Exhibit 10.1
WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This Waiver and Amendment No. 1
to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2009 (this
“Amendment ”), to Credit Agreement, dated as of
August 11, 2008 (as hereafter amended, restated or otherwise
modified, the “ Credit Agreement ”) is entered
into by and among PERFUMANIA HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a E Com Ventures,
Inc.), a Florida corporation (“ Perfumania Holdings
”), QUALITY KING FRAGRANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“ QKF ”), SCENTS OF WORTH, INC., a Florida
corporation (“ Scents of Worth ”), FIVE STAR
FRAGRANCE COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation (“ Five
Star Fragrance ”), DISTRIBUTION CONCEPTS, LLC, a Florida
limited liability company (“ Distribution Concepts
”), NORTHERN GROUP, INC., a New York corporation (“
Northern Group ”), PERFUMANIA, INC., a Florida
corporation (“ Perfumania ”), MAGNIFIQUE
PARFUMES AND COSMETICS, INC., a Florida corporation (“
Magnifique Parfumes ”), TEN KESEF II, INC., a Florida
corporation (“ Ten Kesef ”) and PERFUMANIA
PUERTO RICO, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“ Perfumania
PR ”) (Perfumania Holdings, QKF, Scents of Worth, Five
Star Fragrance, Distribution Concepts, Northern Group, Perfumania,
Magnifique Parfumes, Ten Kesef and Perfumania PR are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the “ Borrowers
” and individually as a “ Borrower ”); the
other Credit Parties signatory thereto (each a “ Credit
Party ” and, collectively, the “ Credit
Parties ”); and General Electric Capital Corporation, for
itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders (in such capacity,
“ Agent ”), and the other Lenders signatory
hereto.
RECITALS
A. Borrowers, Agent and Lenders are
desirous of making specific amendments to the Credit Agreement, as
and to the limited extent expressly set forth herein.
B. Events of Default have occurred
and currently exist under the Credit Agreement as a result of
(i) Borrowers’ breach of the financial covenant set
forth in Section (d) of Annex G to the Credit
Agreement, for the period ended on or about October 31, 2008,
(ii) Borrowers’ breach of Section 6.1 of the
Credit Agreement as a result of the purchase by Magnifique Parfumes
and Cosmetics, Inc. of the inventory and fixtures of three
(3) retail stores from The Fragrance Depot, Inc. (which after
the purchase changed its name) in the Sawgrass and Dolphin Malls in
Florida and the assumption of the related leases for a purchase
price of $1,500,000 plus the value of the inventory (approximately
$245,000) and the formation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary of
Magnifique Parfumes and Cosmetics, Inc., The Fragrance Depot, Inc.,
a Florida corporation, which holds no assets and engages in no
business, formed to reserve the corporate name “Fragrance
Depot,” (iii) the existence of another subsidiary, E Com
Ventures Company (f/k/a PerHold FL, Inc.), wholly-owned by
Perfumania Holdings which has no assets or business and was formed
to hold the E com name, but was not listed on Schedule 3.8
to the Credit Agreement, (iv) Borrowers’ breach of the
financial covenants set forth in Sections (a) , (b)
and (d) of Annex G to the Credit
Agreement, for the period ended January 31, 2009,
(v) Borrowers’ breach of Section (a) of Annex
E to the Credit Agreement based on failure to deliver the
monthly financial information for the Fiscal Month of January 2009
and
(vi) Borrowers’ breach of Section
(d) of Annex F to the Credit Agreement based on the
failure to deliver the annual audited Financial Statements for the
Fiscal Year ended on or about January 31, 2009 (the “
Existing Events of Default ”);
C. Agent and Lenders are willing to
grant a waiver limited to the Existing Events of Default, as set
forth in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this
Amendment;
D. This Amendment shall constitute a
Loan Document and these Recitals shall be construed as part of this
Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and of
the Loans and other extensions of credit heretofore, now or
hereafter made to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers by Lenders,
Borrowers, Agent and Lenders hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions . Except to
the extent otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in
this Amendment shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the
Credit Agreement.
2. Amendments .
2.1. Section 1.5(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by it in its entirety and
replacing it with the following:
“(a) Borrowers shall pay
interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance
with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on
each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates:
(i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances, the Index
Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the
election of Borrower Representative, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus
the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum; and (ii) with
respect to the Swing Line Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable
Revolver Index Margin per annum.
The Applicable Margins shall be set
in accordance with the following grid:
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Applicable
Margins
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Applicable Revolver Index Margin
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3.500
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%
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Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin
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4.500
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%
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Applicable L/C Margin
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4.500
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%
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Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin
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1.000
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%”
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2.2. Section 1.14 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence
thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“Each Credit Party that is a
party hereto shall, during normal business hours, from time to time
upon five (5) Business Days prior notice as frequently as
Agent reasonably determines to be appropriate: (a) provide
Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents access to its
properties, facilities, advisors, officers and employees of each
Credit Party and to the Collateral,
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(b) permit Agent, and any of its officers,
employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from any
Credit Party’s books and records, and (c) permit Agent,
and its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, review,
evaluate and make test verifications and counts of the Accounts,
Inventory and other Collateral of any Credit Party (it being
understood that at least three field examinations will be conducted
per year).”
