EX-10.9 9 d202723dex109.htm EX-10.9 EX-10.9

Exhibit 10.9

Execution Version

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment No. 1”), dated as of October 8, 2017, made by and among Syneron Medical Ltd, a company formed under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Israeli Borrower”), Syneron, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Borrower” and, together with the Israeli Borrower, the “Borrower”), Lupert Ltd, a company formed under the laws of the State of Israel (“Israeli Holdings”), ING Capital LLC (“ING”), as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and each lender party hereto amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, (as amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”) among Holdings, the Borrower, ING as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and each Lender from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

(1) Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are party to the Existing Credit Agreement.

(2) The Borrower has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth below.

(3) The Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders party hereto desire to memorialize the terms of this Amendment No. 1 and make the amendments as set forth herein in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, with such amendments to become effective at the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Amendments.

Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows; provided that this Amendment No. 1 shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Amendments”):

(a) The following defined term shall be added to Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement in alphabetical order:

Permitted Cash Extraction” means that certain one-time Restricted Payment in an aggregate amount of up to $39,000,000 (of which no more than $25,000,000 shall be drawn from the Revolving Credit Facility) that is hereby deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 7.06(c).

 

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(b) The last paragraph of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to state:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of this Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to equal (a) $5,571,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016, (b) $9,322,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016, (c) $4,989,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017 and (d) $2,965,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017.

(c) The proviso of Section 5.17 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to the end thereof “(except the Permitted Cash Extraction)”.

(d) The last sentence of Section 6.11 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to the end thereof “(except the Permitted Cash Extraction as defined in Amendment No. 1)”.

SECTION 2. Representations of the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as of the Amendment Effective Date that:

(a) this Amendment No. 1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing;

(b) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates;

(c) after giving effect to this Amendment No. 1, the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment No. 1 and each other Loan Document to which such Person is a party, are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) conflict with or contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organizational Documents, (ii) result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than under the Loan Documents), or require any payment to be made under (1) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (2) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or payment or violation (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment or violation could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

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(d) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment No. 1, no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or shall result from this Amendment No. 1.

SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment No. 1 is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions (the date of such satisfaction or waiver, the “Amendment Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each Lender, either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment No. 1 signed on behalf of such party or (y) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include delivery of a signed signature page of this Amendment No. 1 by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment No. 1.

(b) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower dated as of the Amendment Effective Date, to the effect set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(d) hereof.

SECTION 4. Consent and Affirmation of the Guarantors. Each of the Guarantors, in its capacity as a guarantor under the Guaranty and a grantor under the other Collateral Documents, hereby (i) consents to the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment No. 1 and agrees that each of the Guaranty and the other Collateral Documents is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed on the Amendment Effective Date, except that, on and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference to “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1 and (ii) confirms that the Collateral Documents to which each of the Guarantors is a party and all of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the Obligations.

SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. (a) On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “hereunder”, “hereof”, “Agreement”, “this Agreement” or words of like import and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1. From and after the Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment No 1. shall be a Loan Document under the Existing Credit Agreement.

(b) The Collateral Documents and each other Loan Document, as specifically amended by this Amendment No. 1, if applicable, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the respective prior guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements, as applicable, under each of the

 

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Collateral Documents, notwithstanding the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, in each case, as amended by this Amendment No. 1.

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment No. 1 shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment No. 1 by .pdf or other electronic form shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment No. 1.

SECTION 7. Amendments; Headings; Severability. This Amendment No. 1 may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto. The Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment No. 1 and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Amendment No. 1. Any provision of this Amendment No. 1 held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. Governing Law; Etc.

(a) THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 10.14 AND 10.15 OF THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT AS IF SUCH SECTIONS WERE SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN.

SECTION 9. No Novation. This Amendment No. 1 shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Collateral Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents or the other Loan Documents.

 

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The obligations outstanding under or of the Existing Credit Agreement and instruments securing the same shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith and except to the extent repaid as provided herein. Nothing implied in this Amendment No. 1 or in any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Loan Parties under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a borrower, guarantor or pledgor under any of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 10. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.02(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 1 to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

HOLDINGS:
LUPERT LTD
By:   /s/ Todd Van Horn
  Name: Todd Van Horn
  Title: Director

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


BORROWER:
SYNERON MEDICAL LTD
By:   /s/ Michael Johnson
  Name: Michael Johnson
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


SYNERON MEDICAL LTD
By:   /s/ Geoffrey Crouse
  Name: Geoffrey Crouse
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


SYNERON, INC.
By:   /s/ Michael Johnson
  Name: Michael Johnson
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


SYNERON, INC.
By:   /s/ Geoffrey Crouse
  Name: Geoffrey Crouse
  Title: President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


ING CAPITAL LLC, as Administrative Agent and as Lender
By:   /s/ Mike Garvin
  Name: Mike Garvin
  Title: Managing Director
By:   /s/ Brad Rutkowski
  Name: Brad Rutkowski
  Title: Director

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


HSBC BANK PLC ISRAEL BRANCH, as Lender
By:   /s/ Carol Shaked
  Name:  Carol Shaked
  Title:    Head of Corporate
By:   /s/ Dalit Uri
  Name:  Dalit Uri
  Title:    Global Relationship Manager

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]


COMERICA BANK, as Lender
By:   /s/ James Lentner
  Name: James Lentner
  Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement]