Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINDER AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2014 (this “Agreement” or “Joinder Agreement”), by and among Jefferies Finance LLC (“Jefferies”), MIHI LLC (“MIHI”), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“Mizuho”), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“Sumitomo”), Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC (“Nomura”) and KKR Corporate Lending LLC (“KCL”; together with Jefferies, Mizuho, MIHI, Sumitomo and Nomura, each, a “New Term Loan Lender” and a “New Revolving Loan Lender”; collectively, the “New Lenders”), the Borrower (as defined below), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as a Letter of Credit Issuer, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
This Joinder Agreement amends and restates and supersedes in its entirety that certain Joinder Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2014 (the “Original Joinder Agreement”), by and among Jefferies, MIHI, Mizuho, Sumitomo, Nomura and KCL, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and such Original Joinder Agreement shall be of no further force or effect.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, successor in interest to Garden Merger Sub, LLC (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement or, as applicable, the Fee and Syndication Letter dated the date hereof among the Borrower, the New Lenders and certain affiliates thereof (the “Fee and Syndication Letter”));
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Term Loan Commitments and New Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders, as applicable;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2014 together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, collectively, as may be amended, the “Acquisition Agreement”) entered into among the Borrower, Brickman Parent L.P., Blade Merger Sub, Inc., ValleyCrest Holding Co. and MSD Valley Investments, LLC, solely in its capacity as the initial Holder Representative thereunder (as defined therein), the Borrower intends, directly or indirectly, to acquire (the “Acquisition”) the entity previously identified to the New Lenders as “Viper” (the “Target”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing it is intended that the Borrower will obtain up to $725.0 million of incremental term loans (the “New Term Loans”; the commitments in respect thereof, the “New Term Loan Commitments”) and up to $100.0 million of incremental revolving commitments (the “New Revolving Credit Commitments”; together with the New Term Loan Commitments, the “New Loan Commitments”) pursuant to the terms of this Joinder Agreement in order to finance a portion of the consideration for the Acquisition and for general corporate purposes (the transactions set forth above, the “Transactions”);
WHEREAS, the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected by this Joinder Agreement, including increasing the Letter of Credit Commitment to $100,000,000, are necessary or appropriate and permitted under the Credit Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.14(f) thereof);
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