Exhibit 10.1
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LEDGE AND S ECURITY A GREEMENT ,
dated as of January 29, 2009 (this “
Amendment ”), among J ARDEN C ORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), L EHMAN C OMMERCIAL P APER I NC
. (“ LCPI
”), as Administrative Agent (as defined below), on behalf of
each Lender executing a Lender Consent (as defined below) and as
the Swing Line Lender and the Foreign Currency Fronting Lender
under the Credit Agreement referred to below (collectively, in such
capacities, the “ Existing Agent ”),
C ITICORP USA, I NC ., as
Syndication Agent (as defined below) and each Revolving Lender
party to the Credit Agreement, amends certain provisions of
(i) the C REDIT
A GREEMENT ,
dated as of January 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented,
restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the
Lenders and the L/C Issuers party thereto from time to time, LCPI,
as administrative agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (in
such capacity, and as agent for the Secured Parties under the
Collateral Documents, together with its successors in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”),
C ITICORP USA, I NC ., as
syndication agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Syndication Agent ”), and B
ANK OF A
MERICA , N.A., N ATIONAL C ITY B ANK OF I
NDIANA and S UN T
RUST B ANK , as
co-documentation agents for the Lenders and L/C Issuers and
(ii) the P LEDGE
AND S ECURITY A GREEMENT ,
dated as of January 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Pledge and Security Agreement ”), among the
Borrower, as a Grantor (as defined therein), each other Grantor
from time to time party thereto, and the Administrative Agent.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all capitalized terms used in
this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S
S E T H :
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2008,
LCPI commenced a voluntary case under chapter 11 of title 11 of the
United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) and
on such date, pursuant to section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, an
automatic stay went into effect that prohibits actions to interfere
with, or obtain possession or control of, LCPI’s property or
to collect or recover from LCPI any debts or claims that arose
before such date;
WHEREAS, LCPI desires to resign from
its capacities as the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender
and the Foreign Currency Fronting Lender under the Loan Documents,
and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (“ DBNY
”) desires to be appointed as the successor Administrative
Agent (in such capacity, the “ Successor Administrative
Agent ”), the successor Swing Line Lender (in such
capacity, the “ Successor Swing Line Lender
”) and the successor Foreign Currency Fronting Lender (in
such capacity, the “ Successor Foreign Currency
Fronting Lender ”) under the Loan Documents, each
effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), pursuant to
a resignation and assignment agreement, dated the date hereof (the
“ Resignation and Assignment Agreement
”), among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Existing
Agent and DBNY, as the Successor Administrative Agent, the
Successor Swing Line Lender and the Successor Foreign Currency
Fronting Lender (collectively, in such capacities, the “
Successor Agent ”);
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent
and the Successor Administrative Agent request that the Required
Lenders consent to such resignation and appointment and waive the
provisions of Section 9.09(a) (Successor Agents) of the
Credit Agreement requiring 30 days’ notice of the
Administrative Agent’s resignation;
WHEREAS, LCPI requests that the
Borrower and the Agents consent to its resignation as the Foreign
Currency Fronting Lender and waive the provision of
Section 2.17 (Resignation or Removal of the Foreign
Currency Fronting Lender) of the Credit Agreement requiring 30
days’ notice of such resignation;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Agents
and the Lenders desire to amend, to grant consents and waivers to
and to enter into agreements with respect to, certain provisions of
the Credit Agreement as more fully described herein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Agents
and the Lenders additionally desire to make certain amendments to
the Pledge and Security Agreement as more fully described
herein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 10.01(a) (Amendments, Etc.) of the Credit
Agreement, the consent of the Required Lenders and (in the case of
the amendments described in Section 2 (Certain Agreements
with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Related
Obligations of LCPI) of this Amendment) each Revolving Lender
is required to affect the amendments set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, each
Guarantor party to the Guarantor Consent (as defined below), each
Lender party to a Lender Consent, each Revolving Lender party
hereto, the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent agree,
subject to the limitations and conditions set forth herein, to
amend or otherwise modify the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and
Security Agreement, and to grant consents and waivers to, and enter
into agreements with respect to, certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement, in each case as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1. Consents and
Waivers .
