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Title: FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/23/2009
Law Firm: Vinson Elkins    

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: deutsche bank ag , huntsman international llc
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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:

 

Most Recent
Leverage Ratio

 

Applicable Base Rate
Margin for Revolving
Loans

 

Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1

 

0.25

%

Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1

 

0.50

%

Greater than 2.50 to 1

 

0.75

%

 

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Most Recent
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

 

Applicable Base Rate
Margin for Term B
Dollar Loans

 

Less than or equal to 2.25 to 1

 

0.50

%

Greater than 2.25 to 1

 

0.75

%

 

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:

 

Most Recent
Leverage Ratio

 

Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin for
Revolving Loans

 

Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1

 

1.25

%

Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1

 

1.50

%

Greater than 2.50 to 1

 

1.75

%

 

Most Recent
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

 

Applicable Eurocurrency
Margin for Term B
Dollar Loans

 

Less than or equal to 2.25 to 1

 

1.50

%

Greater than 2.25 to 1

 

1.75

%

 

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

 

Date

 

Principal Payment

 

 

 

March 31, 2010

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2011

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2012

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2013

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

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Date

 

Principal Payment

 

 

 

March 31, 2014

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date

 

 

 

Term C Loan Maturity Date

 

100% of the aggregate principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans outstanding on the Term C Loan Maturity Date.

 

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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