Document:

exv10w70

 

Exhibit 10.70

May 11,  2004

	 	 	 
	Farm Credit Services of America, PCA

	 	US Bank National Association
	 
	 	 
	Farm Credit Services of Minnesota Valley, PCA,
DBA PCS Commercial Finance Group

	 	Cöoperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-
Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank
International”, New York Branch
	 
	 	 
	Farm Credit West, FLCA

	 	Comerica Bank

	 	 	Re: Amendment No, 1 to Amended and Restated
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of April 19, 2002

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Intercreditor and
Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2002, among the Noteholders
named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, together with their successors and
assigns, the “Noteholders”), the Facility Lenders named in Schedule II thereto
(collectively, the “Facility Lenders”; together with the Noteholders,
collectively hereinafter referred to as the Secured Parties), Cöoperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York
Branch, as administrative agent for the Facility Lenders, and Cöoperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York
Branch, as collateral agent for the Agent and the Secured Parties (the
“Collateral Agent”) and acknowledged and agreed to by The Chalone Wine Group,
Ltd., a California corporation (the “Company”), Edna Valley Vineyard, a
California general partnership, SHW Equity Co,, Canoe Ridge Vineyard, LLC,
Canoe Ridge Winery, Inc., and Staton Hills Winery Company Limited, a Washington
corporation (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through
the date hereof, the “Intercreditor Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement).

          The parties wish to enter into this letter to amend the Intercreditor
Agreement to add as Collateral thereunder a parcel of real property owned by
the Company described on Exhibit A to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of
the date hereof from the Company to North American Title Company, as Trustee,
for the benefit of Cöoperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen - Boerenleenbank B.A.,
“Rabobank International”, New York Branch. The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that Exhibit B to the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with Exhibit B attached hereto.

          The parties acknowledge that concurrently herewith (a) the Company and
the Noteholders are entering into a Second Amendment to Amended and Restated
Note Purchase Agreement dated as of May 11, 2004, and (b) the Company, the
Agent, Rabobank International as issuing fender and swingline lender and the
Facility Lenders are entering into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of May 11, 2004 and in connection therewith the Company, each

 

 

Farm Credit Services of America, et al.

 May —, 2004

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Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Collateral Agent are entering into an amendment
and restatement of the Security Agreements. The parties hereto hereby consent
to such amendments and the transactions contemplated thereby.

          In consideration of the foregoing amendment, each of the Collateral Agent
and each Secured Party hereby represents and warrants that, both before and
giving effect to such amendment, the representations and warranties of such
party set forth in Section 3.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement are true and
correct as if made on the date hereof, except any such representation or
warranty which speaks to a specific date.

          Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing to the contrary, the
amendment made pursuant hereto will not in any way operate as an amendment or
modification of the Intercreditor Agreement except as expressly provided
herein.

          This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts and each such
counterpart shall be one and the same agreement. The parties agree that
facsimile signatures shall be deemed to be original signatures for the
purposes of this letter agreement.

          This letter agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflicts of
laws principles.

[signature page follows]

 

 

	 	 	 
	

	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	

	 	Cöoperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank

B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York

Branch, As Agent
	 
	 	 
	

	 	By: /s/ John J. McHugh                                      
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Name: John J. McHugh

	 
	 	 
	

	 	Its:  Executive Director
	 
	 

	 	By: /s/ Rebecca O. Morrow                                      
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Name: Rebecca O. Morrow
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Its:  Executive Director
	 
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Cöoperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank

B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York

Branch, As Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 
	

	 	By: /s/ John J. McHugh                                      
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Name: John J. McHugh

	 
	 	 
	

	 	Its:  Executive Director
	 
	 	 
	

	 	By: /s/ Rebecca O. Morrow                                      
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Name: Rebecca O. Morrow

	 
	 	 
	

	 	Its:  Executive Director

 

 

	 	 	 
	ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
	THIS
11th  DAY OF  MAY, 2004:
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Farm Credit Services Of America, PCA
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Bruce P. Rouse

	Name:

	 	Bruce P. Rouse
	Its:

