Exhibit 10.1

 

 

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER

 

 

This EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER (this “Amendment”) is made
effective and executed as of August 1, 2017, by and among WILHELMINA
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), ZB, N.A. dba AMEGY
BANK (“Bank”), and each of the Guarantors set forth on the signature pages
hereof (each a “Guarantor”, and collectively the “Guarantors”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                 Borrower and Bank entered into that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of April 20, 2011, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2012, that certain Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of October 24, 2012, that certain Third Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of July 31, 2014, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated effective October 24, 2015, that certain Fifth Amendment to
Credit Agreement dated effective May 13, 2016, that certain Sixth Amendment to
Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Line of Credit Note dated effective
November 9, 2016, and that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement (the
“Seventh Amendment”) dated effective May 4, 2017 (as amended, the “Credit
Agreement”).

 

B.                 In connection with the Credit Agreement, Borrower executed
and delivered to Bank (i) that certain Line of Credit Promissory Note dated
April 20, 2011, in the stated principal amount of $500,000.00, as amended and
restated by that certain Amended and Restated Line of Credit Promissory Note
dated as of January 1, 2012, in the stated principal amount of $1,500,000.00, as
amended and restated by that certain Second Amended and Restated Line of Credit
Promissory Note dated as of October 24, 2012, in the stated principal amount of
$5,000,000.00, as amended and restated by that certain Third Amended and
Restated Line of Credit Promissory Note dated as of October 24, 2015, in the
stated principal amount of $4,000,000.00, and as amended by that certain Sixth
Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Line of Credit Note dated
effective November 9, 2016 (as amended and restated, the “Line of Credit Note”),
and (ii) that certain Promissory Note dated effective October 24, 2015, in the
stated principal amount of $3,000,000.00 (the “Term Note”).

 

C.                 In connection with the Credit Agreement, (i) Guarantors
(other than Artists at Wilhelmina LLC, Wilhelmina Licensing (Texas) LLC, and
Wilhelmina Artist Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company) executed
and delivered to Bank that certain Unlimited Guaranty dated April 20, 2011, (ii)
Artists at Wilhelmina LLC (formerly known as Wilhelmina Creative, LLC) and
Wilhelmina Licensing (Texas) LLC executed and delivered to Bank those certain
Unlimited Guaranties dated effective October 24, 2015, and (iii) Wilhelmina
Artist Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, executed and
delivered to Bank that certain Unlimited Guaranty dated effective November 9,
2016 (the Unlimited Guaranties referenced in items (i) through (iii) preceding,
collectively, the “Guaranty Agreements”).

 

D.                 Borrower has failed to be in compliance with Section 4.9(b)
of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2017 (the
“Existing Default”).

 

E.                  Borrower has requested Bank to waive the Existing Default
and amend Section 4.9(b) of the Credit Agreement, as more fully set forth
herein, and Bank has agreed to the same upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

 

ARTICLE I
Definitions

 

Section 1.1.           Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to
the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as assigned
to them in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

ARTICLE II
Amendments; WAIVER

 

Section 2.1.           Amendment to Section 4.9(b) of Credit Agreement. The
first sentence in Section 4.9(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to hereafter read as follows:

 

“(b)            Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, tested
at the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower (other than the fiscal quarter
ending September 30, 2017), of not less than (i) 1.0 to 1.0 for the fiscal
quarters ending March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, and (ii) 1.25 to 1.0 for the
fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2017 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter.”

 

For the avoidance of doubt, all of the definitions set forth in Section 4.9(b)
of the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged.

 

Section 2.2.           Waiver. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that all
applicable notice and cure periods, if any, with respect to the Existing Default
have lapsed, and the Existing Default currently constitutes an Event of Default.
Subject to Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents, including without
limitation the complete satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
this Amendment, Bank hereby waives the Existing Default. Except for the waiver
expressly set forth in this Section 2.2, nothing contained herein shall
otherwise be deemed a consent to any violation of, or a waiver of compliance
with, any term, provision, or condition set forth in any of the Loan Documents
or a consent to or waiver of any other or future violations, breaches, Defaults,
or Events of Default. The waiver set forth above in this Section 2.2 is made
only with respect to Section 4.9(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal
quarter ending June 30, 2017, and said waiver shall not apply to any other
provisions or measurement periods.

 

Section 2.3.           Correction to Seventh Amendment. Section D of the
Recitals to the Seventh Amendment contained a mutual scrivener’s error and is
therefore amended and restated in its entirety to read as follow:

 

“D. Borrower has requested Bank to amend Section 4.9(b) to the Credit Agreement,
as more fully set forth herein, and Bank has agreed to the same upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.”

