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EXHIBIT 10.1
WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 10
TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS WAIVER
AND AMENDMENT NO. 10 (this “Agreement”) is entered
into as of August 1, 2007, by and among SPAR MARKETING FORCE, INC.
(“SMF”), SPAR, INC. (“SPAR”), SPAR/BURGOYNE
RETAIL SERVICES, INC. (“SBRS”), SPAR GROUP, INC.
(“SGI”), SPAR INCENTIVE MARKETING, INC.
(“SIM”), SPAR TRADEMARKS, INC. (“STM”),
SPAR MARKETING, INC. (DE) (“SMIDE”), SPAR MARKETING,
INC. (NV) (“SMINV”), SPAR ACQUISITION, INC.
(“SAI”), SPAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
(“STG”), SPAR/PIA RETAIL SERVICES, INC. (“Pia
Retail”), RETAIL RESOURCES, INC. (“Retail”),
PIVOTAL FIELD SERVICES, INC. (“Pivotal Field”), PIA
MERCHANDISING CO., INC. (“PIA”), PACIFIC INDOOR DISPLAY
CO. (“Pacific”), PIVOTAL SALES COMPANY
(“Pivotal”), SPAR ALL STORE MARKETING SERVICES, INC.,
(“SAS”) and SPAR BERT FIFE, INC. (“SBFI”)
(each a “Borrower” and collectively
“Borrowers”) and WEBSTER BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
(formerly known as Whitehall Business Credit Corporation)
(“Lender”).
BACKGROUND
The Borrowers
and Lender are parties to that certain Third Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit and Security Agreement dated January 24, 2003 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which Lender
provides the Borrowers with certain financial
accommodations.
The Borrowers
have violated certain covenants and have requested Lender waive the
resulting Events of Default and Lender is willing to do so in
connection with making certain amendments to the Loan
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of any loan or advance or grant of
credit heretofore or hereafter made to or for the account of
Borrowers by Lender, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined or
amended herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan
Agreement.
2.
Waiver . Subject to the satisfaction of Section 4 below,
Lender hereby waives the Event of Default that has occurred and is
continuing as a result Borrowers’ non-compliance with (i)
Section 12(r) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending June 30,
2007 due to Borrowers’ failure to maintain the requisite
EBITDA level for the twelve month period then ended, and (ii)
Section 12(o) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending June 30,
2007 due to Borrowers’ failure to maintain the requisite Net
Worth level for the fiscal quarter then ended. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the waiver of the Event of Default set forth above does
not establish a course of conduct between Borrowers and Lender and
Borrowers hereby agree that Lender is not obligated to waive any
future Events of Default under the Loan Agreement.
3.
Amendments . Subject to the satisfaction of Section 4 below,
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)
Section 1(A) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following defined term in appropriate alphabetical
order:
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“
Availability Reserve ” means $500,000, or such lesser
amount as determined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion;
provided that from August 1, 2007 to and including November
30, 2007, such amount shall be $250,000, or such lesser amount as
determined by Lender in its sole and absolute
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4.
Conditions of Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become
effective as of the date hereof, provided that the following
conditions shall have been
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