AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “
Amendment ”) is made as of April 22, 2009 by and
among MASCO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and MASCO EUROPE S.à.r.l., a
company organized as a société à
responsabilité limitée under the laws of the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 22, Parc
d’activité Syrdall, L-5365 Münsbach and
registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies
under number B68.104 (“ Masco Europe ”; the
Company and Masco Europe being referred to collectively as the
“ Borrowers ”), the financial institutions
listed on the signature pages hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the administrative agent for the
“Banks” referred to below (the “ Agent
”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings given to them in the
“Credit Agreement” referred to below.
WHEREAS,
the signatories hereto are parties to that certain 5-Year Revolving
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2004 (as amended or
modified, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the
Borrowers, the financial institutions from time to time party
thereto (which shall include, for purposes of this Amendment (and
any other purposes set forth in the Credit Agreement), the
Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank) (the “ Banks
”), Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agent, and the Agent;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the
terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent have agreed to
the following amendments to the Credit Agreement.
1. Amendments . Effective as of the date hereof and
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
(a)
Credit Agreement Generally . The cover page of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to delete therefrom the amount
“$2,000,000,000”.
(b)
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
insert the following new defined term alphabetically
therein:
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“
Defaulting Bank ” means any Bank, as determined
by the Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its
Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans
within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it
hereunder, (b) notified the Borrowers, the Agent, the Issuing Bank,
the Swingline Lender or any Bank in writing that it does not intend
to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement
or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not
intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement
or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit,
(c) failed, within three Business Days after request by the
Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this
Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and
participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline
Loans, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Agent or any
other Bank any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject
of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or
has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or
(ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or
custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in
any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has
become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has
had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it,
or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment.
(c)
The definition of “ Floating Rate ” set
forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“
Floating Rate ” means, for any date, a rate per
annum equal to the highest of (i) the Prime Rate for such day,
(ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2% per
annum for such day, and (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate (without
giving effect to the Eurocurrency Margin) for a one month Interest
Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day
shall be based on the rate appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page 1 (or on any successor or substitute page) at approximately
11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Floating
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective
Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective from and including
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate,
respectively.
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(d)
The definition of “ Material Adverse Change
” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:
“
Material Adverse Change ” means a material
adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, from December 31,
2008, as reflected in the financial statements for the Fiscal Year
ended December 31, 2008 furnished to the Agent pursuant to
Section 5.01(A).
(e)
Article II of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to insert
immediately at the end thereof the following new
Section 2.20:
Section 2.20. Defaulting
Banks. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, if any Bank becomes a Defaulting Bank, then the
following provisions shall apply for so long as such Bank is a
Defaulting Bank:
(a) if any
Letters of Credit (including Reimbursement Obligations in respect
thereof) or Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time a Bank is a
Defaulting Bank, the Borrowers shall within one Business Day
following notice by the Agent (i) prepay the Swingline Loans
or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender, cash collateralize the
outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans of the
Defaulting Bank on terms satisfactory to the Swingline Lender, and
(ii) cash collateralize such Defaulting Bank’s L/C
Interests in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit (including
Reimbursement Obligations in respect thereof) in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 2.17(G) for so long as
such Letters of Credit (including Reimbursement Obligations in
respect thereof) remain outstanding (with the understanding that
such cash collateralization and Liens granted in respect thereof
shall be deemed permitted hereunder (including, without limitation,
under Section 5.04), notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth in this Agreement); and
(b) the
Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan
and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, extend,
renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that
cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.20(a) .
(f)
Section 2.01(A) of the Credit Agreement, which in part
provides for a limit on euro denominated Loans, is hereby amended
to delete therefrom the amount “$750,000,000” and to
substitute therefor the amount
“$500,000,000”.
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(g)
Section 2.01(B)(i) of the Credit Agreement, which in part
provides for the amount of the swingline subfacility, is hereby
amended to delete therefrom the amount “$200,000,000”
and to substitute therefor the amount
“$100,000,000”.
(h)
Section 2.17(B)(i) of the Credit Agreement, which in part
provides for the amount of the letter of credit subfacility, is
hereby amended to delete therefrom the amount
“$250,000,000” and to substitute therefor the amount
“$200,000,000”.
(i)
Section 2.18(A) of the Credit Agreement, which addresses
increases in the Commitments, is hereby amended to delete therefrom
clause (ii) as set forth therein.
(j)
Section 3.01(B) of the Credit Agreement, which in part limits
the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations and which in part limits
the amount of euro denominated Loans, is hereby amended to
(x) delete therefrom the amount “$250,000,000” and
to substitute therefor the amount “$200,000,000” and
(y) delete therefrom the amount “$750,000,000” and
to substitute therefor the amount
“$500,000,000”.
(k)
Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
insert the following clause (E) immediately after clause
(D) of such Section 3.01:
(E) At the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing,
Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension (including the use of the proceeds thereof), the
Borrowers shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 5.02.
Such pro forma compliance shall be determined based on the most
recently delivered financial information under Section 5.01,
and after giving pro forma effect to the applicable Borrowing,
Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension.
(l)
Section 5.02(A) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(A) Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth . At no time will Consolidated Net Worth
be less than Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. “Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of April 22, 2009,
$1,992,443,000, and shall be recomputed at the end of each Fiscal
Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on December 31,
2009) to equal 70% of Consolidated Net Worth for such Fiscal Year
then ended; provided , however , that when
determining Consolidated Net Worth for purposes of this
Section 5.02(A), the Company shall be entitled to add back, to
the extent taken in the respective Fiscal Year, up to $500,000,000
in the aggregate of the following: (i) non-cash charges
constituting impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets;
(ii) non-cash charges constituting impairment of financial
investments set forth
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in Note E of
the Company’s 2008 Form 10-K; (iii) non-cash charges
related to discontinued operations; and (iv) any non-cash net
reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income (other than
reductions related to pensions, post-retirement benefits and
similar retirement adjustments) from the amount reflected on the
December 31, 2008 balance sheet of the Company.
(m)
Section 5.02(B) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(B) Maximum
Debt to Capitalization . At no time will the ratio of
(i) Consolidated Debt to (ii) the sum of Consolidated
Debt and Consolidated Adjusted Net Worth exceed 65%;
provided , however , that for the purposes of the
limitations provided in, and computations under, this
Section 5.02(B) , “Debt” shall not include
(a) with respect to the Company, any Refunding Debt of the
Company to the extent that and for so long as such Debt constitutes
Refunding Debt, and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary, any
Debt of such Subsidiary (including any Refunding Debt) to the
extent that and for so long as such Debt is exem
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