(a) Waiver. Effective as of
the Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 6 (Conditions to
Effectiveness) hereof, the Required Lenders hereby waive the
requirement under Section 9.09(a) (Successor Agents) of
the Credit Agreement that the Lenders shall have received at least
30 days’ prior notice of the resignation of LCPI as the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Consent . Effective as of
the Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 6 (Conditions to
Effectiveness) hereof, the Required Lenders and the Borrower,
in accordance with Section 9.09(a) (Successor Agents)
of the Credit Agreement, hereby (i) consent to the appointment
of DBNY as the Successor Administrative Agent (including, in its
capacity as Enforcement Agent under, and as defined in, the Local
Credit Facility Intercreditor Agreement) and the Successor Swing
Line Lender and (ii) consent to all of the terms of, and
authorize the Existing Agent and the Successor Agent to enter into,
the Resignation and Assignment Agreement.
(c) Foreign Currency Fronting
Lender . Effective as of the Effective Date and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6
(Conditions to Effectiveness) hereof, the Borrower and the
Agents hereby (i) waive the requirement that the Borrower and
the Agents shall have received at least 30 days’ prior
written notice of the resignation of the Foreign Currency Fronting
Lender, and (ii) consent to the resignation of LCPI as the
Foreign Currency Fronting Lender and the appointment of DBNY as the
Successor Foreign Currency Fronting Lender.
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Section 2. Certain
Agreements with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Related
Obligations of LCPI .
(a) LCPI Revolving Credit
Commitment Termination, Repayment of LCPI’s Revolving Loans,
etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 2.06 (Prepayments) , 2.07 (Reduction or
Termination of Revolving Credit Commitments) , 2.10(a)
(Commitment Fee) , 2.13(a)(ii) (Payments Generally) and
2.14 (Sharing of Payments) of the Credit Agreement
(including any otherwise applicable notice or payment multiples
requirements described therein), the Borrower, LCPI, the Required
Lenders and all of the Revolving Lenders hereby agree that
(A) on the Effective Date, (i) the Revolving Credit
Commitment of LCPI shall terminate in its entirety and shall be
permanently reduced to $0.00, (ii) the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be reduced by the amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitment of LCPI so terminated, (iii) the “Pro
Rata Revolving Share” of the Revolving Lenders shall be
automatically adjusted to give effect to the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of LCPI and the related reduction of
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (iv) concurrently
with the termination of LCPI’s Revolving Credit Commitment,
the Borrower shall prepay all outstanding Revolving Loans of LCPI
for a cash amount that has been agreed upon by the Borrower and
LCPI, which is not greater than the par value of such Revolving
Loans, together with all accrued but unpaid interest on such
Revolving Loans accruing to but not including January 1, 2009
(with no obligation to make any ratable prepayment of Revolving
Loans of other Revolving Credit Lenders in connection therewith),
and (v) after giving effect to the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of LCPI, the related reduction of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the prepayments
described in preceding clause (iv), the Borrower shall prepay Loans
and/or Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations, to the extent required
by Section 2.06(d)(i) (Prepayments if Outstandings Exceed
Commitments) (but determined without regard to the notice
requirements or the payment grace period referred to therein),
together with any amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.05
(Funding Losses) in connection therewith (with all prepayments
and other amounts to be directed to the Successor Administrative
Agent for distribution or application as provided in the Credit
Agreement (as amended hereby)), (B) for purposes of
calculating the Commitment Fee and any Letter of Credit Fee
accruing since January 1, 2009, the Revolving Credit
Commitments of LCPI shall be deemed to have been terminated, and
all Revolving Loans made by LCPI shall be deemed to have been
repaid in full, on December 31, 2008, with the effect that the
Borrower shall have no obligation to pay LCPI (and LCPI shall not
be entitled to) its Pro Rata Revolving Share of the Commitment Fee
or any Letter of Credit Fee, in either case accruing since
January 1, 2009, (C) no payment pursuant to sub-clause
(a)(A)(iv) above shall give rise to an obligation by LCPI to
purchase participations pursuant to 2.14 (Sharing of
Payments) of the Credit Agreement with amounts received by LCPI
pursuant to such sub-clause , and (D) after giving
effect to the foregoing transactions, LCPI shall (x) cease to
constitute a “Revolving Lender” under the Credit
Agreement; provided that LCPI, in its capacity as a Revolving
Lender, shall remain entitled to its rights pursuant to
indemnification provisions of the Loan Documents which by their
terms would survive the repayments of the Loans and the termination
of the Credit Agreement and (y) have no further obligation to
fund any amount or extend any credit as a Revolving Lender under
the Loan Documents.
