First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement



 Exhibit 4A 
  

Executed Copy 
  
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 CREDIT AGREEMENT

  
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of the 21st day of November, 2005, by and among BASSETT FURNITURE
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as Agent and Issuing Bank, BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, as an Issuing Bank, Swing Line Lender and as a Bank and BASSETT
FURNITURE INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., THE E.B. MALONE CORPORATION, BASSETT DIRECT STORES, INC., BASSETT DIRECT NC, LLC and BASSETT DIRECT SC, LLC (collectively referred to herein as the “Guarantors”). 
  
 R E C I T A L S: 
  
 The Borrower, the Agent, the Guarantors and the Banks have entered into a
certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated October 29, 2004 (the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 The Borrower and
Guarantors have requested the Agent and the Banks to amend the Credit Agreement to modify certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth herein. The Banks, the Agent, the Guarantors and the Borrower desire to amend the Credit
Agreement upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Recitals and the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent
and the Banks, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. Recitals. The Recitals are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed to be a part of this Amendment. 
  
 SECTION 2. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth in this Section 2. 







 SECTION 2.01. Amendment to Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to amend the following definitions: 
  
 “Consolidated Total Debt” means at any date, without duplication, the sum of: (1) all Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (2) all obligations (absolute or contingent) of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts which are available to be drawn or have been drawn under a letter of credit or similar instrument, and (3) all Contingent BFD Liabilities, all as determined
in accordance with GAAP. 
  
 “Contingent BFD
Liabilities” shall mean at any date, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any Person in connection with or arising from the acquisition, development, construction or ownership of a “BFD Store”
Guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (or with respect to which the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary has provided a written commitment or agreement to issue such a Guaranty); (ii) all indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of any Person in connection with or arising from a loan Guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (or with respect to which the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary has provided a written
commitment or agreement to issue such a Guaranty), including, without limitation, Licensee Loans; (iii) the Applicable Percentage of all payments that the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary is obligated to make under an Assigned BFD Lease
(without giving effect to any assignment or sublease); and (iv) the Applicable Percentage of all payments that any Person (including without limitation a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower), as lessee under a Guaranteed BFD Lease is
obligated to make under such Guaranteed BFD Lease; provided, however: (A) if a guaranty issued by the Borrower or Consolidated Subsidiary in connection with a Guaranteed BFD Lease is applicable only during a specified period of time, the amount
included in this subitem (iv) of the definition of Contingent BFD Liabilities shall be: (1) limited to the Applicable Percentage of all payments scheduled to be made by any Person as lessee under a Guaranteed BFD Lease during the period
during which such guaranty by the Borrower or Consolidated Subsidiary, as the case may be, is effective; and (2) shall be included in the determination of Contingent BFD Liabilities only during the portion of the lease term that such guaranty
by the Borrower or Consolidated Subsidiary, as the case may be, is effective; and (B) if the Borrower or Consolidated Subsidiary is primarily liable under a Guaranteed BFD Lease as a tenant or lessee, the amount included in subitem (iv) of
the definition of Contingent BFD Liabilities shall include the Applicable Percentage of all payments scheduled to be made by any Person as lessee under such Guaranteed BFD Lease during its term. As used herein, “Applicable Percentage”
shall mean 55%. 
  
 “Debt” of any Person means at any
date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, 
  

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 (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a
banker’s acceptance, (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a corporation), (vii) all obligations (absolute or contingent) of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts which are available to be drawn or have been drawn under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person,
(ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, (x) all obligations of such Person with respect to interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or other hedging agreements (valued as the termination value
thereof computed in accordance with a method approved by the International Swap Dealers Association and agreed to by such Person in the applicable hedging agreement, if any); and (xi) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person
under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease
under GAAP. 
  
 “Guaranteed BFD Leases”
means any and all leases of “BFD Stores” with respect to which the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries: (i) have Guaranteed the indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any Person (including, without limitation, a
Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower) as tenant or lessee thereunder; and/or (ii) are primarily liable under such lease as a tenant or lessee. 
  
 “Termination Date” means November 30, 2007. 
  
 SECTION 2.02. Amendment to Section 5.05. Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 SECTION 5.05. Ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization. Commencing on the Fiscal Quarter ending on August 28, 2004 and continuing on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, the ratio of
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization will not exceed 0.40. 
  
 SECTION 2.03. Amendment to Section 5.07. Section 5.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 SECTION 5.07. Contingent BFD Liabilities.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Subsidiary shall, directly or indirectly, issue, assume, create, incur or suffer to exist any Contingent BFD Liability except for Contingent BFD Liabilities, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of which shall not at any time exceed $85,000,000 in the aggregate. 
  
