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Exhibit
10.1
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
REVOLVING CREDIT,
TRANCHE B LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
REVOLVING CREDIT, TRANCHE B LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT , dated
as of May 3, 2005 (this “ Amendment ”), by and
among MAYOR’S JEWELERS, INC ., a Delaware corporation,
MAYOR’S JEWELERS OF FLORIDA, INC ., a Florida
corporation, and each of the other Domestic Subsidiaries parties
thereto (collectively, the “ Borrowers ”),
FLEET RETAIL GROUP INC. (f/k/a Fleet Retail Finance
Inc.)(“ FRGI ”), GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE
LLC (successor in interest to GMAC Business Credit, LLC)
(“ GMACCF ”), as syndication agent (the “
Syndication Agent ”), BACK BAY CAPITAL
FUNDING LLC (the “ Tranche B Lender
” and collectively with FRGI and GMACCF, the “
Lenders ”), and FLEET RETAIL GROUP INC . (f/k/a
Fleet Retail Finance Inc.), as administrative agent for itself and
the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent
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WHEREAS , the
Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent are parties to
a Revolving Credit, Tranche B Loan and Security Agreement, dated as
of August 20, 2002 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which
the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrowers on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the
Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent have agreed,
on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to amend certain
provisions of the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS , capitalized
terms which are used herein without definition and which are
defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein
as in the Credit Agreement.
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 hereto hereby agree as
follows:
§1. Amendments to
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement . Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the
definitions of Applicable Margin, Business Day, Drawdown Date,
Interest Payment Date and Interest Period in their entirety and
substituting the following new definitions in proper alphabetical
order in lieu thereof:
“ Applicable
Margin . The Applicable Margin for each calendar quarter shall
be the applicable margin set forth below with respect to the
average daily level of Availability during the previous calendar
quarter:
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Level
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Availability
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Applicable
Margin for
Base Rate
Loans
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Applicable
Margin for
Eurodollar
Rate Loans
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I
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Greater than $15,000,000 |
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0.50 |
% |
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2.00 |
% |
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II
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Greater than $10,000,000 and less
than or equal to
$15,000,000
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0.75 |
% |
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2.25 |
% |
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III
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Less than or equal to $10,000,000 |
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1.00 |
% |
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2.50 |
% |
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Business Day . Any day
on which banking institutions in Boston, Massachusetts and New
York, New York, are open for the transaction of banking business
and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, also a day which is a
Eurodollar Business Day.
Drawdown Date . The
date on which any Revolving Credit Loan or Tranche B Loan is made
or is to be made, and the date on which any Revolving Credit Loan
is converted or continued in accordance with §2.16.
Interest Payment Date
. (a) As to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of the calendar month
with respect to interest accrued during such calendar month,
including, without limitation, the calendar month which includes
the Drawdown Date of such Base Rate Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar
Rate Loan, the last day of any Interest Period, and (c) following
the occurrence of any Event of Default, with such frequency as may
be determined by the Administrative Agent.
Interest Period . With
respect to each Revolving Credit Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the Drawdown Date of such Loan and ending on the last
day of one of the periods set forth below, as selected by the
Borrowers’ Representative in a Loan Request or as otherwise
required by the terms of this Agreement: (i) for any Base Rate
Loan, the last day of the calendar month; and (ii) for any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, 1, 2 or 3 months; and (b) thereafter, each
period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest
Period applicable to such Revolving Credit Loan and ending on the
last day of one of the periods set forth above, as selected by the
Borrowers’ Representative in a Conversion Request or as
otherwise provided in this Agreement; provided that all of
the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject
to the following:
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(A) |
if any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan
would otherwise end on a day that is not a Eurodollar Business Day,
that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Eurodollar Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Eurodollar Business Day; |
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(B) |
if any Interest Period with respect to a Base Rate Loan would
end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall
end on the next succeeding Business Day; |
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(C) |
if the Borrowers’ Representative shall fail to give
notice as provided in §2.16, the Borrowers shall be deemed to
have requested a conversion of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loan to
a Base Rate Loan and the continuance of all Base Rate Loans as Base
Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto; |
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(D) |
any Interest Period relating to any Eurodollar Rate Loan that
begins on the last Eurodollar Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
last Eurodollar Business Day of a calendar month; and |
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(E) |
any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the
Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.” |
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(b) |
by inserting the following new definitions in proper
alphabetical order therein: |
“ Base Rate
Loans . Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by
reference to the Base Rate.
Conversion Request . A
notice given by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent of the
Borrower’s election to convert or continue a Loan in
accordance with §2.16.
Domestic Lending
Office . Initially, the office of each Revolving Credit Lender
designated as such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter,
such other office of such Revolving Credit Lender, if any, located
within the United States that will be making or maintaining Base
Rate Loans.
Eurocurrency Reserve
Rate . For any day with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which any bank subject
thereto would be required to maintain reserves under Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor or similar regulations relating to such reserve
requirements) against “ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” (as that term is used in Regulation D),
if such liabilities were outstanding. The Eurocurrency Reserve Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of
any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate.
