AMENDMENT NO.3 TO THE FIRST LIEN SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of February 19, 2008 among WII MERGER CORPORATION, as the initial Borrower, CREDIT SUISSE, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, The Other Lenders Parties Hereto and CREDIT SUISSE, as Collateral Agent CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunning Manager
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO.3 TO THE
FIRST LIEN SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 19, 2008
among
WII MERGER CORPORATION,
as the initial Borrower,
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and
an L/C Issuer,
The Other Lenders Parties Hereto
and
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Collateral Agent
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunning Manager
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 19, 2008
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Amendment) among WII COMPONENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), the Lenders party thereto and CREDIT SUISSE, acting through one or more of its branches, or any Affiliate thereof (collectively, Credit Suisse), as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer and Collateral Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
(1) WII Merger Corporation and Credit Suisse entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of January 9, 2007, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of February 7, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 12, 2007 (as so amended, the Credit Agreement). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement.
(2) Pursuant to the Merger and the Assumption Agreement, the Borrower assumed all of the obligations of WII Merger Corporation under the Loan Documents.
(3) The Borrower has requested that the Required Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as described herein.
(4) The Required Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions stated below, to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, hereby amended as follows:
(a) The definition of Applicable Margin in Section 1.01 is hereby amended by (i) deleting the figure 2.75% in clause (a) thereof and replacing it with the figure 3.75%, (ii) deleting the figure 1.75% in clause (b) thereof and replacing it with the figure 2.75% and (iii) restating the pricing grid in its entirety to read as follows:
Pricing Level |
| Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
| Eurodollar Loans |
| Base Rate Loans |
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| Greater than or equal to 4.00:1.00 |
| 3.75% |
| 2.75% |
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| Less than 4.00:1.00 and greater than or equal to 3.00:1.00 |
| 3.50% |
| 2.50% |
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| Less than 3.00:1.00 |
| 3.25% |
| 2.25% |
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(b) Section 2.09(a) is hereby amended by deleting the figure 0.5% in the first sentence thereof and replacing it with the figure 1.0%.
(c) Section 7.02(a)(ii) is hereby amended by deleting the date March 31, 2008 appearing therein and replacing it with the date March 31, 2009.
(d) Section 7.06(k) is hereby amended by:
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(i) deleting the date March 31, 2008 appearing therein and replacing it with the date March 31, 2009;
(ii) inserting the following before the words the Acquisition Loan in the fourth line thereof: or, during the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008, cash payments of principal on; and
(iii) inserting the following at the end of clause (ii) thereof: plus, during the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008, an amount not to exceed $3,600,000 in respect of cash payments of principal on the Acquisition Loan.
(e) The grid in Section 7.11(a)(i) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Four Fiscal Quarters Ending |
| Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
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March 31, 2007 through September 30, 2007 |
| 6.50:1.00 |
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December 31, 2007 |
| 6.90:1.00 |
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March 31, 2008 through March 31, 2010 |
| 7.80:1.00 |
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June 30, 2010 through December 31, 2011 |
| 6.00:1.00 |
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March 31, 2012 |
| 4.20:1.00 |
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June 30, 2012 |
| 4.00:1.00 |
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September 30, 2012 |
| 3.90:1.00 |
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December 31, 2012 |
| 3.80:1.00 |
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(f) The grid in Section 7.11(c)(i) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Four Fiscal Quarters Ending |
| Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio |
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March 31, 2007 through September 30, 2007 |
| 2.50:1.00 |
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December 31, 2007 |
| 2.60:1.00 |
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March 31, 2008 through March 31, 2010 |
| 1.90:1.00 |
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June 30, 2010 |
| 3.70:1.00 |
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September 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010 |
| 3.80:1.00 |
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March 31, 2011 |
| 3.90:1.00 |
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June 30, 2011 |
| 4.00:1.00 |
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September 30, 2011 through December 31, 2011 |
| 4.10:1.00 |
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March 31, 2012 |
| 4.70:1.00 |
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June 30, 2012 |
| 5.40:1.00 |
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September 30, 2012 |
| 6.20:1.00 |
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December 31, 2012 |
| 7.10:1.00 |
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(g) Section 7.15(a)(iv) is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof or cash payments of principal on the Acquisition Loan permitted under Section 7.06(k).
(h) Section 8.01(o) is hereby amended by deleting the date March 31, 2008 appearing therein and replacing it with the date March 31, 2009.
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SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when, and only when,
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by each Loan Party and the Required Lenders;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower stating that (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such certificate as though made on and as of such date other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a date other than the date of such certificate, and (B) no event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default; and
(ii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party certifying that the certified resolutions of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of each Loan Party delivered in connection with the Credit Agreement have not been amended, modified or revoked and are in full force and effect on the date hereof; and
(c) all expenses of the Administrative Agent (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent), to the extent invoiced and due prior to the date hereof, shall have been paid.
SECTION 3. Confirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the date hereof, that the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, as though made on and as of the date hereof, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date.
SECTION 4. Affirmation of Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected hereby, and hereby confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, the obligations of such Guarantor contained in the Holdings Guaranty or the Subsidiary Guaranty (as the case may be), or in any other Loan Document to which it is a party are, and shall remain, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except as set forth in Section 5(a) below.
SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in each of the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, thereunder, thereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
(b) The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as
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expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 6. Costs, Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder, in accordance with the terms of Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
| WII COMPONENTS, INC., as Borrower | ||
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| By | /s/ Dale B. Herbst | |
| Name: | Dale B. Herbst | |
| Title: | CFO | |
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| WII HOLDING, INC., | ||
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| By | /s/ Dale B. Herbst | |
| Name: | Dale B. Herbst | |
| Title: | CFO | |
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| WOODCRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC., | ||
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| By | /s/ Dale B. Herbst | |
| Name: | Dale B. Herbst | |
| Title: | CFO | |
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| BRENTWOOD ACQUISITION CORP., | ||
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| By | /s/ Dale B. Herbst | |
| Name: | Dale B. Herbst | |
| Title: | CFO | |
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| PRIMEWOOD, INC., | ||
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| By | /s/ Dale B. Herbst | |
| Name: | Dale B. Herbst | |
| Title: | CFO | |
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| CREDIT SUISSE, |
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| By | /s/ Mikhail Faybusovich | ||
| Name: | Mikhail Faybusovich | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
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| By | /s/ James Neira | ||
| Name: | James Neira | ||
| Title: | Associate | ||
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| CREDIT SUISSE, |
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| By | /s/ Mikhail Faybusovich | ||
| Name: | Mikhail Faybusovich | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
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| By | /s/ James Neira | ||
| Name: | James Neira | ||
| Title: | Associate | ||
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