Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of August
28, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”), to the Credit
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the LENDERS from
time to time party thereto (the “ Lenders ”),
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (successor to Goldman Sachs Credit Partners
L.P.), as the Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative
Agent ”).
A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrower, and have agreed
to extend credit to the Borrower, in each case pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them
in the Credit Agreement.
C. On February 3, 2009 (the
“ Petition Date ”), the Loan Parties filed
voluntary petitions for relief commencing cases (collectively, the
“ Chapter 11 Cases ”) under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Western District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court
”).
D. On July 15, 2009, the Bankruptcy
Court entered an order (the “ Confirmation Order
”) confirming the Loan Parties’ Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Spectrum Jungle Labs Corporation, et al., Debtors
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time, the “ Plan
”).
E. Pursuant to the Confirmation
Order, the claims existing under the Credit Agreement shall be
treated pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(ii) of the Plan, which
provides for the Credit Agreement to be amended on the terms and
conditions set forth herein upon consummation of the
Plan.
Accordingly, in consideration of the
mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows:
Section 1. Amendments . The
Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), amended as
follows:
(i) The definition of “
Applicable Rate ” is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
“ Applicable Rate
” means (a) in the case of Dollar Term Loans,
(i) 6.50% per annum with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans
and (ii) 5.50% per annum with respect to Base Rate Loans
and (b) in the case of Euro Term Loans, 7.00% per
annum.
(ii) The definition of “
Base Rate ” is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“ Base Rate ”
means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day
plus 1
/ 2 of 1%,
(b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (c) 2.50%.
Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds
Rate or the Prime Rate shall be effective on the effective day of
such change in the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate,
respectively.
(iii) Clause (a) of the
definition of “ Change of Control ” is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a) any “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary
or administrator of any such plan), other than, in the case of a
“group”, a group consisting of Permitted Holders and no
other persons, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “
option right ”), whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of either the aggregate
ordinary voting power or the aggregate equity value represented by
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower (the
“ Change of Control Threshold ”), it being
understood and agreed that if any single Permitted Holder shall
have such beneficial ownership of an amount of Equity Interests of
the Borrower that is greater than or equal to the Change of Control
Threshold, there shall be a Change of Control as a result
thereof;”
(iv) The definition of “
Consolidated EBITDA ” is hereby amended by:
a. Replacing the proviso in clause
(a)(v) thereof with the following phrase:
“ provided that such
Restructuring Charges and such cash extraordinary and cash
non-recurring losses and charges shall not exceed, in the aggregate
since the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, an amount (such
amount being referred to as the “ Permitted Basket
Amount ”) equal to (A) $14,000,000.00
minus (B) the aggregate amount of cash payments not
deducted as set forth in clause (b)(ii) below in reliance on the
proviso set forth at the end of such clause,”
b. adding the following sentence at
the end of such definition:
“Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Restructuring Charges or cash extraordinary or cash
non-recurring charges incurred by or reimbursed by the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries deducted in calculating Consolidated Net
Income shall be added back to Consolidated EBITDA (without regard
to or reducing the Permitted Basket Amount) to the extent such
Restructuring Charges or cash extraordinary or cash non-recurring
charges constitute costs incurred or reimbursed in connection with
the Chapter 11 Cases (whether incurred before or after the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).”
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(v) The definition of “
Eurocurrency Rate ” is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ Eurocurrency Rate
” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the greater of (a) 1.50% and
(b) the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
next 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent as
follows:
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Eurocurrency Rate =
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Eurocurrency Base Rate
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1.00 -
Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage
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(vi) The definition of “
Indentures ” is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“‘ Indenture
” means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2009,
among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
(vii) The definition of “
LC Maturity Date ” is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ LC Maturity Date
” means June 30, 2012.
(viii) The definition of “
Loan Documents ” is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
“ Loan Documents
” means, collectively, this Agreement, Amendment No. 1,
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages, the other
Collateral Documents and the Successor Agent Agreement, dated as of
May 20, 2009, among the The Bank of New York Mellon, Goldman
Sachs Credit Partners L.P., the Borrower and certain Lenders party
thereto.
(ix) The definition of “
Material Adverse Effect ” is hereby amended by adding
the following proviso at the end thereof:
“; provided , that,
neither the Chapter 11 Cases nor the events leading thereto shall
constitute a Material Adverse Effect”
(x) The definition of “ Net
Cash Proceeds ” is hereby amended by replacing the
parenthetical appearing in subclause (B) of clause
(a) thereof with the following parenthetical:
“(including sales commissions
and legal, accounting and investment banking fees but excluding
costs and expenses owed to any Affiliate of the Borrower (other
than the Permitted Holders))”
(xi) The definition of “
Related Fund ” is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
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“ Related Fund ”
shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund,
any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that
is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
(xii) The definition of “
Subordinated Notes ” is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ Subordinated Notes
” shall mean the 12% Senior Subordinated Toggle Notes due
2019, issued pursuant to the Indenture on August 28,
2009.
