AMENDMENT NO. 1 Dated as of August 3, 2021 To FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 5, 2018


Exhibit 10
AMENDMENT NO. 1

Dated as of August 3, 2021

To

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 5, 2018

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) is made as of August 3, 2021 by and among The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), The Scotts Company LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, Scotts Canada Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Canada (each together with the Company and the other Subsidiary Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), under that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018 by and among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the requisite Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to a certain amendment to the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent hereby agree to enter into this Amendment.

1. Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the date of satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Section 6.04(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “and other investments” appearing therein with the words “and other loans, advances and investments”.

2. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent, (ii) counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation attached as Exhibit A hereto duly executed by the Loan Parties and (iii) payment and/or reimbursement of the Administrative Agent’s and its affiliates’ reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the Loan Documents.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(a) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).



(b) As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of such Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects), except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date).

4. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.

(a) Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

(b) Each Loan Document and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.

(d) This Amendment is a Loan Document under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement.

5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

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

7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures (as defined below), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be. As used herein, “Electronic Signatures” means any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, any contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.


[Signature Pages Follow]


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

as the Company
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Corporate Treasurer


Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018


THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC,
as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

SCOTTS CANADA LTD.,
as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

HYPONEX CORPORATION,
as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

SCOTTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

SCOTTS TEMECULA OPERATIONS, LLC, as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:Vice President and Treasurer


Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018


SMG GROWING MEDIA, INC.,
as a Subsidiary Borrower
By:/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:Vice President and Treasurer
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By:/S/ XXXX XXXXX
Name:Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:Vice President

BBVA USA f/k/a COMPASS BANK,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXX XXX
Name:
Xxxxx Xxx
Title:
Executive Director

BMO XXXXXX BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Director

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXXXXX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Director

COBANK, ACB,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018



FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Director

Flushing Bank,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXX XXXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President

GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXX XXXXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Capital Markets Lending Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018


XXXXXXX SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXX XXXXXX
Name:
Xxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Authorized Signatory

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXX XXXXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXX XX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xx Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President

TD BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXX XXXX
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President

TRISTATE CAPITAL BANK,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018


U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President


XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank
By:
/S/ XXXX XXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xxxx
Title:
Managing Director



COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender
By:
/S/ XXXXXX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/S/ XXXX XXXXX
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Executive Director






Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018


EXHIBIT A

Consent and Reaffirmation

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 1 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of July 5, 2018, by and among The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), The Scotts Company LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, Scotts Canada Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Canada (each together with the Company and the other Subsidiary Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), which Amendment No. 1 is dated as of August 3, 2021 and is by and among the Borrowers, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and the Administrative Agent (the “Amendment”). Capitalized terms used in this Consent and Reaffirmation and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, each of the undersigned consents to the Amendment and reaffirms the terms and conditions of the Collateral Agreement and any other Loan Document executed by it and acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agreement and each and every such Loan Document executed by the undersigned in connection with the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed. All references to the Credit Agreement contained in the above‑referenced documents shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as so modified by the Amendment and as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified or restated.

Dated August 3, 2021

[Signature Page Follows]





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Consent and Reaffirmation has been duly executed and delivered as of the day and year above written.


MIRACLE-GRO LAWN PRODUCTS, INC.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
OMS INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
President and CEO
SCOTTS PRODUCTS CO.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
SCOTTS PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS CO.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
SCOTTS-SIERRA INVESTMENTS LLC
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company


SWISS FARMS PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
President and CEO
XXXXXXX SCIENTIFIC, INC.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
XXX XXXXXXXX COMPANY
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
SMGM LLC
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
GENSOURCE, INC.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Treasurer
HAWTHORNE HYDROPONICS LLC
By:
/S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company


HGCI, INC.
By:
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
THE HAWTHORNE GARDENING COMPANY
By:
/S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
1868 VENTURES LLC
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
SCOTTS LIVE GOODS HOLDINGS, INC.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
THE HAWTHORNE COLLECTIVE, INC.
By:
/S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Treasurer
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation to Amendment No. 1 to
Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 5, 2018
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
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Filed: August 11th, 2021
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