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EXHIBIT 10.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO SYNDICATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of May
29, 1998, is entered into by and among WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. (the "Company"),
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as agent for itself and
the Banks (the "Agent"), and the several financial institutions party to the
Credit Agreement (collectively, the "Banks").
RECITALS
A. The Company, Banks, and Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as
of June 1, 1997 (the "Credit Agreement") pursuant to which the Agent and the
Banks have extended certain credit facilities to the Company.
B. The Company has requested that the Banks extend the Expiration Date.
C. The Banks are willing to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The definition of "Expiration Date" in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
"Expiration Date" means June 30, 1998.
3. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Banks as follows:
(a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action
and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of,
notice to or action by, any Person (including any Governmental Authority) in
order to be effective and enforceable. The Credit Agreement as amended by this
Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, without defense,
counterclaim or offset.
(c) All representations and warranties of the Company contained in the
Credit Agreement are true and correct.
(d) The Company is entering into this Amendment on the basis of its
own investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance upon the Agent and
the Banks or any other Person.
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4. Effective Date. This Amendment will become effective as of May 29, 1998
(the "Effective Date"), provided that the Agent has received from the Company
and each of the Banks a duly executed original (or, if elected by the Agent, an
executed facsimile copy) of this Amendment.
5. Reservation of Rights. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
execution and delivery by the Agent and the Banks of this Amendment shall not be
deemed to create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate the Agent or the
Banks to forbear or execute similar amendments under the same or similar
circumstances in the future.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Except as herein expressly amended, all terms, covenants and
provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect
and all references therein to such Credit Agreement shall henceforth refer to
the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall be
deemed incorporated into, and a part of, the Credit Agreement.
(b) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns. No
third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.
(c) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of the State of California.
(d) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. Each of the parties hereto
understands and agrees that this document (and any other document required
herein) may be delivered by any party thereto either in the form of an executed
original or an executed original sent by facsimile transmission to be followed
promptly by mailing of a hard copy original, and that receipt by the Agent of a
facsimile transmitted document purportedly bearing the signature of a Bank or
the Company shall bind such Bank or the Company, respectively, with the same
force and effect as the delivery of a hard copy original. Any failure by the
Agent to receive the hard copy executed original of such document shall not
diminish the binding effect of receipt of the facsimile transmitted executed
original of such document of the party whose hard copy page was not received by
the Agent.
(e) This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement, contains the
entire and exclusive agreement of the parties hereto with reference to the
matters discussed herein and therein. This Amendment supersedes all prior drafts
and communications with respect thereto. This Amendment may not be amended
except in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
(f) If any term or provision of this Amendment shall be deemed
prohibited by or invalid under any applicable law, such provision shall be
invalidated without affecting the remaining provisions of this Amendment or the
Credit Agreement, respectively.
(g) The Company covenants to pay to or reimburse the Agent, upon
demand, for all costs and expenses (including allocated costs of in-house
counsel) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first above written.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Agent
By /s/ Leandro J. Balidoy WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.
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Leandro J. Balidoy
Vice President By /s/ W. Howard Lester
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W. Howard Lester
Chief Executive Officer
By__________________________________
Title_______________________________
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST NATIONSBANK, N. A., successor by
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as a Bank merger to Nationsbank of Texas, N.A.
By /s/ Hagop V. Bouldoukian By /s/ Michael Shea
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Hagop V. Bouldoukian Michael Shea
Vice President Senior Vice President
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