SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FOURTH
AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”)
is
dated as of February 17, 2006, but effective as of the Effective Date
(hereinafter defined), among THE
VAIL CORPORATION,
a
Colorado corporation doing business as “Vail Associates, Inc.” (the
“Company”),
the
Required Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referenced below) party
hereto, and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent (hereinafter defined).
R
E C I T A L S
A. The
Company has entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January 28, 2005, with Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
and
certain other agents and lenders party thereto, as amended by that certain
First
Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
29,
2005 (as amended, the “Credit
Agreement”),
providing for revolving credit loans, letters of credit, and swing line loans
in
the aggregate principal amount of up to $400,000,000. Unless otherwise indicated
herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth
in
the Credit Agreement, and all Section references herein shall be references
to
sections in the Credit Agreement.
B. The
Company has requested the ability to make Distributions to the extent permitted
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of January 29, 2004, among Vail Resorts,
Inc., as Issuer (“VRI”),
The
Bank of New York, as Trustee, and certain of VRI’s subsidiaries, as Guarantors,
governing VRI’s 6¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, as in effect on the date
hereof.
C. The
Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to permit such
Distributions.
In
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, the
Company, the Required Lenders, the Guarantors (by execution of the attached
Guarantors’ Consent and Agreement), and the Administrative Agent agree as
follows:
1. Amendments.
(a) New
Definitions.
Section
1.1
is
hereby amended by inserting the following new definitions alphabetically to
read
as follows:
(i) “Restricted
Payment Capacity
means,
on any date of determination, the Dollar value of Restricted Payments (as
defined in the VRI Indenture) that VRI and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
permitted to make under, and in accordance with, Section
4.10 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) of
the
VRI Indenture on such date, without regard to whether VRI and its Subsidiaries
are permitted to make a Restricted Payment (as defined in the VRI Indenture)
on
such date as a result of its failure to satisfy any condition to the making
of a
Restricted Payment (as defined in the VRI Indenture) as set forth in the VRI
Indenture.”
(ii) “VRI
Indenture
means
the Indenture, dated as of January 29, 2004, between VRI, as Issuer, the
guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as in effect
on
the date hereof, without giving effect to any further amendments, restatements,
supplements, or modifications thereof; provided,
that,
the
terms and provisions of the VRI Indenture referenced in this Agreement shall
continue to be incorporated herein by reference if the VRI Indenture is
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terminated,
the Debt evidenced thereby is repaid, or the VRI Indenture ceases to be in
full
force and effect for any reason.”
(b) Modifications
to Distributions Covenant.
Section
10.9
(Distributions) is hereby amended as follows:
(i) Clause
(d)
is
amended in its entirety to read as follows (and the calculations demonstrating
compliance with clause
(d) in
the
calculations worksheet attached to the Compliance Certificate shall be
deemed amended to reflect the revised provision below):
“(d) if
no
Default or Potential Default exists or arises or would result after giving
effect thereto, VRI and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional
Distributions not otherwise permitted under this Section
10.9,
and
loans, advances, and investments not otherwise permitted under Section
10.8,
so long
as, on any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Distributions
permitted under this clause
(d)
and such
loans, advances, and investments not otherwise permitted under Section
10.8 does
not
exceed the Restricted Payment Capacity. (For example and for illustrative
purposes only, if VRI and its Restricted Subsidiaries are permitted to make
Restricted Payments (as
defined in the VRI Indenture) under
the
VRI Indenture in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million (without
regard to whether any conditions to the making of such Restricted Payments
(as
defined in the VRI Indenture) are satisfied),
then
the Restricted Companies will be permitted to make Distributions not otherwise
permitted under this Section
10.9 and
loans, advances, and investments not otherwise permitted under Section
10.8
in an
amount not to exceed $10.0 million, if no Default or Potential Default exists
or
arises or would result after giving effect thereto.)”
(ii) Clause
(f) shall
be
amended by inserting “and” at the end thereof, clause
(g) shall
be
amended by replacing “; and” at the end thereof with “.”, and clause
(h)
shall be
deleted in its entirety.
2. Representations
and Warranties.
As a
material inducement to the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent to
execute and deliver this Amendment, the Company represents and warrants to
the
Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent (with the knowledge and intent
that Required Lenders are relying upon the same in entering into this Amendment)
that (a) the Company
and the Guarantors have all requisite authority and power to execute, deliver,
and perform their respective obligations under this Amendment and the Guarantor
Consent and Agreement, as the case may be, which execution, delivery, and
performance have been duly authorized by all necessary action, require
no Governmental Approvals, and do not violate the respective certificates of
incorporation or its bylaws, or other documents of such Companies; (b)
upon
execution and delivery by the Company, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent,
and the Required Lenders, this Amendment will constitute the legal and binding
obligation of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against such entities
in accordance with this Amendment’s terms, except
as that
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or by bankruptcy
or insolvency laws or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (c)
all representations and warranties in the Loan Papers are true and correct
in
all material respects as though made on the date hereof, except
to the
extent that any of them speak to a specific date or the facts on which any
of
them are based have been changed by transactions contemplated or permitted
by
the Credit Agreement, and (d) no Default or Potential Default has occurred
and
is continuing.
3. Conditions
Precedent to Effectiveness.
This
Amendment shall be effective on the date (the “Effective
Date”)
upon
which Administrative Agent receives (i) counterparts of this Amendment executed
by the Company, Administrative Agent, and Required Lenders, (ii) the Guarantors’
Consent and
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Agreement
executed by each Guarantor, and (iii) a copy of the Senior Subordinated
Indenture as in effect on the Effective Date, accompanied by a certificate
of a
Responsible Officer certifying that such copy is true and correct as of such
date.
