Consent and First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 CONSENT 
 AND 
 FIRST AMENDMENT 
 TO 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This CONSENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(this “Amendment”) is effective as of April 8, 2005 by and among BEAR CREEK CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein
having the meaning given to it in Article I of the Credit Agreement referenced below), the Required Lenders signatory hereto, UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, and
GMAC Commercial Finance LLC, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”; and together with the Administrative Agent, the “Agents”) for the Secured Parties and Issuing Bank. 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrower, Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the other Agents and the Lenders entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 25, 2005 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that
Agents and the Required Lenders amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions as herein set forth; 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and mutual agreements contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Agents, Required Lenders, Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
  
 (a) The definition of the term “Interest Rate
Protection Agreement” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
  
 ““Interest Rate Protection Agreement” shall mean any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or
arrangements dealing with interest rates, either generally or under specific contingencies, which agreements or arrangements shall not have been entered into for speculative purposes.” 
  
 (b) The definition of “Obligations” is hereby
amended to amend and restate clause (c) contained therein in its entirety as follows: 
  
 (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Borrower and any and all of the other Loan Parties under each
Hedging Agreement entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender or an Affiliate of 










 
a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into; provided that the aggregate amount of such obligations described in this clause
(c) and owing by the Borrower and such Loan Parties (determined on a net basis under each Hedging Agreement) and included in the “Obligations” shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, and 
  
 (c) Section 5.15(a) is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows: 
  
 (a) (i) during
the months of January through and including September in each calendar year, in no event less frequently than 20 days after the end of each month for the month most recently ended, and (ii) at all other times, no event less frequently than 3 days
after the end of each week for the week most recently ended (with the end of the week being each Saturday), a Borrowing Base Certificate from the Borrower accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the
Collateral Agent in its reasonable credit judgment, which Borrowing Base Certificate shall be accompanied by the Borrower’s calculation of the marked-to-market exposure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries under any Hedging Agreements to which any
of them is a party; 
  
 (d) Section
6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
  
 “(c) Indebtedness under Interest Rate Protection Agreements; provided that (i) such Interest Rate Protection Agreements relate
to payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents and (ii) the notional principal amount set forth in such Interest Rate Protection Agreements at the time incurred does not exceed the principal amount of
the Indebtedness to which such Interest Rate Protection Agreements relate;” 
  
 (e) Section 6.08(d) is hereby amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: 
  
 For the fiscal quarter ending on the Saturday closest to
June 30, 2005, the Loan Parties shall not permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made in such fiscal quarter to exceed $5.0 million. 
  
 SECTION 2. Consent. As permitted by Section 6.15 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent (acting with the consent and at
the direction of the Required Lenders) hereby consents to the Borrower’s change in its fiscal year from the last Saturday of each March to the last Saturday of each June. Such change shall become effective promptly after the completion of the
Borrower’s current fiscal year ending March 26, 2005. 
  
 In
addition, consistent with the requirements of Section 6.15, from and after the effective date of such change, Section 6.08(a) shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
  

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 “(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of
each fiscal quarter set forth in the table below, for the Test Period ending on such day, to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter: 
  

			
	 Fiscal Quarter

	  	 Leverage Ratio


	 Fiscal quarter ending June 2005
	  	5.75 to 1.0
	 First fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2006
	  	6.75 to 1.0
	 Second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2006
	  	5.40 to 1.0
	 Third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2006
	  	5.40 to 1.0
	 Fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2006
	  	5.75 to 1.0
	 First fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2007
	  	6.75 to 1.0
	 Second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2007
	  	5.25 to 1.0
	 Third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2007
	  	5.25 to 1.0
	 Fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2007
	  	5.25 to 1.0
	 First fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008
	  	5.75 to 1.0
	 Second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 Third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 Fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008
	  	5.00 to 1.0
	 First fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2009
	  	5.00 to 1.0
	 Second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2009
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 Third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2009
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 Fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2009
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 First fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2010
	  	4.75 to 1.0
	 Second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2010
	  	4.25 to 1.0
	 Third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal quarter thereafter”
	  	4.25 to 1.0

  
 SECTION 3.
Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment (including the consent set forth in Section 2) shall be effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a) This Amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Agents, the Required Lenders and each of
the Loan Parties (and the Required Lenders so executing this Amendment hereby authorize and direct each of the Agents to so execute and deliver this Amendment). 
  