2.3. Section 6.13 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clauses (e),
(f) and (g) thereof in their entirety.
2.4. Section 6 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
Section 6.18 :
“6.18 Subsidiary
Restrictions . Neither The Fragrance Depot, Inc., a Florida
corporation wholly-owned by Magnifique Parfumes nor E Com Ventures
Company (f/k/a PerHold FL, Inc.), a Florida corporation
wholly-owned by Perfumania Holdings shall engage in any trade or
business, or own any assets or incur any liabilities, Indebtedness
or Guaranteed Indebtedness.”
2.5. Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (b) in the
definition of “Borrowing Base” and replacing it with
the following:
“(b) beginning with the first
Borrowing Base Certificate delivered after the date of Waiver and
Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, up to 85% of the appraised
net orderly liquidation value percentage (from the most recently
completed and delivered appraisal of Borrowers’ Inventory
pursuant to this Agreement; provided , that , during
the period beginning December 16 and ending December 31
of each year, the net orderly liquidation value percentage for the
immediately following month of January shall be used in this
calculation) of Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost
(determined on a weighted average basis, which approximates a
first-in, first-out basis) or market;
provided , further , that the maximum amount of
Eligible Inventory used in determining the Borrowing Base (and to
which the advance rate determined under clause (b) above shall
be applied) shall not exceed the amount set forth below for each
applicable month end set forth below:
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Maximum
Amount of Eligible
Inventory
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May 30, 2009
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$
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233,783,000
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July 4, 2009
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$
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226,251,000
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August 1, 2009
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$
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225,421,000
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August 29, 2009
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$
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225,840,000
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October 3, 2009
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$
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229,586,000
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October 31, 2009
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$
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238,848,000
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November 28, 2009
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$
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244,335,000
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January 2, 2009
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$
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218,122,000
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January 30, 2010
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$
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217,050,000
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February 28, 2010 and each month end
thereafter thereafter
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Amount
specified for such month end in the One Year Operating Plan plus
$2,500,000”
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2.6. Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
“Index Rate” in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“‘ Index Rate
’ means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the highest of
(i) the rate publicly quoted from time to time by The Wall
Street Journal as the “prime rate” (or, if The Wall
Street Journal ceases quoting a prime rate, the highest per annum
rate of interest published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal
Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled
“Selected Interest Rates” as the Bank prime loan rate
or its equivalent), (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis
points per annum, and (iii) the sum of (x) the LIBOR Rate
for a LIBOR Period of three (3) months as it appears on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m (London, England time)
two (2) Business Days prior to such day, plus (y) the
excess of the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin over the Applicable
Revolver Index Margin, in each instance, as of such day. Each
change in any interest rate provided for in the Agreement based
upon the Index Rate shall take effect at the time of such change in
the Index Rate.”
2.7. Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the
definition of “LIBOR Rate”:
“Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the LIBOR Rate shall in no event be less than
2.00%.”
2.8. Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definition of
“Short-Term Advances to Suppliers” in the appropriate
alphabetical order:
“‘ Short-Term
Advances to Suppliers ’ means Advances to Suppliers if,
and only to the extent that, a Credit Party or Credit Parties shall
receive Inventory shipments within five (5) Business Days from
the applicable supplier to which such Advances have been
paid.”
2.9. Annex E of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (c) and
replacing it with the following:
(c) Operating Plan . To Agent
and Lenders, (i) as soon as available, but not later than the
end of each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for Borrowers, on
a combined and, commencing with the Projections for the Fiscal Year
ending on or about month-end, January, 2010, combining basis
consistent with the historical Financial Statements of Borrowers,
approved by the Board of Directors of each of the Borrowers, for
the following Fiscal Year, which (A) includes a statement of
all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based,
(B) includes monthly balance sheets, income statements and
statements of cash flows for the following year and
(C) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses,
operating profit, cash flow projections and Borrowing Availability
projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail
as that on which operating results are reported (and in the case of
cash flow projections, representing management’s good faith
estimates of future financial performance based on historical
performance), and including plans for personnel, Capital
Expenditures and facilities; and (ii) thirty (30) days
after the end of the Fiscal Years
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ended January 31, 2010 and January 31,
2011, a one-year operating plan for Borrowers, on a combined and
combining basis consistent with the historical Financial Statements
of Borrowers, approved by the Board of Directors of each of the
Borrowers, for the Fiscal Year ended on or about month-end January,
2011 or January, 2012, as the case may be, which (A) includes
a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan
is based