Exhibit 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Amendment ”), dated as of March 30, 2009, is
entered into among (1) PHYSICIANS FORMULA, INC., a New York
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), (2) the several
banks and other lenders from time to time parties to this Amendment
(the “ Lenders ”) and (3) UNION BANK, N.A.
(formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “
Agent ”).
RECITALS
A. The
Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent entered into that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2006, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 8,
2008, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of
September 9, 2008 and that certain Third Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of December 5, 2008 (as so amended, the “
Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Credit Agreement.
B. Pursuant
to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made available to the
Borrower a term loan facility in the initial aggregate principal
amount of $15,000,000 (of which $10,500,000 in principal amount is
outstanding as of the date hereof, prior to the principal repayment
contemplated by Section 2(h) of this Amendment), and a revolving
loan facility in the aggregate maximum principal amount of
$25,000,000, including a letter of credit sublimit of
$2,500,000. There are no Letters of Credit
outstanding.
C. The
Borrower has requested that the Lenders restructure the credit
facilities under the Credit Agreement as a single revolving loan
facility having a maximum commitment in the aggregate principal
amount of $27,500,000. The Lenders have agreed to such
restructuring, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to
Credit Agreement . The Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows, effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date:
(a) Each of the
following definitions is added to Section 1.1, in appropriate
alphabetical order or, if already existing in such Section, is
deemed amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“ Accounts
”: all “accounts,” as such term is
defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Borrowing Base Party, including (a) all accounts receivable,
other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other
than forms of obligations evidenced by “chattel paper,”
“documents” or “instruments” (as such terms
are defined in the UCC)), whether arising out of goods sold or
services rendered by it or from any other transaction (including
any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or
contract right under the UCC), (b) all purchase orders or
receipts for goods or services, (c) all rights to any goods
represented by any of the foregoing (including
unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission,
replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to
returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all monies due
or to become due to such Borrowing Base Party under all purchase
orders and contracts for the sale of goods or the performance of
services or both by such Borrowing Base Party or in connection with
any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on
the part of such Borrowing Base Party) now or hereafter in
existence, including the right to receive the proceeds of said
purchase orders and contracts, and (e) all collateral security
and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by
any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ Borrowing Base
”: as of any date of determination, an amount
determined by the Agent with reference to the most recent Borrowing
Base Certificate to be equal to the sum of (a) the Eligible
Accounts Component, plus (b) the Eligible Inventory
Component, plus (c) the Canadian Pledged Account Balance
plus (d) the Eligible Equipment Component; provided
that if on such date the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate
is as of a date more than 31 days prior to such date (other than
the Borrowing Base Certificates for February 2009 and March 2009),
the Borrowing Base shall mean such amount as may be determined by
the Agent in its sole discretion.
“ Borrowing Base Certificate
”: a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible
Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“ Borrowing Base Parties
”: collectively, the Borrower and its Domestic
Subsidiaries (provided that each such Subsidiary is also a
Guarantor).
“ Canadian Blocked Accounts
”: as defined in the definition of Canadian
Pledged Accounts.
“ Canadian Disbursement Account
”: as defined in the definition of Canadian
Pledged Accounts.
“ Canadian Pledged Accounts
”: collectively, the Borrower’s foreign
currency deposit account, foreign currency time deposit account
(collectively, the “ Canadian Blocked Accounts
”) and foreign currency disbursement account (the “
Canadian Disbursement Account ”), each denominated in
Canadian dollars, held by the Agent and bearing the account name
“Physicians Formula, Inc. Collateral Account Union Bank, N.A.
Trustee” or similar designation.
“ Canadian Pledged Account Balance
”: as of any date of determination, the available
balance on deposit in the Canadian Blocked Accounts, expressed in
Dollars using such currency conversion rate as the Agent may
reasonably determine.
“ Dilution Items
”: with respect to the Accounts of the Borrowing
Base Parties, returns, rebates, discounts, credits and allowances
with respect thereto.
