EXHIBIT 4.4
P&F INDUSTRIES, INC.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND WAIVER
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND WAIVER
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, is entered into as of
December 27, 2005 (the “Amendment and Waiver”), by
and among P&F INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“P&F”), FLORIDA PNEUMATIC MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (“Florida
Pneumatic”), EMBASSY INDUSTRIES, INC., a New York
corporation (“Embassy”), GREEN MANUFACTURING,
INC., a Delaware corporation (“Green”),
COUNTRYWIDE HARDWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Countrywide”), NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Florida corporation (“Nationwide”) and WOODMARK
INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (“Woodmark”; and collectively
with P&F, Florida Pneumatic, Embassy, Green, Countrywide and
Nationwide, the “Co-Borrowers”), CITIBANK, N.A.
and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (formerly known as
HSBC Bank USA) (collectively, the “Lenders”) and
CITIBANK, N.A ., as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders.
BACKGROUND
The Co-Borrowers, the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated
as of June 30, 2004 (as same has been and may be further
amended, restated, supplemented or modified, from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders
provide the Co-Borrowers with certain financial
accommodations.
The Co-Borrowers have requested, and
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Amendment and Waiver, to amend and
waive certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as herein set
forth. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, in consideration of the
premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Amendments to Credit
Agreement.
Section 1.1. The
first sentence of Section 3.02 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to provide as
follows:
“The proceeds of the Revolving
Credit Loans shall be used by the Co-Borrowers for general
corporate purposes, to finance ongoing working capital
requirements, to refinance a portion of the Existing Indebtedness
and to finance a capital contribution by P&F or Countrywide to
Pacific Stair Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Pacific”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Countrywide, in order to permit the acquisition by Pacific of
assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of Pacific Stair
Products, a California corporation.”
Section 1.2. The
reference to the amount “$12,5000,000” on the third to
last line of Section 7.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and replaced with the amount
“$12,500,000”.
Section 1.3. The
table in Section 7.13(b) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to provide as
follows:
|
Period
|
|
|
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Amount
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|
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December 31, 2004 through
December 30, 2005
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$
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9,500,000
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|
|
December 31, 2005 through
December 30, 2006
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$
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16,500,000
|
|
|
December 31, 2006 through
December 30, 2007
|
|
$
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22,000,000
|
|
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December 31, 2007 and
thereafter
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$
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25,000,000
|
|
ARTICLE II.
Waiver.
Section 2.1. The
Co-Borrowers have advised the Lenders that Pacific Stair
Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Pacific”), intends to purchase the assets of Pacific
Stair Products, a California corporation (the
“Purchase”) for a Permitted Acquisition Purchase Price
not to exceed $5,900,000 (the “Purchase”). The Lenders
hereby waive compliance by the Co-Borrowers with the provisions in
the Credit Agreement regarding Permitted Acquisitions which
(a) require that only a Co-Borrower enter in a
Permitt