Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CANADIAN MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CANADIAN MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 29, 2021 (this “Amendment”), by and among Driven Brands Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), Driven Product Sourcing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Driven Systems LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 1-800-Radiator Product Sourcing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 1-800-Radiator Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Meineke Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Maaco Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Econo Lube Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Drive N Style Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Merlin Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CARSTAR Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Take 5 Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Take 5 Properties SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Driven Funding Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ABRA Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, FUSA Franchisor SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and FUSA Properties SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, each, a “Securitization Entity,” and together the “Securitization Entities”); Take 5 LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, Take 5 Oil Change, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (and together with Take 5 LLC and the Securitization Entities, the “Service Recipients”); Driven Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as manager (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “U.S. Manager”), and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “Trustee”). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the U.S. Management Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer, Driven Brands Canada Funding Corporation, a Canadian corporation (the “Canadian Co-Issuer” and together with the Issuer, the “Co-Issuers”), the Trustee and Citibank, N.A. as Securities Intermediary have entered into an Amended and Restated Base Indenture dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, entered into on March 19, 2019, Amendment No. 2 thereto, entered into on June 15, 2019, Amendment No. 3 thereto, entered into on September 17, 2019, Amendment No. 4 thereto, entered into on July 6, 2020, Amendment No. 5 thereto, entered into on December 14, 2020, Amendment No. 6 thereto, entered into on March 30, 2021, Amendment No. 7 thereto, entered into on March 30, 2021 and Amendment No. 8 thereto, dated as of the date hereof, and as the same may be further amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and together with the Series Supplements thereto and any amendments to such Series Supplements, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which Indenture the Co-Issuers have issued the Series 2018-1 Notes, the Series 2019-1 Notes, the Series 2019-2 Notes, the Series 2019-3 Notes, the Series 2020-1 Notes and the Series 2020-2 Notes, will issue the Series 2021-1 Notes, and may issue additional series of notes from time to time (collectively, the “Notes”) on the terms described therein;