Exhibit 10.27
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of May 15 ,
2009, by and between BEBE STORES, INC., a California corporation
(“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).
RECITALS
Borrower has requested that Bank
extend or continue credit to Borrower as described below, and Bank
has agreed to provide such credit to Borrower on the terms and
conditions contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CREDIT TERMS
SECTION 1.1.
LINE OF CREDIT.
(a)
Line of Credit. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank hereby agrees
to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including
May 15, 2012, not to exceed at any time the aggregate
principal amount of Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00)
(“Line of Credit”), the proceeds of which shall be used
for working capital purposes. Borrower’s obligation to
repay advances under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a
promissory note dated as of May 15, 2009 (“Line of
Credit Note”), all terms of which are incorporated herein by
this reference.
(b)
Letter of Credit Subfeature.
As a subfeature under the Line of Credit, Bank agrees from time to
time during the term thereof to issue or cause an affiliate to
issue standby and/or sight commercial letters of credit for the
account of Borrower (each, a “Letter of Credit” and
collectively, “Letters of Credit”). The form and
substance of each Letter of Credit shall be subject to approval by
Bank, in its sole discretion. No Letter of Credit shall have
an expiration date subsequent to the maturity date of the Line of
Credit. The undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit shall be
reserved under the Line of Credit and shall not be available for
borrowings thereunder. Each Letter of Credit shall be subject
to the additional terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit
agreements, applications and any related documents required by Bank
in connection with the issuance thereof. Each drawing paid
under a Letter of Credit shall be deemed an advance under the Line
of Credit and shall be repaid by Borrower in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to such advances;
provided however, that if advances under the Line of Credit are not
available, for any reason, at the time any drawing is paid, then
Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank the full amount drawn,
together with interest thereon from the date such drawing is paid
to the date such amount is fully repaid by Borrower, at the rate of
interest applicable to advances under the Line of
Credit.
In such event Borrower agrees that
Bank, in its sole discretion, may debit any account maintained by
Borrower with Bank for the amount of any such drawing.
(c)
Borrowing and Repayment.
Borrower may from time to time during the term of the Line of
Credit borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding
borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms
and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit Note;
provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under the
Line of Credit shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal
amount available thereunder, as set forth above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall maintain a zero
balance on advances under the Line of Credit for a period of at
least thirty (30) consecutive days during the period beginning
January 1st and ending May 31st of each fiscal year;
provided however, that for purposes of this paragraph, advances do
not include undrawn amounts under outstanding Letters of
Credit.
SECTION 1.2.
INTEREST/FEES.
(a)
Interest. The outstanding
principal balance of each credit subject hereto shall bear interest
at the rate of interest set forth in each promissory note or other
instrument or document executed in connection therewith.
(b)
Computation and Payment.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual
days elapsed. Interest shall be payable at the times and
place set forth in each promissory note or other instrument or
document required hereby.
(c)
Standby Letter of Credit Fees.
Borrower shall pay to Bank (i) fees upon the issuance of each
Letter of Credit equal to one and one-half percent (1.50%) per
annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days
elapsed) of the face amount thereof, and (ii) fees upon the
payment or negotiation of each drawing under any Letter of Credit
and fees upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to
any Letter of Credit (including without limitation, the transfer,
amendment or cancellation of any Letter of Credit) determined in
accordance with Bank’s standard fees and charges then in
effect for such activity.
(d)
Commercial Letter of Credit
Fees. Borrower shall pay to Bank (i) fees upon the
issuance of each Letter of Credit equal to one hundred twenty-five
thousandths percent (.125%) per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year, actual days elapsed) of the face amount thereof, but
in any event, not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and
(ii) fees upon the payment or negotiation of each drawing
under any Letter of Credit and fees upon the occurrence of any
other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including
without limitation, the transfer, amendment or cancellation of any
Letter of Credit) determined in accordance with Bank’s
standard fees and charges then in effect for such
activity.
(e)
Compensating Balance/Line
Nonutilization Fee. Borrower shall maintain with Bank average
free collected non-interest bearing deposit balances, net of any
account balances required to offset service or other charges as
shown on Borrower’s monthly Account Analysis from Bank
(“Compensating Balances”), calculated on a quarterly
basis, equal to Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000.00). If for any quarter such Compensating
Balances have not been maintained, Borrower shall pay to Bank a fee
equal to fifteen one hundredths
percent (.15%) per annum (computed
on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) on the average
daily unused amount of the Line of Credit during such quarter,
which fee shall be due and payable by Borrower in arrears within
five (5) days after any billing is sent by Bank.
SECTION 1.3.
COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS.
Borrower authorizes Bank to collect all interest and fees due under
each credit subject hereto by charging Borrower’s deposit
account number
with Bank, or if there are insufficient funds in such designated
deposit account, any other deposit account maintained by Borrower
with Bank, for the full amount thereof. Should there be
insufficient funds in any such deposit account to pay all such sums
when due, the full amount of such deficiency shall be immediately
due and payable by Borrower.
