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Note Purchase Agreement

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Title: Note Purchase Agreement
Date: 7/28/2009
Industry: Auto and Truck Manufacturers     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

Note Purchase Agreement, Parties: ford motor company , ford-uaw holdings llc
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Exhibit 10.3

 

July 22, 2009

 

Ford-UAW Holdings LLC

15041 Commerce Drive South

Rotunda Court #4

Dearborn, MI  48120

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 7, 2008 (the "Note Purchase Agreement") by and among, Ford Motor Company, as Issuer ("Ford"), you, as Purchaser, and the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein relating to the $3 billion principal amount 9.5% Guaranteed Secured Note due January 1, 2018 ("Second Lien Note") issued by Ford to you. (Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement.)

 

 

1.

Second Lien Debt Limitation.   Section 8.6 of the Note Purchase Agreement restricts Ford from having more than $4 billion of second lien debt secured by its assets outstanding at any time, subject to certain exceptions.  To permit Ford to borrow funds from the U.S. Department of Energy or other federal governmental authorities (or a commercial bank and guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Energy or other federal governmental authority) in excess of $4 billion secured on a second lien basis with the Collateral pledged under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, including the Collateral Trust Agreement and the Security Agreement, the parties to the Note Purchase Agreement wish to amend this restriction. Accordingly, the parties to the Note Purchase Agreement hereby agree to amend Section 8.6 of the Note Purchase Agreement to read in its entirety as set forth in Attachment A hereto.

 

 

2.

Additional Covenants.   Consistent with the terms of the amendment set forth in paragraph 1 above, the parties to the Note Purchase Agreement hereby agree to amend the Note Purchase Agreement by amending Section 8.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement and adding new sections 8.9 through 8.23 as additional covenants of Ford, each as set forth in Attachment B hereto. Capitalized terms used in Attachment B and not otherwise defined in the Note Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.

 

 

3.

Additions and Deletions of Guarantors .  The parties to the Note Purchase Agreement hereby agree to amend Schedule 1 thereto to read in its entirety as set forth in Attachment C hereto to reflect the deletion of Land Rover North America, Inc. as a Subsidiary Guarantor and the addition of Ford BH1 Ltd, Ford BH2 Ltd and Volvo Holding Company Inc. as Subsidiary Guarantors and Non-Recourse Parties under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Guaranty endorsed on the Note, such deletions and additions having been made in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

4.

Amendment to Sections 9(c) and (h).   The parties to the Note Purchase Agreement hereby agree to amend the Note Purchase Agreement by changing Section 9(c) and Section 9(h) to read as follows:

 

"(c) the Issuer or any Significant Guarantor (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall default in the observance or performance of (i) its agreements under Section 8.2, (ii) its agreements under Section 8.13 or Section 8.14 for a period of 20 consecutive days or (iii) any other agreement contained in this Agreement and, with respect to clause (iii) only, such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof to the Issuer by the holder of the Note; or"

 

 

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“(h)(i) an Event of Default under clause (d), (e), (g), (h) or (k) of Section 8 of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing; or (ii) an Event of Default under any other clause of Section 8 of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing that has resulted in any outstanding indebtedness or other obligations thereunder to be declared immediately due and payable;”.

 

Other than as amended hereby, the Note Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil M. Schloss

 

 

Name:  Neil M. Schloss

 

Title:  Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3000 SCHAEFER ROAD COMPANY

 

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

 

FORD MOTOR SERVICE COMPANY

 

FORD MOTOR VEHICLE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LLC

 

FORD TRADING COMPANY, LLC

 

LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC.

 

VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, as Subsidiary Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil M. Schloss

 

 

Name: Neil M. Schloss

 

Title:  Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

FORD BH1 LTD

 

FORD BH2 LTD

 

FORD EUROPEAN HOLDINGS LLC

 

FORD HOLDINGS LLC

 

FORD INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL LLC

 

FORD MEXICO HOLDINGS, INC.

 

FORD COMPONENT SALES, L.L.C.

 

VOLVO HOLDING COMPANY INC., as Subsidiary

 

Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ David M. Brandi

 

 

Name:  David M. Brandi

 

Title:  Assistant Treasurer

 

 

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FORD SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, LLC, as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

By:  Ford Motor Company, as sole member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil M. Schloss

 

 

Name: Neil M. Schloss

 

Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

GRUPO FORD, S. de R.L. de C.V., as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David M Brandi

 

 

Name:  David M. Brandi

 

Title:  Attorney-in-Fact

 

The foregoing agreement is hereby accepted as of the date first written above:

 

FORD-UAW HOLDINGS LLC

 

By:

/s/ Peter J. Daniel

 

Name:  Peter J. Daniel

Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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ATTACHMENT A

 

8.6            Limitation on Secured Debt .  Other than Permitted Liens (as defined below), the Issuer shall not at any time have outstanding more than $20,485,000,000 principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money secured on a first lien basis with its assets nor more than $14,400,000,000 principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money secured on a second or junior lien basis with its assets; provided, however, that (i) any such indebtedness for borrowed money secured on a second or junior lien basis in excess of $4 billion (including the Note) ("Junior Lien Debt") shall consist only of loans from or obligations to the U.S. Department of Energy or other federal governmental authorities (or a commercial bank and guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Energy or other federal governmental authority) , (ii) any Junior Lien Debt  shall be secured by a lien on Collateral pledged under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, including the Collateral Trust Agreement and the Security Agreement that, although constituting Permitted Second Lien Debt thereunder, will, as between the Purchaser or any subsequent holder of the Note and the lenders of such Junior Lien Debt, be  junior to the second lien securing the Note, and the priority of which will be governed by an intercreditor agreement among the parties hereto and the lenders of such Junior Lien Debt substantially similar to the intercreditor provisions of Section 8 of the Collateral Trust Agreement (as if the second lien securing the Note were a first priority secured obligation and the Junior Lien Debt were a second priority secured obligation), and (iii) this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the benefit of any terms contained in existing and future Junior Lien Debt if such terms, taken as whole, are more favorable to the lenders thereof than those contained herein for the benefit of the Purchaser or any subsequent holder of the Note (other than in respect of interest rates, fees, call protection or the absence of a call feature, premiums or maturity dates), provided, however, that to the extent the future Junior Lien Debt provides for specified project financing, this clause (iii) shall not apply to any terms that relate to such project or its eligibility for financing; provided further that any such amendments shall have effect only for so long as is necessary to comply with this clause (iii).  For avoidance of doubt, such amendments shall no longer have effect after any such Junior Lien Debt is no longer outstanding or its terms, taken as whole, are no longer more favorable from a lender’s perspective than the terms of the Note without such amendments.