“ Eligible Account
”: as of any date of determination, an Account of
a Borrowing Base Party:
(a) that has been the subject of an invoice sent
to the account debtor within five days of shipment of the related
goods;
(b) that conforms to
all of the representations and warranties pertaining to Accounts
set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(c) (i) that
arises from the sale of goods of such Borrowing Base Party in the
ordinary course of its business and (ii) that is subject to a
valid, perfected and continuing first-priority Lien (other than
non-consentual Liens described in Section 6.3(b), so long as such
Liens remain inchoate and no such Lien has matured into a claim by
the relevant taxing authority) remain in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of itself and the Lenders and is owned by such Borrowing
Base Party free and clear of any Liens other than Liens in favor of
the Agent (and other than non-consentual Liens described in Section
6.3(b), so long as such Liens remain inchoate and no such Lien has
matured into a claim by the relevant taxing authority);
(d) that (i) is a
valid and enforceable obligation of the applicable account debtor
upon which such Borrowing Base Party’s right to receive
payment is absolute and not contingent upon the fulfillment of any
condition whatsoever (other than an account debtor’s
customary right of inspection), (ii) does not arise with
respect to (A) goods that are placed on consignment,
guaranteed sale, sale or return or sale on approval or delivered on
a bill-and-hold or cash-on-delivery basis or (B) goods that
have been returned, rejected or repossessed;
(e) with respect to
which the applicable account debtor has not asserted any defense,
counterclaim or dispute (provided that, as to any account as to
which the account debtor disputes only a portion of the applicable
invoice, the remaining balance of such account shall not be
ineligible by reason of this clause), and such Account is not a
“contra” Account;
(f) with respect to
which the applicable account debtor is not (i) a federal,
state or local governmental entity or agency (unless, if the
account debtor is the United States of America, or any department,
agency or instrumentality thereof, the Borrower has complied with
the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 with respect to such
account and has delivered to the Agent evidence thereof in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent), (ii) an Affiliate, a
Subsidiary or an employee of such Borrowing Base Party or
(iii) located outside the United States of America (such
account, a “ Foreign Account ”) (unless such
Foreign Account is (x) an account of an account debtor located in
Australia or the United Kingdom with respect to which the account
debtor has delivered to the applicable Borrowing Base Party an
original irrevocable letter of credit, which has been delivered to
the Agent, along with an amendment to such Letter of Credit
designating the Agent as beneficiary, in each case in form and
substance and on terms acceptable to the Agent, and issued by a
U.S. financial institution acceptable to the Agent, in each case in
the Agent’s sole discretion, covering such account or (y) a
Permitted Canadian Account).
(g) with respect to
which the applicable account debtor is not subject to any event of
the type described in Section 7(g);
(h) the collection of
which, in the Agent’s reasonable discretion (determined from
the perspective of a secured lender), is not doubtful by reason of
the applicable account debtor’s financial condition or
otherwise;
(i) that is not
evidenced by any chattel paper, instrument or judgment;
(j) to the extent that
the total unpaid amount of such Account, when added together with
all other Accounts due to the Borrowing Base Parties from the
applicable account debtor, does not exceed 25% of all Accounts of
the Borrowing Base Parties (provided that, in the case of Rite Aid
Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof, such percentage shall not
exceed 10%);
(k) that is payable
only in Dollars or, in the case of Permitted Canadian Accounts,
Canadian dollars;
(l) that is not in
default (an Account shall be deemed to be in default under this
clause (l) if (i) such Account is not paid within the earlier
of 60 days following its due date or 90 days following its original
invoice date or (ii) such Account is an obligation of an
account debtor with respect to which more than 25% of all Accounts
due to the Borrowing Base Parties from such account debtor are not
otherwise eligible under the other criteria set forth in this
clause (l)); and
(m) that is otherwise
acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion (from the
perspective of a secured lender).
“ Eligible Accounts Component
”: with respect to the computation of the
Borrowing Base, 65% of the aggregate book value of the Borrowing
Base Parties’ then existing Eligible
Accounts. Such advance rate may be reduced from time to
time in the exercise of the Agent’s reasonable discretion
(from the perspective of a secured lender), including as a result
of audits, appraisals and examinations.