 SECTION 2.04. Amendment to Section 5.34. Section 5.34 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 SECTION 5.34. Operating Leases. No Loan Party nor any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall create, assume or suffer to exist any operating lease except 
  

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 operating leases which: (1) are entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (2) the
aggregate indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties under all such operating leases (excluding Assigned BFD Leases and Guaranteed BFD Leases) during any period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters shall at no time exceed
$5,000,000. 
  
 SECTION 2.05 Amendment to
Section 5.01. Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to amend and restate subsection (o) and add a new subsection (p) to read as follows: 
  
 (o) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clause
(b) above, a report in form satisfactory to the Agent setting forth comparative same store sales information for “BFD Stores;” and 
  
 (p) from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
the Agent, at the request of any Bank, may reasonably request. 
  
 SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment and the obligations of the Banks hereunder are subject to the following conditions, unless the Banks waive such conditions: 
  
 (a) receipt by the Agent from each of the parties hereto of a duly executed
counterpart of this Amendment signed by such party; and 
  
 (b)
the fact that the representations and warranties of the Borrower and Guarantors contained in Section 5 of this Amendment shall be true on and as of the date hereof. 
  
 SECTION 4. No Other Amendment. Except for the amendments set forth above, the text of the Credit Agreement shall
remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment is not intended to effect, nor shall it be construed as, a novation. The Credit Agreement and this Amendment shall be construed together as a single agreement. Nothing herein contained
shall waive, annul, vary or affect any provision, condition, covenant or agreement contained in the Credit Agreement, except as herein amended, nor affect nor impair any rights, powers or remedies under the Credit Agreement as hereby amended. The
Banks and the Agent do hereby reserve all of their rights and remedies against all parties who may be or may hereafter become secondarily liable for the repayment of the Notes. The Borrower and Guarantors promise and agree to perform all of the
requirements, conditions, agreements and obligations under the terms of the Credit Agreement, as heretofore and hereby amended and the other Loan Documents, the Credit Agreement, as amended, and the other Loan Documents being hereby ratified and
affirmed. The Borrower and the Guarantors hereby expressly agree that the Credit Agreement, as amended, and the other Loan Documents are in full force and effect. 
  
  

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 SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower and Guarantors hereby represent and
warrant to each of the Banks as follows: 
  
 (a) No Default or
Event of Default, nor any act, event, condition or circumstance which with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document has occurred and is
continuing unwaived hereby or otherwise by the Banks on the date hereof. 
  
 (b) The Borrower and Guarantors have the power and authority to enter into this Amendment and to do all acts and things as are required or contemplated hereunder, or thereunder, to be done, observed and performed by
them. 
  
 (c) This Amendment has been duly authorized, validly
executed and delivered by one or more authorized officers of the Borrower and Guarantors and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and Guarantors enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, provided that such
enforceability is subject to general principles of equity. 
  
 (d) The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereunder by the Borrower and Guarantors do not and will not require the consent or approval of any regulatory authority or governmental authority or agency having
jurisdiction over the Borrower or any Guarantor, nor be in contravention of or in conflict with the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or the provision of any statute, or any
judgment, order or indenture, instrument, agreement or undertaking, to which the Borrower or any Guarantor is party or by which the assets or properties of the Borrower or any Guarantor are or may become bound. 
  
 SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina.

  
 SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Amendment shall be
effective as of November 18, 2005 (the “Effective Date”). 
  
 SECTION 9. Fee. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Banks an amendment fee in an amount equal to $25,000.00. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered, or have caused their respective duly
authorized officers or representatives to execute and deliver, this Amendment as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	 BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES,
 INCORPORATED

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Barry C. Safrit

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Barry C. Safrit	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Jay R. Hervey	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	
	 BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES OF
 NORTH
CAROLINA, INC.

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Barry C. Safrit

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Barry C. Safrit	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	 	 
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	 (SEAL)

	Name:	 	Jay R. Hervey	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	
	THE E.B. MALONE CORPORATION
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Barry C.Safrt

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Barry C. Safrit	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Jay R. Hervey	 	 
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


  

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	 BASSETT DIRECT STORES, INC.
	 	 
			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Barry C. Safrit

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Barry C. Safrit
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Jay R. Hervey
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

		
	 BASSETT DIRECT NC, LLC
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 Bassett Direct Stores, Inc., its sole manager

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Barry C. Safrit

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Barry C. Safrit
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Jay R. Hervey
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

		
	 BASSETT DIRECT SC, LLC
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 Bassett Direct Stores, Inc., its sole manager

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Barry C. Safrit

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Barry C. Safrit
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Jay R. Hervey

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Name:
	 	 Jay R. Hervey
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary



  
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	 BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
 as Agent
and an Issuing Bank

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Cory Boyte

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President
	 	 
	
	 BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
 OF
VIRGINIA, as an Issuing Bank, Swing Line
 Lender and as a Bank

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Thatcher Townsend

	 	 (SEAL)

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President
	 	 


  
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