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SIXTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT, TRANCHE B LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT, 

TRANCHE B LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: BACK BAY CAPITAL FUNDING LLC | Fleet Retail Finance Inc)(party-alias), GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC | FLEET RETAIL GROUP INC | FLORIDA, INC | GMAC Business Credit, LLC | JBM RETAIL COMPANY, INC | JBM VENTURE CO, INC | MAYOR'S JEWELERS, INC | PROPERTY HOLDING COMPANY You are currently viewing:
This Revolving Credit Agreement involves

BACK BAY CAPITAL FUNDING LLC | Fleet Retail Finance Inc)(party-alias), GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC | FLEET RETAIL GROUP INC | FLORIDA, INC | GMAC Business Credit, LLC | JBM RETAIL COMPANY, INC | JBM VENTURE CO, INC | MAYOR'S JEWELERS, INC | PROPERTY HOLDING COMPANY

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Title: SIXTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT, TRANCHE B LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 5/5/2005

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT, 

TRANCHE B LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: back bay capital funding llc , fleet retail finance inc)(party-alias)  gmac commercial finance llc , fleet retail group inc , florida  inc , gmac business credit  llc , jbm retail company  inc , jbm venture co  inc , mayor's jewelers  inc , property holding company
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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 ”).

 

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:

 

Level


  

Availability


   Applicable
Margin for
Base Rate
Loans


    Applicable
Margin for
Eurodollar
Rate Loans


 

I

   Greater than $15,000,000    0.50 %   2.00 %

II

  

Greater than $10,000,000 and less

than or equal to $15,000,000

   0.75 %   2.25 %

III

   Less than or equal to $10,000,000    1.00 %   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:

 

  (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;

 

  (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;

 

  (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

 

  (E) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.”

 

  (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:

 

  (a) 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.”

 

  (b) 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.”

 

  (c) by deleting Section 2.9 in its entirety and substituting the following new Section 2.9 in proper numerical order in lieu thereof:

 

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 r


 
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