	 	Vice President
	 
	 	 
	Farm Credit Services of Minnesota Valley, PCA,
	DBA FCS Commercial Finance Group
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ James M. Grafing

	Name:

	 	James M. Grafing
	Its:

	 	SVP Syndicated Finance
	 
	 	 
	Cöoperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank
	B.A., “Rabobank International”, New York Branch,
	as a Facility Lender
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ John J. McHugh

	Name:

	 	John J. McHugh
	Its:

	 	Executive Director
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Rebecca O. Morrow

	Name:

	 	Rebecca O. Morrow
	Its:

	 	Executive Director
	 
	 	 
	Farm Credit West, FLCA
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Mark Littlefield

	Name:

	 	Mark Littlefield
	Its:

	 	Senior Vice President
	 
	 	 
	U.S. Bank National Association
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Alan V. Schuler

	Name:

	 	Alan V. Schuler
	Its:

	 	Vice President

 

 

	 	 	 
	Comerica Bank
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Misako Noda

	Name:

	 	Misako Noda
	Its:

	 	Vice President

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO THIS 11th DAY OF MAY, 2004:

	 	 	 
	THE CHALONE WINE GROUP, LTD.
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO
	 
	 	 
	EDNA VALLEY VINEYARD
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	The Chalone Wine Group 

Managing General Partner
	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO
	 
	 	 
	SHW EQUITY CO.
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO
	 
	 	 
	CANOE RIDGE VINEYARD LLC
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO
	 
	 	 
	CANOE RIDGE WINERY, INC.
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO
	 
	 	 
	STATON HILLS WINERY COMPANY LIMITED
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Shawn Blom

	Title:

	 	VP and CFO

 

 

Exhibit B
to
Intercreditor Agreement

Real Property

     Real Property

     All of the Mortgaged Property (as defined in the subject Deed of Trust)
described in each Deed of Trust in each of the following locations:

     Deeds of Trusts executed by the Company and/or various Subsidiary
Guarantors for real properties bearing the following APN designations in the
States of California and Washington:

APN

047-272-012

047-272-011

047-272-016

047-272-018

027-470-030

127-011-001

053-070-037

417-181-053

417-201-001

417-181-029

417-181-030

417-181-036

417-181-052

417-201-002

36-07-19-51-2701

36-07-19-51-2702

36-07-19-51-2601

36-07-19-51-2602

1-2554-400-0004-001

 

 

1-3055-200-0001-001

1-2554-400-0003-000

191221-41002

191211-42001

191221-13001

191221-14001

191221-31013

027-470-007exv10w71

 

Exhibit 10.71

EXECUTION VERSION

THE CHALONE WINE GROUP, LTD.

THIRD AMENDMENT

Dated as of August 15, 2004

To

AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 19, 2002

Re: $5,000,000 Adjustable Rate Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes, Series A,

Due September 15, 2010

$10,000,000 Adjustable Rate Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes, Series B,

Due September 15, 2010

$15,000,000 Adjustable Rate Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes, Series C,

Due September 15, 2010

 

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Third Amendment dated as
of August 15, 2004 (the or this “Third
Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
April 19, 2002 is among The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd., a California corporation
(the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) and Farm Credit
Services of America, PCA and Farm Credit Services of Minnesota Valley, PCA,
DBA FCS Commercial Finance Group (collectively, the “Noteholders”).

RECITALS:

          A. The Company and the Noteholders have heretofore entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 19,
2002, as amended
by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Note Purchase
Agreement dated July
11, 2002 and that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Note
Purchase
Agreement dated August 15, 2004 (as so amended and otherwise
amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note
Agreement”). The Company
has heretofore issued its $5,000,000 Adjustable Rate Senior Secured Notes,
Series A, Due
September 15, 2010 bearing PPN 157639 B*5 (the “Series A Notes”), its
$10,000,000 Adjustable
Rate Senior Secured Notes, Series B, Due September 15, 2010 bearing PPN
157639 C* 4 (the
“Series B Notes”), and its $15,000,000 Adjustable Rate Senior Secured
Notes, Series C, Due
September 15, 2010 bearing PPN 157639 B# 1 (the “Series C Notes”; the
Series A Notes, the
Series B Notes and the Series C Notes are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Notes”)
pursuant to the Note Agreement. The Noteholders are the holders of 100%
of the principal
amount of the Notes presently outstanding.

