Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
AND
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as
of February 8, 2008 (this “ Amendment ”),
among TRONOX INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“
Holdings ”), TRONOX WORLDWIDE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “ Borrower ”), the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from
time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”),
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. and CREDIT SUISSE, as joint lead arrangers and
joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the “ Arrangers
”), ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”), JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A. AND CITICORP USA, INC., as co-documentation agents
(in such capacity, the “ Documentation Agents
”), LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”),
and the parties listed as grantors on the signature pages hereto
(the “ Grantors ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, (i) Holdings, the
Borrower, the Lenders, the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and
the other agents referred to therein are parties to that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, as amended by
First Amendment dated as of March 12, 2007 (as heretofore
amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect on the date
hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”) and
(ii) the Borrower, the Grantors signatory thereto and the
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, in favor
of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
(as heretofore amended, restated or otherwise modified and in
effect on the date hereof, the “ Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement );
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to
amend the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent have agreed to make such amendments solely
upon the terms and conditions provided for in this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises herein contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms .
Unless otherwise noted herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement.
2. Amendments to Credit
Agreement . In reliance on the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 4 below and subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 5 below, the parties hereby
agree to the following amendments (the “ Credit Agreement
Amendments ”):
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(a) The
definitions of “Applicable Margin” and “Qualified
Counterparty” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are
hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as
follows:
“‘ Applicable
Margin’ : for each Type of Loan under each Facility, at
any time, the rate per annum for such type of Loan determined
pursuant to the Pricing Grid on the basis of the Facility Ratings
in effect at such time; provided that, if the Consolidated
Quarterly Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter in 2008 is equal to
or exceeds 4.25x, the “Applicable Margin” for the next
succeeding fiscal quarter shall be the rate per annum for such Loan
determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid plus .50%; provided further
that, if the Consolidated Quarterly Leverage Ratio for any fiscal
quarter in 2009 is equal to or exceeds 4.00x, the “Applicable
Margin” for the next succeeding fiscal quarter shall be the
rate per annum for such Loan determined pursuant to the Pricing
Grid plus .50%.”
“‘ Qualified
Counterparty’ : (i) with respect to any Specified
Hedge Agreement or Specified Cash Management Agreement (other than
any Specified Citigroup Cash Management Agreement or any Specified
ABN AMRO Cash Management Agreement), any counterparty thereto that,
at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement or Specified Cash
Management Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or a Lender
Affiliate, (ii) with respect to the Specified Letter of
Credit, the Specified Letter of Credit Issuer, (iii) with
respect to any Specified Citigroup Cash Management Agreement,
Citicorp USA, Inc. or the Lender Affiliate thereof party thereto on
the Closing Date, or (iv) with respect to any Specified ABN
AMRO Cash Management Agreement, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (for itself and
on behalf of its affiliates) or the Lender Affiliate thereof party
thereto on the Closing Date, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv) if (but only if) such Person has agreed to be bound by
the provisions of Section 7.2 of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement as if it were a party thereto and by the provisions of
Section 9 of this Agreement as if it were a Lender party
hereto.”
(b) The
definitions of “Consolidated Quarterly Leverage Ratio”
and “Specified ABN AMRO Cash Management Agreement” are
hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement to read as
follows:
“‘ Consolidated
Quarterly Leverage Ratio’ ”: of any Person for any
fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) the average of the
Consolidated Total Debt for each day of such period to
(b) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at
the last day of such period with respect to the four consecutive
fiscal quarters of Holdings ending on such date; provided that for
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for any period, (i) the Consolidated EBITDA of
any Person acquired by Holdings or its Subsidiaries during such
period shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period
(assuming for purposes of the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA
the consummation of such acquisition and the incurrence or
assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on
the first day of such period) and (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA
of any Person Disposed of Holdings or its Subsidiaries during such
period shall be excluded for such period (assuming for purposes of
the calculation of Consolidated
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EBITDA the
consummation of such Disposition and the repayment of any
Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of
such period).”
