 9.2, and

 

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9.3, but as to 9.2 with respect to the Debtor Release only to the extent that such provision releases claims that could be asserted derivatively by the Holder of such Allowed Claim solely on account of such Allowed Claim, shall not apply or take effect with respect to such Allowed Claim, (b) such Allowed Claim shall not be deemed settled, satisfied, resolved, released, discharged, barred or enjoined, (c) the property of each of the Debtors’ Estates that vests in the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan shall not be free and clear of such Allowed Claims, and (d) any Liens of Holders of Unimpaired Claims shall not be deemed released.

Section 3.5 [Reserved]

Section 3.6 Confirmation Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b).

Bankruptcy Code section 1129(a)(10) shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Plan by one or more of the Classes entitled to vote pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan. The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b) with respect to any rejecting Class of Claims or Interests. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan or any exhibit or schedule thereto in accordance with Section 11.4 of the Plan to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b) requires modification, including by modifying the treatment applicable to a Class of Claims or Interests to render such Class of Claims or Interests Unimpaired to the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.

Section 3.7 Controversy Concerning Impairment

If a controversy arises as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any Class of Claims or Interests, are Impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice and a hearing, determine such controversy on or before the Confirmation Date.

Section 3.8 Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests.

To the extent Reinstated under the Plan, the Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests shall be Reinstated for the ultimate benefit of the Holders of the New Equity Interests and in exchange for the Debtors’ and Reorganized Debtors’ agreement under the Plan to make certain distributions to the Holders of Allowed Claims. Distributions on account of the Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests are not being received by Holders of such Intercompany Claims and Interests on account of their Intercompany Claims and Interests but for the purposes of administrative convenience and due to the importance of maintaining the corporate structure given the various foreign Affiliates and subsidiaries of the Debtors. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, all Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests shall be held or owned by the same Reorganized Debtor that corresponds with the Debtor that held or owned such Intercompany Claims and Intercompany Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

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Section 3.9 Subordinated Claims.

The allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Equity Interests, and the respective distributions and treatments under the Plan, shall take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Equity Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise. On the Effective Date and subject to the provisions of the Plan, any and all subordination rights or obligations that a Holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any distribution to be made under the Plan will be discharged and terminated, and all actions related to the enforcement of such subordination rights will be enjoined permanently. Accordingly, distributions under the Plan to Holders of Allowed Claims (including, for the avoidance of doubt, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 3 and Class 4) will not be subject to turnover or payment to a beneficiary of such terminated subordination rights, or to levy, garnishment, attachment or other legal process by a beneficiary of such terminated subordination rights; provided, that any such subordination rights shall be preserved in the event the Confirmation Order is vacated, the Effective Date does not occur in accordance with the terms hereunder or the Plan is revoked or withdrawn. Pursuant to section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code, except where otherwise provided herein, the Debtors reserve the right to reclassify any Allowed Claim or Equity Interest in accordance with any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination rights relating thereto.

Section 3.10 No Waiver.

Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to waive a Debtor’s, Reorganized Debtor’s or other Entity’s right to object on any basis to any Claim, including after the Effective Date.

Section 3.11 Presumed Acceptance of Plan

Classes 1, 2, 5, and, depending on their treatment, 6 and 7 are Unimpaired under this Plan. Therefore, the Holders of Claims or Equity Interests in such Classes are deemed to have accepted this Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

Section 3.12 Presumed Rejection of Plan

Class 8, and depending on their treatment, Classes 6 and 7, are Impaired and Holders of Claims and Interests in such Classes shall receive no distribution under this Plan on account of such Claims and Interests. Therefore, the Holders of Claims and Interests in such Classes are deemed to have rejected this Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

Section 3.13 Voting Class

Class 3 is Impaired under this Plan. The Holders of Claims in such Class as of the Voting Record Date are entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

Section 3.14 Acceptance by Impaired Class of Claims

Pursuant to section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and except as otherwise provided in section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, an Impaired Class of Claims has accepted this Plan if the Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in dollar amount and more than one-half (1/2) in number of the Allowed Claims in such Class actually voting have voted to accept this Plan.

 

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Section 3.15 Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of this Plan by Class 3. The Debtors request confirmation of this Plan under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Impaired Class that does not accept this Plan pursuant to section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors reserve the right to modify this Plan or any eexhibit or sschedule thereto in order to satisfy the requirements of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, if necessary.

Section 3.16 Votes Solicited in Good Faith

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and each of the Consenting Lenders and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), officers, directors, managers, employees, advisors and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale and purchase of securities offered and sold under the Plan, and, therefore, neither any of such parties or individuals or the Reorganized Debtors will have any liability for the violation of any applicable Law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale or purchase of the securities offered and sold under the Plan.

ARTICLE IV.

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

Section 4.1 No Substantive Consolidation.

The Plan is being proposed as a joint plan of reorganization of the Debtors for administrative purposes only and constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each Debtor. The Plan is not premised upon the substantive consolidation of the Debtors with respect to the Classes of Claims or Interests set forth in the Plan.

Section 4.2 [Reserved]

Section 4.3 Sources of Consideration for Plan Distribution.

The Debtors shall fund distributions under the Plan with: (a) Cash on hand, including Cash from operations; and (b) the New Equity Interests. Cash payments to be made pursuant to the Plan will be made by the Reorganized Debtors. The Reorganized Debtors shall be entitled to transfer funds between and among themselves as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable the Reorganized Debtors to satisfy their obligations under the Plan. Cash payments to be made pursuant to the Plan will be made by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable. Except as set forth herein and to the extent consistent with any applicable limitations set forth in any applicable post-Effective Date agreement (including the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and the New Corporate Governance Documents), any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers shall be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and shall not violate the terms of the Plan.

 

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From and after the Effective Date, subject to any applicable limitations set forth in any post-Effective Date agreement (including, without limitation, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and the New Corporate Governance Documents), the Reorganized Debtors shall have the right and authority without further order of the Bankruptcy Court to raise additional capital and obtain additional financing as the boards of directors of the applicable Reorganized Debtors deem appropriate.

Section 4.4 Restructuring Transactions.

Before, on or after the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors, in each case, with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders, or the Reorganized Debtors, may take all actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by or necessary to effectuate the transactions described in, approved by, or necessary to, effectuate the Plan, including: (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, formation, organization, dissolution or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan, the Plan Supplement and the RSA and that satisfy the requirements of applicable Law; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, duty, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and the RSA and having other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates of formation or incorporation, amendment, merger, or consolidation with the appropriate governmental authorities pursuant to applicable Law; (d) the execution, delivery, and filing, if applicable, of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, formation, reincorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation, conversion, or dissolution pursuant to applicable state Law, including any applicable New Corporate Governance Documents; (e) the execution and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and entry into the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement; (f) such other transactions that are required to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions; and (g) all other actions that the applicable Entities determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable Law. For the purposes of effectuating the Plan, none of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated herein shall constitute a change of control under any agreement, contract, or document of the Debtors.

The Confirmation Order shall and shall be deemed to, pursuant to both sections 1123 and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorize, among other things, all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan.

The terms of the Restructuring Transactions will be structured to maximize tax efficiencies for each of the Debtors and the Consenting Lenders, as agreed to by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders and in accordance with the Plan and the Plan Supplement.

 

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Section 4.5 Corporate Existence.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, or as otherwise may be agreed between the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders each of the Debtors, as Reorganized Debtors, shall continue to exist on and after the Effective Date as a separate corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other form of legal Entity, as the case may be, in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated or formed and pursuant to the respective certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or other analogous formation documents) in effect before the Effective Date, except to the extent such certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other analogous formation documents) are amended by the Plan or otherwise, and to the extent any such document is amended, such document is deemed to be amended pursuant to the Plan and requires no further action or approval (other than any requisite filings required under applicable state or federal Law), without prejudice to any right to alter or terminate such existence (whether by merger or otherwise) in accordance with such applicable Law and the New Corporate Governance Documents. On or after the Effective Date, without prejudice to the rights of any party to a contract or other agreement with any Reorganized Debtor, each Reorganized Debtor may, without the need for approval of the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, take such action as permitted by applicable Law, and such Reorganized Debtor’s New Corporate Governance Documents, as such Reorganized Debtor may determine is reasonable and appropriate, including, without limitation, causing: (a) a Reorganized Debtor to be merged into another Reorganized Debtor or an Affiliate of a Reorganized Debtor; (b) a Reorganized Debtor to be converted into another form of Entity under state Law or be dissolved; (c) the legal name of a Reorganized Debtor to be changed; (d) the closure of a Reorganized Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case on the Effective Date or any time thereafter; or (e) the reincorporation of a Reorganized Debtor under the Law of jurisdictions other than the Law under which the Debtor currently is incorporated.

Section 4.6 Corporate Action.

Subject to the terms of the RSA, on the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date) shall be deemed authorized, approved, and, to the extent taken prior to the Effective Date, ratified without any requirement for further action by Holders of Claims or Equity Interests, directors, managers, or officers of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any other Entity, including: (i) the selection of the directors and officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors, including the appointment of the Reorganized Board; (ii) the distribution of the New Equity Interests as provided herein or in the Plan Supplement; (iv) the execution and entry into and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (iv) the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions; (v) the adoption and/or filing of the New Corporate Governance Documents; (vi) the assumption or assumption and assignment, as applicable, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date); and (vii) all such actions taken or caused to be taken shall be deemed to have been authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court. All matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have timely occurred and shall be in effect and shall be authorized and approved in all respects without any requirement of further action by the directors, officers, managers or shareholders of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

 

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On or (as applicable) before the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, Securities, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements, and instruments contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, including the New Equity Interests, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, the Definitive Documents, and any and all agreements, documents, Securities, and instruments relating to the foregoing.

The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Section 4.6 shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy Law.

Section 4.7 New Corporate Governance Documents.

On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors’ respective certificates of incorporation and bylaws (and other analogous formation and constituent documents) shall be amended, amended and restated or replaced as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, as applicable, and the Bankruptcy Code. The New Corporate Governance Documents shall, among other things: (a) authorize the issuance of the New Equity Interests; (b) authorize the execution, entry into and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; and (c) pursuant to and only to the extent required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, include a provision prohibiting the issuance of non-voting equity Securities. Subject to Section 4.9 of the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its certificate of incorporation and other formation and constituent documents as permitted by the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation and the terms of the New Corporate Governance Documents and the Plan.

On the Effective Date, with the consent of the Required Consenting Lenders, Reorganized CalAmp may enter into and deliver the New Shareholders Agreement, which would become effective and binding in accordance with its terms and conditions upon the parties thereto without further notice to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, act or action under applicable law, regulation, order, or rule or the vote, consent, authorization, or approval of any Entity. If applicable, Holders of New Equity Interests will be deemed to have executed the New Shareholders Agreement and be parties thereto and bound by the terms thereof without the need to deliver signature pages thereto.

Section 4.8 Vesting of Assets.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated herein, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate, all Causes of Action, and any property acquired by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, Causes of Action, or other encumbrances. Subject to the terms of the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire, and dispose of property and prosecute, compromise, or settle any Claims (including any Administrative Claims), Equity Interests, and Causes of Action without supervision of or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free and clear of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules.

 

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Section 4.9 Indemnification Provisions in Organizational Documents.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, upon the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor’s bylaws or other organizational documents, including the New Corporate Governance Documents, as applicable, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, provide for the indemnification, defense, reimbursement, exculpation, and/or limitation of liability of, and advancement of fees and expenses to, the Reorganized Debtors’ current and former directors, officers, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professionals against any Claims or Causes of Action, whether direct or derivative, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, disputed or undisputed, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, asserted or unasserted, in each case, to the extent of the Debtors’ Indemnification Obligations as set forth in the Debtors’ bylaws or other organizational documents. None of the Reorganized Debtors shall amend or restate its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or similar organizational document after the Effective Date to terminate or materially adversely affect (a) any of the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations referred to in this Section 4.9 or (b) the rights of such managers, directors, officers, employees, or agents referred to in this Section 4.9; provided, however, that Confirmation of the Plan shall not impair or otherwise modify any available defenses of the Reorganized Debtors in respect of any Indemnification Obligations.

Section 4.10 Employment Obligations

Subject to Article V of the Plan, and unless otherwise provided herein or otherwise agreed to by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders, all Employment Agreements in place as of the Effective Date shall be assumed by the Reorganized Debtors, shall remain in place as of the Effective Date and the Reorganized Debtors will continue to honor such Employment Agreements and all related arrangements, programs and plans in place as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that any and all employee equity incentive plans, employee stock purchase plans, any other plan relating to options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, performance stock units, performance stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, stock bonuses, other similar agreements or plans relating to equity, equity-linked or other Securities of the Debtors or that have a value that is related to any such equity or other ownership interest in any of the Debtors or their non-Debtor Affiliates, in each case, that are outstanding prior to Consummation shall be cancelled, terminated and of no further force or effect, without further act or action, and the Debtors, their non-Debtor Affiliates and the Reorganized Debtors and their Affiliates shall not have any continuing obligations thereunder.

For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date, all retiree benefits (as such term is defined in section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), if any, shall continue to be paid in accordance with applicable law. Any assumption or rejection of Employment Agreements pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed to trigger any applicable change of control, immediate vesting, termination, or similar provisions therein.

 

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Section 4.11 Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements.

On the Effective Date, except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order: (i) each certificate, share, note, bond, agreement, indenture, purchase right, option, warrant, or other instrument or document directly or indirectly evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of or ownership interest in the Debtors or their non-Debtor Affiliates giving rise to any Claim or Equity Interest, including Secured Notes Documents (but excluding such certificates, notes, or other instruments or documents evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors and their non-Debtor Affiliates relating to the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents or that are specifically Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, if any) and all Equity Interests, Section 510(b) Claims and any Securities or rights exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests outstanding prior to Consummation shall be cancelled, terminated and of no further force or effect, without further act or action, and the Debtors, their non-Debtor Affiliates and the Reorganized Debtors and their Affiliates shall not have any continuing obligations thereunder; and (ii) the obligations of the Debtors and their non-Debtor Affiliates pursuant, relating, or pertaining to any agreements, certificates of designation, bylaws or certificate or articles of incorporation or similar documents governing the shares, certificates, notes, bonds, purchase rights, options, warrants, or other instruments or documents evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of the Debtors (except such agreements, certificates, notes, or other instruments evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors that are specifically Reinstated or assumed pursuant to the Plan, if any) shall be released and discharged; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.11, the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be amended pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and shall not be released or discharged.

Notwithstanding such cancellation and discharge, the Secured Notes Documents shall continue in effect solely for purposes of allowing the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Notes Collateral Agents, as applicable, to: (a) effectuate the Plan (including, without limitation, and subject to the Indenture Trustee Charging Lien), receive distributions from the Debtors under the Plan and to make further distributions to Holders of the Secured Notes on account of such Secured Notes Claims; (b) enforce their respective rights, Claims and interests with respect to the Holders of the Secured Notes Claims; (c) enforce their respective rights to payment of fees, expenses, and indemnification obligations as against any money or property distributable to Holders of Secured Notes Claims, including the Indenture Trustee Charging Lien; (d) preserve the right of the Indenture Trustee to exculpation and indemnification from the Debtors pursuant and subject to the terms of the Secured Notes Documents; and (e) appear and be heard in the Chapter 11 Cases or in any other proceeding, including to enforce any obligation owed to the Indenture Trustee, the Secured Notes Collateral Agents or Holders of Secured Notes Claims under the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order. Nothing in this Section 4.11 shall affect a cancellation of any New Equity Interests or, to the extent not cancelled and discharged in accordance with Article III of the Plan, any Intercompany Interests, or Intercompany Claims. Except as provided in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order, or as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Indenture Trustee, the Secured Notes Collateral Agents, and their respective representatives and professionals shall be automatically and fully discharged and released from any obligations and duties required under or related to the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order, or the Secured Notes Documents.

On and after the final distribution on account of the Secured Notes Claims, the Secured Notes shall be deemed to be null, void, and worthless, and DTC shall take down the relevant positions at the request of the Indenture Trustee without any requirement of indemnification or security on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable).

 

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Section 4.12 Issuance of New Equity Interests.

On the Effective Date, 100% of the New Equity Interests shall be authorized and issued in a single class of equity interests to the Consenting Noteholders in accordance with the RSA and the Plan and shall be distributed as soon as practicable thereafter in accordance with the Plan. All of the New Equity Interests issuable in accordance with the Plan, when so issued, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. The issuance of the New Equity Interests is authorized without the need for any further corporate action and without any further action by any Consenting Noteholder. Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article V hereof shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, including the New Corporate Governance Documents, which terms and conditions shall bind each Holder receiving such distribution or issuance. Any Holder’s acceptance of New Equity Interests shall be deemed as its consent to the terms and conditions of the New Corporate Governance Documents, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time following the Effective Date in accordance with their terms.

Reorganized CalAmp (i) shall emerge from these Chapter 11 Cases on the Effective Date as a private company and the New Equity Interests shall not be listed on a public stock exchange, (ii) shall not be a public reporting company pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor shall it be voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC, and (iii) shall not be required to list the New Equity Interests on a U.S. or any foreign stock exchange.

To the extent the following actions have not been completed on or prior to the Effective Date, Reorganized CalAmp shall (i) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to delist the Equity Interests from the Nasdaq Global Market and to deregister under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable in compliance with SEC rules, (ii) file post-effective amendments to terminate all of CalAmp’s effective registration statements under the Securities Act and deregister any and all unsold Securities thereunder, (iii) file a Form 15 to terminate CalAmp’s registration under the Exchange Act and to suspend CalAmp’s reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to the common stock, and (iv) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to ensure (A) that the New Equity Interests shall not be listed on a public securities exchange and that the Reorganized Debtors shall not be required to list the New Equity Interests on a recognized securities exchange, except, in each case, as otherwise may be required pursuant to the NewCorporate Governance Documents, as applicable, and (B) that the Reorganized Debtors shall not be voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC.

Section 4.13 Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents.

On the Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates that were obligors under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the Petition Date shall enter into the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, as applicable. Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to constitute approval of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents (including all transactions contemplated thereby and all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made and obligations to be incurred by the Reorganized Debtors and any of the Debtors’ applicable non-Debtor Affiliates in connection

 

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therewith, including the payment of all fees, indemnities and expenses provided for therein) and, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, authorization for the Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ applicable non-Debtor Affiliates to enter into and perform their obligations under the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and to execute and deliver such other documents as may be reasonably required or appropriate in accordance therewith, in each case, without further notice to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, act or action under applicable Law, regulation, order or rule or vote, consent, authorization or approval of any Person, subject to such modifications as the Reorganized Debtors or the Debtors’ applicable non-Debtor Affiliates may deem to be necessary to consummate the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents.

The Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates that were obligors under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the Petition Date, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations that continue to be extended pursuant to the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, are reasonable, shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever, and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable non-bankruptcy state, federal or foreign Law.

All of the Liens and security interests granted in accordance with the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents (including the Liens and security interests granted prior to the Petition Date): (i) shall be legal, binding, and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (ii) shall automatically be deemed to continue to be perfected, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; and (iii) shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy Law. The Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates granting such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to confirm and ratify the establishment and perfection of such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other Law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that deemed continued existence and perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of the Confirmation Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable Law to give notice of such continued Liens and security interests to third parties.

 

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Section 4.14 Exemption from Registration Requirements.

The New Equity Interests will be offered, issued, and distributed under the Plan without registration under section 5 of the Securities Act, or any state Law requiring registration for offer and sale of a Security, in reliance upon the exemption provided in section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable, and, to the extent such exemption is not available, then the New Equity Interests will be issued and distributed under the Plan in reliance upon the exemption from registration under section 5 set forth in section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D promulgated thereunder, Regulation S, or another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

In connection with proposed resales of New Equity Interests after the Effective Date, recipients of such New Equity Interests issued under the Plan are advised to consult with their own legal advisors as to the availability of any exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable Blue Sky Laws.

Section 4.15 Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes and Recording Fees.

To the fullest extent permitted by section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfer from a Debtor to a Reorganized Debtor or to any Entity pursuant to, in contemplation of, or in connection with the Plan or pursuant to: (a) the issuance, distribution, transfer, or exchange of any debt, Securities, or other interest in the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; (b) the creation, modification, consolidation, or recording of any mortgage, deed of trust or other security interest, or the securing of additional indebtedness by such or other means; (c) the making, assignment, or recording of any lease or sublease; or (d) the making, delivery, or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, or other instrument of transfer executed in connection with any transaction arising out of, contemplated by, or in any way related to the Plan, shall not be subject to any Stamp or Similar Tax or governmental assessment, and the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall forego the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and shall accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment. Unless the Bankruptcy Court orders otherwise, all sales, transfers and assignments of owned and leased property approved by the Bankruptcy Court on or before the Effective Date shall be deemed to have been in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Plan.

Section 4.16 Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors.

As of the Effective Date, the terms of the current members of CalAmp’s board of directors or other governing body shall expire, such current members of the CalAmp board of directors shall be deemed to have resigned and the members of the Reorganized Board shall be appointed by the holders of the majority of the New Equity Interests in accordance with the Plan Supplement; provided, however, that the initial members of the Reorganized Board as of the Effective Date shall be selected by the Required Consenting Lenders. The initial members of the Reorganized Board will be identified in the Plan Supplement, to the extent known at the time of filing. Except to the extent that a member of the board of directors or board of managers, or the sole manager, as applicable, of a Debtor is designated in the Plan Supplement to serve as a director, manager or sole manager of such Reorganized Debtor on the Effective Date, the members of the board of directors or board of managers, or the sole manager, as applicable, of each Debtor prior to the Effective Date, in their capacities as such, shall have no continuing obligations to the Reorganized Debtors on or after the Effective Date, and each such director, manager, or sole manager shall be deemed to have resigned or shall otherwise cease to be a director, manager or sole manager of the applicable Debtor on the Effective Date. Each of the directors, managers, sole managers and officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall serve pursuant to the terms of the organizational documents of such Reorganized Debtor and may be designated, replaced or removed in accordance with such applicable organizational documents.

 

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Section 4.17 Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions.

Prior to, on, and after the Effective Date, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors and the directors, managers, officers, authorized persons, and members of the boards of directors or managers and directors thereof, are authorized to and may issue, execute, deliver, file, or record such contracts, Securities, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, and any Securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorizations, actions, or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan.

The Confirmation Order shall, and shall be deemed to, pursuant to both sections 1123 and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorize, among other things, all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan.

Section 4.18 Preservation of Retained Causes of Action.

Unless any Causes of Action or Claims against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled in the Plan, the Cash Collateral Orders, or by any other Final Order, in accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue any and all Causes of Action or Claims, including, without limitation, those actions specifically enumerated in the List of Retained Causes of Action, in the ordinary course, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute, or settle any and all such Causes of Action and Claims shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors, as the successors-in-interest to the Debtors and the Estates, may, and shall have the exclusive right to, enforce, sue on, settle, compromise, transfer or assign (or decline to do any of the foregoing) any or all of such Causes of Action or Claims without notice to or approval from the Bankruptcy Court.

No Entity may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order or the Disclosure Statement to any Claim or Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action or Claims against them. All rights of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors to prosecute any and all Claims or Causes of Action against any Entity are expressly preserved, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

 

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ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

Section 5.1 Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

Each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease shall be deemed assumed, without the need for any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, as of the Effective Date under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (a) was assumed or rejected previously by the Debtors; (b) previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms; (c) is the subject of a motion to reject Filed on or before the Effective Date; or (d) is identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule; provided, that the rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be subject to the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders. The assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases hereunder may include the assignment of certain of such contracts to Affiliates. The Confirmation Order will constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the above-described assumptions and assignments.

Except as otherwise provided herein or agreed to by the Debtors and the applicable counterparty, each assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall include all modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements, or other agreements related thereto, and all rights related thereto, if any, including all easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, and any other interests. To the maximum extent permitted by Law, to the extent any provision in any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Plan restricts or prevents, purports to restrict or prevent or is breached or deemed breached by, the assumption of such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (including any “change of control” provision), then such provision shall be deemed modified such that the transactions contemplated by the Plan shall not entitle the non-Debtor party thereto to terminate such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or to exercise any other default-related rights with respect thereto. Modifications, amendments, supplements, and restatements to prepetition Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been executed by the Debtors during the Chapter 11 Cases shall not be deemed to alter the prepetition nature of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or the validity, priority, or amount of any Claims that may arise in connection therewith.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors (with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify or supplement the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule at any time through and including the Effective Date.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the RSA shall be deemed assumed by the Debtors upon entry of the Confirmation Order.

 

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Section 5.2 Indemnification Obligations

The Debtors, and upon the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, shall assume all of the Indemnification Obligations for Indemnified Parties Claims related to or arising out of any actions, omissions or transactions occurring before the Effective Date. To the extent necessary, the New Corporate Governance Documents shall include provisions to give effect to the foregoing. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall not terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies and all members, managers, directors and officers of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy regardless of whether such members, managers, directors, and/or officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date..

Section 5.3 Assumption of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies

The Debtors, and upon the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, shall assume all of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless previously effectuated by separate order entered by the Bankruptcy Court, entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Debtors’ foregoing assumption of each of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies and authorization for the Debtors to take such actions, and to execute and deliver such documents, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to implement, maintain, cause the binding of, satisfy any terms or conditions of, or otherwise secure for the insureds the benefits of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies.

In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Effective Date, none of the Company Parties shall terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any D&O Liability Insurance Policies covering the Debtors’ current boards of directors or other governing bodies in effect on or after the Petition Date and, subject to the terms of the applicable D&O Liability Insurance Policies, all directors and officers of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time before the Effective Date shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy, to the extent set forth therein, regardless of whether such directors and officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

Section 5.4 Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute a Bankruptcy Court order approving the rejections, if any, of any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as provided for in the Plan or the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule, as applicable. Unless otherwise provided by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, all Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, pursuant to the Plan or the Confirmation Order, if any, must be Filed with the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent at the address specified in any notice of entry of the Confirmation Order and served on the Reorganized Debtors no later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not Filed with the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent within such time will be automatically disallowed, and forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or their property, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, or further notice to, action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, and be subject to the permanent injunction set forth in Section 9.4 of the Plan, notwithstanding anything in a Proof of Claim to the contrary. All

 

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Claims arising from the rejection by any Debtor of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be treated as a General Unsecured Claim pursuant to Section 3.3(e)(ii) of the Plan and may be objected to in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Plan and the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.

Section 5.5 Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay Cures, if any, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the parties to the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, all requests for payment of Cure that differ from the amounts paid or proposed to be paid by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to a counterparty must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. Any such request that is not timely Filed shall be disallowed and forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Reorganized Debtor, without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or any other party in interest or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Any Cure shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged upon payment by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors of the Cure; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Reorganized Debtors from paying any Cure despite the failure of the relevant counterparty to File such request for payment of such Cure. The Reorganized Debtors also may settle any Cure without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. In addition, any objection to the assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease under the Plan must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. Any such objection will be scheduled to be heard by the Bankruptcy Court at the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’, as applicable, first scheduled omnibus hearing, or such other setting as requested by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, for which such objection is timely Filed. Any counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that fails to timely object to the proposed assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be deemed to have consented to such assumption.

If there is any dispute regarding any Cure, the ability of the Reorganized Debtors or any assignee to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other matter pertaining to assumption, then payment of Cure shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable after entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute, approving such assumption (and, if applicable, assignment), or as may be agreed upon by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and the counterparty to the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise and full payment of any applicable Cure pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Cures, Claims, or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy-related defaults, arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time prior to the effective date of assumption. Any and all Proofs of Claim based upon Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that have been assumed in the Chapter 11 Cases, including pursuant to the Confirmation Order, and for which any Cure has been fully paid pursuant to this Section 5.5, shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the Effective Date without the need for any objection thereto or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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Section 5.6 Insurance Policies.

Each of the Debtors’ insurance policies and any agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto, are treated as Executory Contracts under the Plan. Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, on the Effective Date, (a) the Debtors shall be deemed to have assumed all insurance policies and any agreements, documents, and instruments relating to coverage of all insured Claims and (b) such insurance policies and any agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto shall revest in the Reorganized Debtors.

Section 5.7 Reservation of Rights.

Nothing contained in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any of the Reorganized Debtors have any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter its treatment of such contract or lease under the Plan.

Section 5.8 Nonoccurrence of Effective Date.

In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Section 5.9 Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, will be performed by the applicable Debtor or the Reorganized Debtors liable thereunder in the ordinary course of their business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE VI.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 6.1 Distribution on Account of Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or a Final Order, or as agreed to by the relevant parties, distributions under the Plan on account of Claims Allowed on or before the Effective Date shall be made on the Distribution Date; provided that: (a) Allowed Administrative Claims with respect to liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business during the Chapter 11 Cases or assumed by the Debtors prior to the Effective Date shall be paid or performed in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms and conditions of any controlling

 

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agreements, course of dealing, course of business, or industry practice; (b) in accordance with Article II of the Plan, Allowed Priority Tax Claims, unless otherwise agreed, shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (c) Allowed General Unsecured Claims shall be paid in accordance with Section 3.3(e)(ii) of the Plan. To the extent any Allowed Priority Tax Claim is not due and owing on the Effective Date, such Claim shall be paid in accordance with the terms of any agreement between the Debtors and the Holder of such Claim, or as may be due and payable under applicable non-bankruptcy Law, or in the ordinary course of business.

Section 6.2 Distribution on Account of Claims Allowed After the Effective Date.

(a) Payments and Distributions on Disputed Claims. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Final Order, or as agreed to by the relevant parties, distributions under the Plan on account of Disputed Claims that become Allowed after the Effective Date shall be made on the next Distribution Date; provided that (i) Disputed Administrative Claims with respect to liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business during the Chapter 11 Cases or assumed by the Debtors on or before the Effective Date that become Allowed after the Effective Date shall be paid or performed in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms and conditions of any controlling agreements, course of dealing, course of business, or industry practice and (ii) Disputed Priority Tax Claims that become Allowed Priority Tax Claims after the Effective Date shall be treated as Allowed Priority Tax Claims in accordance with Article II of the Plan and paid.

(b) Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims. Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Plan and except as otherwise agreed to by the relevant parties, no payments or distributions shall be made with respect to a Disputed Claim until all such disputes in connection with such Disputed Claim have been resolved by settlement or agreement among the relevant parties, or by Final Order.

Section 6.3 Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed.

Except as otherwise provided herein, on the Distribution Date, each Holder of an Allowed Claim shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, Holders of Claims shall not be entitled to interest, dividends, or accruals on the distributions provided for in the Plan, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

Section 6.4 Delivery of Distributions.

(a) Delivery of Distributions in General. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Distribution Agent shall make distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date, or, if applicable, to such Holder’s designee, as appropriate: (1) at the address for each such Holder as indicated on the Debtors’ records (or the records of the Term Loan Secured Party or the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Secured Term Loan Claims and Secured Notes Claims, respectively); (b) to the signatory set forth on any Proof of Claim Filed by such Holder or other representative identified therein (or at the last known addresses of such Holder if no Proof of Claim

 

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is Filed or if the Debtors have not been notified in writing of a change of address); (3) at the addresses set forth in any written notices of address changes delivered to the Reorganized Debtors or the applicable Distribution Agent, as appropriate, after the date of any related Proof of Claim; (4) with respect to Securities held through DTC, in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC; or (5) on any counsel that has appeared in the Chapter 11 Cases on the Holder’s behalf; provided, that the manner of such distributions shall be determined at the discretion of the Reorganized Debtors.

(b) Delivery of Distributions on Account of Secured Notes Claims. Except for the Secured Notes Claims held by the Consenting Noteholders, which Claims shall receive 100% of the New Equity Interests, DTC shall be considered a single Holder of all Secured Notes Claims for purposes of distributions to be made hereunder, and all such distributions on account of the applicable Claims in Class 4 shall be made to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of such applicable Secured Noteholders, or as otherwise set forth in the Plan Supplement. On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Indenture Trustee shall arrange to deliver or direct the delivery of such distributions, except for distributions allocated for Secured Notes Claims held by the Consenting Noteholders, to or on behalf of the Holders of Allowed Secured Notes Claims in Class 4 in accordance with the terms of the Secured Notes Documents, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and the Confirmation Order. Subject to the Indenture Trustee Charging Lien, the Indenture Trustee (at its election) may transfer, direct the transfer of, or facilitate such distributions (and may rely upon information received from the Debtors or the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent for purposes of such transfer) directly through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s customary practices. Additionally, the Indenture Trustee may (but is not required to) establish its own record date for distributions to Holders of Secured Notes Claims. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, and without limiting the exculpation and release provisions of the Plan, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duties, obligations, responsibilities, or liability whatsoever with respect to distributions made or directed to be made by the Indenture Trustee or with respect to any form of distribution that is not DTC eligible (including, without limitation, the New Equity Interests), and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall make such distributions (subject to the Indenture Trustee Charging Lien).