(xiii) The definition of “
Term Maturity Date ” is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ Term Maturity Date
” means June 30, 2012.”
(xiv) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:
“ Amendment No. 1
” shall mean Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 28,
2009, to the Credit Agreement implemented by the Confirmation Order
and binding on the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent.
“ Amendment No. 1
Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Amendment No. 1.
“ Chapter 11 Cases
” shall mean the jointly administered cases of the Loan
Parties commenced under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas on
February 3, 2009.
“ Confirmation Date
” shall mean July 15, 2009.
“ Confirmation Order
” shall mean the order confirming the Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Spectrum Jungle Labs Corporation, et al., Debtors
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code entered by the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas on the
Confirmation Date.
“ Permitted Holders
” shall mean each of D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.,
Avenue Investments, LP, Avenue International Master, L.P., Avenue
Special Situations Fund V, L.P., Avenue Special Situations Fund IV,
L.P., Avenue-CDP Global Opportunities Fund, L.P., Harbinger Capital
Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., Harbinger Capital Partners Special
Situations Fund, L.P. and Global Opportunities Breakaway Ltd. and
each of their respective Affiliates and Permitted Related
Funds.
“ Permitted Related
Fund ” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Holder
that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests
in commercial loans and that is managed by the same investment
advisor as such Permitted Holder or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.
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“ Petition Date ”
shall mean February 3, 2009.
“ Significant
Shareholder ” shall mean any Person owning 10% or more of
the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
(xv) Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is further amended by deleting the definition of “
THLee .”
(xvi) Section 5.05(b) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“(b) Since the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date (after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan), there has been no
event or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, other than such changes and developments that are
contemplated by the Plan.”
(xvii) Section 5.06 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“Section 5.06.
Litigation . As of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date
(after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Plan), except as disclosed on Schedule
5.06 , there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or
disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
Governmental Authority, against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.”
(xviii) Section 5.07 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“Section 5.07. No
Default . As of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Plan), neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in
default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual
Obligation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.”
(xix) Section 6.16 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“Section 6.16. Interest
Rate Hedging . No later than 90 days after the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date (or such longer period of time as may be
agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), obtain
and, at all times thereafter until June 30, 2011 cause to be
maintained, protection against fluctuations in interest rates
pursuant to one or more Swap Contracts in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in order to
ensure that not less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of
the total Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries then
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outstanding is either
(i) subject to such Swap Contracts or (ii) Indebtedness
that bears interest at a fixed rate.”
(xx) Section 6.17 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“Section 6.17. Ratings
. Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as promptly as
practicable after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, and
thereafter to maintain at all times, ratings issued by
Moody’s and S&P with respect to senior secured debt of
the Borrower.”
(xxi) Section 7.02 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
a. replacing the words “date
hereof” appearing in the first line of clause
(h) thereof with “Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date,”
b. deleting the word
“and” in clause (n) thereof,
c. replacing the “.”
with “; and” in clause (o) thereof,
d. in clause (o) thereof,
replacing the words “through (n) above” with
“through (n) and clause (p), in each case, of this
Section 7.02;” and
e. adding the following at the end
thereof:
“(p) unsecured Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries) in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000
or any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided in
each case that such Indebtedness (i) shall initially be
provided by one or more Permitted Holders or Significant
Shareholders, (ii) shall be subordinated in right of payment
to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as
those contained in the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof;
(iii) shall not have any financial maintenance covenants;
(iv) shall not have terms (other than pricing) that are
materially less favorable to the Borrower than the terms hereof;
and (v) shall not, by its terms or upon the happening of any
event or condition (other than an event of default thereunder)
(A) mature or be mandatorily redeemable (except as a result of
a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the
holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset
sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the
Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable),
(B) be redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part or (C) provide for the scheduled payments of
interest or any fees or other consideration in cash, in each case,
prior to the date that is six months after the Term Maturity
Date.”
(xxii) Section 7.08 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
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a. replacing each occurrence of the
words “Closing Date” appearing in clause
(h) thereof with “Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date”; and
b. adding the following at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary provided herein, in the event that (a) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries makes any Disposition to a
Permitted Holder at a time when such Permitted Holder is an
Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
(b) in connection with such Disposition, the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries makes a payment of any fee in excess of $1
million to such Permitted Holder (other than reasonable fees and
expenses of third party advisors to such Permitted Holder), then
for the purposes of calculating the “Net Cash Proceeds”
of such Disposition, the amount of such fee shall not be subtracted
from the cash proceeds of such Disposition pursuant to clause
(a)(ii)(B) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”
unless the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for
delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the board of
directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized
standing, that is in the good faith determination of the board of
directors of the Borrower qualified to render such letter, which
letter states that the payment of such fee is fair to the Borrower
or such Subsidiary from a financial point of
view.”
(xxiii) Section 7.09 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words
“date hereof” appearing in clause (ii) of the
proviso of such Section with “Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date.”
(xxiv) Section 7.11 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the table that
appears therein with the following:
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Maximum Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio
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Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to
September 30, 2010
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5.75 to 1.00
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October 1, 2010 to September 30,
2011
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5.50 to 1.00
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October 1, 2011 and thereafter
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5.00 to 1.00
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(xxv) Section 7.13(b) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding “or (p)
” at the end thereof.
(xxvi) Section 7.15 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
a. amending clause (a) thereof
in its entirety to read as follows:
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“(a) regularly scheduled or
other mandatory interest and principal payments as and when due in
respect of any such Indebtedness, other than any payments
prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; provided
, that , until the date that is 18 months from the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower shall not be permitted to
make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of the
Subordinated Notes (or any refinancing, refunding, renewing or
extending Indebtedness in respect thereof) in cash and shall only
be permitted to make such payments by increasing the principal
amount of the outstanding Notes;”
b. deleting the “and” at
the end of clause (b) thereof;
c. replacing the “.” at
the end of clause (c) thereof with “; and”;
and
d. adding the following at the end
thereof:
“(d) the conversion of the
Subordinated Notes or any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 7.02(p) hereof to Equity Interests of the
Borrower.”
(xxvii) Schedules 5.06, 7.02(h),
7.08 and 7.09 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to
read as attached hereto as Annex A.
(xxviii) Effective as of the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the principal amount of Loans
outstanding on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall be
deemed to be increased ratably among all Loans by an amount equal
to (a) 1.50% multiplied by the aggregate principal amount of
all Loans outstanding as of the Petition Date, multiplied by
(b) the number of calendar days elapsed between the Petition
Date and the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date divided by
360.
Section 2. Waiver . As of the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (and subject to the occurrence
thereof), each of the following Defaults and Events of Default
arising under the Credit Agreement on or prior to the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date and the rights and remedies of the Agents
and the Lenders under the Loan Documents with respect to such
Defaults and Events of Default are hereby waived:
(i) the Events of Default arising
under Sections 8.01(f), (g) and (e) of the Credit
Agreement from the Loan Parties’ filing of the Chapter 11
Cases;
(ii) the Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(a) of the Credit Agreement from the
non-payment of certain interest due and payable pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement during the duration of the Chapter 11
Cases;
(iii) the Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(a) of the Credit Agreement from the
non-payment of interest at the full Default Rate during the
pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases (other than to the extent required
by the terms of Section 1(xxviii) hereof);
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(iv) the Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(a) of the Credit Agreement from the failure
to repay certain LC Disbursements due and payable pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement during the duration of the Chapter 11
Cases;
(v) the Events of Default arising
under Sections 8.01(b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement from
the failure to deliver certain notices pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.03 of the Credit Agreement prior to and during the
duration of the Chapter 11 Cases;
(vi) the Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement from the failure
to maintain ratings from S&P and Moody’s pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement;
(vii) any Events of Default arising
under Sections 8.01(b) and 8.01(c) solely to the extent resulting
from the Chapter 11 Cases or events leading thereto;
(viii) the Events of Default arising
under Sections 8.01(c) and (e) of the Credit Agreement from
the occurrence of the default and early termination date with
respect to the Borrower’s ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of
May 23, 2000, with J. Aron & Company and any other
items to the extent resulting from the Chapter 11 Cases or events
leading thereto;
(ix) any Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(h) from the entry of judgments or orders
for the payment of money in excess of the Threshold Amount solely
to the extent resulting from the Chapter 11 Cases or events leading
thereto; and
(x) any Events of Default arising
under Section 8.01(j) solely to the extent resulting from the
Chapter 11 Cases or events leading thereto.
Section 3. Effectiveness .
