Exhibit 10.3
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOURTEEN TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER
This AMENDMENT NUMBER FOURTEEN TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER (this “ Amendment
”) is entered into as of August 5, 2008, by the lenders
identified on the signature pages hereof (the “
Lenders ”), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. , a
California corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and
assigns, if any, in such capacity, “ Agent ”;
and together with the Lenders, the “ Lender Group
”), BUCA, INC ., a Minnesota corporation (“
Parent ”), and each of Parent’s Subsidiaries
identified on the signature pages hereof (such Subsidiaries,
together with Parent, are referred to hereinafter each individually
as a “ Borrower ”, and individually and
collectively, jointly and severally, as the “
Borrowers ”), with reference to the
following:
WHEREAS , Borrowers and the Lender Group are parties to
that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2004,
as amended by that certain Amendment Number One to Credit Agreement
and Waiver dated as of April 15, 2005, as further amended by
that certain Amendment Number Two to Credit Agreement and Consent
dated as of September 9, 2005, as further amended by that
certain Amendment Number Three to Credit Agreement dated as of
November 4, 2005, as further amended by that certain Amendment
Number Four to Credit Agreement dated as of November 30, 2005,
as further amended by that certain Amendment Number Five to Credit
Agreement dated as of March 22, 2006, as further amended by
that certain Amendment Number Six to Credit Agreement dated as of
August 11, 2006, as further amended by that certain Amendment
Number Seven to Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 2006,
as further amended by that certain Amendment Number Eight to Credit
Agreement dated as of March 8, 2007, as further amended by
that certain Amendment Number 9 dated March 22, 2007, as
further amended by that certain Amendment Number Ten to Credit
Agreement and Waiver dated as of August 6, 2007, as further
amended by that certain Amendment Number Eleven to Credit Agreement
and Waiver dated as of November 2, 2007, as further amended by
that certain Amendment Number Twelve to Credit Agreement and Waiver
dated as of March 10, 2008, and as further amended by that
certain Amendment Number Thirteen to Credit Agreement and Waiver
dated as of May 13, 2008 (as may be further amended, restated,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS , Events of Default have occurred and are
continuing under the Credit Agreement due to the failure of the
Borrowers to achieve (i) EBITDA of at least $5,610,000 for the
twelve month period ending June 29, 2008 as required by
Section 6.16(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) a
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 0.58 to 1.00 for the twelve
month period ending June 29, 2008 as required by
Section 6.16(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement (collectively, the
“ Specified Events of Default ”);
WHEREAS Borrowers have requested that the Lender Group
waive the Specified Events of Default and agree to certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement, as set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS , upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Lender Group is willing to waive the Specified Events
of Default and amend the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing
and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby.
2. Amendments to Credit
Agreement.
(a) Amendment to Section 2.1
of the Credit Agreement . Section 2.1 of the Credit
Agreement, Revolver Advances , is hereby modified and
amended by amending and restating such section in its entirety as
follows:
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“ 2.1 Revolver
Advances .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, from the Closing Date until the
Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, each Lender with a Revolver
Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally)
to make advances (“ Advances ”) to Borrowers in
an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser
of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount less the Letter
of Credit Usage, or (ii) the Borrowing Base less the
Letter of Credit Usage. On and after the Fourteenth Amendment
Effective Date, except for funding its Pro Rata Share of any
Advance deemed made pursuant to Sections 2.3(d) or
2.12(a) , no Lender shall have any obligation to make any
Advances.
(b) Each Borrower hereby
acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of the Fourteenth
Amendment Effective Date, (i) each Borrower is jointly and
severally indebted to the Lender Group for Advances in the
principal amount of $3,850,455, (ii) the Letter of Credit
Usage is $5,205,000 and (iii) the Revolver Usage is
$9,055,455. Subject to Sections 2.4(d) and 2.12(g)
hereof, the Borrowers shall repay the Revolver Usage in the
following amounts on the following dates:
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Installment
Amount
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November 1, 2008
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$
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647,000
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December 1, 2008
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$
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647,000
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January 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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February 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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March 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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April 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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May 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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June 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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July 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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August 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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September 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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October 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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November 1, 2009
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$
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647,000
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November 15, 2009
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$
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644,455
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The outstanding principal amount of
the Advances, together with interest accrued thereon, shall be due
and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on
which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement.
(c) Amounts repaid may not be
reborrowed.
(d) Each payment (or cash
collateralization) pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall
permanently reduce the Maximum Revolver Amount by a corresponding
amount.”