          B. Edna Valley Vineyard, a California general partnership (“Edna Valley”),
SHW Equity Co,, a Washington corporation (“SHW”), Canoe Ridge Vineyard,
LLC, a
Washington limited liability company (“Canoe Ridge”), Canoe Ridge
Winery, Inc., a
Washington corporation (“CRW”), and Staton Hills Winery Company Limited, a
Washington
corporation (“Staton”; Edna Valley, SHW, Canoe Ridge, CRW and Staton are
hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), have heretofore
entered into those
certain Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guarantee Agreements, each dated
as of April 19,
2002 (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantee Agreements”) under and
pursuant to which each
of the Subsidiary Guarantors guaranteed the payment of the Notes and the
performance by the
Company of its obligations under the Note Agreement.

          C. The Company and the Noteholders now desire to amend the Note
Agreement in the respects, but only in the respects, hereinafter set
forth. The Subsidiary
Guarantors now desire to affirm their respective obligations under the
Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreements.

          D. All requirements of law have been fully complied with and all other
acts
and things necessary to make this Third Amendment a valid, legal and
binding instrument
according to its terms for the purposes herein expressed have been done or
performed.

 

 

          NOW, THEREFORE, upon the full and complete satisfaction of the conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of this Third Amendment set forth in
Section 7
hereof, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Noteholders, for good
and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, do hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1 Definitions; References. Unless otherwise specifically defined
herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Note Agreement shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the Note Agreement. Each reference to
“hereof”, “hereunder”, “herein” and “hereby” and each other similar reference
and each reference to “this Agreement” and each other similar reference
contained in the Note Agreement shall from and after the date hereof refer to
the Note Agreement as amended hereby.

     SECTION 2 Amendments.

     (a) Schedule B to the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby amended by
adding the
definition of “Proposed Acquisition” as follows:

     “ ‘Proposed Acquisition’ means, the proposed acquisition of
all or some portion of the Company’s outstanding publicly held
            shares of common stock by an affiliate of Domaines Barons de
Rothschild (Lafite), announced on May 17, 2004 or a proposed
acquisition by a competing bidder or bidders of all or some
portion of the Company’s outstanding publicly held shares of
common stock, as any such proposals may be amended from time to
time.”

     (b) Schedule B to the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby amended by
adding the
following sentence at the end of the definition of “Change of Control”,
“For the avoidance of
doubt, the consummation of the Proposed Acquisition shall constitute a
Change of Control.”

     (c) Schedule B to the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby amended by
deleting the
definition of “Consolidated EBIT” and replacing the following definition
therefor:

     “
‘Consolidated EBIT’ means, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income (computed without giving effect to any gains or losses from
dispositions of assets and other extraordinary items) plus
Consolidated Interest Expense plus income tax expense plus
nonrecurring cash and non-cash charges allocated, accrued and/or
paid in respect of the Proposed Acquisition during the period from
May 17, 2004 to December 31, 2004 (not to exceed $1,000,000 in the
aggregate with respect to expenses, and not to exceed $1,500,000
in the aggregate with respect to any success fee paid or payable
in connection with the completion of the Proposed Acquisition (the
“Permitted Success Fee”), in each case, which were deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance
with GAAP.”

     (d) Schedule B to the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby amended by
deleting the
definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and replacing the following definition
therefor:

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     “ ‘Consolidated EBITDA’ means, for any period, Consolidated
Net Income (computed without giving effect to any gains or losses
from dispositions of assets and other extraordinary items) plus
Consolidated Interest Expense plus income tax expense plus
depreciation expense, amortization expense and other non-cash
expenses plus nonrecurring cash and non-cash charges allocated,
accrued and/or paid in respect of the Proposed Acquisition during
the period from May 17, 2004 to December 31, 2004 (not to exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to expenses, and not to
exceed $1,500,000 in the aggregate with respect to any the
Permitted Success Fee), in each case, which were deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance
with GAAP,”

     (e) Schedule F to the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Annex 1 hereto.