(b) Release of Claims. Except
solely for the obligations of LCPI expressly set forth in this
Amendment or the Resignation and Assignment Agreement and the claim
against LCPI or the other Lehman Released Parties (as defined
below) by Sunbeam Americas Holdings Ltd. Master Pension Trust for
approximately $26,000, each of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release, waive,
acquit and discharge all liabilities, claims, suits, debts, liens,
losses, causes of action, demands, rights, damages or costs, or
expenses of any kind, character or nature whatsoever, known or
unknown, fixed or contingent (collectively, the “
Claims ”) which any of them may have or claim
to have against LCPI and Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.
(“ LBSF ”) (whether in their capacities
as an agents, lenders, hedging counterparties or otherwise), their
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and shareholders and each of
their respective agents, employees, officers, directors,
representatives, attorneys, successors and assigns (collectively,
the “ Lehman Released Parties ”) by
reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever occurring from the
beginning of the world to the date hereof, in any manner related to
Claims arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents, any
obligations thereunder or
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any other agreement or transaction contemplated
thereby or any action taken in connection therewith and all foreign
exchange forward and commodities hedging contracts entered into
between Borrower and LBSF and assignees, if any, or any other
agreement or transaction contemplated thereby or any action taken
in connection therewith. Each of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties further agree forever to refrain from commencing,
instituting or prosecuting any lawsuit, action or other proceeding
against any Lehman Released Parties with respect to any and all of
the foregoing described released, waived, acquitted and discharged
Claims or from exercising any right or recoupment of setoff that it
may have under a master netting agreement or otherwise against any
Lehman Released Party with respect to Obligations under the Loan
Documents. Each of the Lehman Released Parties shall be a third
party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Except solely for the obligations of
the Borrower and the other Loan Parties expressly set forth in this
Amendment or the Resignation and Assignment Agreement, including,
without limitation, Section 1.1(b) of the Resignation
and Assignment Agreement, and the obligations of the Borrower and
the Loan Parties to LCPI in its capacity as a Term Loan Lender,
LCPI and LBSF, for themselves and on behalf of the other Lehman
Released Parties, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release,
waive, acquit and discharge all Claims which any of them may have
or claim to have against the Borrower and the other Loan Parties,
their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and shareholders and each
of their respective agents, employees, officers, directors,
representatives, attorneys, successors and assigns (collectively,
the “ Jarden Released Parties ”) upon or
by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever occurring from
the beginning of the world to the date hereof in any manner related
to Claims arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents,
any obligations thereunder or any other agreement or transaction
contemplated thereby or any action taken in connection therewith
and all foreign exchange forward and commodities hedging contracts
entered into between Borrower and LBSF and assignees, if any, or
any other agreement or transaction contemplated thereby or any
action taken in connection therewith. LCPI and LBSF for themselves
and on behalf of the other Lehman Released Parties, further agree
forever that LCPI, LBSF and the other Lehman Released Parties will
refrain from commencing, instituting or prosecuting any lawsuit,
action or other proceeding against any Jarden Released Parties with
respect to any and all of the foregoing described released, waived,
acquitted and discharged Claims or from exercising any right or
recoupment of setoff that it may have under a master netting
agreement or otherwise against any Jarden Released Party with
respect to Obligations under the Loan Documents. Each of the Jarden
Released Parties shall be a third party beneficiary of this
Agreement.
