EX-10 5 exh102.txt LETTER AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.2 State Street Bank and Trust Company 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 March 7, 2002 Mr. Michael Umana Chief Financial Officer Saucony, Inc. 13 Centennial Drive Peabody, MA 01960 RE: Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated August 31, 1998 by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank"), as lender, and Saucony, Inc. ("Saucony"), as borrower (the "Credit Agreement"). Dear Michael: This letter is to confirm that the Termination Date (as defined in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement) shall be extended until June 30, 2002. In addition, Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to add following language at the end thereof "; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating compliance with this Section 7.5 solely with respect to the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending January 4, 2002 and April 5, 2002, EBIT shall not include an extraordinary charge incurred by the Borrower of $2,108,000. In order to induce the Bank to enter into this Letter Agreement, Saucony hereby represents and warrants that (a) no Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement exists on the date hereof after giving effect to this Letter Agreement and (b) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Letter Agreement, with the same effect as if those representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date hereof (it being understood that any representation or warranty made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date). To the extent not otherwise set forth herein, Saucony hereby remises, releases, acquits, satisfies and forever discharges the Bank, its agents, employers, officers, directors, predecessors, attorneys and all others acting on behalf of or at the direction of the Bank, of and from any and all manner of actions, causes of action, suit, debts, accounts, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, variances, damages, judgments, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity, which any of such parties ever had, now have or can, shall or may at any time have against the Bank, its agents, employees, officers, directors, attorneys and all persons acting or purporting to act on behalf of or at the direction of the Bank ("Releases"), for, upoon or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever through the date hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Saucony waives and affirmatively agrees not to allege or otherwise pursue any defenses, affirmative defenses, counterclaims, claims, causes of action, setoffs or other rights they do, shall or may have against the Releasees as of the date hereof. This Letter Agreement is limited as specified and shall not constitute a modification, amendment or waiver of any provisions of the Credit Agreement (other than as expressly provided for herein) or constitute a course of dealing between the parties. This Letter Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterpart when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. From and after the date hereof, all references to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Letter Agreement as modified hereby. Saucony agrees that the Credit Agreement and all documents executed in connection therewith or pursuant thereto remain in full force and effect after giving effect to this letter amendment to Credit Agreement. Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement by signing and returning the duplicate copy of this letter agreement enclosed herewith. Very truly yours, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY By: /s/ Jacqueline Kuss 3/11/02 Name: Jacqueline Kuss Title: Vice President ACCEPTED AND AGREED: SAUCONY, INC. By: /s/ Michael Umana Name: Michael Umana Title: Chief Financial Officer