First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement
Reference is hereby made to that certain Amended
and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 30, 1997 (as
amended, modified, or supplemented, the “Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement” ), from World Acceptance Corporation
of Alabama, World Acceptance Corporation of Missouri, World Finance
Corporation of Georgia, World Finance Corporation of Louisiana,
World Acceptance Corporation of Oklahoma, Inc., World Finance
Corporation of South Carolina, World Finance Corporation of
Tennessee, World Finance Corporation of Texas, WFC Limited
Partnership, WFC of South Carolina, Inc., World Finance Corporation
of Illinois, World Finance Corporation of New Mexico, World Finance
Corporation of Kentucky, WFC Services, Inc., and World Finance
Corporation of Colorado (the “Guarantors”
and individually a “Guarantor”
). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning set forth in the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement.
Subsequent to the delivery of the Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, (a) the Senior Secured Notes were paid in
full and (a) the Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the
payment of the Hedging Liability (as such term is defined in the
Revolving Credit Agreement). Pursuant to Section 15
of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, the Guarantors and the
Security Trustee now desire to amend the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement to reflect such changes and to make certain other
amendment to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement as provided for
herein.
Upon the execution and delivery hereof by the
Guarantors party hereto and the Security Trustee, the Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement shall be and is hereby amended as
follows:
1.1.
On or about December 31, 1999, the Senior Secured Notes
were paid in full and are no longer
outstanding. Accordingly, for the sake of clarity, any
and all references in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement to the
terms “Senior Note Agreements” and “Senior
Secured Notes” shall be deleted.
1.2.
Recital I to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement shall be
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
I.The Company
entered into that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2005, as the same may from
time to time be amended or restated pursuant to the terms thereof
(the “Revolving Credit Agreement” ) with Bank of
Montreal, as Agent for the financial institutions party thereto as
Banks, which provides for borrowings, whether or not such
borrowings are evidenced by promissory notes and as the same may
from time to time be amended or restated pursuant to the terms
thereof and any note executed in replacement thereof (the
“Revolving Credit Notes” ) .
The Revolving Credit Notes are hereinafter collectively referred to
as the “Notes.”
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