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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. | Citibank, NA | COMERICA BANK | COMMERZBANK AG | FIFTH THIRD BANK | Issuing Bank | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | KBC BANK, NV | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | LUXEMBOURG SA | MASCO CORPORATION | MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD | NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | SUNTRUST BANK | Syndication Agent, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | US Corporation | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA You are currently viewing:
This Revolving Credit Agreement involves

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. | Citibank, NA | COMERICA BANK | COMMERZBANK AG | FIFTH THIRD BANK | Issuing Bank | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | KBC BANK, NV | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | LUXEMBOURG SA | MASCO CORPORATION | MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD | NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | SUNTRUST BANK | Syndication Agent, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | US Corporation | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA

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Title: AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Date: 4/30/2009
Industry: Furniture and Fixtures     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: bank of america  n.a. , bank of new york mellon , bank of tokyo-mitsubishi ufj  ltd. , citibank  na , comerica bank , commerzbank ag , fifth third bank , issuing bank , jpmorgan chase bank  national association , kbc bank  nv , keybank national association , luxembourg sa , masco corporation , mizuho corporate bank  ltd , northern trust company , pnc bank  national association , royal bank of canada , suntrust bank , syndication agent  sumitomo mitsui banking corporation , us bank national association , us corporation , wachovia bank  national association , wells fargo bank  na
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Exhibit 4

CONFORMED COPY

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.

WITNESSETH:

          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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