Exhibit
4.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Amendment ”) is entered into as of April 1,
2008, by and among LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED, a Michigan corporation
(“ Parent ”), KINCAID FURNITURE COMPANY,
INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, ENGLAND, INC., a Michigan
corporation, BAUHAUS U.S.A., INC., a Mississippi corporation,
LA-Z-BOY CANADA LIMITED, an Ontario corporation, LA-Z-BOY
GREENSBORO, INC., a North Carolina corporation, and LZB
MANUFACTURING, INC., a Michigan corporation (collectively, the
“ Borrowers ” and each, a “
Borrower ”), the Lenders party hereto and WACHOVIA
CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION (CENTRAL), as administrative agent (the
“ Agent ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of February 6, 2008 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the
Lender Group has agreed to make the Revolving Credit Commitments
and other financial accommodations available to the Borrowers from
time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions
thereof;
WHEREAS, the
Borrowers have requested that Section 12.3 of the Credit Agreement,
Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and Acquisitions
, be amended, and the Lenders and the Agent have agreed to the
requested amendment on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing
premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Amendment to the Credit Agreement . Section 12.3
of the Credit Agreement, Limitations on Loans, Advances,
Investments and Acquisitions , is hereby modified and amended
by (a) deleting the “or” after the end of subclause
(ii) of clause (c) of such Section and in place thereof inserting
“,” and (b) deleting the “;” after the end
of subclause (iii) of clause (c) of such Section and in place
thereof inserting the following:
“or (iv)
the guaranty by the Parent in favor of Parques Industriales
Amistad, S.A. de C.V., under which the Parent has agreed to
guarantee the obligations of La-Z-Boy Muebles, S. de R.L. de C.V.,
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, under a build-to-suit lease between
La-Z-Boy Muebles, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Parques Industriales
Amistad, S.A. de C.V. for a manufacturing facility of approximately
689,338.07 square feet to be located in Coahuila, Mexico, so long
as such guaranty and such lease are in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;”
2.
No Other Amendments or Waivers . Except in
connection with the amendment set forth above, the execution,
delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a
waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or the Lenders
under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents. Except for the amendment
set forth above, the text of the Credit Agreement and all other
Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect
and the Borrowers hereby ratify and confirm their respective
obligations thereunder. This Amendment shall not
constitute a modification of the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents or a course of dealing with the Agent or the
Lenders at variance with the Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents such as to require further notice by the Agent or the
Lenders to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future, except as
expressly set forth herein. The Borrowers acknowledge
and expressly agree that the Agent and the Lenders reserve the
right to, and do in fact, require strict compliance with all terms
and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, as amended herein. The Borrowers have no
knowledge of any challenge to the Agent’s or any
Lender’s claims arising under the Loan Documents, or to the
effectiveness of the Loan Documents.
3.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness . This
Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof when, and
only when the Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Amendment executed by the Borrowers, the Agent and the Required
Lenders.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers
. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this
Amendment by the Agent and the Lenders, each Borrower hereby
represents and warrants in favor of the Lender Group as
follows:
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