Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT
dated as of December 20, 2006 (this “ Amendment
”), to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
March 27, 2006 (amending and restating the Credit Agreement dated
as of March 15, 2004) (as otherwise amended, restated,
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), among, inter
alia , TRUE TEMPER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“ Holdings ”), TRUE TEMPER SPORTS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the
LENDERS from time to time parties thereto, CREDIT SUISSE, as
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent (such terms having the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement).
A. Holdings,
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, among others, are
parties to the Credit Agreement.
B. Holdings
and the Borrower have requested that the Lenders agree to amend
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set forth in this
Amendment.
C. The
Lenders whose signatures appear below, constituting at least the
Required Lenders, are willing to amend the Credit Agreement on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
D. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
Accordingly, in
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. Amendment of the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of the First
Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), as follows:
(a) Amendment of Section 1.01
. (i) Section 1.01 is revised by inserting the following
definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order
therein:
“ Available Second Lien Prepayment
Amount ” shall mean on any date (the “ Specified
Date ”), an amount equal to (x) the cumulative
amount of Excess Cash Flow for all full fiscal years (commencing
with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006) completed after
the First Amendment Effective and prior to the Specified Date;
minus (y) the portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has
been after the First Amendment Effective Date and on or prior to
the Specified Date (or will be) applied to the prepayment of Loans
in accordance with Section 2.13(e); minus (z) the
cumulative amount of prepayments of Permitted Second Lien
Indebtedness pursuant to the proviso in Section 6.09(b) completed
after the First Amendment Effective Date and prior to the Specified
Date.
“ First Amendment ” shall
mean the First Amendment to this Agreement dated as of December 20,
2006, among Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders parties
thereto.
“ First Amendment Effective Date
” shall mean the date on which the First Amendment becomes
effective in accordance with its terms.
“ Funded Senior Debt ” shall
mean, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, Funded Debt at such
date, excluding the Indebtedness represented by the Subordinated
Notes.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
shall mean an intercreditor agreement entered into by and among the
Borrower, the Agents and the lenders in respect of any Permitted
Second Lien Indebtedness (or any agent on such lenders’
behalf), containing terms customary in the Administrative
Agent’s reasonable determination for second lien financings
of this kind, which intercreditor agreement shall be deemed to have
been approved by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9.19 hereof.
“ Permitted Second Lien
Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower
which (a) does not mature and is not subject to mandatory
repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to
customary mandatory prepayment provisions that are no more
restrictive on Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than
those contained in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 2.13
only if and to the extent that such amounts shall first be used to
prepay outstanding Term Loans under this Agreement and other than
pursuant to change of control provisions that are no more
restrictive on Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than
those contained in this Agreement requiring prepayment only if and
to the extent permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to
the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date; (b) is
not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary other than the Collateral; provided that any Lien
on the Collateral securing any obligations held by any lender of
such Permitted Second Lien Indebtedness (or any agent on such
lender’s behalf) shall be (i) junior and subordinate to all
Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations pursuant to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) otherwise be subject to
the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)
created pursuant to definitive security documents that are
substantially the same in form and substance as the Security
Documents; (c) is governed by a definitive credit agreement
containing covenants and events of default that, when taken as a
whole, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable
determination, are no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries than the covenants and events of default contained
in this Agreement; provided that (i) such definitive credit
agreement shall not contain any financial maintenance covenant
other than covenants that are comparable to the covenants contained
in Section 6.11, 6.12 and 6.13 and any such financial maintenance
covenants in such definitive credit agreement shall be less
restrictive on Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than the
comparable tests provided in Section 6.11, 6.12 and/or 6.13, as
applicable, and (ii) such definitive credit agreement shall only
default to any non-payment default under this Agreement if such
non-payment default under this Agreement shall not be cured or
waived within a time period customary for second lien facilities
of
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this type, in the Administrative Agent’s
reasonable determination; and (d) is not exchangeable or
convertible into any other Indebtedness.
“ Senior Leverage Ratio ”
shall mean, on the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a)
Funded Senior Debt on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on
and prior to such date, taken as one accounting period.
