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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
December 1, 2006
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-7023 04-1933106
(State of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
941 Grinnell Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02721
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (508) 678-1951
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On November 9, 2006, Quaker Fabric Corporation of Fall River ("Quaker"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Quaker Fabric Corporation (the "Company"), entered
into a $25.0 million amended and restated senior secured revolving credit
agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (the "Bank") and two other lenders (the
"2006 Revolving Credit Agreement"). Quaker's obligations to the revolving credit
lenders are secured by all of the Company's assets, with a junior interest in
Quaker's real estate and machinery and equipment. Simultaneously, Quaker entered
into two (2) senior secured term loans in the aggregate amount of $24.6 million,
with GB Merchant Partners, LLC as Agent for the term loan lenders (the "2006
Term Loan Agreement"). The two term loans consist of a $12.5 million real estate
loan and a $12.1 million equipment loan (the "Real Estate Term Loan" and the
"Equipment Term Loan", respectively, and together, the "Term Loans"). The Term
Loans are secured by all of the Company's assets, with a first priority security
interest in the Company's machinery and equipment and real estate.
The proceeds of the Term Loans were used to: (i) repay, in full, all outstanding
obligations under the term loan previously provided by the Bank pursuant to the
terms of Quaker's May 18, 2005 senior secured credit facility with the Bank (the
"2005 Credit Agreement"), (ii) reduce Quaker's obligations to the Bank under the
revolving credit portion of the 2005 Credit Agreement by approximately $8.9
million, (iii) fund a $1.0 million environmental escrow account required by the
Term Loan Lenders to cover certain environmental site assessment and remediation
expenses potentially arising out of Environmental Conditions at the various
parcels of real estate serving as collateral for Quaker's obligations to the
Term Loan Lenders, and (iv) pay for approximately $2.6 million of transaction
and related costs required by the Bank and the Term Loan Lenders to be paid at
the Closing, including fees to the various lenders of approximately $1.5 million
and professional and consulting fees of approximately $1.1 million.
Both the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement and the 2006 Term Loan Agreement have
maturity dates of May 17, 2010.
Advances to Quaker under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility are limited to a
formula based on Quaker's accounts receivable and inventory minus an
"Availability Reserve" (and such other reserves as the Bank may establish from
time to time in its reasonable credit judgment.)
Pursuant to the terms of the 2006 Term Loan Agreement, mandatory prepayments of
the Real Estate and Equipment Term Loans are required as Quaker sells the assets
securing those loans pursuant to the terms of the restructuring plan Quaker has
in place (the "Restructuring Plan"). Following the sale in 2008 of the last
parcel of real estate contemplated by the Restructuring Plan, amortization of
the Real Estate Term Loan would be at the rate of $1.1 million per year, payable
at the rate of $100,000 per month in each month other than July. In addition, in
the event sales of certain parcels of real estate are not consummated on or
before the dates assumed for such sales in the Restructuring Plan, Quaker would
be responsible for making Late Sale Amortization Payments (as defined in the
2006 Term Loan Agreement) at the rate of $150,000 per month until such payments
equal 92.5% of the net proceeds the Term Loan Lenders would have received on the
sale of such real estate. Mandatory prepayments of the Equipment Term Loan and
the Real Estate Term Loan are also required in the event of Equipment Appraisal
and/or Real Property Appraisal Shortfalls, respectively (as defined in the 2006
Term Loan Agreement).
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In addition, both the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement and the 2006 Term Loan
Agreement contain a "springing" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio covenant with which
Quaker would need to comply in the event Quaker's "Excess Availability" under
the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreements were to fall below certain levels. Both
Loan Agreements also include customary reporting obligations and certain
affirmative and negative covenants including, but not limited to, restrictions
on dividend payments, capital expenditures, indebtedness, liens and acquisitions
and investments.
On December 1, 2006, the Company and the other parties to the 2006 Term Loan
Agreement entered into Amendment No. 1, effective as of December 1, 2006, to the
2006 Term Loan Agreement (the "Amendment") to: (i) place certain restrictions on
the terms and conditions on which the Company may agree to sell excess machinery
and equipment going forward, including restrictions on the Company's ability to
agree to the payment of the purchase price for such equipment over time and the
minimum price at which such equipment may be sold, and (ii) acknowledge and
consent to the Company's sale of certain machinery and equipment no longer
needed to support the Company's operations to International Textile Machinery
Sales, Inc. ("International") for $2.1 million, payable in six (6) equal monthly
installments of $315,000 each, beginning January 15, 2007, and a deposit of
$210,000 paid upon execution of the contract between the Company and
International. Pursuant to the terms of the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement,
Bank of America, N.A. consented to the Amendment.
As of December 2, 2006, there were $ 9.5 million of loans outstanding under the
2006 Revolving Credit Agreement, including approximately $4.5 million of letters
of credit and unused availability of $ 4.4 million, net of the Availability
Reserve. In addition, as of the same date, Quaker's outstanding obligations
under the Term Loans were approximately $ 24.4 million.
The foregoing descriptions of the 2006 Term Loan Agreement, as amended by the
Amendment, and the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement, the Security Agreements, the
Guaranties, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 2006 Revolving
Credit Agreement, the 2006 Term Loan Agreement, the Security Agreements, the
Guaranties, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreements previously filed with the SEC and the Amendment filed as Exhibit
10.45 to this Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
10.45 Amendment No. 1 (dated as of December 1, 2006) to the Term Loan
Agreement (dated as of November 9, 2006) by and among Quaker Fabric
Corporation of Fall River, as Borrower; 1903 Debt Fund, LP, and the
Other Lending Institutions which are or may become parties thereto
(the "Term Loan Lenders") and GB Merchant Partners, LLC, as
Administrative Agent for the Term Loan Lenders (the "2006 Term Loan
Agreement").
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: December 5, 2006 /s/ Paul J. Kelly
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Paul J. Kelly
Vice President - Finance and
Treasurer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
10.45 Amendment No. 1 (dated as of December 1, 2006) to the Term Loan
Agreement (dated as of November 9, 2006) by and among Quaker Fabric
Corporation of Fall River, as Borrower; 1903 Debt Fund, LP, and the
Other Lending Institutions which are or may become parties thereto
(the "Term Loan Lenders") and GB Merchant Partners, LLC, as
Administrative Agent for the Term Loan Lenders (the "2006 Term Loan
Agreement").
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