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EXHIBIT 10.3.3
VANS, INC.
SECOND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "SECOND AMENDMENT
AGREEMENT") is dated as of April 30, 2001 and entered into by and among Vans,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("COMPANY"), the financial institutions listed on
the signature pages hereof (each individually a "LENDER" and collectively
"LENDERS"), and Bank of America, N.A. (formerly known as Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association), as a letter of credit issuing lender,
the swing line lender and as agent (the "AGENT") for Lenders, and is made with
reference to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 12, 2000 (the
"FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT"), by and among Company, the
lenders listed on the signature pages thereof, and Agent. Capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the same meanings as set forth in the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages
thereof, and Agent entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July
13, 1999 (the "Original Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, Company, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages
thereof, and Agent amended and restated the Original Credit Agreement in its
entirety in the form of the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by
entering into that certain Amendment Agreement to Original Credit Agreement
dated as of April 12, 2000 (the "First Amendment Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Company and Lenders desire, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to amend and restate the First Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement (together with all schedules and exhibits thereto) in its
entirety in the form of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
1.1 AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
On the Second Effective Date (as defined below), the First Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits thereto) shall
be and is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in
Annex A hereto (as set forth in such Annex A, the "SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT"), and as so
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amended and restated is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in each and
every respect. The rights and obligations of the parties to the First Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement with respect to the period prior to the Second
Effective Date shall not be affected by such amendment and restatement.
SECTION 2. ADDITION OF A NEW LENDER AND PRO RATA SHARES
On the Second Effective Date, the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement shall include as a Lender for all purposes under the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement Union Bank of California, N.A. (the "New Lender").
The New Lenders shall hereby become a party to the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, shall hereby become vested with and shall agree to accept all
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a Lender under the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and shall
hereby be deemed to have made all of the covenants and agreements contained in
the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
in each case to the same extent as if originally a party to the Original Credit
Agreement and the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Schedule 2.1(c)
to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement reflects the New Lender's
Pro Rata Share. On the Second Effective Date, the New Lender shall pay to Agent
by wire transfer of immediately available funds such amount, as calculated by
Agent, as reflects the New Lender's Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving
Loans (and, if applicable, such New Lender's Pro Rata Share of any
participations which have been funded by Lenders with respect to outstanding
Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) and the New Lender's Pro Rata Share of
the outstanding Term Loans. On the Second Effective Date, each existing Lender
which increases its Commitment (the "Increasing Lenders"), as set forth on
Schedule 2.1(c) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, shall pay
to Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds such amount, if any, as
calculated by Agent, as reflects such Increasing Lender's increased Pro Rata
Share of the outstanding Revolving Loans (and, if applicable, such Increasing
Lender's increased Pro Rata Share of any participations which have been funded
by Lenders with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans)
and such Increasing Lender's increased Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Term
Loans. Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender such amounts, if any, as
calculated by Agent, as may be necessary to reflect such Lender's then Pro Rata
Share, as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, of the outstanding Revolving Loans (and, if applicable, such Lender's
then Pro Rata Share of any participations which have been funded by Lenders with
respect to outstanding Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) and the
outstanding Term Loans. Each principal payment to a Lender pursuant to this
Section 2 shall be deemed to be a repayment by the Company of the applicable
Loans held by such Lender and each principal payment by a Lender pursuant to
this Section 2 shall be deemed to be a borrowing by the Company of the
applicable Loans from such paying Lender on the same terms and condition as the
Loans being so repaid (it being understood that such Loans from such deemed
borrowings shall have the same interest rates as those applicable to the Loans
being so repaid).