“ Eligible Equipment
”: as of any date of determination, Equipment of
the Borrowing Base Parties:
(a) that (i) is
subject to a valid, perfected and continuing first-priority Lien in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and (ii) is
owned by such Borrowing Base Party free and clear of any Liens of
any Person other than Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders (other than, in each case, non-consentual Liens
described in (x) Section 6.3(b), so long as such Liens remain
inchoate and no such Lien has matured into a claim by the relevant
taxing authority and (y) Section 6.3 which are not
overdue);
(b) that is
(i) located on premises owned, leased or operated by such
Borrowing Base Party or (ii) stored on premises owned or
operated by a bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person, in
each case with respect to which any
applicable
landlord, bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person shall
have executed and delivered to the Agent, a landlord waiver, bailee
letter or similar document, in each case, in form and substance
acceptable to the Agent;
(c) that conforms to
all of the representations or warranties pertaining to Equipment
set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(d) that is covered by
property and casualty insurance in compliance with Section 5.5;
and
(e) that is otherwise
acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion (from the
perspective of a secured lender).
“ Eligible Equipment Component
”: with respect to the computation of the
Borrowing Base, the orderly liquidation value of Eligible Equipment
as determined by the Agent, provided that the Eligible Equipment
Component shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time.
“ Eligible Inventory
”: as of any date of determination, Inventory of
the Borrowing Base Parties:
(a) that
(i) consists of first quality finished goods held for sale,
and Eligible Raw Materials held for manufacture, in the ordinary
course of such Borrowing Base Party’s business, (ii) is
subject to a valid, perfected and continuing first-priority Lien in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and
(iii) is owned by such Borrowing Base Party free and clear of
any Liens of any Person other than Liens in favor of the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders (other than, with respect to clauses
(ii) and (iii), non-consentual Liens described in (x) Section
6.3(b), so long as such Liens remain inchoate and no such Lien has
matured into a claim by the relevant taxing authority and (y)
Section 6.3 which are not overdue);
(b) that is
(i) located on premises owned, leased or operated by such
Borrowing Base Party or (ii) stored on premises owned or
operated by a bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person, in
each case with respect to which any applicable landlord, bailee,
warehouseman, processor or similar Person shall have executed and
delivered to the Agent, a landlord waiver, bailee letter or similar
document (it being agreed that Inventory located at the premises
referred to in Section 5.15(a) or (b) shall not be ineligible,
during the period referred to in such Sections 5.15(a) and (b),
solely as a result of the fact that the landlord consents and
warehouse letters referred to therein have not been delivered to
the Agent), in each case, in form and substance acceptable to the
Agent;
(c) that conforms to
all of the representations or warranties pertaining to Inventory
set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(d) that is not
(i) placed on consignment or (ii) in transit;
(e) that does not
consist of packaging or shipping materials, pallets, bags, labels,
boxes, capitalized depot freight and handling costs, manufacturing
supplies or replacement parts;
(f) that does not
constitute obsolete, slow-moving, shopworn, unmerchantable,
unsalable, damaged, returned, excess, unusable or unworkable goods
or goods unfit for further processing (it being agreed that, for
the purposes of calculating ineligible Inventory, returned
Inventory shall mean that amount for which the Borrower has
established a return recovery reserve, which reserve may be
adjusted by the Borrower from time to time);
(g) that is covered by
property and casualty insurance in compliance with Section
5.5;
(h) that is only
covered by non-negotiable documents of title unless the negotiable
document representing such Inventory has been delivered to the
Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders; and
(i) that is otherwise
acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion (from the
perspective of a secured lender).
“ Eligible Inventory Component
”: with respect to the computation of the
Borrowing Base, the lesser of (a) 15% of the Eligible
Inventory of the Borrowing Base Parties (provided that, for the
period from the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to and including
June 30, 2009, such percentage shall be 25%), as determined by the
Agent, and (b) $5,000,000 (provided that, for the period from
the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to and including June 30, 2009,
such amount shall be $8,000,000); provided that in no event shall
Eligible Raw Materials exceed 60% of the Eligible Inventory
Component. Such advance rate may be reduced from time to
time in the exercise of the Agent’s reasonable discretion
(from the perspective of a secured lender), including as a result
of audits, appraisals and examinations.
