Edgar Filing: MDC PARTNERS INC

mdc-8k_0509

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date Earliest Event reported) – May 9, 2005 (May 4, 2005)

MDC PARTNERS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ontario	001-13718	98-0364441
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

45 Hazelton Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 2E3
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(416) 960-9000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 9, 2005, MDC Partners Inc., a Canadian corporation (the "Company"), amended its Credit Agreement, dated September 22, 2004 (as amended the “Credit Facility”), by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and with the Company, Maxxcom Inc., an Ontario corporation, and Maxxcom Inc., a Delaware corporation, as borrowers. Pursuant to such amendment, among other things, the Lenders (i) modified the Company's total debt ratio covenant; and (ii) waived the default that may have occurred as a result of the Company's failure to comply with its total debt ratio covenant solely with respect to the test period ending March 31, 2005. A copy of this Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Facility is annexed hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

Risks and Uncertainties:

This document contains forward-looking statements. The Company’s representatives may also make forward-looking statements orally from time to time. Statements in this document that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, particularly regarding the financial and strategic impact of acquiring the Zyman Group, recent business and economic trends, potential acquisitions, estimates of amounts for deferred acquisition consideration and “put” option rights, constitute forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and are subject to change based on a number of factors, including those outlined in this section. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

risks associated with effects of national and regional economic conditions;
the Company’s ability to attract new clients and retain existing clients;
the financial success of the Company’s clients;
the Company’s ability to remain in compliance with its credit facility;
risks arising from material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting;
the Company’s ability to retain and attract key employees;
the successful completion and integration of acquisitions which complement and expandthe Company’s business capabilities;
foreign currency fluctuations; and
risks associated with the delisting procedure initiated by the Nasdaq Stock Market ListingQualifications Department, due to the fact that the Company is not in compliance withNasdaq's Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because the Company has not yet filed with theSEC its management report on the Company’s internal controls over financial reportingpursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Investors should carefully consider these risk factors and the additional risk factors outlined in more detail in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company’s other SEC filings.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 10.1: Amendment No. 4, dated as of May 9, 2005, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2004 (and amended on December 22, 2004), among JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as lenders, and with MDC Partners Inc., Maxxcom Inc., an Ontario corporation, and Maxxcom Inc., a Delaware corporation, as borrowers.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 9, 2005	MDC Partners Inc.
	By:	/s/ Steven Berns
		Steven Berns, Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President