4. Expenses.
The
Company shall pay all reasonable costs, fees, and expenses paid or incurred
by
the Administrative Agent incident to this Amendment, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent’s
counsel in connection with the negotiation, preparation, delivery, and execution
of this Amendment and any related documents.
5. Miscellaneous.
Unless
stated otherwise herein, (a) the singular number includes the plural, and
vice
versa,
and
words of any gender include each other gender, in each case, as appropriate,
(b)
headings and captions shall not be construed in interpreting provisions of
this
Amendment, (c) this Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, (d) if any part of this Amendment is
for
any reason found to be unenforceable, all other portions of it shall
nevertheless remain enforceable, (e) this Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatories had signed
the
same document, and all of those counterparts shall be construed together to
constitute the same document, (f) this Amendment is a “Loan
Paper”
referred to in the Credit Agreement, and the provisions relating to Loan Papers
in Section
14
of the
Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, (g) this Amendment,
the
Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the other Loan Papers
constitute
the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supercede
any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating
to
the subject matter hereof, and (h) except as provided in this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Papers are unchanged and are
ratified and confirmed.
6. Parties.
This
Amendment binds and inures to the benefit of the Company, the Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and their respective successors and
assigns.
The
parties hereto have executed this Amendment in multiple counterparts as of
the
date first above written.
Remainder
of Page Intentionally Blank.
Signature
Pages to Follow.
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THE
VAIL CORPORATION (D/B/A “VAIL
ASSOCIATES, INC.”), as the Company By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Title: Executive
Vice President
Dated: March 2, 2006
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
an L/C
Issuer, a Swing Line Lender, and a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx XxXxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
XxXxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Syndication Agent, a Swing Line Lender, and a Lender
By: /s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxx
X.
Stuart
Title: Vice
President
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agent, an L/C Issuer, and a Lender
as Co-Syndication Agent, an L/C Issuer, and a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
AMERICAS, as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: Director
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant
Vice President
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
a
Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Managing
Director
Director
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NA,
as
a
Lender
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
COMPASS
BANK,
as
a
Lender
By: /s/
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
GUARANTY
BANK,
as
a
Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
COMERICA
WEST INCORPORATED,
as
a
Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant
Vice President
GUARANTORS’
CONSENT AND AGREEMENT
As
an
inducement to Administrative Agent and Required Lenders to execute, and in
consideration of Administrative Agent’s and Required Lenders’ execution of the
foregoing Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
the
undersigned hereby consent thereto and agree that the same shall in no way
release, diminish, impair, reduce or otherwise adversely affect the respective
obligations and liabilities of each of the undersigned under each Guaranty
described in the Credit Agreement, or any agreements, documents or instruments
executed by any of the undersigned to create liens, security interests or
charges to secure any of the indebtedness under the Loan Papers, all of which
obligations and liabilities are, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect. This consent and agreement shall be binding upon the undersigned, and
the respective successors and assigns of each, and shall inure to the benefit
of
Administrative Agent and Lenders, and the respective successors and assigns
of
each.
Vail
Resorts, Inc.
Vail
Holdings, Inc.
Beaver
Creek Associates, Inc.
Beaver
Creek Consultants, Inc.
Beaver
Creek Food Services, Inc.
Breckenridge
Resort Properties, Inc.
Complete
Telecommunications, Inc.
Xxxxxxx
Broadcasting, Inc.
Grand
Teton Lodge Company
Heavenly
Valley, Limited Partnership
Xxxxxxx
Hole Golf and Tennis Club, Inc.
JHL&S
LLC
Keystone
Conference Services, Inc.
Keystone
Development Sales, Inc.
Keystone
Food and Beverage Company
Keystone
Resort Property Management Company
Larkspur
Restaurant & Bar, LLC
Lodge
Properties, Inc.
Lodge
Realty, Inc.
Mountain
Thunder, Inc.
Property
Management Acquisition Corp., Inc.
Rockresorts
International, LLC
Rockresorts
LLC
Rockresorts
Cheeca, LLC
Rockresorts
Equinox, Inc.
Rockresorts
LaPosada, LLC
Rockresorts
Wyoming, LLC
Rockresorts
Casa Madrona, LLC
Rockresorts
Cordillera Lodge Company, LLC
Rockresorts
Xxxxxxx, LLC
SOHO
Development, LLC
SSV
Holdings, Inc.
Teton
Hospitality Services, Inc.
The
Village at Breckenridge Acquisition Corp., Inc.
Timber
Trail, Inc.
VA
Rancho
Mirage I, Inc.
VA
Rancho
Mirage II, Inc.
VA
Rancho
Mirage Resort, X.X.
Xxxx/Arrowhead,
Inc.
Vail
Hotel Management Company, LLC
Vail
Associates Holdings, Ltd.
Vail
Associates Investments, Inc.
Vail
Associates Real Estate, Inc.
Vail/Beaver
Creek Resort Properties, Inc.
Vail
Food
Services, Inc.
Vail
Resorts Development Company
Xxxx
XX,
Inc.
Vail
Summit Resorts, Inc.
Vail
Trademarks, Inc.
VAMHC,
Inc.
VR
Heavenly I, Inc.
VR
Heavenly II, Inc.
VR
Holdings, Inc.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Title
Executive Vice President