Eurodollar Business
Day . Any day on which commercial banks are open for
international business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in
London or such other eurodollar interbank market as may be selected
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion acting in good
faith.
Eurodollar Lending
Office . Initially, the office of each Revolving Credit Lender
designated as such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter,
such other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making or
maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Eurodollar Rate . For
any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or
other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA
LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar
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deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest
Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the
approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Fleet National Bank and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Fleet
National Bank’s London Branch to major banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period.
Eurodollar Rate Loans
. Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference
to the Eurodollar Rate.
Type . As to any
Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.”
§2. Amendments to
Section 2 of the Credit Agreement . Section 2 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
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by deleting Section 2.6 in its entirety and substituting the
following new Section 2.6 in proper numerical order in lieu
thereof: |
“ 2.6. Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans . The Borrowers shall
have the right, at their election, to repay the outstanding amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time
without penalty or premium. Except for repayments of the Revolving
Credit Loans as contemplated by §2.13, the Borrowers’
Representative shall give the Administrative Agent, no later than
12:00 noon, Boston time, at least one (1) Business Day prior
written notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this
§2.6 of Base Rate Loans, and three (3) Eurodollar Business
Days notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this §2.6
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case, specifying the proposed
date of prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans and the principal
amount to be prepaid. Each such partial prepayment of the Revolving
Credit Loans shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, shall be
accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal
prepaid to the date of prepayment and shall be applied, in the
absence of instruction by the Borrowers’ Representative,
first to the principal of Base Rate Loans and then to the principal
of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each partial prepayment shall be
allocated among the Lenders, in proportion, as nearly as
practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amount of each
Lender’s Revolving Credit Note, with adjustments to the
extent practicable to equalize any prior repayments not exactly in
proportion.”
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by deleting Section 2.8 in its entirety and substituting the
following new Section 2.8 in proper numerical order in lieu
thereof: |
“2.8. Interest on
Revolving Credit Loans .
2.8.1. Accrual of
Interest . Except as otherwise provided in
§5.7,
(a) Each Revolving Credit
Loan which is a Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period
commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last
day of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin with
respect to Base Rate Loans as in effect from time to
time.
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(b) Each Revolving Credit
Loan which is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest for the
period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the
last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate
per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest
Period plus the Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar
Rate Loans as in effect from time to time.
The Borrowers jointly and
severally promise to pay interest on each Revolving Credit Loan in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect
thereto.
2.8.2. Automatic Debit
of Interest . The Administrative Agent, without the request
of the Borrowers, may make Revolving Credit Loans to pay any
interest, fee, service charge, or other payment to which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is entitled from the Borrowers
pursuant hereto and may charge the same to the Loan Account
notwithstanding that an OverLoan may result thereby. Such action on
the part of the Administrative Agent shall not constitute a waiver
of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’
obligations under §13. Any amount which is added to the
principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this
§2.8.2 shall bear interest at the interest rate then and
thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.”
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by deleting Section 2.9 in its entirety and substituting the
following new Section 2.9 in proper numerical order in lieu
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“ 2.9. Request
for Revolving Credit Loans .
2.9.1. General . The
Borrowers’ Representative shall give to the Administrative
Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit C hereto
(or telephonic notice confirmed in a writing in the form of
Exhibit C hereto) of each Revolving Credit Loan
requested hereunder (a “ Loan Request ”)
no later than (a) 12:00 noon on the Business Day of the proposed
Drawdown Date of any Base Rate Loan and (b) 1:00 p.m. three (3)
Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan. Each such notice shall specify (i) the
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan requested, (ii) the
proposed Drawdown Date of such Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) the
Type of Loan requested, and (iv) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan is
requested, the Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Loan.
Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, but in any event no later
than 2:00 PM on the proposed Drawdown Date, the Administrative
Agent shall notify each of the Revolving Credit Lenders thereof.
Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrowers
and shall obligate the Borrowers to accept the Revolving Credit
Loan requested from the Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. Each
Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000
or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
2.9.2. Swing Line .
Notwithstanding the notice and minimum amount requirements set
forth in §2.9.1 but otherwise in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (except with respect to Protective
OverAdvances), the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion
and without conferring with the Lenders, make Revolving Credit
Loans to the Borrowers (a) by entry of credits to the
Borrowers’ operating account or such other account (the
“ Operating
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Account ”) with
the Administrative Agent to cover checks or other charges which the
Borrowers have drawn or made against such account, (b) in an amount
as otherwise requested by the Borrowers or (c) as Protective
OverAdvances. The Borrowers hereby request and authorize the
Administrative Agent to make from time to time such Revolving
Credit Loans by means of appropriate entries of such credits
sufficient to cover checks and other charges then presented for
payment from the Operating Account or as otherwise so requested.
The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the making of such
Revolving Credit Loans shall, in each case, be subject in all
respects to the provisions of this Agreement as if they were
Revolving Credit Loans covered by a Loan Request including, without
limitation, the limitations set forth in §2.1 and the
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