“ Eligible Raw Materials
”: raw materials Inventory, other than printed
components including any component printed with any Loan
Party’s name or trademark.
“ Equipment
”: equipment in good working order, owned by a
Borrowing Base Party and of a type described in that certain asset
appraisal performed by Great American Group and delivered to the
Agent on or about the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
“ Fourth Amendment
”: that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2009, amending this
Agreement.
“ Fourth Amendment Effective Date
”: the date on which the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 2 of the Fourth Amendment are satisfied, and the
Fourth Amendment becomes effective.
“ Interest Coverage Ratio
”: for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and
the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters, the ratio of
Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense.
“ Permitted Canadian Accounts
”: those Accounts of the Borrowing Base Parties
with respect to which the account debtors are located in
Canada.
“ Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration
Date ”: March 31, 2010, or such earlier date
as the Revolving Loan Commitments shall expire in accordance with
the terms hereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise).
“ UCC ”: the
Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted and as in effect from time to
time in the State of California.
(b) The definition of
“Adjusted EBITDA” contained in Section 1.1 is revised
as follows: (1) the introductory clauses reading:
“for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the
immediately preceding three fiscal quarters,” is changed to:
“for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, for any period,” and (2) clause (i) is amended in its
entirety to read as follows: “(i) all one-time
costs incurred by the Borrower in connection with the Fourth
Amendment (including the $75,000 amendment fee and all legal,
diligence, appraisal, audit and similar fees and expenses paid by
the Borrower in connection with the closing of the Fourth
Amendment) in an aggregate amount up to $300,000.
(c) The outstanding
Term Loans are hereby converted to outstanding Revolving Loans in
the same principal amount. On and after the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date, no Term Loans shall be outstanding, and
each reference in the Loan Documents to Term Loans, Term Loan
Lenders, Term Notes and other terms relating solely to the Term
Loan facility shall be deemed amended to reflect such
fact.
(d) The Revolving Loan
Commitment amount of Union Bank, N.A. listed on the signature pages
to the Credit Agreement is hereby increased from
“$25,000,000” to “$27,500,000.”
(e) Section 2.1(a) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Revolving Loan Lender severally agrees to
make loans on a revolving credit basis through its Applicable
Lending Office to the Borrower from time to time from and including
the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan Commitment
Expiration Date (each a “ Revolving Loan ”, and
collectively, the “ Revolving Loans ”) in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided ,
however , subject to Section 2.5(a), that the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding shall not
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment or the Borrowing
Base at any time. Within the limits of each Revolving
Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, the Borrower may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
With respect to
each Revolving Loan Lender, the principal amount of each Revolving
Loan to be made by such Revolving Loan Lender shall be in an amount
equal to the product of (i) such Revolving Loan Lender’s
Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage (expressed as a fraction) and
(ii) the total amount of the Revolving Loan(s) requested;
provided that in no event shall any Revolving Loan
Lender be obligated to make a Revolving Loan if after giving effect
to such Revolving Loan the sum of such Revolving Loan
Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding would exceed its
Revolving Loan Commitment or if the amount of such requested
Revolving Loan is in excess of such Revolving Loan Lender’s
Available Revolving Loan Commitment.
Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitment shall be permanently and automatically
reduced to $25,000,000 on June 30, 2009. Such reduction
shall automatically effect a reduction of the Revolving Loan
Commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender to an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment of all
Revolving Loan Lenders, as so reduced and (ii) the Revolving
Loan Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Loan
Lender. Upon such reduction, the Borrower shall prepay
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of the Revolving Loans exceeds the amount of the Aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitment as so reduced, together with accrued
interest on the amount being prepaid to the date of such
prepayment.
