CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 21 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

This CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 21 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of December 22, 2010 by and among INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ITG”), the other Borrowers and Credit Parties signatory hereto, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, for itself and as Agent (“Agent”), and the other Lenders signatory hereto.  Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, the Agent and the Lenders entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2006 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Credit Agreement have agreed to an amendment to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1           Consent.  Each of the Lenders signatory hereto hereby (i) consents to the sale by Apparel Fabrics Properties, Inc. to MeadWestvaco of all merchantable pine and hardwood trees to be cut and removed from that certain real property identified as a tract labeled as Tax Map Number G PIN NO. 2446-30-7636 containing ###-###-#### acres, more or less, lying off of US Business Route 29 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (ii) acknowledges and agrees that the Borrowers are not required to repay the Obligations from the proceeds of such asset sale and (iii) authorizes and directs the Agent to execute and deliver or to direct the execution and delivery of, as applicable, the Partial Certificate of Satisfaction in connection with such asset sale, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto.

 

2           Amendment to Credit Agreement.  Section 5.4(r) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the occurrence of the date “September 30, 2010” set forth therein with the date “January 31, 2011”.

 

3           Representations and Warranties.  In order to induce Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower and each other Credit Party represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment), that:

 

(a)           the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and partnership action and this Amendment is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms; and

 

 

(b)           upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents (other than those which speak expressly only as of an earlier date) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the effectiveness of this Amendment after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4           Conditions to Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall be effective on the date when this Amendment shall have been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower, each other Credit Party party hereto, Agent and the Required Lenders.

 

5           Miscellaneous.

 

5.1           Effect; Ratification.

 

(a)           Except as specifically set forth above, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party reaffirms its guaranty of the Obligations and the Liens securing those guaranties.

 

(b)           The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor constitute amendment of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein.  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

(c)           Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that the amendments set forth herein are effective solely for the purposes set forth herein and that the execution and delivery by Agent and the Lenders of this Amendment shall not be deemed (i) except as expressly provided in this Amendment, to be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any term or condition of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, (ii) to create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate Agent or Lenders to forbear, waive, consent or execute similar amendments under the same or similar circumstances in the future, or (iii) to amend, prejudice, relinquish or impair any right of Agent or Lenders to receive any indemnity or similar payment from any Person or entity as a result of any matter arising from or relating to this Amendment.

 

5.2           Counterparts and Signatures by Fax.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart constituting an original but all together one and the same instrument.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by fax shall also deliver an original executed counterpart, but the failure to do so shall not affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect of this Amendment.

 

 

5.3           Severability.  In case any provision in or obligation under this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

5.4           Loan Document.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.

 

5.5           GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

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