 

ARTICLE III
Conditions Precedent

 

Section 3.1.           Conditions. The effectiveness of this Amendment is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, unless
specifically waived by the Bank:

 

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(a)                The following instruments shall have been duly and validly
executed and delivered to Bank by the parties thereto, all in form, scope and
content satisfactory to the Bank:

 

(i)                 this Amendment executed by Borrower and Guarantors; and

 

(ii)               resolutions of the Board of Directors (or other governing
body) of Borrower and each Guarantor certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary (or other custodian of records of each such entity) which authorize
the execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower and each Guarantor of this
Amendment and the other Loan Documents to be executed in connection herewith.

 

(b)               The representations and warranties contained herein, in the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and in each other Loan Document shall be
true and correct as of the date hereof, as if made on the date hereof, except to
the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date.

 

(c)                No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
no Default shall exist, unless such Event of Default or Default has been
specifically waived in writing by Bank.

 

(d)               All corporate proceedings taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and
other legal matters incident thereto, shall be satisfactory to Bank and its
legal counsel.

 

(e)                There shall have been no material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower or any Guarantor since May 4,
2017.

 

ARTICLE IV
Ratifications, Representations, Warranties

 

Section 4.1.           Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this
Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set
forth in the Credit Agreement and except as expressly modified and superseded by
this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and
effect. Borrower and Guarantors agree that the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, and the other Loan Documents shall continue to be legal, valid, binding
obligations of Borrower and Guarantors, enforceable against Borrower and
Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms.

 

Section 4.2.           Renewal of Security Interests. Each of Borrower and
Guarantors hereby renews, regrants and affirms the liens and security interests
created and granted in the Credit Agreement and in all other Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, those certain Pledge and Security Agreements to
which it is a party, as amended), to secure the prompt payment of all
indebtedness and obligations of Borrower and each Guarantor under the Loan
Documents as amended by the terms hereof, including without limitation any
Letter of Credit Liabilities, the Line of Credit, and the Term Loan. Each of
Borrower and Guarantors agree that this Amendment shall in no manner affect or
impair the liens and security interests securing the indebtedness of Borrowers
and Guarantors to Bank and that such liens and security interests shall not in
any manner be waived, the purposes of this Amendment being to modify the Credit
Agreement as herein provided, and to carry forward all liens and security
interests securing same, which are acknowledged by Borrower and Guarantors to be
valid and subsisting.

 

Section 4.3.           Representations and Warranties. Borrower and Guarantors
hereby represent and warrant to Bank as follows:

 

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(a)                The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and
any and all other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection herewith
have been authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Borrower
and each Guarantor and do not and will not conflict with or violate any
provision of any applicable laws, rules, regulations or decrees, the
organizational documents of Borrower or any Guarantor, or any agreement,
document, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon
Borrower or any Guarantor or their respective assets. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any court or
governmental authority or third person is required in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of this Amendment or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(b)               The representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as
of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties
relate to an earlier date;

 

(c)                No Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or any Loan
Document has occurred and is continuing (other than the Existing Default);

 

(d)               Borrower and Guarantors are in full compliance with all
covenants and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby,
and the other Loan Documents to which each is a party (other than the Existing
Default);

 

(e)                Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor has amended any of its
organizational documents since the date of the original execution of the Credit
Agreement; and

 

(f)                As of the date of this Amendment, the unpaid principal amount
of the Line of Credit Note is $0, the unpaid principal amount of the Term Note
is $2,358,813.21, and the aggregate Letter of Credit Liabilities are
$221,742.50, which amounts are unconditionally owed by Borrower to Bank without
offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

Section 4.4.           Guarantors’ Consent and Ratification. Each Guarantor
hereby consents and agrees to the terms of this Amendment, and agrees that the
Guaranty Agreement to which it is a party shall remain in full force and effect
and shall continue to be the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
Furthermore, each Guarantor hereby agrees and acknowledge that (a) the Guaranty
Agreements are Loan Document, (b) the Guaranty Agreements are not subject to any
claims, defenses or offsets, (c) nothing contained in this Amendment or any
other Loan Document shall adversely affect any right or remedy of Bank under the
Guaranty Agreements, (d) the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall in
no way reduce, impair or discharge any obligations of any Guarantor pursuant to
the Guaranty Agreements and shall not constitute a waiver by Bank against any
Guarantor, (e) by virtue hereof and by virtue of the Guaranty Agreements, each
Guarantor hereby guarantees to Bank the prompt and full payment and full and
faithful performance by the Borrower of the entirety of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness (as defined in the Guaranty Agreements) including, without
limitation, all amounts owing under the Line of Credit Note, and the Term Note
and all Letter of Credit Liabilities, (f) no Guarantor’s consent is required to
the effectiveness of this Amendment, and (g) no consent by any Guarantor is
required for the effectiveness of any future amendment, modification,
forbearance or other action with respect to the Credit Agreement or any present
or future Loan Document.