(ii) The definition of “Applicable
Margin” is revised by deleting such definition in its
entirety and replacing it with the following
definition:
“ Applicable Margin ” shall
mean, for any day, for each Type of Loan, the rate per annum set
forth under the relevant column heading below based upon the Senior
Leverage Ratio and/or, in the case of Revolving Loans and Swingline
Loans, Leverage
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Senior Leverage
Ratio/Leverage Ratio
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Eurodollar
Term Loans
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ABR Term
Loans
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Eurodollar
Revolving Loans
and Swingline
Loans
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ABR Revolving
Loans and
Swingline Loans
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Category 1
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Senior Leverage Ratio greater than 3.50 to
1.00
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3.25
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%
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2.25
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%
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3.25
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%
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2.25
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%
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Category 2
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Senior Leverage Ratio less than or equal to
3.50 to 1.00
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3.00
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%
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2.00
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%
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3.00
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%
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2.00
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%
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Category 3
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Leverage Ratio greater than 3.75 to 1.00 but
less than or equal to 4.75 to 1.00
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Not
applicable
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Not
applicable
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2.75
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%
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1.75
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%
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Category 4
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Leverage Ratio less than or equal to 3.75 to
1.00
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Not
applicable
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Not
applicable
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2.50
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%
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1.50
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%
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Ratio (as
applicable) as of the relevant date of determination:
Each change in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Senior Leverage
Ratio and/or Leverage Ratio, as applicable, shall be effective,
with respect to all Loans, Commitments and Letters of Credit
outstanding, upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of the
financial statements and certificates required by
Section 5.04(a) or ( b ) and
Section 5.04(c) , respectively, indicating such change
until the date immediately preceding the next date of delivery of
such financial statements and certificates indicating another such
change. In addition, at any time during which the Borrower
has failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.04(a) or ( b ) and
Section 5.04(c) , respectively, Category 1 shall be
deemed to be applicable for all
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purposes of
determining the Applicable Margin for so long as such failure to
deliver such applicable financial statements and certificates shall
continue. In the case of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans,
in the event that more than one Category is applicable as a result
of the then-applicable Senior Leverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio,
the lower of such Category shall be deemed to be applicable for
purposes of this definition, except as provided in the immediately
preceding sentence.
(iii) The
definition of “Change in Control” is revised by adding
the words “and Liens securing any Permitted Second Lien
Indebtedness on a second priority basis” after the words
“clauses (b) and (d) of Section 6.02” in clause (d) of
such definition.
(iv) The definition of “Permitted
Acquisition” is revised by deleting clause (b)(ii)(B)(x)
thereof and replacing it with the following clause:
“(x) $5,000,000 or more, then the
Leverage Ratio (at any time prior to the First Amendment Effective
Date) or the Senior Leverage Ratio (at any time on or after the
First Amendment Effective Date) would be at least 0.25 to 1.0 less
than the maximum Leverage Ratio or Senior Leverage Ratio, as
applicable, then permitted under Section 6.12 at such
time.”
(v) The definition of “Permitted
Holdings Indebtedness” is revised by (A) adding the words
“or, if any Permitted Second Lien Indebtedness has been
incurred, the maturity date of such Permitted Second Lien
Indebtedness” after the words “Term Loan Maturity
Date” in clause (a) thereof, (B) deleting the words
“Affiliate Subordination Agreement” in clause (e)
thereof and replacing them with the words “Subordinated
Notes” and (C) adding the following new clause at the end
thereof:
“and (f) if at the time of such
incurrence the Senior Leverage Ratio shall be greater than 3.50 to
1.00 as of the most recently completed period ending prior to such
transaction for which the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) were required
to be delivered or for which comparable financial statements have
been filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission,
after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and
to any other event occurring after such period which required a
pro forma calculation to be made hereunder as if such
transaction had occurred as of the first day of such period, the
Net Cash Proceeds of which are contributed as common equity to the
Borrower and used by the Borrower to permanently repay Term Loans
or repay and permanently reduce commitments in respect of Revolving
Loans.”
(vi) The definition of “Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness” is revised by adding the words
“and, if such Refinanced Indebtedness or any Guarantees
thereof are Permitted Second Lien Indebtedness, such refinancing,
refunding, extending, renewing or replacing Indebtedness and any
Guarantees thereof must remain Permitted Second Lien Indebtedness
or must be unsecured” after the words “no less
favorable to the Lenders” in clause (c) of such
Section.
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(b) Amendment of Section
5.04. Section 5.04(d) is revised by deleting the words
“at least” at the beginning of such clause, and
inserting the word “within” at the beginning of such
clause.
(c) Amendment of Section 6.01
. (i) Section 6.01(d) is revised by deleting the number
“$25,000,000” in such clause and replacing it with the
following:
“(x) if at the time of such incurrence
the Senior Leverage Ratio shall be greater than 3.50 to 1.00 as of
the most recently completed period ending prior to such transaction
for which the financial statements and certificates required by
Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) were required to be
delivered or for which comparable financial statements have been
filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission,
after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and
to any other event occurr
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