CONSENT AND EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
CONSENT
AND EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
Consent and Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
("Amendment") is dated as of May 12, 2006, and is by and among General
Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, individually as a Lender
and as Agent for the Lenders, SportRack, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("SportRack US Borrower"), Valley Industries, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("Valley US Borrower" and, together with SportRack US
Borrower, "US Borrowers"), Brink International B.V., a private company with
limited liability (besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid)
incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its corporate seat
(statutaire
zetel)
in
Staphorst, The Netherlands and registered with the Chamber of Commerce
(Xxxxx
van Koophandel)
in Regio
Zwolle under number 05058752 ("European Borrower" and, together with US
Borrowers, "Borrowers"), the other persons designated as "Credit Parties" on
the
signature pages hereof, and the Lenders which are signatories
hereto.
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
May 23, 2003 by and among General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, individually as a Lender and as Agent for the Lenders, the other
Lenders party thereto, Borrowers and the other Credit Parties signatory from
time to time thereto (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement),
Agent and Lenders agreed, subject to the terms and provisions thereof, to
provide certain loans and other financial accommodations to Borrowers;
and
WHEREAS,
Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders consent to the transfer (the
"Restructure") (i) by US SportRack Holdings to Holdings of 100% of the
outstanding Stock issued by SportRack US Borrower such that SportRack US
Borrower is a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings rather than of US SportRack
Holdings and (ii) by SportRack US Borrower to US SportRack Holdings of 10%
of the outstanding Stock issued by SportRack Accessories, Inc., a Quebec
corporation ("SportRack Canada"), such that SportRack Canada is a Wholly-owned
Subsidiary of US SportRack Holdings, in each case in accordance with the
documents set forth on Exhibit
A
hereto
(the "Restructure Documents").
WHEREAS,
Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders agree to amend the Credit
Agreement in certain respects, as set forth below.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Consent.
Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this
Amendment, and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 5 of this Amendment, and notwithstanding any provisions of the Credit
Agreement to the contrary, Agent and Lenders hereby consent to the Restructure.
The foregoing consent is a limited consent, which shall be effective only with
respect to the specific facts set forth above. Such limited consent shall not
be
deemed to constitute a consent or waiver of any term, provision or condition
of
the Credit Agreement with respect to any transaction or circumstance other
than
the specific facts set forth above or to prejudice any right or remedy that
Agent or Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection
with any of the Loan Documents.
2. Amendments
to Credit Agreement.
Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this
Amendment, and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 5 of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) The
ninth
and tenth whereas clauses of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and
restated in their entirety as follows:
WHEREAS,
CHAAS Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Holdings")
that
owns all of the Stock of Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("US
SportRack Holdings"),
SportRack US Borrower, Valley US Borrower and European US Holdings (as
hereinafter defined), is willing to guaranty all of the Obligations and to
pledge to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all of the Stock of
US
SportRack Holdings, SportRack US Borrower, Valley US Borrower and European
US
Holdings to secure the Obligations; and
WHEREAS,
Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("US
SportRack Holdings")
is
willing to continue to guaranty all of the Obligations; and
(b) Clauses
(3) and (4) of Section 6.1(m) of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and
restated in their entirety as follows:
(3)
Holdings engages in any type of business activity other than the ownership
of
Stock of US SportRack Holdings, SportRack US Borrower, Valley US Borrower and
European US Holdings and activities reasonably related thereto in its capacity
as a passive holding company, (4) US SportRack Holdings engages in any type
of
business activity other than the ownership of Stock of SportRack Accessories,
Inc., a Quebec corporation, and activities reasonably related thereto in its
capacity as a passive holding company,
(c) Clauses
(b) and (c) of the definition of "Change of Control" set forth in Annex A of
the
Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as
follows:
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(b) except
to the extent (if any) that the Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable,
in
their sole and absolute discretion expressly consent in writing or except as
expressly permitted by the Agreement, Holdings ceases to own and control all
of
the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding Stock
of
US SportRack Holdings, SportRack US Borrower, Valley US Borrower and European
US
Holdings, (c) [intentionally omitted],
(d) The
items
set forth under the heading "Holdings" and "US SportRack Holdings" set forth
on
Schedule 3.9 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their
entirety as follows:
Holdings
A
passive
holding company. Holdings owns all of the Stock of US SportRack Holdings,
SportRack US Borrower, Valley US Borrower and European US Holdings.
US
SportRack Holdings
A
passive
holding company. US SportRack Holdings is the co-Issuer of the Public
Notes.
(e) Schedule
5.4(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to reflect that 100% of the
outstanding Stock issued by (i) SportRack US Borrower is owned by Holdings
rather than by US SportRack Holdings and (ii) SportRack Canada is owned by
US SportRack Holdings.
3. Conditions
Precedent.
The
effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Agent
shall have received this Amendment executed by all of the Credit Parties and
Requisite Lenders;
(b) Agent
shall have received, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent,
(i) amendments to the applicable Pledge Agreements (along with irrevocable
proxies relating thereto) to continue to provide that 100% of the outstanding
Stock of each of SportRack US Borrower and SportRack Canada is pledged to Agent,
and (ii) a Secretary's Certificate from each of Holdings and US SportRack
Holdings pertaining to such amendments to such Pledge Agreements;
(c) All
proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment and all documents, instruments and other legal matters incident
thereto shall be satisfactory to Agent, Lenders and their respective legal
counsel; and
(d) No
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, both before
and after giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment.
