EXHIBIT
10.1
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND AMENDMENT
TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment” ) is dated as of May 20, 2009, and
is entered into by and among AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT
CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (the
“Company’’ ), AAC HOLDING CORP. , a
Delaware corporation ( “Holdings’’ ),
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (“ GSCP
”), as Administrative Agent ( “Administrative
Agent” ), acting with the consent of the Requisite
Lenders and all Lenders holding Revolving Commitments and, for
purposes of Section IV hereof, the GUARANTORS listed on the
signature papers hereto, and is made with reference to that certain
CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of March 25, 2004 (as
amended through the date hereof, the “Credit
Agreement” ) by and among the Company, Holdings, the
subsidiaries of the Company named therein, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the other Agents named
therein. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the
Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Credit Parties have requested that Requisite
Lenders and all Lenders holding Revolving Commitments agree to
amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, including to,
among other things, terminate the existing Revolving Commitments
and provide for new Revolving Commitments, all as provided for
herein; and
WHEREAS, subject to certain conditions, Requisite Lenders
and all Lenders holding Revolving Commitments are willing to agree
to such amendments relating to the Credit Agreement and to the
provision of the new Revolving Commitments hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
|
|
AMENDMENTS
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
|
|
|
Amendments to Section 1:
Definitions .
|
(a) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in
proper alphabetical sequence:
“ Extended Revolving Commitment
” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund
any Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder on and after the Second
Amendment Effective Date and “ Extended Revolving
Commitments ” means such commitments of all Lenders in
the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s
Extended Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A
to the Second Amendment or in the applicable Assignment Agreement,
subject to any adjustment or
reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof. The aggregate amount of Extended Revolving
Commitments as of the Second Amendment Effective Date is
$25,000,000.
“ Original Revolving Commitment
” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund
any Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder and “ Original
Revolving Commitments ” means such commitments of all
Lenders in the aggregate prior to the Second Amendment Effective
Date. The aggregate amount of Original Revolving
Commitments as of the Closing Date and through the Second Amendment
Effective Date was $40,000,000. The aggregate amount of
Original Revolving Commitments on and after the Second Amendment
Effective Date is $0.
“Parent Indenture”
means the Indenture, dated as of
June 12, 2006, in respect of the 12.75% senior PIK notes due
October 1, 2012 of Parent, as in effect on the date
hereof.
“Second Amendment”
means that certain Second Amendment
to Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 20, 2009, among
the Company, Holdings, Administrative Agent, the financial
institutions and the Guarantors listed on the signature pages
thereto.
“Second Amendment Effective
Date” means the
date of satisfaction of the conditions referred to in Section II of
the Second Amendment.
(b) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following
definitions: “Increased Amount Date”,
“Joinder Agreement”, “New Revolving
Commitments”, “New Revolving Lender”, “New
Revolving Loan Exposure”, “New Revolving Loans”,
“New Revolving Loan Maturity Date”, “New Term
Loan Commitments”, “New Term Loan Exposure”,
“New Term Loan Lender”, “New Term Loan Maturity
Date”, “New Term Loans” and
“Series”. Each reference thereto in the
Credit Documents shall cease to have any effect as of the Second
Amendment Effective Date.
(c) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the
end of the existing definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate”:
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall at no time be
less than 2.00% per annum.
(d) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing definition of
“Applicable Margin” and replacing it with the following
definition:
“Applicable Margin”
means: (a) from the Closing Date
until the commencement of the first interest period occurring after
the date of delivery of the Compliance Certificate and the
financial statements for the second full Fiscal Quarter after the
Closing Date (i) with respect to Revolving Loans that are
Eurodollar Rate Loans, 2.75%, per annum (ii) with respect to
Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans that are Base Rate Loans,
1.75% per annum; (b) from the commencement of the first interest
period occurring after the date of delivery of the Compliance
Certificate and the financial statements for the second full Fiscal
Quarter after the Closing Date until the Second Amendment Effective
Date, with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, a
percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the Leverage
Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:
|
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable Margin for Revolving
Loans
(Eurodollar Loans)
|
Applicable Margin for Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans
(Base Rate Loans)
|
|
> 5.5:1.00
|
3.00%
|
2.00%
|
|
< 5.5:1.00
> 4.5:1.00
|
2.75%
|
1.75%
|
|
< 4.5:1.00
> 4.0:1.00
|
2.50%
|
1.50%
|
|
< 4.0:1.00
> 3.5:1.00
|
2.25%
|
1.25%
|
|
< 3.5:1.00
|
2.00%
|
1.00%
|
(c) from the
Closing Date until the Second Amendment Effective Date, with
respect to the Tranche B Term Loans, a percentage, per annum,
determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time
to time as set forth below:
|
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable Margin for Tranche B
Term Loans (Eurodollar Loans)
|
Applicable Margin for Tranche B
Term Loans
(Base Rate Loans)
|
|
> 4.0:1.00
|
2.50%
|
1.50%
|
|
< 4.0:1.00
|
2.25%
|
1.25%
|
(d) on and after the Second Amendment
Effective Date, with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line
Loans, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the
Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth
below:
|
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable Margin for Revolving
Loans
(Eurodollar Loans)
|
Applicable Margin for Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans
(Base Rate Loans)
|
|
> 5.5:1.00
|
5.00%
|
4.00%
|
|
< 5.5:1.00
> 4.5:1.00
|
4.75%
|
3.75%
|
|
< 4.5:1.00
> 4.0:1.00
|
4.50%
|
3.50%
|
|
< 4.0:1.00
> 3.5:1.00
|
4.25%
|
3.25%
|
|
< 3.5:1.00
|
4.00%
|
3.00%
|
and (e) on and
after the Second Amendment Effective Date, with respect to the
Tranche B Term Loans, a percentage, per annum, determined by
reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set
forth below:
|
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable Margin for Tranche B
Term Loans (Eurodollar Loans)
|
Applicable Margin for Tranche B
Term Loans
(Base Rate Loans)
|
|
> 4.0:1.00
|
4.50%
|
3.50%
|
|
< 4.0:1.00
|
4.25%
|
3.25%
|
No change in
the Applicable Margin shall be effective until three Business Days
after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received
the applicable financial statements and a Compliance Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage
Ratio. At any time and so long as the Company has not
submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and
when required under Section 5.1(d), the Applicable Margin shall be
determined as if the Leverage Ratio were in excess of 5.5:1.00 in
the case of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and 4.0:1.00 in
the case of Tranche B Term Loans. Within one Business
Day of receipt of the applicable information under Section 5.1(d),
the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or
telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin
in effect from such date.