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
Sections 1 and 2 of this Second Amendment Agreement shall become
effective only upon the satisfaction on or prior to April 30, 2001 of all of the
following conditions precedent and the conditions set forth in Section 5E hereof
(the date of satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the
"SECOND EFFECTIVE DATE"):
A. On or before the Second Effective Date, Company shall deliver to
Lenders (or to Agent for Lenders with sufficient originally executed copies,
where appropriate, for each Lender and its counsel) the following, each, unless
otherwise noted, dated the Second Effective Date:
1. Certified copies of its Certificate of Incorporation, together with a
good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation and the jurisdiction in which its principal place of
business is located, each dated a recent date prior to the Second
Effective Date;
2. Copies of its Bylaws, certified as of the Second Effective Date by its
corporate secretary or an assistant secretary;
3. Resolutions of its Board of Directors approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amendment Agreement
and approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and payment of the
Revolving Note and the Term Note (the "NEW NOTES") issued to the New
Lender and each Allonge to Revolving Note, and each Allonge to Term Note,
substantially in the form of Annex B-1 and Annex B-2, respectively, to
this Second Amendment Agreement (collectively, the "ALLONGES") issued to
each Lender (other than the New Lender) certified as of the Second
Effective Date by its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as
being in full force and effect without modification or amendment;
4. Signature and incumbency certificates of its officers executing this
Amendment, the Allonges and the New Notes;
5. A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, dated as of the Second
Effective Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI of the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date, as though made on
and as of such date, (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would
result from the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) there has
occurred since May 31, 2000 no event or circumstance that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
6. Executed originals of this Second Amendment Agreement, the New Notes,
drawn to the order of the New Lender, and the Allonges, drawn to the
order of each Lender (other than the New Lender), in each case executed
by Company.
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B. On or before the Second Effective Date, Lenders and their respective
counsel shall have received originally executed copies of one or more
favorable written opinions of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel to
Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its
counsel, dated as of the Second Effective Date, substantially in the form
set forth in Annex C hereto and as to such other matters as Agent acting
on behalf of Lenders may reasonably request.
C. On or before the Second Effective Date, each Lender shall have
delivered to Agent originally executed copies of this Second Amendment
Agreement.
D. Agent and each Lender shall have received the amendment fees,
commitment fees and arrangement fees payable by Company on the Second
Effective Date in such amounts as have been separately agreed upon and
Agent shall have received evidence of payment by the Company of all
Attorney Costs of Bank of America to the extent invoiced prior to or on
the Funding Date, plus such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall
constitute Bank of America's reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs
incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings
(provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude final settling
of accounts between the Company and Bank of America).
E. On or before the Second Effective Date, all corporate and other
proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the Second Amendment
Agreement and all documents incidental thereto not previously found
acceptable by Agent, acting on behalf of Lenders, and its counsel shall
be satisfactory in form and substance to Agent and such counsel, and
Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals
or certified copies of such documents as Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Second Amendment Agreement
and to amend and restate the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in the
manner provided herein, Company represents and warrants to each Lender that the
following statements are true, correct and complete on and as of the Second
Effective Date:
A. CORPORATE POWER AND AUTHORITY. Each of Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Second Amendment Agreement, and Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its
obligations under, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, this Second
Amendment Agreement, the Amended Notes (as defined below) and the New Notes, and
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to issue the Allonges
and the New Notes.
B. AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS. The execution and delivery of this Second
Amendment Agreement, the Allonges and the New Notes, the performance of this
Second Amendment Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
and the payment of the New Notes and the Notes as amended by the Allonges (the
"AMENDED NOTES") have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of Company.
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C. NO CONFLICT. The execution and delivery by Company of this Second
Amendment Agreement, the execution and delivery by Company of the New Notes and
the Allonges and the performance by Company of this Second Amendment Agreement
and the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the payment of the New
Notes and the Amended Notes by Company do not and will not (i) violate any
Requirement of Law or any Organization Documents of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any order, judgment, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority binding on Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
or (iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any
Person under any Contractual Obligation of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
D. GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS. The execution and delivery by Company of this
Second Amendment Agreement, the execution and delivery by Company of the New
Notes and the Allonges and the performance by Company of this Second Amendment
Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the payment
of the New Notes and the Amended Notes by Company do not and will not require
any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to,
with or by, any Governmental Authority.
E. BINDING OBLIGATION. This Second Amendment Agreement, the Allonges and
the New Notes have been duly executed and delivered by Company and each of this
Second Amendment Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
the New Notes and the Amended Notes constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of Company, enforceable against Company 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 or by equitable principles relating
to enforceability.
F. INCORPORATION OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES FROM SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT. The representations and warranties contained in
Article VI of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are incorporated
herein by this reference and are and will be true, correct and complete in all
material respects on and as of the Second Effective Date to the same extent as
though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations
and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were
true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier
date.
