Exhibit 10.9
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 18, 2020, is entered into among MISSION PRODUCE, INC., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, the Voting Participants party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer, entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Borrower will consummate a merger pursuant to which the Borrower will merge with and into Mission Produce, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Mission Delaware”), with Mission Delaware continuing as the surviving Person (the “Permitted Merger”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that (a) in connection with the Permitted Merger, the Lenders provide the consents set forth below, and (b) the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth below, in each case subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are willing to provide the consents set forth in this Amendment and to amend the Credit Agreement, in each case subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Consent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that: (a) the Permitted Merger may be consummated notwithstanding Section 7.04 of the Credit Agreement to the contrary; (b) the Borrower and any Subsidiary shall be permitted to amend its Organization Documents in connection with the Permitted Merger notwithstanding Section 7.13(a) of the Credit Agreement to the contrary; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall, promptly following the effectiveness of such amendment, deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of such Organization Documents, as amended (and, with respect to any such amendment to the Organization Documents of any Loan Party, and where applicable, certified to be true and complete as of a recent date following such amendment by the appropriate Governmental Authority); and (c) the Borrower shall be permitted to change its legal name and state of organization in connection with the Permitted Merger, notwithstanding Section 7.13(c) of the Credit Agreement to the contrary. The consents set forth in this Section 1 shall not otherwise modify or affect the Loan Parties’ obligations to comply fully with any other duty, term, condition or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. The consents set forth in this Section 1 are one-time consents, are limited to the matters set forth in this Section 1, and nothing contained in this Amendment shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer may have under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents or under applicable law.