Section 3. Certain
Amendments to the Credit Agreement . As of the Effective Date,
and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 6 (Conditions to Effectiveness)
hereof:
(a) Section 1.01 (Defined
Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following definitions in such Section 1.01 in the
appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical order of the
definitions in such Section 1.01 (and, if applicable,
the following definitions shall replace in their entirety existing
definitions for the corresponding terms in such
Section 1.01 ):
“ Back-Stop
Arrangements ” means, collectively, Foreign Currency
Back-Stop Arrangements and Swing Line Back-Stop
Arrangements.
“ DB Agency
Succession ” means the appointment of DBNY as
Successor Administrative Agent, Successor Swing Line Lender and
Successor Foreign Currency Fronting Lender pursuant to the Tenth
Amendment and the Resignation and Assignment Agreement.
“ DBNY ”
means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
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“ Defaulting
Lender ” means, at any time of determination thereof,
any Lender that (i) has failed to fund any portion of the
Revolving Loans, Foreign Currency Loans, the Term Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder, except to the extent
that any such failure to fund is based on a good-faith dispute
about such Lender’s obligation so to fund, of which dispute
the Administrative Agent has been informed in writing in reasonable
detail, (ii) has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder, except to the extent that any such
failure to fund is based on a good-faith dispute about such
Lender’s obligation so to make such payment, of which dispute
the Administrative Agent has been informed in writing in reasonable
detail, unless subsequently cured, (iii) has been deemed
insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding or a takeover by a regulatory authority, or
(iv) has notified the Borrower, any L/C Issuer and/or the
Administrative Agent in writing of any of the foregoing (including
any written notification of its intent not to comply with its
funding obligations described in preceding clause (i));
provided that for purposes of Section 2.05(a) (Swing
Line Loans), Sections 2.06(d)(iii) and (iv) (Prepayments if
Outstandings Exceed Commitments) and Section 2.02(b)
(Revolving Loans; Foreign Currency Loans) only, the term
“Defaulting Lender” shall also include (1) any
Lender with an Affiliate that (x) Controls (within the meaning
provided therefor in the definition of “Affiliate”)
such Lender and (y) has been deemed insolvent or become the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or a takeover by a
regulatory authority, (2) any Lender that previously
constituted a “Defaulting Lender” under this Agreement,
unless such Lender has ceased to constitute a “Defaulting
Lender” for a period of at least 60 consecutive days,
(3) any Lender that the Swing Line Lender, any L/C Issuer or
the Administrative Agent believes in good faith has failed to fund
any portion of its loans, its participations in letter of credit
obligations or its participations in swing line or other loans
under any other credit facility to which such Lender is a party and
(4) any Lender meeting the requirements of clause (i) or
(ii) above of this definition (for such purpose, determined
without regard to the “good faith dispute” exception
referred to therein); provided further that LCPI, solely in
its capacity as a Term Loan Lender, shall not be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the application of clause
(iii) above or the preceding proviso.
“ Foreign Currency
Back-Stop Arrangements ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(b) (Revolving Loans; Foreign Currency
Loans) .
“ Immaterial Foreign
Subsidiary ” means any Foreign Subsidiary that
(i) has total assets (including Equity Securities of other
Subsidiaries), when aggregated with the assets of all other Foreign
Subsidiaries previously or substantially simultaneously to be
designated as “Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries,” of
less than 5% of the total assets of all Foreign Subsidiaries of the
Borrower (calculated as of the most recent fiscal period with
respect to which the Agents shall have received financial
statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections
6.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements) ), and
(ii) has revenues, when aggregated with the revenues of all
other Foreign Subsidiaries previously or substantially
simultaneously to be designated as “Immaterial Foreign
Subsidiaries,” of less than 5% of total revenues of all
Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower (calculated as of the most
recent fiscal period with respect to which the Agents shall have
received financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to
Sections 6.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements)
).
“ Resignation and
Assignment Agreement ” means that certain Resignation
and Assignment Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2009, among
the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, LCPI, as Existing Agent,
Existing Swing Line Lender and Existing Foreign Currency Fronting
Lender (each as defined therein), and DBNY, as Successor Agent,
Successor Swing Line Lender and Successor Foreign Currency Fronting
Lender (each as defined therein).
