FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

This Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (herein, the "Amendment") is entered into as of June 28, 2007 by and among Learning Curve Brands, Inc. (formerly known as RC2 Brands, Inc.) ("LCB"), Learning Curve International, Inc. ("LCI"), The First Years Inc. ("TFY"), Racing Champions Worldwide Limited ("RCWL"; LCB, LCI, TFY, and RCWL being referred to herein collectively as the "Borrowers"), Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party hereto.

 

 

A.           The Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 15, 2004 as heretofore amended (the "Credit Agreement").  All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.

 

B.           The Borrowers have requested that the Required Lenders (i) amend the Interest Coverage Ratio definition and (ii) amend the Restricted Payments definition, and the Lenders are willing to do so under the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                               AMENDMENTS

 

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

 

1.1.           The definition of "Interest Coverage Ratio" appearing in Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

"Interest Coverage Ratio" means, at any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of (a) EBITDA of the Company for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then ended minus Capital Expenditures during the same four fiscal quarters then ended to (b) Interest Expense of the Company for the same four fiscal quarters then ended plus Restricted Payments (other than up to $75,000,000 for Restricted Payments permitted by Section 8.12(iii) hereof) made during the same four fiscal quarters then ended."

 

2.2.           Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as set forth on Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

SECTION 2.                               CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

 

The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:

 

2.1.           The Borrowers and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

 

2.2.           Legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 

SECTION 3.                               REPRESENTATIONS.

 

In order to induce the Lenders to execute and deliver this Amendment, the Borrowers hereby represent to the Lenders that, as of the date hereof, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are and shall be and remain true and correct (except that the representations contained in Section 6.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered to the Lenders) and the Borrowers are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or shall result after giving effect to this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

4.1.           Except as specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.  Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Credit Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Credit Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

4.2.           This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original.  This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW.]

 

 

This Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is entered into as of the date and year first above written.

 

LEARNING CURVE BRANDS, INC. (f/k/a RC2 Brands, Inc.)

LEARNING CURVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

THE FIRST YEARS INC., a Massachusetts corporation

RACING CHAMPIONS WORLDWIDE LIMITED

 

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date and year first above written.

 

HARRIS N.A., in its individual capacity and

as Administrative Agent

By  /s/  Karen Knudsen

Name:  Karen Knudsen

Title:  Managing Director

 

NATIONAL CITY BANK

 

By /s/  Todd Kustelnik

Its:  Vice President

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By /s/   Jason C. Nadler

Its:  Vice President

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By /s/  Michael F. Perry

Its:  First Vice President

FIFTH THIRD BANK (CHICAGO), a Michigan Banking Corporation

By /s/   Kim Puszczewicz

         Its:   Vice President

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

By /s/  Kanika Agarwal

Its:  Commercial Banking Officer

 

ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.

By /s/  Daniel Holzhauer

Its:  Vice President

CHARTER ONE BANK N.A.

By_________________________

Its_______________________