     SECTION 3 Representations and Warranties of the Company and Subsidiary
Guarantors. To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this Third
Amendment (which representations shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Third Amendment), each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
represent and warrant to the Noteholders that:

     (a) since December 31. 2003, there has been no change in the
condition,
financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries as shown
on the consolidated
balance sheet as of such date except changes in the ordinary course
of business, none of
which individually or in the aggregate has had, or reasonably could
be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect;

     (b) this Third Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered
by it and this Third Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation,
contract and agreement of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited
by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to
or limiting creditors’
rights generally and general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or in law);

     (c) the Note Agreement, as amended by this Third Amendment,
constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of
the Company
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of
equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or in
law);

     (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and
Subsidiary
Guarantors of this Third Amendment (i) has been duly authorized by
all requisite
corporate action and, if required, shareholder action, (ii) does not
require the consent or
approval of any governmental or regulatory body or agency, and (iii)
will not (A) violate
(1) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or its
certificate of incorporation or
bylaws, (2) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or order
of any other agency or

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     government binding upon it, or (3) any provision of any material
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by
which its properties or assets are or may be bound, including, without
limitation, the Credit Agreement, or (B) result in a breach or
constitute (along or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in clause
(iii)(A)(3) of this Section 3(d);

     (e) as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Third
Amendment, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing; and

     (f) except as otherwise set forth in the Schedules to the Note
Agreement or on
Schedule I hereto, all the representations and warranties contained
in Section 5 of the
Note Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with
the same force and
effect as if made by the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors on and as
of the date hereof.

     SECTION 4 Amendment to Post-Closing Undertakings Agreement. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the completion deadline of the third post-closing
condition specified on Schedule I of the Post-Closing Undertakings Agreement
(the requirement of delivery of fully executed acknowledgements of bailees or
collateral access agreements with respect to Inventory located at third-party
locations or at locations leased by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor),
shall be changed from May 28,2004 to August 31, 2004.

     SECTION 5 Affirmation of Subsidiary Guarantee Agreements, Each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereby affirm each of their obligations under their
respective Subsidiary Guarantee Agreements after giving effect to this Third
Amendment.

     SECTION 6 Covenant. The Company shall provide to the Noteholders, in form
and substance satisfactory to them, all such further information relating to
expenses related to and other financial aspects of the Proposed Acquisition,
the Processing Payables (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and stock options
issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries as the Noteholders may reasonably
request,

     SECTION 7 Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Third
Amendment shall not become effective until, and shall become effective when,
each and every one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

     (a) executed counterparts of this Third Amendment, duly executed by
the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Required Holders, shall
have been delivered
to the Noteholders;

     (b) the Noteholders shall have received evidence satisfactory to
them that the
Credit Agreement has been amended and restated which amendment and
restatement
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Noteholders;

     (c) the representations and warranties of the Company and the
Subsidiary
Guarantors set forth in Section 3 hereof are true and correct on and
with respect to the date
hereof;

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     (d) each Noteholder shall have received opinions in form and
substance
satisfactory to such Noteholder from special counsel for the Company
covering such
matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such
Noteholder may
reasonably request; and

     (e) the Company shall have paid the reasonable fees and expenses of
McDermott, Will & Emery, counsel to the Noteholders, in
connection with the
negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of this
Third Amendment.

     SECTION 8 Miscellaneous.

     (a) This Third Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as
part of the
Note Agreement and the Post-Closing Undertakings Agreement, as the case may
be, and except as modified and expressly amended by this Third Amendment, all
terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Note Agreement and the
Post-Closing Undertakings Agreement, as the case may be, as amended on the
date hereof, are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force and
effect.

     (b) Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments
executed and
delivered after the execution and delivery of this Third Amendment may
refer to the Note
Agreement without making specific references to this Third Amendment but
nevertheless all
such references shall include this Third Amendment unless the context
otherwise requires,

     (c) The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of
this Third
Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
construction of any of
the provisions hereof.