(b) Amendment to
Section 2.4(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 2.4(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified
and amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and by
substituting the following in lieu thereof:
“(i) Optional .
Borrower may prepay the principal of any Advance at any time in
whole or in part.”
(c) Amendment to
Section 2.4(d) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 2.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, Application of
Mandatory Prepayments , is hereby modified and amended by
amending and restating such Section as follows:
“(d) Application of
Prepayments . Each prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.4(c) above shall be applied, first ,
to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances (with a
corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount),
until paid in full, and second , to cash collateralize
the
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Letters of Credit in an amount equal
to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage (with a
corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount).
Each such prepayment of the Advances or cash collateralization of
the Letters of Credit shall be applied against the remaining
installments due pursuant to Section 2.1(b) in the order of
maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and
payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an
installment).”
(d) Amendment to
Section 2.6(d) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 2.6(d) of the Credit Agreement, Payment , is
hereby modified and amended by amending and restating such Section
as follows:
“(d) Payment. Except as
provided to the contrary in the Fee Letter, interest, Letter of
Credit Fees, and all other fees payable hereunder shall be due and
payable in cash, in arrears, on the first day of each month at any
time that Obligations or Commitments are outstanding. Borrowers
hereby authorize Agent, from time to time, without prior notice to
Borrowers, to charge all interest and fees (when due and payable),
all Lender Group Expenses (as and when incurred), all charges,
commissions, fees, and costs provided for in
Section 2.12(e) (as and when accrued or incurred), all
fees and costs provided for in the Fee Letter (when due and payable
or as and when incurred, as the case may be), and all other
payments as and when due and payable under any Loan Document
(including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product
Providers in respect of Bank Products up to the amount of the Bank
Product Reserve) to Borrowers’ Loan Account, which amounts
thereafter shall constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue
interest at the rate then applicable to Advances hereunder that are
Base Rate Loans. Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded
by being charged to Borrowers’ Loan Account and shall
thereafter constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest
at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans.
To the extent an Overadvance results from charging any such items
to the Borrowers’ Loan Account,
Section 2.3(d)(iii) shall govern the repayment of such
Overadvance.”
(e) Amendment to
Section 2.7(d) . Section 2.7(d) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby modified and amended by amending and restating
such Section in its entirety as follows:
“(d) The Concentration Account
Bank and each Cash Management Bank shall establish and maintain
Cash Management Agreements or Control Agreements with Agent, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent. Each such Cash
Management Agreement and Control Agreement shall provide, among
other things, that (i) the applicable Cash Management Bank
will comply with any instructions originated by Agent directing the
disposition of the funds in such Cash Management Accounts
maintained by it without further consent by any Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, (ii) the Cash Management Bank has
no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against such
Cash Management Accounts other than for payment of its service fees
and other charges directly related to the administration of any
such Cash Management Account and for returned checks or other items
of payment, and (iii) upon the instruction of the Agent (an
“ Activation Instruction ”), such Cash
Management Bank will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the
applicable Cash Management Account to the Agent’s Account.
Agent agrees not to issue an Activation Instruction with respect to
the Cash Management Accounts unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction
is issued. Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
rescind an Activation Instruction (the “ Rescission
”) if: (x) the Event of Default upon which such
Activation Instruction was issued has been waived in writing in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (y) no
additional Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to
the date of the Rescission or is reasonably expected to occur on or
immediately after the date of the Rescission.”
(f) Amendment to
Section 2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified and
amended by inserting the following at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any
Letters of Credit on or after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective
Date other than to replace or renew Letters of
Credit existing on the Fourteenth
Amendment Effective Date so long as such replacement or
renewal
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Letter of Credit (A) has an
expiration date not later than the earlier of (x) one year
after the date of issuance or (y) five (5) Business Days
prior to the Maturity Date and (B) is for an amount less than
or equal to the Letter of Credit it is replacing or
renewing.”
(g) Amendment to
Section 2.12 of the Credit Agreement . Section 2.12
of the Credit Agreement, Letters of Credit , is hereby
modified and amended by inserting the following as a new clause
(g) thereof:
“(g) On and after the
Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, in the event a Letter of
Credit expires (and is not renewed) or the Borrowers, with the
consent of the applicable beneficiary, retire or reduce the amount
of any Letter of Credit, the remaining installments due pursuant to
Section 2.1(b) shall be reduced by a corresponding
amount (with a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum
Revolver Amount) in the order of maturity (for the avoidance of
doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date
shall constitute an installment).”
