SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (as
the same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified, this “ Amendment ”) is made as of
March 20, 2009, and entered into by and among KIDS LINE, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (“ Kids Line
”), SASSY, INC., an Illinois corporation (“
Sassy ”), LAJOBI, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“ LaJobi ”), I & J HOLDCO, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“ I & J ”), COCALO, INC., a
California corporation (“ CoCaLo ” and together
with Kids Line, Sassy, LaJobi and I & J collectively, the
“ Borrowers ” and each individually, a “
Borrower ”), RUSS BERRIE AND COMPANY, INC., a New
Jersey corporation (“ Parent ”), as a Guarantor
(in such capacity, a “ Guarantor ”, and together
with the Borrowers, the “ Loan Parties ”) and as
the Loan Party Representative for the Borrowers (in such capacity,
the “ Loan Party Representative ”), the Lenders
(as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) party hereto
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as successor by merger to LASALLE BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (in its individual capacity, together with its
successors and assigns, “ Bank of America ”), as
administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns, the “ Administrative Agent
”) for the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement defined
below.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Loan Party
Representative, the Lenders, certain other financial institutions
as Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered into the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 2,
2008 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “ Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms used
in this Amendment and not defined in this Amendment shall be
defined in accordance with the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which
the Lenders have agreed to make loans and other financial
accommodations, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Parent has
become a Guarantor, and thus a Loan Party, under the Credit
Agreement and the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement pursuant to
that certain Joinder to Credit Agreement and Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Parent, as Guarantor, grantor, and Loan Party Representative, and
the Administrative Agent (the “ Joinder Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties have requested that
the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders amend certain
provisions of the Credit Agreement, all on the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
Article II of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
1.1
Section 1.1 is hereby amended to add the following
definitions in appropriate alphabetical order:
IP
Sub means RB
Trademark Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
IP Sub
IP means the
intellectual property owned by IP Sub.
IP Sub
License Agreement means the License Agreement dated as of
December 23, 2008 between IP Sub and The Russ Companies, Inc.,
as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
pursuant to which IP Sub licenses the IP Sub IP to The Russ
Companies, Inc.
Net
Parent Corporate Expenses means (1) for the Computation Period ending
March 31, 2009, an amount equal to (A) 3.0 times
the aggregate amount of cash corporate expenses incurred by Parent
during the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2009 (as determined
consistent with past practices), to the extent deducted in
determining EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarter, minus (B)
$3,000,000, (2) for the Computation Period ending
June 30, 2009, an amount equal to (A) 1.0 times
the aggregate amount of cash corporate expenses incurred by Parent
during the year to date period ending June 30, 2009 (as
determined consistent with past practices), to the extent deducted
in determining EBITDA for such period, minus (B) $1,750,000
and (3) for the Computation Period ending September 30,
2009, an amount equal to (A) 0.33 times the aggregate
amount of cash corporate expenses incurred by Parent during the
year to date period ending September 30, 2009 (as determined
consistent with past practices), to the extent deducted in
determining EBITDA for such period, minus (B) $875,000;
provided that the Net Parent Corporate Expenses shall not be less
than zero. The calculation of the Net Parent Corporate Expenses for
any period shall be set forth in a writing (in reasonable detail)
delivered by Parent to the Administrative Agent concurrently with
delivery by Parent of the Compliance Certificate relating to such
period.
Russ
Berrie B Purchase Agreement means that certain Purchase Agreement dated as
of December 23, 2008 between the Parent and The Russ
Companies, Inc. pursuant to which the Parent sold its interests in
the Russ Berrie B Entities and related assets to The Russ
Companies, Inc.
Second
Amendment Effective Date means March 20, 2009.
1.2 The
definitions of Acquired Debt , Base Rate ,
Consolidated Net Income , Domestic Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary , EBITDA , Fiscal Year , Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio , Interest Expense , Loan
Documents , Loan Party , Subsidiary , Total
Debt and Wholly-Owned Subsidiary set forth in
Section 1.1 are each hereby replaced in their entirety with
the following, respectively:
Acquired
Debt means
mortgage Debt or Debt with respect to Capital Leases of a Person
existing at the time such Person became a Subsidiary or assumed by
any Loan Party or a Domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Loan
Party pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (and not created or
incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Permitted
Acquisition) which would be permitted pursuant to
Section 11.4(d) .
Base
Rate : for any
day, a per annum rate equal to the greater of (a) the Prime
Rate for such day; (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day,
plus 0.50%; or (c) LIBOR Rate for a 30 day interest
period as determined on such day, plus 1.0%.