This Agreement shall become effective on the date (such date being
referred to as the “ Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date ”) upon which all of the conditions set forth in
this Section 3 shall be satisfied. In the event that the
conditions set forth in this Section 3 are not satisfied on or
before October 15, 2009, then this Agreement shall be of no
force or effect.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall
have received a counterpart of this Agreement executed by a
Responsible Officer of each Loan Party;
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall
have received, for the account of the Lenders, an amount in
immediately available funds equal to all the unpaid non-Default
Rate interest through the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date;
(iii) All costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, hourly-based legal fees and
expenses of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Haynes and
Boone, LLP, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and McGuire,
Craddock & Strother, P.C., and all fees and expenses of
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Inc) required to be paid to
the Agents, Lenders and the Arrangers pursuant to
Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement, the Agreed Order
Relating to Motion of Senior Secured Lenders for Adequate
Protection or otherwise shall have been paid to the extent due and
invoiced;
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(iv) The Borrower shall have
reimbursed the LC Deposit Account for all unreimbursed LC
Disbursements;
(v) The Bankruptcy Court shall have
entered an order (the “ Confirmation Order ”)
confirming the Loan Parties’ Joint Plan of Reorganization of
Spectrum Jungle Labs Corporation, et al., Debtors under Chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code, as modified by the First Modification
thereto, dated June 8, 2009, and the Second Modification
thereto, dated July , 2009 (the “
Plan ”), which Plan and Confirmation Order shall be
consistent with this Agreement and shall otherwise be reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (including, without
limitation, as to exculpations and releases of the past and current
Agents, the Lenders and their advisers) without any waiver or other
modification thereof that is materially adverse to the interests of
the Lenders; it being understood that the Plan as amended by the
First Modification and Second Modification thereto is acceptable to
the Administrative Agent; and
(vi) Such Plan shall have become
effective or shall become effective substantially simultaneously
with the effectiveness of this Agreement.
Section 4. Acknowledgements .
Each Agent and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees
that:
(i) The Amended and Restated
Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent on May 12, 2009 is acceptable in form and
substance to each Agent and each Lender and such Restated
Compliance Certificate amends and restates the Compliance
Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
on February 11, 2009 in its entirety;
(ii) The shutdown of the Growing
Media business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, effective
January 31, 2009, shall be deemed a Specified Disposition for
all purposes under the Credit Agreement (it being acknowledged that
any Disposition of inventory of the Growing Media business (other
than in the context of the sale of the Growing Media business in
part or in whole) shall be deemed to be a permitted Disposition
pursuant to Section 7.05(a) or (b) as
applicable);
(iii) The nomination, election and
appointment of the new members of the board of directors of the
Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Plan as in effect on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, does not and shall not
constitute a Change of Control under the Credit
Agreement;
(iv) On the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver
to the Borrower an intercreditor agreement substantially in the
form of the existing ABL Intercreditor Agreement in connection with
the Permitted ABL Facility contemplated by the Plan;
(v) All Restructuring Charges or
cash extraordinary or cash non-recurring charges incurred by or
reimbursed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the
Chapter 11 Cases or with the shutdown of the Growing Media
business, effective January 31, 2009, shall be deducted from
Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (b)(vii) of such definition
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the extent such Restructuring Charges or cash
extraordinary or cash non-recurring charges were added to
Consolidated EBITDA;
(vi) As of the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date, the LC Facility shall be reestablished;
and
(vii) The waivers set forth in
Section 2 of this Agreement waive all Defaults and Events of
Default raised by the Administrative Agent and its counsel in
filings with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western
District of Texas or in oral arguments before such court in the
Chapter 11 Cases.
Section 5. Effect of Amendment
No. 1 . Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees
that, except as expressly provided herein or in the Confirmation
Order, (i) notwithstanding the effectiveness of this
Agreement, all of the Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each of the
other Collateral Documents) to which it is a party or otherwise
bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its
obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not
be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this
Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith
and (ii) the security interest granted in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under
each of the Collateral Documents is hereby ratified and confirmed
in all respects. All references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan
Document or in any document, instrument, agreement or writing
executed in connection with any Loan Document, shall from and after
the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date be deemed to refer to the
Credit Agreement as modified by this Agreement.
Section 6. Counterparts .
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different
parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall
constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or by an
electronically mailed scanned copy shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
Section 7. Applicable Law .
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 8. Headings . Section
headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or
be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
below have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above
written.
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SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., as the
Borrower
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By
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/s/ Anthony L.
Genito
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Name: Anthony L. Genito
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer
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ROV HOLDING, INC.
UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
UNITED PET GROUP, INC.
ROVCAL, INC.
AQUARIA, INC.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOAM, INC.
TETRA HOLDING (US), INC.
SPECTRUM NEPTUNE US HOLDCO
CORPORATION
PERFECTO MANUFACTURING, INC.
AQUARIUM SYSTEMS, INC.
SCHULTZ COMPANY
SPECTRUM JUNGLE LABS CORPORATION
DB ONLINE
By: United Pet Group, Inc., its
Managing Member
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By
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/s/ Anthony L.
Genito
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Name: Anthony L. Genito
Title: Vice President
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[Signature Page to Term Credit
Agreement Amendment No. 1]
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BROAD POINT I,
B.V, as Lender
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