Contract
Exhibit 10.7
Execution Version
SECOND AMENDMENT dated as of May
10, 2011 (the “Amendment”) to the Master Accounts Receivable
Purchase Agreement dated as of May 1, 2009 among Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank New
York Branch (formerly known as Calyon New York Branch), as the Bank, The Scotts Company LLC, as the
Company, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, as the Parent, as amended by the First Amendment dated
as of May 13, 2010 among the Bank, the Company and the Parent (as so amended, the
“Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein unless otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Bank, the Company and the Parent have agreed to certain amendments to the
Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows.
1. The definition of “Stated Termination Date” in the Agreement shall be amended and restated
in its entirety as follows (for purposes of clarification only, the amended language is in italics,
which shall have no effect on the amended provision):
“Stated Termination Date” means September 30, 2011, or such later date as may be extended by
mutual agreement of the Bank and the Company.
2. The Company and the Parent each represents to the Bank that (a) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to
perform its obligations hereunder; (b) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by it
and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(c) all representations and warranties made by it in the Agreement are true on and as of the date
hereof as though made on such date; (d) the execution and delivery of this Amendment, and the
performance of its obligations hereunder, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of, or
require any consent under, its governing documents, (ii) violate any provision of any law, rule,
regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award currently in effect
and applicable to it, (iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or
financing or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which it is a party or
by which it or its properties may be bound or affected, or (iv) result in, or require, the creation
or imposition of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of its properties or assets; (e) no
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by it of this Amendment or
any other document related hereto to which it is a party; (f) no Termination Event has occurred;
and (g) there has been no amendment, modification or supplement to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement among the Parent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Agent (the “Agent”), and the other parties thereto dated as of February 7, 2007, which would affect the validity of the
Letter dated May 1, 2009 to the Agent related to such agreement.
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3. This Amendment shall become effective as of May 12, 2011 (the “Effective Date”) upon
satisfaction in the determination of the Bank of the following conditions:
a. | the Bank shall have received all of the documents listed in
Exhibit A hereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it; and |
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b. | the representations and warranties made by the Company and the
Parent in Section 2 above are true and correct as of the Effective Date. |
4. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, (a) the Agreement, as affected hereby, is hereby
ratified, approved and confirmed in each and every respect, and (b) all references to the Agreement
in any other document, instrument, agreement or writing (including any Transaction Document) shall
hereafter be deemed to refer to the Agreement as affected hereby.
5. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York, United States of America, without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles
(other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law). The parties hereto hereby
agree that the provisions of Section 20.2 of the Agreement shall apply to this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the submission to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York sitting in New York County, New York and of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York.
6. THE COMPANY, THE PARENT AND THE BANK HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE
ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT
OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AMENDMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN)
OR ACTIONS OF THE COMPANY, THE PARENT OR THE BANK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their
respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK NEW YORK BRANCH
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Managing Director | Title: | Vice President |
THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Executive Vice President and | Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||
Chief Financial Officer |
THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Chief Financial Officer and EVP, | Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||
Strategy and Business Development |
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EXHIBIT A
Conditions Precedent
(a) Executed counterparts of this Amendment
(b) Written confirmation from the Depositary that the Blocked Account Control
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2009 among the Company, the Bank and JPMorgan Chase
Bank N.A., as Depositary remains in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.
(c) Certified copies of resolutions of the Company’s and Parent’s board of
directors or members authorizing this Amendment and related matters, and
authorizing a person or persons to sign or otherwise attest the due execution of
the Amendment and related documents, together with an officer incumbency and
specimen signature certificate, all in form satisfactory to the Bank.
(d) Legal opinions of outside special counsel to the Company relating to the
enforceability of the Amendment, and the continued perfection of the ownership
and security interests created hereby, and of outside special counsel or
internal counsel to the Company relating to the power and authority of Company
and the Parent to enter into the Amendment and its respective performance
hereunder, in each case in form and in substance satisfactory to it.
(e) Acknowledgement copies of such UCC financing statement amendments or other
filings as are required under Section 9.1 of the Agreement, and such lien search
reports as the Bank shall deem advisable with respect to the Company, and
releases of any Adverse Claim on the Purchased Receivables shown in such
reports.
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