4. References;
Effectiveness.
Agent,
Lenders and Credit Parties hereby agree that all references to the Credit
Agreement which are contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall refer
to
the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
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5. Representations
and Warranties.
To
induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby
represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that:
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance by such Credit Party of this Amendment
and
the transactions contemplated hereby is within its organizational power, have
been duly authorized by all necessary action, have received all necessary
governmental approval (if any shall be required), and do not and will not
contravene or conflict with any provision of law applicable to such Credit
Party, the articles of incorporation, by-laws or any other organizational
document of such Credit Party, any order, judgment or decree of any court or
governmental agency, or any agreement, instrument or document binding upon
such
Credit Party or any of its property;
(b) Each
of
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as amended by this Amendment,
are the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable
against such Credit Party in accordance with their terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable
remedies;
(c) After
giving effect to the amendments set forth herein, the representations and
warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
true and accurate (in all material respects if any such representation and
warranty is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) as of the
date
hereof with the same force and effect as if such had been made on and as of
the
date hereof (other than those which, by their terms, specifically are made
as of
a certain date prior to the date hereof);
(d) Such
Credit Party has performed in all material respects all of its obligations
under
the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents to be performed by it on or before
the date hereof and as of the date hereof, such Credit Party is in compliance
in
all material respects with all applicable terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement and each of the Loan Documents to be observed and performed by it
and
no Event of Default or other event which, upon notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default, has occurred;
(e) The
execution and performance of the Restructure Documents and consummation of
the
Restructure and the transactions contemplated thereby does not and will not
(i)
violate, contravene or conflict with any Contractual Obligation (including,
without limitation, any provision of the Public Note Indenture, the Intermediate
Holdings Note Indenture or the Subordinated Notes) of any Credit Party or (ii)
cause or otherwise result in any prepayment of, redemption of, acceleration
of
or offer to purchase any amounts in respect of any Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, the Public Note Debt, the Intermediate Holdings Note Debt
or
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes); and
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(f) Attached
hereto as Exhibit
A
is a
true, correct and complete executed copy of each of the Restructure Documents,
which constitute all of the material agreements and material documents to be
executed and/or delivered in connection with the Restructure.
6. Reaffirmation
of Collateral Documents.
Each
Credit Party hereby (a) affirms that (i) except as expressly contained herein,
nothing contained therein shall modify in any respect whatsoever any of its
obligations under any of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and
(ii) each such Collateral Document is and shall continue to remain in full
force
and effect and (b) agrees that all references in any of the Loan Documents
to
the "Obligations" shall be deemed to refer to the definition of "Obligations"
as
amended by this Amendment and as otherwise amended from time to
time.
7. Counterparts.
This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed
to
be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and
the same Amendment.
8. Continued
Effectiveness.
Except
as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and each of the Loan Documents shall
continue in full force and effect according to its terms.
9. Costs
and Expenses.
Each
Credit Party hereby acknowledges
and agrees that this Amendment is a "Loan Document" for purposes of, among
other
things, subsection 1.3(e) of the Credit Agreement.
10. Post
Closing Deliveries.
Borrowers hereby agree that within
five (5) Business Days of the date hereof, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent
all
original stock certificates that are subject to the amendments to the applicable
Pledge Agreements described in Section 3(b) above,
together
with original assignments separate from certificate relating thereto.
The
failure to comply with this Section 10 shall result in an immediate Event of
Default under the Credit Agreement.
[signatures
follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as of the day and year first
written above.
BORROWERS:
SPORTRACK,
LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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VALLEY
INDUSTRIES, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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BRINK
INTERNATIONAL B.V.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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OTHER
CREDIT PARTIES:
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CHAAS
HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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CHAAS
ACQUISITIONS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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ADVANCED
ACCESSORY SYSTEMS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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AAS
ACQUISITIONS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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CHAAS
HOLDINGS B.V.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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SPORTRACK
ACCESSORIES INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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SPORTRACK
GMBH
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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VALTEK,
LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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CHAAS
HOLDINGS III B.V.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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AAS
CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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NOMADIC
SPORT INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X.Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
EVP& CFO
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SPORTRACK
S.R.O.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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SPORTRACK
IBERICA AUTOMOTIVE, S.L. UNIPERSONAL
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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BRINK
SVERIGE AB
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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BRINK
U.K. LIMITED
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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BRINK
NORDISK HOLDINGS APS
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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BRINK
POLSKA SP Z.O.O.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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BRINK
FRANCE S.A.R.L.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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ELLEBI
S.R.L.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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NORDISK
KOMPONENT HOLDINGS A/S
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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SOCIETE
DE FABRICATION D'EQUIPEMENTS ET D'ACCESSOIRES SA
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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BRINK
A/S
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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SCI
L'ELMONTAISE
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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CHAAS
HOLDINGS II B.V.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
xx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
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AGENT
AND LENDERS:
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GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Agent and a Lender
By:/s/
Xxxxxx X. Havabergh
Name:
Xxxxxx
X. Havabergh, M.D.
Title:
Duly Authorized Signatory
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PB
CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
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COMERICA
BANK,
as a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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