Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), is entered into as of April 10, 2024, among Loar Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (as successor by merger to Loar Merger Sub, Inc., the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto, and First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC (as successor by merger to First Eagle Private Credit, LLC (f/k/a NewStar Financial, Inc.)), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Loar Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2017 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2018, the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2018, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2018, the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2019, the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2019, the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2020, the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2020, the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2020, the Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2022, the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2022, the Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2022, the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2023, the Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2024, and as otherwise amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble hereto) that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agents are willing to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth in Section 1 of this Amendment subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Upon satisfaction (or waiver by the Lenders) of the conditions set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Eligible Assignee” in its entirety as follows:
““Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund of a Lender, (d) each of Holdings and the Borrower, solely in the case of an assignment of Term Loans to Holdings or the Borrower (as applicable) in accordance with Section 10.04(g), and (e) any other Person that, in the case of an assignment of Loans or Commitments pursuant to Section 10.04(a), has been consented to by the Administrative Agent and, to the extent required by Section 10.04(a), the Borrower, in each case, in accordance with Section 10.04(a); other than, in each case, (i) a Disqualified Lender, (ii) a Sanctioned Person, (iii) a natural person or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person,