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Return to 10-K
Exhibit 10.9.2
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO AMENDED AND
RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (" Amendment No. 1 ") is
dated as of October 11, 2006 by and among RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL,
INC., a Florida corporation (the " Borrower "), the Lenders
named on the signature page hereto (the " Lenders "), and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as administrative agent
(the " Agent ") for the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders
are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 (the " Credit
Agreement "); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain
modifications to the Credit Agreement, including an extension of
the Facility Termination Date to October 9, 2007, and to waive
compliance with certain provisions of the Credit Agreement prior to
their amendment herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are
used with the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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II.
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Amendments to the Credit Agreement
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2.1. The
definition of "Eurodollar Rate" in Article I of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"‘Eurodollar Rate’ means, with
respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the relevant Interest Period,
the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate
applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) one minus the
Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such
Interest Period, plus (b) (i) 0.75% per annum during any period
when the outstanding principal amount of the Advances is less than
50% of the Aggregate Commitment and (ii) 0.875% per annum during
any period when the outstanding principal amount of the Advances is
greater than or equal to 50% of the Aggregate
Commitment.
2.2. The
definition of "Facility Termination Date" in Article I of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"‘Facility Termination Date’ means
October 9, 2007 or any later date as may be specified as the
Facility Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.18 or
any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment is reduced to
zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof."
2.3. The
definition of "Fiscal Year" in Article I of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"‘Fiscal Year’ means the twelve-month
accounting period ending on the last day of September of each
year."
2.4. The
proviso clause at the end of the definition of "Investment" in
Article I of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
phrase "as heretofore conducted" so that such clause reads in its
entirety as follows:
" provided , however , that in
regard to clauses (b), (c) and (d), ‘Investment’ shall
not include any such securities, accounts or instruments owned or
acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of its business, including but not limited to the market making
activities of RJA."
2.5. The
second sentence of Section 2.7 (up to and including the colon) is
hereby amended to read as follow:
"The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable
telephone notice not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance and three Business
Days before the Borrowing Date for each Eurodollar Advance, such
notice to be promptly confirmed in writing substantially in the
form of Exhibit A (a " Borrowing/Election Notice "),
specifying:"
2.6. Section
5.8 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Litigation and Contingent
Obligations" is hereby amended by inserting the following clause at
the beginning of the first sentence of such Section:
"Except as described in the "Legal Proceedings"
section of the Borrower’s Exchange Act reports filed with the
Commission during the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2006,
there is no litigation . . ."
2.7. Section
5.13 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Investment Company" is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"5.13. Investment Company . Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary is, or after giving effect to any
Advance will be, subject to registration or regulation under (i)
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) any other
foreign, federal or state statute or regulation which limits its
ability to incur indebtedness or consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby."
2.8. Section
5.16 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Insurance" is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
"5.16. Insurance . The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries maintain with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies insurance on their Property in such amounts and
covering such risks as is reasonably consistent with sound business
practice, except to the extent that wind and flood insurance
coverage is not available on commercially reasonable
terms."
2.9. Subsection (a) of Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement entitled
"Financial Reporting" is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"(a) As soon as practicable and in any event
within 75 days after the close of each of its Fiscal Years, an
unqualified audit report from KPMG LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
Ernst & Young LLP or Deloitte & Touche LLP prepared in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles on a consolidated
and consolidating basis (consolidating statements need not be
certified by such accountants) for itself and its Subsidiaries,
including balance sheets as of the end of such period and related
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash
flows, and accompanied by any management letter prepared by said
accountants (when available)."
2.10. Section
6.6 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Insurance" is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
"6.6. Insurance . The Borrower will, and
will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as is reasonably consistent with sound business
practice, except to the extent that wind and flood insurance
coverage is not available on commercially reasonable terms, and the
Borrower will furnish to the Agent and any Lender upon request full
information as to the insurance carried."
2.11. Section
6.10 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Ownership of Subsidiaries"
is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"6.10. Ownership of Subsidiaries . The
Borrower will continue to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially
and of record, free and clear of all Liens and restrictions, at
least 75% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of RJA
and RJFS."
2.12. Subsection (h) of Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement entitled
"Indebtedness" is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"(h) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary for borrowed
money from the Borrower which is not subordinated by its terms to
other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, except for Indebtedness not
exceeding CDN. $155,000,000 of Raymond James Ltd./Raymond James
Ltée. (Canadian Subsidiary) for borrowed money from the
Borrower (or an Affiliate of the Borrower) which is subordinated by
its terms to other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary;"
2.13. Subsection (i) of Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement entitled
"Indebtedness" is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"(i) Additional mortgage Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding $50,000,000, the proceeds
of which are used for the expansion of the Borrower’s
corporate headquarters;"
2.14. Section
6.11 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Indebtedness" is hereby
further amended by deleting existing subsection (k), deleting the
word "and" at the end of subsection (j), and inserting the
following new subsections (k) and (l) to read as
follows:
"(k) Indebtedness related to investments in real
estate partnerships owed by variable interest entities of the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the value
of associated assets reflected on the Borrower's balance sheet;
and
(l) Unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise
permitted by this Section 6.11 in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000."
2.15. Clause
(a) of Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement entitled "Merger" is
hereby amended in its entirety to read
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