8-K 1 creditagreementamendment.htm 8-K AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MULTICURRENCY CREDIT AGREEMENT 8-K Amendment No. 1 to Multicurrency Credit Agreement
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


October 28, 2005
(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)


BORDERS GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

     
Michigan
1-13740
38-3294588
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

100 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


734-477-1100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On October 28, 2005, Borders Group, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (the “Company”) entered into an Increase of Total Commitment and Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 with Fleet Retail Group, LLC as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC as co-syndications agents, General Electric Capital Corporation and National City Business Credit, Inc. as co-documentation agents, Bank of America, N.A. and Banc of America Securities Inc. as co-lead arrangers.

The principal purposes of the Amendment were to increase the total commitment under the Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement to $700,000,000, and to extend the term of such Agreement until October 28, 2010.
 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)  
Exhibits:

10.25  Increase of Total Commitment and Amendment No. 1 dated as of October 28, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, among Borders Group, Inc., its subsidiaries and Parties thereto.


 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.


Borders Group, Inc.
(Registrant)



Dated:  November 2, 2005
By:
 /s/ EDWARD W. WILHELM 
   
Edward W. Wilhelm
   
Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial and
   
Accounting Officer)