AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 17,
2009
AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “
Amendment ”) among Eastman Kodak Company (the “
Company ”), Kodak Canada Inc. (“ Kodak
Canada ”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below) and Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent (the
“ Agent ”).
1.
The Company, Kodak Canada and the subsidiaries of the Company party
thereto have entered into the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2009 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”), with the Lenders party thereto, the Agent,
Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Co-Lead
Arrangers and Co- Bookrunners. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Amendment have the meanings specified therefor in
the Credit Agreement.
2.
The Company has requested the ability to issue up to $700,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of senior secured and/or senior
unsecured Debt to refinance its existing Convertible Notes and for
other general corporate purposes and in connection therewith, the
Borrowers have requested certain modifications to the Credit
Agreement to permit the issuance of such Debt.
3.
The Required Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to amend the Credit Agreement in
response to the Borrowers’ request as set forth
herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Amendment to Credit Agreement . Effective as of the date
on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 have
been satisfied or waived, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Clause
(d) of the definition of “ Eligible Equipment
” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by inserting “, Liens permitted under clause
(x) of Section 5.02(a)” immediately after
“Permitted Liens” in the second line
thereof.
(b) The definition
of “ L/C Related Documents ” in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the reference to Section 2.06(b)(i) therein with
Section 2.06(c)(i).
(c) The definition
of “ Loan Documents ” in Section 1.01 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by renumbering clause
(iv) thereof as clause (v) and adding
“(iv) all Intercreditor Agreements” immediately
after clause (iii) thereof.
(d) The definition
of “ Permitted Collateral Liens ” in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the phrase “Eligible Inventory” with
“Eligible Equipment”.
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(e)
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting
the following new definitions in their correct alphabetical
order:
“
Amendment No. 1 ” means Amendment No. 1 to
this Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2009, among the
Company, the Lenders and the Agent.
“
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date ” means the
“Amendment Effective Date” under and as defined in
Amendment No. 1.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ” means, in connection with
the issuance of any Permitted Senior Debt secured by Collateral, an
intercreditor agreement among the Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties (as defined in each of the Security Agreement and the
Canadian Security Agreement), the agent or trustee in respect of
such Permitted Senior Debt, and the Loan Parties, on substantially
the terms set forth in Exhibit I hereto (or on terms that are
no less favorable to the Lenders than the terms set forth in
Exhibit I hereto) or otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
“ Net
Debt Proceeds ” means, with respect to any issuance or
incurrence of any Permitted Senior Debt, the gross cash proceeds
received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with
such issuance or incurrence, net of out-of-pocket expenses of the
Company incurred in connection therewith, including reasonable
legal fees, broker’s and underwriter’s discounts and
commissions, accountants’ fees and other customary fees and
expenses directly related to such issuance or
incurrence.
“
Permitted Senior Debt ” means senior Debt of the
Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $700,000,000
( plus any increase in the principal amount thereof by the
amount of any interest that is paid in kind pursuant to the terms
of the applicable Permitted Senior Debt Documents) issued or
incurred on or after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date that
(i) will not mature prior to the date that is six months after
the Extension Termination Date, (ii) has no scheduled
amortization or payments of principal, or mandatory or optional
conversions into cash (unless the Company has the election,
pursuant to the terms of such Debt, to settle in common stock any
such mandatory or optional conversions into cash), in each case
prior to the date that is six months after the Extension
Termination Date (it being understood that change of control or
asset sale prepayment provisions shall not constitute scheduled
amortization or payments of principal for purposes of this clause
(ii)) and (iii) subject to the foregoing clauses (i) and
(ii), has covenant, default, remedy and similar provisions, and
mandatory prepayment, repurchase, redemption and similar
provisions, in each case, on market terms (or on terms that are no
less favorable to the Company than market terms) for similar
issuances of Debt by issuers with similar creditworthiness as the
Company at the time of the issuance or incurrence of such Permitted
Senior Debt (as reasonably determined by the Company);
provided that any such Debt shall constitute Permitted
Senior Debt only if, (a) before and after giving effect to the
issuance or incurrence thereof, no Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, (b) to the extent that such Permitted Senior
Debt is to be secured by Liens pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(x), the
Agent, the trustee or agent in respect of such Permitted Senior
Debt, and the applicable Loan Parties shall have executed and
delivered an Intercreditor Agreement in respect of such Permitted
Senior Debt and such Intercreditor Agreement shall have become
fully effective in accordance with its terms, (c) to the
extent required pursuant to Section 2.22, the Net Debt
Proceeds of such Debt shall be deposited into the Permitted Senior
Debt Cash Collateral Account and administered in accordance with
Section 2.22 and (d)
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Excess
Availability as of the date of such issuance or incurrence of such
Debt shall not be less than $100,000,000; and provided
further that, subject to clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) of this definition of Permitted Senior Debt, all or any
portion of such Permitted Senior Debt may be convertible into
common stock of the Company, cash, or any combination thereof, on
market terms for similar issuances of convertible Debt by issuers
with similar creditworthiness as the Company at the time of the
issuance or incurrence of such Permitted Senior Debt.
