EXHIBIT
4.5
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT , dated as of March 11, 2005 (this " Amendment
"), is by and among (a) Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation
(the " Company "), and Hasbro SA, a corporation organized
under the laws of Switzerland and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company (" Hasbro SA "), (b) the Banks party to the Credit
Agreement referred to below (the " Banks "), (c) Bank of
America, N.A. (as successor in interest to Fleet National Bank in
its capacity as agent), as agent for the Banks (in such capacity,
the " Agent ") and (d) Fleet National Bank, as Former Agent
(as defined below). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below
shall have the same respective meanings herein as
therein.
WHEREAS
,
the Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks and the Agent are party to that
certain Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 14, 2003 (as amended and in effect from time
to time, the " Credit Agreement "), by and among the
Company, Hasbro SA, the Banks and the Agent; and
WHEREAS
,
the Company, the Banks and the Agent have agreed to, inter
alia , modify certain terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement as specifically set forth in this Amendment;
NOW,
THEREFORE ,
in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
§1.
Amendments
to the Credit Agreement .
(a)
Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating the
following definitions set forth in such §1.1 in their entirety
as set forth below:
"
Agent . Bank of America, N.A., acting as agent for the
Banks, and each other Person appointed as the successor Agent in
accordance with §16.11."
"
Arranger . Banc of America Securities LLC."
"
Guaranty . The Third Amended and Restated Guaranty,
dated as of the Effective Date, as the same may be amended and in
effect from time to time, made by each Restricted Subsidiary in
favor of the Banks and the Agent pursuant to which each Restricted
Subsidiary guarantees to the Banks and the Agent the payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent."
“
Loan Documents . Collectively, this Agreement, the
Notes, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Letters of Credit,
the Guaranty, the Subordination Agreements, the Agent’s Fee
Letter and the Fee Letter.”
“
Material Adverse Effect . With respect to any event or
occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination
in any litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or
proceeding):
(a)
a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition,
assets, operations or results of operations of the Hasbro
Companies, taken as a whole;
(b)
a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Company individually
or the Hasbro Companies taken as a whole, to perform its or their
respective Obligations (as the case may be) under the Loan
Documents; or
(c)
any
material impairment of (i) the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, or (ii) the rights, remedies or benefits available to
the Agent or any Bank under the Loan Documents.
"
Pricing Grid . As set forth in the table
below:
|
Level
|
Rating (At
Least Two of Fitch, Moody's or Standard &
Poor’s)
|
Margin for
Base Rate Loans
|
Margin for
Eurocurrency Rate Loans
|
Commitment
Fee Rate
|
|
I
|
BB-/Ba3/BB- or
lower
|
0.75%
|
2.00%
|
0.40%
|
|
II
|
BB/Ba2/BB
|
0.45%
|
1.70%
|
0.30%
|
|
III
|
BB+/Ba1/BB+
|
0.20%
|
1.45%
|
0.25%
|
|
IV
|
BBB-/Baa3/BBB-
|
0.00%
|
1.20%
|
0.20%
|
|
V
|
BBB/Baa2/BBB
|
0.00%
|
0.95%
|
0.15%
|
|
VI
|
BBB+/Baa1/BBB+
or higher
|
0.00%
|
0.725%
|
0.125%
|
For
purposes of the foregoing table:
(i)
if
the rating system of any Rating Agency shall change, or if any
Rating Agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate
debt obligations, the Company and the Agent shall negotiate in good
faith to amend the foregoing table (which amendment shall require
the consent of the Majority Banks) to reflect such changed rating
system or the unavailability of ratings from such Rating Agency
and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Margin
and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to,
and shall be based on, the higher of, each Rating of each Rating
Agency to which neither this clause (i) nor clause (iii) below then
applies;
(ii)
if
the Ratings established by the Rating Agencies shall fall within
different Levels, the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be
based on the lower of the two highest Ratings;
(iii)
if
any Rating Agency shall not have a Rating in effect (other than by
reason of the circumstances referred to in clause (i) above), then
the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by
reference to, and shall be based on, the higher of, each Rating of
each Rating Agency to which neither clause (i) above nor this
clause (iii) then applies; and
(iv)
if
any Rating Agency shall change its Rating (other than by reason of
the circumstances referred to in clause (i) above), such change
shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by
such Rating Agency.
