EXECUTION VERSION
Exhibit 10.1
WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
WAIVER
AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of
November 6, 2007 (this “ Amendment ”),
among ATARI, INC., a Delaware corporation, as borrower (the “
Borrower ”), the lenders party to the Credit Agreement
referred to below (the “ Lenders ”), and BLUEBAY
HIGH YIELD INVESTMENTS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L., as successor
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”). Capitalized terms used and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in
the Credit Agreement referred to below.
W I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto are parties to that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 3, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified to, but not including, the date hereof, the “
Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
the Defaults and Events of Default specified on Schedule 1
hereto have occurred prior to and are continuing as of the date
hereof (collectively, the “ Existing Defaults
”); and
WHEREAS,
the Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive the Existing
Defaults and amend the Credit Agreement, and the Lenders have
agreed to such waiver and amendments on the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is agreed:
I.
Waiver . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Amendment, and in reliance on the representations, warranties and
covenants of the Borrower contained herein, from and after the
Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Lenders
waive all Existing Defaults. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver of compliance by the Borrower with its
representations, warranties, covenants or obligations under, or
compliance with any other term, provision or condition of, the
Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) or any other Loan Document
from and after the Second Amendment Effective Date.
II.
Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Amendment, and in reliance on the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Borrower contained
herein, from and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the
Credit Agreement is amended as follows:
1.
Section 1.01 is amended as follows:
(a) The
definition of “Loan Documents” is amended by amending
and restating it as follows:
“‘ Loan
Documents’ means this Agreement, any promissory notes
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(e), the
Collateral Documents, the Credit Parties Guaranty, the
Intercreditor Agreement and any and all other
instruments and
documents executed and delivered in connection with any of the
foregoing.”; and
(b) the
following new defined terms are inserted in the appropriate
alphabetical order:
“‘ IESA’
shall mean Infogrames Entertainment, S.A., a French
corporation.
‘ Intercreditor
Agreement ’ shall mean, from and after the execution and
delivery thereof, an intercreditor agreement (if any) among the
Administrative Agent, IESA and the Borrower.
‘ Second Amendment Effective
Date ’ means the date the conditions set forth in
Part V of the Waiver and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement
are satisfied or waived by the Lenders.
‘TDU License
Agreements’ shall mean the TDU Trademark License
Agreement and the TDU Other IP License Agreement,
collectively.
‘TDU Other IP License
Agreement’ shall mean that certain General Intellectual
Property and Proprietary Rights (Other Than Trademark Rights)
License of the Test Drive Franchise, dated as of November 8,
2007 between the Borrower, as licensor, and IESA, as licensee, in
respect of the video game called “Test Drive Unlimited”
and the intellectual property and proprietary rights associated
therewith, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time with the prior consent of the
Administrative Agent.
‘TDU Trademark License
Agreement’ means that certain Trademark License of the
Test Drive Franchise, dated as of November 8, 2007 between the
Borrower, as licensor, and IESA, as licensee, in respect of the
video game called “Test Drive Unlimited” and the
trademarks associated therewith, as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the prior
consent of the Administrative Agent.
‘ Waiver and Second
Amendment to Credit Agreement ’ means the Waiver and
Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 6,
2007, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
party thereto.”.
2.
Section 6.01 is amended by amending and restating paragraph
(e) as follows:
“(e) Indebtedness of the
Borrower arising under TDU License Agreements;”.
3.
Section 6.02 is amended by amending and restating paragraph
(c) as follows:
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“(c) Liens created to secure
obligations arising under the TDU License Agreements; provided that
such Liens shall at all times be junior in priority and right to
the Liens under the Collateral Documents and shall be subject to
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; and”
4.
Section 6.07 is amended by amending and restating paragraph
(e) as follows:
“(e) transactions pursuant to
the TDU License Agreements.”.
5.
Section 6.08(b)(iv) is amended by amending and restating it as
follows:
“(iv) clause (a) of the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed
under the TDU License Agreements or by any other agreement relating
to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such
restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness, and”
6.
Article VII is amended by (i) deleting from paragraph (m)
“November 5, 2007” and substituting therefor
“November 12, 2007”; and (ii) inserting in
paragraph (n) immediately before the semicolon at the end
thereof the following:
“, or the Intercreditor
Agreement or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force
or effect (except in accordance with its terms), any of the parties
thereto (other than the Administrative Agent) shall deny or
disaffirm their respective obligations thereunder or any of the
parties thereto (other than the Administrative Agent) shall default
in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
agreement on their part to be performed or observed pursuant to the
terms thereof”.
III.
Acknowledgments and Agreements .
1. The
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that each of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party (i) constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, and is enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting
creditors’ rights and by equitable principals (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law), and
(ii) is hereby reaffirmed and ratified, including without
limitation, each of the waiver of claims and defenses granted by
the Borrower under the Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Borrower unconditionally and
irrevocably waives any claim or defense in respect of the
Obligations, including, without limitation, any claim or defense
based on any right of setoff or counterclaim.
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2. As
of November 6, 2007, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
it is indebted to the Lenders in the aggregate principal amount of
$10,343,439.95, which is the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans plus accrued and unpaid and accruing
interest and fees. Nothing contained herein shall alter, amend,
modify or extinguish the obligation of the Borrower to repay the
Obligations, and neither this Amendment nor any of the other
documents, agreements or instruments executed or delivered in
connection herewith or related hereto constitutes a novation or,
except as expressly provided herein, modification of any of the
Loan Documents.
3. The
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that all of its assets pledged,
assigned, conveyed, mortgaged, hypothecated
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