In the event
that any financial statement or certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1 is shown to be inaccurate (at a time when this
Agreement is in effect and unpaid Obligations under this
Agreement are
outstanding (other than indemnities and other contingent
obligations not yet due and payable), and such inaccuracy, if
corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable
Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period” )
than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then
(x) the Company shall immediately deliver to Administrative Agent a
correct certificate required by Section 5.1 for such Applicable
Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined based upon
the Leverage Ratio reflected in such corrected certificate, and
(iii) the Company shall immediately pay to Administrative Agent the
accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased
Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period; provided, that
non-payment as a result of such inaccuracy shall not in any event
be deemed retroactively to be an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 8.1(a). Nothing in this paragraph shall limit
the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under Section
2.10 or Section 8.
(e) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the
end of the existing definition of “Base
Rate”:
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Base Rate shall at no time be less than 3.00%
per annum.
(f) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word “and”
with the text “, ” between clauses (i) and (j) of the
definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” and adding
the following clause (k) immediately after clause (j)
thereof:
,
(k) any non-recurring fees, cash charges and other cash
expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Capital Stock
or Indebtedness (whether or not successful), extinguishment of
Indebtedness, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification
of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other
modification of the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Loans and any
credit facilities) and (l) any non-cash impairment charge or asset
write-off and the amortization of intangibles.
(g) the definition of
“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
(1) deleting clause (f)
thereof and replacing it with the following:
(f) distributions to Holdings made
pursuant to Sections 6.5(c), (k) and (l);
(2) replacing the word
“and” with the text “, ” between clauses
(f) and (g) and adding the following clause (h) immediately after
clause (g) thereof:
and, (h) any other non-recurring cash
expenses and charges added back to Consolidated Net Income for
purposes of determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, including,
for the avoidance of doubt, fees, cash charges and other cash
expenses added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to
clause (k);
(h) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing definition of
“Interest Period” and replacing it with the following
definition:
“Interest Period”
means, in connection with a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest period of three- or six-months
(or nine- or twelve-months if available to all Lenders having
Revolving Exposure or Term Loan Commitments, as applicable), as
selected by the Company in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the
Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case
may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the
immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (a) if an
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next
succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in
such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the
immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that
begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses
(c) and (d), of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion
of any Class of Term Loans shall extend beyond such Class’s
Term Loan Maturity Date; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to
any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(i) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing definition of
“Commitment Fee Percentage” and replacing it with the
following definition:
“Commitment Fee
Percentage” means
(i) from the Closing Date until the Second Amendment Effective
Date, 0.50% per annum and (ii) on and after the Second Amendment
Effective Date, 1.00% per annum.
(j) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing definition of
“Revolving Commitment”, “Revolving Commitment
Period” and “Revolving Commitment Termination
Date” and replacing them with the following
definitions:
“ Revolving Commitment ”
means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any
Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit
and Swingline Loans hereunder and “ Revolving
Commitments ” means such commitments of all Lenders in
the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s
Revolving Commitment, if any, is equal to (A) prior to the Second
Amendment Effective Date, the amount of such Lender’s
Original Revolving Commitment and (B) on and after the Second
Amendment Effective Date, the amount of such Lender’s
Extended Revolving Commitment.
“ Revolving Commitment Period
” means (A) with respect to the Original Revolving
Commitments, the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the
Second Amendment Effective Date and (B) with respect to the
Extended Revolving Commitments, the period from the Second
Amendment Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date.
“Revolving Commitment Termination
Date” means (A) in
the case of the Original Revolving Commitments, the Second
Amendment Effective Date and (B) in the case of the Extended
Revolving Commitments, the earliest to occur of (i) the seventh
(7th) anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date occurring
after