(f) Section 2.1(b) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(b) All Revolving Loans shall be Base
Rate Loans. Each Revolving Loan Lender may make or
maintain its Revolving Loans to the Borrower or participate in
Letters of Credit to or for the account of the Borrower by or
through any Applicable Lending Office.
For the
avoidance of doubt, on and after the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available under the Credit
Agreement, and each reference in the Loan Documents to LIBOR, LIBOR
Loans, Interest Period and other terms relating solely to LIBOR
Loans shall be deemed amended to reflect such fact.
(g) Section 2.5(a) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) If at any time the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding exceeds the
Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment or the Borrowing Base, then the
Borrower shall, within five Business Days after any Responsible
Officer shall have knowledge of such overadvance, without notice or
request by the Agent, prepay the Revolving Loans in an aggregate
amount equal to such excess.
(h) Section 2.8(a) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Each Revolving Loan shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) during the period from
the Fourth Amendment Closing Date to and including June 30, 2009,
the Base Rate plus 3.50% and (ii) thereafter, the Base Rate plus
3.00%.
(i) The first sentence
of Section 2.9 is amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
Interest on the Loans and all other
Obligations shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as applicable, for the actual days elapsed; provided that
the unused commitment fee set forth in Section 2.17 shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, for the actual days
elapsed.
(j) In Section 2.17,
the reference to “0.25%” is changed to
“0.50%”.
(k) Section 3.14(a) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) The proceeds of the Revolving
Loans are intended to be and shall be used by the Borrower as
follows: (i) to refinance the outstanding Term
Loans, as contemplated by the Fourth Amendment, (ii) for working
capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and (ii) to pay fees and expenses in connection with
preparation and negotiation of the Fourth Amendment.
(l) In Section 5.2,
(1) the word “and” is deleted from the end of clause
(g), (2) clause (h) is redesignated clause (i) and (3) a new clause
(h) is added to read as follows:
(h) within 30 days after the end of
each month, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent, (i) a
Borrowing Base Certificate and (ii) an accounts receivable aging
report, accounts payable aging report and inventory report, in each
case as of the end of such month and in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent; provided that the Borrowing Base
Certificate and such reports (x) with respect to February 2009
shall be due on April 15, 2009 and (y) with respect to March 2009
shall be due on April 30, 2009; and
(m) The last sentence
of Section 5.6 is amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
In addition,
the Agent shall be permitted to conduct collateral audits of (which
may include audits of the books and records of) the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries up to four times during the period from the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date to the Revolving Loan Expiration Date (or
as frequently as the Agent reasonably deems necessary if a Default
has occurred and is continuing).
(n) Section 5.14 is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
5.14 Canadian Pledged
Accounts . The Borrower shall at all times maintain
the Canadian Pledged Accounts with the Agent. Each
Canadian Pledged Account is pledged to the Agent, for the benefit
of the Agent and the Lenders, under the Security Agreement and is
subject to the terms thereof. The Borrower shall not be
permitted to make withdrawals from the Canadian Blocked Accounts at
any time, and all interest and increases, if any, accrued thereon
shall remain in such accounts. The Borrower shall at all
times cause any and all revenue received by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries in Canadian dollars to be promptly deposited in the
Canadian Blocked Accounts. So long as no Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Borrower has delivered to Agent
a Borrowing Base Certificate demonstrating availability under the
Borrowing Base of at least $1,500,000 (on a pro forma basis
assuming the transfer requested below had been made, and based on
the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered to the Agent
under Section 5.2, but updated to reflect outstanding
Loans as of the current date), the Borrower may
request in writing on a monthly basis, on or about the first
Business Day of each month, that the Agent transfer amounts from
the Canadian Blocked Accounts to the Canadian Disbursement Account
in an aggregate amount that will not cause the balance of the
Canadian Disbursement Account to exceed CN$500,000. In
addition, so long as no Default has occurred and in continuing, the
Borrower may from time to time, without the prior consent of the
Agent, use funds in the Canadian Disbursement Account to pay
amounts due to its Canadian vendors in the ordinary course of
business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower
may, at any time, request that amounts on deposit in the Canadian
Blocked Accounts be applied by the Agent to prepay outstanding
Loans, such prepayment to be made in accordance with Section
2.4.
