FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.32
FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
Fourth Amendment (this “Fourth
Amendment”
is
made
as of October 2, 2006 by and between KFLG WATERTOWN, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation, with an address at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, XX
00000 (the “Borrower”),
and
TD BANKNORTH, N.A., a national banking association with an office at 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Lender”).
RECITALS
A. The
Lender and the Borrower are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated
as
of May 27, 2005, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 31, 2005, as further amended by that certain Second
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 31, 2006, and as further amended
by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2006
(as the same is and may hereafter be amended from time to time, the
“Credit
Agreement”)
Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned
to
them in the Credit Agreement.
B. The
Borrower has requested that the Lender make certain modifications to the terms
and conditions of the Credit Agreement as described herein.
C. Subject
to certain terms and conditions, the Lender is willing to agree to the same,
as
hereinafter set forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. AMENDMENTS
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT.
A. Section
5.9 of the Credit Agreement entitled “Additional
Collateral; Subsidiaries; New Units”
is
hereby further amended by deleting subsection (d) in its entirety and by
substituting the following therefor:
“(d)
Insure that all Units opened after the date hereof are owned by the Borrower;
provided, however, that: (i) KnowFat of Downtown Crossing, Inc. may own the
Unit
located at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (the “Downtown
Crossing Restaurant”);
and
(ii) KnowFat of Landmark Center, Inc. may own the Unit located at Landmark
Center, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (the “Landmark
Center Restaurant”).
Except for the Downtown Crossing Restaurant and the Landmark Center Restaurant,
any interest in any restaurant or Unit now or hereafter acquired by the
Guarantor shall be an asset owned directly by the Borrower.”
B. Section
6.2 of the Credit Agreement entitled “Indebtedness”
is
hereby amended by substituting a semi-colon for the period at the end of
subsection (h) thereof, and adding the following new subsections (i), (j) and
(k) immediately following subsection (f) thereof as follows:
“(i)
Indebtedness and obligations of KnowFat of Downtown Crossing, Inc.
(“KnowFat
Downtown”)
to Fit
Food, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Fit
Food”)
pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement between Fit Food and KnowFat
Downtown dated as of the date hereof;
(j)
Indebtedness and obligations of KnowFat Downtown to Sovereign Bank under the
Sovereign Bank Documents (as defined below) in an amount not to exceed the
current principal amount outstanding under the Sovereign Bank Documents, plus
interest due thereon and costs and expenses related thereto. For purposes
hereof, “Sovereign Bank Documents” means: (a) that certain U.S. Small Business
Administration Note from Fit Food payable to Sovereign Bank dated April 26,
2005
in the original principal amount of $400,000; (b) that certain Business Loan
Agreement between Fit Food and Sovereign Bank dated April 26, 2005; and (c)
the
Commercial Security Agreement between Fit Food and Sovereign Bank dated April
26, 2005 and the other collateral documents related thereto;
(k)
Indebtedness and obligations of the Guarantor to Fit Food pursuant to that
certain Guaranty of the Guarantor in favor of Fit Food dated as of the date
hereof.”
C. Section
6.3 of the Credit Agreement entitled “Liens”
is
hereby amended by substituting a semi-colon for the period at the end of
subsection (h) thereof; adding the word “and” immediately after said semi-colon;
and adding the following new subsections (i) and (j) immediately following
subsection (h) thereof as follows:
“(i)
Liens granted by KnowFat Downtown in favor of Fit Food pursuant to a certain
Security Agreement from KnowFat Downtown in favor of Fit Food dated as of the
date hereof securing the Indebtedness and obligations described in Section
6.2(g) hereof;
(j)
Liens
granted pursuant to the Sovereign Bank Documents (as defined in Section 6.2(i)
hereof) on the assets of KnowFat Downtown in favor of Sovereign Bank securing
the Indebtedness and obligations described in Section 6.2(i)
hereof.
II. OTHER
AMENDMENTS TO LOAN DOCUMENTS
A. The
Borrower agrees that it will not permit any amendment to any of the following
agreements without the prior written consent of the Lender: (a) the Asset
Purchase Agreement between Fit Food, LLC and KnowFat Downtown Crossing, Inc.
dated as of the date hereof; (b) the Security Agreement between Fit Food, LLC
and KnowFat Downtown Crossing, Inc. dated as of the date hereof; (c) the
Sovereign Bank Documents (as defined in Section 6.2(i) of the Credit Agreement);
and (d) the Guaranty of the Guarantor in favor of Fit Food, LLC dated as of
the
date hereof.”
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B. Notwithstanding
any representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement
or
any of the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Lender agrees and
acknowledges that the priority of the Permitted Liens in favor of Fit Food
and
Sovereign Bank shall be governed by a certain lien subordination Agreement
among
the Lender, Fit Food and Sovereign Bank dated as of the date
hereof.
