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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

July 7, 2006

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

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SEI Investments Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Pennsylvania		0-10200		23-1707341
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(610) 676-1000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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.

The information set forth under item 2.03, “Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant” 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.

On January 24, 2006, SEI Investments Company (the “Company”) entered into a Guaranty and Collateral Agreement (the “Guaranty Agreement”) with LSV Employee Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LSV Employee Group”), LaSalle Bank National Association, and certain other lenders party thereto. The Company entered into the Guaranty Agreement in order to facilitate LSV Employee Group’s acquisition of certain partnership interests of LSV Asset Management, a Delaware partnership (“LSV”).

The terms and conditions of the Company’s $200 million three-year senior, unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with JP Morgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and PNC Bank, National Association, restricted the Company’s ability to guarantee swap agreements entered into by the LSV Employee Group to 50 percent of the Facility size. Managers of the LSV Employee Group feel that it may be prudent to swap additional amounts of the term loan facility to fixed from floating.

Accordingly, the Company and JP Morgan Chase Bank, as agent under the Facility, agreed to amend the Facility to permit the Company to guarantee swap agreements up to the full amount of the term loan facility of the LSV Employee Group. The agreement to amend the facility (“Amendment No. 2 to the Facility”) is attached as Exhibit 10.20.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 2 to the Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Guaranty Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2006. You are urged to read such agreement in its entirety for a more complete description of the terms and conditions of such agreement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
10.20.2		Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2004, among SEI Investments Company, the Lenders Party thereto, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and PNC Bank, National Association.

 

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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.

 

		SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY
Date: July 10, 2006		By:		/s/ Dennis J. McGonigle
				Dennis J. McGonigle
				Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
10.20.2		Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2004, among SEI Investments Company, the Lenders Party thereto, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and PNC Bank, National Association.

 

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Exhibit 10.20.2

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Amendment (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 7, 2006 by and among SEI Investments Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as agent (the “Agent”), and the other financial institutions signatory hereto.

RECITALS

A. The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders are party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2004 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 24, 2006, the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.

B. The Borrower, the Agent and the undersigned Lenders wish to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual execution hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendment to Credit Agreement. Upon the “Effective Date” (as defined below), the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(a) Section 6.19 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“6.19 Contingent Obligations. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation (including, without limitation, any Contingent Obligation with respect to the obligations of a Subsidiary), except (i) the Guaranty, (ii) by endorsement of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the guaranty by the Borrower of the obligations (not exceeding $82,800,000 in aggregate principal amount) of LSV Employee Group, LLC arising under that certain $82,800,000 credit agreement to be entered into prior to January 31, 2006 by such Person with LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto (as such credit agreement may be from time to time amended, restated or refinanced so long as the outstanding principal amount thereof is not increased by such amendment, restatement or refinancing (the “LSV Agreement”)) and obligations arising under interest rate hedging agreements entered into by LSV Employee Group, LLC as required or permitted by the LSV Agreement in respect of a notional amount not exceeding the aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans outstanding under the LSV Agreement at the time such interest rate hedging agreements are entered into and (iv) any guaranty entered into pursuant to Section 6.23 or of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.11.”

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2. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower represents and warrants that:

(a) The Borrower has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Amendment and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings, and this Amendment is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;

(b) Each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof except to the extent such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; and

(c) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.

3. Effective Date. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective upon:

(a) the execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower, the Agent and the Required Lenders (without respect to whether it has been executed and delivered by all the Lenders); and

(b) the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of an Affirmation of Guaranty in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

The date upon which such events have occurred is the “Effective Date”. In the event the Effective Date has not occurred on or before July 14, 2006, Section 1 hereof shall not become operative and shall be of no force or effect.

4. Reference to and Effect Upon the Credit Agreement.

(a) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(b) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein.

 

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Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

5. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower hereby affirms its obligation under Section 9.6 of the Credit Agreement to reimburse the Agent for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and distribution of this Amendment, including but not limited to the fees, charges and disbursements of attorneys for the Agent with respect thereto.

6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

7. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purposes.

8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date and year first above written.

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTY

Each of the undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of Amendment No. 2 of the Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) dated as of July 7, 2006, consents to such amendment and each of the transactions referenced therein and hereby reaffirms its obligations under the Guaranty dated as of September 14, 2004 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, and the Lenders (as defined in the Amendment).

Dated as of July 7, 2006

 

 

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