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EXECUTION VERSION
EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS EIGHTH AMENDMENT
 
TO FIFTH AMENDED
 
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment")
 
is made and entered
 
into on January
 
3, 2023,
by and among DELTA
 
APPAREL, INC., a Georgia
 
corporation ("Delta"), M. J. SOFFE, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company
 
("Soffe"), CULVER CITY
CLOTHING CONWANY,
 
a Georgia
 
corporation ("Culver City"),
 
SALT
 
LIFE, LLC,
 
a Georgia
 
limited liability
 
company ("Salt Life"),
 
DTG2GO, LLC, a
 
Georgia
limited liability company ("DTG2GO"; Delta, Soffe,
 
Culver City, Salt Life, and DTG2GO, each individually, a "Borrower" and, collectively, "Borrowers"); the parties
to the Credit
 
Agreement (as defined below)
 
from time to
 
time as Lenders (each
 
individually, a
 
"Lender" and collectively,
 
"Lenders"); and WELLS FARGO
 
BANK,
NATIONAL
 
ASSOCIATION,
 
a
 
national banking
 
association ("Wells
 
Fargo"), in
 
its capacity
 
as
 
agent for
 
Lenders (together
 
with its
 
successors in
 
such capacity,
"Agent").
Recitals:
Borrowers, Agent
 
and Lenders
 
are parties to
 
a certain
 
Fifth Amended and
 
Restated Credit Agreement
 
dated as
 
of May
 
10, 2016
 
(as at
 
any time
 
amended, restated,
modified or supplemented, the
 
"Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which
 
Agent and Lenders have made
 
certain loans and other
 
financial accommodations available to
Borrowers.
The parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter
 
set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, for TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) in hand paid and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby severally
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
 
hereby, agree as follows:
1.
Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Credit Agreement.
2.
Amendments to Credit Agreement.
 
The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)
By deleting the last paragraph
 
in the definition of "Borrowing Base"
 
set forth in Schedule I
 
. 1 to the
 
Credit Agreement, and by substituting
 
the
following in lieu thereof:
Notwithstanding anything to
 
the contrary contained
 
herein, (A) the
 
portion of the
 
Borrowing Base on
 
any date calculated
 
with reference to
 
Eligible
Real Property, Eligible Intellectual Property and Eligible Equipment
 
collectively, shall not exceed (i) at any time prior to
 
the first day of the fiscal
month immediately following the
 
Seventh Amendment Date,
 
twenty percent (20%) of
 
the Maximum Revolver Amount
 
and (ii) at any time
 
on and
after the first day of the fiscal month
 
immediately following the Seventh Amendment
 
Date, twenty-five percent (25%) of
 
the Maximum Revolver
Amount, (B) the portion
 
of the Borrowing Base
 
on any date calculated
 
with reference to Eligible
 
In-Transit Inventory, shall not exceed
 
$6,000,000
at any time,
 
and (C) the
 
aggregate amount
 
of Adjusted Revolver
 
Usage based
 
on Eligible Inventory
 
consisting of yarn
 
classified as work-in-process
outstanding at any time shall not exceed $2,500,000 at any
 
time.
(b)
By deleting the definitions of "Eligible In-Transit Inventory" and "Increased Reporting Event" set forth in Schedule 1.1
 
to the Credit Agreement
and by substituting the following in lieu thereof:
“Eligible In-Transit Inventory"
 
means those items of Inventory that do not qualify as Eligible Inventory solely because
 
they are not in a location set forth on
Schedule 4.23 or in transit among such locations and a
 
Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession
 
thereof, but as to which,
(a)
such Inventory is either
(1)
the subject of a
 
Qualified Import Letter of
 
Credit and the applicable
 
Letter of Credit has
been drawn upon in full and the Issuing Bank has honored such
 
drawing, or
(2)
as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, not subject
 
to (i) any Person's right of
reclamation, repudiation, stoppage
 
in transit or
 
diversion or (ii) any
 
other right or
 
claim of any
 
other Person which
is (or is capable of being) senior to, or pari
 
passu with, the Lien of Agent or Agent determines that any
 
Person's
right or claim impairs, or interferes
 
with, directly or indirectly,
 
the ability of Agent to realize on,
 
or reduces the
amount that Agent may realize from the sale or other
 
disposition of such Inventory,
(b)
such Inventory currently is in transit (whether by vessel, air,
 
or land) from a location outside of the continental
United States to a location set forth on Schedule 4.23
(c)
title to such Inventory has passed to a Borrower,
(d)
such Inventory is insured
 
against types of loss,
 
damage, hazards, and risks,
 
and in amounts, satisfactory
 
to Agent
in its Permitted Discretion,
(e)
such Inventory either
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(1)
is the subject
 
of a negotiable
 
bill of lading
 
governed by the
 
laws of a
 
state within
 
the United
States (x) that is
 
consigned to Agent or one
 
of its agents (either directly
 
or by means of endorsements),
 
(y) that
was issued by the carrier respecting the subject Inventory,
 
and (z) that either is (I) in the possession of Agent or
a customs broker
 
(in each case
 
in the continental
 
United States), or
 
(Il) the subject
 
of a telefacsimile
 
copy that
Agent has received from
 
the Issuing Bank which
 
issued the applicable
 
Letter of Credit
 
and as to which
 
Agent also
has received a confirmation from such Issuing Bank that such document is in-transit by air-courier to Agent or a
customs broker (in each case, in the continental United States),
 