“
Permitted Senior Debt Cash Collateral Account ” means
a blocked deposit account of the Company at Citibank, N.A., which
account shall be (a) under the sole dominion and control of
the Agent (including the exclusive right of withdrawal, collection
and control by the Agent of all deposits, balances and entitlements
held in or credited to such account), (b) subject to an
agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent, among Citibank, N.A., as depositary bank, the Company and
the Agent, providing for the exclusive collection and control by
the Agent of all deposits, balances and entitlements held in or
credited to such account subject to the terms of this Agreement and
(c) otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent.
“
Permitted Senior Debt Documents ” means all loan
agreements, indentures (and supplements thereto), guarantees,
security agreements and purchase agreements, and any other
agreements, instruments and documents, in each case executed and
delivered by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with any Permitted Senior Debt.
“
Required Escrow Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.22.
(f)
Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) renumbering clause (b) thereof as clause (c) and
(ii) inserting the following new clause (b) immediately
after clause (a) thereof:
(g)
Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting “or any Permitted Senior Debt” at the end
thereof.
(h)
Section 2.18(e)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by replacing the phrase “Section 2.18(i)” with
“Section 2.18(h)”.
(i)
Article II of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following new Section 2.22:
“SECTION
2.22. Escrow Amount . Upon the issuance or incurrence of any
Permitted Senior Debt (other than any interest that is paid in kind
in respect of Permitted Senior Debt), the Company shall transfer
the Net Debt Proceeds of such Debt, up to an aggregate amount equal
to the then outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes
(such principal amount outstanding from time to time, the “
Required Escrow Amount ”) to the Permitted Senior Debt
Cash Collateral Account to be held as additional Collateral. The
terms applicable to such account, including the rate of interest
payable with respect to the credit balance of such account from
time to time, shall be the Agent’s standard terms applicable
to cash collateral accounts maintained with it. Any interest shall
be credited to such account from time to time and, so long as no
Default shall have
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occurred and be
continuing, shall be paid over by the Agent to the Company. Upon
the request of the Company, within one Business Day of such
request, the Agent shall transfer to the Company all or any portion
of the funds held in or credited to the Permitted Senior Debt Cash
Collateral Account (i) to repay, repurchase, redeem or
otherwise satisfy the Convertible Notes, (ii) to repay or
prepay any Obligations or (iii) to be available to the Company
for general corporate purposes; provided that, before and
after giving effect to any such transfer pursuant to the foregoing
clauses (i) or (iii), (x) no Default under
Section 6.01(a) or (e) or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, (y) the balance of the funds contained in
or credited to the Permitted Senior Debt Cash Collateral Account
shall not be less than the Required Escrow Amount as of the date of
such transfer after giving effect to any repayment, repurchase,
redemption or other satisfaction of the Convertible Notes on such
date and (z) the Agent shall have received a certificate from
a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying compliance with the
foregoing clauses (x) and (y). Upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default, the Agent shall at the
request of, or may with the consent of, the Required Lenders, apply
all or any portion of the funds held in or credited to the
Permitted Senior Debt Cash Collateral Account to the repayment or
prepayment of Advances or to any other Obligations that are then
due and payable under the Loan Documents. The Permitted Senior Debt
Cash Collateral Account shall not be subject to the provisions of
Section 2.18.”
(j)
Section 4.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following phrase at the beginning of clause
(iv) thereof:
“except for
any notices that may be required pursuant to any applicable
Intercreditor Agreement,”
(k)
Section 4.01(p) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting “or permitted pursuant to
Section 5.02(a)(x)” at the end thereof.
