SECOND AMENDMENT TO
MULTI-CURRENCY
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND
AMENDMENT TO MULTI-CURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of the
10 th
day of March, 2006, by and among
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE JAPAN KK, a company incorporated in Japan under
registered number 0104-01-050821 and whose registered office is at
Fukuda Building West 2F, 11-3, Akasaka 2 - chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(the “Borrower”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
LONDON BRANCH (referred to herein as the “Bank”) and
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, INC., OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
and OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (collectively referred
to herein as the “Guarantors”).
R E C I T A L S
:
The Borrower
and the Bank have entered into that certain Multi-Currency
Revolving Credit Facility dated as of October 24, 2003, as amended
by that certain First Amendment to Multi-Currency Revolving Credit
Facility and Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 27, 2004 (the
“Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this
Amendment which are not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
The Guarantors
have executed and delivered that certain Guaranty Agreement dated
October 24, 2003 as amended by that certain First Amendment to
Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility and Guaranty Agreement
dated as of April 27, 2004 (the “Guaranty Agreement”)
for the benefit of the Bank.
The Borrower
and Guarantors have requested the Bank to amend the Credit
Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement to modify certain provisions
of the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement as more fully
set forth herein. The Bank, the Guarantors and the Borrower desire
to amend the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the Recitals and the mutual promises contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Bank, intending to be legally bound hereby,
agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Recitals . The Recitals are incorporated herein by reference
and shall be deemed to be a part of this Amendment.
SECTION 2.
Amendment to Credit Agreement . The Credit Agreement is
hereby amended as set forth in this Section 2.
SECTION 2.01. Amendments to Section 1.1 .
(a) The definitions of “Outback Credit
Agreement” and “Repayment Date” as set forth in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are amended and restated to
read in their entirety as follows:
“ Outback Credit Agreement ”
means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
March 10, 2006, by and among Outback Steakhouse, Inc., the Banks
party thereto, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent,
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Sole Arranger, SunTrust Bank, as
Syndication Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, as in effect on
the date hereof without regard and without giving effect to any
waivers given by the Banks (as defined in the Outback Credit
Agreement) after the date hereof or amendments agreed to by Outback
Steakhouse, Inc. and the Banks (as defined in the Outback Credit
Agreement) after the date hereof. Any definitions, terms,
covenants, representations or other provisions of the Outback
Credit Agreement that are incorporated herein will continue to be
effective for purposes of this Agreement and the other Finance
Documents, notwithstanding that the indebtedness under the Outback
Credit Agreement has been or hereafter may be partially or fully
repaid or the fact that the Outback Credit Agreement otherwise
might be terminated.
“ Repayment Date ” means, in
relation to an Advance, the last day of the Interest Period
relating thereto for which such Advance was made and the
“Final Repayment Date” shall mean 30
th June 2011.
(b) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“Second Amendment Closing Date”
means March 10, 2006.
SECTION 2.02. Amendment to Section 6.1(c)
. Section 6.1(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:
(c) “Applicable Margin” shall be
determined quarterly based upon the ratio of Consolidated Total
Debt (calculated as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter) to
EBITDAR (calculated as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for
the Fiscal Quarter then ended and the immediately preceding three
Fiscal Quarters), as follows:
Total Debt to EBITDAR
Applicable Margin
equal to or less than 2.5
0.55%
Less than or equal to 2.0
0.45%
The Applicable Margin shall be determined
effective as of the date (herein, the “Rate Determination
Date”) which is 60 days after the last day of the Fiscal
Quarter as of the end of which the foregoing ratio is being
determined, based on the quarterly financial statements for such
Fiscal Quarter, and the Applicable Margin so determined shall
remain effective from such Rate Determination Date until the date
which is 60 days after the last day of the Fiscal Quarter in which
such Rate Determination Date falls (which latter date shall be a
new Rate Determination Date); provided that (i) for the period from
and including the Second Amendment Closing Date to but excluding
the Rate Determination Date next following the Second Amendment
Closing Date, the Applicable Margin shall be 0.45%, (ii) in the
case of any Applicable Margin determined for the fourth and final
Fiscal Quarter of a Fiscal Year, the Rate Determination Date shall
be the date which is 120 days after the last day of such final
Fiscal Quarter and such Applicable Margin shall be determined based
upon the annual audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year
ended on the last day of such final Fiscal Quarter, and (iii) if on
any Rate Determination Date Outback Steakhouse, Inc. shall have
failed to deliver to the Bank the financial statements required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 9(a)(1) or Section 9(a)(2) of the
Guarantee with respect to the Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter, as the
case may be, most recently ended prior to such Rate Determination
Date, then for the period beginning on such Rate Determination Date
and ending on the earlier of (A) the date on which Outback
Steakhouse, Inc. shall deliver to the Bank the financial statements
to be delivered pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Guarantee with
respect to such Fiscal Quarter or any subsequent Fiscal Quarter, or
(B) the date on which Outback Steakhouse, Inc. shall deliver to the
Bank annual financial statements required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 9(a)(1) of the Guarantee with respect to the Fiscal Year
which includes such Fiscal Quarter or any subsequent Fiscal Year,
the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the ratio of
Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDAR was more than 2.5 at all times
during such period. Any change in the Applicable Margin on any Rate
Determination Date shall result in a corresponding change,
effective on and as of such Rate Determination Date, in the
interest rate applicable to each Advance outstanding on such Rate
Determination Date; provided, that no Applicable Margin shall be
decreased pursuant to this Clause 6.1(c) if an Event of Default is
in existence on the Rate Determination Date.
SECTION 2.03. Amendment to Section 13.2 .
Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
to read in its entirety as follows:
13.2 The Borrower shall pay to the Bank a facility
fee equal to the product of: (i) the aggregate of the daily average
amounts of the Bank’s
Commitment,
times (ii) a per annum percentage equal to the Applicable Facility
Fee Rate. Such facility fee shall accrue from and including the
Closing Date to and including the Final Repayment Date. The
facility fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first
Facility Fee Payment Date following each Facility Fee Determination
Date and on the Final Repayment Date;