EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 26, 2001
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT among Captain D's,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the banks, financial
institutions and other institutional lenders parties to the Credit Agreement
referred to below (collectively, the "Lenders"), and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") for the Lenders.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
(1) The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered
into a Credit Agreement dated as of September 6, 2000 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the "Credit
Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment and
Waiver have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement.
(2) The Borrower and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit
Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is,
effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.01 is hereby amended as follows:
(i) The definition of "Captain D's Properties" set forth
therein is hereby amended by deleting the words "Captain D's
Properties, LLC" after the word "means" and substituting for such
words the words "SHN Properties, LLC".
(b) Section 5.01(m) is amended by deleting the words "for a period of no
less than 2 years" and substituting for such words the words "through and
until December 31, 2001".
SECTION 2. Waiver. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 3, the Lenders hereby agree to waive any
Default or Event of Default that has occurred pursuant to Section 5.01(m) as
a result of the Borrower entering into interest rate Hedge Agreements that
extend for a period of less than 2 years.
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SECTION 3. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment and Waiver shall
become effective as of the date first above written when, and only when, the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment and
Waiver executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, as to any of the
Lenders, advice satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has
executed this Amendment and Waiver, and the consent attached hereto executed
by each of the parties thereto. The effectiveness of this Amendment and
Waiver is conditioned on the accuracy of the factual matters described
herein. This Amendment and Waiver is subject to the provisions of Section
8.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the
Notes. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment and Waiver,
each reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder",
"hereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each
reference in the Notes and each of 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 and Waiver.
(b) The Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan
Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment and Waiver, are and
shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects
ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and
shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties
under the Loan Documents, in each case as amended by this Amendment and
Waiver.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and
Waiver shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of
any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under
any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of
the Loan Documents.
SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses . The Borrower agrees to pay on demand
all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and
amendment of this Amendment and Waiver and the other instruments and
documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in
accordance with the terms of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment and Waiver may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to
this Amendment and Waiver by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Amendment and Waiver.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment and Waiver shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment and
Waiver to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.
CAPTAIN D'S, INC.
By /s/ X.X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: V.P.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and as Lender
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Managing Director
XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX
PRIME INCOME TRUST
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
XXX XXXXXX SENIOR
INCOME TRUST
By: Xxx Xxxxxx Investment
Advisory Corp.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Principal
XXX XXXXXX SENIOR
FLOATING RATE FUND
By: Xxx Xxxxxx Investment
Advisory Corp.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Principal
XXX XXXXXX PRIME RATE
INCOME TRUST
By: Xxx Xxxxxx Investment
Advisory Corp.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Principal
NORTH AMERICAN SENIOR FLOATING
RATE FUND
By: CypressTree Investment Management
Company, Inc. as Portfolio Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal
CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT PARTNERS I
LTD
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal
CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
As: Attorney-in-Fact and on behalf of
First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance
Company as Portfolio Manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Principal
KZH CYPRESSTREE-1 LLC
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH STERLING LLC
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
ML CLO XV PILGRIM AMERICA (CAYMAN) LTD.
By: Pilgrim Investments, Inc. as its
investment manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
ML CLO XX PILGRIM AMERICA (CAYMAN) LTD.
By: Pilgrim Investments, Inc. as its
investment manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
ML CLO XII PILGRIM AMERICA (CAYMAN) LTD.
By: Pilgrim Investments, Inc. as its
investment manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
XXXXXX FINANCIAL LEASING, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
BALANCED HIGH-YIELD FUND I LTD.
/s/ Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx CFA
Title: Vice President - Asset Management
Managing Director
SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO
By: Boston Management Company, as
Investment Advisors
By
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Name:
Title:
SEQUILS I, LTD.
By: TCW Advisors, Inc., as its
Collateral Manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
SEQUILS IV, LTD.
By: TCW Advisors, Inc., as its
Collateral Manager
By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By
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Name:
Title:
CAPTIVA II FINANCE, LTD.
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Director
CONSENT
Dated as of January 26, 2001
Each of the undersigned, Captain D's, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Shoney's Inc., a Tennessee corporation (and the successor by merger to TPI
Restaurants, Inc., a Tennessee corporation), SHN Properties, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Captain D's Realty, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and Beverage Sales, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to the
extent it is (i) a Grantor under the Security Agreement dated as of September
6, 2000 in favor of the Administrative Agent and, for its benefit and the
benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to in the foregoing Amendment and Waiver), (ii) a Grantor under the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of September 6, 2000 in
favor of the Administrative Agent and, for its benefit and the benefit of the
Secured Parties, (iii) a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement dated as of
September 6, 2000 in favor of the Administrative Agent and, for its benefit
and the benefit of the Secured Parties and (iv) a Subsidiary Guarantor under
the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of September 6, 2000 in favor of the
Administrative Agent and, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured
Parties, hereby consents to such Amendment and Waiver and hereby confirms and
agrees that (a) notwithstanding the effectiveness of such Amendment and
Waiver, each of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement
referred to in the foregoing Amendment and Waiver) to which it is a party is,
and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects, except that, on and after the effectiveness of
such Amendment and Waiver, each reference in such Loan Documents to the
"Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import shall
mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by such Amendment
and Waiver, and (b) the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and all
of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the
payment of all of the Secured Obligations (in each case, as defined therein).
CAPTAIN D'S, INC.
By: /s/ X.X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: V.P.
SHONEY'S, INC.
By: X.X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: V.P.-Finance
SHN PROPERTIES, LLC
By: Captain D's, Inc., as Managing
Member
By: /s/ X.X. XxXxxxxx, Xx., V.P.,
Captain D's, Inc. as Managing
Member
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Title:
CAPTAIN D's REALTY, LLC
By: Captain D's, Inc., as Managing
Member
By: /s/ X.X. XxXxxxxx, Xx., V.P.
Captain D's, Inc. as Managing
Member
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Title:
BEVERAGES SALES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: President