(l)
Section 5.02(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause
(viii) thereof, (ii) adding the word “and”
and replacing the period with a comma immediately after clause
(ix) thereof and (iii) adding the following new clause
(x) immediately after clause (ix) thereof:
“(x) Liens
securing Permitted Senior Debt (and guarantees thereof permitted
under Section 5.02(d)(xviii)) on a second priority basis to
the Liens securing the Obligations, subject to the terms of any
applicable Intercreditor Agreement.”
(m)
Section 5.02(d)(xv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read as follows:
(n)
Section 5.02(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) replacing the period with a comma at the end of clause
(xvi) thereof and (ii) adding the following new clauses
(xvii) and (xviii) immediately after clause
(xvi) thereof:
“(xvii) Permitted
Senior Debt; and
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(xviii) Guarantees
of any Subsidiary of the Company in respect of Permitted Senior
Debt; provided that (A) such Subsidiary shall have also
provided a guarantee of the Obligations substantially on the terms
set forth in the Guaranty and shall have become a Guarantor
hereunder, which guarantee shall be in full force and effect and
(B) such Subsidiary shall have secured its Obligations under
the Loan Documents with Liens on its properties to the extent
required pursuant to Section 5.01(i) (notwithstanding that such
Subsidiary may otherwise be excluded by operation of
Section 5.01(i)(i)) in respect of a newly-acquired Material
Subsidiary, with such Subsidiary being deemed to be a
newly-acquired Material Subsidiary for purposes
thereof.”
(o)
Section 5.02(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) replacing the period at the end of clause (v) with a
semicolon and (ii) adding the following new proviso at the end
of Section 5.02(e):
“
provided that, notwithstanding anything in this
Section 5.02(e) to the contrary, no such sale, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition of any Collateral shall be
permitted to the extent that such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease
or other disposition is not permitted pursuant to the terms of any
Permitted Senior Debt Document.”
(p)
Section 5.02(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) deleting the word “or” at the end of clause
(v) thereof, (ii) adding the word “or” and
replacing the period with a semicolon immediately after clause
(vi) thereof and (iii) adding the following new clause
(vii) immediately after clause (vi) thereof:
“(vii) as
set forth in any Permitted Senior Debt Document, solely to the
extent that any such limitations or restrictions are no more
restrictive than those customarily found in issuances of high yield
Debt by issuers with similar creditworthiness as the Company at the
time of the issuance or incurrence of such Debt; provided
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any provision in any
Permitted Senior Debt Document that restricts the Company from
designating any of its subsidiaries that holds material
intellectual property or that engages in specified businesses as an
unrestricted subsidiary (i.e., a subsidiary designated by the
Company to be free of various covenant and other restrictions)
under such Permitted Senior Debt Document; and provided
further that, in any event, such restrictions or limitations
(individually or taken as a whole) could not reasonably be expected
have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties
to pay the Obligations.”
(q)
Section 5.02(h) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) deleting the word “and” and adding a comma at
the end of clause (iii) thereof, (ii) replacing the
period with a comma immediately after clause (iv) thereof and
(iii) adding the following new clause (v) immediately after
clause (iv) thereof:
“and
(v) make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares upon the
exercise or conversion of any warrants, rights or options to
acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Company shall be permitted to issue shares
of its common stock in connection with any conversion of its
convertible Debt, upon the exercise of options or warrants or
otherwise.”
(r)
Section 5.02(k)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by (i) adding the phrase “, convert into cash”
after the word “defease” in each instance that the word
“defease” appears therein, (ii) adding “any
Permitted Senior Debt or,” immediately prior to the phrase
“any
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public debt
securities” in the second line thereof, (iii) deleting
the word “or” and adding a comma at the end of clause
(C) thereof, (iv) replacing the reference to
“$10,000,00” in clause (D) thereof with
“$10,000,000” and (v) adding the following new
clauses (E) and (F) immediately after clause
(D) thereof:
“(E) conversion
of convertible Debt into common stock of the Company, and payments
of cash in lieu of fractional shares upon any such conversion or
(F) to the extent that such prepayment, redemption, purchase,
defeasance or other satisfaction is made with Net Debt Proceeds;
provided that (1) no Default under Section 6.01(a) or
(e) or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
(2) no amounts shall be due or outstanding in respect of the
Convertible Notes (unless funds in an amount not less than the
Required Escrow Amount are on deposit in the Permitted Senior Debt
Cash Collateral Account) and (3) the Agent shall have received
a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying
compliance with the foregoing clauses (1) and
(2).”