SECTION 1.4.
GUARANTIES. The payment and
performance of all indebtedness and other obligations of Borrower
to Bank shall be guaranteed jointly and severally by Bebe
Studio, Inc. and Bebe Management, Inc. (each a
“Guarantor”) in the principal amount of Twenty Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) each, as evidenced by and subject
to the terms of guaranties in form and substance satisfactory to
Bank.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties to Bank, which representations and
warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall
continue in full force and effect until the full and final payment,
and satisfaction and discharge, of all obligations of Borrower to
Bank subject to this Agreement.
SECTION 2.1.
LEGAL STATUS. Borrower is a
corporation, duly organized and existing and in good standing under
the laws of California, and is qualified or licensed to do business
(and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, if applicable)
in all jurisdictions in which such qualification or licensing is
required or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed
could have a material adverse effect on Borrower.
SECTION 2.2.
AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY.
This Agreement and each promissory note, contract, instrument and
other document required hereby or at any time hereafter delivered
to Bank in connection herewith (collectively, the “Loan
Documents”) have been duly authorized, and upon their
execution and delivery in accordance with the provisions hereof
will constitute legal, valid and binding agreements and obligations
of Borrower or the party which executes the same, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms.
SECTION 2.3.
NO VIOLATION. The execution,
delivery and performance by Borrower of each of the Loan Documents
do not violate any provision of any law or regulation, or
contravene any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or
By-Laws of Borrower, or result in any breach of or default under
any contract, obligation, indenture or other instrument to which
Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound.
SECTION 2.4.
LITIGATION. There are no
pending, or to the best of Borrower’s knowledge threatened,
actions, claims, investigations, suits or proceedings by or before
any governmental authority, arbitrator, court or administrative
agency which could have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or operation of Borrower other than those disclosed by
Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof.
SECTION 2.5.
CORRECTNESS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENT. The annual financial statement of Borrower dated
July 5, 2008, and all interim financial statements delivered
to Bank since said date, true copies of which have been delivered
by Borrower to Bank prior to the date hereof, (a) are complete
and correct and present fairly the financial condition of Borrower,
(b) disclose all liabilities of Borrower that are required to
be reflected or reserved against under generally accepted
accounting principles, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or
contingent, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied. Since the dates of such financial statements there
has been no material adverse change in the financial condition of
Borrower, nor has Borrower mortgaged, pledged, granted a security
interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets or properties
except in favor of Bank or as otherwise permitted by Bank in
writing.
SECTION 2.6.
INCOME TAX RETURNS. Borrower
has no knowledge of any pending assessments or adjustments of its
income tax payable with respect to any year.
SECTION 2.7.
NO SUBORDINATION. There is no
agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to which Borrower is a
party or by which Borrower may be bound that requires the
subordination in right of payment of any of Borrower’s
obligations subject to this Agreement to any other obligation of
Borrower.
SECTION 2.8.
PERMITS, FRANCHISES. Borrower
possesses, and will hereafter possess, all permits, consents,
approvals, franchises and licenses required and rights to all
trademarks, trade names, patents, and fictitious names, if any,
necessary to enable it to conduct the business in which it is now
engaged in compliance with applicable law, other than those, which
if not possessed, could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Borrower’s consolidated financial
condition or operations..
SECTION 2.9.
ERISA. Borrower is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
or recodified from time to time (“ERISA”); Borrower has
not violated any provision of any defined employee pension benefit
plan (as defined in ERISA) maintained or contributed to by Borrower
(each, a “Plan”); no Reportable Event as defined in
ERISA has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan
initiated by Borrower; Borrower has met its minimum funding
requirements under ERISA with respect to each Plan; and each Plan
will be able to fulfill its benefit obligations as they come due in
accordance with the Plan documents and under generally accepted
accounting principles.
SECTION 2.10.
OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Borrower is
not in default on any material obligation for borrowed money,
any purchase money obligation or any other material lease,
commitment, contract, instrument or obligation.
SECTION 2.11.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except
as disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date
hereof, Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal or state environmental, hazardous waste, health
and safety statutes, and any rules or regulations adopted
pursuant thereto, which govern or affect any of Borrower’s
operations and/or properties, including without limitation, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,
and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as any of the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
None of the operations of Borrower is the subject of any federal or
state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action
involving a material expenditure is needed to respond to a release
of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the
environment. Borrower has no material contingent liability in
connection with any release of any toxic or hazardous waste or
substance into the environment.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS
SECTION 3.1.
CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF
CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to extend any credit
contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment to
Bank’s satisfaction of all of the following
conditions:
(a)
Approval of Bank Counsel. All
legal matters incidental to the extension of credit by Bank shall
be satisfactory to Bank’s counsel.
(b)
Documentation. Bank shall have
received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, each of the
following, duly executed:
(i)
This Agreement and each promissory
note or other instrument or document required hereby.
