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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT ("Amendment"),
dated as of July 27, 2007, is entered into by and among
MOVIE
GALLERY, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), the
Lenders
party hereto, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ("GSCP"),
as
Lender and in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders ("Administrative Agent") and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ("Wachovia"), as Lender and in its capacity as
Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties ("Collateral
Agent").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the
Lenders
party thereto, the Administrative Agent, GSCP as Syndication
Agent, the Collateral Agent, and Wachovia as Documentation
Agent
have entered into that certain First Lien Credit and
Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007 (as has been amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time,
the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative
Agent,
the Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders have entered
into
that certain Forbearance Agreement, dated as of July 20,
2007
(the "Forbearance Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Forbearance Agreement now desire
to
amend the Forbearance Agreement on the terms hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
contained in the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit
Agreement,
the other Credit Documents and herein, and for other good
and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
Unless otherwise defined above or elsewhere in this
Amendment,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed
to them in the Forbearance Agreement or the Credit Agreement,
as
applicable.
SECTION 2. Amendments to Forbearance Agreement.
The definition of "Existing Defaults" contained in the
second
WHEREAS clause of the Forbearance Agreement's Recitals is
hereby
amended by (i) deleting the word "and" immediately before
subclause (b) thereof, (ii) deleting the parenthetical at
the
end of such clause and (iii) adding new clauses (c) and (d)
to
the end thereof, as follows:
" , (c) Events of Default have occurred under Section
8.1(d) of the Credit Agreement as a result of Borrower's
failure to satisfy the condition set forth in Section
3.2(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement and (d) Defaults have
occurred under Sections 8.1(d) and (e) of the Credit
Agreement as a result of Borrower's failure to comply with
the cash management provisions of Section 5.14(b) of the
Credit Agreement and Section 4.4.4(c) of the Pledge and
Security Agreement (clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d),
collectively, the "Existing Defaults");"
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of Borrower and
the
Guarantors.
To induce Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and
Requisite
Lenders to execute and deliver this Amendment, each of
Borrower
and the Guarantors represents and warrants that:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by each of
Borrower and the Guarantors of this Amendment and all
documents
and instruments delivered in connection herewith and the
Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement and all other
Credit
Documents have been duly authorized by Borrower's and each
Guarantor's respective board of directors (or similar
governing
body), and this Amendment and all documents and instruments
delivered in connection herewith, the Forbearance Agreement
and
the Credit Agreement and all other Credit Documents are
legal,
valid and binding obligations of Borrower and the Guarantors
enforceable against such parties in accordance with their
respective terms, except as may be limited by (i) the effect
of
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally
and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(b) Except as a result of the Existing Defaults, and
except for the representations set forth in Section 4.9 (No
Material Adverse Change) and Section 4.22 (Solvency) of the
Credit Agreement, each of the representations and warranties
contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents
is true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the
date hereof to the same extent as though made on the date
hereof, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case
such representations and warranties shall have been true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier
date,
and each of the agreements and covenants in the Credit
Agreement
and the other Credit Documents is hereby reaffirmed with the
same force and effect as if each were separately stated
herein
and made as of the date hereof;
(c) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of
this Amendment and all documents and instruments delivered
in
connection herewith nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby does or shall contravene,
result
in a breach of, or violate (i) any provision of Borrower's
or
any Guarantor's corporate charter, bylaws, operating
agreement,
or other governing documents, (ii) any law or regulation, or
any
order or decree of any court or government instrumentality,
or
(iii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease,
agreement
or other instrument to which Borrower or any Guarantor is a
party or by which Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their
respective property is bound;
(d) As of the date hereof, except for the Existing
Defaults, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing
under this Amendment, the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document; and
(e) The Lenders' and the other Secured Parties' security
interests in the Collateral continue to be valid, binding,
and
enforceable first-priority security interests which secure
the
Obligations subject only to the Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4. Ratification of Liability.
Each of Borrower and the Guarantors, 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 Credit Documents,
hereby ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and
performance
obligations and obligations to indemnify, contingent or
otherwise, under each of such Credit Documents and the
Forbearance Agreement to which such party is a party, and
each
such party hereby ratifies and reaffirms its grant of liens
on
or security interests in its properties pursuant to such
Credit
Documents to which it is a party as security for the
Obligations
under or with respect to the Credit Agreement and confirms
and
agrees that such liens and security interests hereafter
secure
all of the Obligations, including, without limitation, all
additional Obligations hereafter arising or incurred pursuant
to
or in connection with this Amendment, the Forbearance
Agreement,
the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document. Borrower
and
the Guarantors each further agrees and reaffirms that the
Credit
Documents to which it is a party now apply to all Obligations
as
defined in the Credit Agreement, as modified hereby
(including,
without limitation, all additional Obligations hereafter
arising
or incurred pursuant to or in connection with this
Amendment,
the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other
Credit Document). Each such party (i) further acknowledges
receipt of a copy of this Amendment and all other
agreements,
documents, and instruments executed and/or delivered in
connection herewith, (ii) consents to the terms and
conditions
of same, and (iii) agrees and acknowledges that the
Forbearance
Agreement and each of the Credit Documents, as modified
hereby,
remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and
confirmed. Except as expressly provided herein, the
execution
of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any
right,
power or remedy of any Lender, nor constitute a waiver of
any
provision of any of the Credit Documents nor constitute a
novation of any of the Obligations under the Forbearance
Agreement, the Credit Agreement or other Credit Documents.
SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect upon the Forbearance
Agreement and the Credit Documents.
(a) Except as specifically amended hereby, all terms,
conditions, covenants, representations and warranties
contained
in the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement and other
Credit Documents, and all rights of the Lenders and all of
the
Obligations, shall remain in full force and effect. Each of
Borrower and the Guarantors hereby confirms that the
Forbearance
Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents
are in full force and effect and that neither Borrower nor
any
Guarantor has any right of setoff, recoupment or other offset
or
any defense, claim or counterclaim with respect to any of
the
Obligations, the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement
or
any other Credit Document.
(b) Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution,
delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and any waivers
set
forth herein shall not directly or indirectly (i) create any
obligation to make any further Loans or issue any Letters of
Credit or Synthetic Letters of Credit, or to continue to
defer
any enforcement action after the occurrence of any other
Default
or Event of Default (including, without limitation, any
Forbearance Default), (ii) constitute a consent or waiver of
any
past, present or future violations of any provisions of the
Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other
Credit
Documents, (iii) amend, modify or operate as a waiver of any
provision of the Forbearance Agreement, the Credit Agreement
or
any other Credit Documents or any right, power or remedy of
any
Lender, (iv) constitute a consent to any merger or other
transaction or to any sale, restructuring or refinancing
transaction, (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, each
Lender
and each of the other Secured Parties reserves all of its
rights, powers, and remedies under the Forbearance
Agreement,
the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents and
applicable
law. All of the provisions of the Forbearance Agreement, the
Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including,
without limitation, the time of the essence provisions, are
hereby reiterated.
(c) From and after the Effective Date, (i) the term
"Agreement" in the Credit Agreement, and all references to
the
Credit Agreement in any Credit Document shall mean the
Credit
Agreement as amended by, among other things, the Forbearance
Agreement and this Amendment, and (ii) the term "Credit
Documents" in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents shall include, without limitation, the Forbearance
Agreement and this Amendment and any agreements, instruments
and
other documents executed and/or de
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