Section 6.5 Distributions by Distribution Agent.

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have the authority, in consultation with the Required Consenting Lenders, to enter into agreements with one or more Distribution Agent to facilitate the distributions required hereunder; provided, however, that any distributions made by such Distribution Agent to Holders of Secured Notes Claims shall be subject to the Indenture Trustee Charging Lien. To the extent the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, determine to utilize a Distribution Agent to facilitate the distributions under the Plan to Holders of Allowed Claims, any such Distribution Agent would first be required to: (i) affirm its obligation to facilitate the prompt distribution of any documents; (ii) affirm its obligation to facilitate the prompt distribution of any recoveries or distributions required under the Plan; and (iii) waive any right or ability to setoff, deduct from or assert any Lien or encumbrance against the distributions required under the Plan to be distributed by such Distribution Agent.

 

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To the extent the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, determine to utilize a third party as Distribution Agent, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay to such Distribution Agent, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by such Distribution Agent without the need for any approvals, authorizations, actions, or consents. To the extent the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, determine to utilize a third party as Distribution Agent, such Distribution Agent shall submit detailed invoices to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, for all fees and expenses for which such Distribution Agent seeks reimbursement and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay those amounts that they, in their sole discretion, deem reasonable, and shall object in writing to those fees and expenses, if any, that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, deem to be unreasonable. In the event that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, object to all or any portion of the amounts requested to be reimbursed in such Distribution Agent’s invoice, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and such Distribution Agent shall endeavor, in good faith, to reach mutual agreement on the amount of the appropriate payment of such disputed fees and/or expenses. In the event that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and a third party Distribution Agent are unable to resolve any differences regarding disputed fees or expenses, either party shall be authorized to move to have such dispute heard by the Bankruptcy Court.

Section 6.6 Minimum Distributions.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Distribution Agent shall not be required to make distributions or payments of less than $100 (whether Cash or otherwise). In addition, no fractional shares of New Equity Interests or Cash shall be distributed, and no Cash shall be distributed in lieu of such fractional amounts. When any distribution pursuant to the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim would otherwise result in the issuance of a number of shares of New Equity Interests that is not a whole number, the actual distribution of shares of New Equity Interests shall be rounded as follows: (a) fractions of one-half (1/2) or greater shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and (b) fractions of less than one-half (1/2) shall be rounded to the next lower whole number with no further payment therefore. The total number of authorized shares of New Equity Interests to be distributed under the Plan shall be adjusted as necessary to account for the foregoing rounding.

Section 6.7 Undeliverable Distributions.

(a) Holders of Certain Undeliverable Distributions. If any distribution to a Holder of an Allowed Claim made in accordance herewith is returned to the Reorganized Debtors (or their Distribution Agent) as undeliverable, no further distributions shall be made to such Holder. Undeliverable distributions shall remain in the possession of the Reorganized Debtors, subject to Section 6.7(b) of the Plan, until such time as any such distributions become deliverable. Undeliverable distributions shall not be entitled to any additional interest, dividends, or other accruals of any kind on account of their distribution being undeliverable.

(b) Failure to Claim Undeliverable Distributions. Undeliverable Distributions or Unclaimed Distributions shall remain in the possession of the Reorganized Debtors until such time as a Distribution becomes deliverable or the Holder accepts Distribution, or such Distribution reverts back to the Reorganized Debtors, and shall not be supplemented with any interest,

 

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dividends, or other accruals of any kind. Such Distributions shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code at the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of the attempted Distribution. After such date, all unclaimed property or interest in property shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors, and the Claim of any other Holder to such property or interest in property shall be discharged and forever barred. The Reorganized Debtors shall have no obligation to attempt to locate any Holder of an Allowed Claim other than by reviewing the Debtors’ books and records and filings with the Bankruptcy Court.

(c) Failure to Present Checks. Checks issued by the Reorganized Debtors (or their Distribution Agent) on account of Allowed Claims shall be null and void if not negotiated within ninety (90) days after the issuance of such check. Any Holder of an Allowed Claim holding an un-negotiated check that does not request reissuance of such un-negotiated check within ninety (90) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of such check shall have its Claim for such un-negotiated check discharged and be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting any such Claim against the Reorganized Debtors or their property. Within ninety (90) days after the mailing or other delivery of any such distribution checks, notwithstanding applicable escheatment Laws, all such distributions shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors. Nothing contained herein shall require the Reorganized Debtors to attempt to locate any Holder of an Allowed Claim.

Section 6.8 Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations.

In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, the Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on them by any Governmental Unit, and all distributions pursuant hereto shall be subject to such withholding and reporting requirements. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Reorganized Debtors and the Distribution Agent shall be authorized to take all actions reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including (a) liquidating a portion of the distribution to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes (b) withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions including the appropriate Internal Revenue Service W-8 or W-9 forms and, in the absence of receipt of such information within a reasonable period of time, deeming such Claims to be waived without further Order of the Court, or (c) establishing any other mechanisms they believe are reasonable and appropriate. If the Reorganized Debtors or their Distribution Agent request that the Holder of an Allowed Claim complete the appropriate Internal Revenue Service W-8 or W-9 form and the Holder fails to comply before the date that is ninety (90) days after the request is made, the amount of such Distribution shall irrevocably revert to the Reorganized Debtors and any Claim in respect of such Distribution shall be disallowed and forever barred from receiving a Distribution under the Plan. The Reorganized Debtors reserve the right to allocate all distributions made under the Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support and other spousal awards, liens, and encumbrances.

Section 6.9 Surrender of Cancelled Instruments or Securities.

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, each Holder of a certificate or instrument evidencing a Claim or Equity Interest that is discharged by the Plan shall be deemed to have surrendered such certificate or instrument to the Reorganized Debtors. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, such surrendered certificate or instrument shall be

 

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cancelled solely with respect to the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, and such cancellation shall not alter the obligations or rights of any non-Debtor third parties vis-à-vis one another with respect to such certificate or instrument, including with respect to any indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the Holder of a Claim or Equity Interests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this paragraph shall not apply to certificates or instruments evidencing Claims that are Unimpaired under the Plan, other than the Secured Note Claims.

Section 6.10 Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties.

(a) Claims Paid by Third Parties. A Claim shall be correspondingly reduced, and the applicable portion of such Claim shall be deemed satisfied without an objection to such Claim having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, to the extent that the Holder of such Claim receives a payment on account of such Claim from a party that is not a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor; provided, however, that unless otherwise provided in the Plan, any Disputed Claims shall be adjudicated or resolved in accordance with Section 7.1 of the Plan. Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, to the extent a Holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim and receives payment from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor on account of such Claim, such Holder shall, within fourteen (14) days of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor, to the extent the Holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan. The failure of such Holder to timely repay or return such distribution shall result in the Holder owing the applicable Reorganized Debtor annualized interest at the Federal Judgment Rate on such amount owed for each Business Day after the 14-day grace period specified above until the amount is fully repaid.

(b) Claims Payable by Third Parties. No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of an Allowed Claim that is payable pursuant to one of the Debtors’ insurance policies until the Holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to such insurance policy. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full or in part a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, the applicable portion of such Claim shall be deemed satisfied without a Claim objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, however, that unless otherwise provided in the Plan, any Disputed Claims shall be adjudicated or resolved in accordance with Section 7.1 of the Plan.

(c) Applicability of Insurance Policies. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable insurance policy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including Articles III and IX of the Plan), nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a release, settlement, satisfaction, compromise, or waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Entity may hold against any other Entity, including insurers, under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

 

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Section 6.11 No Postpetition Interest on Claims.

Unless otherwise specifically provided for in the Cash Collateral Orders, the Plan or the Confirmation Order, or required by applicable bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy law, postpetition interest shall not accrue or be paid on any prepetition Claims against the Debtors, and no Holder of a prepetition Claim against the Debtors shall be entitled to interest accruing on or after the Petition Date on any such prepetition Claim. Additionally, and without limiting the foregoing, interest shall not accrue or be paid on any Disputed Claim with respect to the period from the Effective Date to the date a final distribution is made on account of such Disputed Claim, if and when such Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

Section 6.12 Setoffs and Recoupment.

Except as expressly provided in this Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may, pursuant to sections 553 or 558 of the Bankruptcy Code, set off and/or recoup against any Plan Distributions to be made on account of any Allowed Claim, any and all Claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim to the extent such setoff or recoupment is either (a) agreed in amount among the relevant Reorganized Debtor(s) and Holder of an Allowed Claim or (b) otherwise adjudicated by the Bankruptcy Court or another court of competent jurisdiction; provided that neither the failure to effectuate a setoff or recoupment nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by a Reorganized Debtor or its successor of any and all Claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor or its successor may possess against the applicable Holder. In no event shall any Holder of Claims against, or Interests in, the Debtors be entitled to recoup any such Claim or Interest against any claim, right, or Cause of Action of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, unless such Holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors in accordance with Section 11.12 of the Plan on or before the Effective Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of recoupment.

ARTICLE VII.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED

CLAIMS OR EQUITY INTERESTS

Section 7.1 Disputed Claims Process.

(a) No Filing of Proofs of Claim or Interest.

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, Holders of Claims or Interests shall not be required to File a Proof of Claim or proof of interest, and no parties should File a Proof of Claim or proof of Interest. All Filed Proofs of Claim shall be deemed objected to and Disputed without further action by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors; provided, however, that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to object to any Claim that is entitled, or deemed to be entitled, to a distribution under this Plan or is rendered Unimpaired under this Plan. Instead, the Debtors intend to make distributions, as required by this Plan, in accordance with the books and records of the Debtors. For the avoidance of doubt, the Plan does not intend to impair or otherwise impact the rights of Holders of General Unsecured Claims or the Debtors’ customers.

 

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If any such Holder of a Claim disagrees with the Debtors’ books and records with respect to the Allowed amount of such Holder’s Claim, such Holder must so advise the Debtors in writing within 30 days of receipt of any distribution on account of such Holder’s Claim, in which event the Claim shall become a Disputed Claim. The Reorganized Debtors intend to attempt to resolve any such disputes consensually or through judicial means outside these Chapter 11 Cases and the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court as if the Chapter 11 Cases were never commenced.

Nevertheless, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may, in their discretion, File with the Bankruptcy Court (or any other court of competent jurisdiction) an objection to the allowance of any Claim or Interest or any other appropriate motion or adversary proceeding with respect thereto. All such objections shall be litigated to Final Order; provided, however, that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may compromise, settle, withdraw, or resolve by any other method approved by the Bankruptcy Court any objections to Claims or Interests.

Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Confirmation Order, all Proofs of Claim Filed before or after the Effective Date shall be disallowed and forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Reorganized Debtor, without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 of this Plan, the rights of Holders of Claims are not affected by the automatic disallowance and expungement of any Proofs of Claim as provided for in this Plan.

(b) Claims Estimation.

Any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, may, at any time, request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any contingent or unliquidated Claim pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, regardless of whether such Debtor has previously objected to such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any objection, and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal related to any such objection. Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in this Plan, a Claim against any Debtor that has been expunged from the Claims Register, but that either is subject to appeal or has not been the subject of a Final Order, shall be deemed to be estimated at zero dollars, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent or unliquidated Claim, that estimated amount shall constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court. If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on such Claim, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate payment on such Claim. All of the aforementioned objection, estimation, and resolution procedures are cumulative and are not necessarily exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and thereafter resolved by any permitted mechanism.

 

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Section 7.2 Allowance of Claims and Interests.

Except as expressly provided herein or any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases on or before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), no Claim or Interest shall be deemed Allowed unless and until such Claim or Interest is deemed Allowed under the Bankruptcy Code or under this Plan, or the Bankruptcy Court enters a Final Order in the Chapter 11 Cases allowing such Claim under section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code. Except as expressly provided in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases on or before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), the Reorganized Debtors after Confirmation shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses the Debtors had with respect to any Claim or Interest as of the Petition Date.

Section 7.3 Claims Administration Responsibilities.

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the exclusive authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment any objections to Claims or Interests as permitted under this Plan. From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity Interest without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Reorganized Debtors shall administer and adjust the Claims Register and their respective books and records to reflect any such settlements or compromises without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Reorganized Debtors also reserve the right to resolve any Disputed Claim or Disputed Equity Interest in an appropriate forum outside the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.

Section 7.4 Adjustment to Claims and Equity Interests Without Objection.

Any duplicate Claim or Interest, any Claim that is substantiated by an invoice that is invalid, previously rejected, or otherwise deemed erroneous by the Debtors, any Claim asserted solely on the basis of an Equity Interest (other than a Section 510(b) Claim), or any Claim or Interest that has been paid, satisfied, amended, or superseded, may be adjusted on the Claims Register by the Reorganized Debtors without filing a claim objection and without any further notice or action by the Reorganized Debtors or any order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

Section 7.5 Disallowance of Certain Claims or Interests.

All Claims and Interests of any Entity from which property is sought by the Debtors under sections 542, 543, 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors allege is a transferee of a transfer that is avoidable under sections 522(f), 522(h), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be disallowed if: (a) the Entity, on the one hand, and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, on the other hand, agree or the Bankruptcy Court has determined by Final Order that such Entity or transferee is liable to turn over any property or monies under any of the aforementioned Bankruptcy Code sections; and (b) such Entity or transferee has failed to turn over such property by the date set forth in such agreement or Final Order.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 8.1 Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date.

The Effective Date shall not occur unless and until each of the following conditions have occurred in accordance with the terms herein or have been waived in accordance with Section 8.2 of the Plan:

a. the RSA shall not have been terminated as to all parties thereto in accordance with its terms and shall be in full force and effect;

b. the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Cash Collateral Orders and the Cash Collateral Orders shall be in full force and effect;

c. no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Cash Collateral Orders;

d. the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order in form and substance consistent with the RSA, and the Confirmation Order shall have become a Final Order;

e. all Definitive Documents and any other documents necessary or desirable to effect the Restructuring Transactions shall (i) be consistent with the RSA and otherwise approved by the applicable parties thereto consistent with their respective consent and approval rights as set forth in the RSA, (ii) have been executed or deemed executed and delivered by each party thereto, and any conditions precedent related thereto shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable party or parties, and (iii) shall be adopted on terms consistent with the RSA;

f. all actions, documents and agreements necessary to implement and consummate the Plan as mutually agreed to by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders shall have been effected and executed;

g. the New Corporate Governance Documents shall have been adopted on terms consistent with the RSA and, to the extent required under applicable non-bankruptcy Law, shall have been duly filed with the applicable authorities in the relevant jurisdictions;

h. all authorizations, consents, regulatory approvals, rulings, actions, documents, and agreements necessary to implement and consummate the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions (in each case, if and as required, or otherwise deemed advisable by the Debtors and the Required Consenting Lenders after good faith discussions) shall have been obtained, effected, and executed, not be subject to unfulfilled conditions, and be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent, or otherwise impose materially adverse conditions on the consummation of the Plan or the Restructuring Transactions;

 

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i. the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents shall have been executed and delivered by each party thereto, and each of the conditions precedent related thereto shall have been satisfied or waived, other than such conditions that relate to the effectiveness of the Plan and related transactions, including payment of fees and expenses;

j. the New Equity Interests shall have been issued;

k. all steps necessary to consummate the Restructuring Transactions shall have been effected;

l. the releases, exculpation and injunction provided for under the Plan shall have been approved;

m. all Restructuring Expenses shall have been paid in full; and

n. no court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority shall have issued a final and non-appealable order making illegal or otherwise restricting, preventing, or prohibiting the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions, the RSA, or any of the Definitive Documents contemplated therein.

Section 8.2 Waiver of Conditions Precedent.

The Debtors (with the prior written consent (including via email from counsel) of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may waive any of the conditions to the Effective Date set forth in Section 8.1 of the Plan at any time, without any notice to parties in interest and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, and without any formal action other than a proceeding to confirm the Plan. The failure of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of such rights or any other rights, and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right, which may be asserted at any time.

Section 8.3 Effect of Failure of Conditions Precedent.

If the Effective Date does not occur prior to or on the Outside Date (as may be extended with the prior written consent (including via email from counsel), of the Required Consenting Lenders), then the Debtors shall, within two (2) business day thereof, File a notice of the failure of such condition precedent on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court. Upon such notice by the Debtors to the Bankruptcy Court: (a) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (b) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan, assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected under the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (c) nothing contained in the Plan, the Confirmation Order, or the Disclosure Statement shall: (i) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims, Equity Interests, or Causes of Action; (ii) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other Entity; or (iii) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by the Debtors or any other Entity.

 

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Section 8.4 Reservation of Rights.

The Plan shall have no force or effect unless and until the Confirmation Order is entered. Prior to the Effective Date, none of the filing of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan, or action taken by the Debtors with respect to the Plan shall be, or shall be deemed to be, an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor or any other party with respect to any Claims or Equity Interests or any other matter.

Section 8.5 Substantial Consummation of Plan.

“Substantial consummation” of the Plan, as defined in section 1101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed to occur on the Effective Date.

ARTICLE IX.

EFFECT OF PLAN CONFIRMATION

Section 9.1 Discharge of Claims and Termination of Equity Interests; Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Equity Interests, and Controversies.

Pursuant to and to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the distributions, rights, and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge, effective as of the Effective Date, of all Equity Interests and Claims of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or any of their Assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (i) a Proof of Claim or Equity Interest is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a Claim or Equity Interest is Allowed; or (iii) the Holder of such Claim or Equity Interest has accepted or rejected, or been deemed to accept or reject, the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any default by the Debtors or their Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Equity Interest that existed immediately prior to or on account of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured on the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Equity Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan.

Section 9.2 Releases.

RELEASES BY THE DEBTORS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THE PLAN TO THE CONTRARY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 1123(B) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, EACH RELEASED PARTY IS DEEMED, HEREBY CONCLUSIVELY, ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY

 

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AND FOREVER RELEASED AND DISCHARGED BY THE DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, AND THEIR ESTATES, IN EACH CASE ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, REPRESENTATIVES, ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS THAT MAY PURPORT TO ASSERT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION DERIVATIVELY, BY OR THROUGH THE FOREGOING PERSONS (THE “DEBTOR RELEASE”) FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING ANY DERIVATIVE CLAIMS, ASSERTED OR ASSERTABLE ON BEHALF OF THE DEBTORS OR THEIR ESTATES), WHETHER LIQUIDATED OR UNLIQUIDATED, FIXED OR CONTINGENT, MATURED OR UNMATURED, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, ASSERTED OR UNASSERTED, ACCRUED OR UNACCRUED, EXISTING OR HEREINAFTER ARISING, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT OR CONTRACT, WHETHER ARISING UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC LAW, RULE, STATUTE, REGULATION, TREATY, RIGHT, DUTY, REQUIREMENT OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE DEBTORS, THEIR ESTATES, OR THEIR AFFILIATES, HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, MANAGERS, ACCOUNTANTS, ATTORNEYS, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS AND ANY OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ENTITLED TO ASSERT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT (WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY) OR ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER OF ANY CLAIM AGAINST OR INTEREST IN A DEBTOR OR OTHER ENTITY, OR THAT ANY HOLDER OF ANY CLAIM AGAINST OR INTEREST IN A DEBTOR OR OTHER ENTITY COULD HAVE ASSERTED ON BEHALF OF THE DEBTORS, BASED ON OR RELATING TO OR IN ANY MANNER ARISING FROM IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE DEBTORS OR THEIR ESTATES, THE DEBTORS’ OPERATIONS, THE DEBTORS’ RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS, THE PURCHASE, SALE OR RESCISSION OF THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OF THE DEBTORS, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF, OR THE TRANSACTIONS OR EVENTS GIVING RISE TO, ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST THAT IS TREATED UNDER THE PLAN, THE SECURED NOTES, THE SECURED NOTES CLAIMS, THE SECURED NOTES DOCUMENTS, THE SECURED TERM LOAN CLAIMS, ANY AVOIDANCE ACTIONS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE BUSINESS OR CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE DEBTORS AND ANY RELEASED PARTY, THE RESTRUCTURING OF ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST BEFORE OR DURING THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, SOLICITATION, NEGOTIATION, ENTRY INTO, FILING OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RSA, THE CASH COLLATERAL ORDERS, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES ON THE PLAN, THE PLAN, ANY PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE AMENDED SECURED TERM LOAN CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, OR ANY RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTION, CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, RELEASE, OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CREATED OR ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE RSA, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE PLAN, ANY PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FILING OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES,

 

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THE PURSUIT OF CONFIRMATION, THE PURSUIT OF CONSUMMATION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE ISSUANCE OR DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE PLAN, OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT, OR UPON ANY OTHER ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION, AGREEMENT, EVENT, OR OTHER OCCURRENCE TAKING PLACE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE RELEASES SET FORTH ABOVE DO NOT RELEASE: (A) ANY POST-EFFECTIVE DATE OBLIGATIONS OF ANY PARTY OR ENTITY UNDER THE PLAN, THE CONFIRMATION ORDER, OR ANY POST-EFFECTIVE DATE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS, OR ANY DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT, OR AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH IN ANY PLAN SUPPLEMENT, AS APPLICABLE) EXECUTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN OR THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS; (B) THE RIGHTS OF ANY HOLDER OF ALLOWED CLAIMS TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PLAN; OR (C) ANY MATTERS RETAINED BY THE DEBTORS AND THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE OF RETAINED CAUSES OF ACTION.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE DEBTOR RELEASES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS RELEASING ANY RELEASED PARTY FROM ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED BY A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED ACTUAL FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE.

ENTRY OF THE CONFIRMATION ORDER SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S APPROVAL, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY RULE 9019, OF THE DEBTOR RELEASE, WHICH INCLUDES BY REFERENCE EACH OF THE RELATED PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN THE PLAN, AND FURTHER, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S FINDING THAT THE DEBTOR RELEASE IS: (A) IN EXCHANGE FOR THE GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY THE RELEASED PARTIES, INCLUDING, THE RELEASED PARTIES’ CONTRIBUTION TO FACILITATING THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN; (B) A GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT AND COMPROMISE OF THE CLAIMS RELEASED BY THE DEBTOR RELEASE; (C) IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DEBTORS AND ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS; (D) FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND REASONABLE; (E) GIVEN AND MADE AFTER DUE NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING; AND (F) A BAR TO ANY OF THE DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, OR THE DEBTORS’ ESTATES ASSERTING ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION RELEASED PURSUANT TO THE DEBTOR RELEASE.

 

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CONSENSUAL RELEASES BY RELEASING PARTIES. PURSUANT TO SECTION 1123(b) AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS PLAN OR THE CONFIRMATION ORDER, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, IN EXCHANGE FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY EACH OF THE RELEASED PARTIES, THE ADEQUACY OF WHICH IS HEREBY CONFIRMED, EACH RELEASED PARTY IS HEREBY DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CONCLUSIVELY, ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND FOREVER, RELEASED AND DISCHARGED (THE “THIRD PARTY RELEASE”) BY EACH RELEASING PARTY, IN EACH CASE ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS THAT MAY PURPORT TO ASSERT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION DERIVATIVELY, BY OR THROUGH THE FOREGOING PERSONS, IN EACH CASE SOLELY TO THE EXTENT OF THE RELEASING PARTIES’ AUTHORITY TO BIND ANY OF THE FOREGOING, INCLUDING PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT OR APPLICABLE NON-BANKRUPTCY LAW, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING ANY DERIVATIVE CLAIMS, ASSERTED OR ASSERTABLE ON BEHALF OF THE DEBTORS OR THEIR ESTATES), WHETHER LIQUIDATED OR UNLIQUIDATED, FIXED OR CONTINGENT, MATURED OR UNMATURED, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, ASSERTED OR UNASSERTED, ACCRUED OR UNACCRUED, EXISTING OR HEREINAFTER ARISING, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT OR CONTRACT, WHETHER ARISING UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC LAW, RULE, STATUTE, REGULATION, TREATY, RIGHT, DUTY, REQUIREMENT OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTIES OR THEIR ESTATES, AFFILIATES, HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, MANAGERS, ACCOUNTANTS, ATTORNEYS, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS AND ANY OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ENTITLED TO ASSERT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT (WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY) OR ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER OF ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST OR OTHER PERSON, BASED ON OR RELATING TO OR IN ANY MANNER ARISING FROM, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE DEBTORS OR THEIR ESTATES, DEBTORS’ OPERATIONS, THE DEBTORS’ RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS, THE PURCHASE, SALE OR RESCISSION OF THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OF THE DEBTORS, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF, OR THE TRANSACTIONS OR EVENTS GIVING RISE TO, ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST THAT IS TREATED UNDER THE PLAN, ANY AVOIDANCE ACTIONS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE BUSINESS OR CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE DEBTORS AND ANY RELEASING PARTY, THE RESTRUCTURING OF ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST BEFORE OR DURING THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, SOLICITATION, NEGOTIATION, ENTRY INTO, FILING, OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RSA, THE CASH COLLATERAL ORDERS, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES ON THE PLAN, THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE AMENDED SECURED TERM LOAN CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, OR ANY RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS, CONTRACT,

 

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INSTRUMENT, RELEASE, OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CREATED OR ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE RSA THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE PLAN, THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FILING OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE PURSUIT OF CONFIRMATION, THE PURSUIT OF CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT, OR UPON ANY OTHER RELATED ACT OR OMISSION, TRANSACTION, AGREEMENT, EVENT, OR OTHER OCCURRENCE TAKING PLACE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE THIRD-PARTY RELEASE DOES NOT RELEASE: (A) ANY POST-EFFECTIVE DATE OBLIGATIONS OF ANY PARTY OR ENTITY UNDER THE PLAN, THE CONFIRMATION ORDER, OR ANY POST-EFFECTIVE DATE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS, OR ANY DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT, OR AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH IN THE PLAN SUPPLEMENT) EXECUTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN OR THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS; OR (B) THE RIGHTS OF ANY HOLDER OF AN ALLOWED CLAIM TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PLAN.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE THIRD PARTY RELEASES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS RELEASING ANY RELEASED PARTY FROM ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED BY A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED ACTUAL FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE.

ENTRY OF THE CONFIRMATION ORDER SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S APPROVAL, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY RULE 9019, OF THE THIRD-PARTY RELEASE, WHICH INCLUDES BY REFERENCE EACH OF THE RELATED PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN THE PLAN, AND FURTHER, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S FINDING THAT THE THIRD-PARTY RELEASE IS: (A) CONSENSUAL; (B) GIVEN IN EXCHANGE FOR THE GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY THE RELEASED PARTIES; (C) A GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT AND COMPROMISE OF THE CLAIMS RELEASED BY THE THIRD-PARTY RELEASE; (D) IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DEBTORS AND THEIR ESTATES; (E) FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND REASONABLE; (F) GIVEN AND MADE AFTER DUE NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING; AND (G) A BAR TO ANY OF THE RELEASING PARTIES ASSERTING ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION RELEASED PURSUANT TO THE THIRD-PARTY RELEASE.

 

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Section 9.3 Exculpation and Limitation of Liability.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THE PLAN TO THE CONTRARY, AND WITHOUT LIMITING ANY RELEASE, INDEMNITY, EXCULPATION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THE PLAN OR IN ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR RULES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NO EXCULPATED PARTY SHALL HAVE OR INCUR ANY LIABILITY FOR, AND EACH EXCULPATED PARTY SHALL BE RELEASED AND EXCULPATED FROM ANY CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION ARISING FROM THE PETITION DATE THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE DATE IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATING TO ANY TRANSACTIONS APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT IN THESE CHAPTER 11 CASES, INCLUDING THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES FOR THE PLAN, OR OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH, THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, SOLICITATION, NEGOTIATION, ENTRY INTO, FILING, OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RSA, THE CASH COLLATERAL ORDERS, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE PLAN, ANY PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, OR ANY RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTION, CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, RELEASE OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CREATED OR ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE RSA, THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE PLAN, ANY PLAN SUPPLEMENT, THE AMENDED SECURED TERM LOAN CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THE NEW EQUITY INTERESTS, THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE FILING OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES, THE PURSUIT OF CONFIRMATION, THE PURSUIT OF CONSUMMATION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING THE ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE PLAN, OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS DETERMINED IN A FINAL ORDER TO HAVE CONSTITUTED GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR ACTUAL FRAUD. THE EXCULPATED PARTIES HAVE, AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE PLAN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE, PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAWS WITH REGARD TO THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO THE PLAN AND, THEREFORE, ARE NOT, AND ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS SHALL NOT BE, LIABLE AT ANY TIME FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION GOVERNING THE SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS OF THE PLAN OR SUCH DISTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

Section 9.4 Injunction.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE PLAN OR THE CONFIRMATION ORDER, ALL ENTITIES WHO HAVE HELD, HOLD OR MAY HOLD CLAIMS, INTERESTS, CAUSES OF ACTION OR LIABILITIES THAT: (A) ARE SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PLAN; (B) HAVE BEEN RELEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.2 OF THE PLAN; (C) ARE SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.3 OF THE PLAN; OR (D) ARE OTHERWISE RELEASED, SUBJECT TO EXCULPATION, DISCHARGED, SATISFIED, STAYED OR TERMINATED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PLAN, ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED AND PRECLUDED, FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, FROM TAKING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS AGAINST, AS APPLICABLE, THE DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, THE RELEASED

 

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PARTIES, OR THE EXCULPATED PARTIES: (1) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (2) ENFORCING, ATTACHING, COLLECTING OR RECOVERING BY ANY MANNER OR MEANS ANY JUDGMENT, AWARD, DECREE OR ORDER AGAINST SUCH ENTITIES ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (3) CREATING, PERFECTING OR ENFORCING ANY ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY KIND AGAINST SUCH ENTITIES OR THE PROPERTY OR ESTATES OF SUCH ENTITIES ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS; (4) ASSERTING ANY RIGHT OF SETOFF, SUBROGATION OR RECOUPMENT OF ANY KIND AGAINST ANY OBLIGATION DUE FROM SUCH ENTITIES OR AGAINST THE PROPERTY OF SUCH ENTITIES ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS UNLESS SUCH ENTITY HAS TIMELY ASSERTED SUCH SETOFF RIGHT IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT EXPLICITLY PRESERVING SUCH SETOFF, AND NOTWITHSTANDING AN INDICATION OF A CLAIM OR INTEREST OR OTHERWISE THAT SUCH ENTITY ASSERTS, HAS, OR INTENDS TO PRESERVE ANY RIGHT OF SETOFF PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW OR OTHERWISE; AND (5) COMMENCING OR CONTINUING IN ANY MANNER ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS OR INTERESTS DISCHARGED, RELEASED, EXCULPATED OR SETTLED PURSUANT TO THE PLAN.

Section 9.5 Setoffs and Recoupment.

Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, the Reorganized Debtors may, to the extent permitted under applicable law, setoff against any Allowed Claim and any distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of such Allowed Claim, the claims, rights and Causes of Action of any nature that the Reorganized Debtors may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim that are not otherwise waived, released or compromised in accordance with the Plan; provided, that neither such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by the Reorganized Debtors of any such claims, rights and Causes of Action that the Reorganized Debtors possesses against such Holder.

Section 9.6 Protection Against Discriminatory Treatment.

Consistent with section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, all Entities, including Governmental Units, shall not discriminate against the Reorganized Debtors or deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar grant to, condition such a grant to, discriminate with respect to such a grant against, the Reorganized Debtors, or another Entity with whom the Reorganized Debtors have been associated, solely because each Debtor has been a debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, has been insolvent before the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (or during the Chapter 11 Cases but before the Debtors are granted or denied a discharge), or has not paid a debt that is dischargeable in the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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Section 9.7 Release of Liens.

Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests in respect of the Secured Notes or any other indebtedness existing as of the Petition Date against any property of the Debtors, their Estates and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors and assigns. The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, may, at their sole expense, take any action necessary to effectuate and/or evidence the foregoing with respect to the Secured Notes Claims, including, without limitation, the preparation and filing, in form, substance, and content acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Notes Collateral Agents (and without representation, warranty or recourse against the Indenture Trustee or the Secured Notes Collateral Agents), of any and all documents necessary to terminate, satisfy, or release any mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, and other security interests held by the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Notes Collateral Agents.

To the extent that any Holder of a Secured Notes Claim that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Plan, or any agent for such Holder, has filed or recorded publicly any Liens or security interests to secure such Holder’s Secured Notes Claim, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the Debtors, the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates or the Reorganized Debtors that are necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Reorganized Debtors shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such Holder’s behalf.

Section 9.8 Reimbursement or Contribution.

If the Bankruptcy Court disallows a Claim for reimbursement or contribution of an Entity pursuant to section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, then to the extent that such Claim is contingent as of the time of allowance or disallowance, such Claim shall be forever disallowed and expunged notwithstanding section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless prior to the Confirmation Date: (a) such Claim has been adjudicated as non-contingent or (b) the relevant Holder of a Claim has Filed a non-contingent Proof of Claim on account of such Claim and a Final Order has been entered prior to the Confirmation Date determining such Claim as no longer contingent.

Section 9.9 SEC

Notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Confirmation Order, no provision shall (i) preclude the SEC from enforcing its police or regulatory powers; or, (ii) enjoin, limit, impair or delay the SEC from commencing or continuing any claims, causes of action, proceeding or investigations against any non-debtor Person or non-debtor Entity in any forum.

 

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ARTICLE X.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, including jurisdiction to:

(a) Allow, Disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority, nature, validity, amount or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Equity Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim, and Section 510(b) Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the allowance, priority or amount of Claims or Equity Interests;

(b) Decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, of any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Retained Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

(c) Resolve any matters related to: (i) the assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which a Debtor is party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine, and, if necessary, liquidate, any Cure arising therefrom, including Cure pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; and (iii) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired;

(d) Ensure that distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

(e) adjudicate, decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters, and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

(f) adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to Causes of Action;

(g) adjudicate, decide or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(h) resolve any and all avoidance or recovery actions under sections 105, 502(d), 542 through 551 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(i) resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with the interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any Entity’s obligations incurred in connection with the Plan;

(j) enter and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or Consummate the provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan or the Disclosure Statement;

 

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(k) enter and enforce any order for the sale of property pursuant to sections 363, 1123, or 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

(l) issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Entity with enforcement of the Plan;

(m) resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the releases, injunctions, and other provisions contained in the Plan and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions, and other provisions;

(n) resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the repayment or return of distributions and the recovery of additional amounts owed by the Holder of a Claim or Equity Interest for amounts not timely repaid;

(o) enter and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan or the Disclosure Statement;

(p) enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked, or vacated;

(q) determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order, or any contract, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan or the Disclosure Statement;

(r) enter an order or final decree concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases;

(s) adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

(t) modify the Plan before or after the Effective Date pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code; modify the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; or remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into, delivered or created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate the Plan;

(u) hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under agreements, documents, or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;

 

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(v) hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(w) hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature, or scope of the discharge, exculpations, discharges, injunctions and releases granted under the Plan, including any dispute relating to any liability arising out of the termination of employment or the termination of any employee or retiree benefit program, regardless of whether such termination occurred prior to or after the Effective Date;

(x) enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court; and

(y) hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code; provided, that, on and after the Effective Date and after the consummation of the following agreements or documents, the Bankruptcy Court shall not retain jurisdiction over matters arising out of or related to each of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents or the applicable New Corporate Governance Documents for the Reorganized Debtors, all of which shall be governed by the respective jurisdictional provisions therein.

ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 11.1 Immediate Binding Effect.

Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(g), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and any and all Holders of Claims and Equity Interests (irrespective of whether Holders of such Claims or Equity Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

Section 11.2 Closing of Certain Chapter 11 Cases.

The Reorganized Debtors shall, promptly after the full administration of the Chapter 11 Cases, File with the Bankruptcy Court all documents required by Bankruptcy Rule 3022 and Local Rule 3022-1, including the motion required by Local Rule 3022-1, and any applicable order of the Bankruptcy Court to close the Chapter 11 Cases. All rights of the Reorganized Debtors are reserved to File a motion to reopen a closed Chapter 11 Case.

Section 11.3 Payment of Statutory Fees; Filing of Quarterly Reports.

All fees due and payable pursuant to section 1930 of Title 28 of the United States Code together with the statutory rate of interest set forth in section 3717 of Title 31 of the United States Code to the extent applicable prior to the Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter. After the Effective Date, until their respective Chapter 11 Cases are closed, all quarterly fees shall be paid by the Debtors and the Reorganized

 

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Debtors, as applicable, when due and payable. The Debtors shall File all monthly operating reports due prior to the Effective Date when they become due, using UST Form 11-MOR. After the Effective Date, until their respective Chapter 11 Cases are closed, the Reorganized Debtors shall File with the Bankruptcy Court separate UST Form 11-PCR reports when they become due until their respective Chapter 11 Cases are closed. Each of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall remain obligated to pay quarterly fees to the U.S. Trustee until the earliest of that particular Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case being closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. The U.S. Trustee shall not be required to File any Administrative Claim in the Chapter 11 Cases and shall not be treated as providing any release under the Plan.

Section 11.4 Amendments.

(a) Plan Modifications. Subject to the limitations contained in the Plan, the Debtors reserve the right, subject to the terms of the RSA (including the consent, approval, and consultation rights set forth therein), in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules: (i) to amend or modify the Plan prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, including amendments or modifications to satisfy section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, consistent with the terms set forth herein; and (ii) after the entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors (subject to the terms of the RSA) or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, may, upon order of the Bankruptcy Court, amend or modify the Plan, in accordance with section 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan consistent with the terms set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall not amend or modify the Plan in a manner inconsistent with the RSA.

(b) Effect of Confirmation on Modifications. Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute approval of all modifications or amendments to the Plan after the solicitation of votes thereon pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and a finding that such modifications do not require additional disclosure or re-solicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

(c) Certain Technical Amendments. Prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors may make appropriate technical adjustments and modifications to the Plan without further order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that such technical adjustments and modifications (i) do not adversely affect the treatment of Holders of Claims or Equity Interests under the Plan, and (ii) shall be acceptable to the Required Consenting Lenders.

Section 11.5 Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan.

To the extent permitted by the RSA (including the consent, approval, and consultation rights set forth therein), the Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan prior to the Confirmation Date and to File subsequent plans of reorganization. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (a) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (b) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected under the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (c) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims or Interests; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtor or any other Entity; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by such Debtor or any other Entity.

 

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Section 11.6 Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Reimbursement.

On the Effective Date, any statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, if any, shall dissolve and members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases. The Reorganized Debtors shall no longer be responsible for paying any fees or expenses incurred by the members of or advisors to any statutory committees after the Effective Date.

Section 11.7 Governing Law.

Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules or other federal Law, rule or regulation is applicable, or to the extent that an exhibit, supplement, or other document related to the Plan (including, without limitation, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, the applicable New Corporate Governance Documents or any document contained in the Plan Supplement), provides otherwise, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of Laws thereof that would require application of the Law of another jurisdiction.

Section 11.8 Successors and Assigns.

The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor, Affiliate, assign, officer, director, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries, or guardian, if any, of each such Entity.

Section 11.9 Severability.

If, prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, any term or provision of the Plan is determined by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court, at the request of the Debtors shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to render it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as so altered or interpreted; provided, that absent the prior consent of the Required Consenting Lenders, such alteration or interpretation shall not be inconsistent with the RSA. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or interpretation, the remaining terms and provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is: (a) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms; (b) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the Debtors’ and Required Consenting Lenders’ prior written consent (including via email from counsel), consistent with the terms set forth herein and in the RSA; and (c) non-severable and mutually dependent.

 

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Section 11.10 Controlling Document and Conflicts.

In the event of a conflict between the Plan and the Plan Supplement, the terms of the relevant document in the Plan Supplement shall control (unless stated otherwise in such Plan Supplement document or in the Confirmation Order); provided that in the event any such conflict is a material conflict with the treatment of the Secured Term Loan Claims in Class 3 of the type that would require the Debtors to re-solicit the votes of Holders of Claims in Class 3 against the Debtors under section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan shall control solely with respect to such provision giving rise to such material conflict. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and Disclosure Statement, the terms of the Plan shall control in all respects. The provisions of the Plan and of the Confirmation Order shall be construed in a manner consistent with each other so as to effect the purposes of each; provided that if there is determined to be any inconsistency between any Plan provision and any provision of the Confirmation Order that cannot be so reconciled, then, solely to the extent of such inconsistency, the provisions of the Confirmation Order shall govern and any such provision of the Confirmation Order shall be deemed a modification of the Plan and shall control and take precedence.

Section 11.11 Filing of Additional Documents.

On or before the Effective Date, the Debtors (in consultation with the Required Consenting Lenders and subject to any consent rights set forth in the RSA or the Plan) may File with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all Holders of Claims receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan or the Confirmation Order.

Section 11.12 Service of Documents.

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice, or other document required by the Plan to be served on or delivered to the Reorganized Debtors shall also be served on:

CalAmp Corp.

15635 Alton Parkway, Suite 250

Irvine, CA 92618

Attention: Jikun Kim

E-mail: jkim@calamp.com

with copies to:

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

1313 N. Market Street, 6th Floor

Wilmington, DE 19801-3700

Attention: L. Katherine Good, Aaron H. Stulman, and Gregory Flasser

  E-mail:

kgood@potteranderson.com

astulman@potteranderson.com

gflasser@potteranderson.com

 

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Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

and

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036-6745

Attention: Michael S. Stamer, Jason Rubin, and Joseph Szydlo

  E-mail:

mstamer@akingump.com

jrubin@akingump.com

jszydlo@akingump.com

and

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.

1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor #183

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attention: John W. Weiss and Joseph C. Barsalona

  E-mail:

jweiss@pashmanstein.com

jbarsalona@pashmanstein.com

Counsel to the Required Consenting Lenders

and

Office of the United States Trustee

844 King Street, Suite 2207, Lockbox 35

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attention: Rosa Sierra-Fox

  E-mail:

rosa.sierra-fox@usdoj.gov

After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors have authority to limit the list of Entities receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Entities who have Filed such renewed requests.

Section 11.13 [Reserved]

Section 11.14 Tax Reporting and Compliance.

The Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to request an expedited determination under section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code for all tax returns filed for, or on behalf of, the Debtors for any and all taxable periods ending after the Petition Date through, and including, the Effective Date.

 

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Section 11.15 Exhibits, Schedules, and Supplements.

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, such exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement shall be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court in advance of the Confirmation Hearing. The Debtors reserve the right to amend any exhibit or document included in the Plan Supplement (with the consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) prior to the Effective Date, subject to applicable requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules. After the exhibits and documents are Filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall have been available upon written request to the Debtors’ counsel at the address above or by downloading such exhibits and documents from the Debtors’ restructuring website at https://cases.stretto.com/CalAmp or for a fee via PACER at https://www.pacer.gov/.

Section 11.16 Entire Agreement.

Except as otherwise indicated, on the Effective Date, the Plan and the Definitive Documents shall supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.

Section 11.17 Allocation of Payments.

To the extent that any Allowed Claim entitled to distribution hereunder is comprised of indebtedness and accrued but unpaid interest thereon, such distribution shall, for all U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated to the principal amount of such Claim first, and then, to the extent that the consideration exceeds such principal amount, to the portion of such Claim representing accrued but unpaid interest (but solely to the extent that interest is an allowable portion of such Allowed Claim).

Section 11.18 Term of Injunctions or Stays.

Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date.

Dated: July 9, 2024

 

Respectfully submitted,
CalAmp Corp.
on behalf of itself and each of its Debtor Affiliates
By:  

/s/ Jikun Kim

Name:   Jikun Kim
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CALAMP CORP.

CalAmp Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

  1.

The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware under the name of California Amplifier, Inc. on September 8, 1987 and was subsequently amended on September 19, 1996, and amended and restated on July 30, 2004, August 30, 2012 and July 31, 2014.

 

  2.

On June 3, 2024, the Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively with the Corporation, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) In re CalAmp Corp. et al., Main Case No. 24-11136 (LSS).

 

  3.

This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) was duly adopted, without the need for approval of the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation, in accordance with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), pursuant to the authority granted by the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as confirmed on July 11, 2024 by order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in the Debtors’ jointly administered chapter 11 cases.

 

  4.

This Certificate shall become effective when filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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This Certificate amends and restates the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to read in full as follows:


ARTICLE I

NAME

Section 1.1 Name. The name of the corporation is CalAmp Corp.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

Section 2.1 Purpose. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented.

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

Section 3.1 Registered Agent. The street address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County, 19808. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 100,000 shares, divided into two classes consisting of 90,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 10,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock.

(a) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time, with each such series to consist of such number of shares and to have such designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) and included in a certificate of designations (a “Certificate of Designations”) filed pursuant to the DGCL, and the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority, to the full extent now or hereafter provided by law, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of this Certificate (including any Certificate of Designations), the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, unless a vote of any such holders of Preferred Stock is required pursuant to another provision of this Certificate (including any Certificate of Designations).


Section 4.3 Common Stock.

(a) Each holder of shares of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate (including a Certificate of Designations), holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (including any amendment to any Certificate of Designations) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate (including any Certificate of Designations) or pursuant to the DGCL.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

(c) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock in respect thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

Section 4.4 Nonvoting Equity Securities. The Corporation shall not issue nonvoting equity securities; provided, however, the foregoing restriction shall (a) have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation, and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect. The prohibition on the issuance of nonvoting equity securities is included in this Certificate in compliance with Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE V

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and the same are in furtherance of and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law.

Section 5.1 Related Party Transactions. No contract or other transaction of the Corporation with any other person, firm, corporation or other entity in which the Corporation has an interest, shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or more of the directors or officers of the Corporation, individually or jointly with others, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction so long as the contract or other transaction is approved by the Board in accordance with the DGCL.

 

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Section 5.2 Corporate Opportunities.

(a) The provisions of this Section 5.2 are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve the Corporation’s stockholders, the Non-Employee Directors (as defined below) or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and the Corporation’s directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith, in recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, principals, officers and employees and/or other representatives of stockholders of the Corporation and their respective Affiliates (as defined below) may serve as directors or officers of the Corporation, (ii) stockholders of the Corporation and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) members of the Board who are not employees of the Corporation (“Non-Employee Directors”), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Chairperson of the Board if he or she is not otherwise an employee, consultant or officer of the Corporation, and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage.

(b) None of (i) the stockholders of the Corporation or any of their Affiliates or (ii) any Non-Employee Director or his or her Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (x) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages, engages in the future or proposes to engage, (y) making investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation makes or may make investments or (z) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, no Identified Person (as defined below) shall (A) be deemed to have acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders or to have acted in a manner inconsistent with or opposed to any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its stockholders or (B) be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, in each case, by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. The Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.2. Subject to Section 5.2(c), in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, shall not (I) be deemed to have acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders or to have acted in a manner inconsistent with or opposed to any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its stockholders or (II) be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, in each case, by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person.

 

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(c) The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of this Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation and the provisions of Section 5.2(b) shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

(d) In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

(e) For purposes of this Certificate (i) “Affiliate” shall mean (x) in respect of stockholders of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such stockholder, controls such stockholder or is under common control with such stockholder and shall include any principal, member, manager, director, partner, shareholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), (y) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (z) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (ii) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity, and (iii) the Persons identified in (b)(i) and (ii) above shall be referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”; provided, however, that no employee, consultant or officer of the Corporation shall be an Identified Person.

(f) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Section 5.2.

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 6.1 Board Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board by the DGCL, this Certificate or the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), the Board is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the DGCL, this Certificate and the Bylaws; provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted, or any amendments thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

 

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Section 6.2 Election and Term.

(a) The total number of directors constituting the Board shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office. The Board shall initially be comprised of one (1) director. The directors shall consist of a single class, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity.

(b) Subject to Section 6.6, at each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity.

(c) Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

Section 6.3 Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to Section 6.6, directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal, incapacity or other cause may be filled solely by a majority vote of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the full term and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity.

Section 6.4 Cumulative Voting. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors.

Section 6.5 Removal. Subject to Section 6.6, any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

Section 6.6 Preferred Stock – Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of Preferred Stock as set forth in this Certificate (including any Certificate of Designations).

 

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ARTICLE VII

BYLAWS

Section 7.1 Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed without Board action by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE VIII

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 8.1 Action by Written Consent. Subject to any restrictions or requirements set forth in the Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

Section 8.2 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law or the terms of any one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairperson of the Board, the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board, or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the request of stockholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Bylaws.

Section 8.3 Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Section 9.1 Limitation on Liability of Directors. To the fullest extent permitted by law, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. Any repeal or amendment of this Article IX as permitted by this Certificate or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate inconsistent with this Article IX will, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors or officers) and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

 

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ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 10.1 Right to Indemnification.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (“Proceeding”), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that the Person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 10.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(b) The Corporation may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any Person who is not a director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Corporation is permitted by applicable law to provide indemnification, whether pursuant to, or provided by, the DGCL or other rights created by (i) resolution of stockholders, (ii) resolution of directors, or (iii) a written agreement providing for such indemnification authorized by any officer designated by the Board for such purpose, it being expressly intended that this Certificate authorize the creation of such rights in any such manner.

Section 10.2 Reimbursement or Advancement of Expenses. The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any Indemnitee the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that, if required by the DGCL, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director or officer or other Person may be paid in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding only upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer (or other Person indemnified hereunder), to repay any such amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal that such director, officer or other Person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

Section 10.3 Claims by Indemnitees. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article X is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. If successful in

 

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whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by (a) the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board or a committee thereof, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board or a committee thereof, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall constitute a defense to the action or create a presumption that such Indemnitee is not so entitled. Such an Indemnitee shall also be indemnified, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for any expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such Indemnitee’s right to such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such action.

Section 10.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a Person seeking indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses may have or hereafter be entitled under any statute, this Certificate, the Bylaws, any agreement (including any policy of insurance purchased or provided by the Corporation under which directors, officers, employees and other agents of the Corporation are covered), any vote of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 10.5 Continuing Rights. The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a director or officer (or other Person indemnified hereunder) and shall inure to the benefit of the executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such Person.

Section 10.6 Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, manager, employee or agent of any other entity as described in Section 10.1(a), against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Article ARTICLE X, the Bylaws or under Section 145 of the DGCL or any other provision of law.

 

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Section 10.7 Contract Rights; Amendment or Repeal. The provisions of this Article X shall be a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and each director and officer who serves in such capacity at any time while this Article X is in effect and any other Person indemnified hereunder, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Corporation and each such director, officer, or other Person intend to be legally bound. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate, no amendment, repeal or elimination of this Article X by the stockholders of the Corporation shall adversely affect any rights or protections of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director or officer of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or elimination.

Section 10.8 Requested Services. Any director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation serving in any capacity in (i) another corporation of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any corporation referred to in clause (i) shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Corporation.

Section 10.9 Indemnitor of First Resort. It is the intent that with respect to all advancement, reimbursement and indemnification obligations under this Article X, the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to indemnitees under this Certificate are primary and any obligation of any stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) to provide advancement or indemnification for the same losses incurred by indemnitees are secondary), and if a stockholder pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to this Certificate, the Bylaws, contract, law or regulation), then (i) such stockholder (or such Affiliate, as the case may be) shall be fully subrogated to all rights hereunder of the indemnitee with respect to such payment and (ii) the Corporation shall reimburse such stockholder (or such Affiliate, as the case may be) for the payments actually made and waive any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of such stockholder (or such Affiliate, as the case may be).

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

Section 11.1 Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to Section 4.2, this Certificate may be amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified only with (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board and (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by applicable law. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate (including any Certificate of Designations), in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Certificate and the DGCL, and, except as set forth in Article IX and Article X, all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other Persons by and pursuant to this Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article XI.

 

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ARTICLE XII

SECTION 203

Section 12.1 Section 203. The Corporation shall not be governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE XIII

ENFORCEABILITY; SEVERABILITY; FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

Section 13.1 Enforceability; Severability. Each provision of this Certificate shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms to the fullest extent permitted by law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Certificate shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Certificate, and this Certificate shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein.

Section 13.2 Exclusive Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or Proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action or Proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action or Proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate or the Bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery or (d) any action or Proceeding asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall, in each case, be the Court of Chancery (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 13.2.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of this 31st day of July, 2024.

 

CALAMP CORP.

/s/ Jikun Kim

Name: Jikun Kim
Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

of

CALAMP CORP.

(Effective as of July 31, 2024)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

1. Business Offices. The Corporation may have one or more offices at such place or places, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the board of directors (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

2. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), unless changed as provided by the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (as amended from time to time, the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

1. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors shall be held in each year beginning in 2025, on such date and at such time as the Board shall designate, at which the stockholders entitled to vote thereon shall elect directors of the Corporation, each to serve for a term ending immediately after the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity, and shall transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by (i) the Chairperson of the Board, (ii) the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board or (iii) the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request (which shall be delivered to and received by the Secretary of the Corporation and shall state the purpose or purposes therefor) of the holders of shares representing not less than a majority of the total voting power of all shares entitled to vote on any issue proposed to be considered at the meeting (such meeting called upon the written request of the stockholders, a “Stockholder-Requested Meeting”). The record date for determining the stockholders entitled to request a special meeting shall be the date of the earliest of any of the requests pursuant to which the meeting is called or such later date as may be required in order to comply with applicable law. A Stockholder-Requested Meeting shall be held no later than the later of (i) the date designated by the requesting stockholders for such special meeting and (ii) sixty (60) days after the date on which requests for the special meeting shall have been received by the Secretary of the Corporation from the holders of shares representing a majority of the total voting power of all shares entitled to vote on the proposed issue.

Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice described in Section 4 of this Article II.


3. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders may be held (i) at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board, or (ii) if the Board so determines, by means of remote communication. Any stockholder participating in a meeting by remote communication is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. In the absence of any such designation by the Board, stockholder meetings shall be held at the principal place of business of the Corporation.

4. Notice of Meetings. Not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days prior to each annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, written notice of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that if greater notice is required by the DGCL, the provisions of the DGCL shall govern. Notices shall be delivered by (i) personal delivery, (ii) mail, postage prepaid, (iii) nationally recognized overnight or other express courier service with next-business day delivery guaranteed, (iv) confirmed facsimile, or (v) other means of electronic transmission to the extent permitted under Section 116 of the DGCL (or any successor statute; “DGCL Section 116”). All notices shall be effective and shall be deemed delivered (v) if by personal delivery, when delivered, (w) if by mail, on the third day after deposit in the mail, addressed to the stockholder at the address of such stockholder appearing in the records of the Corporation, (x) if by courier service, on the next business day after deposit with such service of a notice addressed to the stockholder at the address of such stockholder appearing in the records of the Corporation, (y) if by facsimile, when sent to the party to be notified at its facsimile number set forth in the stock records of the Corporation, and (z) if by other means of electronic transmission, as determined by DGCL Section 116. The notice of any meeting shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall, in addition, state the purposes of the meeting. Attendance or participation by a stockholder at a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders shall be deemed a waiver of objection to lack of required notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the stockholder, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon such stockholder’s later arrival, expressly objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

5. Stockholders List. A complete record of the stockholders entitled to vote at each meeting (or an adjourned meeting described in Section 9 of this Article II), arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares of Common Stock registered in the name of such stockholder, shall be prepared by the officer or agent of the Corporation who has charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Such record of stockholders shall be available for inspection by any stockholder beginning on the earlier of ten (10) days before the meeting or two (2) days after notice is given and continuing through the meeting and any adjournment thereof, subject to the requirements of the DGCL, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such network is provided with the notice of the meeting, or during normal business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. Such record of stockholders shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and shall be subject to inspection for any purpose germane to the meeting by any stockholder who may be present.

6. Organization. The Chairperson of the Board or, in the Chairperson’s absence, the President (or, in the President’s absence, any Vice President) shall call meetings of stockholders to order and act as chairperson of such meetings. In the absence of said officers, any stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting, or any proxy of any such stockholder, may call the meeting to order and a chairperson shall be elected by a majority of the stockholders present and entitled to vote at the meeting. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or any person appointed by the chairperson may act as secretary of such meetings.

 

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7. Fixing Record Date. Subject to the provisions of Section 2 of this Article II, the Board may fix in advance a date as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to a notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or to express consent (or dissent) to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action. Such record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than ten (10) days prior to any other action to which the same relates. Only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be so entitled with respect to the matter to which the same relates. If the Board shall not fix a record date as above provided, and if the Board shall not for such purpose close the stock transfer books as provided by statute, then the record date shall be established by applicable law.

8. Agenda and Procedure. The Board shall have the responsibility of establishing an agenda for each meeting of stockholders, subject to the rights of stockholders, in compliance with Section 13 of this Article II, to raise matters for consideration which may otherwise properly be brought before an annual meeting although not included within the agenda. The chairperson shall be charged with the orderly conduct of all meetings of stockholders.

9. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the DGCL or other applicable law, at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the then-issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote on a matter at the meeting, either present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum with respect to action on such matter, and action may be taken with respect to any matter presented at the meeting only if a quorum exists with respect to such matter. However, in the absence of a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the then-issued and outstanding shares that are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and are entitled to vote on one or more matters at the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice (except as provided in Section 10 of this Article II) until a quorum shall be present or represented.

10. Adjournment. When a meeting for any reason is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. However, if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the date of the original meeting, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

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11. Voting.

(a) Except as otherwise required by law or otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, (i) at every meeting of stockholders (or with respect to corporate action which may be taken without a meeting), every holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on any matter at such meeting shall be entitled, with respect to such matter, to such number of votes for each share of such stock held of record by such stockholder on the record date designated therefor pursuant to Article II, Section 7 of these Bylaws (or the record date established pursuant to applicable law in the absence of such designation) as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or, if not so provided, one (1) vote for each share of such stock held of record as aforesaid, (ii) whenever directors are to be elected by vote of stockholders, they shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 2 of these Bylaws and (iii) whenever any corporate action, other than the election of directors, is to be taken by vote of stockholders, such corporate action shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote with respect to such corporate action or as otherwise may be required by the Certificate of Incorporation, applicable law or the rules and regulations of any national securities exchange on which the shares of the Corporation are then listed for trading.

(b) At any meeting of stockholders, a stockholder may vote the stockholder’s shares either in person or by proxy. A stockholder may appoint a proxy in person or through an attorney-in-fact and such appointment may be transmitted in any manner permitted by the DGCL. The appointment of a proxy shall be effective for eleven (11) months from the date of such appointment unless a different period is expressly specified in the appointment form.

(c) The voting rights of fiduciaries, beneficiaries, pledgors, pledgees and joint, common and other multiple owners of shares of stock shall be as provided from time to time by the DGCL and any other applicable law.

(d) Shares of the Corporation held of record by another corporation or other entity that are entitled to vote may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws or similar charter document of such other corporation or other entity may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors or similar body of such other corporation or entity may determine.

12. Inspectors. The chairperson of the meeting may at any time appoint one or more inspectors to serve at a meeting of the stockholders. Such inspectors shall decide upon the qualifications of voters, including the validity of proxies, accept and count the votes for and against the questions presented, report the results of such votes, and subscribe and deliver to the secretary of the meeting a certificate stating the number of shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and the number of shares voted for and against the questions presented. The voting inspectors need not be stockholders of the Corporation, and any director or officer of the Corporation may be an inspector on any question other than a vote for or against such director’s or officer’s election to any position with the Corporation or on any other question in which such officer or director may be directly interested.

 

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13. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(a) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 4 of Article II of these Bylaws or (ii) by or at the direction of the Board or any authorized committee thereof.

(b) Only such business (including the election of specific individuals to fill vacancies or newly created directorships on the Board) shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. At any time that stockholders are not prohibited from filling vacancies or newly created directorships on the Board, nominations of persons for the election to the Board to fill any vacancy or unfilled newly created directorship may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which any proposal to fill any vacancy or unfilled newly created directorship is to be presented to the stockholders by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof.

14. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Anything to the contrary in these Bylaws notwithstanding, such action by written consent shall be governed in all respects by Section 211 of the DGCL, as it may be amended, or any successor statute.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Management of the Corporation. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board.

2. Election and Term.

(a) Directors shall be elected at the annual meetings of stockholders or special meetings of stockholders called for such purpose. Each director shall be elected to serve and to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity.

(b) The election of a director shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders of record present in person or by proxy.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial directors of the Corporation shall be appointed in accordance with the Plan1.

 

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As used in these Bylaws, “Plan” means the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code filed in the jointly administered chapter 11 cases of CalAmp Corp. and certain of its direct and indirect affiliates, as debtors and debtors in possession In re CalAmp Corp., et al., Main Case No. 24-11136 (LSS) (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

 

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3. Number and Qualification.

(a) The Board shall at all times consist of no fewer than one (1) director and no more than three (3) directors. The total number of directors constituting the Board shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the directors then in office. The Board shall initially be comprised of one (1) director.

(b) Directors must be natural persons at least eighteen (18) years of age but need not be stockholders.

4. Annual Meetings. Immediately following each annual stockholders meeting, the Board shall meet for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of any other business.

5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such time or times as may be determined by the Board and specified in the notice of such meetings.

6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called (i) by the Chairperson of the Board or (ii) on the written request of any two (2) directors.

7. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board may be held at such place or places as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and as shall be designated in the notice of the meeting. If no other place is designated in the notice of the meeting, such meeting shall be held at the Corporation’s principal executive offices.

8. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of directors, whether annual, regular or special, shall be given to each director (unless such notice is waived by such director as provided in Section 10 of this Article III). Each such notice shall be given no later than two (2) business days prior to the respective meeting. The notice shall state the date and time thereof, but need not, unless otherwise required by the DGCL, state the purposes of the meeting.

9. Meetings by Telecommunication. One or more members of the Board or any committee designated by the Board may hold or participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee through the use of any means of conference telephone or other communication equipment by means of which all persons participating can hear each other at the same time. Any director participating in a meeting by any such means of communication is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

10. Waiver of Notice of Meeting. A director may waive any notice of a meeting of directors, whether before or after the date or time stated in the notice as the date or time when any action will occur or has occurred. Attendance or participation by a director at a meeting of the Board shall be deemed a waiver of objection to lack of required notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the director, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her later arrival, expressly objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

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11. Quorum; Acts of the Board. A majority of the number of directors fixed by or in accordance with Section 3 of this Article III that are entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Board. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the directors present and entitled to vote may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

The vote of a majority of the directors present and entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the express provision of applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws requires a greater vote, in which case such express provision shall govern and control.

12. Organization, Agenda and Procedure. The Chairperson of the Board or, if the Chairperson of the Board is not present, another director chosen by the directors present at such meeting shall preside over the meetings of the Board. The Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any other person appointed by the Chairperson of the Board shall act as secretary of each meeting of the Board. The agenda of and procedure for such meetings shall be as determined by the Board.

13. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such action shall be effective as of the time the last director signs a writing describing the action taken unless before such time the Secretary has received a written revocation of the consent of any other director, and any action so taken shall be effective at the time taken unless the directors specify a different effective time.

14. Resignation. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of such director’s resignation to the Board and the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein or the effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

15. Removal. Any director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the then-issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

No officer of the Corporation shall be appointed or nominated by the Board to serve as a director unless such officer shall deliver to the Corporation a conditional resignation as director that shall become effective if and when the employment of such officer is terminated, unless the Board otherwise determines.

16. Vacancies. Any vacancies in the Board resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, incapacity or other cause, shall be filled within ninety (90) days by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office (even if less than a quorum), or by a sole remaining director.

 

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Any director(s) so chosen shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected at the next annual meeting of stockholders, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or incapacity.

17. Committees. The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the directors then in office, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it. Each committee of the Board may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee (but not including any alternate member, unless such alternate member has replaced any absent or disqualified member at the time of, or in connection with, such meeting) shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

18. Compensation of Directors. Each non-employee director shall be paid annual or other compensation as determined by the Board, including for attendance at meetings of the Board and its committees. Directors shall also be entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable and documented expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their responsibilities as directors (including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board). Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, or any of its subsidiaries in any other capacity, and receiving proper compensation therefor.

19. Observation Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, no party will have observation rights with respect to the Board.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

1. Election and Tenure. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary and may include a Chairperson of the Board, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (the number thereof and their respective titles to be determined by the Board), a Treasurer and such other officers as may be determined by the Board, each of whom shall be appointed annually, or otherwise from time to time (including upon the occurrence of a vacancy), by the Board. The Board may also designate and appoint such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary. The Board may expressly delegate to any such officer the power to appoint or remove subordinate officers, agents or employees. Any

 

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two or more offices may be held by the same person. Each officer so appointed shall continue in office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until the officer’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or incapacity. Each officer shall be a natural person who is eighteen years of age or older.

2. Resignation, Removal and Vacancies. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Board. Such resignation shall take effect when the notice is received by the Corporation unless the notice specifies a later date, and acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to render such resignation effective unless such resignation so states. An officer appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor in office or as otherwise determined by the Board upon such appointment. The appointment of an officer shall not itself create contract rights in favor of the officer, the removal of an officer shall not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation, and the resignation of an officer does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

3. Chairperson of the Board. The Chairperson of the Board shall, subject to Article II, Section 6 and Article III, Section 12 of these Bylaws, preside over the meetings of stockholders and meetings of the Board, and shall have such powers and responsibilities as are incident thereto. The Chairperson of the Board may either be an Executive Chairperson of the Board or a Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board. An Executive Chairperson of the Board shall have general supervisory responsibility for the conduct of the business, affairs and operations of the Company, as is customary for an executive Chairperson of the board of a corporation. A Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board shall not have responsibility for the day-to-day business, affairs and operations of the Corporation.

4. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer (i) shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for the chief executive officer of a corporation; and (ii) shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.

5. President. The President (i) shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for the president of a corporation; and (ii) shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.

6. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer (i) shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for the chief financial officer of a corporation; and (ii) shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.

7. Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such duties and possess such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board.

8. Secretary. The Secretary (i) shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for the secretary of a corporation; and (ii) shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Board. Without limiting the foregoing, the Secretary shall give notice of all meetings of stockholders and the Board, prepare and maintain minutes of the meetings of the Board and meetings of stockholders, maintain other records and information of the Corporation, where required, authenticate records of the Corporation and maintain custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and affix the same and attest to documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation is authorized by these Bylaws or by the action of the Board.

 

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9. Treasurer. The Treasurer (i) shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for the treasurer of a corporation; and (ii) shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Board. Without limiting the foregoing, the Treasurer shall be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws or otherwise approved by the Board; disburse such funds as ordered by the Board and make proper accounts thereof; and render as required by the Board statements of all such transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

10. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, if any, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Board. In the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary or the Treasurer, the Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, respectively, in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election or appointment, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary or Treasurer, as the case may be.

11. Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, emoluments, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board in such manner as the Board shall provide.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

1. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and advance (or if previously incurred, reimburse) expenses to the directors and officers of the Corporation to the extent provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, or if not so provided, to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL. The Corporation may in its discretion, but is not obligated in any way to, indemnify and advance (or if previously incurred, reimburse) expenses to an employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation to the same extent as to a director or officer, provided such indemnification or advancement is not in violation of public policy.

2. Provisions Not Exclusive. The foregoing provisions for indemnification, advancement and reimbursement of expenses are not exclusive, and the Corporation may at its discretion provide for indemnification, advancement or reimbursement of expenses in a resolution of its stockholders or the Board, or by contract.

3. Effect of Modification. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article for indemnification and advancement (or reimbursement) of expenses shall not affect adversely any right or protection stated in such provisions with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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4. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation or other person or of an employee benefit plan, against liability asserted against or incurred by the person in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against the same liability under the DGCL.

5. Expenses as a Witness. The Corporation may pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent in connection with an appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he or she has not been made a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS; BORROWING; CHECKS AND

ENDORSEMENTS; DEPOSITS

1. Execution of Instruments. Any officer of the Corporation shall have the power to execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Corporation any instrument requiring the signature of an officer of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or when the execution and delivery of the instrument shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Unless authorized to do so by these Bylaws or by the Board, or a committee designated by the Board, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation in any way, to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or in any amount.

2. Checks and Endorsements. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, obligations, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, trade acceptances and other such instruments shall be signed or endorsed for the Corporation by such officers or agents of the Corporation as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board, or a committee designated by the Board. Any such signature or endorsement may be by facsimile or other electronic signatures to the extent permitted under DGCL Section 116, except as otherwise determined by the Board.

3. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the Corporation’s credit in such banks or other depositories as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board, or a committee designated by the Board, which resolution may specify the officers or agents of the Corporation who shall have the power, and the manner in which such power shall be exercised, to make such deposits and to endorse, assign and deliver for collection and deposit checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money payable to the Corporation or its order.

 

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ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

1. Certificates of Stock. The shares of the Corporation may, but need not, be represented by certificates. If the shares are represented by certificates, such certificates shall be signed by the President and the Secretary or Treasurer, or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, or such other representatives of the Corporation as are designated by the Board; provided, however, that where any such certificate is signed or countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar the signatures of such officers of the Corporation may be in facsimile or other electronic form to the extent permitted under DGCL Section 116. In case any officer of the Corporation who shall have signed, or whose facsimile or other electronic signature shall have been placed on, any certificate shall cease for any reason to be such officer before such certificate shall have been issued or delivered by the Corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the person who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile or other electronic signature shall have been placed thereon, had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation. Every certificate representing shares issued by the Corporation shall state the number of shares owned by the holder in the Corporation represented by such certificate, shall designate the class of stock to which such shares belong, and shall otherwise be in such form as is required by law and as the Board shall prescribe.

2. Shares Without Certificates. The Board may authorize the issuance of any class or series of shares of the Corporation without certificates. Such authorization shall not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Corporation, or its transfer agent. Within a reasonable time following the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send, or direct its transfer agent to send, the stockholder a complete written statement of the information required on certificates by Section 1 of this Article VII.

3. Record. A record shall be kept of the name of each person or entity holding the stock represented by each certificate for shares issued by the Corporation, the number of shares represented by each such certificate, the date thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. A record shall similarly be kept of shares without certificates. The person or other entity in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof, and thus a holder of record of such shares of stock, for all purposes as regards the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law.

4. Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by such registered holder’s attorney thereunto authorized, and, in the case of shares represented by certificates, on the surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation.

5. Transfer Agents and Registrars; Regulations. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board, shall from time to time appoint a transfer agent and a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent. The Board may make such procedural rules and regulations as it may deem expedient and as are not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation.

 

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6. Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate representing stock of the Corporation, a new certificate may be issued in place thereof, generally or in specific instances, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, and shall be issued in such situations as required by the DGCL.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the year ending on December 31, unless another fiscal year is established by the Board.

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE BOOKS AND RECORDS

1. Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL or other applicable law) at such place or places as may be from time to time designated by the Board. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, and the minutes of its proceedings of its stockholders and Board and any committee of the Board.

2. Addresses of Stockholders. Each stockholder shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent an address to which notices from the Corporation, including notices of meetings, may be directed and if any stockholder shall fail so to designate such an address, it shall be sufficient for any such notice to be directed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address last known to the Secretary or transfer agent.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

In addition to any approval required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation shall be required to amend these Bylaws; provided, however, that the Corporation may, in the Certificate of Incorporation, also confer the power to alter, amend or repeal these Bylaws upon the directors of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XI

DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2024 (this “Amendment”), is by and between CALAMP CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Loan Parties party hereto and LYNROCK LAKE MASTER FUND LP (the “Lender”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender have entered into the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement” and as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender desire to effect certain amendments to the Original Credit Agreement set forth herein, and the Borrower and the Lender have agreed to so amend the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms; References.

Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Original Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below):

(a) the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double underlined text) as set forth on the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Annex A hereto; provided, that any schedule, exhibit or other attachment to the Original Credit Agreement not included as part of Annex A hereof or otherwise amended pursuant to the terms hereof shall remain in effect without any amendment or other modification thereto; and

(b) Schedule 4.9(e) to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to such schedule the information set forth on Annex B hereto.

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Lender to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Lender on and as of the date hereof that:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in any Loan Document is true and correct on and as of the Effective Date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty was true and correct as of such earlier date.

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.


SECTION 4. Conditions to the Effective Date.

This Amendment shall become effective (the “Effective Date”) immediately when the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived by the Lender in writing (which may be by email), which waiver may be concurrent with the satisfaction of the other conditions specified below):

(a) The Lender shall have received from the Borrower and each Loan Party an executed counterpart hereof.

(b) All fees and expenses in connection with this Amendment or otherwise required to be reimbursed under the terms of the Credit Agreement (including fees and expenses of counsel to the Lender) payable by the Borrower to the Lender shall have been paid to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof.

(c) The Lender shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated as of the Effective Date and executed by the Secretary (or other senior officer) or equivalent officer of such Loan Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Original Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including (A) the Operating Documents of such Loan Party, (B) the relevant board (and/or, if applicable, shareholders’) resolutions or written consents of such Loan Party adopted by such Loan Party for the purposes of authorizing such Loan Party to enter into and perform this Amendment, and (C) the names, titles, incumbency and signature specimens of those representatives of such Loan Party who have been authorized by such resolutions and/or written consents to execute this Amendment on behalf of such Loan Party, (ii) a long form good standing certificate (or equivalent) for such Loan Party from its respective jurisdiction of organization dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date, and (iii) if applicable, certificates of foreign qualification for each Loan Party from each jurisdiction where the failure to be qualified or in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The Lender shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, as Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties and (ii) Scarinci Hollenbeck, as New York counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

SECTION 5. Effect on the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents.

(a) The Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby confirm that the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are in full force and effect as of the Effective Date, and that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party has any right of setoff, recoupment or other offset or any defense, claim or counterclaim with respect to any of the Obligations, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(b) Except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not directly or indirectly (i) create any obligation to make any further loans or other extensions of credit, (ii) constitute a consent or waiver of any violations of any provisions of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, (iii) impair, limit, prejudice, amend, modify or operate as a waiver of (A) any terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other document or agreement related thereto, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect or (B) any right, power or remedy of the Lender, whether such right, power or remedy exists now or in the future, (iv) constitute a consent to any merger or other transaction or to any sale, restructuring or refinancing transaction or (v) constitute a course of dealing or other basis for altering any Obligations or any other contract or instrument. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Lender reserves all of its rights, powers, and remedies under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable law.

 

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(c) This Amendment is a Loan Document.

(d) This Amendment shall not be deemed or construed to be a satisfaction, reinstatement, novation or release of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which remain in full force and effect.

(e) Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Original Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “therein”, “thereof” or words or like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Original Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby.

SECTION 6. Ratification and Reaffirmation of Liability. Each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties as debtors, grantors, pledgors, guarantors, assignors, or in other similar capacities in which such parties grant liens or security interests in their properties or otherwise act as accommodation parties or guarantors, as the case may be, under the Loan Documents (i) hereby ratifies and reaffirms all of their payment and performance obligations (including obligations as a guarantor) and obligations to reimburse and indemnify, contingent or otherwise, under each of such Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) ratifies and reaffirms their grants of liens on or security interests in their properties (including the Collateral) pursuant to such Security Documents to which they are a party (and grant a lien and security interest on such properties (including the Collateral)), respectively, as security for the Obligations under or with respect to the Credit Agreement, (iii) confirms and agrees that such liens and security interests hereafter secure all of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), including, without limitation, all additional Secured Obligations hereafter arising or incurred pursuant to or in connection with this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iv) acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Amendment and all other agreements, documents, and instruments executed and/or delivered in connection herewith, and consents to the terms and conditions therein, and (v) agrees and acknowledges that each of the Loan Documents remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed, in each case, notwithstanding the occurrence and resolution of, and without interruption as a result of, the chapter 11 proceedings pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware under caption In re CalAmp Corp., et al., Case No. 24-11136.

SECTION 7. Credit Agreement Governs. Except as expressly provided for in Section 2 of this Amendment, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Except as expressly provided for in Section 2 of this Amendment, nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.

SECTION 8. Further Assurances; Severability. The Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees to take all further actions and execute all further documents as the Lender may from time to time reasonably request to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all other agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith. Any provision of this Amendment that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties under this Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. Section 10.14 of the Credit Agreement is incorporated by reference herein as if such Section appeared herein, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 10. Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature” and words of like import in this Amendment shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

[Signatures follow]

 

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

 

BORROWER:
CALAMP CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:  

 

Name:   Jikun Kim
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
OTHER LOAN PARTIES:
CALAMP WIRELESS NETWORKS CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name: Jikun Kim
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
SYNOVIA SOLUTIONS LLC
By:  

 

  Name: Jikun Kim
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
CALAMP UK LTD
By:  

 

  Name: Jikun Kim
  Title: Director
TRACKER NETWORK (UK) LIMITED
By:  

 

  Name: Jikun Kim
  Title: Director
LOJACK GLOBAL LLC
By:  

 

  Name: Jikun Kim
  Title: Manager and Treasurer

[Signature Page to First Amendment]


LENDER:
LYNROCK LAKE MASTER FUND LP
By: Lynrock Lake Partners LLC, its general partner
By:  

    

Name: Cynthia Paul
Title: Member

[Signature Page to First Amendment]


ANNEX A

AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT

[See attached.]


ANNEX B

SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.9(e)

Borrower has received written allegations of potential infringement from the following entities:

 

Asserting Entity

   Contact     

Accused Product

Interdigital

     06/25/2024     

LMU 1300M (US 8,514,793)

LMU 5541

SC1204

Teletrac Navman

     06/12/2024      Multiple CalAmp Products

GPS Insight

     04/29/2024      Multiple CalAmp Products

Applocation Systems

     06/04/2024      LMU2631LV


Annex A to First Amendment to Credit Agreement

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of December 15, 2023,

amended as of July 31, 2024,

among

CALAMP CORP.,

as the Borrower,

and

LYNROCK LAKE MASTER FUND LP,

as the Lender


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS

     1  

1.1

  Defined Terms      1  

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      26  

1.3

  Divisions      27  

SECTION 2 AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS

     27  

2.1

  Term Commitments      27  

2.2

  [Reserved]      27  

2.3

  Repayment of Term Loan      28  

2.4

  Fees      28  

2.5

  Optional Prepayments      28  

2.6

  Mandatory Prepayments      28  

2.7

  [Reserved]      29  

2.8

  Interest Rates and Payment Dates      29  

2.9

  Computation of Interest and Fees      30  

2.10

  [Reserved]      30  

2.11

  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments      30  

2.12

  Requirements of Law      31  

2.13

  Taxes      32  

2.14

  [Reserved]      36  

2.15

  [Reserved]      36  

2.16

  Benchmark Transition      36  

2.17

  Note      36  

2.18

  Break Funding Payments      37  

SECTION 3 [RESERVED]

     37  

SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     37  

4.1

  Financial Condition      37  

4.2

  No Change      37  

4.3

  Existence; Compliance with Law      38  

4.4

  Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations      38  

4.5

  No Legal Bar      38  

4.6

  Litigation      39  

4.7

  No Default      39  

4.8

  Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments      39  

4.9

  Intellectual Property      39  

4.10

  Taxes      40  

4.11

  Federal Regulations      40  

4.12

  Labor Matters      41  

4.13

  Employee Benefit Plans.      41  

4.14

  Investment Company Act; Other Regulations      41  

4.15

  Subsidiaries      42  

4.16

  Use of Proceeds      42  

4.17

  Environmental Matters      42  

4.18

  Accuracy of Information, etc.      43  


4.19

  Security Documents      43  

4.20

  Solvency; Voidable Transaction      44  

4.21

  Regulation H      44  

4.22

  Insurance      44  

4.23

  No Casualty      44  

4.24

  PATRIOT Act; Export/Import Controls; Sanctions      44  

4.25

  Anti-Corruption Laws      45  

4.26

  Leases      45  

4.27

  Senior Indebtedness      45  

4.28

  Material Contracts      45  

SECTION 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     46  

5.1

  Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit      46  

5.2

  Post-Closing Conditions Subsequent      49  

SECTION 6 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     49  

6.1

  Financial Statements      49  

6.2

  Certificates; Reports; Other Information      50  

6.3

  Payment of Obligations      51  

6.4

  Maintenance of Existence; Compliance      51  

6.5

  Maintenance of Property; Insurance      52  

6.6

  Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Audits; Discussions      52  

6.7

  Notices      53  

6.8

  Environmental Laws      55  

6.9

  Intellectual Property      55  

6.10

  Additional Collateral, Etc.      56  

6.11

  Material Contracts      58  

6.12

  Use of Proceeds      58  

6.13

  Anti-Corruption Laws      58  

6.14

  Further Assurances      58  

6.15

  Collateral Access Agreement      58  

6.16

  Corporate Governance and Confidentiality      58  

SECTION 7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     58  

7.1

  Indebtedness      59  

7.2

  Liens      60  

7.3

  Fundamental Changes      61  

7.4

  Disposition of Property      62  

7.5

  Restricted Payments      62  

7.6

  Investments      63  

7.7

  ERISA      64  

7.8

  Preferred Stock      64  

7.9

  Transactions with Affiliates      64  

7.10

  Sale Leaseback Transactions      64  

7.11

  Cash Transfers      64  

7.12

  Accounting Changes      65  

7.13

  Negative Pledge Clauses      65  

7.14

  Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions      65  


7.15

  Lines of Business      65  

7.16

  Designation of Other Indebtedness      65  

7.17

  Amendments to Organizational Agreements and Material Contracts      65  

7.18

  Use of Proceeds      65  

7.19

  Anti-Terrorism Laws      66  

SECTION 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     66  

8.1

  Events of Default      66  

8.2

  Remedies Upon Event of Default      69  

8.3

  Application of Funds      70  

SECTION 9 [RESERVED]

     71  

SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS

     71  

10.1

  Amendments and Waivers      71  

10.2

  Notices      71  

10.3

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      72  

10.4

  Survival of Representations and Warranties      73  

10.5

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      73  

10.6

  Successors and Assigns      74  

10.7

  Adjustments; Set-off      75  

10.8

  Payments Set Aside      75  

10.9

  Interest Rate Limitation      76  

10.10

  Counterparts; Electronic Execution      76  

10.11

  Severability      76  

10.12

  Integration      76  

10.13

  GOVERNING LAW      76  

10.14

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers      77  

10.15

  Acknowledgements; Public Statements and Use of Name      77  

10.16

  Delivery of Information      78  

10.17

  Patriot Act      78  


SCHEDULES

 

Schedule A:

   Description of Commercial Transaction

Schedule 4.4:

   Governmental Approvals, Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices

Schedule 4.5:

   Requirements of Law

Schedule 4.9(a):

   Intellectual Property

Schedule 4.9(e):

   Intellectual Property Proceedings etc.

Schedule 4.10:

   Taxes

Schedule 4.15(a):

   Subsidiaries

Schedule 4.15(b):

   Subscriptions, Options, Warrants etc.

Schedule 4.17:

   Environmental Matters

Schedule 4.19:

   Financing Statements and Other Filings

Schedule 4.26:

   Leases

Schedule 4.28:

   Material Contracts

Schedule 5.2:

   Post-Closing Covenants

Schedule 6.16:

   Corporate Governance and Confidentiality

Schedule 7.1(c):

   Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 7.2(a):

   Existing Liens

Schedule 7.5(e):

   Restricted Payments

Schedule 7.6(d):

   Existing Investments

Schedule 7.18:

   Existing Transactions with Affiliates
EXHIBITS

Exhibit A:

   Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit B:

   Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit C:

   Form of Secretary’s Certificate

Exhibit D:

   Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit E:

   [Reserved]

Exhibits F-1F-4:

   Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit G:

   Form of Intercompany Note

Exhibit H:

   Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit I:    Form of Perfection Certificate


CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2023 and amended as of July 31, 2024, is entered into by and among CALAMP CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and LYNROCK LAKE MASTER FUND LP (the “Lender”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to obtain a Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed to extend such Term Loan to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrower and to secure all of its respective Obligations in respect of such guarantee by granting to the Lender a first priority Lien (free and clear of all other Liens, subject only to Liens permitted by the Loan Documents) on all of its assets, subject to certain specified exclusions set forth in the Loan Documents.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

Accounting Change”: is defined in the definition of GAAP.

Affiliate”: with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided that, the Lender shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Loan Parties solely as a result of the exercise of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents.

Agreement”: is defined in the preamble hereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Anti-Corruption Laws”: the FCPA, UK Bribery Act 2010, and any other state or federal Governmental Requirements of any jurisdiction applicable to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Anti-Terrorism Laws”: Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the Patriot Act, Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the UK Terrorism Act 2000, and any other Governmental Requirements of any jurisdiction applicable to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.

 

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Applicable Margin”: prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, 6.75% per annum, and on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, 5.00% per annum.

Asset Sale”: any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition of property permitted by clauses (a) through (h) of Section 7.4) that yields Net Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds).

Assumption Agreement”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Available Tenor”: as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.

Bankruptcy Code”: Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”.

Benchmark”: initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to the Section titled “Benchmark Transition”, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.

Benchmark Replacement”: for any Available Tenor:

(1) the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the spread adjustment selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of the tenor of Term SOFR, or

(2) the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Lender and the Borrower as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time;

provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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Benchmark Replacement Adjustment”: with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Lender and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”: with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definitions of “Business Day,” “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” “Interest Period”, “Interest Payment Date,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Lender decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Lender in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Lender decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Lender determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Lender decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Benchmark Replacement Date”: the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event”: the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), announcing or stating that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benefit Plan”: any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

Borrower”: is defined in the preamble hereto.

Borrower Board”: the board of directors, board of managers or comparable authority of the Borrower, and each committee thereof.

 

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Business”: is defined in Section 4.17(b).

Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of New York or the State of California are authorized or required by law to close.

Called Principal”: the amount of principal of the Term Loan that is to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.6 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8.2, as the context requires.

Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as finance leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock”: with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than thirty (30) days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six (6) months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby

 

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letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; (g) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (e) of this definition; (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; or (i) instruments comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above and customarily used by corporations for normal cash management purposes in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, utilized by the Borrower to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted in such jurisdiction.

Casualty Event”: any damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking by any Governmental Authority of any property of the Loan Parties.

Certificated Securities”: is defined in Section 4.19.

Change of Control”: (a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(a) of the Exchange Act) other than Lender and/or its Affiliates shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) of 40% or more of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower; (b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Borrower Board cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board, or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board; provided that any new members of the Borrower Board who are appointed by or on behalf of Lender and/or any Affiliate of Lender will not be included in any calculation under this clause (b); or (c) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the property or assets of any Loan Party to any Person that is not another Loan Party.

Closing Date”: the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 are satisfied or waived by the Lender.

Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral”: all property of the Loan Parties (other than Excluded Assets), now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

Collateral Access Agreement”: means any landlord waiver, bailee letter, warehouseman lien waiver or other agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, among the Lender and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, warehouseman or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of any real property where any Collateral is located in the United States, as such landlord waiver, bailee letter, warehouseman lien waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Collateral-Related Expenses”: all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Lender paid or incurred in connection with any sale, collection or other realization on the Collateral, and reimbursement for all other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses and liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Lender in connection therewith (including as described in Section 6.6 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), and all amounts for which the Lender is entitled to indemnification under the Security Documents and all advances made by the Lender under the Security Documents for the account of any Loan Party.

Commercial Transaction”: means the transactions described on Schedule A hereto.

Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

Control”: either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, ten percent (10%) or more of the voting Capital Stock of such Person or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Control Agreement”: any control agreement with respect to any deposit account, securities account or a commodities account, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, entered into among the depository institution at which a Loan Party maintains a Deposit Account, or the securities intermediary at which a Loan Party maintains a Securities Account, such Loan Party, and the Lender pursuant to which the Lender obtains “control” (within the meaning of the UCC, or any other applicable law) over such deposit account, securities account or commodities account.

Copyrights”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Core Business”: any material line of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and any business reasonably related, similar, corollary, complementary, ancillary, synergistic or incidental thereto.

Daily Simple SOFR”: for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Lender in accordance with the conventions for this rate recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Lender decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Lender, then the Lender may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

Debtor Relief Laws”: the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, provisional liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, plan of arrangement, scheme of arrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Declined Proceeds”: is defined in Section 2.6(f).

 

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Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Default Rate”: is defined in Section 2.8(c).

Deposit Account”: any “deposit account” as defined in the UCC with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

Designated Jurisdiction”: any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions or whose government is the subject or target of Sanctions (which, as of the Closing Date, includes Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Syria).

Designated Person”: at any time, (a) any Person who is the target of Sanctions including any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. government, including OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce or His Majesty’s Treasury, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction or (c) any Person owned or otherwise controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Discharge of Obligations”: subject to Section 10.8, the satisfaction of the Obligations by the payment in full, in cash of the principal of and interest on or other liabilities relating to each Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document (other than inchoate indemnification and reimbursement obligations and any other obligations which pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document specifically survive repayment of the Term Loan for which no claim has been made), to the extent the aggregate Term Commitments of the Lender are terminated.

Disposition”: with respect to any property (including, without limitation, Capital Stock of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries), any sale, lease, Sale Leaseback Transaction, assignment, conveyance, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition thereof (including by merger, allocation of assets, division, consolidation or amalgamation) and any issuance of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

Disqualified Stock”: any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Term Loan matures (excluding any Capital Stock that is subject to any provision thereof that requires the redemption thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or other similar event at any time on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Term Loan matures if such Capital Stock provides that such redemption is subject to the Discharge of Obligations). The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.

 

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Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

Environmental Laws”: any and all foreign, federal, provincial, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, legally binding requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human or occupational health and safety (as related to the handling of, or exposure to, Materials of Environmental Concern) or the environment, including those relating to the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal, release or threatened release of, or exposure to, Materials of Environmental Concern.

Environmental Liability”: any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) a violation of an Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Materials of Environmental Concern, (c) exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern, (d) the release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment, or (e) any contract or agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including (unless the context otherwise requires) any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate”: each corporation, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is treated as a single employer with any Group Member under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for the purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, any other Person required to be aggregated with any Group Member under Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code. Any former ERISA Affiliate of any Group Member shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Group Member within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Group Member and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Group Member could be liable under the Code or ERISA.

ERISA Event”: any of (a) a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event; (b) the applicability of the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, to any Pension Plan where an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such plan within the following 30 days, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of Section 4043(b) of ERISA); (c) a withdrawal by any Group Member or any

 

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ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan or the termination of any Pension Plan resulting in liability under Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal of any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or the receipt by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (f) the imposition of liability on any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Sections 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the failure by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Pension Plan, or the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (h) the determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (i) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (j) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Pension Plan; (k) an application for a funding waiver under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 303 of ERISA or Section 430 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan; (l) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code for which any Group Member or any Subsidiary thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (m) the occurrence of an act or omission which would be reasonably expected to give rise to the imposition on any Group Member of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Sections 409, 502(c), (i) or (1) or 4071 of ERISA; (n) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan or the assets thereof, or against any Group Member or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any Plan; (o) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Qualified Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Qualified Plan to fail to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; or (p) the imposition of any lien (or the fulfillment of the conditions for the imposition of any lien) on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate thereof, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA, including Section 303(k) of ERISA or to Section 430(k) of the Code.

ERISA Funding Rules”: the rules regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans, as set forth in Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, with respect to Plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and thereafter, as set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

 

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Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1.

Exchange Act”: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Accounts”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Excluded Assets”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Excluded Subsidiaries”: Jade Heaven Holdings Limited, CalAmp Japan K.K., CalAmp Northstar Holdings, Inc., CalAmp Wireless Networks Inc., LoJack Canada Enterprises ULC, LoJack Netherlands B.V., Boisen S.A. and CalAmp Importaçao e Locaçao de Equipamentos Para Rastreamento Ltda.

Excluded Taxes”: any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of the Lender being organized or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of the Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of the Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of the Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Term Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) the Lender acquires such interest in the Term Loan or Term Commitment or (ii) the Lender changes its lending office, except in each case, to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.13, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to the Lender’s assignor immediately before the Lender became a party hereto or to the Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to the Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.13(f), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Facility”: that certain Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2022, by and among the Borrower, CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Synovia Solutions, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, and each person joined thereto as a borrower from time to time, the financial institutions party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association.

Export/Import Controls”: (a) the U.S. Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of State, and any other applicable Governmental Requirements related to export controls and (b) customs laws administered or enforced by the United States, including the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and any other applicable Governmental Requirements related to import controls or customs.

Extraordinary Receipts”: any cash receipts received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof not in the ordinary course of business, consisting of (a) proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any

 

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cause of action, (b) indemnification payments received by any Loan Party or Subsidiary, (c) any purchase price adjustment or working capital adjustment received by any Loan Party or Subsidiary pursuant to any purchase agreement or related documentation, or (d) any other receipt of proceeds outside of the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided, however, any receipts received in connection with the Commercial Transaction in an aggregate amount not in excess of $8,000,000 shall not constitute Extraordinary Receipts.

FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

FCPA”: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

Federal Reserve Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

First Amendment Effective Date”: July 31, 2024.

Fiscal Quarter”: (i) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on May 31, August 31, November 30 and February 28 (or, if applicable, February 29) of each year, and (ii) on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

Fiscal Year”: (i) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on February 28 (or, if applicable, February 29) of each year, and (ii) on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each year.

Floor”: 1.00%.

Foreign Benefit Arrangement”: any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-US law that is maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

Foreign Lender”: a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

Foreign Plan”: each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to US law and is maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

 

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Foreign Plan Event”: with respect to any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan, (a) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan; (b) the failure to register or loss of good standing with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan required to be registered; or (c) the failure of any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan to comply with any material provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the material terms of such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan.

Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Funding Office”: the office or account of the Lender as may be specified from time to time by the Lender as its funding office.

GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Lender agree to enter into negotiations to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Lender, all standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

Governmental Approval”: any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice, of, issued by, from or to, or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority.

Governmental Authority”: the government of the United States of America, or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, and any group or body charged with setting accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

Governmental Requirement”: any applicable law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, license, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, including Environmental Laws, energy regulations and occupational, safety and health standards or controls, of any Governmental Authority.

Group Members”: the collective reference to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

Guarantors”: a collective reference to (i) the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement on the Closing Date and (ii) each Subsidiary of the Borrower which has become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10 hereof and/or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, including Obligations to the extent such obligations are required to be accounted for as a liability or debt on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP (other than (x) any such obligations incurred under ERISA and (y) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business not more than ninety (90) days overdue), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments and all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and all Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit,

 

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surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Stock in such Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, and (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) operating leases, (ii) trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business and not more than ninety (90) days past due, (iii) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, or (v) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, shall not, in each of the foregoing cases, be treated as “Indebtedness” for any purpose hereunder. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.

Indemnified Taxes”: (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee”: is defined in Section 10.5(b).

Information”: is defined in Section 10.16.

Insolvency Proceeding”: (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of any Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of such Person’s creditors, in each case, undertaken under federal, provincial, state or foreign law or any other applicable jurisdiction, including any Debtor Relief Law.

Intellectual Property”: all intellectual property, whether arising under United States or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights (including in software), works of authorship, patents, trademarks (including all goodwill associated therewith), technology, know-how, trade secrets, and processes, all rights to use any of the aforementioned under licenses and the rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

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Intellectual Property Security Agreement”: an intellectual property security agreement entered into between a Loan Party and the Lender pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, together with each other intellectual property security agreement and supplement thereto delivered pursuant to Section 6.10, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Intercompany Note” means that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, evidencing Indebtedness owed among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are party thereto from time to time, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

Interest Payment Date”: (a) the last Business Day of such Interest Period and (b) the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof, including the Maturity Date.

Interest Period”: (i) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing date of the Term Loan and ending one (1) month thereafter, and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period and ending one (1) month thereafter and (ii) on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, (a) initially, the period commencing on the First Amendment Effective Date and ending three (3) months thereafter, and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period and ending three (3) months thereafter;

provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; and

(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

Inventory”: all “inventory,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Loan Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitutes raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Loan Party’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.

Investments”: is defined in Section 7.6.

IP Licenses”: is defined in Section 4.9(a).

 

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IRS”: the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

Junior Indebtedness”: collectively, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that is (x) secured by a Lien that is junior in priority to the Lien securing the Obligations, (y) Subordinated Indebtedness and/or (z) unsecured.

Lender”: is defined in the preamble hereto.

License”: with respect to any Loan Party (the “Specified Party”), (a) any licenses or other similar rights provided to the Specified Party in or with respect to any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any other Person, and (b) any licenses or other similar rights provided to any other Person in or with respect to any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Specified Party, in each case, including (i) any software and technology license agreements (other than license agreements for commercially available, non-customized off-the-shelf software) and (ii) the license agreements listed on Schedule 4.9(a).

Lien”: any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan Documents”: this Agreement, each Security Document, each other guarantee executed by any Guarantor as required under Section 6.10 hereof or the other Loan Documents, each Term Loan Note, each Compliance Certificate, the Solvency Certificate, the Perfection Certificate, each subordination or intercreditor agreement executed and delivered by any Loan Party, each other document or instrument designated by the Borrower and the Lender as a “Loan Document” and any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.

Loan Party”: each Group Member that is, or is required to become, a party to a Loan Document as a “Borrower” or a “Guarantor”.

Make-Whole Amount”: prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, with respect to the Called Principal of the Term Loan, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of the Term Loan plus (b) 2.0% of the Called Principal of the Term Loan; provided that the Make-Whole Amount shall in no event be less than zero. For the avoidance of doubt, such amount shall be payable whether before or after an Event of Default or acceleration of the Loans.

Master Agreement”: is defined in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

Material Adverse Effect”: any event, circumstance or condition that has had a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the rights and remedies of the Lender (taken as a whole) under the Loan Documents; (c) the ability of the Borrower and the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents; or (d) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

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Material Contracts”: (i) each contract, agreement, permit or license set forth on Schedule 4.28 and (ii) any contract, agreement, permit or license of any Loan Party, which is material to such Loan Party’s business or which the failure to comply with could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Materials of Environmental Concern”: (a) any substance, material or waste that is defined, regulated or governed under any Environmental Law as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant (or by words of similar meaning and regulatory effect), (b) any substance, material or waste which is regulated by, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed under Environmental Law, or (c) any petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, toxic molds or fungi, and radioactive substances (at levels known to be hazardous to human health and safety).

