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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: California     Date: 5/21/2009
Industry: Retail (Apparel)     Sector: Services

CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: bebe stores  inc , credit  bank , wells fargo bank  national association
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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


 
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