Tenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp., Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A.

Summary

This amendment, dated November 17, 2000, modifies the existing credit agreement between Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. (and related parties), Bank of America, N.A. (as Agent), General Electric Capital Corporation (as Co-Agent), and various lenders. The amendment extends the loan termination date, reduces the total revolving loan commitment from $36 million to $34 million, and updates the budget requirements. The extension is subject to bankruptcy court approval and payment of an extension fee, with further extension possible if additional conditions are met.

EX-10.1(K) 6 0006.txt TENTH AMENDMENT EXECUTION COPY EXHIBIT 10.1(k) TENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the "Amendment") is being executed and delivered as --------- of November 17, 2000 by and among Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Einstein Bros. Bagels, Inc. (as debtor-in- possession, the "Borrower"), Einstein/Noah Bagel Partners, L.P., a Delaware -------- limited partnership (as debtor-in-possession, the "Partnership", each of the ----------- Borrower and the Partnership being hereinafter sometimes referred to individually as a "Debtor" and hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as ------ "Debtors"), Einstein/Noah Bagel Partners, Inc., a California corporation ------- formerly known as Noah's New York Bagels, Inc. (the "Corporate GP", and together ------------ with the Borrower and the Partnership, collectively, the "Credit Parties" and -------------- each individually a "Credit Party"), Bank of America, N.A. (as successor to Bank ------------ of America National Trust and Savings Association), as the "Agent" for the Lenders (the "Agent"), General Electric Capital Corporation, as "Co-Agent" for ----- the Lenders (the "Co-Agent"), and the financial institutions from time to time -------- party to the Credit Agreement referred to and defined below (collectively, the "Lenders", and each individually, a "Lender"). Undefined capitalized terms ------- ------ which are used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent and the Co-Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement dated as of November 21, 1997 (as heretofore amended and modified by that certain First Amendment and Waiver thereto dated as of March 27, 1998, that certain Consent thereto dated as of May 7, 1998, that certain Second Amendment thereto dated as of October 4, 1998, that certain Third Amendment and Waiver thereto dated as of January 29, 1999, that certain Fourth Amendment and Waiver thereto dated as of May 15, 1999, that certain Fifth Amendment and Waiver thereto dated as of February 29, 2000, that certain Restated Sixth Amendment and Waiver thereto dated as of April 27, 2000 and restated as of June 15, 2000, that certain Seventh Amendment dated as of October 31, 2000, that certain Eighth Amendment dated as of November 9, 2000, and that certain Ninth Amendment dated as of November 14, 2000, in each case among such parties, collectively, the "Credit ------ Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to provide, subject to - --------- the terms and conditions contained therein, certain loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower; and WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, and to provide additional security for the Borrower's obligations thereunder, each of the Partnership and the Corporate GP executed and delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, certain guaranties, security agreements, pledge agreements and other Loan Documents; WHEREAS, on April 27, 2000, each of the Debtors filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (the "Bankruptcy Court") ---------------- voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. (S)(S)101 et seq. and have continued in the possession of their -- ---- assets pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 thereof; WHEREAS, in connection with such filings and at the Debtors' request, the Bankruptcy Court entered a final order authorizing the Borrower to borrow Revolving Loans and to obtain Letters of Credit in a maximum aggregate principal amount of $36,000,000 under the Credit Agreement subject to the terms and conditions of such order and the Loan Documents; WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, such Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit may be provided through and including the Termination Date, after which date no additional Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit will be available and upon which date all outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Obligations must be repaid in full; WHEREAS, the Termination Date is currently expected to occur on the close of business on the date hereof; WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment the Lenders have agreed, to amend the Credit Agreement to modify the definition of "Termination Date" to effect an extension thereof; and WHEREAS, it is a condition, among others stated herein, to the Agent's and Lenders' agreement to extend the Termination Date, that the Total Revolving Loan Commitment Amount be reduced from $36,000,000 to $34,000,000. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the terms and conditions stated herein and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Credit Parties, the Lenders, the Agent and the Co-Agent, such parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Amendment No. 10 to Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction ------------------------------------ of each of the conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Amendment, the Credit ----------- Agreement is hereby amended as follows (Article, Section and Exhibit references in herein, unless otherwise specified, refer to those of the Credit Agreement): (a) Article I is amended to delete the definition of "Budget" in its --------- entirety and to replace such definition with the following definition: "'Budget' means the projected budgets of the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' cash receipts, cash expenditures and Revolving Loans balances for the Borrower's thirteen (13) Retail Periods ending during its 2000 fiscal year, and for the Borrower's first Retail Period of its 2001 fiscal year, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit O and made a part --------- hereof." (b) Article I is further amended to delete the definition of --------- "Termination Date" in its entirety and to replace such definition with the following definition: 2 "'Termination Date' means November 30, 2000; provided, however, -------- ------- that, if, on or prior to November 30, 2000, (1) the Bankruptcy Court shall ---- have entered an order approving the Borrower's and the Partnership's execution and delivery of that certain Tenth Amendment dated as of November 17, 2000 to this Agreement and (2) the Borrower shall have paid the extension fee referred to and defined in Paragraph 3 of such Tenth Amendment, then the Termination Date shall thereupon be extended to December 31, 2000; and provided, further, however, that, if, the -------- ------- ------- ---- Termination Date shall have been extended to December 31, 2000 pursuant the immediately preceding proviso and if, on or prior to December 31, 2000, ------- either (a) the conditions set forth in that certain letter agreement