AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to
Security Agreement (this "Agreement") dated as of September 27, 2002 is made by
and among JARDEN CORPORATION (successor by name change to Alltrista
Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a
national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States ("Bank of America"), in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)) (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), and each of the Lenders signatory hereto,
and each of the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement) signatory
hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have
entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 24, 2002, as
amended by that certain Consent, Waiver and Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement,
dated as of September 19, 2002 (as hereby amended and as from time to time
hereafter further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or amended and
restated, the "Credit Agreement"; the capitalized terms used in this Agreement
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in
the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made available to the
Borrower various revolving credit and term loan facilities, including a letter
of credit facility and a swing line facility; and
WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has entered into a Guaranty pursuant to
which it has guaranteed certain or all of the obligations of certain or all of
the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors has entered into a
Security Agreement dated as of April 24, 2002 (as hereby amended and as from
time to time hereafter further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or
amended and restated, the "Security Agreement") pursuant to which it has granted
a lien to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in all of its personal
property;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has further advised the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that it desires to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement
and the Security Agreement in order to permit the sale of certain accounts
receivable pursuant to factoring arrangements as set forth below, and the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders signatory hereto are willing to
effect such amendments on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The following new definitions are hereby added to Article
I of the Credit Agreement in the proper alphabetical order:
"Factoring Agreement" means an agreement by and between the
Borrower or a Subsidiary and a Factoring Company pursuant to which the
Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell, transfer and assign its rights,
title and interests in certain accounts receivable, specifically
identified therein, to a Factoring Company, a copy of which has been
provided to the Administrative Agent prior to its execution and
delivery by all parties thereto and the terms of which are acceptable
to the Administrative Agent in form and substance in its reasonable
discretion.
"Factoring Company" means that certain Person party to any
Factoring Agreement to whom the Borrower or a Subsidiary sells,
transfers and assigns its right, title and interests in certain
accounts receivable pursuant to the terms of such Factoring Agreement.
(b) Section 7.05(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following proviso at the end of such section:
"; provided, further, that, without increasing the
$35,000,000 limit provided in this Section 7.05(f), the first
$1,000,000 of aggregate Net Proceeds in each fiscal year of
the Borrower realized from the Disposition of Excluded
Accounts (as defined in the Security Agreement) under all
Factoring Agreements shall not be required to be applied as a
prepayment as would otherwise be required under Section
2.06(e)."
2. Amendments to Security Agreement. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Security Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Section 2 of the Security Agreement is hereby amended to
add the clause "(except as otherwise provided below) in the first
paragraph of such section after the clause "all of the personal
property of such Grantor or in which such Grantor has or may have or
acquire an interest or the power to transfer rights therein"
(b) Section 2(a) of the Security Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following proviso at the end of such section:
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"provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
term "Accounts" shall not include any such accounts
receivables, contracts, bills, acceptances, choses in action
and other forms of monetary obligations at any time owing to
such Grantor that have been sold, assigned or transferred by
such Grantor to a Factoring Company in compliance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement (collectively referred to
hereinafter as the "Excluded Accounts");
(c) Section 2(d) of the Security Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following proviso at the end of such section:
"provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
term "General Intangibles" shall not include any rights of any
Grantor in any contract, agreement or instrument evidencing
the Excluded Accounts which rights have been sold, assigned
and transferred by such Grantor to a Factoring Company in
compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
(collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Excluded General
Intangibles");
(d) Section 2(h) of the Security Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following proviso at the end of such section:
"provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
term "Instruments" shall not include any instrument evidencing
the Excluded Accounts which instrument has been sold, assigned
and transferred by a Guarantor to a Factoring Company in
compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
(collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Excluded
Instruments" and, together with all Excluded Accounts and
Excluded General Intangibles, the "Excluded Property");
(e) A new Section 2(m) of the Security Agreement is added to
read in its entirety as follows and the current Section 2(m) is
renumbered as Section 2(n):
"(m) All rights to monetary obligations owing, due and payable to such
Grantor by any Factoring Company pursuant to the terms of any Factoring
Agreement;"
(f) The last paragraph of Section 2 of the Security Agreement
is hereby amended to add the phrase "(other than Excluded Property)"
after the phrase "subsections (a) through (n)".
3. Authorization of Agent by Required Lenders. By its execution and
delivery hereof, each Lender signatory hereto hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent, upon receipt of the signature pages hereto from the
Required Lenders, to file UCC amendments to amend the Exhibit A of each UCC
financing statement delivered and filed pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(xviii)
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of the Credit Agreement to conform to the changes made in the Security Agreement
in this Agreement.
4. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Agreement, and the
amendments to the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement provided in
Sections 1 and 2 hereof are all subject to the satisfaction of each the
following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the
following documents or instruments in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent:
(i) thirteen (13) original counterparts of this
Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, each Guarantor and the Required Lenders;
(ii) a final form of the Factoring Agreement by and
between Tilia, Inc. and Newstart Factors, Inc., with respect
to the accounts receivable of World Kitchen, Inc., the terms
of which are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion, an executed copy of which is to be
delivered within three (3) days of the date of this Agreement;
(iii) UCC Amendments with respect to each UCC
Financing Statement amending Exhibit A to conform to the
changes made to the Security Agreement in this Agreement;
(iv) such other documents, instruments, opinions,
certifications, undertakings, further assurances and other
matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require;
(b) All fees and expenses payable to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
to the Administrative Agent) accrued to date shall have been paid in
full.
5. Consent and Agreement of the Guarantors. Each of the Guarantors has
joined in the execution of this Agreement for the purposes of consenting and
agreeing hereto and for the further purpose of confirming its guaranty of the
Obligations of the Borrower pursuant to the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is
party and its grant of a security interest in its personal property pursuant to
the Security Agreement. Each Guarantor hereby consents, acknowledges and agrees
to the amendments of the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement set forth
herein and hereby confirms and ratifies in all respects (i) the Guaranty to
which such Guarantor is a party and the enforceability of such Guaranty against
such Guarantor in accordance with its
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terms, and (ii) the Security Agreement and the enforceability of the Security
Agreement against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
6. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto to enter into this Agreement,
the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and such
Lenders as follows:
(a) The representations and warranties made by the Borrowers
in Article V of the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this
Agreement) and in each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date;
(b) There has been no occurrence of any event or events which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect since
the date of the most recent financial reports of the Borrowers
delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ix) or Section 6.01 of the Credit
Agreement, as applicable;
(c) The Persons appearing as Guarantors on the signature pages
to this Agreement constitute all Persons who are required to be
Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including without limitation all Persons who became
Subsidiaries or were otherwise required to become Guarantors after the
Closing Date as a result of any merger, acquisition or other
reorganization, and each such Person has executed and delivered a
Guaranty; and
(d) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with all the Loan
Documents (collectively, the "Relevant Documents"), sets forth the entire
understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the
parties relative to such subject matter. No promise, condition, representation
or warranty, express or implied, not herein set forth shall bind any party
hereto, and not one of them has relied on any such promise, condition,
representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except
as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations,
warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to
the other. None of the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be changed,
modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except as permitted pursuant
to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.
8. Full Force and Effect of Agreement. Except as hereby specifically
amended, modified or supplemented, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan
Documents are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects by each party hereto
and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to their respective
terms.
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9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party
whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York.
11. Enforceability. Should any one or more of the provisions of this
Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the
parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and
binding on the parties hereto.
12. References. All references in any of the Loan Documents to the
"Credit Agreement" and the "Security Agreement" shall mean the Credit Agreement
and the Security Agreement, as amended hereby.
13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each of the
Guarantors and Lenders, and their respective successors, assigns and legal
representatives; provided, however, that neither any Borrower nor any Guarantor,
may assign any rights, powers, duties or obligations hereunder without complying
with the requirements for such an action contained in the Credit Agreement.
14. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or arising in connection with the
negotiation and preparation of this Agreement.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2
to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Security Agreement to be made,
executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
BORROWER:
JARDEN CORPORATION (successor by name
change to Alltrista Corporation)
By: /s/ Desiree DeStefano
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Name: Desiree DeStefano
Title: Vice President
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GUARANTORS:
HEARTHMARK, INC., an Indiana corporation
ALLTRISTA PLASTICS CORPORATION, an
Indiana corporation
ALLTRISTA NEWCO CORPORATION, an
Indiana corporation
UNIMARK PLASTICS, INC., a Pennsylvania
corporation
TRIENDA CORPORATION (f/k/a TRIENDA
NEWCO, INC.), a Indiana corporation
TILIA, INC. (successor by name change to
Alltrista Acquisition I, Inc.), a
Delaware corporation
TILIA DIRECT, INC. (successor by name
change to Alltrista Acquisition II,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation
TILIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. (successor by
name change to Alltrista Acquisition
III, Inc.), a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Desiree DeStefano
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Name: Desiree DeStefano
Title: Vice President
ALLTRISTA ZINC PRODUCTS, L.P., an
Indiana limited partnership
By: Alltrista Newco Corporation, a
Indiana corporation, its general
partner
By: /s/ Desiree DeStefano
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Name: Desiree DeStefano
Title: Vice President
QUOIN CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation
By: /s/ Ian G. H. Ashken
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Name: Ian G. H. Ashken
Title: Treasurer
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
By: /s/ Igor Suica
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Name: Igor Suica
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Title: Vice President
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LENDERS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer
and Swing Line Lender
By: /s/ Igor Suica
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Name: Igor Suica
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Title: Vice President
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CIBC INC.
By: /s/ Dean J. Decker
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Name: Dean J. Decker
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Title: Managing Director
CIBC World Markets Corp., as Agents
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NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA
By: /s/ David McNeely
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Name: David McNeely
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Title: Corp. Banking Officer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Maurice A. Campbell
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Name: Maurice A. Campbell
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ W. Lincoln Schoff, Jr.
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Name: W. Lincoln Schoff, Jr.
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Title: Senior Vice President
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HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Scott A. Dvornek
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Name: Scott A. Dvornek
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Title: Vice President
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ALLFIRST BANK
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Steve Goetschius
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Name: Steve Goetschius
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Title: Senior Vice President
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UNION FEDERAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS
By: /s/ Julia C. Schneider
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Name: Julia C. Schneider
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Title: Commercial Loan Officer
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