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SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: LA-Z-BOY INC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | BAUHAUS USA, INC | BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY | BURDALE FINANCIAL LIMITED | COMERICA BANK | ENGLAND, INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KINCAID FURNITURE COMPANY, INCORPORATED | LA-Z-BOY CANADA LIMITED | LA-Z-BOY GREENSBORO, INC | LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED | LZB MANUFACTURING, INC | NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | SUNTRUST BANK | WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION | WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC You are currently viewing:
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LA-Z-BOY INC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | BAUHAUS USA, INC | BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY | BURDALE FINANCIAL LIMITED | COMERICA BANK | ENGLAND, INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KINCAID FURNITURE COMPANY, INCORPORATED | LA-Z-BOY CANADA LIMITED | LA-Z-BOY GREENSBORO, INC | LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED | LZB MANUFACTURING, INC | NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | SUNTRUST BANK | WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION | WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC

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Title: SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 8/18/2009
Industry: Furniture and Fixtures     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

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Exhibit 4.3

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) is entered into as of July 13, 2009, 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 by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 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 Schedule 8.1(y) to the Credit Agreement, Locations of Collateral , 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:

 

11.            Amendments to the Credit Agreement .

 

(a)           Section 1.1 to the Credit Agreement, Definitions , is hereby modified and amended by inserting the following new definition in appropriate alphabetical order therein:

 

Coahuila Facility ” means the manufacturing facility used by LZB Manufacturing Inc. and located at Area Industrial Amistad Aeropuerto in Ramos Arizpe, State of Coahuila, Mexico.

 

(b)           Section 9.4 to the Credit Agreement, Other Reports , is hereby modified and amended by deleting subsection (b)(i) thereto in its entirety and inserting the following in place thereof:

 

 

 


 

 

“(i)           a summary inventory report by location and type of Inventory (such types: raw materials, including retail, upholstery and case goods); and finished goods (including retail, upholstery and case goods)) and showing the aggregate amount of work in process, together with a reconciliation to the previous month’s reports and the general ledger accounts and including, without limitation, a valuation of all Inventory located at the Coahuila Facility;”

 

(c)           Article 12 to the Credit Agreement, Negative Covenants is hereby modified and amended by adding the following Section 12.16 thereto:

 

“SECTION 12.16       Inventory Located at Coahuila Facility . No Credit Party will, and no Credit Party will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, allow the aggregate book value of any Inventory located at the Coahuila Facility to exceed $30,000,000 at any time.”

 

(d)           Schedule 8.1(y) to the Credit Agreement, Locations of Collateral , is hereby modified and amended by deleting such Schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 8.1(y) attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

12.            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.

 

13.            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.

 

14.            Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.  In proving this Amendment in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought.  Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.

 

 

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15.            Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents .  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

16.            Section Titles .  The section titles contained in this Amendment are included for the sake of convenience only, shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever, and are not a part of the agreement between the parties.

 

17.            Entire Agreement .  This Amendment and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements between such parties with respect to such transactions.

 

18.            GOVERNING LAW .  THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE


 
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