LIMITED WAIVER AND SECOND
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS LIMITED WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered
into as of the 27th day of July, 2011, by and among (a) RM
RESTAURANT HOLDING CORP., a Delaware corporation (“
Holdings ”), (b) THE BANKS, FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES PARTY THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME AS
LENDERS (the “ Lenders ”) and
(c) WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS SUCCESSOR TO
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity and together with its successors, the “
Administrative Agent ”).
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Lenders, and the
Administrative Agent entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 7, 2009 (as previously amended and as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, Holdings has requested that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders amend certain provisions of
the Credit Agreement and waive certain breaches or violations and
certain Defaults and Events of Default under the Credit Agreement,
all as set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and Lenders
agree to such amendments and waivers upon the terms and subject to
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Senior Note Indenture is being
amended as provided in a supplemental indenture in a form provided
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (the “
Indenture Amendment ”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the parties to the Revolving Credit
Agreement are entering into a limited waiver and amendment no. 6 to
the Revolving Credit Agreement in a form provided to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders (the “ Revolving
Credit Agreement Amendment ”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the parties to the Opco Credit
Agreement are entering into a limited waiver and first amendment to
the Opco Credit Agreement in a form provided to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders (the “ Opco Credit Agreement
Amendment ” and, collectively with the aforementioned
amendments in the foregoing Recitals, the “ Amendments
”);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual agreements set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions in Credit Agreement;
etc. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in or by
reference to the Credit Agreement (as from time to time amended)
are used herein as therein defined.
2. Limited
Waiver . The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
hereby:
(a) waive
any breach or violation of the Credit Agreement described on
Annex A hereto (and any Default or Event of Default
resulting directly therefrom) and the Events of Defaults described
on Annex A hereto, provided , that the waivers set
forth above shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be
deemed or otherwise construed to constitute a waiver of any other
Default or other Event of Default or any other provision of the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or to prejudice any
right, power or remedy which the Administrative Agent or any Lender
may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with
any such other Default, other Event of Default or other provision
of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which
rights, power and remedies are hereby expressly reserved by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and
(b) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Credit Agreement, consent to (A) the execution and
delivery of (i) the Last-Out Participation Agreement (as
defined in this Agreement), (ii) the Amendments and
(B) the consummation of the transactions and other matters
contemplated by such documents including, without limitation, the
payment of the fees, costs and expenses due and payable to the
lenders, agents and trustees (and their respective counsel)
expressly contemplated in the Amendments.
3.
Amendments . The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) §1.1 of the Credit Agreement is
amended by inserting therein in the proper alphabetical order the
following definitions:
“‘ Last-Out Participation
’ means a last-out participation interest under the Revolving
Credit Agreement available to be purchased by Sun Cantinas Finance,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Sun
Finance ”) and/or one or more Affiliates of Sun Capital
Partners, Inc. pursuant to the Last-Out Participation Agreement and
any Supplemental Participation Agreement.
‘ Last-Out Participation Agreement
’ means that certain Last-Out Loan Participation Agreement,
dated as of July 27, 2011, by and between Sun Finance and GE
Franchise Finance Commercial, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as successor by assignment to General Electric Capital
Corporation (“ GE Franchise ”), in its
individual capacity as a Lender, as amended, amended and restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
‘ Second Amendment Date ’
means July 27, 2011.
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‘ Supplemental Participation
Agreement ’ means a last-out participation agreement by
and between Sun Finance and GE Franchise (or one or more of their
respective permitted assigns) described in the Last-Out
Participation Agreement.”
(b) §6.1(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement
is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:
“(i) Indebtedness at any time incurred
under the Revolving Credit Documents and any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount under this clause (i) not to exceed
$40,000,000, including the Last-Out Participation, less the
aggregate amount of all permanent reductions (other than any
reduction in the letter of credit commitment thereunder that is
accompanied with a corresponding increase in the revolving credit
loan commitment thereunder or any reduction in the revolving credit
loan commitment thereunder that is accompanied with a corresponding
increase in the letter of credit commitment thereunder, provided,
that, notwithstanding any such reduction and corresponding
increase, the aggregate principal amount pursuant to this clause
(i) shall not exceed $40,000,000), of the commitments thereunder by
Opco or any of the Subsidiaries since the Closing
Date;”
(c) §6.2(a)(x) of the Credit Agreement
is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:
“(ii) liens upon any of the property or
assets of Opco and/or the Subsidiaries created under, or evidenced
or governed by, the Revolving Credit Documents (or the documents
relating to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof) securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(a)(i)
(including the Last-Out Participation);”
(d) §6.10 of the Credit Agreement is
amended to include the following words at the present beginning
thereof:
“Other
than the Last-Out Participation,”
(e) Section 7 of the Credit Agreement
is amended by inserting new §§7.12 and 7.13 therein after
removing the “.” at the present end of §7.11
thereof, which new §§7.12 and 7.13 shall read in their
entirety as follows:
“Section 7.12. Restructuring
Plan . Failure by Holdings to cause Opco to submit
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (which delivery may be
made through counsel to such parties) on or prior to
September 15, 2011, a reasonably detailed proposal to
restructure Opco’s material debt arrangements (the “
Comprehensive Restructuring Plan ”), accompanied by an
Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Comprehensive
Restructuring Plan was prepared on a reasonable basis and in good
faith and is based on assumptions believed by Opco to be reasonable
at the time made and from the best information then reasonably
available to Opco; or
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Section 7.13 Plan.
(i) Failure by (a) Opco, (b) the beneficial holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Senior Secured Notes, (c) the majority lenders under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, (d) the Requisite Lenders under
the Credit Agreement (notwithstanding any limitation in the defined
term “Requisite Lenders”, for so long as Cocina holds
not less than 15% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure, the
determination of Requisite Lenders under this clause (d) shall
include Cocina); (e) the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the
Opco Credit Agreement) under the Opco Credit Agreement and
(f) a majority of the holders of Holdings’ common equity
interests to negotiate and execute a binding restructuring term
sheet, plan support agreement, lock-up agreement or similar
agreement containing the substance of the Comprehensive
Restructuring Plan or another plan with respect to Opco’s
material debt arrangements on or prior to October 31, 2011
(any such agreement, a “ Plan Agreement ”) (it
being understood and agreed that each beneficial holder whose
signature is required in order to satisfy the requirements of
clause (i) of this Section 7.13 shall have the right to
determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not to execute any
such proposed Plan Agreement) or (ii) following the execution
of a Plan Agreement, failure by Opco to comply in all material
respects with the terms of the Plan Agreement, or to otherwise
implement in all material respects the Plan Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof, in each case, which failure continues and
has not been cured for a period of 10 days following
Opco’s receipt of written notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders.”
Section 7
is hereby further amended by adding the following new sentence to
the present end thereof:
“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, no Default or Event of Default shall occur on or
prior to November 15, 2011 solely by reason of any breach or
violation of Section 6.5 of this Credit Agreement for the
measurement period ending on or about September 25,
2011.”
4. Conditions . This Agreement
shall be effective on the first day on which each of the following
conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have
received a counterpart signature of Holdings and the Lenders party
hereto which constitute Requisite Lenders under the Credit
Agreement (including, without limitation Sun Cantinas, LLC and
Cocina Funding Corp., L.L.C.);
(b) Holdings shall, or shall cause Opco to,
deliver a certificate of an authorized officer which shall
(i) attach copies of all documents listed on, the Closing
Checklist attached hereto as Annex B , and (ii) certify
that (A) such documents are true and complete copies and (B)
Holdings or Opco has taken all actions set forth on the Closing
Checklist and satisfied all other conditions precedent listed
thereon, all in form and substance, or in a manner, reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders party hereto which constitute Requisite
Lenders under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation
Sun Cantinas, LLC and Cocina Funding Corp., L.L.C.);
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