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Exhibit
10.6
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
AND JOINDER
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “
Amendment Agreement ”), dated as of
September 10, 2007, is made by and among HILB
ROGAL & HOBBS COMPANY , a Virginia corporation (the
“ Borrower ”), each of the Guarantor
Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement described below),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States (“
Bank of America ”), in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”), each of the existing
Lenders under such Credit Agreement (collectively, the “
Existing Lenders ”), and each of the Persons
becoming Lenders by the execution of this Amendment Agreement (the
“ Joining Lenders ”). Capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement as defined
below.
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS , the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have entered
into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 26, 2006
(as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of
July 13, 2007, as hereby amended and as from time to time
hereafter further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or
amended and restated, the “ Credit Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS , as a
condition to making the term loan facility and the revolving credit
facility available to the Borrower the Lenders have required that
all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower guarantee payment of the
Obligations; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower
plans to enter into an agreement to acquire an entity as disclosed
in a confidential letter on file with the Administrative Agent (the
“ Disclosed Acquisition ”);
and
WHEREAS , in
connection with the Disclosed Acquisition, the Borrower intends to
enter into a Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated
September 10, 2007, among the Borrower with The Prudential
Insurance Company of America (“ Prudential
”) and certain other holders of the Senior Notes (together
with Prudential, the “ Senior Note Holders
”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time in compliance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement among the Senior
Note Holders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrower, pursuant to which the Senior Note Holders
agree to purchase certain Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $200,000,000 (the “ Senior
Notes ”) (such transaction, the “ Senior
Note Purchase ”), to be secured by a first priority
perfected lien on the Pledged Interests; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower
has requested that the Lenders amend certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement to permit the Disclosed Acquisition, the issuance
of the Senior Notes and a parity lien on the Pledged Interests to
secure the Senior Notes; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower
has further requested that the Lenders provide additional Revolving
Credit Commitments in the aggregate amount of up to $125,000,000
(which additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in addition
to those available to be requested by the Borrower under
Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement) from certain of
the Revolving Lenders and from the Joining Lenders, each of which
is an Eligible Assignee (each such additional Revolving Credit
Commitments of such Lenders, an “ Incremental
Commitment ”); and
WHEREAS , concurrently
with the above referenced transactions, all amounts outstanding
under the Term Loan will be paid in full in cash and the Term Loan
Facility will be terminated; and
WHEREAS , the
Administrative Agent, the undersigned Lenders (including without
limitation the Joining Lenders designated on the signature pages
hereto) are willing to effect such amendments and certain of the
Revolving Lenders and the Joining Lenders are willing to provide
such Incremental Commitments on the terms and conditions contained
in this Amendment Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and conditions herein set forth, it
is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Consents.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Administrative Agent and the undersigned Lenders (including without
limitation the Joining Lenders designated on the signature pages
hereto) hereby consent to the consummation of the Senior Note
Purchase and the Disclosed Acquisition.
(b) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the
undersigned Lenders (including without limitation the Joining
Lenders designated on the signature pages hereto) hereby waive,
for, but only for, the 30 day period following the Second Amendment
Effective Date, the following requirements for the Borrower’s
exercise of an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments under
Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement: (i) the
minimum principal amount of any such increase, (ii) the
requirement for notice to the Lenders of any request for an
increase, (iii) the minimum ten Business Day period in which
Lenders have the right to respond to such request and
(iv) such other procedural requirements relating to the
exercise of the increase in Commitments under such
Section 2.15 as the Administrative Agent may waive in
its sole discretion.
2. Amendment. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended effective as of the date hereof as
follows:
(a) The existing definition
of “ Acquisition Indebtedness ” in
Section 1.01 is deleted in its entirety and the
following is inserted in lieu thereof:
“ ‘
Acquisition Indebtedness ’ means (i) the Existing
Seller Notes, and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries issued in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions to a Target or its shareholders (either (x) at
the time of such Acquisition or (y) to evidence an earnout
obligation in respect of such Acquisition at the time such earnout
obligation becomes due) that is evidenced by one or more written
agreements or instruments which shall provide that such
Indebtedness (a) shall have covenants and undertakings, that,
taken as a whole, are materially less restrictive than those
contained herein, and (b) shall bear a cash interest rate not
exceeding 12.5% per annum, including similar
“seller-financed” Indebtedness of a Target that is
assumed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition.”
(b) The existing definition
of “ Cash Equivalents ” in
Section 1.01 is amended by deleting
“$500,000,000” in the eighth line and inserting
“$250,000,000” in lieu thereof.
(c) The existing definition
of “ Loan Documents ” in
Section 1.01 is deleted in its entirety and the
following is inserted in lieu thereof:
“ ‘ Loan
Documents ’ means this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty
(including each Guaranty Joinder Agreement), the Pledge Agreement
(including each Pledge Joinder Agreement), the Intercreditor
Agreement, each Revolving Loan Notice, each Term Loan Interest Rate
Selection Notice, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter and each
Compliance Certificate, and all other instruments and documents
heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor of any
Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loans
made and transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The existing definition
of “ Pledge Agreement ” in
Section 1.01 is deleted in its entirety and the
following is inserted in lieu thereof:
“ ‘
Pledge Agreement ’ means that certain Amended and
Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of the Second Amendment
Effective Date among the Borrower, certain Guarantors and the
Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G ,
as supplemented from time to time by the execution and delivery of
Pledge Joinder Agreements pursuant to Section 6.12 , as
the same may be otherwise supplemented (including by Pledge
Agreement Supplement).”
