1
Exhibit 10.32
AMENDMENT
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement is entered into as of
the ninth (9th) day of July, 1997, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK
("Bank") and FRESH CHOICE, INC. ("Borrower").
RECITALS
Borrower and Bank are parties to that certain Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of December 20, 1995, as amended (the "Agreement"). The
parties desire to amend the Agreement in accordance with the terms of this
Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
The following definitions under Section 1.1 are amended to read
as follows:
"Committed Line" means Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000),
provided the Committed Line shall be Three Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($3,500,000) until Bank records deeds of trust acceptable to Bank on
certain real property in Texas, receives title insurance on such deeds of
trust in a form and amount acceptable to Bank, reviews and approves an
appraisal on each such property evidencing an aggregate value of at least
$3,000,000, and reviews satisfactory environmental reports on each such
property.
"Debt Service Coverage" means, as measured as of the last day of
Borrower's 1997 fiscal year, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (a) the
EBITDA for the 1997 fiscal year divided by (b) the sum of (i) interest
expense for the 1997 fiscal year plus (ii) the current portion of all term
debt for the twelve (12) month period following the end of 1997 fiscal year,
plus (iii) projected interest and principal payments for the twelve (12)
month period following the end of the 1997 fiscal year on the amount of the
Term Loan elected by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2. "Debt Service
Coverage" means, as measured as of the last day of each fiscal quarter,
commencing with the first fiscal quarter of 1998, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, (a) the EBITDA for the previous four (4) fiscal quarters of
Borrower, divided by (b) the current portion of all term debt for the twelve
(12) month period following the end of such fiscal quarter, plus interest
expense for such fiscal quarter, annualized, plus projected interest and
principal payments for the twelve (12) month period following the end of the
such fiscal year on the amount of the Term Loan elected by Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.1.2.
"Maturity Date" means May 27, 1998, provided any portion of the
Revolving Facility that is termed out pursuant to Section 2.1.2 shall be due
in accordance with that Section.
2. The first paragraph of Section 2.1 is amended to read as follows,
and the first two paragraphs 2.1.1 are deleted:
2.1 Revolving Advances. Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Bank agrees to make Advances to Borrower in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the Committed Line or the Borrowing Base. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Borrowing Base" shall mean an amount equal to
three (3.0) times Borrower's earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation
and amortization, measured on a trailing four quarter basis. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1 may be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior to the Maturity
Date.
1
2
3. Section 2.1.2 is added to the Agreement, as follows:
2.1.2 Term Option.
(a) At any time prior to the Maturity Date, Borrower may
convert up to Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000)
of the Revolving Facility into a term loan (the "Term Loan"). Borrower
may elect such term option to be effective on a date (the "Conversion
Date") that is two Business Days after Bank's receipt of a written
notice to Bank in a form reasonably satisfactory to Bank specifying the
amount of the Term Loan. The Term Loan shall bear interest at a
floating rate equal to One and Three Quarters Percent (1.75%) plus the
Prime Rate. The Term Loan will be payable in forty-eight (48) equal
monthly installments of principal, plus accrued interest, on the
twenty-seventh day of each month, beginning the month following the
Conversion Date. The entire principal balance and all accrued but
unpaid interest on the Term Loan shall be due and payable on the fourth
anniversary of the Term Loan. Availability under the Revolving
Facility shall be reduced on the Conversion Date by the principal
amount of the Term Loan.
(b) As a condition to exercising the term option,
Borrower shall pay Bank a fee equal to 0.5% of the Term Loan, and
Borrower shall meet, on a pro forma basis, as of the last day of
Borrower's 1997 fiscal year, a Debt Service Coverage of at least 1.75
to 1.00. From and after the Conversion Date, Borrower shall maintain
as of the last day of each fiscal quarter a Debt Service Coverage of at
least 1.75 to 1.00.
4. Item (b) of Section 6.3 is amended from ninety (90) days to one
hundred (100) days.
5. Section 6.9 is amended to read as follows:
6.9 Tangible Net Worth. Borrower shall maintain, as of the
last day of each fiscal quarter, a Tangible Net Worth of not less than Twenty
Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($24,500,000).
6. A new Section 6.13 is added, as follows:
6.13 EBITDA. Borrower shall achieve, as of the last day of its
1997 fiscal year, a minimum EBITDA of Three Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000).
7. A new Section 6.14 is added, as follows:
6.14 Zoopa Restaurants. Borrower shall grant Bank a first
priority security interest in all of the personal property in the Zoopa
restaurants by June 30, 1998.
8. Section 7.11 is amended to read as follows:
7.11 Fixed Asset Acquisition. Acquire fixed assets during the
period from May 28, 1997 to May 27, 1998 with a cumulative cost in excess of
Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000).
9. A new Section 8.10 is added, as follows:
8.10 Crescent Default. An Event of Default occurs under any
agreement between Bank or any other financial institution and Crescent Real
Estate Limited Partnership.
10. The Compliance Certificate to be delivered after the date of this
Amendment shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.
2
3
11. Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms in this Amendment
shall be as defined in the Agreement. Except as amended, the Agreement
remains in full force and effect.
12. Borrower represents and warrants that the Representations and
Warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date of
this Amendment, and that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
13. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one instrument.
14. As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, Borrower
shall have paid a Facility Fee in an amount equal to Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000), plus all Bank Expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation of this Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of
the first date above written.
FRESH CHOICE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------------------
Title: Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
----------------------------------------
SILICON VALLEY BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------------------
Title: Assistant Vice President
----------------------------------------
3