Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT AND INCREMENTAL COMMITMENT AGREEMENT dated as of March 3, 2023 (this “Agreement”), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2021 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among WATERS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the LENDERS party hereto, the Issuing Banks party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Existing Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as the context requires.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Company may by written notice to the Administrative Agent request that Incremental Revolving Commitments be established, and the Company has so requested that Incremental Revolving Commitments be established in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 (the “Incremental Facility”);
WHEREAS, each Person set forth on Schedule I hereto (each, an “Incremental Lender”) has agreed to provide Incremental Revolving Commitments in the amount set forth under the heading “Incremental Commitment” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto (each, an “Incremental Commitment”) on the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested, and the undersigned Lenders and Issuing Banks, constituting each Lender and Issuing Bank party to the Existing Credit Agreement, together with the Administrative Agent, have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, that the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended as provided herein, including to replace the Adjusted LIBO Rate with the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as the relevant Benchmark for all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, (i) each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Citizens Bank, N.A., DNB Capital LLC, The Huntington National Bank, KeyBank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association, TD Bank, N.A., Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bank, N.A. is acting as a joint lead arranger with respect to the Incremental Facility (each, a “Lead Arranger”), (ii) each of Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Citizens Bank, N.A. is acting as a joint bookrunner with respect to the Incremental Facility, (iii) each of Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Citizens Bank, N.A. is acting as a co-syndication agent with respect to the Incremental Facility and (iv) each of DNB Capital LLC, The Huntington National Bank, KeyBank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association, TD Bank, N.A., Truist Bank and U.S. Bank, N.A. is acting as a co-documentation agent with respect to the Incremental Facility;