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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported):		May 2, 2005

 

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Hudson Highland Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Delaware		000-50129		59-3547281
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

622 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(212) 351-7300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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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 (17 CFR 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))

 

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Item 1.01 - Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 2, 2005, Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003 (the “Loan Agreement”), to increase the maximum borrowing level allowed under the Loan Agreement from $50 million to $54 million for a period ending May 31, 2005. A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 – Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The Company’s outstanding borrowings under the Loan Agreement have increased to approximately $33.3 million as of May 2, 2005 from approximately $19 million as of March 31, 2005. As of May 2, 2005, the Company had letters of credit issued and outstanding of approximately $18.0 million, leaving $2.7 million of available credit under the Loan Agreement. The Company expects that its outstanding borrowings under the Loan Agreement will remain at a level near or at capacity throughout May 2005 and possibly longer.

 

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

4.1	Amendment No. 6 to Amended Loan and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2005, among Hudson Highland Group, Inc., the Borrowers (as defined therein), Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. and the Lenders (as defined therein).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

		HUDSON HIGHLAND GROUP, INC.
DATE: May 5, 2005		By:		/s/ Latham Williams
				Latham Williams
				Vice President, Legal Affairs and Administration, Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2005, among Hudson Highland Group, Inc., the Borrowers (as defined therein), Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. and the Lenders (as defined therein).

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

AMENDMENT NUMBER 6

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 2, 2005, is entered into by HUDSON HIGHLAND GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each of Parent’s Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereof (such Subsidiaries, together with Parent, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as “Borrowers”), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. (formerly known as FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION), a California corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (“Agent”), and the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the “Lenders”), in light of the following:

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents be amended to modify certain terms more fully set forth hereinbelow; and

 

WHEREAS, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, Agent and Lenders are willing to so consent to the amendment of the Loan Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

2. AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT.

 

(a) The definition of Maximum Revolver Amount appearing in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“ “Maximum Revolver Amount” shall mean (a) for the period commencing on May 2, 2005 through and including May 31, 2005, $54,000,000; and (b) at all other times, $50,000,000.”

 

(b) Schedule C-1 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form annexed hereto.

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3. AMENDMENT FEE. In consideration of the amendments hereunder, on the date hereof, Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, an amendment fee in the amount of $20,000 (the “Amendment Fee”). The Amendment Fee shall be fully earned on the date hereof, shall not be subject to refund, rebate or proration for any reason whatsoever, and Agent shall charge the Amendment Fee to the Loan Account on the date hereof.

 

4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THIS AMENDMENT. The satisfaction of each of the following shall constitute conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Amendment and each and every provision hereof:

 

(a) The representations and warranties in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date;

 

(b) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof or as of the date of the effectiveness of this Amendment; and

 

(c) Agent shall have received, in form and content satisfactory to Agent, fully executed copy of this Amendment No. 6.

 

5. CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT TO THIS AMENDMENT. Agent shall receive the reaffirmation and consent of each Guarantor, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, duly executed and delivered by an authorized official of such Guarantor, on or before May 31, 2005 with respect to all Guarantors. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that the failure to deliver to Agent each fully executed reaffirmation and consent required by this Section on or before the applicable date set forth above, shall terminate the effectiveness of this Amendment and of all the terms and conditions hereof.

 

6. CONSTRUCTION. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

7. ENTIRE AMENDMENT; EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. This Amendment, and the terms and provisions hereof, constitute the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous amendments relating to the subject matter hereof. Except for the amendments to the Loan Agreement expressly set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. To the extent any terms or provisions of this Amendment conflict with those of the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents, the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall control. This Amendment is a Loan Document.

 

8. COUNTERPARTS; TELEFACSIMILE EXECUTION. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any

 

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party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile also shall promptly deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment, but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment.

 

9. MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and refer to the Loan Agreement as heretofore amended and as further amended by this Amendment.

 

(b) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan Documents to the “Loan Agreement”, “thereunder”, “therein”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and refer to the Loan Agreement as heretofore amended and as further amended by this Amendment.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

REAFFIRMATION AND CONSENT

 

All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and among HUDSON HIGHLAND GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each of Parent’s Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages thereto (such Subsidiaries, together with Parent, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as “Borrowers”), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. (formerly known as FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION), a California corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (“Agent”), and the lenders identified on the signature pages thereto (such lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the “Lenders”), dated as of June 25, 2003 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Loan Agreement”), or in Amendment Number 6 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2005 (the “Amendment”), among Borrowers, Agent and Lenders. The undersigned each hereby (a) represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that the execution, delivery, and performance of this Reaffirmation and Consent are within its powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and are not in contravention of any law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction, or award of any arbitrator, court, or governmental authority, or of the terms of its charter or bylaws, or of any contract or undertaking to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or affected; (b) consents to the transactions contemplated by the Amendment; (c) acknowledges and reaffirms its obligations owing to Agent and Lenders under any Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (d) agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party is and shall remain in full force and effect. Although each of the undersigned has been informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to same, it understands that Agent and Lenders have no obligations to inform it of such matters in the future or to seek its acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments, and nothing herein shall create such a duty. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Reaffirmation and Consent. This Reaffirmation and Consent shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have each caused this Reaffirmation and Consent to be executed as of the date of the Amendment.

 

 

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Schedule C-1

Commitments

 

Lender		Commitment
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.		(a) for the period commencing on May 2, 2005 through and including May 31, 2005, $32,400,000, and (b) at all other times, $30,000,000
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS
CREDIT, INC.		(a) for the period commencing on May 2, 2005 through and including May 31, 2005, $21,600,000, and (b) at all other times, $20,000,000

 

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