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Exhibit 10.46

AMENDMENT

TO

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS

     AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS dated as of July 31, 2009
(this “Amendment”), with respect to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27,
2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”), among THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Company”), THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Holdings”), the Purchasers party thereto and UNION BANK, N.A., formerly
known as Union Bank of California, N.A. (“UBOC”), as collateral agent for the Secured
Parties defined therein (in such capacity, and together with its successors and permitted assigns,
the “Collateral Agent”). Terms defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

R E C I T A L S

     The Company, Holdings and the Holders have agreed to amend the Securities Purchase Agreement
and the other Note Documents in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in, this Amendment, and TFD LITERARY ACQUISITIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“TFD Acquisitions”), has agreed to consent with respect to such amendments.

     In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

     Section 1. Amendments to the Securities Purchase Agreement and other Note Documents.

          (a) Notwithstanding any contrary term or provision set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement, any Note or any other Note Document, including Section 2.1 of the Securities
Purchase Agreement and the definition of “Interest Payment Date” set forth in each Note, all
interest on the Notes that would otherwise be due and payable on July 31, 2009, shall be due and
payable on August 12, 2009 (and the Interest Payment Date under and as defined in each Note that
would otherwise occur on July 31, 2009, is hereby extended to August 12, 2009). The foregoing
amendment shall be effective as of July 31, 2009.

          (b) Notwithstanding any contrary term or provision set forth in this Amendment, if the Company
shall not have received by 5 pm PST on August 5, 2009 the written consent of the requisite Lenders
under the Credit Agreement to an extension of the date by which Reserve Funds shall equal the
Required Balance from July 31, 2009 to August 12, 2009, the agreement of the Purchasers to the
amendments hereunder shall automatically and without further action terminate and this Amendment
shall be of no force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Reserve Funds” and “Required Balance” shall
have the meaning set forth in that certain Waiver, Consent and Amendment, dated February 27, 2009,
among the Company, Holdings, TFD Acquisitions, the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, the
Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

     Section 2. Consent of Holdings and TFD Acquisitions. Each of Holdings and TFD Acquisitions
hereby acknowledges and consents to this Amendment, and affirms and acknowledges that

 

 

the Guaranty and Security Agreement and each other Note Document executed and delivered by it
remains in full force and effect and that it remains obligated thereunder without defense, offset
or counterclaim of any kind whatsoever, as if each such Note Document were executed and delivered
to Collateral Agent and the Purchasers (or their assigns) on the date hereof.

     Section 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Holders to enter into this
Amendment, the Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions represent and warrant to the Holders that:

     (a) Representations and Warranties in Note Documents. Each of the
representations and warranties of the Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions contained in
the Note Documents to which each is a party (i) that were qualified by materiality were true
and correct when made and those not so qualified were true and correct in all material
respects when made and (ii) after giving effect to this Amendment, those qualified by
materiality shall continue to be true and correct and those not so qualified shall continue
to be true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof (except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date).

     (b) Authority. The execution and delivery by each of the Company, Holdings and TFD
Acquisitions of this Amendment and each other document to be executed by such Person in
accordance with the terms hereof and the performance by the Company, Holdings and TFD
Acquisitions of their respective obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement as
amended hereby (i) are within such Person’s power and authority, (ii) have been duly
authorized by all necessary proceedings, (iii) do not (A) contravene the Constituent
Documents of such Person, (B) violate any applicable Requirements of Law, (C) conflict with,
contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or
acceleration of, any material Contractual Obligation of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or Note Documents) or (D) result in the
imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any such Person or
any of such Person’s respective Subsidiaries and (iv) do not require any Permit of, or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent of, or notice to, any such Person.

     (c) Enforceability. Each Note Document (including the Securities Purchase
Agreement, as amended hereby) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions, as the case may be, enforceable against such Person
in accordance with its terms.

     (d) No Default. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of
Default exists.

     Section 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date
when the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (such date, the “Effective
Date”):

     (a) The Company, Holdings, TFD Acquisitions and each Holder shall have executed and
delivered this Amendment.

     (b) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be
true and correct on the date hereof and on the Effective Date.

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     (c) No injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature prohibiting,
directly or indirectly, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein shall have
been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against the Company, Holdings,
TFD Acquisitions or any Holder.

