Exhibit 10.1
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT
DATED JANUARY 14, 2004
This Sixth Amendment to Loan
Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”) is made as of this
18th day of August, 2009 by and between CRA
International, Inc., formerly known as Charles River
Associates Incorporated (“Borrower”), a Massachusetts
corporation with its principal executive office at the John Hancock
Tower, 200 Clarendon Street, T-33, Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5092
and RBS Citizens, National Association, successor by merger with
Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, a national banking association with
offices at 28 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts (the
“Lender”) in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein and the benefits to be derived herefrom.
Unless otherwise specified, all capitalized terms shall have the
same meaning herein as set forth in the Agreement (as defined
below).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2004,
the Borrower and the Lender entered into a loan arrangement (the
“Loan Arrangement”) as evidenced by, amongst other
documents and instruments, a certain Loan Agreement dated as of
January 14, 2004, as amended by a First Amendment to Loan
Agreement dated as of March 29, 2005, amended by a Second
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of June 20, 2005 (the
“Second Amendment”), as amended by a Third Amendment to
Loan Agreement dated as of April 17, 2006, as further amended
by a Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of July 25,
2006, as further amended by a Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement
dated as of May 16, 2007 (as may be amended from time to time,
the “Agreement”) by and between the Borrower and the
Lender pursuant to which the Lender agreed to provide certain
financial accommodations to or for the benefit of the Borrower;
and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
that the Lender extend the Loan Arrangement and amend certain terms
and conditions of the Agreement, and
WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed to so
amend the Agreement provided the Borrower and the Lender entered
into this Sixth Amendment; and
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
The definition of Credit Limit in
Section 1(g) is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following:
“ Credit Limit shall
mean an amount equal to Sixty Million ($60,000,000.00)
Dollars.”
2.
Section 1(g) of the
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
Applicable Margin in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
