UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): April 16, 2004
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-9532 13-1964841
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification Number)
150 Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, New York 11788
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (631) 231-7750
NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Exhibit Index on Page 2
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
Tenth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement: The
Company and its Lenders executed a Tenth Amendment dated as of April 16, 2004 to
the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amendment").
The Amendment, among other things, amends and restates the last sentence of
the definition of "Borrowing Base" to allow the Company to borrow against
inventory at any time.
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
Exhibit 99.1 Tenth Amendment dated as of April 16, 2004 to the Audiovox
Corporation Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
Dated: April 22, 2004 By:s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Charles M. Stoehr
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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CONFORMED COPY
TENTH AMENDMENT, dated as of April 16, 2004 (this "Amendment"), to the
Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 1999 (as
amended pursuant to the First Amendment and Consent thereto, dated as of October
12, 1999, the Second Amendment thereto, dated as of December 20, 1999, the Third
Amendment thereto, dated as of April 14, 2000, the Fourth Amendment and Waiver
thereto, dated as of June 5, 2001, the Fifth Amendment and Waiver thereto, dated
as of March 14, 2002, the Sixth Amendment and Consent thereto, dated as of May
28, 2002, the Seventh Amendment and Waiver thereto, dated as of March 13, 2003,
the Eighth Amendment and Waiver thereto, dated as of June 10, 2003, and the
Ninth Amendment thereto, dated as of June 26, 2003, and as the same may further
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among Audiovox Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to
time parties thereto (collectively, the "Lenders"; individually, a "Lender"),
and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a New York
banking corporation, as administrative and collateral agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, the "Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend certain terms in
the Credit Agreement in the manner provided for herein; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders are willing to agree to the requested
amendment, on the terms and conditions provided for herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms which are defined
in the Credit Agreement and used herein (and in the recitals hereto) as defined
terms are so used as so defined.
2. Amendments of Subsection 1.1 (Definitions). The last sentence at the end
of the definition of "Borrowing Base" is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base shall be reduced by
the amount of any outstanding Indebtedness guaranteed pursuant to
subsection 10.4(g)."
3. Representations and Warranties. On and as of the date hereof, the
Borrower hereby confirms, reaffirms and restates the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement mutatis mutandis,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate
to a specific earlier date in which case the Borrower hereby confirms, reaffirms
and restates such representations and warranties as of such earlier date.
4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of
the date first written above (x) upon receipt by the Agent of (i) counterparts
to this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, (ii)
an amendment fee in the amount of $100,000, for the account of Lenders which
have executed and delivered to the Agent this Amendment prior to 12:00 p.m. on
April 16, 2004 (and will be paid to such Lenders pro rata according to their
respective Commitments) and (iii) an Acknowledgement and Consent in the form of
Exhibit A hereto duly executed by each of the Guarantors,
Exhibit 99.1
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and (y) so long as on the date the conditions in clause (x) above have been
satisfied, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(after giving effect to this Amendment).
5. Continuing Effect; No Other Waivers. Except as expressly provided
herein, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall
remain in full force and effect. The amendment provided for herein is limited to
the specific subsections of the Credit Agreement specified herein and shall not
constitute a consent, waiver or amendment of, or an indication of the Agent's or
the Lenders' willingness to consent to any action requiring consent under or to
waive or amend, any other provisions of the Credit Agreement or the same
subsections for any other date or time period (whether or not such other
provisions or compliance with such subsections for another date or time period
are affected by the circumstances addressed in this Amendment).
6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay and reimburse the Agent for all its
reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent.
7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts by the parties hereto (including by facsimile transmission), each
of which counterparts when so executed shall be an original, but all the
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Exhibit 99.1
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Senior Vice President
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ John K Budzynski
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Name: John K. Budzynski
Title: Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ Steven J. Melicharek
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Name: Steven J. Melicharek
Title: Senior Vice President
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Evelyn Kusold
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Name: Evelyn Kusold
Title: Assistant Vice President
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Stephen Kelly
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Name: Stephen Kelly
Title: Vice President
Exhibit 99.1
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MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Marla A. DeYulis
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Name: Marla A. Deyulis
Title: Assistant Vice President
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ David J. Lynch
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Name: David J. Lynch
Title: Vice President - Operations
ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Scott Fishbein
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Name: Scott Fishbein
Title: First Vice President
By: /s/ Andrew Ackerman
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Name: Andrew Ackerman
Title: First Vice President
PNC BUSINESS CREDIT INC., as a Lender
By:
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Name:
Title:
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as a Lender
By: /s/ Sean Umhafer
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Name: Sean Umhafer
Title: Vice President
Exhibit 99.1
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BANK LEUMI USA, as a Lender
By: /s/ Paul Tine
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Name: Paul Tine
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Glenn D. Kreutzer
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Name: Glenn D. Kreutzer
Title: B.O.
U.S. BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Patrick McGraw
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Name: Patrick McGraw
Title: Assistant Vice President
Exhibit 99.1
EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
Each of the undersigned corporations (i) as a guarantor under that certain
Amended and Restated Subsidiaries Guarantee, dated as of March 15, 1994 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guarantee"),
made by each of such corporations in favor of the Collateral Agent, (ii) as a
grantor under that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of
March 15, 1994 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Security Agreement"), made by each of such corporations in favor of
the Collateral Agent, and (iii) in the case of Audiovox Holding Corp., as the
pledgor under that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of February 9, 1996 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Pledge
Agreement"), made by Audiovox Holding Corp. in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank
(formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as pledge agent for the secured
parties thereunder, hereby consents to the execution and delivery of the Tenth
Amendment to which this Acknowledgment and Consent is attached and hereby
confirms and agrees that the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge
Agreement are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects and the Guarantee, the Security
Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and all of the Subsidiaries Collateral (as
defined in the Security Agreement) and Collateral (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the
Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and the Security Agreement, as the case
may be) pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee or the Security Agreement, as the
case may be, or, in the case of the Pledge Agreement, secure the payment of the
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) pursuant to the terms
of the Pledge Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement referred to in the
Tenth Amendment to which this Acknowledgment and Consent is attached.
QUINTEX MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
CORP.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Vice President
AMERICAN RADIO CORP.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Vice President
AUDIOVOX INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Vice President
Exhibit 99.1
AUDIOVOX CANADA LIMITED
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Vice President
AUDIOVOX HOLDING CORP.
By: /s/ Peter Tsikos
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Name: Peter Tsikos
Title: VP/Secretary
AUDIOVOX ASIA INC.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: President
AUDIOVOX LATIN AMERICA LTD.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: President
AUDIOVOX COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Secretary
AUDIOVOX ELECTRONICS CORP.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: Secretary
Exhibit 99.1
CODE SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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Name: Charles M. Stoehr
Title: CFO
Dated as of April 16, 2004
Exhibit 99.1