LIMITED WAIVER TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.54
LIMITED
WAIVER TO LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This
LIMITED WAIVER TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Waiver”)
dated
as of June 28, 2007 is by and among ▇▇▇▇▇ Nurseries, Inc., a California
corporation, the parties hereto as lenders (each individually, a “Lender” and
collectively, “Lenders” as hereinafter further defined) and Bank of America,
N.A., in its capacity as agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Loan Agreement (defined below).
R
E C I T
A L S:
WHEREAS,
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of January 18, 2007 (as amended, the
“Loan
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
Borrower, Agent and Lenders have agreed to extend the date for providing
unaudited financial statements and waive certain Events of Default upon the
terms and conditions contained 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 hereby agree as follows:
Section
1 Limited
Waiver to the Loan Agreement.
Borrower acknowledges that certain Events of Default exist (or may arise) under
Section 11.1 of the Loan Agreement as a result of (a) Borrower’s failure to
deliver annual audited financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2006 by June 28, 2007 as required by that certain Limited Waiver to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of May 29, 2007 among the parties hereto and (b)
Borrower’s failure to provide notice of default under the Indenture for failure
to provide the audited financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2006 and unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending March
31,
2007 (and related public filings) as required by Section 10.1.3(c) of the Loan
Agreement (collectively, the “Events of Default”). Immediately upon the
satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2
below,
the Agent and Required Lenders hereby waive the Events of Default; provided,
that
Borrower shall (x) deliver such audited financial statements for the fiscal
year
ending December 31, 2006 required by Section 10.1.2 of the Loan Agreement
(together with any other financial information and documents required to be
delivered in connection with such financial statements) by no later than July
13, 2007, (y) deliver the audited financial statements for the year ending
December 31, 2006 required by the Indenture by no later than July 13, 2007
and
(z) deliver the unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2007 required by the Indenture and cure any related defaults
thereunder by no later than July 31, 2007, in each case the failure of which
shall cause such waivers to be terminated and result in such Events of Default
continuing to exist under the Loan Agreement. The foregoing is a limited waiver
and shall not constitute a waiver of any other Default or Event of Default
that
may exist or arise or constitute a waiver or modification to any other term
or
condition set forth in the Loan Agreement.
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Section
2 Conditions
to Effectiveness.
The
effectiveness of the waiver set forth in Section 1
above is
subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) Agent
shall have received a duly executed counterpart of this Waiver from Borrower
and
the Required Lenders; and
(b) Agent
shall have received a reaffirmation from Parent of its Guaranty.
Section
3 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
Borrower represents, warrants and covenants to Agent and Lenders, upon the
effectiveness of this Waiver that:
(a) No
Default; etc.
No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect
to this Waiver or would result from the execution or delivery of this Waiver
or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Corporate
Power and Authority; Authorization.
Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Waiver.
(c) Execution
and Delivery.
Borrower has duly executed and delivered this Waiver.
(d) Enforceability.
This
Waiver constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower,
enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ right generally, and by general
principles of equity.
(e) Indenture
Notice.
Borrower has not received any default notices under its Indenture in respect
of
its 10.25% Senior Notes due 2011 dated as of September 30, 2003, between ▇▇▇▇▇
Nurseries, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇ Horticulture, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors named
therein and the Bank of New York, as Trustee.
Section
4 Miscellaneous.
(a) Effect;
Ratification.
Borrower acknowledges that all of the reasonable legal expenses incurred by
Agent in connection herewith shall be reimbursable under Section 3.4
of the
Loan Agreement. The waiver set forth herein is 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 any Loan Document or (ii) prejudice any right or
rights that any Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in
connection with any Loan Document. This Waiver shall be construed in connection
with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions,
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan
Documents, except as herein amended are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall
remain in full force and effect.
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(b) Counterparts;
etc.
This
Waiver may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart
constituting an original but all together one and the same instrument. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of this Waiver by fax shall have the same force
and
effect as the delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Waiver.
Any
party delivering an executed counterpart of this Waiver 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
Waiver.
(c) Governing
Law.
This
Waiver shall be deemed a Loan Document and shall be governed by, and construed
and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York
but excluding any principles of conflicts of law.
(d) Reaffirmation.
Parent
hereby reaffirms all of its obligations as a guarantor of the Obligations
pursuant to its Guaranty dated as of January 18, 2007.
[Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Agent, Lenders and Borrower have caused this Limited Waiver
to
Loan and Security Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first
above written.
BORROWER:
▇▇▇▇▇
NURSERIES, INC.
By:/s/
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
PARENT:
▇▇▇▇▇
HORTICULTURE, INC.
By:/s/
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
AGENT
AND LENDERS:
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Agent and a Lender
By:/s/
▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice
President
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇
PNC
BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:/s/
▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Sr.
Vice
President
Name: ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
GMAC
COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC, as a Lender
By:/s/
▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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