(s)
Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following new Section 5.02(l):
“(l)
Other Debt Covenants . The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries, to enter into any agreement,
instrument or other document governing the terms of any Permitted
Senior Debt which has (A) any financial maintenance covenant
or similar covenant or provision measuring the financial condition,
operating results or capitalization of the Company and/or any of
its Subsidiaries which is more restrictive on the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries than the corresponding covenant or provision
contained in the Loan Documents or (B) additional financial
maintenance covenants or similar covenants or provisions measuring
the financial condition, operating results or capitalization of the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries which are not contained in
the Loan Documents, unless, in each case, the Loan Parties amend
the Loan Documents to contain such additional or more restrictive
covenants or similar provisions. The Required Lenders hereby
consent to, and direct the Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) to
execute and deliver to the Loan Parties, any such amendment, on
terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent. For the avoidance
of doubt, this Section 5.02(l) does not apply to financial
performance measurements that may be used to test compliance with
any incurrence-based covenants contained in any such agreement,
instrument or other document (at the time of any such
incurrence).”
(t)
Section 6.01(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read as follows:
“(i) The
Company shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement contained in Sections 2.22, 5.01(d), 5.01(e),
clauses (i) through (vii) and (ix) of 5.01(h), 5.02 or
5.03, or”.
(u)
Section 6.01(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:
“(d) The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal
of or premium or interest on any Debt that is outstanding in a
principal, or in the case of Hedge Agreement Obligations, net
amount of, at least $50,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding
Debt outstanding hereunder) of the Company or such Subsidiary (as
the case may be), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity,
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required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure
shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified
in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other
event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the
applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or
instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to cause,
or to permit the holders or beneficiaries of such Debt (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holders or beneficiaries) to
cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Debt to be
demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased
or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to
repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Debt to be made, in each
case prior to the stated maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt
shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid
or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to
prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to
be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof;
or”
(v)
Article VIII of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following new Section 8.10:
“SECTION
8.10. Intercreditor Arrangements . With respect to the
issuance of any Permitted Senior Debt that is permitted to be
secured by Liens pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(x), each of the
Lenders hereby authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into one
or more Intercreditor Agreements on behalf of such Lender and
agrees that the Agent in its various capacities thereunder may take
such actions on its behalf as is contemplated by the terms of any
such Intercreditor Agreements. With respect to any Intercreditor
Agreement executed and delivered by the Agent in accordance with
this Agreement, each Lender hereunder (a) consents to any
subordination of Liens provided for in such Intercreditor
Agreement, (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take
no actions contrary to the provisions of such Intercreditor
Agreement, (c) authorizes and instructs the Agent to enter
into such Intercreditor Agreement as Agent and on behalf of such
Lender and (d) agrees that the Agent may take such actions on
behalf of such Lender as is contemplated by the terms of such
Intercreditor Agreement.”
SECTION
2. Conditions of Effectiveness . This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date (the “ Amendment Effective
Date ”) when, and only when, each of the following
conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or
waived:
(a) The Agent
shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by
(i) each of the Company, Kodak Canada and each Guarantor and
(ii) the Required Lenders, or as to any such Lender, advice
satisfactory to the Agent that such Lender has executed this
Amendment.
(b) The Agent
shall have received a certificate of each Borrower signed on behalf
of such Borrower by a Responsible Officer, dated the date of the
Amendment Effective Date, certifying as to (i) the correctness
of the representations and warranties contained in the Loan
Documents as though made on and as of the date of the Amendment
Effective Date, before and after giving effect to this Amendment
and (ii) the absence of any event occurring and continuing, or
resulting from the Amendment Effective Date, that constitutes a
Default.
(c) The Agent
shall have received such documents and certificates as the Agent or
its counsel may reasonably request relating to the authorization of
the transactions under this Amendment and any other legal matters
relating to the Loan Parties, this Amendment or the
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transactions
contemplated hereunder, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.
(d) Immediately
before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(e) The Company
shall have paid (i) to the Agent, for the benefit of each
Lender under Revolving Credit Facility-B executing this Amendment
prior to or concurrently with the effectiveness thereof, the
amendment fee described in the Fee Letter dated September 8,
2009, between the Company and the Agent (the “ Fee
Letter ”) and (ii) all invoiced accrued fees and
expenses of the Agent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sole
lead arranger in respect of this Amendment, (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of Shearman & Sterling LLP,
counsel for the Agent and the sole lead arranger in respect of this
Amendment, for which invoices shall
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