(o) A new Section 5.15
is added to read as follows:
5.15 Post-Closing Covenants
. The Borrower shall deliver the following to the
Agent:
(i) within 90 days after the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date, with respect to the Borrower’s premises
located in Azusa, California, Covina, California and LaVerne,
California, for which no Landlord Consent or warehouse letter, as
applicable, was previously delivered to the Agent, a Landlord
Consent or warehouse letter in form acceptable to the
Agent;
(ii) within 90
days after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, with respect to the
Borrower’s warehouse in London, Ontario, Canada, a warehouse
letter executed by the new warehouse owner/manager, in
substantially the form of the letter previously executed for such
location;
(iii) within one Business Day after the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower’s audited financial
statements for fiscal year 2008, as required by Section 5.1(a)
(including the certificate of the Accountants described therein);
and
(iv) within 30 days after the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date, an updated Schedule B (Copyrights, Patents and
Marks) to each of the Security Agreement and the Guarantor Security
Agreement.
The Agent and the Lenders agree that the failure
by the Borrower to deliver the Landlord Consents and warehouse
letters contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not
constitute an Event of Default, so long as the Borrower has
demonstrated to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that it
has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such
documents. (Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall
change the effect failure to obtain such documents may have on
calculation of the Borrowing Base.)
(p) Section 6.1(a) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(a)
Interest Coverage Ratio . Permit the Interest
Coverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter set forth
below, to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such
period:
January 1, 2009 to and including
3.85:1
March 31, 2009
April 1, 2009 to and including
5.00:1
June 30, 2009
July 1, 2009 to and including
3.25:1
September 30, 2009
October 1, 2009 and thereafter
4.25:1
(q) Section 6.1(b) is
deleted and replaced with the following:
(b) Minimum EBITDA
. Permit Adjusted EBITDA, as of the end of any fiscal
quarter set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth
opposite such quarter:
Fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009
$(1,900,000)
Fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009
$
800,000
Fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009
$1,200,000
Four-quarter period ended December 31, 2009
$4,500,000
(r) Section 6.1(c) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(c)
Minimum Tangible Net Worth . Permit Tangible Net
Worth of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, to be less than the
amount set forth below opposite such period:
Quarter
Amount
January 1, 2009 to and
including $6,000,000
March 31, 2009
April 1, 2009 to and
including
$7,000,000
September 30, 2009
October 1, 2009 and
thereafter
$9,500,000
(s) Section 6.1(d) is
amended in its entirety as follows:
(d)
Capital Expenditures . Permit Capital
Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis for any fiscal year to be more than $2,000,000.
(t) Section 6.2(h) is deleted and replaced
with “[Intentionally Omitted]”.
(u) Sections 6.6 is
amended as follows: (1) in clause (ii), the reference to
$500,000 is changed to $300,000 and (2) clauses (iii) and (iv) are
each deleted and replaced with “[Intentionally
Omitted]”.
(v) Section 6.7(d) is
deleted and replaced with “[Intentionally
Omitted]”.
(w) In Section 7.1(c),
the reference to “or 5.14” is changed to “, 5.14
or 5.15”.
(x) The Schedules to
the Credit Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced with the
Schedules attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(y) Exhibit F (Form of
Covenant Compliance Certificate) is deleted and replaced with
Exhibit F attached hereto.
(z) A new Exhibit I
(Form of Borrowing Base Certificate) is added to the Credit
Agreement, in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto.