III. NO
FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
Except
as
specifically amended herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement
shall remain in fill force and effect as originally constituted and is hereby
ratified and affirmed in all respects, and the indebtedness of the Borrower
to
the Lender evidenced hereby and by the Note is hereby reaffirmed in all
respects. This Fourth Amendment constitutes an amendment to and modification
of
the Credit Agreement On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement as amended by this Fourth Amendment, and each reference in any Loan
Document between the Borrower and the Lender or, the Guarantor and the Lender,
to the credit Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof’ or words of like import
referring the Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement
as
amended by this Fourth Amendment.
IV. REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
The
Borrower represents, warrants and covenants as follows as of the date
hereof:
A. Each
of
the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended
by this Fourth Amendment, and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
as
of the date hereof. No material adverse change has occurred in the assets,
liabilities, financial condition, business or prospects of the Borrower or
the
Guarantor from that disclosed in the management-prepared financial statements
most recently distributed to the Lender. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred or is continuing.
B. The
Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment, constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights and remedies
of
creditors generally or the application of principles of equity, whether in
any
action at law or proceeding in equity, and subject to the availability of the
remedy of specific performance or of any other equitable remedy or relief to
enforce any right thereunder.
C. The
execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment and the other documents, if
any,
by the Borrower and the transactions contemplated hereby are within the
corporate power and authority of the Borrower and have been authorized by all
necessary corporate proceedings, and do not and will not (i) contravene any
provision of the charter documents or by-laws of the Borrower or any law, rule
or regulation applicable to the Borrower; (ii) contravene any provision of,
or
constitute an event o f default or event that, but for the requirement that
time
elapse or notice be given (or both) would constitute an event of default under,
any other agreement, instrument, order or undertaking binding on the Borrower;
or (iii) result in or require the imposition of any encumbrance or lien on
any
of the properties, assets or rights of the Borrower (other than pursuant to
any
Security Document executed in connection with the Credit
Agreement).
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D. The
Borrower and the Lender acknowledge and agree that but for this Fourth
Amendment, the Borrower would have been in default under the terms and
conditions o f the Credit Agreement; and that the terms and conditions set
forth
herein and the avoidance of such a default constitute fair and adequate
consideration mutually exchanged by the Borrower and the Lender in their
execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment.
V. CONDITIONS.
A. This
Fourth Amendment shall become effective on the first date on which the Borrower
shall have executed and/or delivered to the Lender (or shall have caused to
be
executed and delivered to the Lender by the appropriate persons) the
following:
1. This
Fourth Amendment;
2. A
Guarantee and Security Agreement from KnowFat of Downtown Crossing, Inc. in
favor of the Lender; and
3. Such
other supporting documents and certificates as the Lender or its counsel may
reasonably request.
B. All
legal
matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory
to counsel for the Lender.
VI. CONFIRMATION
OF SECURITY.
The
Obligations of the Borrower to the Lender, including, without limitation, the
liabilities and obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, and the Notes, are secured by, and entitled to all benefits
of,
the Security Agreement, the Guarantee and Security Agreement, any Mortgage,
any
Leasehold Security Document, and any other collateral granted by the Borrower
or
Guarantor to the Lender. The Covered Parties confirm and reaffirm that each
has
granted to Lender a security interest in, among other property, its deposit
accounts and all credits or proceeds thereto and all monies, checks and other
instruments held or deposited therein.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
A. The
Borrower represents, warrants, and agrees that, to its know1edge, the Borrower
has no claims, defenses, counterclaims or offsets against the Lender in
connection with the Credit Agreement or the Obligations, and, to the extent
that
any claim, defense, counterclaim, or offset may exist, the Borrower thereby
affirmatively WAIVES AND RELEASES the Lender from the same.
B. This
Fourth Amendment shall take effect as a sealed instrument under the laws of
The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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C. This
Fourth Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts
hereof and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts hereof,
all
of which counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Fourth Amendment
by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Fourth Amendment.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lender and the Borrower have caused this Fourth Amendment
to be duly executed as a sealed instrument by their duly authorized
representatives, all as of the day and year first above written.
KFLG
WATERTOWN, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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TD
BANKNORTH, N.A.
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By:__________________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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By
its
signature below, KnowFat Franchise Company, Inc. hereby agrees and acknowledges
that it shall not grant any liens or security interests on any of its assets
in
favor of Fit Food, LLC (“Fit Food”) to secure any of its obligations to Fit Food
under its Guaranty in favor of Fit Food dated as of October 2,
2006.
KNOWFAT
FRANCHISE COMPANY, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement]