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EXHIBIT 10
WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
WAIVER (this "Waiver"), dated as of September 12, 1996, among FTD
Corporation ("Holdings"), Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc. (the "Borrower"),
the lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below (the "Banks"), and
Bankers Trust Company, as Agent (in such capacity, the "Agent"). Unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
respective meanings provided such terms in the Credit Agreement referred to
below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent are parties to
a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 1994 (as amended, modified or
supplemented through the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Xxxxx xxxxx the waiver
provided for herein, and the Banks party hereto have agreed to grant the waiver
provided for herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:
1. Effective from and including September 30, 1996 through and
including November 22, 1996, (the "Waiver Termination Date"), the Banks hereby
waive compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with the provisions of Sections
8.10, 8.11 and 8.14 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Test Period
ending on September 30, 1996. This Waiver shall be effective only for the
period from September 30, 1996 to and including the Waiver Termination Date
(the "Waiver Period") and shall be of no force or effect at any other time (it
being understood that to the extent any Default or Event of Default would have
arisen under Sections 8.10, 8.11 or 8.14 for the Test Period ending on
September 30, 1996 but for the provisions of this Waiver, such Default or Event
of Default will exist after the Waiver Termination Date).
2. In order to induce the Banks to enter into this Waiver, each of
Holdings and the Borrower (x) represents and warrants that no Default or Event
of Default exists on the Waiver Effective Date (as defined below), both before
and after giving effect to this Waiver and (y) makes each of the
representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or
the other Credit Documents on the Waiver Effective Date, both before and after
giving effect to this Waiver (it being understood and agreed that any
representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date
shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of
such date).
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3. This Waiver is limited as specified and shall not constitute the
modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document.
4. This waiver may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of
counterparts shall be lodged with the Credit Parties and the Agent.
5. THIS WAIVER AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. This Waiver shall become effective on the date (the "Waiver
Effective Date") when each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Required Banks
shall have signed a copy hereof (whether the same or different copies) and
shall have delivered (including by way of telecopier) the same to the Agent at
its Notice Office.
7. At all times during the Waiver Period, all references in the
Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement
shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement after giving effect to
this Waiver.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart
of this Waiver to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
FTD CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President and Secretary
FLORISTS' TRANSWORLD
DELIVERY, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
Individually and as Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Relationship Manager
NBD BANK
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
COMERICA BANK
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
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Title: Vice President
XXXXXX TRUST AND
SAVINGS BANK
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO
By
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Title:
CAISSE NATIONAL DE
CREDIT AGRICOLE
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