Consolidated Net Income
means, with respect to the Parent
and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for any
period, the net income (or loss) of the Parent and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period, in each case, determined in
accordance with GAAP, but excluding any extraordinary after-tax
gains and losses, any non-recurring gains or losses, or any
non-cash gains or losses from Asset Dispositions, any non-cash
restructuring charges, any tax refunds, net operating losses or
other net tax benefits and any after-tax gains and losses from
discontinued operations.
Domestic
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means any wholly-owned direct or indirect
Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is organized under the laws of any
state in the United States of America. Unless the context otherwise
requires, each reference to a Domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
herein shall be a reference to a Domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of the Parent.
EBITDA means, with respect to the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, (1) for any period (or portion
thereof) including any Fiscal Quarter ending on or prior to
December 31, 2008, the following amount as calculated on a
consolidated basis for Kids Line, Sassy, I&J and their
respective consolidated Subsidiaries for such period (or such
portion thereof) and (2) for any period (or portion thereof)
including any Fiscal Quarter ending after December 31, 2008,
the following amount as calculated on a consolidated basis for the
Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period (or such
portion thereof): (A) Consolidated Net Income for such period (as
adjusted as set forth below where applicable),
plus (B) with respect
to any period which includes the Fiscal Quarter ended on
December 31, 2008, $651,000, plus ( minus )
(C) to the extent deducted (added) in determining such
Consolidated Net Income, (i) Interest Expense,
(ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation,
(iv) amortization, (v) other non-cash charges (gains),
(vi) if expensed, reasonable costs, expenses and fees incurred
in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the
Loan Documents and the financings contemplated thereby,
(vii) if expensed, reasonable costs, expenses and fees
incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery
of the Acquisition Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby, but not to exceed $5,000,000, in aggregate, (viii) if
expensed, the reasonable fees and expenses paid to any Independent
Director required to be retained by the Borrowers pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement and incremental auditor’s fees and
expenses relating to the preparation of separate audited financial
statements of the Borrowers (distinct from those of the Parent) as
required pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a), (ix) non-cash
transaction losses (gains) due solely to fluctuations in
currency values, in each case, during such period, and (x) if
expensed and incurred prior to March 31, 2009, severance,
termination and other similar payments made by the Parent in
connection with the reductions in force effected in connection with
the sale of the Russ Berrie B Entities pursuant to the Russ Berrie
B Purchase Agreement in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate for all periods. It being agreed however that
(X) for purposes of calculating the Total Debt to EBITDA
Ratios for Section 11.13.2, EBITDA of I&J and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the Computation Period ending
December 31, 2008 shall be deemed to equal actual EBITDA of
I&J and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the nine
(9) month period ending December 31, 2008 multiplied by
1.33 and (Y) with respect to the Computation Periods ending
March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30,
2009, EBITDA shall be reduced (but not increased) by the amount of
the Net Parent Corporate Expenses for such period.
Fiscal
Year means the
fiscal year of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, which
period shall be the 12-month period ending on December 31st of
each calendar year. References to a Fiscal Year with a number
corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., “ Fiscal Year
2007 ”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on
December 31st of such calendar year.
Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last
day of any Fiscal Quarter for the Computation Period (or such
shorter period as set forth below) then ending, the ratio of (a)
EBITDA for such period minus the sum of (i) all
unfinanced Capital Expenditures of such Persons incurred during
such period, (ii) all cash taxes paid by the Parent on or
after the Second Amendment Effective Date on behalf of itself and
its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, (iii) all
cash dividends or distributions made prior to the Second Amendment
Effective Date by Borrowers to the Parent during such period for
the sole purpose of permitting the Parent to pay income taxes on
behalf of Borrowers and (iv) all cash dividends paid on or
after the Second Amendment Effective Date by the Parent during such
period, to (b) the sum for such period for the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of all scheduled
interest and principal payments of Debt, including the principal
component of any Capital Lease (in each case, whether or not in
fact paid during such period), paid (or which should have been
paid) in cash. It being agreed however that with respect to Fiscal
Quarters ending on or prior to December 31, 2008, the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated using a Computation
Period commencing as of April 2, 2008 and running through and
including the last day of such Fiscal Quarter then
ending.
Interest
Expense means for
any period the consolidated interest expense of the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for such period
(including all imputed interest on Capital Leases).
Loan
Documents means
this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Master Letter
of Credit Agreement, the L/C Applications, the Agent Fee Letter,
the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Documents, the
Environmental Indemnity, the Post-Closing Letter, the subordination
agreements, if any, relating to any Subordinated Debt, any Joinder
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto
pursuant to which any Person becomes a Borrower or Guarantor and
all other documents, instruments and agreements delivered in
connection with any of the foregoing, in each case, as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
Loan
Party means,
collectively, each Borrower and each Guarantor (including the
Parent in its capacity as a Guarantor), and Loan Parties
means all such Persons, collectively. So long as the Loan Parties
are in compliance in all material respects with each of the
provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, solely as such
provisions relate to IP Sub, IP Sub shall not be or be required to
become a Loan Party.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, such number of
outstanding Capital Securities as have more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity. Unless the context otherwise requires,
each reference to Subsidiaries herein shall be a reference to
Subsidiaries of the Parent.