G. ABSENCE OF DEFAULT. No event has occurred and is continuing or will
result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Second
Amendment Agreement that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
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SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS
A. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(i) On and after the Second Effective Date, (a) each reference in the
other Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof",
"therein" or words of like import referring to the First Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and (b) each reference in the other
Loan Documents to "Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association" shall mean and be a reference to Bank of America, N.A. On
and after the Second Effective Date, each Loan and Letter of Credit
outstanding under the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall
be deemed to be a Loan and Letter of Credit outstanding under the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(ii) Except as specifically amended or amended and restated by this
Second Amendment Agreement, the First Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amendment
Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a
waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or
remedy of Agent or any Lender under, the First Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
B. FEES AND EXPENSES. Company acknowledges that all costs, fees and
expenses as described in subsection 11.04 of the First Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
incurred by Agent and its counsel with respect to this Second Amendment
Agreement and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby shall be for
the account of Company.
C. HEADINGS. Section and subsection headings in this Second Amendment
Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Second Amendment Agreement for any other purpose or be
given any substantive effect.
D. Applicable Law. THIS SECOND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER
FEDERAL LAW.
E. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Second Amendment Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate
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counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate
counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages
are physically attached to the same document. This Second Amendment Agreement
(other than the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the effectiveness of
which is governed by Section 3 hereof) shall become effective upon the execution
of a counterpart hereof by Company and each of the Lenders and receipt by
Company and Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and
authorization of delivery thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
VANS, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President & General Counsel
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice-President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, as
Swing Line Lender and as an Issuing Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, A NATIONAL
BANKING ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXXXX XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXXXX XXX CORPORATE FINANCE,
A DIVISION OF CUPERTINO NATIONAL BANK AND
TRUST, as a Lender
By: /s/ XXX XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxx XxXxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender and as an Issuing
Lender
By: /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Director West Coast Trade Center
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/s/ XXXX XXXXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Managing Director
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CALIFORNIA FEDERAL BANK, A FEDERAL
SAVINGS BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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ANNEX A
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
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ANNEX B-1
FORM OF ALLONGE TO REVOLVING NOTE
By this [Second]1 Allonge to Revolving Note (this "Allonge") the
undersigned, Vans, Inc. ("Company"), agrees that the Revolving Note of Company
dated July 13, 1999, payable to the order of [Lender], [as amended by the
Allonge thereto dated as of April 12, 2000]1, is amended (i) by deleting the
figure "[amount of old revolving note, as amended, if applicable, by the Allonge
thereto dated as of April 12, 2000]" and substituting "[amount of new revolving
note]" therefor each place such figure appears, and (ii) by deleting the phrase
"[amount of old revolving note, as amended, if applicable, by the Allonge
thereto dated as of April 12, 2000, in words]" and substituting "[amount of new
revolving note in words]" therefor.
Date: April 30, 2001
VANS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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ANNEX B-2
FORM OF ALLONGE TO TERM NOTE
By this [Second]2 Allonge to Term Note (this "Allonge") the undersigned,
Vans, Inc. ("Company"), agrees that the Term Note of Company dated July 13,
1999, payable to the order of [Lender], [as amended by the Allonge thereto dated
as of April 12, 2000]1, is amended (i) by deleting the figure "[amount of old
term note, as amended, if applicable, by the Allonge thereto dated as of April
12, 2000]" and substituting "[amount of new term note]" therefor each place such
figure appears, and (ii) by deleting the phrase "[amount of old term note, as
amended, if applicable, by the Allonge thereto dated as of April 12, 2000, in
words]" and substituting "[amount of new term note in words]" therefor.
Date: April 30, 2001
VANS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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ANNEX C
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO COMPANY
April 30, 2001
Bank of America N.A.,
individually and as Agent
and
The Lenders Listed on Schedule A Hereto
Re: Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
April 30, 2001 among Vans, Inc., the financial institutions
listed therein as Lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am the Vice President and General Counsel of Vans, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and have acted as counsel to the Company in
connection with that certain Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement
dated as of April 30, 2001 (the "Second Amendment Agreement"), and the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2001, in each case
among the Company, the financial institutions listed therein as Lenders and Bank
of America, N.A., as Agent. I am rendering the opinions herein pursuant to
Section 3B of the Second Amendment Agreement. Except as otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings given to them
in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the Second Amendment
Agreement, as applicable.