“‘ Specified ABN AMRO
Cash Management Agreement’ ”: as defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.”
(c) Section 7.1(a)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
“(a)
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio . Permit the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of Holdings ending with the last day of the fiscal
quarters in fiscal years 2007 through 2011 of Holdings listed below
to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal
quarter:
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Consolidated Total |
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Fiscal Quarter ended |
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Leverage Ratio |
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March 31,
2007
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3.75x |
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June 30,
2007
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3.75x |
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September 30,
2007
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3.75x |
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December 31,
2007
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3.75x |
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March 31,
2008
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4.45x |
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June 30,
2008
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4.90x |
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September 30,
2008
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4.90x |
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December 31,
2008
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4.90x |
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March 31,
2009
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4.50x |
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June 30,
2009
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4.35x |
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September 30,
2009
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3.90x |
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December 31,
2009
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3.50x |
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March 31,
2010 and thereafter
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2.50x” |
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(d) Section 7.1(b)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
“(b)
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio . Permit the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending the last day of the
fiscal quarters in fiscal years 2007 through 2011 of Holdings
listed below, to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite
such fiscal quarter:
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Consolidated Interest |
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Fiscal Quarter Ended |
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Coverage Ratio |
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March 31,
2007
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2.00x |
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June 30,
2007
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2.00x |
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September 30,
2007
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2.00x |
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December 31,
2007
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2.00x |
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March 31,
2008
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1.00x |
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June 30,
2008
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1.00x |
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September 30,
2008
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0.80x |
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December 31,
2008
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0.80x |
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March 31,
2009
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1.25x |
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June 30,
2009
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1.25x |
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September 30,
2009
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1.75x |
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December 31,
2009
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1.75x |
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March 31,
2010 and thereafter
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4.00x” |
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(e) Annex
A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as set forth on Annex A hereto.
3. Amendments to Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement . In reliance on the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 4 below and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 below,
the parties hereby agree to the following amendments:
(a) The
definitions of “Qualified Counterparty” and
“Specified Cash Management Agreement” in
Section 1.1 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are
hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as
follows:
“ Qualified
Counterparty : (i) with respect to any Specified Hedge
Agreement or Specified Cash Management Agreement (other than any
Specified Citigroup Cash Management Agreement or any Specified ABN
AMRO Cash Management Agreement), any counterparty thereto that, at
the time such Specified Hedge Agreement or Specified Cash
Management Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or a Lender
Affiliate, (ii) with respect to the Specified Letter of
Credit, the Specified Letter of Credit Issuer, (iii) with
respect to any Specified Citigroup Cash Management Agreement,
Citicorp USA, Inc. or the Lender Affiliate thereof party thereto on
the Closing Date, or (iv) with respect to any Specified ABN
Amro Cash Management Agreement, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (for itself and
on behalf of its affiliates) or the Lender Affiliate thereof party
thereto on the Closing Date, in the case of (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) if (but only if) such Person has agreed to
be bound by the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof as if it were
a party hereto and by the provisions of Section 9 of the
Credit Agreement as if it were a Lender party thereto.”
“ Specified Cash
Management Agreement : (x) any Cash Management
Agreement (a) entered into by (i) Holdings, the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) any Lender or Lender
Affiliate and (b) which has been designated by the Lender and
the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent not later than
90 days after the
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execution and
delivery thereof by any such Loan Party as a Specified Cash
Management Agreement, (y) any Specified Citigroup Cash
Management Agreement and (z) any Specified ABN AMRO Cash
Management Agreement (each of which is hereby designated as a
Specified Cash Management Agreement); provided that the designation
of any Cash Management Agreement as a Specified Cash Management
Agreement shall not create in favor of any Lender or Qualified
Counterparty that is a party thereto any rights in connection with
the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations
of any Guarantor under this Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.”
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