Each
change in the Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate shall apply during
the period commencing on the effective date of such change and
ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the
next such change."
"
Swing Line Bank . Bank of America,
N.A."
(b)
Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the
following new definitions to such §1.1 in appropriate
alphabetical order:
"
Capitalization . As at any date of determination, the
sum of Consolidated Debt with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries and Shareholders’ Equity."
“
Consolidated Debt . As at any date of
determination, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
the aggregate amount, without duplication, of Indebtedness of the
types referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of the
definition of Indebtedness.”
"
First Amendment . The First Amendment to Third Amended
and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11,
2005, by and among the Company, the Banks and the
Agent."
"
Guaranteed Obligations . Collectively, (a) the
Obligations, (b) other Indebtedness of the Company consisting of
guaranties of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries owing to any
Bank or Bank Affiliate, and (c) obligations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries to the Banks or any Bank Affiliate and the Agent
(individually or collectively) arising under Interest Hedging
Agreements and Hedging Agreements."
"
Shareholders ’ Equity . As at any date of
determination, shareholders’ equity of the Company as of that
date determined in accordance with GAAP."
(c)
Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting in their
entirety the following definitions: “Collateral”,
“Company Security Agreement”, Copyright
Memorandum”, “Patent Agreement”, “Secured
Obligations”, “Security Documents”,
“Subsidiary Security Agreement”, and “Trademark
Agreement”.
(d)
Section
2.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating the
final sentence set forth in such §2.3 in its entirety as set
forth below:
"In
addition, the Total Commitment shall be reduced in accordance with
§2.11."
(d)
Section
6.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating
§6.2 in its entirety as follows:
"
6.2.
RESERVED
.
"
(e)
Section
6.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating
§6.3 in its entirety as follows:
"
6.3.
Guaranties
of Restricted Subsidiaries .
The
Guaranteed Obligations shall be guaranteed pursuant to the terms of
the Guaranty."
(f)
Sections
8.2 and 8.4 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to delete
the references therein to “filings in connection with the
Security Documents”.
(g)
Sections
9.6.3 and 9.6.4 are hereby restated in their entirety as
follows:
“
9.6.3.
RESERVED
.”
“
9.6.4.
RESERVED
.”
(h)
Section
9.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
following phrase: “and otherwise in accordance with the terms
of the Security Documents (if any) to which such Person becomes and
remains a party pursuant to §6.2 hereof”.
(i)
Section
9.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
therefrom the following phrase: “and if and to the extent
required under §6.2, the Subsidiary Security Agreement,
together with such other documents, certificates and instruments
(including Perfection Certificates and UCC financing statements)
required to be delivered pursuant to such Security Documents and
otherwise as may be reasonably requested by the Agent in accordance
with § 6.2”.
(j)
Section
10.2(viii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
therefrom the word “Secured”.
(k)
Section
10.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word
“and” at the end of clause (t), replacing the period at
the end of clause (u) with “; and” and inserting the
following new clause (v):
“(v)
Auction
Rate Securities offering taxable and tax exempt dividends
or
interest,
whose rate is reset periodically through a Dutch auction process
and which are rated at least “AA” by Standard &
Poors, “Aa” by Moody’s or “AA” by
Fitch.”
(l)
Section
10.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
provisions (A) and (B) of subsection (c) of §10.4 in their
entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof, following the text ",
after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase," the
text:
"the
pro forma ratio of Consolidated Debt on the last day of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to such
redemption or repurchase to Capitalization on the last day of the
most recently ended fiscal quarter ending
immediately prior to such redemption or repurchase shall not exceed
0.30 : 1.00 (after giving pro forma effect to such redemption or
repurchase as if it occurred immediately prior to such
date);"
(h)
Section
10.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting
provisions (A) and (B) of subsection (f) of §10.4