SECTION 2. Conditions
Precedent . This Amendment shall become effective as
of the date first set forth above upon receipt by the Agent of the
following, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent:
(a) this Amendment,
duly executed by the Borrower and the Lenders;
(b) a consent to this
Amendment, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto;
(c) a Revolving Note,
duly executed by the Borrower in favor of UBOC, in form and
substance acceptable to the Agent and reflecting UBOC’s
increased Revolving Loan Commitment;
(d) resolutions of the
board of directors, or similar authorizing body, of the Borrower,
authorizing this Amendment, certified by an appropriate officer of
the Borrower;
(e) a Borrowing Base
Certificate as of the Closing Date (provided that Eligible Accounts
Receivable, Eligible Inventory and Eligible Equipment shall be as
of January 31, 2009), in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and reflecting a Borrowing Base of at least
$2,000,000;
(f) evidence that the
Canadian Pledged Accounts shall have been established at Union
Bank, N.A. in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, and
that the balance thereof shall be at least C$5,300,000;
(g) (i) the $750,000
Term Reduction Installment contemplated by Section 2.2(d) and (ii)
amounts due under Section 2.15, as notified by the Agent to the
Borrower, as a result of consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment, in each case in immediately
available funds;
(h) an inventory
appraisal and a fixed asset appraisal, in each case satisfactory to
the Agent;
(i) receipt by the
Agent of an amendment fee in the amount of $75,000, in immediately
available funds (it being agreed that such fee shall be deemed
earned in full upon execution of this Amendment by the Lenders and
shall be nonrefundable, notwithstanding any subsequent termination
of the Agreement or otherwise);
(j) payment to the
Agent of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
negotiation and preparation of this Amendment and its due diligence
fees related thereto, including but not limited to its
attorneys’ fees and expenses, and the fees and expenses of
performing the audits and appraisals referred to herein;
(k) updated Schedules
to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as needed;
and
(l) such other
approvals, opinions, evidence and documents as any Lender, through
the Agent, may reasonably request; and the Agent’s reasonable
satisfaction as to all legal matters incident to this
Amendment.
SECTION 3. Reference to
and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents
.
(a) Upon the
effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,”
“hereof,” “herein” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other
Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement,”
“thereunder,” “thereof,”
“therein” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby.
(b) Except as
specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement and all other
Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and
effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
(c) 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 other Loan Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Documents, each of which is hereby
reaffirmed.
SECTION 4. Representations
and Warranties. The Borrower represents and
warrants, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agent, as
follows: (i) it has all requisite power and
authority under applicable law and under its Organic Documents to
execute, deliver and perform this Amendment, and to perform the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby; (ii) all actions, waivers
and consents (corporate, regulatory and otherwise) necessary or
appropriate for it to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment,
and to perform the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, have been
taken and/or received; (iii) this Amendment, and the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of it enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms hereof, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability; (iv) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, and the
performance of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, will not
(a) violate or contravene any Requirement of Law,
(b) result in any material breach or violation of, or
constitute a material default under, any agreement or instrument by
which it or any of its property may be bound or (c) result in
or require the creation of any Lien upon or with respect to any of
its properties, whether such properties are now owned or hereafter
acquired, except such as are permitted under the Credit Agreement;
(v) the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of this Amendment as though made on
and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case, such representations and warranties were true, correct and
complete on and as of such earlier date; (vi) no Default has
occurred and is continuing and (vii) neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary owns any equipment that are fixtures with a book value
in excess of $300,000.
SECTION 5. Execution in
Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute but one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page to this Amendment by telecopier shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Amendment.
SECTION 6. Governing
Law.
This Amendment and the rights and
obligations of the parties under this Amendment shall be governed
by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of
the State of California (without reference to its choice of law
rules).
[Signature page follows.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their
proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
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PHYSICIANS
FORMULA, INC., a New York corporation
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By:
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/s/ Joseph
J. Jaeger
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Name:
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Joseph J.
Jaeger
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Title:
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Chief Financial
Officer
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UNION BANK,
N.A., as Agent and as sole Lender
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By:
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/s/ Myra
Juetten
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Name:
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Myra
Juetten
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Title:
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Senior
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EXHIBIT A
GUARANTORS’
CONSENT
Each of the undersigned is a
“Guarantor” under that certain Pledgor Guarantee dated
as of November 14, 2006 or that certain Subsidiary Guarantee dated
as of November 14, 2006 (each a “ Guarantee ”)
made