Flowserve B.V. and
Flowserve Corporation
First Amendment To Letter
of Credit Agreement
This First Amendment to Letter of Credit
Agreement (the “Amendment” ) is entered into as
of September 11, 2008, by and among Flowserve Corporation , a New
York corporation (the “Guarantor” ), Flowserve
B.V., a company organized and existing under the laws of the
Netherlands, and other Subsidiaries of the Guarantor party hereto
(collectively, including the Guarantor, the
“Applicants” and individually, an
“Applicant” ), the financial institutions party
hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and
individually, a “Lender” ), and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a public
company with limited liability organized and existing under the
laws of the Netherlands , as an Issuing Bank and as
Administrative Agent.
A. The Applicants, the Lenders, ABN AMRO
Bank N.V., as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent, are
party to a Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 14, 2007 (as such agreement may be amended,
supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Letter of Credit Agreement” ). All capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings
herein as such terms have in the Letter of Credit
Agreement.
B. The Applicants, the Lenders, and ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent,
have agreed to amend the Letter of Credit Agreement under the terms
and conditions set forth in this Amendment.
Now, Therefore,
for good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Letter of Credit Agreement
shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:
Section 1.1. Amended
Definitions. The
definitions of “Applicable Margin” ,
“Termination Date” and “Total
Commitments” set forth in Article 1 of the Letter of
Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety
to read as follows:
“Applicable Margin”
shall mean, for any day, with
respect to Letters of Credit, the Unused Commitment Fee, or any
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, the applicable margin set forth
below under the corresponding caption, in each case, based upon the
Leverage Ratio as of the relevant date of determination:
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Letters of
Credit and
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Unreimbursed
L/C
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Leverage
Ratio
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Disbursements
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Unused
Commitment Fee
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Category 1:
Greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00
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1.50
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%
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0.50
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%
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Category 2:
Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.75 to
1.00
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1.25
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%
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0.40
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%
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Category 3:
Greater than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to
1.00
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1.00
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%
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0.35
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%
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Category 4:
Less than 1.25 to 1.00
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0.875
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%
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0.30
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%
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provided that, on and after any date subsequent to the First
Amendment Effective Date that the Guarantor has received a rating
from Moody’s of Ba1 for its Corporate Family Rating and a
rating from S&P of BB+ for its Corporate Credit Rating, then
each percentage expressed in the foregoing pricing grid with
respect to Letters of Credit and unreimbursed l/c disbursements
shall be automatically reduced by .125%.
Each change in
the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio
shall be effective on and after the date of delivery to the
Administrative Agent of the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.04(a) or (b) and
Section 5.04(c), respectively, indicating such change until
the date immediately preceding the next date of delivery of such
financial statements and certificates indicating another such
change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of the First Amendment
Effective Date, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in
Category 4, and shall continue to be deemed to be in such category
until the Guarantor shall have delivered the financial statements
and certificates required by Section 5.04(a),
Section 5.04(b) and Section 5.04(c), respectively, for
the its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008;
provided , however , that (a) at any time during
which the Guarantor has failed to deliver the financial statements
and certificates required by Section 5.04(a) or (b) and
Section 5.04(c), respectively, or (b) at any time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 for purposes
of determining the Applicable Margin.
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“Termination Date”
shall mean the day that is
364 days after the First Amendment Effective Date, or if that
day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day.
“Total
Commitments” means
the aggregate amount of the Commitments, which as of the First
Amendment Effective Date shall be One Hundred Ten Million euros
( € 110,000,000), as such amount may be increased
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01(n) hereof or
decreased pursuant to the provisions of (a) Section 2.06
hereof or (b) other applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 1.2. Additional
Definitions. Article 1 of the Letter of Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by inserting the following defined terms in their
appropriate alphabetical locations:
“First
Amendment” shall
mean that First Amendment to Letter of Credit Agreement dated as of
September 11, 2008, by and among the Applicants party thereto,
the Lenders party thereto and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as an Issuing
Bank and as Administrative Agent.
“First
Amendment Effective Date” shall mean September 12, 2008.
Section 1.3. Expiration Dates.
Section 2.01(c) of the Letter
of Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
(c) Expiration Dates . Each Letter of
Credit shall expire not later than 24 months after the date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that this Agreement is
in effect, (i) one or more Letters of Credit in an aggregate
face amount not to exceed € 75,000,000 at any time outstanding may expire on
a date that is more than 24 months, but not more than
48 months, after such date of measurement of the
then-remaining term of such Letters of Credit, such that no expiry
date for any such Letters of Credit shall be later than that day
occurring 48 months after such date of measurement, and
(ii) one or more Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount
not to exceed € 12,000,000 at any time outstanding may expire on
a date that is more than 48 months, but not more than
60 months, after such date of measurement of the
then-remaining term of such Letters of Credit, such that no expiry
date for any such Letters of Credit shall be later than that day
occurring 60 months after such date of measurement.
