Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of
June 22, 2009, is entered into by and among Huntsman
International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Borrower ”), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, in their capacities as
lenders, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative
Agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the
Lenders. Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement
(as defined below).
RECITALS :
A.
The Borrower, the
Lenders, the Agents and the Administrative Agent have heretofore
entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
August 16, 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”).
B.
Of even date
herewith, the Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Credit
Suisse have entered into that certain Settlement Agreement dated as
of even date herewith in order to effectuate the settlement of
certain disputes among the parties thereto.
C.
The Borrower has
requested that, pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) of the
Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement be amended to issue a new
tranche of Dollar denominated term loans thereunder (the “
Term C Loans ”) in an amount equal to $500,000,000, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment
and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
D.
Each lender party
hereto agrees to make and fund Term C Loans (the “ Term C
Loan Lenders ”) in an amount equal to such Term C Loan
Lender’s Term C Dollar Commitment, on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Amendment and the Credit
Agreement as amended thereby. The proceeds
of the Term C Loans may be used by the Borrower for any purpose not
expressly prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
E.
The Term C Loans
constitute, and are intended to constitute, Secured Obligations as
defined in the Collateral Security Agreement and Secured
Obligations as defined in the Pledge Agreement.
F.
This Amendment
constitutes a Loan Document and these Recitals shall be construed
as part of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the Recitals herein contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
Issuance of Term C
Loans .
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term C
Loan Lender agrees to make Term C Loans on the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date to the Borrower in a principal amount equal to such
Term C Loan Lender’s Term C Dollar Commitment.
(b)
Each Term C Loan Lender will make and fund Term C Loans on the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Borrower for such
purpose. The commitments of the Term C Loan Lenders are
several and not joint and no such Term C Loan Lender will be
responsible for any other Term C Loan Lender’s failure to
make its Term C Loans.
(c)
All Term C Loans made on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date shall
be Base Rate Loans.
(d)
On and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, each reference in
the Credit Agreement to “Term Loans” shall be deemed to
include a reference to the Term C Loans.
SECTION 2
Amendments
. As of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in
Section 3 hereof), the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
2.1.
The following
defined terms in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement
are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as
follows:
“ Applicable Base Rate
Margin ” means at any date, (i) with respect to
Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the applicable percentage
set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Base
Rate Margin for Revolving Loans opposite the Most Recent Leverage
Ratio as of such date, (ii) with respect to Term C Dollar
Loans, 1.25% and (iii) with respect to Term B Dollar Loans,
the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable
Base Rate Margin for Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date:
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Most Recent
Leverage Ratio
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Applicable Base Rate
Margin for Revolving
Loans
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Less than or equal to 2.00 to
1
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0.25
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%
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than
or equal to 2.50 to 1
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0.50
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%
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Greater than 2.50 to 1
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0.75
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%
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Most Recent
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio
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Applicable Base Rate
Margin for Term B
Dollar Loans
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Less than or equal to 2.25 to
1
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0.50
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%
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Greater than 2.25 to 1
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0.75
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%
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“ Applicable Eurocurrency
Margin ” means at any date, (i) with respect to Term
B Dollar Loans, the applicable percentage set forth in the
following table under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for
Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio on such date, (ii) with respect to Term C
Dollar Loans, 2.25% and (iii) with respect to Revolving Loans,
the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under
the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Revolving Loans
opposite the Most Recent Leverage Ratio on such date:
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Most Recent
Leverage Ratio
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Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin for
Revolving Loans
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Less than or equal to 2.00 to
1
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1.25
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%
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than
or equal to 2.50 to 1
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1.50
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%
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Greater than 2.50 to 1
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1.75
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%
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Most Recent
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio
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Applicable Eurocurrency
Margin for Term B
Dollar Loans
|
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Less than or equal to 2.25 to
1
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1.50
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%
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Greater than 2.25 to 1
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1.75
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%
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“ Interest Payment Date
” means (i) as to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly
Payment Date to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (ii) as
to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months
or less, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and
(iii) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period
longer than three months, each three (3) month anniversary of the
first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided ,
however , that, in addition to the foregoing, each of
(A) the Revolver Termination Date, (B) the Term B Loan
Maturity Date and (C) the Term C Loan
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Maturity Date shall be deemed to be
an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest
which is then accrued hereunder for such Loan.