     Section 5. Ratification and Incorporation of Securities Purchase Agreement; No Novation. The
Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions expressly acknowledge and agree with each of the following:

     (a) except as expressly modified under this Amendment, (i) each of the Company,
Holdings and TFD Acquisitions hereby acknowledges, confirms, and ratifies all of the terms
and conditions set forth in, and all of its obligations under (including all Liens granted
pursuant to), the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is
a party and (ii) all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement and the other Note Documents are incorporated herein by this reference as if set
forth in full herein; and

     (b) except as expressly modified under this Amendment, the execution, delivery, and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not (i) limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or
otherwise affect any right, power, or remedy of any Secured Party under the Securities
Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document, (ii) constitute a waiver of any provision in
the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any of the other Note Documents, or (iii) alter,
modify, amend, or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants, or
agreements contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement, all of which are ratified and
affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.

     Section 6. Reference to and Effect on Securities Purchase Agreement.

     (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Securities Purchase
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, and each
reference in the other Note Documents to the Securities Purchase Agreement, shall mean and
be a reference to the Securities Purchase Agreement as amended hereby.

     (b) This Amendment shall be a Note Document for all purposes.

     Section 7. Benefits of Amendment. The terms and provisions of this Amendment shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns to the extent contemplated by the Note
Documents.

     Section 8. Interpretation. The Section headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

     Section 9. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
Amendment. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page hereto by facsimile or other
electronic transmission shall be equally effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Amendment.

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     Section 10. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment shall be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable under applicable law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, which shall not
affect any other provisions hereof or the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

     Section 11. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State
of New York.

     Section 12. Entire Agreement. This Amendment together with all other instruments, agreements,
and certificates executed by the parties in connection herewith or with reference thereto, embody
the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and
inducements, whether express or implied, oral or written.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered
as of the date first set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC
	 	 	By: THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC, its sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Neil Sacker	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Neil Sacker, President & Chief Operating Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Neil Sacker	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Neil Sacker, President & Chief Operating Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TFD LITERARY ACQUISITIONS, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC, its sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Neil Sacker	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Neil Sacker, President & Chief Operating Officer	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	ETON PARK CLO MANAGEMENT 1	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C, as Collateral
Manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By: 	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK CLO MANAGEMENT 2	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C., as Collateral
Manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK MASTER FUND, LTD.	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its investment
manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK FUND, L.P.	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its
investment manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controllerexv10w47

Exhibit 10.47

AMENDMENT

TO

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS

     AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS dated as of August 12,
2009 (this “Amendment”), with respect to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of June
27, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”), among THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Company”), THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Holdings”), the Purchasers party thereto and UNION BANK, N.A., formerly
known as Union Bank of California, N.A. (“UBOC”), as collateral agent for the Secured
Parties defined therein (in such capacity, and together with its successors and permitted assigns,
the “Collateral Agent”). Terms defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

R E C I T A L S

     The Company, Holdings and the Holders have agreed to amend the Securities Purchase Agreement
and the other Note Documents in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in, this Amendment, and TFD LITERARY ACQUISITIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“TFD Acquisitions”), has agreed to consent with respect to such amendments.

     In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

     Section 1. Amendments to the Securities Purchase Agreement and other Note Documents.

          (a) Notwithstanding any contrary term or provision set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement, any Note or any other Note Document, including Section 2.1 of the Securities
Purchase Agreement and the definition of “Interest Payment Date” set forth in each Note, all
interest on the Notes that would otherwise be due and payable on August 12, 2009, shall be due and
payable on August 28, 2009 (and the Interest Payment Date under and as defined in each Note that
would otherwise occur on August 12, 2009, is hereby extended to August 28, 2009). The foregoing
amendment shall be effective as of August 12, 2009.

          (b) Notwithstanding any contrary term or provision set forth in this Amendment, if the Company
shall not have received by 5:00 p.m. (California time) on August 17, 2009, the written consent of
the requisite Lenders under the Credit Agreement to an extension of the date by which Reserve Funds
shall equal the Required Balance from August 12, 2009, to August 28, 2009, the agreement of the
Purchasers to the amendments hereunder shall automatically and without further action terminate and
this Amendment shall be of no force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Reserve Funds” and “Required
Balance” shall have the meaning set forth in that certain Waiver, Consent and Amendment, dated
February 27, 2009, among the Company, Holdings, TFD Acquisitions, the Credit Agreement
Administrative Agent, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

     Section 2. Consent of Holdings and TFD Acquisitions. Each of Holdings and TFD Acquisitions
hereby acknowledges and consents to this Amendment, and affirms and acknowledges that

 

 

the Guaranty
and Security Agreement and each other Note Document executed and delivered by it remains in full
force and effect and that it remains obligated thereunder without defense, offset or counterclaim
of any kind whatsoever, as if each such Note Document were executed and delivered to Collateral
Agent and the Purchasers (or their assigns) on the date hereof.

