Exhibit 10.1
WAIVER AND CONSENT NO. 2 dated as of May 10, 2019 (this “Waiver”), among THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Kraft Heinz”), KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (the “Parent Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference is made to (i) the Credit Agreement dated as of July 6, 2015 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among Kraft Heinz, the Parent Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, and (ii) the Waiver and Consent No. 1 dated as of March 22, 2019 (“Waiver No. 1”) among Kraft Heinz, the Parent Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Kraft Heinz and the Parent Borrower have requested, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto (which constitute the Required Lenders) agree, in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, to grant aone-time temporary waiver of compliance with (i) Section 5.01(c)(ii) with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and (ii) Section 5.01(c)(i) with respect to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the quarter ended March 30, 2019 and unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Waiver and Consent. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof:
(a) The Lenders party hereto hereby grant (i) aone-time temporary waiver, until June 28, 2019 (the “2018 Annual Financial Statements Extension Deadline”), of compliance by Kraft Heinz and the Parent Borrower with the requirement to furnish to the Lenders a copy of the consolidated financial statements of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018, audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (or other independent auditors which, as of the date of this Agreement, are one of the “big four” accounting firms) (the “2018 Annual Financial Statements”) as required by Section 5.01(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) aone-time temporary waiver, until July 31, 2019 (the “2019 Q1 Financial Statements Extension Deadline”), of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the quarter ended March 30, 2019 and unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of Kraft Heinz and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter (the “2019 Q1 Financial Statements”), it being understood and agreed that Sections 5.01(c)(i) and 5.01(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to require Kraft Heinz and the Parent Borrower to furnish to the Lenders the 2018 Annual Financial Statements and the 2019 Q1 Financial Statements, as applicable, on or prior to the 2018 Annual Financial Statements Extension Deadline or the 2019 Q1 Financial Statements Extension Deadline, as applicable.