Franklin Credit Management Corporation 10-12G

Franklin Credit Management Corporation 10-12G

Exhibit 10.18

Execution Copy

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (LICENSING)

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (LICENSING) (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of May 23, 2011 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), by and among FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and FRANKLIN CREDIT HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (each, a “Borrower” and collectively “Borrowers”), THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS (each, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (“Huntington”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). This Amendment further amends and modifies a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Licensing) dated as of March 31, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

RECITALS:

A. As of March 31, 2009, Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank executed the Credit Agreement setting forth the terms of certain extensions of credit to the Borrower; and

B. As of March 31, 2009, Borrowers executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, inter alia, a Revolving Promissory Note (Licensing) in the original principal sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), which principal sum was thereafter reduced to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000); and

C. As of March 31, 2009, and at various other times, Borrowers executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, inter alia, one or more Applications and Agreements for Letter of Credit in connection with Issuing Bank’s issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of one or more of the Borrowers; and

D. As of May 31, 2010, the Draw Loan Commitment expired by its terms and Borrowers have no right to obtain any Draw Loan Advances under the Credit Agreement;

E. As of March 28, 2011, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, waived the Borrowers’ failure to comply with Section 7.07(a) (Net Income Before Taxes) through and including September 30, 2011; and

E. As of even date herewith, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, among others, have entered into a certain Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”), and, in connection therewith, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) extend the maturity of the Revolving Loan Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment and (ii) delete the certain financial covenant in Section 7.07(a) (Net Income Before Taxes) of the Credit Agreement, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, are willing to do so upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein; and

F. Pursuant to Section 10.04, “Amendments,” of the Credit Agreement, the amendments requested by the Borrowers and Holding herein must be contained in a written agreement signed by each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and promises contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto for themselves and their successors and assigns do hereby agree, represent and warrant as follows:

1. The definition of “Termination Date” set forth in Section 1.01, “Certain Defined Terms,” of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to recite as follows:

“Termination Date” shall mean (i) in respect of the Revolving Loan and the Revolving Loan Commitment and the Letters of Credit and the Letter of Credit Commitment, September 30, 2012, or such earlier date on which this Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the provisions hereof or by operation of law, and (ii) in respect of the Draw Loan and the Draw Loan Commitment May 31, 2010, which Draw Loan and Draw Commitment have expired and are of no force and effect.

2. Paragraph (a), “Net Income Before Taxes,” of Section 7.07, “Financial Covenants,” of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to recite as follows:

(a) [Intentionally Deleted].

3. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received execution and delivery of, by all parties signatory hereto, originals, or completion as the case may be, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and its counsel, of three duly executed originals of this Amendment;

(b) Satisfactory evidence that all corporate and other proceedings that are necessary in connection with this Amendment have been taken to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and its counsel, and the Administrative Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents as the Administrative Agent may request;

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(c) The Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) shall have received a fee in respect of this Amendment in the amount of $18,750, which fee shall be earned in full as of the Amendment Effective Date and shall be non-refundable;

(d) The Borrowers shall have paid all of the Administrative Agent’s cost and expenses incurred up to the date of this Amendment; and

(e) The representations contained in the immediately following paragraph shall be true and accurate.

4. Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows: (a) after giving effect to this Amendment, each representation and warranty made by or on behalf of such Borrower in the Credit Agreement and in any other Loan Document is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to a date prior hereto; (b) the execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Amendment and each other Loan Document have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or organizational action on the part of such Borrower and will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to each Borrower; (c) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower, and each of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document as amended hereby constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) no event has occurred and is continuing, and no condition exists, which would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

5. Ratification and Reaffirmation. Each Borrower agrees (i) that all the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of such Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement are the valid and binding obligations of such Borrower; (ii) that the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of such Borrower evidenced by each Note executed and delivered by such Borrower are valid and binding without any present right of offset, claim, defense or recoupment of any kind and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects; and (iii) that the Liens and security interests granted to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Obligations as security for all obligations and liabilities of such Borrower under the Credit Agreement, each Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit and the Revolving Loan Note are valid and binding and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

6. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Licensing),” “Credit Agreement,” “Agreement,” the prefix “herein,” “hereof,” or words of similar import, and each reference in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. (b) Except to the extent amended or modified hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain as written originally and in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed, and nothing herein shall affect, modify, limit or impair any of the rights and powers which the Administrative Agent may have hereunder or thereunder. Nothing in this Amendment shall constitute a novation. The amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein, and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under, or of any other term or provisions of, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or of any term or provision of any other instrument referred to therein or herein or of any transaction or future action on the part of any Borrower which would require the consent of the Lender.

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7. Waiver and Release of All Claims and Defenses. Each Borrower hereby forever waives, relinquishes, discharges and releases all defenses and claims of every kind or nature, whether existing by virtue of state, federal, or local law, by agreement or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and all of their successors, assigns, directors, officers, shareholders, agents, employees and attorneys, the Obligations or the Collateral, whether previously or now existing or arising out of or related to any transaction or dealings between the Administrative Agent, any Lender and any Borrower or any of them, which any Borrower may have or may have made at any time up through and including the date of this Amendment, including without limitation, any affirmative defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, deductions or recoupments, by any Borrower, and all of their representatives, successors, assigns, agents, employees, officers, directors and heirs. “Claims” includes all debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, dues, sums of money, accounts, bonds, warranties, covenants, contracts, controversies, promises, agreements or obligations of any kind, type or description, and any other claim or demand of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or contingent, in contract, tort, at law or in equity, any of them ever had, claimed to have, now has, or shall or may have. Nothing contained in this Amendment prevents enforcement of this release.

8. No Waiver. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to waive, modify, or cure any default or Event of Default that exists or may exist under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

9. Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (1) ARISING UNDER THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR (2) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

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10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile copy of an executed signature page hereof will constitute receipt by the Administrative Agent of an executed counterpart of this Amendment.

11. Costs and Expenses. Each Borrower agrees to pay on demand in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Amendment and all other Loan Documents entered into in connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent’s counsel with respect thereto.

12. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Ohio.

13. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and will not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

14. Patriot Act Notice. The Administrative Agent hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.L.10756 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow the Administrative Agent to identify each Borrower in accordance with the Act.

[Signature Page Follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Issuing Bank have hereunto set their hands as of the date first set forth above.

	BORROWERS: FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Title:	President
	FRANKLIN CREDIT HOLDING CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Title:	President
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND ISSUING BANK: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title:	Senior Vice President
	LENDER AND RISK PARTICIPANT: HUNTINGTON FINANCE, LLC
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Title:	President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Licensing)