exv10w69






Exhibit 10.69




CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT




          THIS CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into
as of April 29, 2010, by and among the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such
Lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to
hereinafter each individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the “Lenders”),
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
“Agent”) and NAVARRE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”).




          WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent, and Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
November 12, 2009 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”);




          WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and Lenders are parties to that certain Consent Under Credit
Agreement dated as of January 22, 2010 (the “January Consent”);




          WHEREAS, under the January Consent, Agent and Lenders consented to the formation of Navarre
Distribution Services ULC, an unlimited liability company established under the laws of the
Province of British Columbia (the “Canada Subsidiary”), but prohibited the Canadian
Subsidiary from engaging in any business activity apart from becoming a party to a warehouse lease
in the Toronto area absent the further written consent of Agent and Lenders;




          WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Agent and Lenders consent to the commencement of the
business operations of the Canadian Subsidiary, and Agent and Lenders have agreed to the foregoing
subject to the terms and conditions contained herein; and




          WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, Borrower, Agent and Lenders have agreed to amend
the Credit Agreement in certain respects;




          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:




          1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.




          2. Consent. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
7 below and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in
Section 8 below, Agent and Lenders hereby consent to the conduct of distribution business
operations by the Canadian Subsidiary consistent with the description of the nature of the business
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries described on Schedule 6.6 of the Credit Agreement that is
currently conducted by Navarre Distribution Services, Inc. This is a limited consent and shall not
be deemed to constitute a consent or waiver of any other term, provision or condition of the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, as applicable, or to prejudice any right or remedy that






 









 







Agent or any Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.




          3. Amendments to Credit Agreement: In reliance upon the representations and
warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 8 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
in the following respects:




          (a) Article 6 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new Section 6.16
thereto:




          6.16. Symantec Inventory and Navarre Distribution
Canada.





     Permit Navarre Distribution Canada to directly purchase any Inventory from
Symantec Corporation or to otherwise acquire title to any Inventory produced by
Symantec Corporation (other than acquiring title at the moment of sale of such
Inventory to a customer of Navarre Distribution Canada from Navarre Distribution
Services, Inc. immediately prior to such title passing to such customer) unless a
joinder in form and substance acceptable to Agent adding Navarre Distribution Canada
as a party to the Symantec Intercreditor Agreement has been executed and delivered
by each party thereto.



          (b) Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the defined term “Navarre
Distribution Canada” thereto in its appropriate alphabetical order as follows:





     “Navarre Distribution Canada” means Navarre Distribution Services ULC,
an unlimited liability company established under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia.



          (c) Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by amending the defined term “Eligible
Accounts” set forth therein by (i) adding the parenthetical “(excluding Accounts created by Navarre
Distribution Canada)” following the phrase “those Accounts created by a Loan Party” set forth in
the first paragraph of such definition, (ii) deleting the word “or” following the first clause (p)
of such definition, (iii) changing the lettering of the second clause (p) of such definition to
clause “(q)”, (iv) deleting the period at the end of clause (q) of such definition, (v) adding “,
or” to the end of clause (q) of such definition, and (vi) adding the following new clause (r) to
such definition:.




          (r) Accounts owing to Navarre Distribution Canada.




          (d) Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by amending the defined term “Eligible
Inventory” set forth therein by (i) adding the parenthetical “(excluding the Inventory of Navarre
Distribution Canada)” following the phrase “Inventory consisting of first qualify finished goods
held for sale in the ordinary course of the Loan Parties’ business” set forth in the first
paragraph of such definition, (ii) deleting the word “or” following clause (l) of such definition,
(iii) deleting the period at the end of clause (m) of such definition, (iv) adding “, or” to the
end of (m) of such definition, and (v) adding the following new clause (n) to such definition:




          (m) it is Inventory of Navarre Distribution Canada.







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          (e) The following Schedules to the Credit Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety
as set forth on Exhibit A to this Amendment: Schedule 4.1(c) (Capitalization of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries); Schedule 4.6(a) (Official Name and Jurisdiction of Organization); Schedule 4.6(b)
(Chief Executive Officers); Schedule 4.6(c) (Organizational Identification Numbers); and Schedule
4.30 (Locations of Inventory and Equipment).




          4. Acknowledgment. The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that under no
circumstances shall any assets of the Canada Subsidiary constitute Eligible Accounts or Eligible
Inventory under the Credit Agreement unless and until the Credit Agreement is amended to the
contrary, and that Agent and Lenders shall be under no obligation to include any assets of the
Canada Subsidiary in the Borrowing Base under the Credit Agreement unless and until the Credit
Agreement is amended to the contrary and Agent has completed its due diligence with respect to the
Canada Subsidiary and its assets, the results of which are satisfactory to Agent.




          5. Continuing Effect. Except as expressly set forth in Section 2 and Section 3 of
this Amendment, nothing in this Amendment shall constitute a modification or alteration of the
terms, conditions or covenants of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or a waiver of
any other terms or provisions thereof, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
remain unchanged and shall continue in full force and effect, in each case as amended hereby.




          6. Reaffirmation and Confirmation. Borrower hereby ratifies, affirms, acknowledges
and agrees that the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the valid, enforceable
and collectible obligations of Borrower, and further acknowledges that there are no existing
claims, defenses, personal or otherwise, or rights of setoff whatsoever with respect to the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document. Borrower hereby agrees that this Amendment in no way acts as
a release or relinquishment of the Liens and rights securing payments of the Obligations. The
Liens and rights securing payment of the Obligations are hereby ratified and confirmed by Borrower
in all respects.




          7. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent, each in form and substance acceptable
to Agent:




          (a) Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of this Amendment (along with the Consent
and Reaffirmation attached hereto) and each of the additional documents, instruments and agreements
listed on the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Exhibit B, each in form and substance
acceptable to Agent, together with such other documents, agreements and instruments as Agent may
require or reasonably request; and




          (b) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof or
as of the date of the effectiveness of this Amendment.




          8. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into
this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that, after giving
effect to this Amendment:







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          (a) All representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct on and as of the date of this Amendment, in each case as if then
made, other than representations and warranties that expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in
which case such representations and warranties were true and correct on and as of such earlier
date);




          (b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and




          (c) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as modified hereby, constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of Borrower and are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their
respective terms.




          9. Miscellaneous.




          (a) Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay on demand all Lender Group Expenses of Agent
(including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of US and Canada outside counsel for Agent)
in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Amendment and all other instruments or documents provided for herein or delivered or to be
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith. All obligations provided herein shall survive any
termination of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.




          (b) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be a contract made under and governed by the
internal laws of the State of Illinois.




          (c) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
by the parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, and each such counterpart, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same Amendment. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment
by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart of this Amendment.




          10. Release.




          (a) In consideration of the agreements of Agent and Lenders contained herein and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
Borrower and each Guarantor (by its execution and delivery of the attached Consent and
Reaffirmation), on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives,
hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges Agent
and Lenders, and their successors and assigns, and their present and former shareholders,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees,
agents and other representatives (Agent, each Lender and all such other Persons being hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of
and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies,
agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other
claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities whatsoever
(individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature,
known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which Borrower, any
Guarantor or any of their respective successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or
hereafter






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own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason
of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever in relation to, or in any way in connection
with any of the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or transactions thereunder or
related thereto which arises at any time on or prior to the day and date of this Amendment.




          (b) Each of Borrower and each Guarantor understands, acknowledges and agrees that the release
set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an
injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or
attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.




          (c) Each of Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence or
transaction which could now be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered shall affect in any
manner the final, absolute and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.




[signature pages follow]




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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized and delivered as of the date first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NAVARRE CORPORATION,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ J. Reid Porter
 	 
	 	 	Title:  Executive Vide President and CFO 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


Signature Page to Consent Under Credit Agreement







 









 








	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, 

formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent and as a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jonathan T. Boynton
 	 
	 	 	Title:   Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


Signature Page to Consent Under Credit Agreement






 









 








	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE CORP.,

as a Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Vik Dewhnjin
 	 
	 	 	Title:      Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 



Signature Page to Consent Under Credit Agreement







 









 








CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION




          Each of the undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Consent and
Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement (terms defined therein and used, but not otherwise defined,
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them therein); (ii) consents to Borrower’s execution and
delivery thereof; (iii) agrees to be bound by the terms of the Amendment, including Section 10
thereof; and (iv) affirms that nothing contained therein shall modify in any respect whatsoever any
Loan Document to which any of the undersigned is a party and reaffirm that each such Loan Document
is and shall continue to remain in full force and effect. Although each of the undersigned has
been informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to same, each of the
undersigned understands that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform any of the undersigned
of such matters in the future or to seek any of the undersigned’s acknowledgment or agreement to
future consents, amendments or waivers, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.




          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and
as of the date of such Amendment.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NAVARRE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE ONLINE FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC.,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ENCORE SOFTWARE, INC.,

a Minnesota Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent under Credit Agreement





 









 








	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD.,

a Texas limited partnership

 	 
	 	By:  	Navarre CP, LLC, its General Partner
 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ANIMEONLINE, LTD.,

a Texas limited partnership

 	 
	 	By:  	Navarre CS, LLC, its General Partner
 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE CP, LLC,

a Minnesota limited liability company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE CLP, LLC,

a Minnesota limited liability company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE CS, LLC,

a Minnesota limited liability company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	FUNIMATION CHANNEL, INC.,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


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	 	BCI ECLIPSE COMPANY, LLC,

a Minnesota limited liability company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE LOGISTICAL SERVICES, INC.,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.,

a Minnesota corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAVARRE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES ULC,

a British Columbia unlimited liability company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent under Credit Agreement





 









 








EXHIBIT A




Certain Amended and Restated Schedules



See Attached.


Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent under Credit Agreement





 









 








EXHIBIT B




Closing Checklist



See Attached.


Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent under Credit Agreement