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Exhibit
10.1
Execution
Version
AMENDMENT NO.
1
to that certain
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of May 2,
2006
This AMENDMENT NO. 1
(the “ Amendment ”), dated as of April 28,
2008, is by and among THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC. , a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the
LENDERS which from time to time are parties to this
Amendment (individually, a “ Lender ” and,
collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. , a national banking association organized under
the laws of the United States of America, as administrative agent
for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Agent
”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower,
the Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2006 (as amended,
the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which the
Lenders, upon certain terms and conditions, have made loans to the
Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower
has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended to allow
(i) the Borrower to make business-related loans to third
parties up to an aggregate amount of $5,000,000, and (ii) the
Borrower to make borrowings under the Credit Agreement of Adjusted
Libor Loans with an aggregate number of up to fifteen
(15) Interest Periods;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
§1. Defined
Terms . Capitalized terms that are used herein without
definition and that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have
the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement.
§2. Amendment of
Credit Agreement . The Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
| 2.1. |
Clause (b)(iv) of the definition of “Interest
Periods” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following: |
“(iv) no more than
fifteen (15) Interest Periods may exist at any one time;
and”
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Section 7.06 shall be amended by (A) inserting, as a
new subclause (h), the following: |
“(h) working capital
loans to third parties accruing interest at market rates or
advances to third parties, each such loan or advance to be
negotiated at arms length and approved by the Company’s board
of directors, in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate, including interest, if any, accrued thereon, at any time
outstanding;”
and (B) relettering the
final subclause of Section 7.06 from “(h)” to
“(i)”.
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Section 7.15 shall be amended by deleting subclause
(a) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the
following: |
“(a) dividends paid by
a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary that is 100%
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, provided that any
dividend paid by a Guarantor shall only be paid directly to the
Company or to another Guarantor.”
§3.
Representations and Warranties . The Borrower represents
and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that (a) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors
contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, (i) were
true and correct in all material respects when made, and
(ii) continue to be true and correct in all material respects
on the date hereof, except to the extent of changes resulting from
transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement and
to the extent such representations and warranties by their terms
are made solely as of a prior date and (b) no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.
§4. Conditions to
Effectiveness . This Amendment shall be effective as of the
date hereof, upon receipt by the Agent of original or facsimile
counterpart signatures to this Amendment, duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Required
Lenders.
§5. Miscellaneous
Provisions .
(a) Except as otherwise
expressly provided by this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall remain the same. It is
declared and agreed by each of the parties hereto that the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, shall continue in full force and
effect, and that this Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be
read and construed as one instrument. This Amendment shall be
deemed one of the “Loan Documents” under the Credit
Agreement.
(b) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF
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