dated as of November 17, 2000 among the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent shall have been satisfied, or (b) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order confirming a plan of reorganization of the Borrower and the Partnership in the Case, then the Termination Date shall thereupon be further extended to January 30, 2001." (c) Article I is further amended to delete the figure "$36,000,000" --------- which currently is set forth within the definition of "Total Revolving Loan Commitment" and to replace such figure with the figure "$34,000,000." (d) Exhibit O is amended to add thereto the budget attached hereto as --------- Exhibit 1 to this Amendment with respect to the Borrower's first Retail Period - --------- of its 2001 fiscal year. 2. Effectiveness of this Amendment; Conditions Precedent. The ----------------------------------------------------- provisions of Paragraph 1 hereof shall be deemed to have become effective as of ----------- the date hereof, but such effectiveness shall be expressly conditioned upon the Agent's receipt of an originally-executed counterpart of this Amendment executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of each of the Credit Parties and each of the Lenders. 3. Extension Fee. Promptly upon the Bankruptcy Court's entry of an ------------- order approving the Borrower's and the Partnership's execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, an extension fee in the amount of $300,000, which fee shall be fully-earned and non-refundable when due. 4. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party hereby ------------------------------ represents and warrants that: (a) this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms; (b) each Credit Party's execution and delivery of this Amendment, and its performance hereafter of the Loan Documents as modified by this Amendment, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action, do not violate any provision of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, will not violate any law, regulation, court order or writ applicable to it, will not require the approval or consent of any governmental agency (including, without limitation, the approval of the Bankruptcy Court), and except as may have otherwise been heretofore obtained, will not require the approval or consent of any third party under the terms of any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of any Credit Party is bound; 3 (c) no Default has occurred and is continuing or will have occurred and be continuing and all of the representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than such representations or warranties which, in accordance with their express terms, are made only as of a specified date) are, and will be, true and correct as of the date of the Credit Parties' execution hereof in all material respects as though made on and as of such date. 5. Reference to and Effect on Credit Agreement and Other Loan ---------------------------------------------------------- Documents. The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as - --------- amended hereby, shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. Neither the execution, delivery nor effectiveness of this Amendment shall operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or any Lender of any Default under the Credit Agreement, all of which the Agent and the Lenders hereby expressly reserve. The Credit Parties, the Lenders and the Agent agree and acknowledge that this Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under and as defined in the Credit Agreement. 6. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed ------------- in accordance with the laws and decisions of the State of Illinois. 7. Agents' Expenses. The Borrower hereby agrees that the Agent has ---------------- been authorized by the Borrower to charge all the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' and paralegals' fees, it or the Co-Agent has heretofore or hereafter incurred or incurs in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment) to the Borrower's Account, which authorization is hereby ratified and confirmed by the Borrower. 8. Reaffirmations by the Partnership and the Corporate GP. The ------------------------------------------------------ Partnership and the Corporate GP, in their respective capacities as guarantors, pledgors, grantors, contributors, or other providers of financial accommodations under the terms of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, under that certain Guaranty dated as of May 17, 1996 executed and delivered by the Corporate GP in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, that certain Guaranty dated as of December 5, 1997 executed and delivered by the Partnership in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, and each of the other Loan Documents to which the Corporate GP or the Partnership is a party), hereby each reaffirms and ratifies each of its obligations, covenants, guaranties, grants of security interests, pledges, grants of liens and other undertakings and accommodations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, all of which shall hereafter remain in full force and effect, with respect to both Pre-Petition Obligations and Post- Petition Obligations. Each of the Partnership and the Corporate GP hereby further agrees to carry out each term, provision, covenant and condition of the Credit Agreement as modified by Paragraph 1 of this Amendment. Each of the ----------- Partnership and the Corporate GP hereby agree and acknowledge it is truly and justly indebted as a guarantor with respect to all Pre-Petition Obligations and Post-Petition Obligations of the Borrower, without setoff, defense or counterclaim. 4 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, ------------ each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties. * * * 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written. EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL CORP., as debtor and debtor- in-possession By: /s/ Paul A. Strasen ------------------------------------------- Name: Paul A. Strasen Title: Sr. Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL PARTNERS, L.P., as debtor and debtor-in-possession By: EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL PARTNERS, INC., as General Partner By: /s/ Paul A. Strasen ------------------------------------------- Name: Paul A. Strasen Title: Vice President & Secretary EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL PARTNERS, INC. By: /s/ Paul A. Strasen ------------------------------------------- Name: Paul A. Strasen Title: Vice President & Secretary BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.., as the Agent By: /s/ David A. Johanson ------------------------------------------- Name: David A. Johanson Title: Vice President BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.., as a Lender By: /s/ Michael Staunton ------------------------------------------- Name: Michael Staunton Title: Vice President 6 GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender and as Co- Agent By: /s/ Jeff Fitts ------------------------------------------- Name: Jeff Fitts Title: Senior Risk Manager LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (as successor to LaSalle National Bank), as a Lender By: /s/ James D. Thompson ------------------------------------------- Name: James D. Thompson Title: Group Senior Vice President 7