or
(2)
is the subject
 
of a negotiable
 
cargo receipt governed
 
by the
 
laws of a
 
state within
 
the United
States and
 
is not
 
the subject
 
of a
 
bill of
 
lading (other
 
than a
 
negotiable bill
 
of lading
 
consigned to,
 
and in
 
the
possession
 
of,
 
a
 
consolidator
 
or
 
Agent,
 
or
 
their
 
respective
 
agents)
 
and
 
such
 
negotiable
 
cargo
 
receipt
 
is
 
(x)
consigned to Agent or
 
one of its
 
agents (either directly or
 
by means of endorsements),
 
(y) that was issued
 
by a
consolidator respecting the subject Inventory, (z) that either is (I) in the possession
 
of Agent or a customs broker
(in each case in the continental United States), or (Il) the subject of a telefacsimile copy that Agent has received
from the
 
Issuing Bank which
 
issued the applicable
 
Letter of Credit
 
and as to
 
which Agent also
 
has received a
confirmation
 
from such Issuing Bank
 
that such document is in-transit
 
by air-courier to Agent or
 
a customs broker
(in each case, in the continental United States),
(f) such
 
Borrower has
 
provided a
 
certificate to
 
Agent that
 
certifies that,
 
such Inventory
 
meets all
 
of Borrowers'
 
representations and
warranties contained in the Loan Documents concerning Eligible In-Transit Inventory,
 
that it knows of no reason why such
 
Inventory
would not
 
be accepted by
 
such Borrower when
 
it arrives in
 
the continental United
 
States and that
 
the shipment as
 
evidenced by the
documents conforms to the related order documents, and
(g) such Inventory shall not have been in transit for more
 
than fortyfive (45) days.
"Increased Reporting Event" means, at any time, Alternate
 
Excess Availability is less than the greater of (a) 12.5% of the lesser
 
of the Borrowing
Base and
 
the Maximum Revolver
 
Amount, and
 
(b) $20,000,000 (such
 
amount to
 
be increased pro
 
rata with the
 
amount of
 
any increase
 
in the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14).
3.
Ratification
 
and
 
Reaffirmation.
 
Each
 
Borrower
 
hereby
 
ratifies and
 
reaffirms
 
the
 
Obligations, each
 
of
 
the
 
Loan
 
Documents and
 
all
 
of
 
such
 
Borrower's
covenants, duties, indebtedness and liabilities under the Loan Documents.
4.
Acknowledgments and Stipulations. Each Borrower
 
acknowledges and stipulates that the
 
Credit Agreement and the other Loan
 
Documents executed by such
Borrower are
 
legal, valid
 
and binding
 
obligations of such
 
Borrower that
 
are enforceable
 
against such
 
Borrower in
 
accordance with
 
the terms thereof;
 
all of the
 
Obligations
are owing and payable
 
without defense, offset or counterclaim (and
 
to the extent there exists
 
any such defense, offset or
 
counterclaim on the date hereof,
 
the same is
hereby waived by such Borrower); the
 
security interests and Liens granted by
 
such Borrower in favor of
 
Agent are duly perfected, first priority
 
security interests and
Liens; and, as of
 
the opening of business
 
on December 21, 2022,
 
the unpaid principal amount
 
of the Revolver Loans
 
totaled $144,579,131.18, and the undrawn
 
face
amount of all Letters of Credit totaled $425,000.
5.
Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower represents and warrants to Agent
 
and Lenders, to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment,
that no Default or Event of Default
 
exists on the date hereof; the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment have been duly
 
authorized by all requisite
corporate action on
 
the part of such
 
Borrower and this
 
Amendment has been
 
duly executed and
 
delivered by such Borrower;
 
and all of
 
the representations and
 
warranties
made by
 
such
 
Borrower in
 
the Credit
 
Agreement are
 
true and
 
correct in
 
all material
 
respects (except
 
that such
 
materiality
 
qualifier shall
 
not be
 
applicable to
 
any
representations and warranties that already
 
are qualified or modified by materiality in the
 
text thereof) on and as ofthe
 
date hereof, as though made on
 
and as of the date
hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except that such materiality
 
qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations
 
and warranties that already are qualified or modified
by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date).
6.
Reference to Credit
 
Agreement. Upon the
 
effectiveness of this
 
Amendment, each reference
 
in the Credit
 
Agreement to '
I
this Agreement," "hereunder,"
 
or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
 
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
7.
Breach of Amendment.
 
This Amendment
 
shall be part
 
of the Credit
 
Agreement and
 
a breach
 
of any representation,
 
warranty or covenant
 
herein shall constitute
an Event of Default.
8.
Conditions Precedent.
 
