EXHIBIT
10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND
CONSENT
to
CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
and
OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
This
AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND CONSENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT AND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS , made as of February 1, 2007 (this
“Amendment”), among HAWK CORPORATION ,
a Delaware corporation, ALLEGHENY CLEARFIELD, INC.
, a Pennsylvania corporation, FRICTION PRODUCTS
CO. , an Ohio corporation, HAWK MIM, INC.
, an Ohio corporation, HAWK MOTORS, INC. , a
Delaware corporation, HAWK PRECISION COMPONENTS GROUP,
INC. , an Ohio corporation, HELSEL, INC.
, a Delaware corporation, LOGAN METAL STAMPINGS,
INC. , an Ohio corporation, NET SHAPE TECHNOLOGIES
LLC , a Delaware limited liability company,
QUARTER MASTER INDUSTRIES, INC. , a Delaware
corporation, SINTERLOY CORPORATION , a Delaware
corporation, S.K. WELLMAN CORP. , a Delaware
corporation, S.K. WELLMAN HOLDINGS, INC. , a
Delaware corporation, TEX RACING ENTERPRISES, INC.
, a Delaware corporation, WELLMAN PRODUCTS GROUP,
INC. , an Ohio corporation, and
WELLMAN PRODUCTS, LLC , an Ohio limited liability
company, each as a Borrower and collectively as the Borrowers, the
LENDERS listed on the signature pages of this
Agreement, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a
national banking association, as Administrative Agent, and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as LC Issuer,
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , the Borrowers have been extended certain
financial accommodations pursuant to that certain Credit and
Security Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004, as amended
by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit and Security Agreement,
dated as of August 31, 2006 (as so amended, the “Credit
Agreement”), among the Borrowers, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, and the LC Issuer;
WHEREAS , the Borrower Representative has informed the
Administrative Agent that Hawk Corporation desires to sell Hawk
Precision Components Group, Inc. and certain of its direct or
indirect Subsidiaries, namely, Allegheny Clearfield, Inc., Hawk
MIM, Inc., Helsel, Inc., Sinterloy Corporation, and Net Shape
Technologies LLC, in one or more stock transactions (the
“Sale”);
WHEREAS , the Borrower Representative has also informed
the Administrative Agent that prior to the sale of Hawk Precision
Components Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Helsel, Inc. shall
be transferred to Wellman Products Group, Inc., namely Hawk
Mauritius, Ltd. Hawk Motors, Inc., and Hawk Motors de Mexico, S. de
R.L. de C.V. (the “Transfer”);
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested consent to the Sale
and the Transfer and all releases and amendments required pursuant
to such transactions; and
WHEREAS , the Lenders which are signatories hereto
constitute all of the Lenders for the purposes of amending the
Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 19.1 thereof;
NOW
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual promises and agreements contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the LC Issuer do hereby agree
as follows:
Section
1
.DEFINED
TERMS.
Each defined
term used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement.
2.1
Consents
. In accordance with Section 19.1 of
the Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders hereby consent
to:
(a) the transfer by Helsel, Inc. of the shares of
Hawk Mauritius, Ltd., Hawk Motors, Inc., and Hawk Motors de Mexico,
S. de R.L. de C.V to Wellman Products Group, Inc.;
(b) the transactions contemplated in that certain
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2006 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), among the Hawk Corporation, as
Selling Shareholder, and PCG Holdings Group Inc., as Buyer (the
“Buyer”), including the sale or other disposition of
Hawk Precision Components Group, Inc., and its Subsidiaries:
Allegheny Clearfield, Inc., Hawk MIM, Inc., Helsel, Inc., Sinterloy
Corporation, and Net Shape Technologies LLC (Hawk Precision
Components Group, Inc. together with such Subsidiaries collectively
referred to as “Sold Subsidiaries”);
(c) the release of the Liens of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on (i) the stock or other
equity interests of the Sold Subsidiaries and (ii) all of the
personal property and assets of the Sold Subsidiaries which are
being acquired by the Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Purchase
Agreement;
(d) the application of any or all of the proceeds
remaining one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement are consummated
to the redemption of Senior Notes in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Senior Note Indenture; and
;
(e) the continuation of certain guarantees provided
by Hawk Corporation to secure indebtedness of Allegheny Clearfield,
Inc. to the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority ("PIDA")
during the transition period in which such obligations shall be
transferred to Buyer; provided, however, that Hawk Corporation
shall use its best efforts to obtain a full release from such
guarantee obligations no later than April 30, 2007.
Section
3
AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT:
3.1
Omnibus Amendment to Credit
Agreement and Certain Other Loan Documents.
All references to any of the Sold
Subsidiaries in the recitals or signature pages of the Credit
Agreement shall be deleted and the Sold Subsidiaries shall no
longer be party to such documents.
3.2
Amendment to Annex II to the
Credit Agreement. Annex II to the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the existing definition of
“Borrowers” and replacing it with the following new
definition:
“Borrowers”
means collectively, Hawk
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Friction Products Co., an Ohio
corporation, Hawk Motors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Logan Metal
Stampings, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Quarter Master Industries,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, S.K. Wellman Corp., a Delaware
corporation, S.K. Wellman Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Tex Racing Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Wellman
Products Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Wellman Products,
LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
3.3
Amendment to Annex IV to
Credit Agreement. Annex IV to the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the existing Annex IV and replacing it with the
Annex IV attached hereto as Exhibit I. In addition, within thirty
(30) days of the date of this Amendment, the Company shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent, any additional updates to such
Disclosure Schedules, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, provided , however , that the
Borrowers understand that such updates shall not be perm
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