Fifth
Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement
This Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Agreement (herein, the
“Amendment” ) is entered into as of
January 28, 2009, by and among World Acceptance Corporation, a
South Carolina corporation (the “Borrower” ),
the Banks party hereto, Bank of Montreal, as Agent for the Banks
(the “Agent” ).
Preliminary
Statements
A. The Borrower, the Banks, JPMorgan
Chase Bank as Co-Agent, and the Agent are parties to a certain
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 20, 2005, as amended (the “Credit
Agreement” ). All capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as
such terms have in the Credit Agreement.
B. The Borrower and the Banks have
agreed to amend the Credit Agreement under the terms and conditions
set forth in this Amendment.
Now, Therefore
, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 2 below, subsection (b)(y)
of Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement (Subordinated Debt)
shall be amended and restated to read as follows:
(y) with
prior written notice to the Agent and the Banks ( which
notice may be given the same day as the anticipated consummation of
the transaction addressed in the notice) , the Borrower may voluntarily prepay, redeem,
or repurchase all or any part of outstanding Subordinated Debt if
at the time of any such payment and after giving effect thereto no
Default or Event of Default exists, which notice shall be
accompanied by a duly executed officer’s certificate (in form
and substance acceptable to the Agent) certifying the amount of the
Subordinated Debt to be voluntarily prepaid, redeemed, or
repurchased, the payment or purchase price thereof, and that at the
time of any such payment and after giving effect thereto no Default
or Event of Default exists.
Section 2.
Conditions Precedent.
The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject
to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions
precedent:
2.1. The Borrower and the Required
Banks shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.
2.2. The Restricted Subsidiaries
parties to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement shall have executed
and delivered to the Agent their consent to this Amendment in the
form set forth below.
2.3. Legal matters incident to the
execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be satisfactory to
the Agent and its counsel.
Section 3.
Representations.
In order to induce the Banks to execute and
deliver this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents to the
Agent, the Security Trustee, and the Banks that as of the date
hereof, after giving effect to the amendments set forth in
Section 1 above, (a) the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other
Loan Documents are and shall be and remain true and correct (except
that the representations contained in Section 6.6 shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements of the
Borrower delivered to the Agent) and (b) the Borrower and the
Guarantors are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and no Default or
Event of Default exists or shall result after giving effect to this
Amendment.
Section 4.
Miscellaneous.
4.1. Except as specifically amended
herein, the Cr