In connection herewith, I have examined and relied upon representations
and warranties as to factual matters contained in, and made pursuant to, the
Second Amendment Agreement by the Company, and have examined and relied upon the
originals or copies of such records, documents, certificates, opinions,
memoranda and other instruments as in my judgment are necessary to enable me to
render the opinions expressed below, including but not limited to:
(a) the Organization Documents of the Company;
(b) all records of proceedings and actions of the Company relating to the
approval of the Second Amendment Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby;
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(c) The Second Amendment Agreement;
(d) The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement;
(e) The Allonges;
(f) The New Notes, and the Notes issued under the Original Credit
Agreement or under the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, in each case
as amended, if applicable, by the allonges dated as of April 12, 2000 and as
amended by the Allonges (the "Amended Notes") (collectively, the "Notes"); and
(g) The instruments and other agreements to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound which have been
identified by me as a material agreement of such party and which are listed on
Schedule B attached hereto (the "Material Agreements").
The documents described in subsections (c) through (f) above are referred
to herein collectively as the "Loan Documents."
Where I render an opinion "to the best of my knowledge" or concerning an
item "known to me" or my opinion otherwise refers to my knowledge, it is based
solely upon (i) my personal knowledge, (ii) the receipt of a certificate
executed by an officer of the Company covering such matters, (iii) an inquiry of
officers of the Company, (iv) a review of the Loan Documents and the documents
or instruments attached as annexes, exhibits and schedules to the Second
Amendment Agreement or, to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to
the Credit Agreement, and (v) such other investigation, if any, that I
specifically set forth herein.
In rendering the opinions herein, I have assumed: (a) the genuineness and
authenticity of all signatures on original documents, other than those of the
Company; (b) the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals; (c)
the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to me as copies; (d) the
accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; and
(e) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all of the
parties thereto, other than those of the Company, where authorization, execution
and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents. I have
also assumed: (x) that all individuals executing and delivering documents in
their individual capacities had the legal capacity to so execute and deliver;
(y) that the Second Amendment Agreement is an obligation binding upon each of
the Lenders; and (z) that there are no extrinsic agreements or understandings
among the parties to the Second Amendment Agreement that would modify or
interpret the terms of that agreement or the respective rights or obligations of
the parties thereunder.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the
qualifications, exceptions, limitations and assumptions expressed herein, I am
of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted
and to own, or hold
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under lease, and operate, its assets and to execute and deliver the Second
Amendment Agreement, the New Notes and the Allonges and to perform its
obligations under each of the Loan Documents. The Company is qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in California. The
Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in all other jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or
the failure to be in such good standing could have a Material Adverse Effect.
2. The execution and delivery of the Second Amendment Agreement, the New
Notes and the Allonges and performance of each of the Loan Documents have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company,
and each of the Second Amendment Agreement, the New Notes and the Allonges has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
3. Each of the Loan Documents constitutes a legally valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, and (ii) general principles of equity, whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
4. The Company's execution and delivery of the Second Amendment
Agreement, the New Notes and the Allonges, and performance of its obligations
under the Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Loan Documents and the compliance with the terms and conditions thereof
by the Company do not (i) violate the Company's Organization Documents, (ii)
violate, breach, or result in a default under, any existing obligation of or
restriction on the Company under any other Material Agreements or, to my
knowledge, any other agreement, (iii) breach or otherwise violate any existing
obligation of or restriction on the Company under any order, judgment or decree
of any California or federal court or governmental authority binding on the
Company, or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties
or assets of the Company under any Material Agreement or order referenced to in
clause (ii) or (iii) above or, to my knowledge, any other agreement referenced
in clause (ii) above.
5. To my knowledge, the execution and delivery by the Company of the
Second Amendment Agreement, the New Notes and the Allonges and performance of
its obligations under the Loan Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the compliance with the
terms and conditions thereof by the Company do not violate any California,
Delaware or federal statute, rule or regulation that I have, in the exercise of
customary professional diligence, recognized as applicable to the Company or to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Loan Documents.
6. No order, consent, permit or approval of, or filing or registration
with, any Delaware, California or federal governmental authority that I have, in
the exercise of customary professional diligence, recognized as applicable to
the Company or to transactions of the type contemplated by the Loan Documents is
required on the part of the Company for the execution and delivery of, and
performance of its obligations under, the Loan Documents.
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7. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to my
knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which have
a significant likelihood of a Material Adverse Effect on either the ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under any Loan Document or the financial
condition or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
8. Neither the extension of credit nor the use provided in the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement will violate Regulation T, U or X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
9. It is not necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of
the Allonges, the New Notes and the Second Amendment Agreement to Lenders to
register the Amended Notes, the New Notes and the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement or the Loans under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
to qualify any indenture in respect thereof under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended.
