Exhibit 99(b)
FIRST AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TO 5-YEAR SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
FIRST
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, dated as of March 28, 2005 (this “
First Amendment ”), to and under the 5-Year Second
Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit
Facility, dated as of June 18, 2004 (as amended, supplemented,
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among DELPHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several
banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to
time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”),
CITIBANK, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “
Syndication Agent ”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC, DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. and HSBC BANK USA, as documentation agents
(collectively, in such capacity, the “ Documentation
Agents ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (formerly known
as JPMORGAN CHASE BANK), as administrative agent for the Lenders
(in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Lenders, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation
Agents and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit
Agreement as set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Majority Lenders and the Administrative Agent are willing to
agree to such amendment to and under the Credit Agreement, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein, the Borrower, the Majority Lenders and the
Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
1.
Defined Terms . Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms which are defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.
2.
Amendments to Section 1 (Definitions) . (a) The
definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” in
Section 1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
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(i)
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by
deleting “(other than interest expense or discount during
such period attributable to Permitted Receivables Financing with an
aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,500,000,000)”
in the first clause (b) of such definition;
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(ii)
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by
substituting a comma for the word “and” immediately
before clause (f) of such definition;
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(iii)
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by
adding the following as new clauses (g) and (h) to such
definition:
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“,
(g) any expenses accounted by the Borrower or any of it
Subsidiaries in such period for post-employment benefits under FAS
106 and (h) beginning with the period ending on March 31,
2005, any cash charges in respect of restructurings, plant
closings,
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headcount reductions or other similar actions
related to the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
provided that, solely for the purpose of this definition,
the aggregate amount of all charges under this clause
(h) shall not exceed (i) for any four fiscal quarter
period ending on March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and
September 30, 2005, $225,000,000, (ii) for any four
fiscal quarter period ending on December 31, 2005,
March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006
and December 31, 2006, $175,000,000 and (iii) for any
four fiscal quarter period ending thereafter, $0”
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(iv)
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by
substituting a comma for the word “and” immediately
before the second clause (b) of such definition;
and
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(v)
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by
addin
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