 (b) The representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and correct in all respects, and,
after giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default or Default shall exist on the date hereof. 
  
 SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of Loan Parties. 
  
 (a) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and this Amendment is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance 

  

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with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); 
  
 (b) Each of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the Credit Agreement is true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date; and 
  
 (c) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by each Loan Party nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby does or will contravene, result in a breach of, or violate (i) any provision of such Loan Party’s certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, (iii) any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any
court or government instrumentality, in each case, applicable to any Loan Party or its assets, or (iii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property is bound, except in any such case to the extent such conflict or breach has been waived by a written waiver document, a copy of which has been delivered to the Agents on or
before the date hereof. 
  
 SECTION 5. Reference to
and Effect upon the Credit Agreement. 
  
 (a) Except as
specifically set forth above, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed, including, without limitation each Guarantor’s guarantee set forth in Article
VII of the Credit Agreement. 
  
 (b) The execution, delivery
and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor constitute an amendment of any provision of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words
of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 
  
 (c) Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery by Agents and Required Lenders of this Amendment shall not be deemed (i) to create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate any Agent or any
Lender to forbear, waive, consent or execute similar amendments under the same or similar circumstances in the future, or (ii) to amend, relinquish or impair any right of any Agent or any Lender to receive any indemnity or similar payment from any
Person or entity as a result of any matter arising from or relating to this Amendment. 
  
 (d) Each Loan Party affirms and acknowledges that this Amendment constitutes a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement and any reference to the Loan Documents under the Credit Agreement contained in any notice,
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concurrently with or after the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be deemed to include this Amendment unless the context shall otherwise specify.

  
 SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. As
provided in Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement, Borrower agrees to reimburse Agents for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses, including the fees, costs and expenses of counsel or other advisors for advice, assistance, or
other representation in connection with this Amendment. 
  
 SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. 
  
 SECTION 8.
Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purposes. 
  
 SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf the signatory is executing) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof, and such party shall promptly
follow its facsimile signature page by delivery of a hard copy original. 
  
 [Signature Pages Follow] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first
written above. 
  

			
	BORROWER:
	
	BEAR CREEK CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	JACKSON & PERKINS WHOLESALE, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	BEAR CREEK OPERATIONS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	BEAR CREEK DIRECT MARKETING, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer


  
 [Signature Page
to Consent and First Amendment to 
 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement] 










			
	JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	JACKSON & PERKINS OPERATIONS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	HARRY AND DAVID
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	BEAR CREEK STORES, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	BEAR CREEK HOLDINGS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    STEPHEN V.
O’CONNELL        
	 Name:
	 	Stephen V. O’Connell
	 Title:
	 	Secretary


  
 [Signature Page
to Consent and First Amendment to 
 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement] 










			
	AGENTS:
	
	 GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC,
 as the
Collateral Agent and a Lender

		
	By:	 	/s/    DANIEL MARESCA        
	 Name:
	 	Daniel Maresca
	 Title:
	 	Director


  
 [Signature Page
to Consent and First Amendment to 
 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement] 










			
	 UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
 as the
Administrative Agent

		
	By:	 	/s/    DORIS MESA        
	 Name:
	 	Doris Mesa
	 Title:
	 	 Associate Director
 Banking Products
 Services, US

		
	By:	 	/s/    WINSLOWE OGBOURNE        
	 Name:
	 	Winslowe Ogbourne
	 Title:
	 	 Associate Director
 Banking Products
 Services, US

	
	 UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC,
 as a Lender and
Swingline Lender

		
	By:	 	/s/    DORIS MESA        
	 Name:
	 	Doris Mesa
	 Title:
	 	 Associate Director
 Banking Products
 Services, US

		
	By:	 	/s/    WINSLOWE OGBOURNE        
	 Name:
	 	Winslowe Ogbourne
	 Title:
	 	 Associate Director
 Banking Products
 Services, US



  
 [Signature Page
to Consent and First Amendment to 
 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement] 










	
	LENDERS:
	
	 Allied Irish Banks, P.L.C. ,

	 as a Lender



  

			
		
	By:	 	/s/    JOHN FARRACE        
	 Name:
	 	John Farrace
	 Title:
	 	Senior Vice President
		
	By:	 	/s/    MARTIN CHIN        
	 Name:
	 	Martin Chin
	 Title:
	 	Vice President


  
 [Signature Page
to Consent and First Amendment to 
 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]