ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.7
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of February 6, 2014, made by HD SUPPLY FM SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Additional Grantor), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, NA., as collateral agent and administrative agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent) for the banks and other financial institutions (the Lenders) from time to time parties to the Term Loan Credit Agreement referred to below and the other Secured Parties (as defined below). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement referred to below, or if not defined therein, in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, HD Supply, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the Lenders are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the Term Loan Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries are, or are to become, parties to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes the Borrower and each other Grantor; the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Term Loan Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors (including the Additional Grantor) in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; and the Borrower and the other Grantors (including the Additional Grantor) are engaged in related businesses, and each such Grantor (including the Additional Grantor) will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Term Loan Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in subsection 9.15 of the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Guarantor and Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules 1,3 and 4 to the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and such Schedules are hereby amended and modified to include such information. The
Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties of such Additional Grantor, in its capacities as a Guarantor and Grantor, contained in Section 4 of the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct in all material respects on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date. The Additional Grantor hereby grants, as and to the same extent as provided in the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in the Collateral (as such term is defined in subsection 3.1 of the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the Additional Grantor, except as provided in subsection 3.3 of the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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| By: | /s/ Ricardo Nunez |
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| Name: Ricardo Nunez |
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| Title: Vice President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Assumption Agreement (Term Loan)]
Acknowledged and Agreed to as |
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of the date hereof by: |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., |
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as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent |
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By: | /s/ Darleen R Parmelee |
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| Name: Darleen R Parmelee |
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| Title: Vice President |
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[Signature Page to Assumption Agreement (Term Loan)]
Annex 1-A to
Assumption Agreement
Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 1
HD Supply FM Services, LLC
3100 Cumberland Boulevard
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30339
Attention: Ricardo Nunez
Telephone: (770) 852-9321
with copies to
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Paul Brusiloff, Esq.
Facisimile: (212) 521-7015
Telephone: (212) 909-6000
Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 2
Pledged Stock
Pledgor |
| Issuer |
| Class of Stock or |
| Par Value |
| Certificate |
| Number of |
| % of All |
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HD Supply Holdings, LLC |
| Creative Touch Interiors, Inc. |
| Common (voting shares) |
| No par |
| 23 |
| 490 |
| 100 | % |
| Common (non-voting shares) |
| No par |
| 24 |
| 510 |
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HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd. |
| HD Supply FM Services, LLC |
| Units of membership interests |
| No par |
| N/A |
| 100 |
| 100 | % |
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Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 3
UCC Filings
Granting Party |
| State |
| Filing Office |
| Document Filed |
HD Supply FM Services, LLC |
| Delaware |
| Secretary of State |
| UCC-1 Financial Statement |
Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 4
Legal Name |
| Jurisdiction of Organization |
HD Supply FM Services, LLC |
| Delaware |
Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 5
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
None.
Supplement to
Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Schedule 6
CONTRACTS
None.
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