Maturity Date”: the date that is the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately prior to such day.

Maximum Rate”: is defined in Section 10.9.

MNPI”: is defined in Section 10.16.

MNPI Notice”: is defined in Section 10.16.

Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgaged Properties”: the real properties as to which, pursuant to Section 6.10(b) or otherwise, the Lender shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.

Mortgages”: each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or such equivalent documents hereafter entered into and executed and delivered by one or more of the Loan Parties to the Lender, in each case, as such documents may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lender.

Multiemployer Plan”: a “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate thereof makes, is making, or is obligated or has been obligated to make, contributions within the past six (6) years.

Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and cash equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of

 

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Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), other customary costs, fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, all amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset Sale (provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, other than to make a payment for which such amount was reserved, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds) and cash escrows (provided that such cash shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds upon release from escrow to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) from the sale price for such Asset Sale and net of taxes paid and the Borrower’s reasonable and good faith estimate of income, franchise, sales, and other applicable taxes required to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale or Recovery Event in the taxable year that such Asset Sale or Recovery Event is consummated, the computation of which shall, in each such case, take into account the reduction in tax liability resulting from any available operating losses and net operating loss carryovers, tax credits, and tax credit carry forwards, and similar tax attributes and (b) in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary costs, fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Term Loan and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the Term Loan and all other obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether an account of principal, interest, any premium (including, without limitation, the Prepayment Premium and the Make-Whole Amount, if any), reimbursement obligations, payment obligations, fees, indemnities, costs and expenses (including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lender for which Borrower is responsible hereunder or under any other Loan Document).

OFAC”: the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury and any successor thereto.

Operating Documents”: for any Person as of any date, such Person’s constitutional documents, formation documents and/or certificate of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance (or equivalent thereof), as certified (if applicable) by such Person’s jurisdiction of formation as of a recent date, and, (a) if such Person is a corporation, its articles and bylaws (or equivalent thereof) or memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent thereof) in current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto.

 

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Other Connection Taxes”: with respect to the Lender, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from the Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in the Term Loan or any Loan Document).

Other Taxes”: all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

Participant”: is defined in Section 10.06(c).

Participant Register”: is defined in Section 10.06(c).

Patriot Act”: the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.

Patents”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

Pension Plan”: an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (x) that is or within the past six (6) years was maintained or sponsored by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate thereof makes or is obligated to make, or within the past six years made or was obligated to make, contributions and (y) that is subject to Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA.

Perfection Certificate”: the Perfection Certificate to be executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, together with supplements and updates to such Perfection Certificate pursuant to Section 6.2(a).

Person”: any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan”: (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan which is maintained or sponsored by any Group Member or any Subsidiary thereof or to which any Group Member or any Subsidiary thereof makes, or is obligated to make contributions, (b) a Pension Plan, or (c) a Qualified Plan.

Pledge Supplement”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Preferred Stock”: the preferred or otherwise redeemable Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

 

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Prepayment Date”: is defined in Section 2.6(f).

Prepayment Premium”: (i) on and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to 2.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan being repaid or prepaid, (ii) on and after the third anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date an amount equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan being repaid or prepaid and (iii) on the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, 0.0%. For the avoidance of doubt, such amount shall be payable whether before or after an Event of Default or acceleration of the Term Loan.

Projections”: is defined in Section 6.2(b).

Properly Contested”: in the case of any Indebtedness, Lien, or Taxes, as applicable, of any Person that are not paid as and when due or payable by reason of such Person’s bona fide dispute concerning its liability to pay the same or concerning the amount thereof: (a) such Indebtedness, Lien, or Taxes, as applicable, are being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; (b) such Person has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with GAAP; (c) the nonpayment of such Indebtedness or Taxes will not have a Material Adverse Effect and will not result in the forfeiture of any assets of such Person; (d) no Lien is imposed upon any of such Person’s assets with respect to such Indebtedness or Taxes unless such Lien (x) is at all times junior and subordinate in priority to the Liens in favor of the Lender (except only with respect to property Taxes that have priority as a matter of applicable state law) and (y) enforcement of such Lien is stayed during the period prior to the final resolution or disposition of such dispute; and (e) if such Indebtedness or Lien, as applicable, results from, or is determined by the entry, rendition or issuance against a Person or any of its assets of a judgment, writ, order or decree, enforcement of such judgment, writ, order or decree is stayed pending a timely appeal or other judicial review.

Properties”: is defined in Section 4.17(a).

Qualified Plan”: an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (a) that is maintained or sponsored by any Group Member or to which any Group Member makes or is obligated to make contributions and (b) that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.

Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof that yields Net Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

Refinance Indebtedness”: extensions, renewals, refinancing, or replacements of any of the Indebtedness described in clauses (c), (d), (f) and (h) of Section 7.1 (such Indebtedness being referred to herein as the “Original Indebtedness”); provided, that (i) such Refinance Indebtedness does not increase the principal amount or interest rate of the Original Indebtedness, excluding the capitalization of any fees or expenses, (ii) any Liens securing such Refinance Indebtedness are not extended to any additional property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary compared to the Liens securing the Original Indebtedness, if any, (iii) no Loan Party

 

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or any Subsidiary that is not originally obligated with respect to repayment of such Original Indebtedness is required to become obligated with respect to such Refinance Indebtedness, (iv) such Refinance Indebtedness does not result in a shortening of the maturity or the weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness, if applicable, (v) the terms of such Refinance Indebtedness are not less favorable in any material respect to the obligor thereunder than the original terms of such Original Indebtedness, and (vi) if such Original Indebtedness was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of such Refinance Indebtedness must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender as those that were applicable to such Original Indebtedness.

Registered IP”: is defined in Section 4.9(a).

Regulation T”: Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect from time to time.

Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect from time to time.

Regulation X”: Regulation X of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect from time to time.

Related Parties”: with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Relevant Governmental Body”: the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

Remaining Scheduled Payments”: with respect to the Called Principal of the Term Loan, all payments of interest in respect of such Called Principal that would be due after the repayment or prepayment date through the second anniversary of the Closing Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made.

Reportable Compliance Event”: any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers or directors, (a) becomes a Designated Person; (b) is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument under Anti-Terrorism Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws, Export/Import Controls, or Sanctions; or (c) receives a subpoena or other notification from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the laws, rules and regulations relating to information technology and communication supply chain (including U.S. Executive Order 13873 and 15 C.F.R. Part 7).

Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case, binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller, comptroller, secretary or any other officer or similar authorized person of the Borrower with responsibility for the administration of the obligations in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or comptroller of the Borrower.

Restricted Payments”: is defined in Section 7.5.

S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.

Sale Leaseback Transaction”: any arrangement with any Person or Persons, whereby in contemporaneous or substantially contemporaneous transactions a Group Member sells substantially all of its right, title and interest in any property and, in connection therewith, acquires, leases or licenses back the right to use any portion of such property.

Sanction(s)”: any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States Government (including those administered by OFAC and the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce), (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union, (d) the United Kingdom (including His Majesty’s Treasury), or (e) Canada.

SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.

Securities Account”: any “securities account” as defined in the UCC (or any other applicable law) with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

Security Documents”: the collective reference to (a) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b) the Mortgages, (c) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (d) each Control Agreement, (e) all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Lender granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document, (f) each Pledge Supplement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), (g) each Assumption Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), (h) each Collateral Access Agreement and (i) all financing statements, fixture filings, Patent, Trademark and Copyright filings, assignments, acknowledgments and other filings, documents and agreements made or delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing.

SOFR”: a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate from time to time).

Solvency Certificate”: the Solvency Certificate, dated the Closing Date, delivered to the Lender pursuant to Section 5.1, which Solvency Certificate shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D.

 

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Solvent”: when used with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the fair value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as of such date, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature.

Specified Party”: is defined in the definition of “License”.

Subordinated Indebtedness”: unsecured Indebtedness of a Loan Party that is expressly subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to terms (including payment and remedies subordination terms, as applicable) reasonably acceptable to the Lender; provided, that, such Indebtedness (i) will have a final stated maturity that is at least ninety (90) days after the Maturity Date, (ii) contain no financial maintenance covenants, (iii) shall have covenants and events of default that are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the applicable Loan Parties than those contained in this Agreement, and (iv) shall not require any payments of principal or other obligations (other than interest) in cash prior to its final stated maturity date.

Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Swap Contract”: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, (b) a “swap agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (c) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Swap Termination Value”: in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts.

 

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Synthetic Lease Obligation”: the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b) an agreement for the use of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Taxes”: all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Commitment”: the commitment of the Lender to make a Term Loan on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to $45,000,000.

Term Loan”: the term loan made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

Term Loan Note”: a promissory note in the form of Exhibit H, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Term SOFR”: the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.

Term SOFR Administrator”: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Lender in its reasonable discretion).

Term SOFR Reference Rate”: for the applicable corresponding tenor, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

Trademarks”: is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement”: the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in the State of New York, or as the context may require, any other applicable jurisdiction.

United States” and “U.S.”: the United States of America.

Upfront Fee”: is defined in Section 2.4.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day: any date except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

U.S. Person”: any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Section 2.13(f).

USCRO”: the U.S. Copyright Office.

USPTO”: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Withholding Agent”: as applicable, any of any applicable Loan Party and the Lender, as the context may require.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.

(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, (v) references to a given time of day shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to Eastern time, and (vi) references to agreements (including this Agreement) shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements as amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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(c) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (ii) all references herein to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (iii) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

1.3 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.

SECTION 2

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS

2.1 Term Commitments.

(a) Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lender agrees to make the Term Loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to its Term Commitment. Once repaid, whether such payment is voluntary or required, the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (and without affecting any other provisions hereof), the Borrower and the Lender hereby agree that the Upfront Fee may, in the Lender’s sole discretion, instead be effected in the form of original issue discount (and the Borrower agrees to treat such fees consistently as such for all tax purposes) with respect to the Term Loan such that on the Closing Date, the Lender may elect to fund the Term Loan to the Borrower in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Term Loan net of any such upfront fees due and payable on the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower shall be obligated to repay 100% of the principal amount of the Term Loan as provided hereunder and all calculations of interest and any fees calculated by reference to the principal amount thereof will be made on the basis of the full stated amount thereof).

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2.3 Repayment of Term Loan. The Term Loan shall be repaid on the Maturity Date in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on such date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any outstanding fees, in each case, payable in accordance with the Loan Documents.

2.4 Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender an upfront fee (the “Upfront Fee”) in an amount equal to 2.50% multiplied by the aggregate principal amount of the Lender’s Term Commitment. The Upfront Fee shall be fully earned, due and payable on the Closing Date and shall be nonrefundable. The Borrower agrees to pay the Prepayment Premium and the Make-Whole Amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.5 Optional Prepayments. Subject to the payment of the Prepayment Premium and the amounts described in Section 2.18, on and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower may without premium or penalty at any time prepay the Term Loan, in whole or in part, upon irrevocable written notice delivered to the Lender no later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days prior thereto, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the proposed prepayment and whether any Prepayment Premium is due and payable; provided that if the Term Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.18; provided, further, that if such notice of prepayment indicates that such prepayment is to be funded with the proceeds of a refinancing or disposition, such notice of prepayment may be revoked if the financing or disposition is not consummated. If any such written notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid, unless such notice is revoked pursuant to the second proviso in the first sentence of this Section 2.5. Partial prepayments of the Term Loan shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may not voluntarily prepay the Term Loan prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date.

2.6 Mandatory Prepayments.

(a) If on any date the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall receive any cash proceeds from any Extraordinary Receipts in an amount equal to or exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall, at the option of the Lender in accordance with Section 2.6(f), prepay the Term Loan within five (5) Business Days of such receipt in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the cash proceeds of such Extraordinary Receipt, in each case, to be applied as set forth in Section 2.6(f).

(b) If any Indebtedness shall be incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 7.1), at the option of the Lender in accordance with Section 2.6(f), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of incurrence or receipt toward the prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in Section 2.6(f).

 

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(c) If on any date the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall receive Net Cash Proceeds in an amount equal to or exceeding (i) $2,500,000 in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all transactions during the term of this Agreement from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall, at the option of the Lender in accordance with Section 2.6(f), prepay, or cause to be prepaid, the Term Loan, on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Net Cash Proceeds, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds, in each case, to be applied as set forth in Section 2.6(f).

(d) In the event that a Change of Control shall occur, the Borrower shall, at the option of the Lender in accordance with Section 2.6(f), prepay, or cause to be prepaid, all of the outstanding Loans, on or prior to the date which is two (2) Business Days after the date of such Change of Control.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in connection with, prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) any voluntary prepayment of Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.5, (ii) any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.6 or (iii) any payment of Term Loan after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or after acceleration of the Obligations, in each case, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender the Prepayment Premium or the Make-Whole Amount, as the case may be, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Term Loan being prepaid to the date of such prepayment.

(f) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.6 not constituting Declined Proceeds shall be applied to the Term Loan in accordance with Section 2.11(a). Each prepayment of the Term Loan under this Section 2.6 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid. The Borrower shall deliver to the Lender by 12:00 P.M., New York City time, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date such prepayment shall be made (each, a “Prepayment Date”) (i) a written notice of each prepayment of the Term Loan in whole or in part pursuant to this Section 2.6, which such notice shall set forth (1) the Prepayment Date, (2) the aggregate amount of such prepayment and (3) the applicable clause under this Section 2.6 that such prepayment relates to, and (ii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment or reduction. The Lender may decline to accept all (or any portion) of any prepayment under this Section 2.6 (any such declined amounts, “Declined Proceeds”) by providing written notice to the Borrower that the Lender has declined any prepayment under this Section 2.6 and the amount of the Declined Proceeds. In the event of any such Declined Proceeds, the Borrower shall retain such Declined Proceeds in a segregated account subject to a Control Agreement until used to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, no Prepayment Premium or Make-Whole Amount shall be payable in the event the Lender has declined any prepayment under this Section 2.6 solely in connection with such declined prepayment.

2.7 [Reserved].

2.8 Interest Rates and Payment Dates.

(a) Each Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to (i) Term SOFR plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

 

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(b) [Reserved].

(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provision of this Section 2.8 plus 2.00% and all other overdue amounts shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would apply to the Term Loan plus 2.00% (the “Default Rate”).

(d) In computing interest on the Term Loan, (I)(i) the date of the making of the Term Loan, (ii) the first day of an Interest Period applicable to the Term Loan, or (iii) the last Interest Payment Date with respect to the Term Loan, as the case may be, shall be included and (II)(i) the date of payment of the Term Loan (other than on the last Interest Payment Date thereof) or (ii) the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to the Term Loan (other than on the last Interest Payment Date thereof), as the case may be, shall be excluded. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date in cash; provided that interest accruing pursuant to Section 2.8(c) shall be payable from time to time on written demand.

(e) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears (or compounded, as applicable) on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law. Interest at the Default Rate shall be payable on written demand.

2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees.

(a) All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of three hundred and sixty (360) days. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Term SOFR Reference Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Lender pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error.

2.10 [Reserved].

2.11 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.

(a) Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.

(b) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff and shall be made prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Lender at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Any payment received by the Lender after 2:00 P.M., New York City time, may, in the Lender’s discretion be deemed received on the next

 

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succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment on the Term Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding sentence, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(c) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate the Lender to obtain the funds for the Term Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by the Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for the Term Loan in any particular place or manner.

(d) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Lender to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees, then due hereunder, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal then due hereunder.

2.12 Requirements of Law.

(a) [Reserved].

(b) Requirements of Law. If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority, in each case, made subsequent to the date hereof:

(i) shall subject the Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Taxes described in the definition of Excluded Taxes on the Term Loan, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended or participated in by, the Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in Term SOFR); or

(iii) impose on the Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or the Term Loan made by the Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining the Term Loan determined with reference to Term SOFR or of maintaining its obligation to make such Loans, or to increase the cost to the Lender, or to reduce the amount of any sum receivable or received by the Lender hereunder in respect thereof (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, in any such case, upon the request of the Lender, the Borrower will promptly pay the Lender any additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. If the Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it may promptly notify the Borrower of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

 

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(c) If the Lender determines that any change in any Requirement of Law occurring after the date hereof affecting the Lender or any lending office of the Lender or the Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s capital or on the capital of the Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Term Commitments of the Lender or the Term Loan made by the Lender to a level below that which the Lender or the Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such change in such Requirement of Law (taking into consideration the Lender’s policies and the policies of the Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or the Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(d) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a change in any Requirement of Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

(e) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this Section submitted by the Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof. Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s right to demand such compensation. The Borrower shall not be required to compensate Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12 if Lender does not send written demand within one (1) year of the date such adoption of or change in Requirement in Law occurs; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such one (1)-year period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower arising pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

2.13 Taxes.

For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law, and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party, to comply with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.13. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the

 

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relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.13) the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes. The Borrower shall, and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to, timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Lender timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes applicable to such Loan Party.

(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.13, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such other Loan Party to, deliver to the Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

(d) Indemnification by Loan Parties. Without duplication of Section 2.13(a) or Section 2.13(b), the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, jointly and severally indemnify the Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.13) payable or paid by the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by the Lender, setting forth in reasonable detail the nature and amounts of Indemnified Taxes to be paid thereunder, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) [Reserved].

(f) Status of the Lender.

(i) To the extent the Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document, the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, the Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will enable the Borrower to determine whether or not the Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.13(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if, in the Lender’s reasonable judgment, such completion, execution or submission would subject the Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the Lender.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A) if the Lender is a U.S. Person, it shall deliver to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) if the Lender is a Foreign Lender, it shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower), whichever of the following is applicable:

(a) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(b) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(c) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form); or

(d) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

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(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to the Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if the Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower as may be necessary for the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that the Lender has complied with the Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(iii) The Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.13 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 2.13(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.13(g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.13(g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax

 

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subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.13 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

2.14 [Reserved].

2.15 [Reserved].

2.16 Benchmark Transition.

(a) Benchmark Replacement. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Lender will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.

(c) Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Lender pursuant to this Section, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto.

(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. At any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR), then the Lender may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings or, in its sole discretion, replace it with another tenor of such Benchmark and (ii) the Lender may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.

2.17 Note. If so requested by the Lender by written notice to the Borrower, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender (promptly after the Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Term Loan Note to evidence the Term Loan.

 

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2.18 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment by the Borrower of any principal of the Term Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default) or (b) the failure by the Borrower to prepay the Term Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate the Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to the Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by the Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of the Term Loan had such event not occurred, at Term SOFR (excluding the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) that would have been applicable to the Term Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor, over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that the Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the SOFR market. A certificate of the Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that the Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.

Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s right to demand such compensation.

SECTION 3

[RESERVED]

SECTION 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Term Loan, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender that:

4.1 Financial Condition.

(a) [Reserved].

(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at August 31, 2023, May 31, 2023, February 28, 2023 and November 30, 2022 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the quarter ended on such date, the portion of the calendar year ended on such date and the prior year, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the twelve-month period then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved.

4.2 No Change. Since February 28, 2023, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, it being understood and agreed that the chapter 11 proceedings commenced by the Borrower on June 3, 2024 did not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, formation, incorporation, amalgamation or continuation, (b) has the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its material property, to lease the material property it operates as lessee and to conduct the material business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification or good standing, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in material compliance with all Requirements of Law except in such instances in which (i) such Requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and the prosecution of such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.4 Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No Governmental Approval or consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except (i) Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices described on Schedule 4.4, which Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.19 and (iii) Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain, make or give would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate (i) any Requirement of Law (except as set forth on Schedule 4.5), (ii) any organizational documents, shareholder agreements, voting agreements or similar agreements of any Loan Party, or (iii) any Material Contract of any Loan Party and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any Material Contract (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.2). No Loan Party has violated or failed to comply with any Material Contract applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The absence of obtaining the Governmental Approvals described on Schedule 4.4 and the violations of Requirements of Law referenced on Schedule 4.5 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.6 Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or assets that (a) purport to affect or pertain to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.7 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the making of a requested credit extension hereunder.

4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments. Each Loan Party has marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its other property, and none of such fee owned property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.2. No Loan Party owns any Investment except as permitted by Section 7.6. The Perfection Certificate sets forth a complete and accurate list of all real property owned by each Loan Party as of the Closing Date, if any.

4.9 Intellectual Property.

(a) Attached hereto as Schedule 4.9(a) (which Borrower may amend from time to time provided that notice and copies thereof are provided to the Lender as contemplated hereunder) is a true, correct and complete listing of (i) all registered Copyrights and applications to register Copyrights owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) all issued Patents and applications to register Patents owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) all registered Trademarks and applications to register Trademarks and domain names owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (items (i)-(iii), collectively, “Registered IP”), and (iv) all Licenses entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which (A) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has provided any license to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business) or (B) any Person has granted to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any license to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Person, in each case of (A) and (B), that is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (“IP Licenses”). The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all of the provisions of the IP Licenses.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9(a), all material Registered IP is subsisting, in full force and, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, valid and enforceable, and in material compliance with all legal requirements, filings, and payments and other actions that are required to maintain such Intellectual Property in full force and effect and valid and enforceable.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9(e), the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries exclusively own all Registered IP and have rights to use, all of the Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

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(d) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have taken and continue to take commercially reasonable measures, at least consistent with industry standards, to protect the Intellectual Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are necessary to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and there has not been any unauthorized access or breach concerning any trade secrets owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

(e) To the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the use of the Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, do not infringe, misappropriate, or violate the Intellectual Property of any Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9(e) (which Borrower may amend from time to time provided that notice and copies thereof are provided to the Lender as contemplated hereunder), no proceedings are pending before any Governmental Authority, and none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written claim or demand alleging, that the use by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property infringes, misappropriates or dilutes the Intellectual Property of any Person.

(f) To the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there is currently no infringement or unauthorized use by any third party of any Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

4.10 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, each Loan Party (i) has filed or caused to be filed all federal, provincial, state and other tax returns that are required to be filed (taking into account all applicable extension periods) and (ii) has paid all federal, state and other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (x) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Loan Party and (y) to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.11 Federal Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of “buying” or “carrying” “margin stock” (within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U) or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of Regulations T, U or X. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for buying or carrying any such margin stock or for extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of Regulations T, U or X. If any margin stock directly or indirectly constitutes Collateral securing the Obligations, the Borrower will furnish to the Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.

 

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4.12 Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no Group Member is a party to or subject to (or in the process of negotiating) any collective bargaining agreements, works council agreements, labor union contracts, trade union agreements, and other similar agreements with any labor union, works council, or labor organization; (b) during the past three (3) years, no labor union or group of employees of any Group Member made a demand to any Group Member for recognition or certification of labor union, or filed a petition for recognition with any Governmental Authority or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, has sought to organize any employees for purposes of collective bargaining; (c) during the past three (3) years there have been no actual or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened labor strikes, lockouts, slowdowns, work stoppages, boycotts, handbilling, picketing, walkouts, leafleting, sit-ins, sick-outs, or other similar forms of organized labor disruption by a labor union or group of employees of any Group Member with respect to any Group Member; (d) each Group Member is in compliance with all applicable laws relating to labor and employment, including but not limited to all laws relating to employment practices; the hiring, promotion, assignment, and termination of employees; discrimination; equal employment opportunities; labor relations; wages and hours; immigration; workers’ compensation; privacy; accessibility; employee benefits; background and credit checks; occupational safety and health; family and medical leave; and (e) as of the date hereof, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened proceedings, investigations, claims, actions or grievances against any Group Member brought by or on behalf of any applicant for employment, any current or former employee, consultant, independent contractor, or leased employee, volunteer, or “temp” of any Group Member, or any group or class of the foregoing, or any Governmental Authority, relating to or arising from such individual, group, or class’s employment or relationship with any Group Member.

4.13 Employee Benefit Plans. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) Each Group Member and each ERISA Affiliate are in compliance in all respects with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable laws with respect to each Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Plan; (b) no ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (c) each Group Member and each ERISA Affiliate have met all applicable requirements under the ERISA Funding Rules with respect to each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the ERISA Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; and (d) all liabilities under each Plan are funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing the Plans. No Loan Party is or will be (i) a “benefit plan investor” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA, (ii) an entity whose assets are deemed to include “plan assets” under Section 3(42) of ERISA or under any similar law or (iii) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will result in a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any applicable federal or state Requirement of Law that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness under this Agreement or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.

 

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4.15 Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Lender by the Borrower in writing from time to time after the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.15(a) sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary of the Borrower and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party, and (b) other than as set forth on Schedule 4.15(b), there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except as may be created by the Loan Documents.

4.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used (a) to refinance the obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility, (b) to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (c) for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties to the extent permitted under this Agreement.

4.17 Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.17 or as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) the facilities and properties owned by any Loan Party or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, leased or operated by any Loan Party (collectively, the “Properties”) do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or have constituted a violation of, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability, under any Environmental Law;

(b) no Loan Party has received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability, in each case, pending and in writing, regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Loan Party (the “Business”), nor does the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;

(c) no Loan Party has released, disposed of, or arranged for or permitted the disposal of Materials of Environmental Concern in violation of, or in a manner that could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;

(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Loan Party is or could reasonably be expected to be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders outstanding under any Environmental Law against any Loan Party with respect to the Properties or the Business;

(e) the operations of the Loan Parties at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the last five (5) years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.17, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there is no contamination for which Environmental Law requires investigation or remediation at, under or about the Properties; and

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4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. No (i) statement or information (other than projections and pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or industry nature) contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (ii) any other document, certificate or written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Lender or its designees for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date of such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, taken as a whole, any misstatement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the date so furnished in any material respect (giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto). The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lender that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known to any Loan Party specific to any Group Member that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Lender or its designee for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.

4.19 Security Documents. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Lender a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law). In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that are securities represented by stock certificates or otherwise constituting certificated securities within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction (“Certificated Securities”), when certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Lender, and in the case of the other Collateral constituting personal property described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 4.19 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.19, the Lender shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the UCC or upon the receipt and recording of an Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the USCRO or the USPTO, as applicable, in each case, prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.2 or in the case of Collateral that is Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.2 which arise by operation of law). Each of the Mortgages delivered after the Closing Date will be, upon execution, effective to create in favor of the Lender a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices for the applicable jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case, prior and superior in right to any other Person (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.2).

 

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4.20 Solvency; Voidable Transaction. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are, and after giving effect to the incurrence of the Obligations and obligations being incurred in connection herewith, will be, Solvent. No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.

4.21 Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has not been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

4.22 Insurance. All insurance maintained by the Loan Parties is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid, no Loan Party has received notice of violation or cancellation thereof, and each Loan Party has complied in all material respects with the requirements of each such policy except to the extent any such non-compliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party maintains insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies on all its properties in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, business interruption and property damage insurance) as are usually insured against by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties operate.

4.23 No Casualty. No Loan Party has received any notice of, nor does any Loan Party have any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Casualty Event affecting all or any material portion of its property.

4.24 PATRIOT Act; Export/Import Controls; Sanctions. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees have been during the past five (5) years and are in compliance in all respects with Anti-Terrorism Laws, Export/Import Controls and Sanctions. No Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, nor any of their respective directors, officers, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any employees, is, or is acting for or on behalf of, a Designated Person. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party (a) has assets located in, or otherwise directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly derives revenues from investments, activities or transactions in or with, any Designated Jurisdiction; or (b) directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or activities or transactions with, any Designated Person. There is no (a) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of their officers, directors or employees or (b) informal or formal investigation by any Loan Party, a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or their respective legal representatives or a Governmental Authority involving the foregoing persons described in clause (a), in each case with respect to clauses (a) and (b), that

 

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relates to a potential or actual violation of Anti-Terrorism Laws, Export/Import Controls or Sanctions, nor has there occurred any event or does there exist any condition on the basis of which any such claim may be asserted. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of any Loan Party has received during the past five (5) years a notice alleging a violation by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or an officer or director of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any employee or agent authorized to act on behalf of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, of Anti-Terrorism, Export/Import Controls or Sanctions.

4.25 Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party and their directors, officers, agents and employees have been during the past five (5) years and are in compliance in all respects with Anti-Corruption Laws. There is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents, or any informal or formal investigation by any Loan Party, a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or their respective legal representatives or a Governmental Authority involving the foregoing, that relates to a potential or actual violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, nor has there occurred any event or does there exist any condition on the basis of which any such claim may be asserted. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of any Loan Party has received during the past five (5) years a notice alleging a violation by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents of Anti-Corruption Laws.

4.26 Leases. Except to the extent set forth on Schedule 4.26 (which Borrower may amend from time to time provided that notice and copies thereof are provided to the Lender as contemplated hereunder), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating. All of such leases are valid and subsisting and no default by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries exists under any of them which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

4.27 Senior Indebtedness. All Obligations including those to pay principal of and interest (including post-petition interest, whether or not allowed as a claim under bankruptcy or similar laws) on the Term Loan and other Obligations, and fees and expenses in connection therewith, constitute “Senior Indebtedness” or similar term relating to the Obligations.

4.28 Material Contracts. Each Material Contract (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, (b) except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.17, has not been otherwise amended or modified in any material respect, and (c) is not in default due to the action of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any other party thereto; in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Lender to make its initial extension of credit hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Lender) of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Loan Documents. The Lender shall have received each of the following, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender:

(i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Lender;

(ii) if required by the Lender, a Term Loan Note executed by the Borrower in favor of the Lender;

(iii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each Grantor named therein;

(iv) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, executed by the applicable Grantor related thereto;

(v) [reserved];

(vi) all UCC financing statements listed on Schedule 3 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

(vii) [reserved].

(b) Financial Statements. The Lender shall have received the financial information referenced in Section 4.1(b) hereof.

(c) Approvals. Except for the Governmental Approvals described on Schedule 4.4 and Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain, make or give would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all Governmental Approvals and consents and approvals of, or notices to, any other Person (including the holders of any Capital Stock issued by any Loan Party) required in connection with the execution and performance of the Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.

(d) Secretary’s Certificates; Certified Operating Documents; Good Standing Certificates. The Lender shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date and executed by the Secretary (or other senior officer) or equivalent officer of such Loan Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including (A) the Operating Documents of such Loan Party, (B) the relevant board (and/or, if applicable, shareholders’) resolutions or written consents of such Loan Party adopted by such Loan Party for the purposes of authorizing such Loan Party to enter into and perform the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is party, and (C) the names, titles, incumbency and

 

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signature specimens of those representatives of such Loan Party who have been authorized by such resolutions and/or written consents to execute Loan Documents on behalf of such Loan Party, (ii) a long form good standing certificate (or equivalent) for each Loan Party from its respective jurisdiction of organization dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) if applicable, certificates of foreign qualification for each Loan Party from each jurisdiction where the failure to be qualified or in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Responsible Officer’s Certificates.

(i) The Lender shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required.

(ii) The Lender shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 5.1(m), (n) and (o) are satisfied.

(f) Patriot Act, etc. To the extent requested within a reasonable period of time prior to the Closing Date, the Lender shall have received, at least two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Lender) prior to the Closing Date, (i) all documentation and other information requested to comply with Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions; (ii) evidence of compliance by the Loan Parties with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws, Export/Import Controls and Sanctions, if and to the extent requested by the Lender; and (iii) a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8 or W-9 (or other applicable tax form), as applicable, for each Loan Party.

(g) Existing Indebtedness. All existing third party Indebtedness for borrowed money (except for any such indebtedness permitted to be outstanding in accordance with Section 7.1) of the Loan Parties, including the Existing Credit Facility, shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the initial funding under this Agreement shall be, terminated and repaid in full, and the Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory payoff letters, all documents or instruments necessary to release all applicable Liens and evidence of the discharge (or the irrevocable and unconditional (except for receipt of the stated payoff amount) making of arrangements for discharge) of all guarantees and related Liens upon the initial funding under this Agreement.

 

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(h) Collateral Matters.

(i) Lien Searches. The Lender shall have received the results of recent lien, tax, judgment and litigation searches in each of the jurisdictions where any of the Loan Parties is formed or organized and such other jurisdictions that it reasonably requests, and such searches shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by Section 7.2, and Liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date.

(ii) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2, the Lender shall have received (A) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged to the Lender pursuant to the Security Documents, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and (B) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Lender pursuant to the Security Documents, endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.

(iii) Filings, Registrations, Recordings, Agreements, Etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2, each document (including any UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements, Control Agreements) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Lender to be filed, registered or recorded to create in favor of the Lender, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right and priority to any Lien in the Collateral held by any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.2), shall have been executed and delivered to the Lender or, as applicable, be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

(iv) Insurance. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2, the Lender shall have received insurance certificates and applicable endorsements, satisfying the requirements of Section 6.5 hereof and Section 5.2(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

(v) Perfection Certificate. The Lender shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date a completed and executed Perfection Certificate;

(i) Fees. The Lender shall have received all fees required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date, and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses for which detailed invoices have been presented (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Lender) for payment no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date shall be paid; provided that such fees and expenses may be paid with proceeds of Term Loan made on the Closing Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the Lender on or before the Closing Date.