10. The Company is not an "investment company" or a company "controlled"
by an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
The opinions expressed herein are subject to the following
qualifications, exceptions, limitations and assumptions:
1. I express no opinion herein concerning any laws other than the laws of
the State of California, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
and the federal law of the United States. I express no opinion as to whether the
laws of any other jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable
to the subject matter hereof.
2. The opinions herein are furnished to you solely for your benefit (and
the benefit of permitted assignees and participants under the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement) and may not be made available to or relied upon by
any other person, firm or entity without my prior written consent. The opinions
herein may not be relied upon in connection with any modification of the
documents referred to herein or the terms pursuant to which the transactions
contemplated therein have been consummated. Further, I disclaim any undertaking
to advise you of any changes which hereafter may be brought to my attention.
Very truly yours,
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Vice President
and General Counsel
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SCHEDULE A
LENDERS
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
CITY NATIONAL BANK, a National Banking Association
GREATER BAY CORPORATE FINANCE, a Division of Cupertino National Bank and Trust
BNP PARIBAS (formerly known as BANQUE NATIONALE de PARIS)
CALIFORNIA FEDERAL BANK, a federal savings bank
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
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SCHEDULE B
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
1. Agreement and Plan of Merger with Switch Manufacturing, dated as of July
10, 1998.
2 Share Sale and Purchase and Option Agreement with Global Accessories Ltd.
and certain shareholders of Global, dated as of November 20, 1996.
3. Shareholders' Agreement with Tavistock Holdings A.G., dated as of January
29, 1997.
4. Shareholders' Agreement with Xxxxxxx, Inc. dated as of January 1, 1997.
5. Agreement and Plan of Merger with Xxxx Xxxxxxx Snowboard Camp and Snozone
Boarding & Video, Inc., dated as of July 28, 1999.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS....................................................................................1
1.01 Certain Defined Terms..........................................................................1
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.................................................................23
1.03 Accounting Principles.........................................................................25
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS...................................................................................25
2.01 Amounts and Terms of Commitments..............................................................25
2.02 Register; Notes...............................................................................29
2.03 Procedure for Borrowing.......................................................................30
2.04 Conversion and Continuation Elections.........................................................31
2.05 Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Commitments.............................................33
2.06 Optional Prepayments..........................................................................33
2.07 Repayment.....................................................................................34
2.08 Interest......................................................................................34
2.09 Fees..........................................................................................35
2.10 Computation of Fees and Interest..............................................................37
2.11 Payments by the Company.......................................................................37
2.12 Payments by the Lenders to the Agent..........................................................38
2.13 Sharing of Payments, Etc......................................................................38
2.14 Subsidiary Guaranty...........................................................................39
ARTICLE III THE LETTERS OF CREDIT.........................................................................39
3.01 The Letter of Credit Subfacility..............................................................39
3.02 Issuance, Amendment and Renewal of Letters of Credit..........................................41
3.03 Risk Participations, Drawings and Reimbursements..............................................42
3.04 Repayment of Participations...................................................................44
3.05 Role of the Issuing Lender....................................................................44
3.06 Obligations Absolute..........................................................................45
3.07 Cash Collateral Pledge........................................................................46
3.08 Letter of Credit Fees.........................................................................46
3.09 Uniform Customs and Practice..................................................................47
3.10 Mandatory Prepayments of L/C Obligations......................................................47
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ARTICLE IV TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY........................................................47
4.01 Taxes.........................................................................................47
4.02 Illegality....................................................................................48
4.03 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.......................................................49
4.04 Funding Losses................................................................................50
4.05 Inability to Determine Rates..................................................................50
4.06 Certificates of Lenders.......................................................................51
4.07 Substitution of Lenders.......................................................................51
4.08 Survival......................................................................................51
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT..........................................................................51
5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extensions.......................................................51
5.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions...........................................................53
5.03 Conditions to First Effective Date............................................................54
5.04 Conditions to Second Effective Date...........................................................54
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................................................54
6.01 Corporate Existence and Power.................................................................54
6.02 Corporate Authorization; No Contravention.....................................................55
6.03 Governmental Authorization....................................................................55
6.04 Binding Effect................................................................................55
6.05 Litigation....................................................................................55
6.06 No Default....................................................................................56
6.07 ERISA Compliance..............................................................................56
6.08 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations...........................................................57
6.09 Title to Properties...........................................................................57
6.10 Taxes.........................................................................................57
6.11 Financial Condition...........................................................................57
6.12 Environmental Matters.........................................................................58
6.13 Regulated Entities............................................................................58
6.14 No Burdensome Restrictions....................................................................59
6.15 Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc.............................................59
