AMENDMENT No. 9
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT No. 9 (this "Amendment") dated as of April 20, 2000
among FINLAY ENTERPRISES, INC. a Delaware corporation (the "Parent"), FINLAY
FINE JEWELRY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the lenders
named herein and signatory hereto (the "Lenders") and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as agent (the "Agent"), for the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Parent, the Company, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to
an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 11, 1997 (as
heretofore and hereafter amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms, the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein the parties
hereto desire that certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, and subject to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth
below, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, all
capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
2. Amendment to Credit Agreement. Upon the Effective Date (as defined
herein), the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a) The definition of
"EBITDA" contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the term "$27 million" appearing in clause (ii)(D) thereof with the
term "$28.631 million".
3. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Parent and the Company
represents and warrants as follows (which representations and warranties shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment):
(a) Each of the Parent and the Company has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment.
(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Parent and
the Company and the acknowledgement attached hereto has been duly executed and
delivered by each Subsidiary. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent and the
Company, enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equity
principles.
(c) No consent or approval of any person, firm, corporation or entity, and
no consent, license, approval or authorization of any governmental authority is
or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance,
validity or enforcement of this Amendment other than any such consent, approval,
license or authorization which has been obtained and remains in full force and
effect or where the failure to obtain such consent, approval, license or
authorization would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) After giving effect to this Amendment, each of the Company and the
Parent is in compliance with all of the various covenants and agreements set
forth in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
(e) After giving effect to this Amendment, no event has occurred and is
continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
(f) All representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement
and each of the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any representation or
warranty relates to a specified date, in which case such are true and correct in
all material respects as of the specific date to which such representations and
warranties relate.
4. Effective Date. This Amendment shall not become effective (the
"Effective Date") until (i) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company, the Parent, the Majority Lenders and the Agent; and (ii) the
acknowledgement attached hereto shall have been executed and delivered by each
of the Subsidiaries.
5. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, of the Agent incurred in connection with
this Amendment.
6. Continued Effectiveness. The term "Agreement", "hereof", "herein" and
similar terms as used in the Credit Agreement, and references in the other Loan
Documents to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and refer to, from and after the
Effective Date, the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Each of the
Company and the Parent hereby agrees that all of the covenants and agreements
contained in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents are hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects.
7. Gold Consignment Agreement. The Lenders hereby consent to the execution
and delivery by the Company of an amendment to the Gold Consignment Agreement
consistent with the terms of this Amendment.
8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute a
single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to
this
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Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the
conflict of laws provisions thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the date first written above.
FINLAY ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
FINLAY FINE JEWELRY CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
Individually and as Agent
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory
FLEET PRECIOUS METALS, INC.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Singatory
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
BANK LEUMI
By: /s/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT
CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
Each of the Guarantors, by signing below, confirms in favor of the Agent and the
Lenders that it consents to the terms and conditions of the foregoing Amendment
No. 9 relating to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and agrees that it
has no defense, offset, claim, counterclaim or recoupment with respect to any of
its obligations or liabilities under its respective Guaranty and that all terms
of such Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect, subject to the terms
thereof.
FINLAY JEWELRY, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SONAB HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SONAB INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SOCIETE NOUVELLE D'ACHAT DE BIJOUTERIE - S.O.N.A.B.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
FINLAY MERCHANDISING & BUYING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer