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.
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