Total
Debt means the
outstanding principal amount of all Debt (including Debt of Capital
Leases plus undrawn face amount of all Letters of Credit) of the
Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
means, as to any Person, a
Subsidiary all of the Capital Securities of which (except
directors’ qualifying Capital Securities) are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or another
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person. Unless the context
otherwise requires, each reference to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
herein shall be a reference to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Parent.
1.3 The pricing
grid set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin in
Section 1.1 is hereby replaced in its entirety with the
following grid:
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Level
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Total Debt
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LIBOR
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Base Rate
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Non-Use
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L/C Fee
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Status
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to EBITDA
Ratio
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Margin
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Margin
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Fee Rate
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Rate
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Greater than
or equal to 3.75:1
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4.25
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.80
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1.4 The
definition of Applicable Margin in Section 1.1
is hereby further amended by adding the following sentence
immediately after the pricing grid:
Until the
financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate shall
have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 10.1.2(a) and Section 10.1.3 for the
Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2009, the Applicable
Margin shall not be more favorable than Level II, and may, if
applicable, be Level I.
1.5 Clause
(d) of the definition of Change of Control set forth in
Section 1.1 is hereby replaced it in its entirety with
the following:
(d) the
Parent ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of
the shares of the Capital Securities of the Loan Parties (other
than the Parent), unless otherwise permitted
hereunder,
1.6 The
definition of Material Adverse Effect set forth in
Section 1.1 is hereby amended by adding the following
clause at the end thereof immediately preceding the
period:
; it being
agreed that none of (x) the sale of the Russ Berrie B Entities
pursuant to the Russ Berrie B Purchase Agreement, (y) the
termination of the distribution agreement between Sassy and MAM
Babyartikel GmbH of Vienna, Austria, effective as of March 26,
2008 and the non-cash charge related thereto taken in the Fiscal
Quarter ended December 31, 2008 or (z) the non-cash goodwill
impairment charge of up to $140,000,000 taken in the Fiscal Quarter
ended December 31, 2008 shall be considered in the
determination as to whether a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred.
1.7
Section 6.2.2(a) (Mandatory Prepayments) is hereby
amended to replace clause (iv) thereof with the
following:
(iv) Concurrently with the receipt by IP
Sub of Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition, in an amount
equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds. For purposes of this
clause (iv), the definition of Net Cash Proceeds relating to Asset
Dispositions of any property of any Loan Party shall be deemed to
apply to Asset Dispositions of any property of IP
Sub.
1.8 The first
sentence of Section 6.4.3 (Term Loan) is hereby
replaced in its entirety with the following:
The
principal amount of the Term Loan shall be repaid in quarterly
installments equal to (i) $3,600,000 on the last day of each Fiscal
Quarter beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2008
and ending with the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2008 and
(ii) $3,250,000 on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter beginning
with the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2009, and the final
installment in the aggregate amount of the unpaid principal balance
of the Term Loan shall be repaid on the Scheduled Termination
Date.
1.9 The
representation and warranty set forth in clause (i) of the
second sentence of Section 9.7 (Ownership of Properties;
Liens) is hereby replaced in its entirety with the
following:
(i) The
Parent owns good title to the Capital Securities of Kids Line,
Sassy, I & J and IP Sub.
1.10
Section 9 (Representations and Warranties) is hereby
amended by adding a new Section 9.27 at the end thereof which reads
as follows:
9.27
Activities of IP Sub . IP Sub does not (a) own any
material properties or assets other than the IP Sub IP and its
rights under the License Agreement, (b) have any Subsidiaries,
Investments, Debt or other material liabilities, (c) have any
Liens on its assets or (d) conduct any operations or business
other than activities related to its corporate existence,
activities relating to the maintenance and licensing of the IP Sub
IP including the payment of registration fees for the IP Sub IP,
maintenance and renewal of registrations of the IP Sub IP,
defending or initiating claims relating to the IP Sub IP, receiving
royalties under IP Sub License Agreement, conducting other
activities permitted by the License Agreement, defending, asserting
or enforcing its rights under IP Sub License Agreement and any
other activities relating to the foregoing in this clause
(d).
1.11 The
interim financial reports required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.1.2
(Interim Reports) shall be required with respect to the Parent and
its consolidated Subsidiarie
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