Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT is made
as of June 19, 2009 (the “First Amendment to
Credit Agreement,” or this
“Amendment” ), among SPORT SUPPLY
GROUP , INC. , a Delaware corporation (
“Borrower” ), the lenders party hereto
(the “ Lenders ” ) and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. , as administrative agent for the Lenders (
“Administrative Agent” ).
R
E C I
T A L S
A. Borrower,
Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of February 9, 2009, as modified
pursuant to the terms of that certain letter dated as of April 1,
2009 from Administrative Agent to Borrower (the
“Original Credit Agreement” ).
B. The
parties desire to amend the Original Credit Agreement as
hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these
premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1.
Same Terms . All terms used herein which
are defined in the Original Credit Agreement shall have the same
meanings when used herein, unless the context hereof otherwise
requires or provides. In addition, all references in the
Loan Documents to the “Agreement”
shall mean the Original Credit Agreement, as amended by this First
Amendment to Credit Agreement, as the same shall hereafter be
amended from time to time. In addition, the following
term has the meaning set forth below:
“ Effective Date”
means June 19, 2009.
2.
Amendments to Original Credit Agreement
. On the Effective Date, the Original Credit Agreement
shall be amended as follows:
(a) The
definition of “ Permitted Acquisition ”
shall be amended and restated as follows:
“
Permitted Acquisition ” means, (a) any
Acquisition by a Loan Party so long as the Dollar amount of such
Acquisition, together with the aggregate Dollar amount of all other
Acquisitions (including Acquisitions permitted by Section
7.02(m) ) made by any Loan Party after the Closing Date,
does not exceed $2,000,000, and (b) any Acquisition by a Loan
Party that does not meet the requirements in part (a) above, so
long as it satisfies each of the following requirements:
(i) if
such Acquisition is an Acquisition of Equity Interests of a Person,
such newly-created or acquired Subsidiary shall comply with the
requirements of Section 6.12 ;
(ii) such
Acquisition shall not include or result in any contingent
liabilities that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iii) the
target of such Acquisition shall not have had an operating loss for
the period of 12 consecutive months ending on the date of the
acquisition
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(the
calculation of such operation gain or loss in each case shall
include such adjustments as may be reasonable to reflect items not
reflective of the target or assets to be acquired, and
non-recurring items, which calculations shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent);
(iv) immediately
after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio would not exceed 2.50 to 1.0;
(v) (A)
immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to
any such Acquisition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and (B) immediately after giving effect to such
Acquisition, the Companies shall be in pro forma compliance with
all of the Financial Covenants, such compliance to be determined on
the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
6.01 as though such Acquisition had been con