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Exhibit 4.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of June 26, 2015, is by and among UNIFI, INC., a New York corporation (“Parent”), UNIFI MANUFACTURING, INC., a North Carolina corporation (“Unifi Manufacturing” and together with Parent, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Persons identified as the Lenders on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”). 

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2015 (as amended hereby and as the same may hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders have made loans and advances and provided other financial accommodations to Borrowers; and 

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.     Schedules to Credit Agreement.

 

       (a)     Capitalization of Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.1(b) to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 4.1(b) to this Amendment.

 

       (b)     Permitted Investments. Schedule P-1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule P-1 to this Amendment.

 

       (c)     Permitted Liens. Schedule P-2 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule P-2 to this Amendment.

 

3.     Conditions Precedent. The provisions of this Amendment shall only be effective upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Agent:

 

       (a)     This Amendment. Agent shall have received fully executed counterparts of this Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrowers and duly acknowledged by the Guarantors.

 

       (b)     Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. Each of Borrowers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 4(d) hereof shall be true and correct in all respects.

 


 

 




 


 

4.     Miscellaneous

 

       (a)     No Additional Obligations. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not create (nor shall Borrowers rely upon the existence of or claim or assert that there exists) any obligation of Agent or any Lender to consider or agree to any other amendment of or waiver or consent with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or agreement to which Agent or any Lender is a party (collectively, an “Additional Amendment” or “Consent”), and in the event that Agent and the Lenders subsequently agree to consider any requested Additional Amendment or Consent, neither the existence of this Amendment nor any other conduct of Agent or the Lenders related hereto, shall be of any force or effect on the Lenders’ consideration or decision with respect to any such requested Additional Amendment or Consent, and the Lenders shall not have any obligation whatsoever to consider or agree to any such Additional Amendment or Consent.

 

       (b)     Waiver of Claims. In order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower hereby releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges each Lender and Agent and each of their respective employees, agents, representatives, consultants, attorneys, officers, directors, partners, fiduciaries, predecessors, successors and assigns, subsidiary corporations, parent corporations, Affiliates and related corporate divisions (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all actions, causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands, liabilities, damages and expenses of any and every character, known or unknown, direct or indirect, at law or in equity, of whatever nature or kind, whether heretofore or hereafter arising, for or because of any manner of things done, omitted or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties (excluding the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any of the Released Parties), prior to and including the date of execution hereof, and in any way directly or indirectly arising out of any or in any way connected to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Released Matters”). Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the agreements in this Section are intended to be in full satisfaction of all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and Agent that it has not purported to transfer, assign or otherwise convey any right, title or interest of any Borrower in any Released Matter to any other Person and that the foregoing constitutes a full and complete release of all Released Matters.

 

       (c)     Acknowledgments and Stipulations. In order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower acknowledges, stipulates and agrees that (a) all of the Obligations are absolutely due and owing by Borrowers to Agent and Lenders in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement without any defense, deduction, offset or counterclaim (and, to the extent any Borrower had any defense, deduction, offset or counterclaim on the date hereof, the same is hereby waived by such Borrower); (b) the Loan Documents executed by each Borrower are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally; (c) the Liens granted by each Borrower to Agent in the Collateral are valid and duly perfected, first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens; (d) each of the recitals contained at the beginning of this Amendment is true and correct; and (e) prior to executing this Agreement, each Borrower consulted with and had the benefit of advice of legal counsel of their own selection and has relied upon the advice of such counsel, and in no part upon the representation of Agent, any Lender or any counsel to Agent or any Lender concerning the legal effects of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

       (d)     Representations and Warranties of Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, after giving effect to the amendments contained herein, (a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement are correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty specifically relates to an earlier date, (b) the execution, delivery, and performance by such Borrower of this Amendment does not and will not (i) violate any material provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Domestic Subsidiaries, the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Domestic Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Domestic Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any material agreement of any Loan Party or its Domestic Subsidiaries where any such conflict, breach or default could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any holder of Equity Interests of a Loan Party or any approval or consent of any Person under any material agreement of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of material agreements, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement on and as of the date hereof. Without limitation of the preceding sentence, each Borrower hereby expressly re-affirms the validity, effectiveness and enforceability of each Loan Document to which it is a party (in each case, as the same may be modified by the terms of this Amendment).

 


 

 




 


 

       (e)     Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto, no other changes or modifications to the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents are intended or implied, and in all other respects, the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents is hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the date hereof. To the extent that any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents are inconsistent with the provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall control. All references in the Credit Agreement (including without limitation the Schedules thereto) to the “Agreement” and all references in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

       (f)     Further Assurances. The Loan Parties shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional action as may be reasonably requested by Agent to effectuate the provisions and purposes hereof.

 

       (g)     Governing Law. THE VALIDITY OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO, AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

       (h)     Binding Effect. This Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

       (i)     Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment.

 

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

	BORROWERS:	
UNIFI, INC.

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By: 
	/S/ WILLIAM L. JASPER
	 	
Name:
	William L. Jasper
	 	
Title:
	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	
UNIFI MANUFACTURING, INC.

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/S/ WILLIAM L. JASPER
	 	Name:	William L. Jasper
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	AGENT:	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as Agent

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/S/ ZACHARY S. BUCHANAN
	 	Name:	Zachary S. Buchanan
	 	Title:	Assistant Vice President


 


 

 




 


 

GUARANTORS’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned, each a guarantor of the “Obligations” of Unifi, Inc., a New York corporation (“Parent”), and Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Unifi Manufacturing” and together with Parent, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), under and as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2015 (as the same has been and may hereinafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Borrowers, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”), hereby (a) acknowledges receipt of the foregoing First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, by and among Borrowers, the Lenders and Agent (the “Amendment”); (b) consents to the terms and execution thereof; (c) reaffirms its obligations pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2015, among the Agent, the Borrowers and the undersigned (as the same has been and may hereinafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”); and (d) acknowledges that Agent and the Lenders may amend, restate, extend, renew or otherwise modify the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or agreement of Borrowers, or enter into any agreement or extend additional or other credit accommodations to Borrowers, without notifying or obtaining the consent of the undersigned and without impairing the liability of the undersigned under the Guaranty and Security Agreement for Borrowers’ present and future Obligations.

 

 

	 	UNIFI SALES & DISTRIBUTION, INC.
	  	
 

	 	 
	 	By:	/S/ WILLIAM L. JASPER
	 	Name:	William L. Jasper
	 	Title: 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	SEE 4 PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC (f/k/a Unifi Equipment Leasing, LLC)
	 	 	


 

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/S/ WILLIAM L. JASPER
	 	Name:	William L. Jasper
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer


 


 

 




 


 

SCHEDULE 4.1(b)

TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

Schedule 4.1(b)

 

Capitalization of Subsidiaries

 

 

	
Current Legal Entities Owned
	
Record Owner
	
No. Shares/Interest

	
 Unifi Holding 1, BV (“UH1”)
	
 Unifi Switzerland GmbH
	
 121 shares/100% - Unifi Switzerland GmbH

	
 Unifi Holding 2, BV (“UH2”)
	
 UH1
	
 40 shares/100% - UH1

	
 Unifi Holding 3, BV (“UH3”)
	
 UH2
	
 40 shares/100% - UH2

	
 Unifi Central America Holding, SRL (formerly Unifi Asia Holding, SRL) (“UCAH”)
	
 UH2
	
 100% - UH2

	
 Unifi Textiles Holding, SRL (“UTH”)
	
 UH2
	
 100% - UH2

	
 Unifi do Brasil, Ltda.
	
 UH1
	
 100% - UH1

	
 Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. (“UMI”)
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 1000 shares/100% - Unifi, Inc.

	
 Unifi Textured Polyester, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 Unifi Kinston, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 Unifi Sales & Distribution, Inc.
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 1000 shares/100%-Unifi, Inc.

	
 Unimatrix Americas, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100%-UMI

	
 Unifi Latin America, S.A.
	
 Unifi Switzerland GmbH
	
 100% - Unifi Switzerland GmbH

	
 See 4 Process Improvement Solutions, LLC (f/k/a Unifi Equipment Leasing, LLC)
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 Unifi Textiles (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
	
 UTH
	
 100% - UTH

	
 Unifi Central America, Ltda. de CV
	
 UCAH/UH2
	
 99.99%-UCAH & .01%-UH2

	
 Repreve Renewables, LLC
	
 UH3/Links Partners Ltd.
	
 60%-UH3 & 40% Links Partners Ltd.

	
 Unifi Europe, Ltd.
	
 UH2
	
 100% - UH2

	
 Unifi Switzerland GmbH
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 200 shares/100% - Unifi, Inc.



 


 

 




 


 

SCHEDULE P-1

TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Schedule P-1

 

Permitted Investments

 

 

	
Current Legal Entities Owned
	
Record Owner
	
No. Shares/Interest

	
 Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. (“UMI”)
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 1000 shares/100% - Unifi, Inc.

	
 Unifi Textured Polyester, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 Unifi Kinston, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 Unifi Sales & Distribution, Inc.
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 1000 shares/100%-Unifi, Inc.

	
 Unimatrix Americas, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 100%-UMI

	
 See 4 Process Improvement Solutions, LLC (f/k/a Unifi Equipment Leasing, LLC)
	
 UMI
	
 100% - UMI

	
 MiCell Technologies, Inc.
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 0.7% - Unifi, Inc.

	
 Parkdale America, LLC
	
 UMI
	
 34% - UMI

	
 Unifi Switzerland GmbH
	
 Unifi, Inc.
	
 200 shares/100% - Unifi, Inc.



 


 

 




 


 

SCHEDULE P-2

TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Schedule P-2

 

Permitted Liens

 

 

None.