Exhibit 10.32
THIRD AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This THIRD AMENDMENT TO THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “
Amendment ”) is entered into and effective as of
March 13, 2009 among FIG LLC (f/k/a FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP
LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Borrower ”), certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of
the Borrower (the “ Guarantors ”), the Lenders
party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
(the “ Administrative Agent ”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
set forth in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are party to
that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of May 29, 2008 (as amended and modified from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
an amendment to the Credit Agreement as described below;
and
WHEREAS, the Required Lenders are
willing to agree to such amendment, subject to the terms set forth
herein as more fully set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Amendments to Credit
Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 2 below, from and after the
date hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Definitions. The
following definitions set forth in the Credit Agreement are amended
and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
“ Aggregate Revolving
Commitments ” means the Revolving Commitments of all the
Revolving Lenders. The amount of Aggregate Revolving Commitments in
effect as of March 13, 2009 is SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
($75,000,000).
“ Applicable Rate
” means the following percentages per annum: (a) with
respect to Eurodollar Loans and Letters of Credit, 2.50%,
(b) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 1.50% and (c) with
respect to the Commitment Fee, 0.50%.
“ Free Cash Flow
” means, as of December 31 of each year, with respect to
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, an amount equal to:
(a) EBITDA for such calendar year minus
(b) Interest Charges during such calendar year, minus
(c) income taxes paid during such calendar year (or accrued
during such calendar year and required to be paid within 120 days
subsequent to the end of such calendar year, minus
(d) Capital Expenditures made during such calendar year (other
than Capital Expenditures financed in accordance with Section
8.03(j)) minus (e) Distributions made in accordance
with
Section 8.06(c) during such
calendar year (or Distributions that will be made within 120 days
subsequent to the end of such calendar year for taxes accrued
during such calendar year) minus (f) payments of Term
Loans made pursuant to Sections 2.04(a) or (b) (other than
payments made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii)(E)) or
Section 2.06(b) during the last three calendar quarters of
such calendar year and the first calendar quarter of the following
year (provided that for the year ending December 31, 2009, all
payments made to reduce Term Loans during 2009, the $50 million
payment of Revolving Loans made on March 13, 2009 and all
payments made to reduce Term Loans during the first quarter of 2010
shall be counted in calculating the amount under this clause (f))
minus (g) extraordinary and non-recurring cash losses
during the prior calendar year to the extent added to EBITDA in the
calculation thereof plus (h) extraordinary and
non-recurring cash gains during the prior calendar year to the
extent subtracted from EBITDA in the calculation thereof
plus (i) the amount of Distributions received by Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries from Investments during such
calendar year plus (j) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of
all Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions (other than
Dispositions among Loan Parties and Permitted Transfers) during
such calendar year minus (k) the amount of Investments
made in Fortress Funds during such calendar year.
“ Net Cash Proceeds
” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds
received by a Loan Party in respect of any Permitted Subordinated
Indebtedness, Equity Issuance, Disposition or Involuntary
Disposition, net of (a) direct costs incurred in connection
therewith (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and
investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof or in connection therewith and
(c) in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition,
the amount necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a
Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the Administrative
Agent) on the related Property; it being understood that “Net
Cash Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash or
Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any
non-cash consideration received by a Loan Party in any Disposition
or Involuntary Disposition.
(b) Dispositions and Involuntary
Dispositions . Section 2.04(b)(ii)(A) of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(ii)(A) [intentionally
omitted]
(c) Excess Free Cash Flow .
Section 2.04(b)(ii)(C) of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(ii)(C) Excess Free Cash
Flow . On or before April 15 of each year (beginning with
April 15, 2010), the Borrower shall prepay Term Loans in an
amount equal to 75% of Free Cash Flow from the prior calendar year.
Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii)(C) shall be applied as
set forth in clause (iii) below.
(d) Audit Opinion .
Section 2.04(b)(ii)(D) of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(ii)(D) Audit Opinion . If
on or before April 15, 2009 the Borrower has not either
(A) delivered to the Administrative Agent an audit opinion
with respect to Eurocastle for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008 that is not subject to any “going
concern” or any like qualification or exception as required
pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii) or (B) provided
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders that the
debt of Eurocastle maturing on March 31,2009 has been extended
to December 31, 2009 or beyond, then on or before
April 20, 2009 the Borrower shall prepay Term Loans in an
amount equal to $25,000,000 (it being understood and agreed that
any prepayment made pursuant to this
Section 2.04(b)(ii)(D) shall be applied to the
scheduled amortization payment of Term Loans due on July 15,
2009).
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(e) Equity Issuance . A new
Section 2.04(b)(ii)(E) is added to the Credit Agreement to
read as follows:
(ii)(E) Equity Issuance .
Promptly upon the occurrence of any Equity Issuance by a Loan Party
(other than to another Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries), the
Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations as hereafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to
50% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Equity Issuance. Any
prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) shall be applied as set
forth in clause (iii) below.
(f) Application of Mandatory
Prepayments . Section 2.04(b)(iii)(C) of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(C) with respect to all amounts
prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.04(b)(ii)(C), 2.04(b)(ii)(D) and
2.04(b)(ii)(E) , first to payment of any outstanding
Delayed Draw Term Loans until paid in full, second to any
outstanding Term A Loans until paid in full, third to any
outstanding Term B Loans until paid in full and fourth to
any outstanding Revolving Loans (without any reduction in the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments); provided that (1) any
payments made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii)(C) shall not be
applied to any scheduled payments set forth in Section 2.06(b)
that are required to be made prior to the Maturity Date unless the
Term Loans have been prepaid in such a manner that no principal
amount of Term Loans remains outstanding other than per such
scheduled payments and then such application shall be to such
scheduled payments in inverse order of when due and (2) any
payments made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii)(E) shall be
applied pro rata to the scheduled payments due on or before
January 15, 2011 until such scheduled payments have been paid
in full and then to amounts due on the Maturity
Date.
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(g) Amortization of Term
Loans. Section 2.06(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(b) Amortization of Term
Loans . The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loans in installments on the dates and in the
amounts set forth in the table below (as such installments may
hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to
Section 2.04 ), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to
Section 9.02 :
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Payment
Dates
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Principal Amortization
Payment
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March 13,
2009
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$75,000,000
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July 15, 2009
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$50,000,000
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October 15,
2009
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$25,000,000
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January 15,
2010
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$25,000,000
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April 15,
2010
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$25,000,000
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July 15, 2010
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$25,000,000
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October 15,
2010
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$25,000,000
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January 15,
2011
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$75,000,000
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Maturity Date
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Remaining
Outstanding Balance of Term Loans
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All amounts paid under this
Section 2.06(b) shall first be applied to payment of
any outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans until paid in full,
second , to any outstanding Term A Loans until paid in full
and third to any outstanding Term B Loans until paid in
full.
(h) Annual Free Cash Flow
Calculation . Section 7.02(a) of the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Concurrently with the
delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Section 7.01(a)(i) , (i) a certificate of its
independent certified public accountants certifying such financial
statements, stating that in making the examination necessary
therefor no knowledge was obtained of any non-compliance with
Section 8.10 and (ii) a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower with a calculation of Free Cash
Flow from the prior year in such detail as reasonably required by
the Administrative Agent.
(i) Dispositions .
Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:
Make any Disposition
except:
(a) Permitted Transfers;
and
(b) Subject to
Section 2.04(b)(ii)(C) , other Dispositions so long as
(i) the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be
cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of
the transaction and shall be in an amount not less than the fair
market value of the Property disposed of, (ii) such
transaction is not a Sale and Leaseback
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Transaction, (iii) such
transaction does not involve the sale or other disposition of an
Equity Interest in any Subsidiary other than transfers relating to
Promote Fees, (iv) such transaction does not involve a sale or
other disposition of receivables other than receivables owned by or
attributable to other Property concurrently being disposed of in a
transaction and (v) no Default exists or would be caused by
such Disposition.
(j) Restricted Payments .
Section 8.06(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(e) so long as no Event of
Default exists immediately prior or after giving effect thereto,
the Borrower and the Top Tier Guarantors may make Distributions to
Persons who are not Loan Parties in an amount not to exceed in the
aggregate (i) for the year ending December 31, 2009, $5
million and (ii) for each calendar year thereafter the greater
of (A) $5 million and (B) 25% of the Free Cash Flow
earned during the prior calendar year; and
(k) Affiliate Transactions .
Section 8.08(g) of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
( g) so long as no Event of
Default exists immediately prior to the making thereof or after
giving effect thereto, loans to FIG Corp. and FIG Asset Co. LLC by
one or more of the Borrower or a Top Tier Guarantor in an amount
not to exceed $5 million, in the aggregate, at the time the
applicable loan is incurred (and after giving effect to such
loan ).
(l) Management Fee Earning
Assets. Section 8.10(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Minimum Management Fee
Earning Assets . At any time, permit the Management Fee Earning
Assets to be less than an amount equal to (i) from
March 13, 2009 to and including December 31, 2009,
$22,000,000,000 and (ii) from January 1, 2010 and
thereafter, $20,000,000,000.
(l) Leverage Ratio.
Section 8.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(b) Consolidated Leverage
Ratio . Permit, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the
Borrower for the four quarter period ending on such date, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater 3.50 to
1.0.
(m) Required Investment
Assets . Section 8.10(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(i) Permit the Consolidated
Adjusted Asset Value to be less than the sum of the Outstanding
Amount of Loans and L/C Obligations (the “ Required
Investment Assets ”).
(n) Investments in Fortress
Funds . A new Section 8.15 is added to the Credit
Agreement to read as follows:
8.15 Investments in Fortress
Funds . Permit any Investment by a general partner in a
Fortress Fund in excess of (a) an amount customary required by
general partners in similar transactions in the industry or
(b) an amount that is contractually required; provided that
Investments by or on behalf of a general partner shall be allowed
if the Borrower deems it necessary in good faith to protect the
value of an existing Investment.
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(o) Material Fortress Funds.
Section 9.01(m) is amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
(m) Material Fortress
Funds . Any event occurs which causes a Material Fortress Fund
(other than Drawbridge Global Macro Fund Ltd. or Drawbridge Special
Opportunities Fund LP) to (i) terminate, dissolve, liquidate
or wind up (or to begin the process of same) other than in
connection with a Permitted Fund Termination or (ii) not be
managed and advised by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary other than as a
result of (A) a scheduled orderly unwinding of a Private
Equity Fund or (B) a Permitted Management Function Transfer;
or
(p) Commitments and Applicable
Percentages . Schedule 2.01 to the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached to this
Amendment.
2. Effectiveness; Conditions
Precedent . This Amendment shall be effective upon satisfaction
of the following conditions:
(a) Receipt by the Administrative
Agent of copies of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower,
the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and Revolving Lenders holding
in the aggregate a majority of the Revolving
Commitments;
(b) Payment by the Borrower of an
upfront fee for the account of each Lender executing and delivering
this Amendment on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, March 13,
2009, in the amount of (A) .50% multiplied by
(B) the sum of (1) such Lender’s Commitment
plus (2) the amount of outstanding Term Loans of such
Lender, in each case after giving effect to this
Amendment;
(c) Payment of $50 million from the
Borrower as a voluntary prepayment of outstanding Revolving
Loans;
(d) Payment of $75 million from the
Borrower in accordance with Section 2.06(b) of the Credit
Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) as a payment of the
Delayed Draw Term Loans;
(e) Payment by the Borrower of all
other fees and expenses then due and payable; and
(f) No Default or Event of Default
shall exist or be continuing.
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3. Post Closing Items
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(a) Additional Fees . The
Borrower shall pay an upfront fee for the account of each Lender
(other than any Lender who received a fee pursuant to
Section 2(b) above) consenting in writing to this Amendment on
or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, March 20, 2009, in the
amount of (A) .50% multiplied by (B) the sum of
(1) such Lender’s Commitment plus (2) the
amount of outstanding Term Loans of such Lender, in each case after
giving effect to this Amendment.
(b) Legal Opinions . The
Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent,
on or before March 31, 2009, copies of opinions from legal
counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, as to the authority of the Loan
Parties to enter into this Amendment and the enforceability of this
Amendment, such opinions to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Failure to timely deliver
such legal opinions shall constitute an Event of Default under the
Credit Agreement.
4. Ratification of Credit
Agreement . The term “Credit Agreement” as used in
each of the Loan Documents shall hereafter mean the Credit
Agreement as amended and modified by this Amendment. Except as
herein specifically agreed, the Credit Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain
in full force and effect according to its terms. Each of the Loan
Parties acknowledge and consent to the modifications set forth
herein and agree that this Amendment does not impair, reduce or
limit any of its obligations under the Loan Documents (including,
without limitation, the indemnity obligations and guaranty
obligations set forth therein) and that, after the date hereof,
this Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document. It is also
understood and agreed that notwithstanding the amendment and
restatement of Section 2.06(b) of the Credit Agreement, the
required amortization of the Delayed Draw Term Loans have been
accelerated as a result of such amendment and restatement and no
payments of the Delayed Draw Term Loans required thereunder (prior
to the effectiveness of this Amendment) have been
postponed.
5. Authority/Enforceability .
Each of the Loan Parties represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) It has taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment.
(b) This Amendment has been duly
executed and delivered by such Person and constitutes such
Person’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(c) No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification
with, any court or governmental authority or third party is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
by such Person of this Amendment.
(d) The execution and delivery of
this Amendment does not (i) violate, contravene or conflict
with any provision of its, or its Subsidiaries’
organizational documents or (ii) materially violate,
contravene or conflict with any Requirement of Law or any other
law, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or
permit applicable to it or any of its Subsidiaries.
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6. Representations and Warranties
of the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties represent and warrant to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the
representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in
Article VI of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent a
representation and warranty specifically refers to an earlier date
and then as of such earlier date), (b) after giving effect to
this Amendment, no event has occurred and is continuing which
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default and (c) the
Collateral Documents continue to create a valid perfected security
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