FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.3
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated
as of May 14, 2025, by and among SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV OP, LP, a Georgia limited partnership (“Borrower”), SEALY & COMPANY, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (the “Parent Guarantor”), SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV GP, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“General Partner”), SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV, LP, a Georgia limited partnership (“SIPIVLP”), SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SIP IV REIT”), SEALY SIP IV INVESTOR, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“SIP IV Investor”), SEALY SIP IV MASTER ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., a Georgia limited liability company (“Master Associates”), EACH OF THE ENTITIES IDENTIFIED AS “SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS” ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES OF THIS AMENDMENT (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”; the Parent Guarantor, General Partner, SIPIVLP, SIP IV REIT, SIP IV Investor, Master Associates and the Subsidiary Guarantors are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Guarantors”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“KeyBank”), individually as a lender and as administrative agent for itself and the other lenders (the “Lenders”) from time to time a party to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (KeyBank, in its capacity as administrative agent, is hereinafter referred to as “Agent”), and EACH OF THE OTHER “LENDERS” WHICH ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO.
WI T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Agent and each of the Lenders initially a signatory thereto are party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 15, 2022, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of January 27, 2023, effective as of December 31, 2022, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2023, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 13, 2024, and that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of January 29, 2025 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Parent Guarantor and General Partner executed and delivered to Agent and the Lenders that certain Indemnity and Guaranty Agreement dated as of July 15, 2022 (the “Indemnity and Guaranty Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantors are parties to that certain Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance dated as of July 15, 2022 in favor of Agent and the Lenders by execution thereof, or the subsequent execution of a Joinder Agreement (the “Guaranty”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantors have requested that the Agent and the Lenders make certain modifications to the Credit Agreement and Agent and the Lenders have agreed to consent to such modifications, subject to the execution and delivery of this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the sum of TEN and NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
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“Extension Request. See §2.12(a).” “First Extension. See §2.12.” “Second Extension. See §2.12”
“Existing Credit Agreement. Credit Agreement dated as of July 25, 2022, among Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrower, and amended by (i) the First Amendment, (ii) that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 17, 2023, (iii) that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 13, 2024, and (iv) the Fourth Amendment.”
“§2.12 Extension of Maturity Date. The Borrower shall have the right and option to extend the Maturity Date in respect of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment or portion thereof, if reduced in accordance with §2.4, a total of two (2) times for a period of six (6) months each, upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, which must be satisfied prior the effectiveness of any extension of the Maturity Date:
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For purposes of clarity, if the Borrower exercises its first right and option as provided above to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to this §2.12 (the “First Extension Option”), the Maturity Date shall be extended to March 30, 2026. If the Borrower exercises its second right and option as provided above to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to this §2.12 (the “Second Extension Option”), the Maturity Date shall be extended to September 30, 2026. Any extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this §2.12 shall become effective on the day that all the conditions in this §2.12 with respect to such Extension Request are satisfied (which may be prior to the then-applicable Maturity Date), provided that such conditions must be satisfied within the time period provided in each such condition, and, in any event, on or prior to the Maturity Date, as applicable (as determined without regard to such extension).”
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(ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on the part of such Persons, (iii) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which any of such Persons is subject or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to such Persons, (iv) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default (whether with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both) under any provision of the partnership agreement or certificate, certificate of formation, operating agreement, articles of incorporation or other charter documents or bylaws of, or any mortgage, indenture, agreement, contract or other instrument binding upon, any of such Persons or any of its properties or to which any of such Persons is subject, and (v) do not and will not result in or require the imposition of any lien or other encumbrance on any of the properties, assets or rights of such Persons, other than the liens and encumbrances created by the Loan Documents.
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Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors, successors-in-title and assigns as provided in the Credit Agreement.
.TIFF or similar electronic format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and any other Loan Document to be signed in connection with this Amendment, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper- based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent. For the purposes hereof, “Electronic Signatures” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute the Amendment through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that party’s constitutive documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including
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without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among any of the Agent or the Lenders and any of the Borrower or Guarantors, electronic images of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (ii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of such Loan Document, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
The Borrower will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Agent in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with §15 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting by and through their respective duly authorized officers and/or other representatives, have duly executed this Amendment, under seal, as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER:
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV OP, LP,
a Georgia limited partnership
By: Sealy Industrial Partners IV GP, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, its General Partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Manager
(SEAL)
PARENT GUARANTOR:
SEALY & COMPANY, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: President
(SEAL)
GENERAL PARTNER:
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV GP,
LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager
(SEAL)
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GUARANTORS:
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV, LP,
a Georgia limited partnership
By: Sealy Industrial Partners IV GP, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, its general partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ (SEAL)
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Manager
SEALY INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IV REIT, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. Sealy_(SEAL)
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Manager
SEALY SIP IV MASTER ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., a
Georgia limited liability company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ (SEAL)
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Manager
SEALY SIP IV INVESTOR, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ (SEAL)
▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Manager
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AGENT AND LENDERS:
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually and as Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
(SEAL)