Exhibit
10.7
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
as of
July 15, 2009
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Agent
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Wachovia Bank,
National Association, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Loan
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for and on behalf of the
parties thereto as lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”)
and the parties to the Loan Agreement as lenders (individually,
each a “Lender” and, collectively,
“Lenders”) and American Biltrite Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ABI”), Ideal Tape Co., Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Ideal Tape”), K&M Associates L.P., a
Rhode Island limited partnership (“K&M”; together
with ABI and Ideal Tape, the “US Borrowers”), American
Biltrite (Canada) Ltd., a Canadian corporation (“Canadian
Borrower”; together with US Borrowers, the
“Borrowers”), 425 Dexter Associates, L.P., a Rhode
Island limited partnership (“Dexter”), Ocean State
Jewelry, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (“Ocean
State”), Majestic Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Majestic”), American Biltrite Far East, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Far East”; together with Dexter,
Ocean State and Majestic, the “US Guarantors”) have
entered into certain financing arrangements pursuant to which Agent
and Lenders may make loans and advances and provide other financial
accommodations to Borrowers as set forth in the Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009, by and among Agent, Lenders,
Borrowers and Guarantors (as amended, the “Loan
Agreement”) and the agreements, documents and instruments at
any time executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or
related thereto (all of the foregoing together with this Amendment
No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement (“Amendment”), as
the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, being
collectively referred to herein as the “Financing
Agreements”).
Borrowers have
requested that Agent and Lenders agree to amend the Loan Agreement
as set forth herein, and Agent and Lenders have agreed to
accommodate Borrowers’ request. The parties hereto
wish to enter into this Amendment to evidence and effectuate such
amendments and certain other agreements relating thereto, in each
case subject to the terms and conditions and to the extent set
forth herein.
All capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Loan
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, unless otherwise
defined herein.
In consideration of
the premises and covenants set forth herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Amendments to Loan Agreement .
(a)
Letters of Credit . Effective as of June 30,
2009, the definition of “Letters of Credit” set forth
in Section 1.112 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:
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