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“ Swing Line Back-Stop
Arrangements ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a) (Swing Line Loans) .
“ Tenth
Amendment ” means that certain Amendment No. 10
to this Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2009, among the
Borrower, the Agents and each Lender party thereto.
“ Tenth Amendment
Effective Date ” means the date on which the Tenth
Amendment shall have become effective in accordance with its
terms.
(b) The defined term “
Administrative Agent ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following text immediately before
the period (“.”) appearing at the end of said
definition:
“; provided that, from
and after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, “
Administrative Agent ” means DBNY or any of its
successors”.
(c) The defined term “
Base Rate ” appearing in Section 1.01
(Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the second sentence of such definition beginning with the
italics “Prime Rate” in its entirety and inserting the
following two sentences in lieu thereof:
““ Prime Rate
” shall mean the rate which DBNY announces from time to time
as its prime lending rate. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
charged to any customer by DBNY, which may make commercial loans or
other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime
Rate.”
(d) The defined term “
Collateral Documents ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following text immediately prior to
the period (“.”) at the end of said
definition:
“ provided, that cash
collateral or other agreements entered into pursuant to the
Back-Stop Arrangements shall not constitute “Collateral
Documents””.
(e) The defined term “
Dollar Equivalent ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the text “CIBC” appearing in
said definition and inserting the text “DBNY” in lieu
thereof.
(f) The defined term “
Federal Funds Rate ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the text “LCPI” appearing in
said definition and inserting the text “DBNY” in lieu
thereof.
(g) The defined term “
Foreign Currency Fronting Lender ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following text immediately before
the period appearing at the end of said definition:
“; provided that, from
and after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, “ Foreign
Currency Fronting Lender ” means DBNY, acting through
one or more of its agencies, branches or Affiliates, in its
capacity as fronting bank for the Revolving Lenders with respect to
Foreign Currency Loans”.
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(h) The defined term “
Loan Documents ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “, the Resignation and
Assignment Agreement” immediately following the text
“Related Swap Contract” appearing in said
definition.
(i) The defined term “
Swing Line Lender ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following text immediately before
the period (“.”) appearing at the end of said
definition:
“; provided that, from
and after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, “ Swing
Line Lender ” means DBNY in its capacity as the
provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender
hereunder”.
(j) The defined term “
Total Leverage Ratio ” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical appearing in said
definition and inserting the following new parenthetical in lieu
thereof:
“(net of, as of such date of
determination, (i) cash and Eligible Securities held in
Deposit Accounts and/or Securities Accounts subject to the
Back-Stop Arrangements and (ii) unrestricted cash and Eligible
Securities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of
$20,000,000)”.
(k) Section 2.02(b)
(Revolving Loans; Foreign Currency Loans) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the text
“(x)” immediately after the text “
provided ,” appearing in the first sentence of said
Section and (ii) inserting the following text immediately
before the period (“.”) at the end of the first
sentence of the said Section:
“and (y) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Foreign
Currency Fronting Lender shall not be obligated to make any Foreign
Currency Loans at a time when a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, unless the Foreign Currency Fronting Lender has entered
into arrangements with the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the
Foreign Currency Fronting Lender and the Borrower to eliminate the
Foreign Currency Fronting Lender’s risk with respect to each
Defaulting Lender’s risk participation in such Foreign
Currency Loans, including by requiring the Borrower to cash
collateralize each Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving
Share of then outstanding Foreign Currency Loans in Dollars in an
amount at all times equal to 105% of each Defaulting Lender’s
Pro Rata Revolving Share of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Foreign Currency Loans (calculated, for such
purposes, using the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of
such outstanding Foreign Currency Loans at the time of such cash
collateralization) (such arrangements, the “ Foreign
Currency Back-Stop Arrangements
”).”.
(l) Section 2.03
(Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following text
immediately before the period (“.”) appearing at the
end of sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of
said Section :
“; provided that, if,
on the date of the Revolving Borrowing, there are Swing Line Loans
or L/C Bo