The effectiveness of the amendments contained in Section 2 hereof
 
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the
 
following conditions
precedent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, unless
 
satisfaction thereof is specifically waived in writing
 
by Agent:
(a)
Agent's receipt of duly executed counterparts of this Amendment;
(b)
Agent's receipt of a
 
certificate from the
 
Secretary of each
 
Loan Party attesting
 
to the resolutions
 
of such Loan Party's
 
board of directors
 
authorizing
its execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(c)
no Default or Event of Default shall exist both before and
 
after giving pro forma effect to this Amendment; and
(d)
the representations and warranties of each Borrower or its
 
Subsidiaries contained in the Credit Agreement or in the
 
other Loan Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects (except that such
 
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified
or modified by materiality
 
in the text thereof)
 
on and as of
 
the date of such
 
extension of credit, as
 
though made on and
 
as of such date
 
(except to the extent that
 
such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations
 
and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except
that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties
 
that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of
such earlier date).
9.
Expenses of
 
Agent.
 
Borrowers agree
 
to pay, on
 
demand, all
 
costs and
 
expenses incurred
 
by Agent
 
in connection
 
with the
 
preparation, negotiation
 
and execution
of this Amendment and any other
 
Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any
 
and all amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, including, without
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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limitation, the costs and fees of Agent's legal counsel and any taxes or expenses associated with or incurred in connection with any instrument or agreement referred to
herein or contemplated hereby.
10.
Effectiveness: Governing Law.
 
This Amendment shall be effective
 
upon acceptance by Agent and
 
Lenders (notice of which acceptance is
 
hereby waived),
whereupon the same shall be governed by and construed in
 
accordance with the internal
 
laws of the State of Georgia.
11.
Successors and Assigns.
 
This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the
 
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
 
and assigns.
12.
No Novation etc. Except as
 
otherwise expressly provided in this
 
Amendment, nothing herein shall
 
be deemed to amend or
 
modify any provision of the
 
Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is not intended to be, nor
 
shall it be construed to
create, a novation or accord and satisfaction, and the Credit Agreement
 
as herein modified shall continue in full force and
 
effect.
13.
Counterparts: Telecopied Signatures.
 
This Amendment maybe
 
executed in any
 
number of counterparts
 
and by different
 
parties to this
 
Amendment on separate
counterparts, each
 
of which, when
 
so executed,
 
shall be deemed
 
an original, but
 
all such counterparts
 
shall constitute
 
one and the
 
same agreement.
 
Any signature
 
delivered
by a party by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to
 
be an original signature hereto.
14.
Further Assurances.
 
Each Borrower agrees
 
to take such further
 
actions as Agent
 
shall reasonably request
 
from time to
 
time in connection
 
herewith to evidence
or give effect to the amendments set forth herein or any of the transactions
 
contemplated hereby.
15.
Section Titles.
 
Section titles and references used
 
in this Amendment shall be
 
without substantive meaning or content of
 
any kind whatsoever and
 
are not a
part of the agreements among the parties hereto.
16.
Release of Claims.
 
To induce
 
Agent and Lenders to
 
enter into this
 
Amendment, each Borrower hereby
 
releases, acquits and forever
 
discharges Agent and
Lenders, and all officers, directors, agents,
 
employees, successors and assigns ofAgent and Lenders,
 
from any and all liabilities, claims, demands,
 
actions or causes of
action of any kind or nature (if
 
there be any), whether absolute
 
or contingent, disputed or undisputed,
 
at law or in equity, or known or unknown, that
 
such Borrower now
has or ever
 
had against Agent or
 
any Lender arising under
 
or in connection with
 
any of the Loan
 
Documents or otherwise. Each
 
Borrower represents and warrants to
Agent and Lenders
 
that such Borrower has
 
not transferred or
 
assigned to any Person
 
any claim that
 
such Borrower ever had
 
or claimed to
 
have against Agent or
 
any
Lender.
17.
Waiver
 
of Jury Trial
 
.
 
To
 
the fullest extent
 
permitted by applicable
 
law, the
 
parties hereto each
 
hereby waives the
 
right to trial
 
by jury
 
in any action,
 
suit,
counterclaim or proceeding arising out of or related to this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed under seal and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the date first written above.
BORROWERS:
 
DELTA
 
APPAREL INC.
 
By: /s/ Nancy Bubanich
Name: Nancy Bubanich
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
M.J. SOFFE, LLC
By: /s/ Nancy Bubanich
Name: Nancy Bubanich
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
CULVER CITY CLOTHING COMPANY
By: /s/ Nancy Bubanich
Name: Nancy Bubanich
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
SALT LIFE, LLC
By: /s/ Nancy Bubanich
Name: Nancy Bubanich
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
DTG2GO, LLC
By: /s/ Nancy Bubanich
Name: Nancy Bubanich
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
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AGENT:
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Christopher M. Waterstreet
Name: Christopher M. Waterstreet
Title: Vice President
LENDERS:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Christopher M. Waterstreet
Name: Christopher M. Waterstreet
Title: Vice President
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REGIONS BANK:
 
By: /s/ Scott Martin
 
Name: Scott Martin
Title: Managing Director
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION:
 
By: /s/ Doug Meckelnburg
 
Name: Doug Meckelnburg
Title: