SIXTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SIXTH
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, dated as of August 12, 2009 (this
“ Amendment ” or this “ Sixth
Amendment ”), to the Existing Credit Agreement (as
defined below) is entered into among CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS CO., a
Michigan corporation (the “ Borrower ”),
CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC., a Michigan corporation (the “
Parent ”), certain of the Lenders (such capitalized
term and other capitalized terms used in this preamble and the
recitals below to have the meanings set forth in, or are defined by
reference in Article I below), CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH, as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
“ Administrative Agent ”), and, solely for
purposes of Articles VI and VII , each Obligor
signatory hereto.
WHEREAS, the
Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are
all parties to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of April 7, 2006 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to
the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement
” and, as amended by this Amendment and as the same may be
further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS, the
Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive and amend certain
provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Lenders are
willing, but only on the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth, to modify the Existing Credit Agreement, all
as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:
SECTION 1.1.
Certain Definitions . The following terms when used in this
Amendment shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms
thereof):
“
Amendment ” is defined in the preamble
.
“
Borrower ” is defined in the preamble
.
“ Credit
Agreement ” is defined in the first recital
.
“
Existing Credit Agreement ” is defined in the first
recital .
“ Sixth
Amendment Effective Date ” is defined in
Article IV .
SECTION 1.2.
Other Definitions . Terms for which meanings are provided in
the Existing Credit Agreement are, unless otherwise defined herein
or the context otherwise requires, used in this Amendment with such
meanings.
AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Effective on (and
subject to the occurrence of) the Sixth Amendment Effective Date,
the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below
are hereby amended in accordance with this Article II .
Except as expressly so amended, the Existing Credit Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.
SECTION 2.1.
Amendments to Section 1.1 . Section 1.1 of the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
“ Sixth
Amendment ” means the Sixth Amendment and Waiver to
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12,
2009, among the Borrower, the Parent, certain other Obligors, the
Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“ Sixth
Amendment Effective Date ” means the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date as that term is defined in Article IV of the
Sixth Amendment.
SECTION 2.2.
Amendment to Section 7.1 . Section 7.1 of the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting
the word “and” immediately following clause
(k) thereof, (b) replacing the period (“.”)
following clause (l) thereof with a semi-colon
(“;”) and (c) inserting new clauses
(m) through (p) immediately following clause (l), which
new clauses shall read as follows:
(m) commencing
after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, within ten Business Days
of the end of each of the Borrower’s fiscal months, financial
results by business segment, prepared in reasonable detail,
together with such other information as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request, in each case in form reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent;
(n) commencing
after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, prior to 9:00 a.m. on the
third Business Day of each calendar week, a copy of the
Borrower’s sales and backlog flash reports provided to
management during the preceding week, such reports to be in the
same form and to contain the same information as supplied to
management of the Parent and its Subsidiaries; provided ,
however , the requirements of this paragraph (n) may
be
satisfied if
the Parent provides such reports to the financial advisor referred
to in Section 6.6;
(o) commencing
after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, prior to 9:00 a.m. on the
third Business Day of each calendar week, an adjusted 13-week cash
flow forecast consistent with the forecast currently being provided
by the Parent to the Lenders, but breaking down both
“Beginning Cash” and “Ending Cash” under
the column “Week 1” by cash at each country where the
Parent and its Subsidiaries currently have operations;
and
(p) commencing
after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, prior to 9:00 a.m. on the
third Business Day of each calendar week, a true and complete in
all material respects progress report setting forth an update on
capital raising and restructuring efforts and discussions, asset
sale efforts and discussions and the then current plans for debt
retirement; provided , however , the requirements of
this paragraph (p) may be satisfied if the Parent provides
such report to the Administrative Agent for distribution to those
Lenders operating as a steering committee.
LIMITED WAIVERS TO EXISTING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Subject to the
occurrence of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, certain limited
provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby waived in
accordance with this Article III. Except as expressly so
waived, the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect.
SECTION 3.1.
Limited Waivers as to Section 8.4(d) and (e) . The
Required Lenders hereby waive, until September 11, 2009, the
requirement that the Parent and the Borrower comply with the
provisions of Sections 8.4(d) and 8.4(e) of the Credit
Agreement for the second Fiscal Quarter of 2009.
CONDITIONS TO
EFFECTIVENESS
SECTION 4.1.
Conditions to Effectiveness . This Amendment shall become
effective upon the prior or simultaneous satisfaction of each of
the following conditions in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (the date when all such conditions are so
satisfied being the “ Sixth Amendment Effective Date
”):
SECTION 4.2.
Counterparts . The Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof executed on behalf of the Borrower, each other
Obligor, the Required Lenders and the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 4.3.
Costs and Expenses, etc . The Administrative Agent shall
have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant
to Sections 3.3 and 12.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement
(including without limitation the fees and expenses of Willkie Farr
& Gallagher LLP (“ Willkie ”), special New
York restructuring counsel to the Administrative Agent), if then
invoiced. The Borrower shall further have paid an initial (and to
be replenished from time to time at the request of the
Administrative Agent) retainers in the amount of $250,000 to
Willkie, and in the amount of $150,000 to Loughlin Meghji + Company
(“ LM+Co ”), advisor to Willkie in connection
with Willkie’s services to the Administrative Agent, in each
case, to cover fees, costs and expenses to the extent invoiced and
unpaid after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, but not in lieu of
the Borrower’s obligations to make separate prompt payment of
invoices from each thereof.
SECTION 4.4.
LM+Co Engagement Letter . The Borrower shall have executed
and delivered the engagement letter from LM+Co to Willkie dated on
or about August 12, 2009.
SECTION 4.5.
Certificate of Authorized Officer . The Borrower shall have
delivered a certificate of an Authorized Officer, solely in his or
her capacity as an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and not in
his or her individual capacity, certifying that, both immediately
before and after giving effect to this Amendment on the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date, the statements set forth in
Article V hereof are true and correct.
SECTION 4.6.
Satisfactory Legal Form . The Administrative Agent and its
counsel shall have received all information, and such counterpart
originals or such certified or other copies of such materials, as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request, and
all legal matters incident to the effectiveness of this Amendment
shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
All documents executed or submitted pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To induce the
Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Obligors represent and
warrant
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