EXHIBIT 10.1(d)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of January 26, 2001,
among ACG HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), AMERICAN COLOR
GRAPHICS, INC., a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), the lenders party to
the Credit Agreement referred to below (the "Lenders") and BANKERS TRUST
COMPANY, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings provided such terms in the Credit Agreement referred to
below.
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders, General Electric
Capital Corporation, as Documentation Agent, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding,
Inc., as Syndication Agent, and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 15, 1995 and amended and restated as of May 8,
1998 (as so amended and restated and as the same has been further amended,
modified and/or supplemented to, but not including, the date hereof, the "Credit
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Credit Agreement as
herein provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:
1. Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
inserting the text "this subclause (x) of" immediately prior to the text "this
clause (i)" appearing in the proviso in subclause (x) of clause (i) of said
Section and (ii) deleting the amount "$5,000,000" appearing in subclause (y) of
clause (i) of said Section and inserting the amount "$15,000,000" in lieu
thereof.
2. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Amendment,
each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default exists as of the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), both before and after
giving effect to this Amendment;
(b) all of the representations and warranties contained in the
Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents are true and correct in
all material respects on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date both
before and after giving effect to this Amendment, with the same effect
as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as
of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (it being understood that any
representation or
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warranty made as of a specific date shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such specific date);
3. This Amendment is limited as specified and shall not constitute
a modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of
counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
5. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the "Fourth
Amendment Effective Date") when Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have signed a
counterpart hereof (whether the same or different counterparts) and shall have
delivered (including by way of facsimile transmission) the same to the
Administrative Agent at its Notice Office.
7. From and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, all
references in the Credit Agreement and each of the Credit Documents to the
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a
counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date
first above written.
ACG HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
AMERICAN COLOR GRAPHICS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
Individually and as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Le Fevre
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Name: Xxxxx X. Le Fevre
Title: Director
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
Individually and as Documentation Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Manager-Operations
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
Individually and as Syndication Agent
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX
Title: Vice President
CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.,
as Attorney-in-Fact and on behalf of First
Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company,
as Portfolio Manager
By:
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Name:
Title:
CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
PARTNERS 1, LTD.,
By: CypressTree Investment Management
Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager
By:
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Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
FREMONT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
OAK HILL SECURITIES FUND, L.P.
By:
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Name:
Title:
PILGRIM AMERICA PRIME RATE TRUST
By: Pilgrim America Investments, Inc.,
as its Investment Manager
By:
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Name:
Title:
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PPM AMERICA SPECIAL INVESTMENTS FUND, L.P.
By: PPM America, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
PPM AMERICA SPECIAL INVESTMENTS CBO II, L.P.
By: PPM America, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
FLEET BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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KZH CYPRESSTREE-1 LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
KZH HIGHLAND-2 LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
ORIX BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxx
Title: Senior Vice President
EMERALD ORCHARD LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
HIGHLAND LEGACY LIMITED
By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.
as Collateral Manager
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx CPA
Title: Executive Vice President
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