 

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(j) Legal Opinion. The Lender shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, (ii) Warren Law Group and (iii) Barnes & Thornburg LLP, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

(k) [Reserved.]

(l) Solvency Certificate. The Lender shall have received a Solvency Certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower.

(m) No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred since February 28, 2023 any event or condition that has had or would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in any Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct as of such earlier date.

(o) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of or on such date or after giving effect to the Term Loan.

5.2 Post-Closing Conditions Subsequent. The Borrower shall satisfy each of the conditions subsequent to the Closing Date specified in Schedule 5.2 to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender, in each case, by no later than the date specified for such condition (or such later date as the Lender shall agree in its sole discretion).

SECTION 6

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower hereby agrees that, at all times prior to the Discharge of Obligations, the Borrower shall, and, where applicable, shall cause each other Group Member to:

6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Lender:

(a) promptly, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year (or such later date as the Lender may agree in its sole discretion), financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries including, but not limited to, audited consolidated statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Year (which, if agreed by the Lender in its sole discretion, may be a stub period as a result of a change in Fiscal Year) and the audited consolidated balance sheet as at the end of such Fiscal Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior practices, and in reasonable detail and reported upon without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary, or exception, or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (except, if agreed by the Lender in its sole discretion, exceptions resulting from a change in Fiscal Year), or qualification or report regarding a material financial controls weakness, by an independent registered public accounting firm selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Lender; and

 

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(b) promptly, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (or such later date as the Lender may agree in its sole discretion), an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and unaudited consolidated statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries reflecting results of operations from the beginning of the Fiscal Year to the end of such quarter and for such quarter (which, if agreed by the Lender in its sole discretion, may be a stub period as a result of a change in Fiscal Year), certified by a Responsible Officer as prepared on a basis consistent with prior practices and complete and correct in all material respects, subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Borrower’s business operations and, unless otherwise agreed by the Lender in its sole discretion, setting forth in comparative form the respective financial statements for the corresponding date and period in the previous Fiscal Year.

All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except with respect to unaudited financial statements subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of year-end audit footnotes) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.1(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing the Borrower’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.1(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm subject to the same exceptions and requirements set forth above in Section 6.1(a).

6.2 Certificates; Reports; Other Information. Furnish to the Lender:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) and (b), a Compliance Certificate (i) stating that, to such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed in all material respects all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied in all material respects every condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii) [reserved], (iii) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Lender, a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a list of any registered Intellectual Property issued to or acquired by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (iii) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Closing Date) and (iv) confirmation to the Lender that there has been no change to the information set forth on the Perfection Certificate since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (a), as applicable, and/or deliver to the Lender an updated Perfection Certificate identifying such changes as of the date of such delivery;

 

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(b) promptly, and in any event no later than seventy (70) days after the beginning of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year (or such later date as the Lender may agree in its sole discretion), a month-by-month projected operating budget and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year (including an income statement for each month and a balance sheet as at the end of the last month in each Fiscal Quarter) (collectively, the “Projections”), such Projections to be accompanied by a certificate signed by the President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, or equivalent officer of the Borrower to the effect that such projections have been prepared on the basis of sound financial planning practice consistent with past budgets and financial statements and that such officer has no reason to question the reasonableness of any material assumptions on which such Projections were prepared, and a draft of such Projections within forty-five (45) days after the beginning of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year (or such later date as the Lender may agree in its sole discretion);

(c) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (other than routine comment letters from the staff of the SEC relating to the Borrower’s filings with the SEC);

(d) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the same are sent or received, copies of all material correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any Governmental Authority regarding compliance with or maintenance of Governmental Approvals or Requirements of Law or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any of the Governmental Approvals or otherwise on the operations of the Group Members;

(e) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a) and (b), a written report summarizing all material variances from budgets submitted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.2(b); and

(f) promptly, such additional information (including, without limitation, monthly financials and materials intended for third party distribution prepared by a financial advisor) regarding the business, financial or organizational affairs and condition of any Loan Party and any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

6.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations and liabilities of whatever nature (including any income and other Tax liabilities), except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member.

6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence; provided that any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall not be required to preserve any such existence if the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable or necessary in the conduct of the business of

 

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such Subsidiary, and the failure to preserve such existence could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain or obtain all Governmental Approvals and all other rights, privileges and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business or necessary for the performance by such Person of its Obligations under any Loan Document, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.3 or 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) comply with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) comply with all Governmental Approvals, and any term, condition, rule, filing or fee obligation, or other requirement related thereto, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each ERISA Affiliate to: (1) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code or other applicable law; (2) cause each Qualified Plan to maintain its qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Code; (3) make all required contributions to any Plan; (4) make all required contributions to any Multiemployer Plan; (5) ensure that all liabilities under each Plan are funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing such Plan; and (6) ensure that the contributions or premium payments to or in respect of each Plan are and continue to be promptly paid at no less than the rates required under the rules of such Plan and in accordance with the most recent actuarial advice received in relation to such Plan (if any) and applicable law, except, with respect to (1) through (6), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and obsolescence excepted except where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, business interruption and property damage insurance) as are usually insured against by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties operate.

6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Audits; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct, in all material respects, entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) at any reasonable time, from time to time, during regular business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, permit representatives (including independent contractors) of the Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with officers, directors and management employees of the Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that a representative of the Loan Parties shall be permitted to participate in any discussion with the accountants. The foregoing inspections and audits shall be at the Borrower’s expense. Such inspections and audits shall not be undertaken more frequently than once per year, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such inspections and audits shall occur as often as the Lender shall reasonably

 

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determine is necessary during regular business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of copies of or taking abstracts from, or discuss any document, information, or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries, customers and/or suppliers, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Lender (or any of its representatives) is prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law; provided that, with respect to this clause (ii), the Borrower shall (A) provide written notice to the Lender making it aware that information is being withheld (to the extent permitted by Requirements of Law) and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to communicate the relevant information in a way that does not violate such Requirements of Law, (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or other legal privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided that, with respect to this clause (iii), the Borrower shall (A) provide written notice to the Lender making it aware that information is being withheld and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to communicate the relevant information in a way that does not violate such attorney-client or other legal privilege or (iv) in respect of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary owes confidentiality obligations to any third party; provided that, with respect to this clause (iv), the Borrower shall (A) provide written notice to the Lender making it aware of such confidentiality obligations (to the extent permitted under the applicable confidentiality obligation) and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to communicate the relevant information in a way that does not violate such confidentiality obligations.

6.7 Notices.

Give prompt written notice to the Lender of:

(a) promptly after the Borrower has knowledge or becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) promptly after the Borrower has knowledge or becomes aware of any (i) breach or non-performance of or default or event of default under, or receipt of a notice alleging breach or non-performance of or default or event of default under any Material Contract (or any dispute with any counterparty to any Material Contract), (ii) any development that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the threat or commencement of (or any development in) any dispute, litigation, arbitration, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any litigation or proceeding with any Group Member as a party (i) in which the amount involved is $150,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought against any Loan Party or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;

(d) (i) promptly after the Borrower has knowledge or becomes aware of the occurrence of any of the following events affecting any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (but in no event more than fifteen days after such event), the occurrence of any of the following events, and shall provide

 

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the Lender with a copy of any notice with respect to such event that may be required to be filed with a Governmental Authority and any notice delivered by a Plan or a Governmental Authority to any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such event: (A) an ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event, (B) the adoption of any new Pension Plan by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (C) the adoption of any amendment to a Pension Plan, if such amendment will result in an increase in benefits or unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), or (D) the commencement of contributions by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate to any Multiemployer Plan or Pension Plan; (ii)(A) promptly after the giving, sending or filing thereof, or the receipt thereof, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate with the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan, (2) all notices received by any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event, and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Pension Plan as the Lender shall reasonably request; and (B) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such certifications or other evidence of compliance with the provisions of Section 7.7 as the Lender may from time to time reasonably request; and (iii) any Loan Party becoming a “benefit plan investor” under Section 3(42) of ERISA and/or any Loan Party assets being deemed to include “plan assets” under Section 3(42) of ERISA or under any similar law applicable to such Loan Party;

(e) (i) any Asset Sale outside of the ordinary course of business undertaken by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to someone other than the Borrower or another Loan Party, (ii) any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof of any Capital Stock to someone other than to the Borrower or any employee, officer or director, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (iii) any incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting the Loans under this Agreement) in a principal amount equaling or exceeding $100,000, and (iv) with respect to any such Asset Sale, issuance of Capital Stock or incurrence of Indebtedness, the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith and the amount of any Extraordinary Receipts received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, in each case, only to the extent the Borrower is not required to provide notice of such occurrence pursuant to Section 2.6(f);

(f) promptly after the Borrower has knowledge or becomes aware of any casualty, damage or destruction to any material portion of the Collateral (deemed to include Collateral having an aggregate value in excess of $100,000) or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any interest in a material portion of the Collateral (deemed to include Collateral having an aggregate value in excess of $100,000) under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding;

(g) any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party; and

(h) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days following receipt thereof, notice from any customer representing 5% or more of the revenues of the Group Members in the aggregate indicating that such customer intends to materially reduce or terminate business volume with the Group Members.

 

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Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto.

6.8 Environmental Laws.

(a) Comply with, and make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all governmental licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) (i) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) comply with all material lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

6.9 Intellectual Property.

(a) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries agree that should it obtain an ownership interest in or to any Intellectual Property, including any Intellectual Property that is registered or pending registration or issuance, which is not now a part of the Collateral, (i) any such ownership interest in the Intellectual Property shall automatically become a part of the Collateral, and (ii) with respect to any such interests in any Intellectual Property that is registered or pending registration or issuance, the Borrower shall give written notice thereof in accordance with Section 6.2(a) and shall cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to the Lender such Intellectual Property Security Agreements necessary to grant the Lender security interests in such Intellectual Property.

(b) With respect to material Intellectual Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any such Intellectual Property that is not now a part of the Collateral, the Borrower agrees to take, and to cause each of its Subsidiaries to take, such steps as the Borrower (or such Subsidiary) reasonably deems necessary to register and maintain the validity and enforceability of such Intellectual Property, including making appropriate filings, payments and submissions with the USPTO and USCRO.

(c) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not allow any of their respective Intellectual Property, including applications and registrations therefor, to be abandoned, cancelled, forfeited, or dedicated to the public without the written consent of Lender, unless the Borrower determines that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Intellectual Property is no longer desirable in the conduct of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ business and that the loss thereof could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The Borrower will continue to take, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take, commercially reasonable actions to protect and enforce the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ material Intellectual Property, and such steps necessary to maintain confidentiality with respect thereto.

 

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(e) In the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries becomes aware that any of their Intellectual Property are infringed or misappropriated by a third party, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower shall take such actions as the Borrower reasonably deems appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. Any expense incurred in connection with such activities shall be borne solely by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

6.10 Additional Collateral, Etc.

(a) With respect to any Collateral acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party as to which the Lender does not have a perfected Lien that is required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, real property), the Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, promptly: (i) execute and deliver to the Lender such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Lender deems reasonably necessary or advisable to evidence that such Loan Party is a Guarantor and to grant to the Lender a security interest in such Collateral and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Lender to grant to the Lender a perfected first priority (except as expressly permitted by Section 7.2) security interest and Lien in such Collateral as required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document, including (if applicable) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or taking any other action as reasonably requested by the Lender.

(b) With respect to any fee interest in any real property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party with an individual fair market value in excess of $250,000, promptly (and in any event within sixty (60) days of such acquisition or such longer period as approved by the Lender in its reasonable discretion): (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage in the maximum principal amount of the purchase price of such real property in jurisdictions that impose mortgage recording taxes (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Lender in jurisdictions that do not impose mortgage recording taxes), in favor of the Lender covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Lender, provide the Lender with (1) title and extended coverage insurance (with such customary endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Lender may reasonably request) covering such real property, paid for by the Borrower and issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, in an amount equal to the purchase price of such real property, (2) a current ALTA/NSPS survey thereof, paid for by the Borrower and in each case, including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Lender, together with a surveyor’s certificate and complying in all material respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association and National Society of Professional Surveyors as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey, or an existing survey, in each case, sufficient for such title insurance company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy relating to such real property and issue the customary survey related endorsements or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Lender, (3) flood insurance determination certificates, and if

 

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applicable, evidence that the applicable Loan Party has obtained flood insurance covering such property in an amount required for the Lender to be in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and (4) such other documents as the Lender may reasonably request that are in the Borrower’s possession with respect to any such real property, and (iii) if requested by the Lender, deliver to the Lender legal opinions relating to such Mortgage, which opinions shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

(c) With respect to any new direct or indirect Subsidiary that is created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days or such longer period as approved by the Lender in its sole discretion): (i) execute and deliver to the Lender such supplements, joinders or amendments to the applicable Security Documents as the Lender deems reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Lender a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned directly or indirectly by such Loan Party, (ii) deliver to the Lender such documents and instruments as may be required to grant, perfect, protect and ensure the priority of such security interest, including but not limited to, the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, any Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit Account or Securities Account (other than, in each case, Excluded Accounts), and any Security Document (or any amendment, supplement or modification thereof) with respect to Intellectual Property (other than Excluded Assets), (iii) cause such new Subsidiary or any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of acquiring any such Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and other applicable Security Documents, (B) to take such actions as are reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Lender to grant to the Lender a perfected first priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted hereunder) in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other Security Documents, with respect to such Subsidiary, including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by the Lender and (C) to deliver to the Lender a customary certificate of such Subsidiary, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv) if requested by the Lender, deliver to the Lender legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) other than the Collateral in which a Lien was previously granted or required to be granted by the Loan Parties, or the guarantees provided by the Loan Parties, in each case, on the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 5.2, the Loan Parties shall not be required to deliver any Collateral or perfect the Lender’s security interest with respect to any Collateral (except to the extent perfection can be accomplished by filing UCC financing statements) or provide any guarantee of the Obligations, in each case, if the cost of delivering or perfecting the lien in such Collateral or of providing such guarantee exceeds the benefit to the Lender (which shall take into account any adverse tax consequences suffered or expected to be suffered by the Borrower or any Loan Party as a result thereof), in each case, as reasonably determined by the Lender, and (ii) other than the Collateral in which a Lien was previously granted or required to be granted by the Loan Parties, or the guarantees provided by the Loan Parties, in each case, on the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 5.2, no such Liens or guarantees shall be required to be provided by any Subsidiary in any case in which (or, if applicable, to the extent that) the provision of such Lien or guarantee would violate applicable law, in each case, as reasonably determined by the Lender.

 

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6.11 Material Contracts. Except where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, perform and observe all the terms and provisions of each Material Contract to which it is a party or any of its property is bound.

6.12 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Term Loan only for the purposes specified in Section 4.16.

6.13 Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws; Export/Import Controls; Sanctions.

(a) Conduct its business, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to conduct its business, in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws, Export/Import Controls and Sanctions, and maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with such laws. The Borrower shall deliver to the Lender any certificate or other evidence reasonably requested from time to time by the Lender confirming the Borrower’s compliance with this Section 6.13(a) and Section 7.21.

(b) Provide prompt written notice to the Lender upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.

6.14 Further Assurances. Execute any further instruments and take such further action as the Lender reasonably deems necessary to perfect, protect, ensure the priority of or continue the Lender’s Lien on the Collateral as required under the Loan Documents or to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

6.15 Collateral Access Agreement. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, as such deadline may be extended by the Lender in its reasonable discretion, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be delivered to the Lender, a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to the location designated as the corporate headquarters of the Borrower.

6.16 Corporate Governance and Confidentiality. Comply with the requirements set forth on Schedule 6.16.

SECTION 7

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower hereby agrees that, at all times prior to the Discharge of Obligations, the Borrower shall not, nor shall the Borrower permit any Subsidiary of the Borrower to, directly or indirectly:

 

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7.1 Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party is permitted under Section 7.6(e) and evidenced by the Intercompany Note and pledged and delivered to the Lender, and any Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to the Intercompany Note or otherwise subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Lender;

(c) Indebtedness outstanding on, and in the amounts outstanding as of, the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.1(c);

(d) [reserved];

(e) Indebtedness arising under Swap Contracts that are entered into by Borrower or another Loan Party with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and not for speculative or investment purposes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000;

(f) Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (whether or not constituting purchase money Indebtedness), including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals, and replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with clause (g) below; provided, that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (f) together with any Refinance Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted by clause (g) below, shall not exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding;

(g) Refinance Indebtedness;

(h) Indebtedness in connection with standby and/or trade letters of credit (i) for general corporate purposes in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $250,000 as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or refinanced from time to time and (ii) supporting credit card processing services arrangements for Tracker Network (UK) Limited, LoJack Italia SRL and LoJack España S.A. in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or refinanced from time to time;

(i) Guarantee Obligations of Indebtedness permitted under this Section 7.1; provided that (i) any such guarantees by a Loan Party of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 7.6(e) and (ii) any such guarantees shall be subordinated to the Obligations on the same terms as the Indebtedness so guaranteed; and

 

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(j) other Indebtedness that is acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.

7.2 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.2(a); provided that (i) no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date, (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured or benefitted thereby is not increased (except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.1), (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured thereby is permitted by Section 7.1;

(b) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and other Liens in favor of the Lender;

(c) Liens in connection with Swap Agreements;

(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not delinquent or being Properly Contested in good faith by a Loan Party;

(e) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under worker’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance;

(f) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Liens arising by virtue of the rendition, entry or issuance against any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any property of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, of any judgment, writ, order, or decree to the extent the rendition, entry, issuance or continued existence of such judgment, writ, order or decree (or any event or circumstance relating thereto) has not resulted in the occurrence of an Event of Default;

(h) Carriers’, warehousemens’, repairmens’, mechanics’, workers’, materialmen’s, landlords’, customs brokers, custom and forwarding agents, and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not more than thirty (30) days past due or which are being Properly Contested in good faith;

(i) Liens in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or in the ordinary course of business under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institution’s general terms and conditions;

 

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(j) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;

(k) leases or subleases and non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses granted in the ordinary course of business to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(l) Liens arising from the rights of lessors under leases (including financing statements regarding property subject to lease) permitted under Section 7.1(f);

(m) rights of consignors of goods, whether or not perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC;

(n) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;

(o) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases or consignment of goods;

(p) Liens on cash collateral securing any letters of credit permitted by Section 7.1(h) hereof;

(q) [reserved];

(r) other Liens that are acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion; and

(s) solely during the term of that certain Lease Agreement between Q 2400 Glenville, L.P., as landlord, and CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation, as tenant, dated as of October 2, 2018 (the “Lease Agreement”), expiring June 30, 2024, the Lien evidenced by UCC financing statement number 20187262492; provided, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries may occupy the premises subject to such Lease Agreement; provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be in occupation of such premises solely as a result of the expiration of the sublease to Pure Nodal, Inc. on June 15, 2024.

7.3 Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that:

(a) (i) any Loan Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into another Loan Party (provided that if such transaction involves the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity); and (ii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into a Loan Party (provided that a Loan Party is the surviving entity);

(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets pursuant to any liquidation, dissolution or other transaction that results in the assets of such Subsidiary being transferred to the Borrower or any other Loan Party; and

 

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(c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and is not disadvantageous to the Lender (in its capacity as Lender hereunder); provided that the assets of such Subsidiary shall be contributed to or assumed by a Loan Party.

7.4 Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete, surplus or worn out property in the ordinary course of business;

(b) Dispositions of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.3;

(d) Dispositions of property by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party;

(e) Dispositions of property subject to a Casualty Event;

(f) to the extent constituting a Disposition, Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.5, Investments permitted by Section 7.6 (other than Section 7.6(b)) and Liens permitted by Section 7.2;

(g) Dispositions related to the Commercial Transaction; and

(h) Dispositions that are acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.

7.5 Restricted Payments. Make any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Junior Indebtedness, declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or make any payment of management, consulting, monitoring, advisory or similar fees to any board member or holder of any Capital Stock or other equity interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any such board member or holder (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:

(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party;

(b) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments that are otherwise acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion;

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(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make compensation payments to employees, board members, consultants, vendors and suppliers, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(e) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments that are listed on Schedule 7.5(e); and

(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make severance payments in the ordinary course of business in connection with the termination of employees after the Closing Date.

7.6 Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting all or a substantial portion of a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:

(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(b) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.1;

(c) intercompany Investments into a Loan Party made after the Closing Date by any Group Member;

(d) Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.6(d); provided that the amount of the Investments described on such Schedule is not increased (except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.6 other than this Section 7.6(d));

(e) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time;

(f) the extension of trade credit by a Loan Party to its customers in the ordinary course of business in connection with a sale of inventory or rendition of services, in each case on open account terms;

(g) loans or advances made by a Loan Party to its employees, officers, or managers on an arms-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $250,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(h) notes payable or stock or other securities issued by account debtors to a Loan Party pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such account debtor’s receivables in the ordinary course of business;

(i) deposits, prepayments, advances, and other credits to suppliers, vendors, customers, lessors, and landlords or in connection with marketing promotions, in each instance, made in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(j) Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $1,000,000 solely for the purpose of settling intercompany payables, intercompany receivables and equity accounts in connection with the dissolution of such Excluded Subsidiaries or the merger of such Excluded Subsidiaries into the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

(k) other Investments that are acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.

7.7 ERISA. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Group Member or any ERISA Affiliate to, enter into any new Pension Plan or modify any existing Pension Plan so as to increase its obligations thereunder, in each case, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

7.8 Preferred Stock. Issue any Preferred Stock other than Preferred Stock acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.

7.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than transactions solely among Loan Parties and their wholly-owned Subsidiaries or transactions existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.18) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of business of the relevant Loan Party or Subsidiary, or (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Loan Party or Subsidiary than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided that, solely with respect to this clause (c), (i) with respect to any such transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $250,000, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lender a resolution adopted by the majority of the disinterested members of the Borrower Board, and (ii) with respect to any such transaction or series of transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $500,000, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lender an opinion issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing stating that such transaction is, or series of related transactions are, fair to the Borrower or its relevant Subsidiary from a financial point of view; provided, further, that the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.9 shall not apply to (A) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (B) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business, (C) payments permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 and (D) this Agreement and any transactions with the Lender or an Affiliate of Lender.

7.10 Sale Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any Sale Leaseback Transaction other than Sale Leaseback Transactions acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.

7.11 Cash Transfers. Transfer any cash from a Deposit Account subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Lender to any Deposit Account or Securities Account of the Borrower or another Loan Party not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Lender.

 

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7.12 Accounting Changes. Make any Accounting Changes or any other change in its accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP; provided that such Accounting Changes or other change could not reasonably be expected to be materially disadvantageous to the Lender (in its capacity as Lender hereunder), or make any change to its fiscal year without the prior written consent of the Lender.

7.13 Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements, (c) any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under Section 7.2(a) or any agreement or option to Dispose of any asset of any Group Member, the Disposition of which is permitted by any other provision of this Agreement (in each case, provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed), or (d) restrictions existing under Requirements of Law.

7.14 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or to pay any Indebtedness owed to, any other Group Member, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, any other Group Member, or (c) transfer any of its assets to any other Group Member, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a Disposition permitted hereby of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary or a Disposition that is conditioned on the Discharge of Obligations, (iii) customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements or (iv) consisting of restrictions existing under Requirements of Law.

7.15 Lines of Business. Enter into any line of business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for the Core Business.

7.16 Designation of Other Indebtedness. Designate any Indebtedness or obligations other than the Obligations as “Senior Indebtedness” or a similar concept thereto, if applicable.

7.17 Amendments to Organizational Agreements and Material Contracts. Amend or permit any amendments to any Loan Party’s organizational documents or any Material Contract, to the extent such amendment could reasonably be expected to be materially disadvantageous to the Lender (in its capacity as the Lender hereunder).

7.18 Use of Proceeds. Use, lend, or otherwise make available to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, the proceeds of the Term Loan, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (a) to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, in each

 

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case, in violation of Regulation T, U or X; or (b)(i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Designated Person or Designated Jurisdiction, or (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of (x) Sanctions by any Person or (y) Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws or Export/Import Controls by any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as the Lender, or otherwise.

7.19 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Conduct, deal in or engage in or permit any Affiliate or agent of any Loan Party within its control to conduct, deal in or engage in any of the following activities: (a) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Designated Person, including the making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Designated Person; (b) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Anti-Terrorism Laws; or (c) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the Anti-Terrorism Laws.

SECTION 8

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any amount of principal of the Term Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any amount of interest on the Term Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within three (3) Business Days after such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate or other document furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document (i) if qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made, or (ii) if not qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Section 5.2, Section 6.1, Section 6.2(a), Section 6.4(a)(i) (with respect to the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.12, Section 6.13, Section 6.16 or Section 7 of this Agreement; or

(d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other obligation or covenant contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days thereafter; or

(e) any Group Member shall (A) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Term Loan) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto (taking into account all

 

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applicable extension periods); (B) default in making any payment of any interest, fees, costs or expenses on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (C) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, beyond the period of grace, if any, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or permit the holder thereof to cause, such Indebtedness to become or declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity; provided that, a default, event or condition described in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this Section 8.1(e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in any of clauses (A), (B), or (C) of this Section 8.1(e) shall have occurred with respect to Indebtedness, the outstanding principal amount of which, individually or in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness, exceeds $500,000; or

(f) after the First Amendment Effective Date, (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (a) under any Debtor Relief Law seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (b) seeking appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, interim receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (x) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (y) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of forty five (45) days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within forty five (45) days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) (i) there shall occur one or more ERISA Events and/or Foreign Plan Events, in either case, which individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any Loan Party shall become a “benefit plan investor” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and/or become an entity whose assets are deemed to include “plan assets” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or any applicable similar law; or

(h) there is entered against (i) any Group Member one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance (subject to any applicable deductible) or indemnity as to which the relevant insurance company or indemnifying party, as applicable, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender as it relates to such indemnity, has not disputed or otherwise contested in writing such insurance coverage or indemnification obligation, as applicable) of $500,000 or more; or (ii) any Group Member one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, individually or in

 

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the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) all such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within forty five (45) days from the entry thereof; or

(i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms thereof), or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable over a significant portion of the Collateral and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or

(j) any court order specific to a Loan Party or other Group Member enjoins, restrains or prevents the Loan Parties and other Group Members, taken as a whole, from conducting all or any material part of their business, and such court order shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof; or

(k) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing; or

(l) a Change of Control shall occur; or

(m) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall cease conducting any material part of its business operations by virtue of any casualty, any labor unrest or any injunction or other prohibition imposed by any Governmental Authority, for any period of thirty (30) consecutive days and the same results in a Material Adverse Effect (after taking into account any business interruption insurance proceeds received by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in connection therewith); or

(n) (i) any Loan Party defaults under any Material Contract, or (ii) any Material Contract shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of each party thereto, or any Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, contest or limit in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability, and, in each of the foregoing sub-clauses (i) and (ii), such default or such cessation, as applicable, either individually or in the aggregate, results in a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any party to any Material Contract should take an enforcement action or otherwise exercise remedies thereunder against any Loan Party with respect to an amount individually or in the aggregate in excess of $500,000, and such enforcement or such exercise, as applicable, either individually or in the aggregate, results in a Material Adverse Effect, except where such enforcement or such exercise, as applicable is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or

(o) any Loan Document not otherwise referenced in Section 8.1(i) or (k), at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than (i) as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or pursuant to the terms thereof, (ii) as a result of the action or inaction of the Lender or (iii) the Discharge of Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any

 

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Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any such Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or any further liability or obligation under any such Loan Document to which it is a party, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any such Loan Document; or

(p) (i) the indictment of any senior officer of the Borrower for fraud and such senior officer is not replaced or removed as an officer of the Borrower within five (5) days after such indictment; provided that if such senior officer indicted shall be the chief executive officer or other similar officer with equivalent responsibilities and duties, any such replacement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, or (ii) the indictment of any Group Member or any senior officer thereof under any criminal statute, or commencement of criminal or civil proceedings against any Group Member or any senior officer thereof, in each case, pursuant to which indictment or proceedings the Governmental Authority prosecuting the indictment or initiating the proceedings seeks forfeiture of a material portion of the property of the Loan Parties.

8.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Lender may take any or all of the following actions:

(a) [reserved];

(b) declare all outstanding Obligations, including, without limitation, the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, an amount equal to the Prepayment Premium or the Make-Whole Amount, if any, that would have been due and payable if the Term Loan was prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5 or Section 2.6 on the date of such acceleration and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and

(c) exercise all rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 8.1(f), all outstanding Obligations, including, without limitation, the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, an amount equal to the Prepayment Premium or the Make-Whole Amount that would have been due and payable if the Term Loan was optionally prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5 or mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 2.6 on the date of such acceleration and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically immediately become due and payable.

It is understood and agreed that if the Term Loan is accelerated or otherwise become due prior to the Maturity Date, including without limitation as a result of any Event of Default set forth in Section 8.1(f) (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law), the Prepayment Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, that would have been payable if the Term Loan was optionally prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5 or mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 2.6 on such date of acceleration will also automatically be due and payable and shall constitute part of the Obligations with respect to the Term Loan. In view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable

 

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calculation of the Lender’s lost profits as a result thereof, any such Prepayment Premium or Make-Whole Amount payable shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by the Lender as the result of the early prepayment and each of the Loan Parties agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING AMOUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION, ANY RESCISSION OF SUCH ACCELERATION OR THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY PROCEEDING UNDER DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS. Each of the Loan Parties expressly agrees (to the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) each of the Prepayment Premium and the Make-Whole Amount is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) each of the Prepayment Premium and the Make-Whole Amount shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lender and the Loan Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay such Prepayment Premium and Make-Whole Amount; and (D) the Loan Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. Each of the Loan Parties expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay such Prepayment Premium and Make-Whole Amount to the Lender as herein described is a material inducement to the Lender to enter into this Agreement.

(d) Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

8.3 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2, any amounts received by the Lender on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Lender in the following order:

First, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest but including any Collateral-Related Expenses, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lender and amounts payable under Sections 2.12 and 2.13 (including interest thereon)) payable to the Lender;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting the Prepayment Premium and the Make-Whole Amount, if any;

Third, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Term Loan;

Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are then due and payable to the Lender on such date; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full (excluding, for this purpose, any Obligations which have been cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and any contingent indemnification or reimbursement Obligations), to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law.

 

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SECTION 9

[RESERVED]

SECTION 10

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The Lender, together with each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document, may from time to time (x) enter into written amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lender or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (y) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Lender may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or modification shall be binding upon the Loan Parties and the Lender. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties and the Lender shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured during the period such waiver is effective; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

10.2 Notices.

(a) All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by electronic mail), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three (3) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of electronic mail notice, upon confirmation of delivery, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

Borrower:   CalAmp Corp.

15635 Alton Parkway, #250

Irvine, CA 92618

Attention: Jikun Kim

Email: jkim@CalAmp.com

 

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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents):

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

One Federal Place

1819 Fifth Avenue North

Birmingham, AL 35203-2119

Attention: Julia Bernstein

Email: jbernstein@bradley.com

Lender:    Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP

Attention: Cynthia Paul; Michael Manley; Operations

Email: cp@lynrocklake.com; mike@lynrocklake.com; and ops@lynrocklake.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents):

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Attention: Jaisohn Im; Josh Peary

Email: jim@akingump.com; jpeary@akingump.com

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Lender shall not be effective until received.

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email) pursuant to procedures approved by the Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to the Lender pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Lender. The Lender or the Borrower may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Lender otherwise prescribes, notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

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10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Term Loan and other extensions of credit hereunder.

10.5 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Lender, one additional local counsel in each jurisdiction and reasonably necessary specialist counsel (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Persons, taken as a whole), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of, and the due diligence related to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender (including the reasonable, documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Lender) in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including their rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Term Loan made or participated in hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Term Loan. Counsel for the Lender shall provide the Borrower with summary fee statements that set forth the amount of charges for professional and ancillary services but will not include time entry detail or descriptions.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender and each Related Party of the Lender (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the Term Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Materials of Environmental Concern on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. This Section 10.5(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

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(c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Term Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(d) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.

(e) Survival. Each Loan Party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

10.6 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, for the benefit of the Related Parties of the Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Certain Pledges. The Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of the Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a prime broker; provided that no such pledge or assignment of security interest shall release the Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for the Lender as a party hereto.

(c) Participant Register. The Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of the Term Loan owing to it); provided that (A) the Lender’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (B) the Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower and the Lender shall continue to deal solely and directly in connection with the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Where the Lender sells a participation to a Participant pursuant to this Section 10.6(c), the Borrower (or its agent) shall maintain or caused to be maintained a

 

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registry including the name and address of each participant, the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Term Loan or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”) or any other information that is necessary for the Term Loan to be considered to be in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or such regulations); provided that there shall be no obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrower’s or the Lender’s obligations in respect of the Term Loan.