(e) The existing definition
of “ Revolving Credit Facility ” in
Section 1.01 is amended by deleting
“$325,000,000” and inserting “$445,000,000”
in lieu thereof.
(f) The following definitions
are added to Section 1.01 in the appropriate
alphabetical locations therein:
“ ‘
Anti-Terrorism Order ” shall mean Executive Order
No. 13224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to
Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as
amended.
“ ‘
Collateral Agent ’ has the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 9.11 .
“ ‘
Disclosed Acquisition ’ means the Acquisition of an
entity as disclosed in a confidential letter on file with the
Administrative Agent.
“ ‘
Incremental Commitments ’ means an amount equal to
$120,000,000, consisting of (a) increases in the Revolving
Credit Commitments of certain Revolving Lenders that were party to
the Credit Agreement prior to the effectiveness of the Amendment
No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Joinder Agreement dated as of
September 10, 2007 (the “ Second Amendment
”), and (b) any Revolving Credit Commitments of
Revolving Lenders that joined the Credit Agreement as Revolving
Lenders hereunder pursuant to the Second Amendment.
“ ‘
Intercreditor Agreement ’ means that certain
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement among the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Senior
Note Holder, as the same made be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in compliance herewith or
therewith.
“ ‘
Prudential ” means The Prudential Insurance Company of
America, a New Jersey insurance company.
“ ‘
Second Amendment Effective Date ’ means
September 10, 2007.
“ ‘
Senior Note Purchase Agreement ’ means that certain
Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement among the Borrower and
the Senior Note Holders dated September 10, 2007, as amended,
restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
compliance herewith and with the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ ‘
Senior Notes ’ means the Senior Secured Notes issued
pursuant to the Senior Note Purchase Agreement, in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $200,000,000; provided that in no
event shall the maturity of such Senior Secured Notes occur prior
to August 31, 2011.
“ ‘
Senior Note Holders ’ means Prudential and the other
note holders party to the Senior Note Purchase
Agreement.”
(g) Section 2.14
is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
“2.14 Sharing of
Payments by Lenders . (a) If any Lender shall, by
exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain
payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the
Revolving Loans or the portion of the Term Loan made by it, or the
participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it
resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion
of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued
interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as
provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and
(b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
applicable Revolving Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations
and Swing Line Loans of the other Revolving Lenders, or, as
applicable, purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
portions of the Term Loan held by the other Term Loan Lenders, or
make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the applicable
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective applicable
Loans and other amounts owing them, provided
that:
“(i) if any such
participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without
interest; and
“(ii) the provisions of
this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by
a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a
participation in any of its Revolving Loans, portion of the Term
Loan or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to
any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section
shall apply).
“The Borrower consents
to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation
pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the
Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of
the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
“(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing Section 2.14(a) , each Lender hereby
agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement, and further agrees that in the event that any Lender
receives any payment to which Section 2.14(a) would
otherwise apply and any portion of such payment is required to be
distributed pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, such Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof (including
calculations of the amount to be distributed pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement, which may be made in consultation with the
Administrative Agent) and will distribute such amount to Persons
other than Lenders entitled thereto in accordance with the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement, with the balance of such amount
otherwise subject to Section 2.14(a) being distributed
in accordance therewith.”
(h)
Section 2.15(a) is amended by adding the parenthetical
“(not including and in addition to the Incremental
Commitments)” in the sixth line thereof immediately after
“$125,000,000”.
(i) Section 6.03
is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) after
subsection (e):
“(f)(i) the occurrence
of any default or event of the default under the Senior Note
Purchase Agreement, or (ii) any amendment or modification of
the Senior Note Purchase Agreement, together with a copy
thereof.”
(j) Article VI is
amended by inserting the following new Section 6.15
after Section 6.14 :
“ 6.15 ERISA.
(a) Deliver to the Administrative Agent promptly and in any
event within ten (10) days after it knows or has reason to
know of the occurrence of any event of the type specified in
Section 8.01(i) notice of such event and the likely
impact on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“(b) In the event it or
any Subsidiary have participated, now participates or will
participate in any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, deliver to the
Administrative Agent: (i) promptly and in any event within ten
(10) days after it knows or has reason to know of the
occurrence of a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan, a copy of
any materials required to be filed with the PBGC with respect to
such Reportable Event, together with a statement of the chief
financial officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such
Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take
with respect thereto; (ii) at least ten (10) days prior
to the filing by any plan administrator of a Plan of a notice of
intent to terminate such Plan, a copy of such notice;
(iii) promptly upon the reasonable request of the
Administrative Agent, and in no event more than ten (10) days
after such request, copies of each annual report on Form 5500 that
is filed with the Internal Revenue Service, together with certified
financial statements for the Plan (if any) as of the end of such
year and actuarial statements on Schedule B to such Form 5500;
(iv) promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after
it knows or has reason to know of any event or condition which
might constitute grounds under section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Borrower
describing such event or condition; (v) promptly and in no
event more than ten (10) days after its or any ERI
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