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.
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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