6.16 Subsidiaries..................................................................................59
6.17 Insurance.....................................................................................59
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6.18 Solvency......................................................................................59
6.19 Full Disclosure...............................................................................59
6.20 Year 2000 Compliance..........................................................................60
6.21 Certain Obligations...........................................................................60
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.........................................................................60
7.01 Financial Statements..........................................................................60
7.02 Certificates; Other Information...............................................................61
7.03 Notices.......................................................................................62
7.04 Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc......................................................64
7.05 Maintenance of Non-Inventory Property.........................................................64
7.06 Insurance.....................................................................................64
7.07 Payment of Obligations........................................................................64
7.08 Compliance with Laws..........................................................................65
7.09 Compliance with ERISA.........................................................................65
7.10 Inspection of Property and Books and Records..................................................65
7.11 Environmental Laws............................................................................65
7.12 Use of Proceeds...............................................................................66
7.13 Further Assurances............................................................................66
7.14 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors..............................................................66
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS............................................................................67
8.01 Liens and Related Matters.....................................................................67
8.02 Disposition of Assets.........................................................................69
8.03 Consolidations and Mergers....................................................................69
8.04 Loans, Investments and Acquisitions...........................................................70
8.05 Limitation on Indebtedness....................................................................71
8.06 Transactions with Affiliates..................................................................71
8.07 Use of Proceeds...............................................................................72
8.08 Contingent Obligations........................................................................72
8.09 Sale and Leaseback Transactions...............................................................73
8.10 No Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions...................................................73
8.11 Restricted Payments...........................................................................73
8.12 Financial Covenants...........................................................................74
8.13 ERISA.........................................................................................76
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8.14 Change in Business............................................................................76
8.15 Accounting Changes............................................................................76
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT.............................................................................76
9.01 Event of Default..............................................................................76
9.02 Remedies......................................................................................79
9.03 Rights Not Exclusive..........................................................................79
ARTICLE X THE AGENT.....................................................................................80
10.01 Appointment and Authorization; "Agent"........................................................80
10.02 Delegation of Duties..........................................................................80
10.03 Liability of Agent............................................................................80
10.04 Reliance by Agent.............................................................................81
10.05 Notice of Default.............................................................................81
10.06 Credit Decision...............................................................................82
10.07 Indemnification of Agent......................................................................82
10.08 Agent in Individual Capacity..................................................................82
10.09 Successor Agent...............................................................................83
10.10 Withholding Tax...............................................................................83
10.11 Lead Arrangers; Book Managers.................................................................84
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS.................................................................................85
11.01 Amendments and Waivers........................................................................85
11.02 Notices.......................................................................................86
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies................................................................86
11.04 Costs and Expenses............................................................................87
11.05 Company Indemnification.......................................................................87
11.06 Payments Set Aside............................................................................88
11.07 Successors and Assigns........................................................................89
11.08 Assignments, Participations, etc..............................................................89
11.09 Confidentiality...............................................................................91
11.10 Set-off.......................................................................................91
11.11 Automatic Debits of Fees......................................................................92
11.12 Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc...............................................92
11.13 Counterparts..................................................................................92
11.14 Severability..................................................................................92
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11.15 No Third Parties Benefited....................................................................92
11.16 Governing Law and Jurisdiction................................................................92
11.17 Waiver of Jury Trial..........................................................................93
11.18 Entire Agreement..............................................................................93
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SCHEDULES
Schedule I Lenders
Schedule 1.01 Determination of Applicable Margin and
Commitment Fee Rate
Schedule 2.01 Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
Schedule 6.05 Litigation
Schedule 6.16 Subsidiaries and Minority Interests
Schedule 8.01 Permitted Liens
Schedule 8.05 Permitted Indebtedness
Schedule 8.08 Contingent Obligations
Schedule 11.02 Lending Offices; Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit B Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit C Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Term Note
Exhibit E Form of Swing Line Note
Exhibit F Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit G Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
Exhibit H Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit I Form of Legal Opinion of General Counsel
Exhibit J Form of Delayed Draw Certificate
Exhibit K Company Investment Policy
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