AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENTCredit Agreement • May 9th, 2008 • Staples Inc • Retail-miscellaneous shopping goods stores • New York
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 5, 2008 (this “Amendment”), by and among STAPLES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and the other lending institutions from time to time party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (hereinafter, in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), CITIBANK, N.A., as syndication agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), and HSBC BANK USA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), amends certain provisions of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2006 among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent (as amended and in effect from time to time,