     Section 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Holders to enter into this
Amendment, the Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions represent and warrant to the Holders that:

     (a) Representations and Warranties in Note Documents. Each of the
representations and warranties of the Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions contained in
the Note Documents to which each is a party (i) that were qualified by materiality were true
and correct when made and those not so qualified were true and correct in all material
respects when made and (ii) after giving effect to this Amendment, those qualified by
materiality shall continue to be true and correct and those not so qualified shall continue
to be true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof (except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date).

     (b) Authority. The execution and delivery by each of the Company, Holdings and TFD
Acquisitions of this Amendment and each other document to be executed by such Person in
accordance with the terms hereof and the performance by the Company, Holdings and TFD
Acquisitions of their respective obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement as
amended hereby (i) are within such Person’s power and authority, (ii) have been duly
authorized by all necessary proceedings, (iii) do not (A) contravene the Constituent
Documents of such Person, (B) violate any applicable Requirements of Law, (C) conflict with,
contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or
acceleration of, any material Contractual Obligation of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or Note Documents) or (D) result in the
imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any such Person or
any of such Person’s respective Subsidiaries and (iv) do not require any Permit of, or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent of, or notice to, any such Person.

     (c) Enforceability. Each Note Document (including the Securities Purchase
Agreement, as amended hereby) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions, as the case may be, enforceable against such Person
in accordance with its terms.

     (d) No Default. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of
Default exists.

     Section 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date
when the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (such date, the “Effective
Date”):

     (a) The Company, Holdings, TFD Acquisitions and each Holder shall have executed and
delivered this Amendment.

     (b) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be
true and correct on the date hereof and on the Effective Date.

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     (c) No injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature prohibiting,
directly or indirectly, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein shall have
been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against the Company, Holdings,
TFD Acquisitions or any Holder.

     Section 5. Ratification and Incorporation of Securities Purchase Agreement; No Novation. The
Company, Holdings and TFD Acquisitions expressly acknowledge and agree with each of the following:

     (a) except as expressly modified under this Amendment, (i) each of the Company,
Holdings and TFD Acquisitions hereby acknowledges, confirms, and ratifies all of the terms
and conditions set forth in, and all of its obligations under (including all Liens granted
pursuant to), the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is
a party and (ii) all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement and the other Note Documents are incorporated herein by this reference as if set
forth in full herein; and

     (b) except as expressly modified under this Amendment, the execution, delivery, and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not (i) limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or
otherwise affect any right, power, or remedy of any Secured Party under the Securities
Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document, (ii) constitute a waiver of any provision in
the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any of the other Note Documents, or (iii) alter,
modify, amend, or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants, or
agreements contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement, all of which are ratified and
affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.

     Section 6. Reference to and Effect on Securities Purchase Agreement.

     (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Securities Purchase
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, and each
reference in the other Note Documents to the Securities Purchase Agreement, shall mean and
be a reference to the Securities Purchase Agreement as amended hereby.

     (b) This Amendment shall be a Note Document for all purposes.

     Section 7. Benefits of Amendment. The terms and provisions of this Amendment shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns to the extent contemplated by the Note
Documents.

     Section 8. Interpretation. The Section headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

     Section 9. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
Amendment. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page hereto by facsimile or other
electronic transmission shall be equally effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Amendment.

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     Section 10. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment shall be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable under applicable law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, which shall not
affect any other provisions hereof or the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

     Section 11. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State
of New York.

     Section 12. Entire Agreement. This Amendment together with all other instruments, agreements,
and certificates executed by the parties in connection herewith or with reference thereto, embody
the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and
inducements, whether express or implied, oral or written.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and
delivered as of the date first set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC

By: THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC, its sole Member

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Mark Gill 	 
	 	 	Mark Gill, Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Mark Gill 	 
	 	 	Mark Gill, Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	TFD LITERARY ACQUISITIONS, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS LLC,
 	 
	 	its sole Member	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Mark Gill
 	 
	 	 	Mark Gill, Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	ETON PARK CLO MANAGEMENT 1	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C, as Collateral
Manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: Terrence Aquino
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK CLO MANAGEMENT 2	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C., as Collateral
Manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK MASTER FUND, LTD.	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its investment
manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ETON PARK FUND, L.P.	 	 
	 	 	By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its
investment manager, as a Holder	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Terrence Aquino	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Its: Controller

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