Exhibit
10.16
EXECUTION
COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 3 AND WAIVER TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 27,
2006
AMENDMENT NO. 3 AND WAIVER TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Amendment and Waiver ”) among SOLO CUP
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower
”), SOLO CUP INVESTMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“ Holdings ”), the banks, financial
institutions and other institutional lenders party to the Credit
Agreement referred to below from time to time (collectively, the
“ Lenders ”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
“ Administrative Agent ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
(1) WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings,
the Lenders, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as syndication agent,
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, as documentation agent and as an L/C
Issuer and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender and as an L/C Issuer have entered into a Credit
Agreement dated as of February 27, 2004 (such Credit
Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified up to but
not including the date hereof, the “ Credit
Agreement ”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined
in this Amendment and Waiver will have the same meanings as
specified in the Credit Agreement);
(2) WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement and waive
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as described below;
and
(3) WHEREAS, the Lenders have
agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
to amend the Credit Agreement and waive certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement in certain respects as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit
Agreement . The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date
hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 3 , hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated
as of March 31, 2006, between the Administrative Agent and the
Second Lien Administrative Agent and acknowledged by the Borrower,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent
permitted under the Loan Documents.
“ Permitted Sale and
Leaseback Transactions ” means with respect to
Holdings or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, with any Person whereby Holdings or such Subsidiary
shall sell or transfer any of the manufacturing facilities of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries located in Owing Mills and/or Dallas
and thereafter rent or lease such manufacturing facilities that it
intends to use for the same purpose or purposes as such
manufacturing facilities being sold or transferred.
“ Second Lien
Administrative Agent ” means the
“Administrative Agent” under and as defined in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Second Lien Credit
Agreement ” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement,
dated as of March 31, 2006, among the Borrower, Holdings, the
lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, as
administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified to the extent permitted under the Loan
Documents.
“ Second Lien
Facility ” means the second senior secured lien term
loan facility of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of
$80,000,000, as evidenced by the Second Lien Loan
Documents.
“ Second Lien Loan
Documents ” means the “Loan Documents” as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted under
the Loan Documents.
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“ Second Lien
Obligations ” means the “Obligations”
under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“ Third
Amendment ” means the Amendment No. 3 and Waiver
to this Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2006, among the
Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party
thereto.
“ Third Amendment
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3 of the Third Amendment.
(b) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by adding a proviso to
the end of the definition of “Average Total Debt” to
read in full as follows:
“; provided ,
further , that for the 365 days immediately preceding the
Third Amendment Effective Date and solely in respect of the
computation after the Third Amendment Effective Date of the
financial covenants set forth in Section 7.10 hereof,
the average daily Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans,
Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings shall be deemed to have been
zero.”
(c) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting in the
definition of “Inventory Reduction Charges” the amount
“$30,000,00” appearing therein and by replacing it with
the amount “$30,000,000”.
(d) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending and
restating the definition of “Loan Documents” to read in
full as follows:
“ Loan Documents
” means, collectively, (a) for purposes of this
Agreement and the Notes and any amendment, supplement or other
modification hereof or thereof and for all other purposes other
than for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents,
(i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the
Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee
Letter, (vi) the Intercreditor Agreement and (vii) each
Issuer Document and (b) for purposes of the Guaranty and the
Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes,
(iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents,
(v) each Issuer Document, (vi) the Fee Letter,
(vii) the Intercreditor Agreement and (viii) each Secured
Hedge Agreement.
(e) Section 2.05(b)(ii)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following proviso:
“; provided , still
further , that notwithstanding the foregoing, at the request of
the Borrower, any Net Cash Proceeds from any Permitted Sale and
Leaseback Transaction may be used to prepay the Second Lien
Facility rather than any Loans hereunder, so long as
(x) before and after giving effect to such prepayment no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and (y) on the date of such prepayment, after giving pro forma
effect thereto, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be less than
5.00:1.00.”
(f) Section 2.05(b)(iv)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following proviso:
“; provided ,
however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, at the request
of the Borrower, (A) any such Net Cash Proceeds from any
Permitted Refinancing Subordinated Indebtedness of Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries may be used to prepay the Second Lien Facility
rather than any Loans hereunder and (B) any Net Cash Proceeds
from any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 7.02(b)(O) hereof may be used to prepay the
Second Lien Facility rather than any Loans hereunder, in each case,
so long as (x) before and after giving effect to such
prepayment no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and (y) on the date of such prepayment, after
giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
shall be less than 4.50:1.00.”
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(g) Section 7.01(a) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the phrase “, and
Liens pursuant to any of the Second Lien Loan Documents securing
any Second Lien Obligations and Liens securing any Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(O)
hereof, in each case subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement” immediately prior to the semi-colon at the end of
such clause.
(h) Section 7.02(b)(A)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the phrase
“and Indebtedness arising under the Second Lien Loan
Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$80,000,000” immediately prior to the semi-colon at the end
of such clause.
(i) Section 7.02(b) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting the word
“and” appearing at the end of
Section 7.02(b)(M) , by deleting the “.”
appearing at the end of Section 7.02(b)(N) and by
replacing it with the phrase “; and”, and by adding a
new subsection (O) to read in full as
follows:
“(O) additional Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents incurred after the Third Amendment
Effective Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$80,000,000; provided that (x) before and after giving
effect to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
(y) the proceeds of such Indebtedness shall be used to prepay
the Term Loans (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement),
and (z) the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become a
party to the Intercreditor Agreement.”
(j) Section 7.02(b)(K)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
parenthetical “(including, without limitation, as to
subordination)” after the words “Administrative
Agent” appearing therein.
(k) Section 7.03(l) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the phrase
“, Section 7.02(b)(K) ” immediately prior
to the word “or” appearing therein.
(l) Section 7.05 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word
“and” appearing at the end of
Section 7.05(o) , by deleting the “.”
appearing at the end of Section 7.05(p) and be
replacing it with the phrase “; and”, and by adding a
new subsection (q) to read in full as
follows:
“(q) (x) any Permitted
Sale and Leaseback Transactions, and (y) the Disposition of
the portion of Excess Cash Flow that is not required to be used
pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) to prepay the Loans to
the extent such portion of Excess Cash Flow shall be used to prepay
the Term Loans (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement);
provided that, before and after giving effect to such
Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction or such Disposition, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.”
(m) Section 7.05 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by replacing the phrase
“ Section 7.05(p) ” in the proviso thereto with
the phrase “ Section 7.05(q) ”.
(n) Section 7.09 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical
in the second line thereof with the following:
“(other than this Agreement,
any other Loan Document, any Second Lien Loan Document or any
documentation in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(O)
hereof)”
(o) Section 7.10(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the table
therein in its entirety with the following:
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March 31
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June 30
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September 30
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December 31
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2006
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2007
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2008
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.25 : 1.00
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2.75 : 1.00
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2009
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2.75 : 1.00
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2.75 : 1.00
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2.75 : 1.00
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3.25 : 1.00
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2010
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3.50 : 1.00
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3.50 : 1.00
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3.50 : 1.00
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3.50 : 1.00
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2011
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3.50 : 1.00
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