     (d) This Third Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with
New York law.

     (e) The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for
the uses
and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this Third Amendment may be
executed in any number
of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original, but
all together only one
agreement.

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     IN .WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment
to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.
Title

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE CHALONE WINE GROUP, LTD,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EDNA VALLEY VINEYARD
	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.,	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 Managing General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SHW EQUITY CO. 
	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CANOE RIDGE VINEYARD LLC
	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CANOE RIDGE WINERY, INC,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	STATON HILLS WINERY COMPANY LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	/s/ THOMAS SELFRIDGE

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 

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	Accepted and Agreed;	 	FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA,

PCA
	

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Bruce P. Rouse

	 	 
	

	 	Title:
	 	Vice President	 	 

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	Accepted and Agreed:
	 	FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF MINNESOTA

VALLEY, PCA, DBA FCS COMMERCIAL

FINANCE GROUP
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ James M. Grafing
	 
	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	 	Name: James M. Grafing
	 
	 	 	 	Title:  SVP - Syndicated Finance

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ANNEX 1 TO THIRD AMENDMENT

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To Each Of The Purchasers

Listed In The Attached Schedule 2

	 	 	Re: The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          This Compliance Certificate is made and delivered pursuant to the Amended
and
Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 19, 2002 (as amended,
modified,
supplemented, renewed or extended from time to time, the “Note Purchase
Agreement”) among
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), and each of the Purchasers
listed in the
attached Schedule 2, and reference is made thereto for full particulars
of the matters described
therein. All capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate and
not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Note Purchase
Agreement. This
Compliance Certificate relates to the accounting period ending
Fillinng rule.

          I am the [Chief Financial Officer] of the Company. I have reviewed the
terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and I have made, or caused to be made
under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of
the Company and its Subsidiaries during such accounting period. I hereby
certify that the information set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (and on any
additional schedules hereto setting forth further supporting detail) is true,
accurate and complete as of the end of such accounting period.

          I hereby further certify that (i) as of the date hereof, no Default has
occurred and is continuing, and (ii) on and as of the date hereof, there has
occurred no Material Adverse Effect since December 31,
[        ] in each case as may
be set forth in a separate attachment hereto describing in detail the nature
of each condition or event constituting an exception to the foregoing
statements, the period during which it has existed and the action which the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or
event.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer has signed this Compliance
Certificate this                    day of                    .

	 	 	 
	

	 	

	

	 	Name:
	 
	

	 	Title:

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

Schedule 1

To Compliance Certificate

Worksheet for Financial Covenants

for the accounting period
ending               
                
     .

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(a)
– Leverage Ratio	 	Actual	 	Required
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Consolidated Indebtedness	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) total Indebtedness of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) accounts payable to trade
creditors for goods and services
and current operating
liabilities (not the result of
the borrowing of money) incurred
in the ordinary course of the
Company’s or the Subsidiaries’
business in accordance with
customary terms and paid within
the specified time (unless
contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and
reserved for in accordance with
GAAP)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iii) current operating liabilities (not
the result of the borrowing of
money) incurred in the ordinary
course of the Company’s or the
Subsidiaries’ business in
accordance with customary terms
and paid within the specified
time (unless contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserved for in accordance
with GAAP).
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) indebtedness owing by the
Company to the estate of Richard
Graff in a principal amount not
to exceed $1,000,000
	 	$                   	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Sum of (i) minus (ii) minus (iii)
minus (iv)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B.	 	600% of Consolidated Rent Expense
(calculated on a rolling 4-quarter basis)	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.	 	A + B	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	D.	 	Consolidated EBITDA (calculated
on a rolling 4-quarter basis)	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) Consolidated Net Income (computed
without giving effect to any gains
or losses from dispositions of assets
and other extraordinary items)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense (iii)

income tax expense
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) depreciation expense, amortization

