-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EkN1u5gIt9ZUpNbNGy9MIsPYCYxX0XqErMUJwqx4NfWkqJEZrXd+MbZd3q7tmHRl SnJFMdNFTTY1kMWq4E5UUg== 0001104659-07-081946.txt : 20071113 0001104659-07-081946.hdr.sgml : 20071112 20071113060242 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-081946 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071109 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001032067 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827] IRS NUMBER: 952988062 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22183 FILM NUMBER: 071233838 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6001 OAK CANYON CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92618 BUSINESS PHONE: 9494511450 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6001 OAK CANYON CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92618 8-K/A 1 a07-29160_18ka.htm 8-K/A

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 9, 2007

 

Meade Instruments Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-22183

 

95-2988062

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

92618
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(949) 451-1450

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 



 

This Form 8-K/A amends the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the SEC on November 13, 2007.  The only change reflected in this Form 8-K/A  is the change in the Exhibit No. of the referenced Material Agreement from 11.1 to 10.100.

 

Item 1.01                            Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 25, 2002 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”) among Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”), Meade Instruments Corp., Simmons Outdoor Corp. and Coronado Instruments, Inc. (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Borrowers must satisfy certain financial covenants. The Borrowers were in violation of the Minimum EBITDA covenant set forth in Section 7.23 of the Credit Agreement as of August 31, 2007 (the “Covenant Violation”). Pursuant to the Limited Waiver Agreement dated as of October 11, 2007 among the Lender and Borrowers, the Lender waived the Covenant Violation for a period of 30 days from the date thereof and agreed not to exercise any default, rights or remedies available as a result of the occurrence thereof for such 30 day period (the “Covenant Violation Waiver”). Under an Amendment to Limited Waiver Agreement dated November 9, 2007, the Lender agreed to an extension of the Covenant Violation Waiver to November 15, 2007. A copy of the Amendment to Limited Waiver Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.100.

 

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Title or Description

10.100

 

Amendment to Limited Waiver Agreement dated as of November 9, 2007 by and among Bank of America, N.A., Meade Instruments Corp., Simmons Outdoor Corp. and Coronado Instruments, Inc.

 

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.

 

Dated: November 12, 2007

MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.
(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

 

Senior Vice President – Finance and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Title or Description

10.100

 

Amendment to Limited Waiver Agreement dated as of November 9, 2007 by and among Bank of America, N.A., Meade Instruments Corp., Simmons Outdoor Corp. and Coronado Instruments, Inc.

 

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EX-10.100 2 a07-29160_1ex10d100.htm EX-10.100

Exhibit 10.100

 

November 9, 2007

 

MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.

SIMMONS OUTDOOR CORP.

CORONADO INSTRUMENTS, INC.

6001 Oak Canyon

Irvine, CA 92618

 

Re:  Limited Waiver Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 25, 2002 (as amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as lender (the “Lender”), MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP., a Delaware corporation, SIMMONS OUTDOOR CORP., a Delaware corporation, and CORONADO INSTRUMENTS, INC., a California corporation (such entities being referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”). Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

In connection with the violation of the Minimum EBITDA covenant set forth in Section 7.23 of the Credit Agreement as of August 31, 2007 (the “Covenant Violation”), the Lender and Borrowers entered into that certain Limited Waiver Agreement (the “Limited Waiver Agreement”) dated as October 11, 2007.

 

Pursuant to the Limited Waiver Agreement, the Lender waived the Covenant Violation for a period of 30 days from the date thereof and agreed not to exercise any default, rights or remedies available as a result of the occurrence thereof for such 30 day period (the “Covenant Violation Waiver”).

 

The Borrowers have requested an extension of the Covenant Violation Waiver to November 15, 2007 and the Lender hereby agrees to such extension and agrees not to exercise any default, rights or remedies available as a result of the occurrence of the Covenant Violation until November 15, 2007 so long as (a) no new Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing; (b) the Availability Reserve, as defined in the Limited Waiver Agreement, is increased to and remains at $500,000; and (c) the Borrowers deliver to the Lender executed original copies of each of the Consents and Reaffirmations attached to this Amendment.

 

The waiver granted in this letter agreement shall be limited strictly as written and shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of, or any consent to noncompliance with, any term or provision of this letter agreement, the Limited Waiver Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document except as expressly set forth herein.

 

In order to induce the Lender to agree to the foregoing, the Borrowers agree that, except as set forth above, the terms and provisions of the Limited Waiver Agreement are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect, and the Limited Waiver Agreement (as amended hereby) shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 



 

This letter agreement may not be amended or modified except in a writing signed by the Borrowers and the Lender. This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement and shall be considered to be an other Loan Document. This letter agreement , together with the Credit Agreement, the Limited Waiver Agreement, and the other Loan Documents, contains the entire understanding between each Borrower and the Lender and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, IF ANY, IN ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE, DEFEND, INTERPRET, OR OTHERWISE CONCERNING THIS LETTER. WITHOUT LIMITING THE APPLICABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF SECTION 12.3 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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Please execute this letter agreement in the space provided below to acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert M. Dalton

 

 

Name:

Robert M. Dalton

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first set forth above:

 

 

 

MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

 

 

 

SIMMONS OUTDOOR CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

 

 

 

CORONADO INSTRUMENTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

Signature Page

 



 

CONSENTS AND REAFFIRMATIONS

 

Each of MEADE INSTRUMENTS EUROPE CORP., a California corporation, and MEADE INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS CORP., a California corporation, hereby acknowledges the execution of, and consents to, the terms and conditions of that certain letter agreement dated as of November     , 2007, among MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP., SIMMONS OUTDOOR CORP., CORONADO INSTRUMENTS, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (the “Creditor”), and reaffirms its obligations under (a) that certain Continuing Guaranty (the “Guaranty”) dated as of September 24, 2001, made by the undersigned in favor of the Creditor, and (b) that certain Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) dated as of September, 2001, by and between the undersigned and the Creditor. Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that each of the Guaranty and the Security Agreement remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

 

Dated as of November 9, 2007.

 

 

MEADE INSTRUMENTS EUROPE CORP.,

 

a California corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

 

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

 

 

 

MEADE INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS CORP.,

 

a California corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

 

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 



 

CONSENTS AND REAFFIRMATIONS

 

Each of MTSC HOLDINGS, INC., a California corporation (“MTSC”), MC HOLDINGS, INC., a California corporation (“MC HOLDINGS”), and MEADE CORONADO HOLDINGS CORP., a California corporation (“MCHC”), hereby acknowledges the execution of, and consents to, the terms and conditions of that certain letter agreement dated as of November      , 2007, among MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP., SIMMONS OUTDOOR CORP., CORONADO INSTRUMENTS, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Creditor”), and reaffirms its obligations under that certain Continuing Guaranty (the “Guaranty”) dated as of September 24, 2001 executed in favor of the Creditor and joined by each of the undersigned pursuant to an Instrument of Joinder, dated as of (i) October 25, 2002 with respect to MTSC and MC HOLDINGS, and (ii) December 1, 2004 with respect to MCHC (respectively, the “Instrument”). Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that each of the Guaranty and Instrument remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

 

Dated as of November 9, 2007.

 

 

 

MTSC HOLDINGS, INC.,

 

a California corporation,

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

 

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

 

 

 

MC HOLDINGS, INC.,

 

a California corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

 

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 

 

 

 

 

MEADE CORONADO HOLDINGS CORP.,

 

a California corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul E. Ross

 

 

Name: Paul E. Ross

 

Title: Senior Vice President & CFO

 


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