AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND WAIVER
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment Agreement
”) is made and entered into as of September 30, 2005, by
and among LIBBEY GLASS INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“ US Borrower ”), LIBBEY EUROPE B.V., a
company organized and existing under the laws of the Netherlands
(the “ Dutch Borrower ”, and together with the
US Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), EACH LENDER
SIGNATORY HERETO, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”), Swing Line Lender and an L/C
Issuer.
WHEREAS, the Administrative
Agent, the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “
Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender
”) and the Borrowers have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of June 24, 2004 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of
December 21, 2004 and as hereby and from time to time amended,
restated, supplemented, modified or replaced, the “ Credit
Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have
agreed to make and have made available to the Borrowers a revolving
credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000;
and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers
anticipate that the Borrowers will be in default of the financial
covenant set forth in Section 7.14(a) of the Credit Agreement
commencing as of September 30, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have
requested that certain terms of the Credit Agreement be amended in
the manner set forth herein, and that the financial covenant
default described above be waived effective as of the date hereof
and for a period from the date hereof through and including
December 29, 2005, and the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, have
agreed to such amendment and waiver, to be effective as of the date
hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that the terms of
this Amendment Agreement constitute an amendment and modification
of, and not a novation of, the Credit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and the fulfillment of the
conditions set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions . The
term “Credit Agreement” or “Agreement” (as
the case may be) as used herein, in the Credit Agreement and in the
other Loan Documents shall mean the Credit Agreement as hereby
amended and modified, and as further amended, modified replaced or
supplemented from time to time as permitted thereby.
2. Amendments to and
Restatements of Terms of the Credit Agreement . Subject to the
conditions hereof and upon satisfaction of the terms set forth in
Section 7 , the Credit Agreement is hereby amended,
effective as of the date hereof, as follows:
(a) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the definition of
“Available Amount”, in alphabetical order, to read as
follows:
“ Available Amount
” means,
(a) through and including
December 29, 2005, an amount equal to the lesser of
(A) $195,000,000 and (B) the Aggregate Commitments;
and
(b) thereafter, the Aggregate
Commitments.
(b) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to restate the
definition of “Letter of Credit Sublimit” in its
entirety to read as follows:
“ Letter of Credit
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$30,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan
Commitments.
(c) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to restate the
definition of “Negotiated Rate Loan Sublimit” in its
entirety to read as follows:
“ Negotiated Rate Loan
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$125,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Negotiated Rate
Loan Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving
Loan Commitments.
(d) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to restate the
definition of “Offshore Currency Sublimit” in its
entirety to read as follows:
“ Offshore Currency
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$125,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Offshore
Currency Sublimit is a part of, and not in addition to, the
Revolving Loan Commitments.
(e) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to restate the
definition of “Offshore Currency Swing Line Loan
Sublimit” in its entirety to read as follows:
“ Offshore Currency Swing
Line Loan Sublimit ” means the amount not at any time to
exceed the lesser of (a) $15,000,000 and (b) the Available
Amount, as designated by the US Borrower (by written notice to the
Swing Line Lender at the Applicable Swing Line Funding Office and
to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, but not more
frequently than once each month. The Offshore
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Currency Swing Line Loan Sublimit is part of, and not in addition
to, the Revolving Loan Commitments.
(f) Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to restate the
definition of “US Swing Line Loan Sublimit” in its
entirety to read as follows:
“ US Swing Line Loan
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to (a) the lesser
of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) the Available Amount minus
(b) the Offshore Currency Swing Line Loan Sublimit. The US
Swing Line Loan Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the
Revolving Loan Commitments.
(g) Section 2.01
(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the
first sentence of such Section in its entirety to read as
follows:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender
severally agrees to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a
“ Revolving Loan ”) to the US Borrower from time
to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective
Date to the Revolving Loan Termination Date, in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time the Revolving Loan Commitment of such
Lender; provided , however , that after giving effect
to any Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the
Outstanding Revolving Credit Obligations shall not exceed the
Available Amount, and (ii) no Revolving Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Obligations
(excluding any Negotiated Rate Loans made by such Lender) shall
exceed such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment.
(h) Section 2.01
(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the
first sentence of subsection (i) of such Section in its
entirety to read as follows:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender
severally agrees to make loans in euro (each such loan, a “
Offshore Currency Loan ”) to the Dutch Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
Effective Date to the Revolving Loan Termination Date, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Offshore Currency Sublimit; provided ,
however , that after giving effect to any Offshore Currency
Borrowing, (x) the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding
Revolving Credit Obligations shall not exceed the Available Amount,
(y) the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Offshore Currency
Obligations shall not exceed the Offshore Currency Sublimit and
(z) no Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Dollar Equivalent
of the Outstanding Offshore Currency Obligations shall exceed such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Offshore Currency
Sublimit.
(i) Section 2.03(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the last sentence
of such Section in its entirety to read as follows:
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The US Borrower and Revolving Lenders acknowledge that
(x) subject to the proviso in the first sentence of this
paragraph, notwithstanding the Revolving Loan Commitment of any
Revolving Lender, each Revolving Lender may, but shall not be
obligated to, make Negotiated Rate Loans as of any date in any
aggregate amount that would not cause the Outstanding Revolving
Credit Obligations to exceed the Available Amount then in effect
(and for such purposes each Revolving Lender may rely on the
information provided by the US Borrower in the Notice of
Borrowing); and (y) Negotiated Rate Loans need not be made in
accordance with the Revolving Lenders’ Pro Rata
Shares.
(j) Section 2.04(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the first
sentence of subsection (i) of such Section in its entirety to
read as follows:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each
L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 ,
(1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the Effective Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date,
to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account
of the US Borrower, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b)
below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit;
and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate
in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the US Borrower;
provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any
L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no
Lender shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit
if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Dollar
Equivalent of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Obligations would
exceed the Available Amount, (y) such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Revolving Credit
Obligations (excluding the Outstanding Amount of such
Lender’s Negotiated Rate Loans) would exceed such
Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, or (z) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter
of Credit Sublimit.
(k) Section 2.04(c) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the fourth
sentence of subsection (i) of such Section in its entirety to
read as follows:
In such event, the US Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor
Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard
to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02
for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
amount of the unutilized portion of the Available
Amount.
(1) Section 2.06(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to restate the first
sentence of such Section in its entirety to read as
follows:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing
Line Lender agrees to make (i) loans in Dollars to the US
Borrower (each such Loan, a “ US Swing
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Line Loan
”) and (ii) loans in euro to the Dutch Borrower (each
such Loan, an “ Offshore Currency Swing Line Loan
”) from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the Effective Date to the Revolving Loan Termination Date in
an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding
(x)
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