expense, other non-cash expenses
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(v) nonrecurring cash and non-cash charges
incurred in respect of the
Proposed Acquisition during the period of
May 17, 2004 to December 31,2004
	 	 $                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Sum of (i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv) + (v)	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	E.	 	 Consolidated Rent Expense
(calculated on a rolling 4-quarter basis)	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	F.	 	D + E	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	G.	 	 Ratio of C to F	 	          :           	 	See Section 10.4(a) of the
Note Purchase Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(b) – Consolidated Tangible Net Worth	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Minimum Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth Calculation	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) $76,000,000
	 	$                   
	 	$76,000,000
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) Net Issuance Proceeds received
by the Company or any Subsidiary
from the sale or issuance of equity
securities to any Person other than
the Company or any Subsidiary after
December 31, 2001
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iii) Net Issuance Proceeds
received by the Company or any
Subsidiary from the sale or
issuance of Subordinated Debt to
any Person other than the
Company or any Subsidiary after
December 31, 2001d
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) 75% of positive
Consolidated
Net Income, if any, for each
fiscal
quarter elapsed after
December 31,2001
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Sum of (i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B.	 	Consolidated Tangible Net Worth	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) Consolidated Total Assets
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) Intangible Assets
(including goodwill,
organizational expense,
research and development
expense, patent applications,
patents, trademarks, trade
names, brands, copyrights,
trade secrets, customer lists,
licenses, franchises and
covenants not to compete)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iii) Subordinated Debt
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) Consolidated Total Liabilities
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Sum of (i) - (ii) + (iii) - (iv)
	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Excess (deficient) for
covenant compliance	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	(B minus A)	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(c)
– Interest Coverage
Ratio	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Consolidated EBIT (calculated on a rolling 4-quarter basis)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) Consolidated Net Income (computed
without giving effect to any gains or
losses from dispositions of assets and
other extraordinary items)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iii) income tax expense
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) nonrecurring cash and non-cash
charges incurred in respect of the
Proposed Acquisition during the period
from May 17, 2004 to December 31, 2004
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Sum of (i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B. 	 	 Consolidated Interest Expense
(calculated on a rolling 4-quarter basis)	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.	 	Ratio of A to B	 	$                   	 	See Section 10.4(c) of
the Note Purchase Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(d)
– Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.	 	Consolidated EBITDA
(calculated on a rolling
4-quarter basis)	 	$                   	 	 

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B. Fixed Charge calculation	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(i) Consolidated Interest Expense

(calculated on a rolling 4-quarter basis)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(ii) regularly scheduled
principal payments on
Indebtedness (including such
payments attributable to
Capital Leases) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries
for the four consecutive
fiscal quarters then most
recently ended
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iii) cash income taxes of
the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters
then most recently ended
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	(iv) cash dividends of the
Company and its Subsidiaries
for the four consecutive
fiscal quarters then most
recently ended
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Sum of (i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C. Ratio of A to B	 	       
:          	 	See Section 10.4(d) of the
Note Purchase Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(e)(i)–. Capital Expenditure
on new wine barrels	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Capital expenditures made on new
wine barrels during fiscal year to
date
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Capital expenditures on new wine
barrels that could have been made
during prior fiscal year but which
were not made
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Maximum permitted capital

expenditures on wine barrels

($                     plus Line B above)
	 	$                   	 	 

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	D.

	 	Excess (deficient) for
covenant compliance (C
minus A)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4(e)(ii) – Capital
Expenditure on other fixed or capital
assets	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Capital expenditures made on
other
assets during fiscal year to date
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Capital expenditures on other
assets
that could have been made during
prior fiscal year but which were
not made
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Maximum permitted
capital
expenditures on other assets
($                     plus Line B above)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	D.

	 	Excess (deficient) for
covenant compliance (C minus A)
	 	$                   	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.8(h)
– Intercompany Loans	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Canoe Ridge Intercompany Loan Amount
	 	$                   
	 	Maximum amount permitted

$                   
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Edna Valley Intercompany Loan Amount
	 	$                   
	 	Maximum amount permitted

$                   
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	SHW Intercompany Loan Amount
	 	$                   
	 	Maximum amount permitted

$                   
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	D. A + B + C	 	$                   	 	Maximum amount permitted

$                   

EXHIBIT F

(to the Note Purchase Agreement)

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