“
Loan ” means any Term B Dollar Loan, Term C Dollar
Loan, Swing Line Loan or Revolving Loan, and “Loans”
means all such Loans, collectively.
“ Term Note ” and
“ Term Notes ” means the Term C Dollar Notes
that evidence the Term C Dollar Loans and the notes provided for in
Section 2.2 that evidence indebtedness under the Term
Facilities, collectively.
2.2.
The following
defined terms are added to Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement where alphabetically appropriate:
“ Determination Date
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 12.23 .
“ Fourth Amendment
” means the Fourth Amendment to this Agreement dated as of
June 22, 2009.
“ Fourth Amendment
Effective Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
the Fourth Amendment.
“ Minimum Floor Amount
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 12.23 .
“ Refinanced Facility
Debt ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 12.23(a) .
“ Scheduled Term C Dollar
Repayments ” means, with respect to the principal
payments on the Term C Dollar Loans for each date set forth below,
that percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Term C Dollar Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date set
forth opposite thereto:
Scheduled Term C Dollar
Repayments
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Date
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Principal Payment
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March 31, 2010
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1% of the aggregate principal amount
as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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March 31, 2011
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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March 31, 2012
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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March 31, 2013
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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Date
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Principal Payment
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March 31, 2014
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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March 31, 2015
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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March 31, 2016
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date
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Term C Loan Maturity Date
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of Term C
Dollar Loans outstanding on the Term C Loan Maturity
Date.
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“ Term C Dollar
Commitment ” means, with respect to any Term C Dollar
Lender signatory to the Fourth Amendment, the principal amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a)
hereto under the caption “Amount of Term C Dollar
Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to
time pursuant to this Agreement or increased pursuant to
Section 2.1(a)(ii) , and “Term C Dollar
Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which
commitments equal $500,000,000 in the aggregate on the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date.
“ Term C Dollar
Facility ” means the credit facility under this Agreement
evidenced by the Term C Dollar Commitments and the Term C Dollar
Loans.
“ Term C Dollar Lender
” means any Lender which has a Term C Dollar Commitment or
has made (or a portion thereof) a Term C Dollar Loan.
“ Term C Dollar Loan
” and “ Term C Dollar Loans ” have the
meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.1(d)
.
“ Term
C Loan Maturity Date ” means June 30,
2016.
2.3.
The following is
added as Section 2.1(d) to the Credit
Agreement:
“(d)
Term C Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof and in the Fourth Amendment, each Term C Dollar Lender
agrees to make a loan in Dollars (the “ Term C Dollar
Loans ”) to the Borrower on the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Term C Dollar Commitment. No amount of a Term
C Dollar Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be
reborrowed hereunder. The Term C Dollar Loans shall be
denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted
into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination
thereof,
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provided , that all Term C Dollar Loans made by the Term
C Dollar Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term C
Dollar Loans of the same Type.”
2.4.
The following is
added as Section 4.2(d) to the Credit
Agreement:
“(d)
Reduction of Term C Dollar Commitments . The Term C Dollar
Commitments shall terminate on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
after giving effect to the Term C Dollar Loans on such
date.”
2.5.
The following is
added to the end of Section 4.4(b) of the Credit
Agreement:
“Payments to be made pursuant
to this Section 4.4(b) with respect to Term C Dollar
Loans shall be paid in Dollars.”
2.6.
The following is
added as Section 4.5(d) to the Credit
Agreement:
“(d)
Prepayment of Term C Dollar Loans . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, including
without limitation, any provision of Article IV hereof,
the Borrower shall have the right to prepay in whole (but not in
part) the outstanding Term B Dollar Loans without any obligation to
prepay any portion of the Term C Dollar Loans.”
