SEVENTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This Seventh Amendment Agreement (“Amendment”) is executed as of the sixth day of February,
2006, by and among Pier 1 Funding, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as transferor (the
“Transferor”), Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., a Delaware corporation, as servicer (the “Servicer”),
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (successor by merger to Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association), a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee executed the Series 2001-1 Supplement
dated as of September 4, 2001 (as heretofore amended, the “Supplement”), to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of February 12, 1997, among such parties (as heretofore amended, the
“Agreement;” unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Agreement or the Supplement, as applicable); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend further the Supplement on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment of the Supplement. Effective on the date hereof and subject to
the satisfaction of the condition precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the Supplement is hereby
amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.9(i) of the Supplement is amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
(i) a downgrade of Pier 1 Imports’ Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating
(Local Currency) to below B- by Standard & Poor’s or a downgrade of Pier 1
Imports’ corporate family rating to below B3 by Moody’s or a withdrawal by
Standard & Poor’s of its rating of Pier 1 Imports’ Long-Term Issuer Credit
Rating (Local Currency) or a withdrawal by Moody’s of its rating of Pier 1
Imports’ corporate family;
(b) Section 4.18(a) of the Supplement is amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or this
Series Supplement, if at any time (i) the rating of Pier 1’s Long-Term
Issuer Credit Rating (Local Currency) shall be reduced below BB by Standard
& Poor’s or Pier 1 Imports’ corporate family rating shall be reduced below
Ba2 by Moody’s or withdrawn by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s or (ii) any
Insolvency Event shall have occurred, the Transferor and the Servicer shall,
within thirty (30) days following the occurrence of such event, instruct
each retail outlet to which payments by Obligors in respect of Receivables
may be made to segregate such payments from other funds held by such retail
outlet and to remit such payments, within two (2) days following receipt
thereof, directly to the Collection Account; provided,
however, that the Transferor and the Servicer shall not be obligated
to so instruct such retail outlets if prior to the date such instructions
are required to be given, a letter of credit or cash collateral account
meeting the applicable requirements specified in the definition of Store
Payment Enhancement shall have been issued or established, as applicable,
for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Class A Certificateholders; provided, further, that if any
institution
that has issued such a letter of credit or with which such a
cash collateral account is maintained shall cease to be an Eligible Store
Payment Enhancement Institution, then within thirty (30) days after becoming
aware of such fact the Transferor and the Servicer shall either (i) replace
such letter of credit or cash collateral account with a new letter of credit
or cash collateral account meeting the applicable requirements specified in
the definition of Store Payment Enhancement or (ii) instruct each retail
outlet to which payments by Obligors in respect of Receivables are made to
segregate such payments from other funds held by such retail outlet and to
remit such payments, within two (2) days following receipt thereof, directly
to the Collection Account.
SECTION 2. Condition Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date
hereof upon the execution of this Amendment by all of the parties hereto and the execution and
delivery of the Consent to Amendment to Supplement attached hereto.
SECTION 3. Miscellaneous.
3.1 Ratification. As amended hereby, the Supplement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Supplement as so supplemented by this Amendment shall be read, taken and
construed as one and the same instrument.
3.2 Representation and Warranty. Each of the Transferor and the Servicer represents
and warrants that this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
transfer, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity).
3.3 Governing Law; Parties; Severability. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws and decisions (as opposed to the conflicts of law provisions)
of the State of New York. Whenever in this Amendment there is a reference made to any of the
parties hereto, such reference shall also be a reference to the successors and assigns of such
party, including, without limitation, any debtor-in-possession or trustee. The provisions of this
Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
parties hereto. Whenever possible, each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such a
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment
shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or
the remaining provisions of this Amendment.
3.4 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee have caused this Amendment to
be fully executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
| PIER 1 FUNDING, L.L.C., | ||
| Transferor | ||
| By | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC., | ||
| Servicer | ||
| By | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (successor by merger to Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association), |
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| Trustee | ||
| By | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: |
[Consent to Amendment to Supplement Attached]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENT
The undersigned, constituting the Majority Investors under and as defined in the Certificate
Purchase Agreement dated as of September 4, 2001 (as heretofore amended, the “Purchase Agreement”),
among Pier 1 Funding, L.L.C., as the transferor, Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., as the servicer, the
Class A Purchasers named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to Xxxxxx Guaranty
Trust Company of New York), as the administrative agent, hereby consent to the terms and conditions
of the Seventh Amendment Agreement dated as of February 6, 2006, among Pier 1 Funding, L.L.C., as
transferor, Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., as servicer, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
(successor by merger to Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association), as trustee, relating to
the Series 2001-1 Supplement dated as of September 4, 2001, as heretofore amended, among the same
parties.
| PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC (as successor to Delaware Funding Company, LLC), as the sole Structured Investor |
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| By JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as attorney-in-fact | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the sole Committed Investor |
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| Name: | ||
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