FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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EXHIBIT 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
     This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), is dated as of the 30th day of October, 2008, by NAVARRE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), the Credit Parties signatory hereto, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as agent (the “Agent”) for itself and the Lenders under and as defined in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), and the Lenders. Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Credit Parties, the Agent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and
     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Credit Parties, the Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as herein set forth.
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recital, mutual agreements contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Credit Parties, the Agent, and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 2 hereof:
     (a) The following definition set forth in Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated, effective as of September 30, 2008, in its entirety to read as follows:
     “EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, without duplication, an amount equal to (a) consolidated net income of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) the sum of (i) income tax credits, (ii) interest income, (iii) gain from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) any aggregate net gain (but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such Person (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities), (v) any other non-cash gains that have been added in determining consolidated net income, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of net income of such Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication and (vi) amounts paid on behalf of or for the benefit of Goldhil Media, Tower Records or any trust, trustee or fund relating thereto or successor to any of the foregoing, plus (c) the sum of (i) any provision for income taxes, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) loss from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) depreciation and amortization for such period (other than amortization with respect to Vendor Advances), (v) amortized debt discount for such period, (vi) the amount of any deduction to consolidated net income as the result of any grant to any members of the management of such Person of any Stock, (vii) losses arising from the

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operations of Navarre Entertainment in an aggregate amount not to exceed (w) $3,233,000 with respect to the 12 month period ending on March 31, 2008 (x) $1,368,000 with respect to the 12 month period ending on June 30, 2008, (y) $394,000 with respect to the 12 month period ending on September 30, 2008, (z) $27,000 with respect to the 12 month period ending on December 31, 2008, and (viii) all expenses or losses for impairment of goodwill, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income of such Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication. For purposes of this definition, the following items shall be excluded in determining consolidated net income of a Person: (1) the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of, or was merged or consolidated into, such Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which such Person has an ownership interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received by such Person in the form of cash dividends or distributions; (3) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or requirement of law applicable to such Subsidiary; (4) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income accrued during such period; (5) any write-up of any asset; (6) any net gain from the collection of the proceeds of life insurance policies; (7) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness, of such Person, (8) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of its assets, any earnings of such successor prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, and (9) any deferred credit representing the excess of equity in any Subsidiary of such Person at the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary over the cost to such Person of the investment in such Subsidiary.”
     (b) The following definition set forth in Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     “Index Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s largest banks” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by Agent), (b) the sum of 0.5% per annum and the Federal Funds Rate, and (c) the sum of (x) the LIBOR Rate, for an Interest Period of three months as it appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such day, plus (y) the excess of the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin over the Applicable Revolver Index Margin, in each instance, as of such day. Any change in the Index Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the “bank prime loan” rate, the Federal Funds Rate, or LIBOR Rate for a LIBOR Period of three months. If no such offered rate for the LIBOR Rate exists, such rate will be the rate of interest per annum, as determined by the Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits of Dollars in immediately available funds are offered at 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to the applicable day by major financial institutions reasonably satisfactory to the

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Agent in the London interbank market for such LIBOR Period for the applicable principal amount on such date of determination.”
SECTION 2. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective once it has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Credit Parties, the Agent and each Lender.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Agent and each Lender to enter into this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and each Lender, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment, that:
     (a) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in each Loan Document are true and correct as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date;
     (b) the execution, delivery and performance by such Credit Party of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action required on its part and this Amendment, and the Credit Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as its enforceability may be affected by the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally;
     (c) neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by such Credit Party, the performance by such Credit Party of the Credit Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby does or shall contravene, result in a breach of, or violate (i) any provision of any Credit Party’s certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other similar documents, or agreements, (ii) any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property is bound; and
     (d) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect Upon the Credit Agreement.
     (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; and
     (b) The amendments set forth herein are effective solely for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written, and shall not be deemed to (i) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) operate as a waiver or otherwise prejudice any right, power or remedy that the Agent or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, except as

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specifically set forth herein. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof” and words of like import and each reference in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
SECTION 6. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute part of this Amendment for any other purposes.
SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first written above.
         
  BORROWER:


NAVARRE CORPORATION

 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

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  GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as Agent and Lender

 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the date first written above by below Persons in their capacity as Credit Parties not as Borrower.
         
  ENCORE SOFTWARE, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  BCI ECLIPSE COMPANY, LLC, as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS LTD., as Credit Party

By: Navarre CP, LLC, its General Partner
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  ANIMEONLINE, LTD (F/K/A THE FUNIMATION
STORE LTD.)
, as Credit Party

By: Navarre CS, LLC, its General Partner
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  NAVARRE CP, LLC, as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

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  NAVARRE CLP, LLC, as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NAVARRE CS, LLC, as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NAVARRE LOGISTICAL SERVICES, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NAVARRE DIGITAL SERVICES, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NAVARRE ONLINE FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NAVARRE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

 


 

         
  FUNIMATION CHANNEL, INC., as Credit Party
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title: