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EXHIBIT 10.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
AND WAIVER
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER dated as of
September
30, 2004 (the "Amendment") relating to the Credit Agreement
referenced below, is
by and among COLEMAN CABLE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),
certain Subsidiaries of the Company identified on the signature
pages hereto as
a Borrower (collectively referred to as the "Subsidiary
Borrowers" or
individually referred to as a "Subsidiary Borrower")
(hereinafter, the Company
and the Subsidiary Borrowers collectively referred to as the
"Borrowers" or
individually referred to as a "Borrower"), each of the financial
institutions
identified as Lenders on the signature pages hereto (referred to
individually as
a "Lender" and, collectively, as the "Lenders"), and WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ("Wachovia"), as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the
"Administrative Agent" or the "Agent").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, a $75,000,000 credit facility has been extended to the
Borrowers
pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of September 28,
2004 (as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time
to time, the
"Credit Agreement") among the parties identified in the
introductory paragraph
above;
WHEREAS, as an inducement to close the Credit Agreement, the
Credit
Parties provided a Post Closing Agreement dated September 28,
2004 (the "Post
Closing Agreement") to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to
which the Credit
Parties agreed to deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent
leasehold mortgages on each leasehold property listed on
Schedule 6.19 to the
Credit Agreement within 60 days after the Closing Date (the
"Post Closing
Requirement");
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Administrative Agent
waive the
Post Closing Requirement for the leasehold property of the
Credit Parties
located in Oswego, New York (the "Oswego Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent has agreed to provide such
waiver, and
the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement, on
the terms and
conditions provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and other
good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PART 1
DEFINITIONS
SUBPART 1.1 Certain Definitions. The following terms used in
this
Amendment, including its preamble and recitals, have the
following meanings:
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"Amended Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, as
amended
hereby and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from
time to time.
"First Amendment Date" is defined in Subpart 4.1.
SUBPART 1.2 Other Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein
or the
context otherwise requires, terms used in this Amendment,
including its preamble
and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Amended Credit
Agreement.
PART 2
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
SUBPART 2.1 Amendment to Section 5.2. Section 5.2(a)(iii) of the
Credit
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
SUBPART 2.2 Amendment to Section 6.6. Section 6.6(b) of the
Credit
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
SUBPART 2.3 Amendment to Section 7.5. Section 7.5 of the Credit
Agreement
is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
7.5 PROCEEDINGS OR ADVERSE CHANGES.
The Credit Parties will as soon as possible, and in any
event
within five (5) Business Days after any Credit Party learns of
the
following, give written notice to the Agent of any proceeding(s)
being
instituted or threatened to be instituted by or against any
Credit Party
or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal, state, local or
foreign court
or before any commission or other regulatory body (federal,
state, local
or foreign) that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be
expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Provision of such notice by the
Credit
Parties will not constitute a waiver or excuse of any Default or
Event of
Default occurring as a result of such changes or events.
PART 3
WAIVER
SUBPART 3.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Post Closing
Agreement,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby waive the Post
Closing
Requirement for the Oswego Property; provided, that upon the
acquisition of a
fee interest in the Oswego Property by any Credit Party, such
Credit Party shall
comply with the provisions of Section 7.9 of the Credit
Agreement with respect
to the Oswego Property.
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PART 4
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
SUBPART 4.1 First Amendment Date. This Amendment shall be and
become
effective as of the date hereof (the "First Amendment Date")
when all of the
conditions set forth in this Part 4 shall have been satisfied,
and thereafter
this Amendment shall be known, and may be referred to, as the
"First Amendment".
SUBPART 4.2 Execution of Counterparts of Amendment. The
Administrative
Agent shall have received counterparts (or other evidence of
execution,
including telephonic message, satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent) of this
Amendment, which collectively shall have been duly executed on
behalf of each of
the parties hereto.
SUBPART 4. 3 Other. The Administrative Agent shall have received
such
other documents, agreements or information which may be
reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent relating to the existence of the Credit
Parties, the
corporate authority for and the validity of this Amendment and
the transactions
contemplated hereby, and any other matters
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