(ii)
Corporate Resolution:
Borrower.
(iii) Certificate of Incumbency
(3).
(iv) Continuing Guaranty
(2).
(v)
Corporate Resolution: Continuing
Guaranty (2).
(vi) Such other documents as
Bank may require under any other Section of this
Agreement.
(c)
Financial Condition. There
shall have been no material adverse change, as determined by Bank,
in the financial condition or business of Borrower, or any
guarantor hereunder, nor any material decline, as determined by
Bank, in the market value of any collateral required hereunder or a
substantial or material portion of the assets of Borrower or any
such guarantor.
SECTION 3.2.
CONDITIONS OF EACH EXTENSION OF
CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to make each extension of
credit requested by Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the
fulfillment to Bank’s satisfaction of each of the following
conditions:
(a)
Compliance. The
representations and warranties contained herein and in each of the
other Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of the
signing of this Agreement and on the
date of each extension of credit by
Bank pursuant hereto, with the same effect as though such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such
date, and on each such date, no Event of Default as defined herein,
and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or
the passage of time or both would constitute such an Event of
Default, shall have occurred and be continuing or shall
exist.
(b)
Documentation. Bank shall have
received all additional documents which may be reasonably required
in connection with such extension of credit.
ARTICLE IV
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants that so long as
Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant
hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the
Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all
obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower shall, unless Bank
otherwise consents in writing:
SECTION 4.1.
PUNCTUAL PAYMENTS. Punctually
pay all principal, interest, fees or other liabilities due under
any of the Loan Documents at the times and place and in the manner
specified therein.
SECTION 4.2.
ACCOUNTING RECORDS. Maintain
adequate books and records in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, and permit any
representative of Bank, at any reasonable time, to inspect, audit
and examine such books and records, to make copies of the same of
Borrower or any Guarantor.
SECTION 4.3.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Provide
to Bank all of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to
Bank:
(a)
not later than 120 days after and as
of the end of each fiscal year, an audited consolidated financial
statement of Borrower, and if applicable, a consolidating financial
statement of Borrower, prepared by a certified public accountant
acceptable to Bank, to include balance sheet, income statement,
statement of cash flow, statement of retained earnings and an
unqualified opinion from a recognized independent accounting firm
and such firm’s covenant compliance calculations;
(b)
not later than 45 days after and as
of the end of each fiscal quarter, a consolidated, and if
applicable, a consolidating financial statement, prepared by
Borrower, to include balance sheet, income statement, statement of
retained earnings and statement of cash flow;
(c)
not later than 45 days after and as
of the end of each fiscal quarter, a liquidity statement of
Borrower, to include all appropriate brokerage
statements;
(d)
contemporaneously with each annual
and quarterly financial statement of Borrower required hereby, a
certificate of chief finance officer of Borrower that said
financial statements are
accurate and that there exists no
Event of Default nor any condition, act or event which with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an
Event of Default;
(e)
from time to time such other
information as Bank may reasonably request.
SECTION 4.4.
COMPLIANCE. Preserve and
maintain all licenses, permits, governmental approvals, rights,
privileges and franchises necessary for the conduct of its
business; and comply with the provisions of all documents pursuant
to which Borrower is organized and/or which govern Borrower’s
continued existence and with the requirements of all laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any governmental authority applicable to
Borrower and/or its business.
SECTION 4.5.
INSURANCE. Maintain and keep
in force, for each business in which Borrower is engaged, insurance
of the types and in amounts customarily carried in similar lines of
business, including but not limited to fire, extended coverage,
public liability, flood, property damage and workers’
compensation, with all such insurance carried with companies and in
amounts satisfactory to Bank, and deliver to Bank from time to time
at Bank’s request schedules setting forth all insurance then
in effect.
SECTION 4.6.
FACILITIES. Keep all
properties useful or necessary to Borrower’s business in good
repair and condition, and from time to time make necessary repairs,
renewals and replacements thereto so that such properties shall be
fully and efficiently preserved and maintained.
SECTION 4.7.
TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES.
Pay and discharge when due any and all indebtedness, obligations,
assessments and taxes, both real or personal, including without
limitation federal and state income taxes and state and local
property taxes and assessments, except (a) such as Borrower
may in good faith contest or as to which a bona fide dispute may
arise, and (b) for which Borrower has made provision, to
Bank’s satisfaction, for eventual payment thereof in the
event Borrower is obligated to make such payment.
SECTION 4.8.
LITIGATION. Promptly give
notice in writing to Bank of any litigation filed that could
otherwise reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on Borrower’s consolidated financial condition or
operations.
SECTION 4.9.
FINANCIAL CONDITION. Maintain
Borrower’s consolidated financial condition as follows using
GAAP, consistently applied and used consistently with prior
practices (except to the extent modified by the definitions herein)
and with GAAP defined as generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other person as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as
of the date of determination:
(a)
Tangible Net Worth not at any time
less than the R