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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE

Guarantee Agreement

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE | Document Parties: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | EXTRUDE HONE CORPORATION | J&L AMERICA, INC | JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA | KENNAMETAL HOLDINGS EUROPE, INC | KENNAMETAL WIDIA HOLDINGS INC | KeyBank National Association and National City Bank of Pennsylvania | PNC Bank, National Association You are currently viewing:
This Guarantee Agreement involves

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | EXTRUDE HONE CORPORATION | J&L AMERICA, INC | JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA | KENNAMETAL HOLDINGS EUROPE, INC | KENNAMETAL WIDIA HOLDINGS INC | KeyBank National Association and National City Bank of Pennsylvania | PNC Bank, National Association

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Title: SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/14/2009
Industry: Constr. and Agric. Machinery     Sector: Capital Goods

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE, Parties: bank of america  n.a. , extrude hone corporation , j&l america  inc , jlk direct distribution inc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , kennametal holdings europe  inc , kennametal widia holdings inc , keybank national association and national city bank of pennsylvania , pnc bank  national association
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Exhibit 10.29

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE

     SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE, dated as of March 21, 2006, made by each of the corporations that are signatories hereto (the “ Guarantors ”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the lenders (the “ Lenders ”) parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2006 (as it may hereafter be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein are used herein as defined therein), among Kennametal Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”) and the other Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, KeyBank National Association and National City Bank of Pennsylvania, as co-syndication agents, PNC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents, Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto.

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

     WHEREAS, the Company is a member of an affiliated group of Persons that includes each Guarantor;

     WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has guaranteed the Company’s obligations to the administrative agent and lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Guarantee, dated as of October 29, 2004 (the “ Existing Guarantee ”) made by certain of the Guarantors in favor of the administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety by the Credit Agreement as set forth therein and shall remain in full force and effect only as set forth therein;

     WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors wishes to continue to guarantee (or, in the case of any Guarantor hereunder which is not a party to the Existing Guarantee, to guarantee), jointly and severally, absolutely and unconditionally, the payment and performance of the Company’s obligations to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under or in respect of the Credit Agreement as provided herein;

     WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit will be used in part to enable the Company to make valuable transfers (as determined as provided herein) to each Guarantor in connection with the operation of its business;

     WHEREAS, the Company, the other Borrowers and the Guarantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit;


 

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     WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors party to the Existing Guarantee and the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Lenders wish to amend and restate the Existing Guarantee as herein provided; and

     WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective Loans or other extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:

     1.  Defined Terms . (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

     (b) As used herein, “ Obligations ” means the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedge Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), including, without limitation, the Company Guarantee, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Company pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

     (c) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and section and paragraph references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified.

     (d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

     2.  Guarantee . (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.


 

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     (b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 3).

     (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.

     (d) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Company may be free from any Obligations.

     (e) No payment made by the Company, any other Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Company, any other Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.

     3.  Right of Contribution . Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4. The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

     4.  No Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Company, any other Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company, any other Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Company on account of the


 

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Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.

     5.  Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations . Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guara


 
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