Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
CONSENT AND WAIVER UNDER THE
SENIOR UNSECURED TERM
LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 18,
2005
CONSENT AND WAIVER UNDER THE SENIOR
UNSECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of March 18, 2005 (this
“ Consent ”), among DRESSER, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”),
the Guarantors (as defined below), the Lenders listed on the
signature pages hereto and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
(“ MSSF ”), as Administrative
Agent.
W
I T N
E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and the Agents have entered
into a Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement dated as of March 1,
2004, (the “ Term Loan Agreement ”;
capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall be used herein
as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to
modify the Term Loan Agreement in certain respects and to waive
certain Defaults and Events of Default under the Credit Agreement,
in each case as provided herein;
WHEREAS, the Required Lenders have
agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
to modify the Term Loan Agreement in response to the
Borrower’s request as set forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Consent .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Term Loan
Agreement, the Required Lenders hereby consent to (a) the extension
of the delivery date specified for the audited financial statements
for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004 and the other material
with respect to such Fiscal Year required by Section 5.01(b) of the
Term Loan Agreement to no later than May 30, 2005 (the “
10K Extended Delivery Date ”), it being
understood and agreed that if the Borrower fails to deliver such
audited financial statements and other materials on or before the
10K Extended Delivery Date, and a notice of Default with respect to
such failure is delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders holding of at least 25% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Senior Unsecured Obligations pursuant to
Section 6.01(c) of the Term Loan Agreement, such failure shall
constitute an Event of Default for all purposes under the Loan
Documents and (b) the extension of the delivery date specified for
the material required by Section 5.01(b) with respect to the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2005 to no later than June 29, 2005 (the
“ 10Q Extended Delivery Date ”), it being
understood and agreed that if the Borrower fails to deliver the
materials required by Section 5.01(b) with respect to the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2005 by the 10Q Extended
Delivery
Date, and a notice of Default with respect to
such failure is delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders holding of at least 25% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Senior Unsecured Obligations pursuant to
Section 6.01(c) of the Term Loan Agreement, such failure shall
constitute an Event of Default for all purposes under the Loan
Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is further understood
and agreed that the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders all
financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005
that are provided to the “Lenders” under the Existing
Credit Agreement at the same time as such financial statements are
delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement, and if the Borrower
fails to do so, and a notice of Default with respect to such
failure is delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders holding of at least 25% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Senior Unsecured Obligations pursuant to Section
6.01(c) of the Term Loan Agreement, such failure shall constitute
an Event of Default for all purposes under the Loan
Documents.
SECTION 2. Waiver . The
Lenders holding not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Senior Unsecured Obligations hereby
waive any Default or Event of Default in respect of the provisions
of Sections 3.01(a)(iv), 3.01(c), 4.01(f), 4.01(g), 4.01(h),
4.01(j), 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) of the Term Loan Agreement and any
related or substantially comparable provision of any Loan Document,
in each case consisting of, resulting from or relating in any
respect to (i) the re-audit, revision or restatement of any
financial statement delivered prior to the date of this Consent and
Waiver by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, any misstatement therein or in any certificate,
representation or warranty relating thereto, or any error, defect
or deficiency in accounting procedures or in the application of
accounting principles reflected thereby or relating thereto), (ii)
any failure to deliver any such financial statement when or as
required, except as required by Section 1 above, (iii) any failure
to comply with any obligation that became required to be performed
or observed under any of such provisions by reason of the
occurrence of any such Default or Event of Default or (iv) any
misstatement as to the absence of any such Default or Event of
Default.
SECTION 3. Conditions to
Effectiveness . This Consent shall become effective on the date
(the “ Effective Date ”) when each of the
conditions set forth in this Section 3 to this Consent shall have
been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent.
(i) Execution of Counterparts
. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Consent, duly executed and delivered on behalf of each of (a) the
Borrower and each Guarantor, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c)
the Required Lenders, or as to any of the foregoing parties, advice
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each of
the foregoing parties has executed a counterpart of this
Consent.
(ii) Payment of Fees and
Expenses . The Borrower shall have paid (a) to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each Lender executing this
Consent on or before March 17, 2005, a fee equal to 0.05% of the
aggregate Commitments and Advances of each such Lender and (b) all
expenses (including the fees and expenses of Shearman &
Sterling LLP) incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and execution of this Consent and other matters
relating to the Term Loan Agreement from and after the last invoice
to the extent invoiced.
2
SECTION 4. Representations and
Warranties . Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants that
as of the date hereof no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result from the effectiveness of this Consent.
SECTION 5. Reference to and
Effect on the Transaction Documents . (a) On and after the
effectiveness of this Consent, each reference in the Term Loan
Agreement to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words
of like import referring to the Term Loan Agreement, and each
reference in the other transaction documents to the “Credit
Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof”
or words of like import referring to the Term Loan Agreement, shall
mean and be a reference to the Term Loan Agreement as modified by
this Consent.
(b) The Term Loan Agreement, the
Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended
by this Consent, are and shall continue to be in full force and
effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Consent shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy
of any Lender or any Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan
Documents.
SECTION 6. Execution in
Counterparts . This Consent may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but
one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page to this Consent by telecopier shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Consent.
SECTION 7. Governing Law .
This Consent shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York, and shall be subject to
the jurisdictional and service provisions of the Term Loan
Agreement, as if this were a part of the Term Loan
Agreement.
SECTION 8. Entire Agreement;
Modification . This Consent constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, there
being no other agreements or understandings, oral, written or
otherwise, respecting such subject matter, any such agreement or
understanding being superseded hereby, shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns, and may not be amended, extended or
otherwise modified, except in a writing executed in whole or in
counterparts by each party hereto.
[Signatures follow.]
3
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by
their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER, INC.,
as Borrower
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
[STAMP]
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE
GUARANTORS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER RE, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER RUSSIA, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[STAMP]
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LVF HOLDING CORPORATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER ENTECH, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RING-O VALVE, INCORPORATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRESSER CHINA, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/ S / J AMES A.
N ATTIER
|
|
[STAMP]
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
James A. Nattier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Executive Vice
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING,
INC.,
as Administrative Agent
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ E
UGENE M ARTIN
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Eugene Martin
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Managing Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
as Collateral Agent
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ E
UGENE M ARTIN
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Eugene Martin
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Managing Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
LANDMARK CDO
LIMITED
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
ALADDIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC,
AS MANAGER
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ J
OSEPH M ORONEY
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
JOSEPH MORONEY
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
DIRECTOR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
LANDMARK II CDO LIMITED
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
ALADDIN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC
as MANAGER
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name of Financial Institution
]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ J
OSEPH M ORONEY
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
JOSEPH MORONEY
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
DIRECTOR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
LANDMARK III CDO LIMITED
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
ALADDIN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC
as MANAGER
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name of Financial Institution
]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ J
OSEPH M ORONEY
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
JOSEPH MORONEY
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
DIRECTOR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
LANDMARK IV CDO LIMITED
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
ALADDIN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC
as MANAGER
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name of Financial Institution
]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ J
OSEPH M ORONEY
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
JOSEPH MORONEY
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
DIRECTOR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
American
Express Certificate Company
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ Y
VONNE E. S TEVENS
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Yvonne E. Stevens
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Senior Managing
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
Centurion CDO
II, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ V
INCENT P. P HAM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Vincent P. Pham
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Director-Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
Centurion CDO
III, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ V
INCENT P. P HAM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Vincent P. Pham
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Director-Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
Centurion CDO VI, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ V
INCENT P. P HAM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Vincent P. Pham
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Director-Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
Centurion CDO VII, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ V
INCENT P. P HAM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Vincent P. Pham
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Director-Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
IDS Life Insurance Company
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ Y
VONNE E. S TEVENS
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Yvonne E. Stevens
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Senior Managing
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
Sequils-Centurion V, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American
Express Asset Management Group, Inc. as Collateral
Manager
|
|
|
|
[ Print Name
of Financial Institution ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ V
INCENT P. P HAM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Vincent P. Pham
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Director-Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LENDERS
|
|
|
|
AMMC CDO I,
LIMITED
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
American Money Management
Corp.,
as Collateral Manager
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
/s/ C
HESTER M. E NG
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
Chester M. Eng
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
Senior Vice
President
|