2.7.
Article XII
of the Credit
Agreement is amended to add the following Section 12.23
:
“12.23
Term C Dollar Lenders .
Each Term C Dollar Lender agrees
that upon the earlier to occur of (x) the Term B Loan Maturity
Date and (y) the date that all Term B Dollar Loans are prepaid
or repaid in full (for any reason) (such earlier date, the “
Determination Date ”):
(a)
Without limitation of any of the terms of the Loan Documents or any
provisions thereof, the Borrower shall have the right in its sole
discretion at any time to refinance or replace all of the
Facilities outstanding immediately prior to the Determination Date
under this Agreement (other than the Term C Dollar Facility)
(collectively, the “ Refinanced Facility Debt ”)
pursuant to separate credit documentation. In connection
therewith:
(i)
all collateral, guarantees and other credit support that secures,
guarantees or otherwise supports the Term C Dollar Facility
pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the
Security Documents) shall be available (on a pari
passu basis in payment and lien priority, and in any event
on the same basis as the Facilities are afforded under the Loan
Documents as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) to secure,
guarantee or otherwise support any and all such Refinanced Facility
Debt, together with any other senior secured indebtedness of the
Borrower (including, without limitation, one or more
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revolving and/or term credit
facilities), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the
greater of (A) the principal amount of Refinanced Facility
Debt outstanding on the Determination Date (or its equivalent in
any other currency) and (B) $2,100,000,000 (or its equivalent
in any other currency) (such greater amount, the “ Minimum
Floor Amount ”), as the Minimum Floor Amount may be
reduced after the Determination Date pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of “Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness”; and
(ii)
the Loan Documents shall be amended and other documents and
agreements will be entered into (such amendments, documents and
agreements solely requiring the signatures of the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower to be effective) in order to effectuate the
foregoing and to make any necessary conforming changes.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 4.4(c)(i) , no prepayment of proceeds from a
Recovery Event shall be required pursuant to such Section to the
extent that (x) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default then exists and (y) the Borrower delivers a
certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such date
stating that an amount equal to the proceeds of such Recovery Event
is expected to be used to purchase assets used or to be used in the
businesses referred to in Section 8.9 within 360 days
following the date of receipt of such proceeds (which certificate
shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended);
provided that (1) if all or any portion of such proceeds not
so applied to such prepayment are not so used (or contractually
committed to be used) within such 360 day period as provided above,
such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of the
period or such earlier date as the Borrower is obligated to make an
offer to purchase Senior Secured Notes (2010) due to such Recovery
Event as a mandatory repayment of principal of outstanding Loans as
provided in Section 4.4(c)(i) and (2) if all or
any portion of such proceeds result from a Recovery Event involving
Collateral owned by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary (other
than the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary), then such proceeds
shall be required to be reinvested in assets located in the United
States constituting Collateral (to the extent not used to repay
Loans pursuant to Section 4.4(c)(i) ).
(c)
Article IX shall no longer apply for any purpose under
this Agreement (including, without limitation, for the purposes of
Section 2.1(a)(ii) , Section 7.2(b) ,
Section 8.7(j) and Section 8.7(m)
).
(d)
“ Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” shall
mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, any Indebtedness
refinancing, extending, renewing or refunding such Indebtedness;
provided, however, that any such refinancing Indebtedness shall
(i) be issued by the same obligor as the Indebtedness being so
refinanced (or by Huntsman Corporation or a Parent Company) and be
on terms, taken as a whole, not more restrictive than the terms of
the documents governing the Indebtedness being so refinanced;
(ii) if the Indebtedness being so refinanced is subordinated
to the Obligations, be subordinated to the Obligations on
substantially the same terms (or on terms at least as favorable to
the Lenders) as Indebtedness being so refinanced; (iii) be in
a principal amount (as
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