(h) Amendment to Section 6.1
of the Credit Agreement . Section 6.1 of the Credit
Agreement, Indebtedness , is hereby modified and amended by
inserting the following as a new clause
(i) thereof:
“(i) Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the PH Debt Documents in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $3,500,000 (plus capitalized interest thereon) to the
extent such Indebtedness is subject to the PH Intercreditor
Agreement.”
(i) Amendment to
Section 6.7(c) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 6.7(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified and
amended by amending and restating such Section in its entirety as
follows:
“(c) directly or indirectly,
amend, modify, alter, increase, or change any of the terms or
conditions of (i) any agreement, instrument, document,
indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Indebtedness
permitted under Sections 6.1(b) , (c) , (d) ,
(g) , or (h) , or (ii) the PH Debt Documents in
a manner prohibited by Section 18 of the PH Intercreditor
Agreement.”
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(j) Amendment to
Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement . Section 6.16
of the Credit Agreement, Financial Covenants , is hereby
modified and amended by amending and restating such Section in its
entirety as follows:
“6.16 Financial
Covenants .
(a) Fail to maintain or
achieve:
(i) Minimum EBITDA. EBITDA,
measured on a month-end basis, of at least the required amount set
forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth
opposite thereto:
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$4,170,000
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the 12 month
period ending July 27, 2008
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$3,800,000
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the 12 month
period ending August 24, 2008
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$3,430,000
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the 12 month
period ending September 28, 2008
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$3,400,000
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the 12 month
period ending October 26, 2008
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$3,760,000
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the 12 month
period ending November 23, 2008
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$3,360,000
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the 12 month
period ending December 28, 2008
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$3,630,000
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the 12 month
period ending January 25, 2009
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$4,080,000
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the 12 month
period ending February 22, 2009
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$3,840,000
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the 12 month
period ending March 29, 2009
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$4,150,000
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the 12 month
period ending April 26, 2009
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$4,080,000
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the 12 month
period ending May 24, 2009
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$4,050,000
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the 12 month
period ending June 28, 2009
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$5,220,000
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the 12 month
period ending July 26, 2009
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$5,500,000
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the 12 month
period ending August 23, 2009
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$5,870,000
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the 12 month
period ending September 27, 2009
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$5,890,000
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the 12 month
period ending October 25, 2009
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(ii) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(b) Make:
(i) Maintenance Capital
Expenditures. Maintenance Capital Expenditures in any fiscal
year (or portion thereof, if applicable) in excess of the amount
set forth in the following table for the applicable
period:
(ii) Growth Capital
Expenditures. Any Growth Capital
Expenditures.”
(k) Amendment to Article 6 of the
Credit Agreement . Article 6 of the Credit Agreement,
Negative Covenants , is hereby modified and amended by
inserting the following as new Sections 6.18 and 6.19:
“6.18 Use of
Proceeds . Use the proceeds of the Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the PH Debt Documents for any purpose other than for
its general corporate purposes.
6.19 Merger Documents
. Directly or indirectly, terminate, amend, modify, alter, or
change any of the terms or conditions of or waive any of its rights
under any of the Merger Documents in any manner materially adverse
to any Borrower or the Lender Group.”
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(l) Amendment to
Section 7.2(a) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 7.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified and
amended by amending and restating such Section in its entirety as
follows:
“(a) fail to perform or
observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of
Sections 2.7 , 5.2 , 5.3 , 5.4 ,
5.5 , 5.8 , 5.12 , 5.14 , 5.16 ,
and 6.1 through 6.19 of this
Agreement;”
(m) Amendment to Section 7.8
of the Credit Agreement . Section 7.8 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby modified and amended by amending and restating
such Section in its entirety as follows:
“7.8 If there is a default in
(i) the PH Debt Documents, or (ii) one or more agreements
to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower is a party
with one or more third Persons relative to Indebtedness of any
Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower involving an aggregate
amount of $500,000 or more, and such default (x) occurs at the
final maturity of the obligations thereunder, or (y) results
in a right by any holder of such Indebtedness, irrespective of
whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of the applicable
Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s obligations
thereunder;”
(n) Amendment to Schedule 1.1 of
the Credit Agreement . Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement,
Definitions , is hereby modified and amended by adding the
following defined terms in the proper alphabetical
order:
““ Activation
Instruction ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.7(d) .
“ Fourteenth Amendment
Effective Date ” means August 5, 2008.
“ Merger Agreement
” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and
among Planet Hollywood International, Inc., PH Agent and the Parent
dated as of the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date.
“ Merger Documents
” means the Merger Agreement and each document, agreement,
instrument or certificate executed or delivered in connection
therewith.
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