10.7 Adjustments; Set-off.

(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower and each Loan Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, at any time held or owing, and any other credits, indebtedness, claims or obligations, in any currency, in each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Lender, its Affiliates or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not the Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such other Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of the Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The Lender agrees to notify the Borrower in writing promptly after any such setoff and application made by the Lender or any of its Affiliates; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Lender and its Affiliates under this Section 10.7 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which the Lender or its Affiliates may have.

10.8 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Lender, or the Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, custodian or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

 

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10.9 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest, at the option of the Lender, shall be applied to the principal of the Term Loan or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

10.10 Counterparts; Electronic Execution.

(a) This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

(b) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

10.11 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.12 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Lender with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

10.13 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING SECTION 10.14 (SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS)) AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Section 10.13 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

 

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10.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in the Southern District of the State of New York; and expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or suit relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, commenced in any such court or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, and hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude the Lender from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of the Lender;

(b) hereby agrees that service of the summons, complaints, and other process issued in such action or suit may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the relevant party at the addresses set forth in Section 10.2 of this Agreement and that service so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of such party’s actual receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid;

(c) WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL; and

(d) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

This Section 10.14 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.

10.15 Acknowledgements; Public Statements and Use of Name. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) the Lender does not have any fiduciary relationship with or fiduciary duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Lender, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby between the Borrower and the Lender; and

 

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(d) the Lender or its Affiliates may provide financing or other services to or may have investments in parties whose interests may conflict with the interests of the Loan Parties, and the Lender has no obligation to disclose any of such interests.

The Loan Parties and their Affiliates will consult with the Lender before issuing any press release or making any public statement or filing with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and will provide the Lender and its counsel with a draft of any press release or other public statement or filing at least two (2) days prior to such disclosure, except where advance notice is not permitted by applicable law. The Loan Parties and their Affiliates will in good faith consider comments to, or other modifications of, such disclosure. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Loan Party or Affiliate thereof shall use the Lender’s name without the Lender’s prior written approval, except as required by applicable law.

10.16 Delivery of Information. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Loan Document to the contrary, if any notice, report or other information required to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document contains material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of the foregoing (“MNPI”), the Borrower shall notify the Lender that the Borrower desires to deliver MNPI to the Lender (any such notice, an “MNPI Notice”), provided, the Borrower shall have no obligation to furnish an MNPI Notice with respect to any notice, report or other information furnished in connection with Section 6.16. The Lender may either (i) refuse the delivery of such MNPI or (ii) direct the delivery of such MNPI to (x) a designee of the Lender (including counsel to the Lender), in which case the Lender shall cause such designee, to the extent such designee is not already party to a non-disclosure agreement with the Borrower, to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to such information in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, or (y) the Lender pursuant to procedures acceptable to the Lender to ensure compliance with the restrictions imposed by United States securities laws on purchasing or selling securities when in possession of MNPI or from communicating MNPI to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities in reliance on such information. If the Lender elects the option under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Lender or its designee, as applicable, the information subject to such MNPI Notice.

10.17 Patriot Act. The Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party that, pursuant to the provisions of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and Patriot Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the UK Terrorism Act 2000, and all other laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Loan Parties related to terrorist financing or money laundering, including know-your-customer (KYC) and financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the names and addresses and other information that will allow the Lender to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with such rules and regulations. The Borrower and each other Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Lender to assist the Lender in maintaining compliance with such applicable rules and regulations.

 

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10.18 Confidentiality. The Lender hereby agrees that the Lender shall comply with the requirements applicable to the Lender set forth on Schedule 6.16 for the period of time that such compliance is required by Schedule 6.16.

[Signature Pages Intentionally Omitted]

 

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Exhibit 99.1

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

In re:

 

CalAmp Corp., et al.,

 

Debtors.1

 

  

 

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 24-11136 (LSS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

 

NOTICE OF FILING OF PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT,

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER (I) APPROVING THE

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR, AND CONFIRMING THE AMENDED JOINT

PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

CALAMP CORP. AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11

OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE AND (II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on June 3, 2024, the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (the “Debtors”) filed the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 16] with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”).

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, also on June 3, 2024, the Debtors filed the Disclosure Statement for the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 17] (the “Disclosure Statement”)2 with the Court.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, on July 9, 2024, the Debtors filed the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 124-1] (as amended or modified, the “Plan”).

 

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The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number are: CalAmp Corp. (7070); CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation (1740); LoJack Global LLC (4794); and Synovia Solutions LLC (2994). The Debtors’ service address is 15635 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92618.

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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan and Disclosure Statement.


PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, the Debtors hereby file a proposed form of order approving the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement and confirming the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Proposed Confirmation Order”).

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a hearing to consider, among other things, approval of the Disclosure Statement, confirmation of the Plan, and entry of the Proposed Confirmation Order is scheduled to be held on July 11, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) (the “Hearing”) before the Honorable Laurie Selber Silverstein at the Court, 824 North Market Street, 6th Floor, Courtroom No. 2, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Debtors intend to present the Proposed Confirmation Order, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, at the Hearing. To the extent the Debtors make revisions to the Proposed Confirmation Order, the Debtors intend to submit a revised form of order to the Court prior to or at the Hearing.

Dated: July 9, 2024

 

  Respectfully submitted,

Wilmington, Delaware

 
 

/s/ Gregory J. Flasser

  L. Katherine Good (No. 5101)
  Aaron H. Stulman (No. 5807)
  Gregory J. Flasser (No. 6154)
  POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
  1313 N. Market Street, 6th Floor
  Wilmington, Delaware 19801
  Telephone: (302) 984-6000
  Facsimile: (302) 658-1192
  Email:   kgood@potteranderson.com
    astulman@potteranderson.com
    gflasser@potteranderson.com
  Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

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EXHIBIT A

(Proposed Confirmation Order)


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

In re:

 

CalAmp Corp., et al.,

 

Debtors.1

 

  

 

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 24-11136 (LSS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

 

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

(I) APPROVING THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR, AND CONFIRMING

THE JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

CALAMP CORP. AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11

OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE AND (II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

The above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”) having, in each case, in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Local Rules:

 

  a.

caused, on or about June 2, 2024 (the “Solicitation Date”), the distribution of the following solicitation materials (the “Solicitation Materials”) to the Holder (a “Voting Creditor”) of a Claim in the Voting Class (as defined herein): (i) the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Initial Plan”), (ii) the Disclosure Statement for the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with all exhibits thereto (the “Disclosure Statement”), and (iii) a Ballot to be submitted by the Voting Creditor in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Local Rules, as evidenced by the Declaration of Jung W. Song Regarding the Solicitation of Votes and Tabulation of Ballots Cast on, and Elections to Opt Out of the Third Party Release of, the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 120] (the “Voting Declaration”).

 

  b.

commenced, on June 3, 2024 (the “Petition Date”), these chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) by filing voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) for relief under the Bankruptcy Code;

 

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The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number are: CalAmp Corp. (7070); CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation (1740); LoJack Global LLC (4794); and Synovia Solutions LLC (2994). The Debtors’ service address is 15635 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92618.


  c.

filed, on the Petition Date: (i) the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Scheduling a Combined Hearing on Adequacy of Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan; (II) Establishing the Plan and Disclosure Statement Objection Deadlines and Related Procedures; (III) Approving the Solicitation Procedures and Form of Ballot; (IV) Directing That a Meeting of Creditors Not Be Convened; (V) Waiving the Requirement of Filing Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules of Assets and Liabilities; and (VI) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 14] (the “Scheduling Motion”); (ii) the Initial Plan; and (iii) the Disclosure Statement;

 

  d.

obtained, on June 4, 2024, entry of the Order (I) Scheduling a Combined Hearing on Adequacy of Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan; (II) Establishing the Plan and Disclosure Statement Objection Deadlines and Related Procedures; (III) Approving the Solicitation Procedures and Form of Ballot; (IV) Directing That a Meeting of Creditors Not Be Convened; (V) Waiving the Requirement of Filing Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules of Assets and Liabilities; and (VI) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 39] (the “Scheduling Order”);

 

  e.

caused, on June 5, 2024, (i) the distribution of notices of non-voting status (the “Notices of Non-Voting Status”), which provided a summary of the Plan, to parties in interest that were not entitled to vote on the Plan, and (ii) the distribution of the Notice of (I) Commencement of Prepackaged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, (II) Combined Hearing on the Disclosure Statement, Confirmation of the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan, and Related Matters, and (III) Related Objection and Briefing Deadlines [Docket No. 45] (the “Combined Notice”) to parties in interest, each as evidenced by the Affidavit of Service [Docket No. 61] filed on June 13, 2024 (the “Notice of Commencement Affidavit”);

 

  f.

caused, on June 13, 2024, the publication of the Combined Notice setting forth the date and time set for the hearing to consider approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Plan (the “Combined Hearing”) in the national edition of USA Today, as evidenced by the Certification of Publication [Docket No. 66] filed on June 14, 2024 (the “Publication Affidavit”);

 

  g.

filed, on June 28, 2024, the Notice of Filing of Plan Supplement [Docket No. 109] (as may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the “Plan Supplement”);

 

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filed, on July 9, 2024, the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Modified [Docket No. 124-1] (as supplemented by the Plan Supplement, and as may be further amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Plan”);2 and

 

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filed, on July 9, 2024, the (i) Declaration of Jikun Kim in Support of Confirmation of the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Modified [Docket No. 121] (the “Kim Declaration”), (ii) Declaration of Eric Scroggins in Support of Confirmation of the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Modified [Docket No. 119] (the “Scroggins Declaration”), (iii) Declaration of Jill Frizzley in Support of Confirmation of the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 122] (the “Frizzley Declaration”), (iv) Voting Declaration (and together with the Kim Declaration, Scroggins Declaration, and the Frizzley Declaration, the “Confirmation Declarations”), and (v) Debtors’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Confirmation of the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as Modified [Docket No. 125] (the “Confirmation Memorandum”).

The Court having:

 

  i.

set July 11, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) as the date and time for the commencement of the Combined Hearing;

 

  ii.

reviewed the solicitation procedures regarding votes to accept or reject the Plan (the “Solicitation Procedures”) as set forth in the Disclosure Statement and the Scheduling Motion, which Solicitation Procedures were approved by the Scheduling Order;

 

  iii.

reviewed the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Memorandum, the Confirmation Declarations, and all other filed pleadings, exhibits, statements, affidavits, and declarations regarding confirmation of the Plan (“Confirmation”), including any objections, statements, and reservations of rights made with respect thereto;

 

  iv.

reviewed the discharge, compromises, releases, exculpations, and injunctions set forth in Article IX of the Plan;

 

  v.

held the Combined Hearing and heard the statements, arguments, and objections made by counsel, and considered the evidence presented, proffered, and adduced, in respect of Confirmation; and

 

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Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan or Disclosure Statement, as applicable.

 

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  vi.

overruled any and all objections to the Plan and Confirmation thereof and any and all statements and reservations of rights not consensually resolved or withdrawn unless otherwise indicated.

NOW, THEREFORE, it appearing to the Court that notice of the Combined Hearing and the opportunity for any party in interest to object to approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Plan have been adequate and appropriate as to all parties in interest affected or to be affected by the Plan and the transactions contemplated thereby, and that the legal and factual bases set forth in the documents filed in support of approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Plan and the arguments and evidence presented at the Combined Hearing establish just cause for the relief granted herein, and after due deliberation thereon and good cause appearing therefor, the Court here makes and issues the following findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order:

IT IS HEREBY FOUND, ADJUDGED, DECREED, AND ORDERED THAT:

A. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. The findings and conclusions set forth herein and in the record of the Combined Hearing constitute the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law under rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rules 7052 and 9014. To the extent any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any of the following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are adopted as such.

B. Jurisdiction, Venue, Core Proceeding. This Court has jurisdiction over these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334 and the Amended Standing Order of Reference from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, dated as of February 29, 2012. Venue of these proceedings and the Chapter 11 Cases in this district is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409. This is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2) and this Court may enter a final order hereon under Article III of the United States Constitution.

 

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C. Chapter 11 Petitions. On the Petition Date, the Debtors commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have operated their business and managed their properties as debtors in possession pursuant to section 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code. No trustee, examiner, or official committees have been appointed in these Chapter 11 Cases.

D. Burden of Proof. The Debtors, as the proponents of the Plan, have met their burden of proving the elements of the applicable sections 1129(a) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence.

E. Adequacy of Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement contains “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a)(1) and used in section 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Plan, and the transactions set forth therein (including the Restructuring Transactions) and is approved in all respects. The filing of the Disclosure Statement with the clerk of the Court satisfied Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b).

F. Voting. Only Holders of Claims in Class 3 (Term Loan Claims) were entitled under the Plan to vote to accept or reject the Plan (the “Voting Class”). As evidenced by the Voting Declaration, Stretto, Inc. (“Stretto” or the “Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent”) adhered to the Solicitation Procedures and distributed Solicitation Packages (as defined below) (including a Ballot) to the Holder of Claims in the Voting Class. As further evidenced by the Voting Declaration, the Voting Class has voted to accept the Plan in accordance with the requirements of section 1124, 1126, and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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G. Solicitation. Prior to the Petition Date, the Initial Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Ballot, and, after the Petition Date, the Combined Notice, and the Notices of Non-Voting Status were transmitted and served in compliance with the Bankruptcy Rules (including Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018), the Local Rules, and the Scheduling Order. The form of Ballot adequately addressed the particular needs of these Chapter 11 Cases and were appropriate for the holder of Claims in the Voting Class. The period during which the Debtors solicited acceptances to the Plan was a reasonable period of time under the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases. The Debtors were not required to solicit votes from the holders of Claims or Equity Interests in Class 1 (Other Priority Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (Secured Notes Claims), Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 6 (Intercompany Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Interests), or Class 8 (Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims), as each such Class is either Unimpaired under the Plan (and therefore conclusively presumed to accept the Plan) or Impaired (and therefore deemed to have rejected the Plan) (the foregoing classes, collectively, the “Non-Voting Classes”). As evidenced by the Voting Declaration, the transmittal and service of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballot (all of the foregoing, the “Solicitation Package” and such transmittal of the Solicitation Package to the Voting Class, the “Solicitation”), the Combined Notice, and the Notices of Non-Voting Status to Holders of Claims and Equity Interests in Non-Voting Classes were timely, adequate, and sufficient under the circumstances. The Solicitation Package and Solicitation of votes on the Plan was appropriate and satisfactory based upon the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases, was conducted in good faith, and was in compliance with the Solicitation Procedures and Scheduling Order, the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and any other applicable rules, laws, and regulations.

H. Notice. As is evidenced by the Notice of Commencement Affidavit, the Solicitation Affidavit, and the Publication Affidavit, all parties required to receive a Solicitation Package, the Combined Notice (including the deadline for filing and serving objections to confirmation of the Plan), and the Notice of Non-Voting Status have been given due, proper, timely, and adequate notice in accordance with the Scheduling Order and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and any other applicable rules, laws, or regulations, and such parties have had an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto. No other or further notice is required.

 

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I. Combined Hearing on Approval of Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of Plan. It was appropriate to hold the Combined Hearing on the Debtors’ request for approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Plan under sections 105(d)(2)(B)(vi) and 1125(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, and Bankruptcy Rule 3018(b).

J. Plan Supplement. All documents included in the Plan Supplement are integral to, part of, and incorporated by reference into the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right to alter, amend, update, or modify the Plan Supplement and any schedules, exhibits, or amendments thereto, prior to the Effective Date in accordance with the terms of the Plan and subject to the terms of this Confirmation Order. The filing and notice of the Plan Supplement, and any modifications or supplements thereto, were proper and in accordance with the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Disclosure Statement Order, and no other or further notice is or shall be required.

K. Plan Modifications. Subsequent to the filing of the Plan, the Debtors agreed to make certain modifications to the Initial Plan (the “Plan Modifications”). The Plan Modifications were made, among other things, to address potential objections and informal comments received from various parties-in-interest. The Plan Modifications do not materially adversely affect the treatment of any Claim against, or Equity Interest in, any of the Debtors under the Plan. The filing with the Court of the Plan and the Plan Modifications constitutes due and sufficient notice thereof. Accordingly, pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, none

 

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of these modifications require additional disclosure under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code or re-solicitation of votes under section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code. In accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, the Holder of Claims that voted to accept the Plan or that is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan is presumed to have accepted the Plan Modifications. No Holder of a Claim that has voted to accept the Plan shall be permitted to change its vote as a consequence of the Plan Modifications. The Plan shall constitute the Plan submitted for confirmation by the Court.

L. Bankruptcy Rule 3016. The Plan is dated and identifies the Debtors as the Plan proponents, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a). The filing of the Disclosure Statement satisfied Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b). The injunction, release, and exculpation provisions in the Disclosure Statement and the Plan describe, in bold font and with specific and conspicuous language, all acts to be enjoined, released, and exculpated and identify the entities that will be subject to the injunction, releases, and exculpations, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(c).

M. Plan Compliance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(1)). As set forth below, the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

i. Proper Classification (11 U.S.C. §§ 1122, 1123(a)(1)). In addition to Administrative Claims, Professional Fee Claims, and Priority Tax Claims, which need not be classified, Article III classifies eight (8) Classes of Claims against, and Equity Interests in, the Debtors. The Claims and Equity Interests placed in each Class are substantially similar to other Claims and Equity Interests, as the case may be, in each such Class. Valid business, factual, and legal reasons exist for separately classifying the various Classes of Claims and Equity Interests created under the Plan, and such Classes do not unfairly discriminate between holders of Claims and Equity Interests. The Plan therefore satisfies sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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ii. Specified Unimpaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(2)). Article III of the Plan specifies that Class 1 (Other Priority Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (Secured Notes Claims), and Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims) are unimpaired under the Plan within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

iii. Specified Treatment of Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(3)). Article III of the Plan designates Class 3 (Secured Term Loan Claims) as impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code and specifies the treatment of the Claims in that Class, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. Article III of the Plan designates Class 8 (Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims) as impaired and deemed not entitled to vote within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code and specifies the treatment of the Claims and Equity Interests in that Class, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.

iv. Specified Treatment of Unimpaired/Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(3)). Article III of the Plan designates Class 6 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 7 (Intercompany Interests) as impaired or unimpaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code and specifies the treatment of the Claims or Equity Interests in that Class, thereby satisfying sections 1123(a)(2) and 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.

v. No Discrimination (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(4)). The Plan provides for the same treatment by the Debtors for each Claim or Equity Interest in each respective Class unless the Holder of a particular Claim or Equity Interest has agreed to a less favorable treatment of such Claim or Equity Interest, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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vi. Implementation of the Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(5)). The Plan, including the Restructuring Transactions and the various documents and agreements set forth in the Plan Supplement, provide adequate and proper means for the implementation of the Plan, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, (i) the selection of the directors and officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors, including the appointment of the Reorganized Board; (ii) the distribution of the New Equity Interests as provided in the Plan and cancellation of existing Equity Interests; (iii) the execution, entry into and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (iv) the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions; (v) the adoption of the New Corporate Governance Documents; (vi) the assumption of certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; (vii) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date; and (viii) the preservation of causes of action and vesting of assets of the Debtors’ Estates in the Reorganized Debtors.

vii. Non-Voting Equity Securities/Allocation of Voting Power (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(6)). The New Corporate Governance Documents prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity securities, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. The issuance of the New Equity Interests complies with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Board shall be deemed to have adopted the New Corporate Governance Documents.

viii. Designation of Directors and Officers (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(7)). The Plan Supplement and section 4.16 of the Plan contain provisions with respect to the manner of selection of directors and officers of the Reorganized Debtors that are consistent with the interests of creditors, equity security holders, and public policy, thereby satisfying section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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ix. Impairment/Unimpairment of Classes of Claims and Interests (11 U.S.C. 1123(b)(1)). Pursuant to Article III of the Plan, as set forth in section 1123(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, (a) Class 1 (Other Priority Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (Secured Notes Claims), and Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims) are Unimpaired; (b) Class 3 (Secured Term Loan Claims) and Class 8 (Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims) are Impaired; and (c) Class 6 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 7 (Intercompany Interests) are Impaired/Unimpaired.

x. Assumption and Rejection (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(2)). Article V of the Plan provides that all Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases of the Debtors will be deemed assumed by the applicable Debtor in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than those that (i) are identified on the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule, as may be amended; (ii) previously expired or terminated pursuant to their own terms, (iii) have been previously assumed or rejected pursuant to a Final Order by the Debtors prior to the Effective Date; or (iv) are the subject of a motion seeking assumption or rejection as of the Effective Date or such later date. The Debtors scheduled any Executory Contract or Unexpired Leases sought to be rejected in the Plan Supplement.

 

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xi. Preservation of Rights of Action and Reservation of Rights (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(3)). Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, including, without limitation, Article IX, nothing contained in the Plan or this Confirmation Order shall be deemed to be a waiver or relinquishment of any rights, claims, Causes of Action, rights of setoff, recoupment, or other legal or equitable defenses of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, each Reorganized Debtor shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all claims and Causes of Action of the applicable Debtors, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, including any actions specifically enumerated under section 4.18 of the Plan and in the List of Retained Causes of Action, and the Reorganized Debtors’ respective rights, as applicable, to commence, prosecute, or settle such claims and Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date.

xii. Additional Plan Provisions (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(5)-(6)). The Plan’s other provisions are appropriate and consistent with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, provisions for (1) distributions to Holders of Claims, including Holders of Secured Claims, (2) resolution of Disputed Claims and Equity Interests, (3) allowance of certain Claims, and (4) retention of this Court’s jurisdiction, thereby satisfying the requirements of sections 1123(b)(5) and (6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

xiii. Releases, Exculpation Provision, and Injunction Provision. The Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction under sections 1334(a) and 1334(b) of the Judicial Code and authority under section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code to approve each of releases granted by the Debtors (the “Debtor Release”), release of the Released Parties by the Releasing Parties (the “Third Party Release”), exculpation for the Exculpated Parties (the “Exculpation Provision”), and the injunction of certain Claims and Causes of Action (the “Injunction Provision”). As has been established based upon the evidence presented at the Confirmation Hearing, such provisions (a) were given in exchange for good, valuable, and

 

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adequate consideration after due notice and opportunity for hearing, (b) are appropriately tailored under the facts and circumstances of the Chapter 11 Cases, (c) were integral to the agreements among the various parties in interest and are essential to the formulation and implementation of the Plan, as provided in section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (d) confer substantial benefits on the Estates, (e) are fair, equitable, and reasonable, (f) are in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and parties in interest, and (g) are consistent with sections 105, 1123, and 1129 and any other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Further, the failure to implement the Debtor Release, Third Party Release, Exculpation Provision and Injunction Provision would impair the Debtors’ ability to confirm and implement the Plan.

xiv. The Debtor Release represents a valid exercise of the Debtors’ business judgment. The Released Parties provided good and valuable consideration in exchange for the releases, including, among other things, services during the Chapter 11 Cases, agreements to materially impair certain secured claims while leaving General Unsecured Claims Unimpaired, settlements of certain disputes with respect to their Claims and the provision of mutual releases from potential claims and Causes of Action of each Releasing Party and/or support for the consensual restructuring as set forth in the Plan.

xv. The Third-Party Release contained in the Plan is (i) within the jurisdiction of the Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1334, (ii) given and made after due notice and an opportunity to object and be heard with respect thereto, as the Combined Notice sent to all parties in interest entitled to notice pursuant to the Scheduling Order (including those not entitled to vote on the Plan) and published in USA Today, on June 13, 2024, and the Notice of Non-Voting Status sent to all Holders of Impaired Claims in the Non-Voting Classes, in

 

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each case, unambiguously stated that (x) the Plan contains certain release, exculpation, and injunction provisions, and (y) affected parties may object to the Third Party Release, and, therefore, such releases are consensual; (iii) consistent with sections 105, 524, 1123, 1129, and 1141 and other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code; and (iv) a bar to any of the Releasing Parties asserting any released claim against any of the Released Parties as and to the extent provided for in the Plan and this Confirmation Order.

xvi. The Exculpation Provision appropriately affords protection to those parties who constructively participated in and contributed to the Debtors’ chapter 11 process consistent with their duties under the Bankruptcy Code, and it is appropriately tailored to protect the Exculpated Parties from inappropriate litigation. The Exculpation Provision granted under the Plan is reasonable in scope as it does not relieve any party of liability for an act or omission to the extent such act or omission is determined by Final Order to constitute gross negligence, willful misconduct, or actual fraud.

xvii. The Injunction Provision is essential to the Plan and is necessary to implement the Plan and to preserve and enforce the Debtor Release, the Third Party Release, the Exculpation Provision, and discharge provisions of the Plan. The Injunction Provision is appropriately tailored to achieve those purposes.

xviii. The record of the Confirmation Hearing is sufficient to support the Debtor Release, Third Party Release, Exculpation Provision and Injunction Provision. Accordingly, based upon the representations of the parties and the evidence proffered, adduced or presented at the Confirmation Hearing, the Debtor Release, Third Party Release, Exculpation Provision and Injunction Provision are consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and applicable law.

 

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xix. Cure of Defaults (11 U.S.C. § 1123(d)). Section 5.5 of the Plan provides for the satisfaction of default claims associated with each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan in accordance with section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. Thus, the Plan complies with section 1123(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

N. The Debtors’ Compliance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(2)). The Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, as required by section 1129(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Specifically: (i) each of the Debtors is an eligible debtor under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (ii) the Debtors have complied with all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise provided or permitted by orders of the Court, and in transmitting the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballots, and related documents and notices, and in soliciting and tabulating the votes on the Plan, the Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (including sections 1125 and 1126(b)), the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, applicable non-bankruptcy law, and the Scheduling Order.

O. Plan Proposed in Good Faith (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(3)). The Debtors have proposed the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions (and all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan (including the Plan Supplement)) in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors’ good faith is evident from the facts and record of these Chapter 11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement, and the record of the Combined Hearing and other proceedings held in these Chapter 11 Cases. The Plan was proposed with the legitimate and honest purpose of maximizing the value of the Debtors’ estates and to effectuate a successful reorganization of the Debtors. The Plan (including all documents necessary to effectuate the Plan and Restructuring Transactions), was negotiated at arm’s length and in good

 

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faith. Further, the Plan’s classification, indemnification, exculpation, release, discharge, and injunction provisions have been negotiated in good faith and at arm’s length, are consistent with sections 105, 524, 1122, 1123(b)(3)(A), 1123(b)(6), 1129, and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, and are each necessary for the Debtors’ successful reorganization.

P. Payment for Services or Costs and Expenses (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(4)). Any payment made or to be made by the Debtors for services or for costs and expenses of the Debtors’ professionals in connection with these Chapter 11 Cases, or in connection with the Plan and incident to the Chapter 11 Cases, including from the Professional Fee Escrow Account, has been approved by, or is subject to the approval of, the Court are reasonable, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Q. Directors, Officers, and Insiders (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5)). The Debtors have complied with section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. The identity of the person(s) proposed to serve as the initial director(s) of the Reorganized Debtors upon the Effective Date of the Plan have been disclosed and existing officers will remain in place upon the Effective Date. No director(s) of the Reorganized Debtors shall have been affiliated with the Debtors prior to the Confirmation Date. These appointments are consistent with public policy and the interests of creditors and future equity holders. Accordingly, the Debtors have satisfied section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

R. No Rate Changes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(6)). The Plan does not provide for rate changes by any of the Reorganized Debtors. Thus, section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is not applicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

 

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S. Best Interest of Creditors (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(7)). The Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code. The liquidation analysis attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit C and other evidence proffered or adduced at the Combined Hearing (i) are persuasive and credible, (ii) are based on appropriate assumptions and valid analysis and methodology, (iii) have not been controverted by other evidence, and (iv) establish that each Holder of an Impaired Claim or Equity Interest either has accepted the Plan or will receive or retain under the Plan, on account of such Claim or Equity Interest, property of a value, as of the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount that such holder would receive or retain if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date.

T. Acceptance by Certain Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(8)). Class 1 (Other Priority Claims), Class 2 (Other Secured Claims), Class 4 (Secured Notes Claims), and Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims) are Classes of Unimpaired Claims that are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan in accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 3 (Secured Term Loan Claims) is an Impaired Class that has voted to accept the Plan in accordance with sections 1126(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code, without regard to the votes of insiders of the Debtors. Class 6 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 7 (Intercompany Interests) are Classes of Claims or Equity Interests that are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan in accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code or conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan according to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 8 (Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims) is a Class of Impaired Claims or Equity Interests that is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan in accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan is confirmable because it satisfies sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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U. Treatment of Unclassified Claims (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(9)). The treatment of Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, and Professional Fee Claims pursuant to Article II of the Plan satisfies the requirements of sections 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

V. Acceptance by Impaired Class (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(10)). As evidenced by the Voting Declaration, Class 3 (Secured Term Loan Claims) is a Class of Impaired Claims that has voted to accept the Plan by the requisite majorities set forth in the Bankruptcy Code, determined without including any acceptance of the Plan by any insider, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code.

W. Feasibility (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(11)). The information contained in the Disclosure Statement, the financial projections attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit E, the Kim Declaration, and the Scroggins Declaration, and the evidence proffered or adduced at the Combined Hearing (i) are persuasive and credible, (ii) are based on appropriate assumptions and valid analysis and methodology, (iii) have not been controverted by other evidence, and (iv) establish that the Plan is feasible and that there is a reasonable prospect of the Reorganized Debtors being able to meet their financial obligations under the Plan and their business in the ordinary course, and that confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for further financial reorganization of the Reorganized Debtors, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code.

X. Payment of Fees (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(12)). All fees currently payable under 28 U.S.C. § 1930, as determined by the Bankruptcy Code, have been or will be paid on or before the Effective Date pursuant to sections 2.4 and 11.3 of the Plan, thereby satisfying the requirements of section 1129(a)(12) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Y. Continuation of Retiree Benefits (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(13)). In accordance with Plan section 4.10, pursuant to section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code, from and after the Effective Date, all retiree benefits (as such term is defined in section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), if any, shall continue to be paid in accordance with applicable law. The Plan therefore satisfies section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Z. No Domestic Support Obligations (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(14)). None of the Debtors are required by a judicial or administrative order, or by statute, to pay a domestic support obligation. Accordingly, section 1129(a)(14) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

AA. Debtors Are Not Individuals (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(15)). The Debtors are not individuals, and accordingly, section 1129(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

BB. No Applicable Non-Bankruptcy Law Regarding Transfers (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(16)). The Debtors are each a moneyed, business, or commercial corporation, and accordingly, section 1129(a)(16) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

CC. No Unfair Discrimination; Fair and Equitable (11 U.S.C. § 1129(b)). The classification and treatment of Claims and Interests in Class 6 (Intercompany Claims), Class 7 (Intercompany Interests), and Class 8 (Equity Interests and Section 510(b) Claims), which are (or may be) deemed to have rejected the Plan, is proper pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, does not discriminate unfairly, and is fair and equitable pursuant to section 1129(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. There is no Class of Claims or Interests junior to the Holders of Claims and Interests in Class 6, Class 7 and Class 8 that will receive or retain property under the Plan on account of their Claims or Interests. Accordingly, the Plan does not violate the absolute priority rule, does not discriminate unfairly, and is fair and equitable with respect to each Class that is deemed to have rejected the Plan. Thus, the Plan satisfies section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to Class 6, Class 7, and Class 8.

 

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DD. Only One Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(c)). The Plan is the only plan filed in each of these Chapter 11 Cases, and accordingly, section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied.

EE. Principal Purpose of the Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(d)). The principal purpose of the Plan is not the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application of section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and no governmental unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code) has objected to the confirmation of the Plan on any such grounds. The Plan, therefore, satisfies the requirements of section 1129(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

FF. Small Business Case (11 U.S.C. § 1129(e)). Section 1129(e) is inapplicable because these Chapter 11 Cases do not qualify as small business cases thereunder.

GG. Good Faith Solicitation (11 U.S.C. § 1125(e)). Based on the record before the Court in these Chapter 11 Cases, including evidence presented at the Combined Hearing, the Debtors, the Consenting Lenders, and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, advisors, and attorneys have acted in good faith within the meaning of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the adequacy of disclosure in connection with all of their respective activities relating to support of the Plan and this Confirmation Order, including solicitation of acceptances of the Plan, and are entitled to the protections afforded by section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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HH. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements. Based upon the foregoing and all other pleadings and evidence proffered or adduced at or prior to the Combined Hearing, the Plan satisfies the requirements for confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

II. Likelihood of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date. Each of the conditions precedent to the Effective Date, as set forth in the Plan, has been or is reasonably likely to be satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.