 

"Permitted Liens" for purposes hereof shall mean:

 

(a) liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges and utility charges, in each case that are not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Issuer in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP");

 

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c) permits, servitudes, licenses, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances imposed by applicable law or incurred in the ordinary course of business or    minor imperfections in title to real property that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(d) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) granted to others that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and licenses of trademarks and intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business;

 

 

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(e) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business or statutory liens imposed in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security or pension benefits or liens incurred or pledges or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, tenders, sales, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), statutory obligations, and surety, appeal, customs or performance bonds and similar obligations, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f) liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments;

 

(g) purchase money liens on property (other than shares of capital stock or indebtedness) existing at the time of acquisition (including acquisition through amalgamation, merger or consolidation) or to secure the payment of any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure any indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after, the acquisition of such property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure indebtedness provided, or guaranteed, by a governmental authority to finance research and development, limited in each case to the property purchased (or developed) with the proceeds thereof;

 

(h) other than liens existing pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined therein), liens in existence on the Closing Date; provided that no such lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date and that  the amount of indebtedness for borrowed money

secured thereby is not increased;

 

(i) liens on property or capital stock of a person at the time such person becomes a subsidiary of the Issuer; provided however , that such liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other person becoming a subsidiary; provided further , however , that any such lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

(j) liens on property at the time the Issuer acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Issuer; provided , however , that such liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further , however , that such liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

(k) any lien securing the renewal, refinancing, replacing, refunding, amendment, extension or modification, as a whole or in part, of any indebtedness secured by any lien permitted by clause (g), (h), (i), (j), and (u) of this definition or this paragraph (k) without any change in the assets subject to such lien;

 

(l) any lien arising out of claims under a judgment or award rendered or claim filed, so long as such judgments, awards or claims do not constitute an event of default under the Credit Agreement;

 

(m) any lien consisting of rights reserved to or vested in any governmental authority by any statutory provision;

 

(n) liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts held at such banks or financial institutions or over investment property held in a securities account, as the case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling and/or interest set-off arrangements in respect of such bank accounts or securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

 

 

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(o) liens in favor of lessors pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions to the extent the disposition of the asset subject to any such sale and leaseback transaction is permitted under the Credit Agreement;

 

(p) liens under industrial revenue, municipal or similar bonds;

 

(q) liens on securities accounts (other than liens to secure indebtedness for borrowed money);

 

(r) statutory liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a governmental authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries under environmental laws to which any assets of the Issuer or any such subsidiaries are subject;

 

(s) liens granted by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries to a landlord to secure the payment of arrears of rent in respect of leased properties in the Province of Quebec leased from such landlord, provided that any such lien is limited to the assets located at or about such leased properties;

 

(t) servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other agreements with governmental authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the property and assets of the Issuer consisting of real property, provided same are complied with; and

 

(u) liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses securing obligations or other liabilities of the Issuer; provided that the outstanding amount of all such obligations and liabilities shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any time.

 

 

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ATTACHMENT B

 

8.5              Consolidations, Mergers and Conveyances . (a) Each of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors may consolidate with, or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to, or merge with or into, (1) any entity if the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing entity or (2) any entity existing under the laws of (i) the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, in the case of the Issuer, and (ii) any jurisdiction, in the case of a Significant Guarantor in connection with an asset sale permitted under Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement; provided, however , that in the case of clause (1) there shall be no default or event of default continuing after giving effect to such transaction; and provided further that in the case of clause (2) that is not in connection with an asset sale that is permitted under Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement, (x) the successor entity shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Note, in the case of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and the Note, in the case of the Issuer, or this Agreement and the Guaranty, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, by an instrument satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable judgment, executed and delivered to the Purchaser by such entity, and (y) such successor entity shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.

 

(b) Upon any consolidation by the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor with or merger by the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor into any other person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.5(a) hereof, (x) the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer hereunder and under the Note, or of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty, as the case may be, with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and (y) thereafter, the predecessor entity shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants hereunder and under the Note.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Note, if a Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its guaranty under the Credit Agreement, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from the Guaranty (without requirement of notice to or consent of the Purchaser or any holder of the Note).  If requested by the Issuer, the holders of the Note agree to take promptly any action reasonably requested by the Issuer to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its guaranty.

 

8.9    Maintenance of Business; Existence . The Issuer  will continue to engage primarily in the automotive business and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights necessary for the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.10 Maintenance of Property; Insurance . The Issuer  will, and will cause each Significant Guarantor to, maintain, as appropriate, with insurance companies that the Issuer believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Issuer) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Issuer believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Issuer) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Issuer believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Issuer) are reasonable in light of the size and nature of its business.

 

 

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8.11 Notices . Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of t


 
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