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Exhibit Index
Description
Exhibit No. 99.1
Amendment No. 1 dated as of October 5, 2007 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2006.
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Exhibit 99.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
Dated as of October 5, 2007
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 20, 2006
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (
Amendment
) is made as of October 5, 2007 (the
Effective Date
) by and among Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., a New York corporation (the
Borrower
), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the
Administrative Agent
), under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2006 by and among the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that certain modifications be made to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent hereby agree to the following amendments to the Credit Agreement.
Amendments to Credit Agreement
. Effective as of the Effective Date but subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 2
below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
The definition of
Consolidated EBITDA
in
Section 1.01
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate
clause (vi)
thereof in its entirety as follows:
(vi) non-cash losses, charges or expenses arising from the issuance of stock or stock options to employees
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Conditions of Effectiveness
. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (ii) counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto duly executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:
This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and are enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
As of the date hereof and giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.
Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement
.
Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.
Governing Law
. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
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 purpose.
Counterparts
. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
KENNETH COLE PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
as the Borrower
By:
/s/ David P. Edelman
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By:
/s/ Jules Panno
Title: Vice President
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
individually as a Lender and as Co-Syndication Agent
By:
/s/ Susan L. Callanan
Title: Vice President
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually as a Lender and as Co-Syndication Agent
By:____________________________________
Title:
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually as a Lender and as Documentation Agent
By:
/s/ Michael Nardo
Title: Senior Vice President
COMMERCE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Daniel R. Vereb
Title: Vice President
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CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION
Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
) by and among Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., a New York corporation (the
Borrower
) the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the
Administrative Agent
), which Amendment No. 1 is dated as of September 20, 2007 and is by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and the Administrative Agent (the
Amendment
). Capitalized terms used in this Consent and Reaffirmation and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, each of the undersigned consents to the Amendment and reaffirms the terms and conditions of the Subsidiary Guaranty and any other Loan Document executed by it and acknowledges and agrees that the Subsidiary Guaranty and each and every such Loan Document executed by the undersigned in connection with the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed. All references to the Credit Agreement contained in the above-referenced documents shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as so modified by the Amendment and as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified or restated.
Dated October 5, 2007
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