JJ. Implementation. All documents necessary to implement the Plan, including the exhibits thereto, the documents contained in the Plan Supplement, and all other documents contemplated or required to be entered into and executed to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions in accordance with the Plan and the Plan Supplement are essential elements of the Plan, have been negotiated in good faith and at arms’ length and shall, upon completion of documentation and execution, by valid, binding, and enforceable agreements.

KK. Good Faith. The Debtors and the Released Parties will be acting in good faith if they proceed to (i) consummate the Plan and the agreements, settlements, transactions, and transfers set forth therein, including the Plan Supplement, and the settlement of any other Claims and Equity Interests pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions and (ii) take any actions authorized and directed by this Confirmation Order.

LL. Valuation. Based on the valuation analysis attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit D, and discussed in further detail in the Scroggins Declaration, the valuation implied by the Restructuring Transactions is the best measure of the Reorganized Debtors’ value given the facts and circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases.

MM. Waiver of Stay. Under the circumstances, it is appropriate that the 14-day stay imposed by the Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e) and 7026(a) be waived.

 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT:

1. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. The recitals, findings of fact and conclusions of law above are hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein and constitute findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rule 9014. All findings of fact and conclusions of law announced by this Bankruptcy Court at the Combined Hearing in relation to approval of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Plan are hereby incorporated into this Confirmation Order.

2. Confirmation of the Plan. The Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and each of its provisions, is hereby confirmed under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are authorized to enter into and execute all documents and agreements related to the Plan (including all exhibits and attachments thereto and documents referred to therein), and the execution, delivery, and performance thereafter by the Reorganized Debtors, are hereby approved and authorized. The terms of the Plan (including all exhibits and attachments thereto and documents referred to therein) are incorporated herein by reference and are an integral part of this Confirmation Order. The terms of the Plan, all exhibits thereto, and all other relevant and necessary documents shall be effective and binding as of the Effective Date.

3. Approval of the Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement contains “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a)(1) and used in section 1126(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Plan, and the transactions contemplated therein is approved in all respects.

 

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4. Objections. All objections, responses to, and statements and comments, if any, in opposition to the Plan or the Disclosure Statement, other than those resolved or withdrawn with prejudice in their entirety prior to, or on the record at, the Combined Hearing, shall be, and hereby are, overruled in their entirety. All objections to approval of the Disclosure Statement or Confirmation of the Plan not filed and served prior to the applicable objection deadline, if any, are deemed waived and shall not be considered by this Court. All parties have had a full and fair opportunity to litigate all issues raised or that might have been raised in the objections to approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Plan, and the objections have been fully and fairly litigated or resolved, including by agreed-upon provisions as set forth in this Confirmation Order. All withdrawn objections are deemed withdrawn with prejudice.

5. Deemed Acceptance of the Plan as Modified. In accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, all Holders of Claims who voted to accept the Plan or who are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan are deemed to accept the Plan, including any modifications made pursuant to the terms of the Plan after solicitation and prior to entry of this Confirmation Order. The Debtors are hereby authorized to amend and modify the Plan at any time prior to the substantial consummation of the Plan, but only in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, without further order of this Court, subject to the consent rights set forth in the Plan and RSA.

6. Omission of Reference to Particular Plan Provisions. The failure specifically to include or to refer to any particular article, section, or provision of the Plan, or the Plan Supplement in this Confirmation Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such article, section, or provisions, it being the intent of the Court that the Plan and any related documents be confirmed and approved in their entirety.

7. Restructuring Transactions. This Confirmation Order shall, and shall be deemed to, pursuant to both sections 1123 and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorize, among other things, all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including but not limited to the Restructuring Transactions.

 

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8. Corporate Action. On the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date) shall be deemed authorized, approved, and, to the extent taken prior to the Effective Date, ratified without any requirement for further action by Holders of Claims or Equity Interests, directors, managers, or officers of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any other Entity, including: (i) the selection of the directors and officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors, including the appointment of the Reorganized Board; (ii) the distribution of the New Equity Interests as provided herein or in the Plan Supplement; (iv) the execution and entry into and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (iv) the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions; (v) the adoption and/or filing of the New Corporate Governance Documents; (vi) the assumption or assumption and assignment, as applicable, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date); and (vii) all such actions taken or caused to be taken shall be deemed to have been authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court. All matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have timely occurred and shall be in effect and shall be authorized and approved in all respects without any requirement of further action by the directors, officers, managers or shareholders of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable. On or (as applicable) before the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, securities, certificates of incorporation, operating agreements,

 

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and instruments contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, including the New Equity Interests, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, the Definitive Documents, and any and all agreements, documents, securities, and instruments relating to the foregoing. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by Section 4.6 of the Plan shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy Law.

9. Vesting of Assets. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated into the Plan, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate, all Causes of Action, and any property acquired by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, Causes of Action, or other encumbrances. Subject to the terms of the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire, and dispose of property and prosecute, compromise, or settle any Claims (including any Administrative Claims), Equity Interests, and Causes of Action without supervision of or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free and clear of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules.

10. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements. On the Effective Date, except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order: (i) each certificate, share, note, bond, agreement, indenture, purchase right, option, warrant, or other instrument or document directly or indirectly evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of or ownership interest in the Debtors or their non-Debtor Affiliates giving rise to any Claim or Equity Interest, including Secured Notes Documents (but excluding such certificates,

 

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notes, or other instruments or documents evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors and their non-Debtor Affiliates relating to the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents or that are specifically Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, if any) and all Equity Interests, Section 510(b) Claims and any securities or rights exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests outstanding prior to Consummation shall be cancelled, terminated and of no further force or effect, without further act or action, and the Debtors, their non-Debtor Affiliates and the Reorganized Debtors and their Affiliates shall not have any continuing obligations thereunder; and (ii) the obligations of the Debtors and their non-Debtor Affiliates pursuant, relating, or pertaining to any agreements, certificates of designation, bylaws or certificate or articles of incorporation or similar documents governing the shares, certificates, notes, bonds, purchase rights, options, warrants, or other instruments or documents evidencing or creating any indebtedness or obligation of the Debtors (except such agreements, certificates, notes, or other instruments evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Debtors that are specifically Reinstated or assumed pursuant to the Plan, if any) shall be released and discharged; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.11 of the Plan, the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be amended pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents and shall not be released or discharged.

11. Authorization of Entry into the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement and Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents. On the Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates that were obligors under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the Petition Date are authorized to execute and deliver the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement and Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, as applicable. Upon the Effective Date, the

 

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Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents (including all transactions contemplated thereby and all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made and obligations to be incurred by the Reorganized Debtors and any of the Debtors’ applicable non-Debtor Affiliates in connection therewith, including the payment of all fees, indemnities and expenses provided for therein) shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the Reorganized Debtors and the Debtors’ non-Debtor Affiliates that were obligors under the Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the Petition Date, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations that continue to be extended pursuant to the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, are reasonable, shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever, and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable non-bankruptcy law. All of the Liens and security interests granted in accordance with the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents (including the Liens and security interests granted prior to the Petition Date): (a) shall be legal, binding, and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; (b) shall automatically be deemed to continue to be perfected, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; and (c) shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Reorganized Debtors and the Entities granting such Liens and security interests are authorized to

 

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make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to confirm and ratify the establishment and perfection of such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other Law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that deemed continued existence and perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of this Confirmation Order, and any such filings, recordings, approvals, and consents shall not be required), and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable Law to give notice of such continued Liens and security interests to third parties.

12. Issuance of New Equity Interests. The Reorganized Debtors are authorized and empowered, without further approval of this Court or any other party, to take such actions and to perform such acts as may be necessary, desirable, or appropriate to implement the issuance of the New Equity Interests in accordance with the Plan and Plan Supplement, to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain any and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents, securities, instruments, and certificates relating thereto.

13. New Corporate Governance Documents. On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors’ respective certificates of incorporation and bylaws (and other analogous formation and constituent documents) shall be amended, amended and restated or replaced as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, as applicable, and the Bankruptcy Code. The New Corporate Governance Documents shall, among other things: (a) authorize the issuance of the New Equity Interests; (b) authorize the execution, entry into and delivery of the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents; and (c) pursuant to and only to

 

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the extent required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, include a provision prohibiting the issuance of non-voting equity Securities. Subject to Section 4.9 of the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its certificate of incorporation and other formation and constituent documents as permitted by the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation and the terms of the New Corporate Governance Documents and the Plan.

14. Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes and Recording Fees. To the fullest extent permitted by section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfer from a Debtor to a Reorganized Debtor or to any Entity pursuant to, in contemplation of, or in connection with the Plan or pursuant to: (a) the issuance, distribution, transfer, or exchange of any debt, securities, or other interest in the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; (b) the creation, modification, consolidation, or recording of any mortgage, deed of trust or other security interest, or the securing of additional indebtedness by such or other means; (c) the making, assignment, or recording of any lease or sublease; or (d) the making, delivery, or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, or other instrument of transfer executed in connection with any transaction arising out of, contemplated by, or in any way related to the Plan, shall not be subject to any Stamp or Similar Tax.

15. Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors. The designation of the members of the Reorganized Board as set forth in the Plan Supplement is approved and shall be effective as of the Effective Date without further action by any party. As of the Effective Date, the terms of the current members of CalAmp’s board of directors or other governing body shall expire, such current members of the CalAmp board of directors shall be deemed to have resigned. Except to the extent that a member of the board of directors or board of managers, or the sole manager, as applicable, of a Debtor is designated in the Plan Supplement to serve as a director, manager or sole

 

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manager of such Reorganized Debtor on the Effective Date, the members of the board of directors or board of managers, or the sole manager, as applicable, of each Debtor prior to the Effective Date, in their capacities as such, shall have no continuing obligations to the Reorganized Debtors on or after the Effective Date, and each such director, manager, or sole manager shall be deemed to have resigned or shall otherwise cease to be a director, manager or sole manager of the applicable Debtor on the Effective Date. Each of the directors, managers, sole managers and officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall serve pursuant to the terms of the organizational documents of such Reorganized Debtor and may be designated, replaced or removed in accordance with such applicable organizational documents.

16. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions. Prior to, on, and after the Effective Date, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors and the directors, managers, officers, authorized persons, and members of the boards of directors or managers and directors thereof, are authorized to and may issue, execute, deliver, file, or record such contracts, securities, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Amended Secured Term Loan Credit Documents, and any securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorizations, actions, or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Plan and this Confirmation Order.

 

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17. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. The provisions governing treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases set forth in Article V of the Plan shall be, and hereby are, approved in their entirety. For the avoidance of doubt, the Reorganized Debtors shall assume all Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, as of the Effective Date under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (a) was assumed or rejected previously by the Debtors; (b) previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms; (c) is the subject of a motion to reject Filed on or before the Effective Date; or (d) is identified on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule. This Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the above-described assumptions and assignments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Debtors (with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Lenders) or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify or supplement the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule at any time through and including the Effective Date.

18. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. This Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the rejections, if any, of any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as provided for in the Plan or the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule, as applicable. Unless otherwise provided by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, all Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, pursuant to the Plan or this Confirmation Order, if any, must be Filed with the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent at the address specified in any notice of entry of the Confirmation Order and served on the Reorganized Debtors no later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of such rejection.

19. Distributions. All distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be made in accordance with Article VI of the Plan, and such methods of distribution are hereby approved. The Reorganized Debtors shall have no duty or obligation to make distributions to any Holder of an Allowed Claim unless and until such Holder executes and delivers, in a form acceptable to the Reorganized Debtors, any and all documents applicable to such distributions in accordance with Article VI of the Plan.

 

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20. Release of Liens. The Release of Liens provision set forth in Article 9.7 of the Plan is hereby approved. On the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests in respect of the Secured Notes or any other indebtedness existing as of the Petition Date against any property of the Debtors, their Estates and the Debtors’ Non-Debtor Affiliates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors and assigns.

21. Conditions Precedent to Effective Date. The provisions governing the conditions precedent to the Effective Date set forth in Article VIII of the Plan shall be, and hereby are, approved in their entirety. The Debtors are authorized to consummate the Plan at any time after the entry of this Confirmation Order, subject to satisfaction or waiver of such provisions pursuant to their terms.

22. Discharge, Releases, Injunction, Exculpation and Related Provisions. Section 9.1 (Discharge of Claims and Termination of Equity Interests; Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Equity Interests, and Controversies), section 9.2 (Releases), section 9.3 (Exculpation and Limitation of Liability), section 9.4 (Injunction), and related provisions of the Plan are hereby approved and authorized in their entirety.

 

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23. Notice of Confirmation Order and Effective Date. In accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 3020(c), the Reorganized Debtors shall file with the Bankruptcy Court the Notice of Entry of Order Confirming the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Notice of Confirmation Order”), informing parties in interest of, among other things, entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors shall serve the Notice of Confirmation Order on all: (a) known Holders of Claims and Equity Interests; (b) parties that requested notice in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002; and (c) other parties on whom the Combined Hearing Notice was served as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the Effective Date. The form of the Notice of Confirmation Order is hereby approved. Notice need not be given or served to any Entity for whom any prior notices sent during these Chapter 11 Cases have been returned as undeliverable, unless the Debtors have been informed in writing by such Entity of that Entity’s new address. The notice described herein is adequate and appropriate and no other or further notice is necessary.

24. Professional Fee Claims. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall establish (if not already established) and fund the Professional Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the Professional Fee Escrow Amount. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be maintained solely for the benefit of the Retained Professionals. Subject to the rights of the Reorganized Debtors to such remaining amount, if any, in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, such funds shall not be considered property of the Estates of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. No Liens, Claims, or Equity Interests shall encumber the Professional Fee Escrow Account in any way, subject to any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Escrow Account being promptly paid to the Reorganized Debtors after all Allowed amounts owing to Retained Professionals have been paid in full. The amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Retained Professionals shall be paid in Cash to such Retained Professionals from funds held in the

 

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Professional Fee Escrow Account when such Professional Fee Claims are Allowed by an Order of the Bankruptcy Court. In no event shall the Reorganized Debtors be obligated to satisfy Professional Fee Claims to the extent that the Professional Fee Escrow Account is insufficient to satisfy the Professional Fee Claims. Any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Escrow Account, following payment of all Allowed Professional Fee Claims shall promptly be paid to the Reorganized Debtors without any further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity.

25. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay in Cash the reasonable and documented legal, professional, or other fees and expenses related to implementation of the Plan and Consummation incurred by such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor (as applicable) on or after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay, within ten (10) Business Days after submission of a detailed invoice to the Reorganized Debtors, such reasonable Claims for compensation or reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Retained Professionals of the Debtors. From and after the Effective Date, any requirement that Retained Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331, 363, and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor (as applicable) may employ and pay any Retained Professional in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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26. Restructuring Expenses. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay in full in Cash the Restructuring Expenses incurred, or estimated to be incurred, up to and including the Effective Date (to the extent not previously paid during the course of the Chapter 11 Cases) in accordance with the Plan. All Restructuring Expenses to be paid on the Effective Date shall be estimated prior to and as of the Effective Date and such estimates shall be delivered to the Debtors at least three (3) Business Days before the anticipated Effective Date; provided, however, that such estimates shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to such Restructuring Expenses. On the Effective Date, invoices for all Restructuring Expenses incurred prior to and as of the Effective Date shall be submitted to the Debtors. In addition, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall continue to pay, when due and payable in the ordinary course, Restructuring Expenses related to implementation, consummation, and defense of the Plan, whether incurred before, on or after the Effective Date.

27. Utility Order. On or as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, and only after all postpetition, but pre-Effective Date, Claims on account of utility services have been paid and any disputes with respect to such Claims have been resolved, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to withdraw the funds held in the segregated account pursuant to the Final Order (I) Approving Debtors’ Proposed Form of Adequate Assurance of Payment, (II) Establishing Procedures for Resolving Objections by Utility Companies, (III) Prohibiting Utility Companies from Altering, Refusing, or Discontinuing Services, and (IV) Granting Related Relief] [Docket No. 97] (the “Utility Order”), and the Reorganized Debtors shall have no further obligations to comply with the Utility Order. If applicable, all utilities, including any Person or Entity that received a deposit or other form of adequate assurance of performance under section 366 of the Bankruptcy Code during these Chapter 11 Cases in compliance with the Utility Order, including the Adequate Assurance Procedures, or otherwise, must return such deposit or other form of adequate assurance of performance to the Reorganized Debtors within 30 days of the Effective Date.

 

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28. Reporting. After the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have no obligation to provide any reports to any parties otherwise required under the “first” day orders and any “second” day orders entered in the Chapter 11 Cases.

29. Governmental Approvals Not Required. This Confirmation Order shall constitute all approvals and consents required, if any, by the laws, rules, or regulations of any state or other governmental authority with respect to the implementation or consummation of the Plan (including the Restructuring Transactions), the Plan Supplement, and Disclosure Statement, any documents, instruments, or agreements (including the New Corporate Governance Documents), and any amendments or modifications thereto, and any other acts referred to in, or contemplated by, the Plan (including the Restructuring Transactions), the Plan Supplement, and the Disclosure Statement.

30. Termination of Challenge Period. The time within which any committee, chapter 7 or chapter 11 trustee, or any other party in interest may commence a Challenge (as defined in the final order of this court authorizing use by the Debtors of cash collateral [Docket No. 105] (the “Cash Collateral Order”)) shall be deemed terminated as of the date of entry of this Confirmation Order, and the stipulations, admissions, findings, and releases contained in the Cash Collateral Order are and shall be binding on the Debtors, their Estates, all other parties in interest, and each such party’s successors and assigns.

31. Retention of Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of or related to these Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, including, among other things, jurisdiction to take the actions specified in Article X of the Plan; provided, however, that consistent with Section 7.1(a) of the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors may resolve any disputes with respect to the Allowed amount of a Holder’s Claim through judicial means outside the jurisdiction of this Court to the extent any such dispute cannot be resolved consensually.

 

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32. Immediate Binding Effect. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(g), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and any and all Holders of Claims and Equity Interests (irrespective of whether Holders of such Claims or Equity Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the releases, discharges, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

33. Payment of Statutory Fees. As set forth in Section 11.3 of the Plan, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay all quarterly fees under 28 U.S.C § 1930(a), plus any interest due and payable under 31 U.S.C. § 3717 on all disbursements, including Plan payments and disbursements in and outside the ordinary course of the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ business, for each quarter (including any fraction thereof) until the Chapter 11 Cases are converted, dismissed, or closed, whichever occurs first.

34. Severability. Each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is (a) valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms; (b) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified except in accordance with Article X of the Plan; and (c) nonseverable and mutually dependent.

 

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35. Controlling Document. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, the terms of the Plan shall control in all respects. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and the Plan Supplement, the terms of the relevant document in the Plan Supplement shall control (unless stated otherwise in such Plan Supplement document or in this Confirmation Order). In the event of an inconsistency between this Confirmation Order and any of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement, this Confirmation Order shall control.

36. Waiver of Stay of Confirmation Order. Notwithstanding any Bankruptcy Rule (including, without limitation, Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), 6006(d), and 7062), this Confirmation Order is effective immediately and not subject to any stay, sufficient cause having been shown. This Confirmation Order shall be a Final Order and the period in which an appeal must be filed will commence upon the entry of this Confirmation Order.

37. SEC. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary in the Disclosure Statement, Plan and/or this Confirmation Order, no provision shall (i) preclude the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from enforcing its police or regulatory powers; or (ii) enjoin, limit, impair or delay the SEC from commencing or continuing any claims, causes of action, proceeding or investigations against any non-debtor person or non-debtor entity in any forum.

38. Celestica. Celestica LLC (“Celestica”) shall have an Allowed Class 5 General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $250,000, which shall be paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date, in accordance with section 3.3(e)(ii)(i) of the Plan and in full and final satisfaction of any General Unsecured Claim held by Celestica. For the avoidance of doubt, Celestica shall be a Released Party and a Releasing Party under the Plan.

39. Gartner. Gartner, Inc. (“Gartner”) shall have an Allowed Class 5 General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $40,000, which shall be paid in full in Cash on or before the Effective Date, in accordance with section 3.3(e) of the Plan and in full and final satisfaction of any General Unsecured Claim held by Gartner. For the avoidance of doubt, Gartner shall be a Released Party and a Releasing Party under the Plan.

 

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40. Texas Taxing Authorities. For purposes of this Confirmation Order only, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, the prepetition Allowed Claims of the Texas Taxing Authorities3 with respect to ad valorem taxes secured by valid, senior, perfected, enforceable and nonavoidable liens as of the Petition Date (the “Texas Taxing Authority Claims”), if any, shall be classified, on the Effective Date, as Class 2 – Other Secured Claims. The Texas Taxing Authority Claims will be paid on the later of the Effective Date or when due pursuant to applicable non-bankruptcy law. The Texas Taxing Authority Claims shall include all accrued interest, if any, required to be paid under section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code through the date of payment. To the extent valid, senior, perfected, enforceable and nonavoidable as of the Petition Date, the prepetition tax liens of the Texas Taxing Authorities, if any, shall be expressly retained in accordance with applicable non-bankruptcy law until the applicable Texas Taxing Authority Claims are paid in full. Notwithstanding section 6.6 of the Plan, the Distribution Agent shall pay the Texas Taxing Authority Claims in full despite any claim amounts falling below the $100 threshold. All rights and defenses of the Debtors under applicable law are reserved and preserved with respect to such Texas Taxing Authority Claims.

 

 

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For purposes of this Confirmation Order, the Texas Taxing Authorities are: Dallas County, Montgomery County, Tarrant County, Cameron County, Grayson County, Harris County ESD #02, Harris County ESD #60, Hidalgo County, City of Houston, Houston Community College System, Houston Independent School District, City of Humble, Lone Star College System, Matagorda County, City of McAllen, McLennan County, City of Pasadena, Polk County, Rio Grande City/Grulla Independent School District, San Marcos CISD, Smith County, Starr County, Potter County Tax Office, Tyler Independent School District, Hunt County et al., Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District, Woodlands Road Utility District 1, Bay City Independent School District, Sheldon Independent School District, Pasadena Independent School District, Humble Independent School District, Brazoria County, et al., Santa Fe Independent School District, Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District, Lubbock Central Appraisal District, City of McGregor, McGregor Independent School District, Medina County and Hays County.

 

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41. City of Edmonton. The City of Edmonton (“Edmonton”) shall be deemed to opt out of the releases contained in Article IX Section 9.2 of the Plan and shall not be considered a Releasing Party or Released Party. Nothing in the Plan, Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order shall impair Edmonton’s ability to assert any Claims; Causes of Action; right of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment; or pursue any other relief against the Debtors including, without limitation, in the actions captioned as CalAmp Corp. v. City of Edmonton, No. 2203 03819 (Can. A.R.) and City of Edmonton v. CalAmp Corp., No. 2203 04243 (Can. A.R.). Any and all rights of the Debtors to contest or dispute any such Claims or Causes of Action asserted by Edmonton are similarly preserved.

42. Flextronics. Flextronics Industrial Ltd. (“Flex”) shall be deemed to opt out of the releases contained in Article IX Section 9.2 of the Plan and shall not be considered a Releasing Party or Released Party. Nothing in the Plan, Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order shall impair Flex’s ability to assert any Claims; Causes of Action; right of setoff, counterclaim or recoupment; or pursue any other relief against the Debtors. Any and all rights of the Debtors to contest or dispute any such Claims or Causes of Action asserted by Flex are similarly preserved.

43. United States. Notwithstanding any provision in the Definitive Documents and this Confirmation Order: Nothing discharges or releases the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any non-debtor from any right, claim, liability, defense or Cause of Action of the United States or any State or impairs the ability of the United States or any State to pursue any right, claim, liability, defense, or Cause of Action against any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or non-debtor. Contracts, purchase orders, agreements, leases, covenants, guaranties, indemnifications, operating rights agreements or other interests of or with the United States or any State shall be, subject to any applicable legal or equitable rights or defenses of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors under

 

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applicable non-bankruptcy law, paid, treated, determined and administered in the ordinary course of business as if the Debtors’ bankruptcy cases were never filed and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors shall comply with all applicable non-bankruptcy law. All rights, claims, liabilities, defenses or Causes of Action, of or to the United States or any State shall survive the Chapter 11 Cases as if they had not been commenced and be determined in the ordinary course of business, including in the manner and by the administrative or judicial tribunals in which such rights, claims, liabilities, defenses or Causes of Action would have been resolved or adjudicated if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced; provided, that nothing in the Definitive Documents and this Confirmation Order shall alter any legal or equitable rights or defenses of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law with respect to any such claim, liability, or Cause of Action. Without limiting the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing shall: (i) require the United States or any State to file any proofs of claim or administrative expense claims in the Chapter 11 Cases for any right, claim, liability, defense, or Cause of Action; (ii) affect or impair the exercise of the United States’ or any State’s police and regulatory powers against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or any non-debtor; (iii) be interpreted to set cure amounts or to require the United States or any State to novate or otherwise consent to the transfer of any federal or state contracts, purchase orders, agreements, leases, covenants, guaranties, indemnifications, operating rights agreements or other interests; (iv) affect or impair the United States’ or any State’s rights and defenses of setoff and recoupment, or ability to assert setoff or recoupment against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and such rights and defenses are expressly preserved; (v) constitute an approval or consent by the United States or any State without compliance with all applicable legal requirements and approvals under non-bankruptcy law; or (vi) relieve any party from compliance with all licenses and permits issued by governmental units in accordance with non-bankruptcy law.

 

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44. Master Proof of Claim. The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Notes Parties, may (but is not required to) file a consolidated proof of claim (the “Master Proof of Claim”) on account of any Secured Notes Claim. The Indenture Trustee may amend, supplement, or otherwise modify its Master Proof of Claim from time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to file with a Master Proof of Claim any instruments, agreements, or other documents evidencing the obligations referenced in such Master Proof of Claim (including, without limitation, any Secured Notes Documents), which instruments, agreements, or other documents may be provided upon written request to counsel for the Indenture Trustee. No authorized Master Proof of Claim shall be disallowed, reduced, or expunged on the basis that it is Filed only against CalAmp Corp. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions set forth in this paragraph and any Master Proof of Claim filed pursuant to the terms hereof are intended solely for the purpose of administrative convenience and shall not affect the substantive rights of any party-in-interest or their respective successors-in-interest, including, without limitation, the rights of any of the Secured Notes Parties.

 

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EXHIBIT A

Plan

[Filed at Docket No. 124-1]


EXHIBIT B

Notice of Confirmation Order


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

 

In re:

 

CalAmp Corp., et al.,1

 

Debtors.

 

  

 

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 24-11136 (LSS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

 

NOTICE OF (I) ENTRY OF CONFIRMATION ORDER AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF

PLAN AND (II) ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN DEADLINES

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July [__], 2024, the Court entered the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order (I) Approving the Disclosure Statement for, and Confirming, the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 233] (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of CalAmp Corp. and Its Debtor Affiliates Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, attached thereto as Exhibit A (the “Plan”).2

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Effective Date occurred on [_____], 2024.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims must be filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors by [_____], 2024, which date is forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date. Any objection to a request for payment of Professional Fee Claims must be filed and served on (i) the applicable professional and (ii) the Reorganized Debtors on or before the date that is twenty-one (21) days after the filing of such request for payment.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to the Confirmation Order, the discharge, release, injunction, and exculpation provisions in Article IX of the Plan are now in full force and effect.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, as of the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease not listed on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule has been deemed assumed; provided, however, that if there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter its treatment of such contract or lease under the Plan.

 

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The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number are: CalAmp Corp. (7070); CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation (1740); LoJack Global LLC (4794); and Synovia Solutions LLC (2994). The Debtors’ service address is 15635 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92618.

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Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.


PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any (i) requests for payment of Cure in connection with or (ii) objections to the assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease must be filed with the Court on or before [______], 2024, which date is thirty (30) days after the Effective Date.

[PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease must be (i) filed with Stretto, Inc. (the “Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent”) at CalAmp Corp., et al., Solicitation Agent, c/o Stretto, 410 Exchange, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92602. and served on the Reorganized Debtors no later than [_____], 2024, which date is thirty (30) days after the Effective Date.]

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, if you would like to obtain a copy of the Confirmation Order, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or related documents, then you should contact the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent, by: (a) calling the Claims, Noticing, and Solicitation Agent at (833) 469-1331 (Toll-Free) and (562) 513-2050 (International); (b) visiting the Debtors’ restructuring website at https://cases.stretto.com/CalAmp; or (c) emailing TeamCalAmp@stretto.com and requesting paper copies of the corresponding materials.

Dated: July 9, 2024

 

   Respectfully submitted,

Wilmington, Delaware

  
  

/s/ DRAFT

   L. Katherine Good (No. 5101)
   Aaron H. Stulman (No. 5807)
   Gregory J. Flasser (No. 6154)
   POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
   1313 N. Market Street, 6th Floor
   Wilmington, Delaware 19801
   Telephone: (302) 984-6000
   Facsimile: (302) 658-1192
   Email:    kgood@potteranderson.com
      astulman@potteranderson.com
      gflasser@potteranderson.com
   Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

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Press Release

Lynrock Lake Takes CalAmp Private

CalAmp successfully completed restructuring in less than 60 days

Emerges as private company with enhanced liquidity to invest in innovation to support customers’ evolving needs

Carlsbad, CA – August 1, 2024 – CalAmp, Inc. (“CalAmp”), a telematics company that provides products and solutions that help organizations monitor, track and protect vital assets, is pleased to announce that it is now a private company owned by Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP (“Lynrock Lake” or “Lynrock”), a fund managed by Lynrock Lake LP. This significant milestone marks a new beginning for CalAmp and reflects the company’s robust commitment to innovation and sustainable profitable growth.

Swift Restructuring and Strong Financial Position

CalAmp announced on June 3rd that to most efficiently complete the go-private transaction, the company had voluntarily initiated Chapter 11 proceedings. The plan was confirmed by the court on July 11th. During the restructuring process, CalAmp remained steadfast in its mission to deliver leading solutions that empower businesses and improve lives through differentiated telematics offerings. The restructuring process enabled CalAmp to fortify its balance sheet by eliminating $230 million of debt, enhance its cash flow generation, and strengthen its operational efficiency. The company achieved positive quarter-over-quarter revenue growth and improved profitability in its most recently completed fiscal quarter, prior to realizing the benefits of the restructuring. CalAmp is positioned to be a strong, long-term partner with the resources to invest in strategic initiatives that drive technological advancements and expand its market presence.

Leadership and Vision

Under the new leadership of CEO Chris Adams and the dedicated executive team, CalAmp navigated the restructuring process without disrupting its operations. “We are excited to emerge from restructuring with renewed vigor and a clear path forward,” said Adams. “This restructuring provides us with the financial flexibility to pursue new opportunities, invest in profitable growth, enhance our product offerings, and deliver even greater value to our customers.”


“I would like to thank CalAmp’s employees, customers, partners, and stakeholders for facilitating a swift and successful restructuring process,” said Cynthia Paul, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Lynrock Lake LP and Chairperson of the new board of directors of CalAmp. “When I look at CalAmp, I see the ingredients required for long-term success: critical technology that enables IoT, a compelling product portfolio, differentiated solutions, a strong customer base, a talented team, and exposure to growing markets. Lynrock has been invested in CalAmp for nearly six years. I am excited to partner with management on this next chapter of the company’s evolution in order to capitalize on the large and growing opportunity ahead of the company.”

Innovation and Market Expansion

CalAmp remains committed to its core values of innovation, customer focus, and operational excellence. The company will continue to leverage its expertise in telematics devices and solutions to develop innovative offerings that address the evolving needs of its global customer base across various industries, including transportation, government, education, and industrial markets. As CalAmp embarks on this new stage, it will continue to foster strong relationships and deliver exceptional value to all its customers.

For more information, visit www.calamp.com

About CalAmp

CalAmp provides flexible solutions to help organizations worldwide monitor, track, and protect their vital assets. Our unique device-enabled software and cloud platform enables commercial and government organizations worldwide to improve efficiency, safety, visibility, and compliance while accommodating the unique ways they do business. With over 10 million active edge devices and 220+ approved or pending patents, CalAmp is the telematics leader organizations turn to for innovation and dependability. For more information, visit calamp.com, or LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube or CalAmp Blog.

CalAmp, LoJack, TRACKER, Here Comes The Bus, Bus Guardian, CalAmp Vision, CrashBoxx and associated logos are among the trademarks of CalAmp and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Spireon acquired the LoJack® U.S. Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) business from CalAmp and holds an exclusive license to the LoJack mark in the United States and Canada. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning CalAmp. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our expected future business and financial performance and other statements identified by words such as such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “potential”, “believe”, “seek”, “could”, “estimate”, “judgment”, “targeting”, “should”, “anticipate”, “predict”, “project”, “aim”, “goal”, and similar words, phrases or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management, current market trends and market conditions, and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in


forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Particular uncertainties that could materially affect future results are included in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. We undertake no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, which speak as of their respective dates except as required by law.

 

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SVP & CFO    Chief Marketing Officer
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