8-K 1 a5288132.txt QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION 8-K -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 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). 2 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. 3 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"). 4 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 ---------------------------- Paul J. Kelly Vice President - Finance and Treasurer 5 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"). 6