 

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ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.1.           Survival of Representations and Warranties. All
representations and warranties made in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document, including without limitation, any Loan Document furnished in
connection with this Amendment, shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Amendment and the other Loan Documents, and no investigation by Bank or any
closing shall affect such representations and warranties or the right of Bank to
rely thereon.

 

Section 5.2.           Reference to Credit Agreement. Each of the Loan
Documents, including the Credit Agreement, and any and all other agreements,
documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the
terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in such Loan Documents to the
Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby.

 

Section 5.3.           Expenses of Bank. As provided in the Credit Agreement,
Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
Bank in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this
Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all
amendments, modifications, and supplements hereto, including, without
limitation, the reasonable costs and fees of Bank’s legal counsel, and all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with the
enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, and any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, the
reasonable costs and fees of Bank’s legal counsel.

 

Section 5.4.           RELEASE. BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY VOLUNTARILY
AND KNOWINGLY RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE BANK, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ALL POSSIBLE CLAIMS, DEMANDS,
ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, COSTS, EXPENSES, AND LIABILITIES WHATSOEVER,
KNOWN OR UNKNOWN. ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, FIXED,
CONTINGENT, OR CONDITIONAL, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ORIGINATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART
ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THIS AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED, WHICH BORROWER AND ANY
GUARANTOR MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AGAINST BANK, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER
ANY SUCH CLAIMS ARISE OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT, VIOLATION OF LAW OR REGULATIONS, OR
OTHERWISE, AND ARISING FROM ANY LOAN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
CONTRACTING FOR, CHARGING, TAKING, RESERVING, COLLECTING OR RECEIVING INTEREST
IN EXCESS OF THE HIGHEST LAWFUL RATE APPLICABLE, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR AND EXECUTION OF THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS.

 

Section 5.5.           Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair
or invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be
confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

 

Section 5.6.           GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
BEEN MADE AND TO BE PERFORMABLE IN AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

 

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Section 5.7.           Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and legal representatives, except that
none of the parties hereto other than Bank may assign or transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Bank.

 

Section 5.8.           WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT NO
PARTY SHALL REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION BETWEEN THEM
CONCERNING THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY CLAIMS OR TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, IN EITHER A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY BEING
EXPRESSLY WAIVED BY BANK, BORROWER AND GUARANTORS. EACH OF BANK, BORROWER AND
GUARANTORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SUCH WAIVER IS MADE WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS WAIVED HEREBY, AND WITH
THE BENEFIT OF ADVICE OF COUNSEL OF ITS CHOOSING.

 

Section 5.9.           Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

Section 5.10.       Descriptive Headings. The captions in this Amendment are for
convenience only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.

 

Section 5.11.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND
ALL OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH AND PURSUANT
TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS,
OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

 

Section 5.12.       Arbitration. All disputes, claims, and controversies arising
from this Amendment shall be arbitrated in accordance with Section 7.15 of the
Credit Agreement.

 

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EXECUTED as of the date first written above.

 

  BORROWER:             WILHELMINA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,   a Delaware corporation
            By: /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial
Officer                     GUARANTORS:             WILHELMINA LICENSING LLC,  
a Delaware limited liability company                     By:  /s/ James A.
McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial Officer                    
WILHELMINA LICENSING (TEXAS) LLC,   a Texas limited liability company          
          By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial
Officer                     WILHELMINA FILM & TV PRODUCTIONS LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company                   By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy      
James McCarthy       Chief Financial Officer                     WILHELMINA
ARTIST MANAGEMENT LLC, a New York limited liability company                  
By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

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  WILHELMINA-MIAMI, INC.,   a Florida corporation                     By: /s/
James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial Officer            
        WILHELMINA INTERNATIONAL, LTD.,   a New York corporation                
    By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief Financial
Officer                     WILHELMINA WEST, INC.,   a California corporation  
                  By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy       Chief
Financial Officer                     WILHELMINA MODELS, INC.,   a New York
corporation                     By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy
      Chief Financial Officer                     LW1, INC.,     a California
corporation                     By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy       James McCarthy
      Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

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  ARTISTS AT WILHELMINA LLC,   a Florida limited liability company   (formerly
known as Wilhelmina Creative, LLC)                   By:  /s/ James A. McCarthy
      James McCarthy       Chief Financial Officer                    
WILHELMINA ARTIST MANAGEMENT LLC,   a Delaware limited liability company        
          By:  /s/ James A. McCarthyv       James McCarthy       Chief Financial
Officer  

 

 

 

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  BANK:             ZB, N.A. dba AMEGY BANK           By:  /s/ Tamara Ray      
Tamara Ray        Vice President  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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