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Section 1.4. Commitment
Increases. Section 2.01(n) of the Letter of Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(n)
Commitment Increases. The Applicants shall be entitled to
request, at any time prior to the Termination Date, that the Total
Commitments be increased by an aggregate amount not to exceed Forty
Million euros € 40,000,000 (such additional Commitments are
referred to herein as the “ Additional Commitments
”); provided that, in no event shall the aggregate
Total Commitments exceed at any time One Hundred Fifty Million
euros ( € 150,000,000); and provided further that
(i) no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of such
request, (ii) the Applicants give the Administrative Agent ten
(10) days prior written notice of such election, (iii) no
Lender shall be obligated to increase such Lender’s
Commitment without such Lender’s prior written consent, which
may be withheld in such Lender’s sole discretion, and
(iv) any person providing any Additional Commitment amount
that is not already a Lender must be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Applicants. In
connection with any such increase in the Total Commitments, the
parties shall execute any documents reasonably requested in
connection with or to evidence such increase, including without
limitation an amendment to this Agreement.
Section 1.5. Letter of Credit
Administration and Handling Charges. Section 2.02(d) of the Letter of Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(d) The
Applicant for any Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall pay to
the relevant Issuing Bank for its own account, the Issuing
Bank’s standard administration (including issuance, drawing,
cancellation, amendment and transfer charges) and handling charges
(or, in the alternative, such administration and handling charges
as agreed upon by the Applicant and the relevant Issuing Bank) in
the currency directed by the Issuing Bank, which charges shall be
payable at such times and in such amounts as may be set forth in
the standard schedule of such Issuing Bank for such
charges.
Section 1.6.
Schedule 1.01(B). Schedule 1.01(B) of the Letter of Credit
Agreement is amended and replaced in its entirety by
Schedule 1.01(B) attached hereto.
Section
2. Conditions
Precedent.
This Amendment
shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
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2.1 This Amendment shall have been duly executed
by the parties hereto and delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
2.2. All legal matters incident to this
Amendment shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and to
the Administrative Agent.
2.3. The Administrative Agent shall have
received all Fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to
the First Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced at least 1 Business Day prior to the First Amendment
Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket
expenses required to be reimbursed or paid hereunder or under any
other Facility Document.
2.4. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a solvency certificate for the Guarantor, certified by a
Financial Officer of the Guarantor, in form and substance
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
2.5. The Administrative Agent shall have
received (i) financial projections for the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) consolidated unaudited annual financial
statements for each Other Applicant party hereto on the closing
date and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2007, and (iii) consolidated annual
financial statements for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal years ending December 31, 2005, December 31, 2006
and December 31, 2007, and all such projections and financial
statements shall be in form and substance acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
2.6. The Administrative Agent shall have
received for each Credit Party all documentation and other
information required by any Governmental Authority under applicable
anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot
Act.
2.7. There shall be no litigation or
administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3. Post-Closing
Requirements.
Within 30 Business Days after the First
Amendment Effective Date, the Applicants shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent: (i) a favorable written opinion of
(a) John M. Nanos, Vice President - Strategic Transactions
Counsel of the Guarantor, substantially in the form of the legal
opinion set forth in Exhibit A-1, (b) with respect to
each Other Applicant that is a Domestic Subsidiary, counsel,
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, for such Subsidiary
substantially in the form of the legal opinion set forth in
Exhibit A-2, and (c) with respect to each Other Applicant
that is a Foreign Subsidiary, counsel, acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, for such Subsidiary substantially in the form
of the legal opinion set forth in Exhibit A-3, in each case
addressed to the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders; (ii) a certificate as to the good standing of each
Credit Party as of a recent date from the Secretary of State, or
other appropriate governmental authority, of the state of such
Credit Party’s state of organization and, to the extent
generally available, a certificate or other evidence of good
standing as to payment of any applicable franchise or similar taxes
from the appropriate taxing authority of each of such
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jurisdictions;
(iii) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation
or other similar charter document, including all amendments
thereto, of each Credit Party, certified (to the extent relevant)
as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its
organization, and, in case such concept exists under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization (or, in the alternative,
except with respect to Flowserve Pompes S.A.S and Flowserve GB
Limited, a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or
similar officer) of each Credit Party certifying that such
certificate or articles or other similar charter document have not
been amended or otherwise modified from such charter document
delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with the
closing of the Letter of Credit Agreement); (iv) a certificate
of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or similar officer) of
each Credit Party certifying (a) that attached thereto is a
true and complete copy of the by-laws or articles of association or
other similar charter document of such Credit Party as in effect on
the First Amendment Effective Date and at all times since a date
prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause
(b) below (or, except with respect to Flowserve Pompes S.A.S.
and Flowserve GB Limited, certifying that the by-laws or articles
of association or other charter similar document of such Credit
Party has not been amended or otherwise modified from such charter
document delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with
the closing of the Letter of Credit Agreement), (b) that
attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of such Credit Party authorizing
the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, and that
such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and
are in full force and effect, (c) that the certificate or
articles of incorporation or other charter similar document of such
Credit Party have not been amended since the date of the last
amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing
furnished pursuant to clause (ii
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