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AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO LOAN, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO LOAN, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
"Amendment") is dated as of March 31, 2000 and entered into by and among
Xxxxxxx Sports Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent Guarantor"), each of
Xxxxxxx, Inc., an Illinois corporation, All American Sports Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Varsity Spirit Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, and
Varsity Spirit Fashions & Supplies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
(collectively, the "Borrower"), each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined
in the Credit Agreement referred to below), each of Bank of America National
Trust and Savings Association and American National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago (collectively, the "Lenders") and Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association, as agent (the "Agent").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into the Loan, Guaranty and
Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "Credit Agreement") dated as of April 20, 1999. Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement as
set forth below; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows;
Article I
AMENDMENT TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
1.01 Amendments to Section 9.25 of the Credit Agreement. Section
9.25 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the amount
"$19,700,000" as it appears in the fourth line from the top of the table
provided in said Section and inserting the amount "$17,300,000" in lieu
thereof.
Article II
EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENT
2.01 Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the
opening of business in New York on the Business Day on which the Agent notifies
the Borrower that it has executed a counterpart signature page of this
Amendment, and has received executed counterpart signature pages of this
Amendment from the Borrower, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Lenders.
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Article III
MISCELLANEOUS
3.01 Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other
Loan Documents.
(a) This Amendment modifies the Credit Agreement to the extent set forth
herein, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Credit Agreement and is
made a part thereof. On and after the effective date, each reference in the
Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or words
of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the
other Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or
words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
(b) Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect
and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not,
except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of,
or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders or the
Agent under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This
Amendment is limited to the precise terms hereof and shall not operate as a
present or future waiver of any similar or other provisions of the Credit
Agreement not expressly provided for herein, nor shall this Amendment prevent
the Agent or the Lenders from exercising any other right, power, remedy or
privilege pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
3.02 No Default or Event of Default. On the date of effectiveness of
the amendments herein, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Borrower shall be deemed to have certified to the Lenders and the Agent that,
after giving effect to the amendments contained herein, on such date no Default
or Event of Default is in existence, and all of their representations and
warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
true and correct on and as of the date thereof with the same effect as if made
on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true
and correct as of such earlier date).
3.03 Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment
are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute
a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive
effect.
3.04 Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL
BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
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3.05 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
3.06 Guarantor Consent. Without affecting in any way the provisions
of the Guarantee pursuant to which each of the Guarantors waives its right to
consent to changes in the Loan Documents and agrees that its obligations under
the Guarantee remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any such change,
by its signature below, each Guarantor hereby consents to the amendments
provided for herein and agrees that the Guarantee is and remains in full force
and effect and applies to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as
amended hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Agreement on
the date first above written.
"PARENT GUARANTOR"
Xxxxxxx Sports Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
"BORROWERS"
Xxxxxxx, Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
All American Sports Corporation
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Varsity Spirit Fashions & Supplies, Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Varsity Spirit Corporation
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS"
Equilink Licensing Corp.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
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MacMark Corporation
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
RHC Licensing Corp.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Ridmark Corporation
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Proacq. Corp.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Varsity USA, Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
Varsity/Intropa Tours, Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
International Logos, Inc.
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: EVP
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"LENDERS"
Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, as a Lender
By: XXX X. XXXXXXXXXXX
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Title: Vice President
American National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago
By: M. XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Title: VICE PRESIDENT
"AGENT"
Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, as the Agent
By: XXX X. XXXXXXXXXXX
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Title: Vice President
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