FOURTH AMENDMENT AND LIMITED
WAIVER
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO SECURITY
AGREEMENT
FOURTH
AMENDMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2009 (this “
Amendment ”), among VISTEON CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), each subsidiary
of the Company party hereto as a borrower (together with the
Company, each a “ Borrower ” and, collectively,
the “ Borrowers ”), each other subsidiary of the
Company party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A. (“ JPMorgan ”), as Administrative
Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender.
WHEREAS
the Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan, as
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, have
entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
August 14, 2006, as amended, supplemented or modified by that
certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as
of November 27, 2006, that certain Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement and Consent, dated as of April 10, 2007, and that
certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 12, 2008 (as so amended, supplemented or modified, the
“ Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
the Company has notified the Administrative Agent that certain
Events of Default may occur under the Credit Agreement and the
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent grant a prospective limited waiver with respect
thereto;
WHEREAS,
the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent are willing
to grant such limited waiver on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein and the Borrowers, the Lenders party
hereto, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement and the Security Agreement as provided for
herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1.1
Amendment to Section 1.01 . Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The
following new defined terms are hereby inserted in proper
alphabetical order:
“
Designated Collateral Account ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.19(c).
“
Fourth Amendment and Limited Waiver ” means that
certain Fourth Amendment and Limited Waiver to Credit Agreement and
Amendment to Security Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2009,
among the Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, and the
Administrative Agent.
“
Fourth Amendment Effective Date ” means the date on
which the conditions precedent to effectiveness of the Fourth
Amendment and Limited Waiver are satisfied or duly waived and such
amendment becomes effective.
(b) The
defined term “Alternate Base Rate” is hereby amended
and restated as follows:
“
Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per
annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on
such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1 / 2
of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO
Rate 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 Adjusted
LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on the
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute
page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day
(without any rounding). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due
to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the
effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
(c) The
defined term “Applicable Rate” is hereby amended and
restated as follows:
“
Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to
any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Revolving Loan, or with respect to the
Commitment Fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, a rate per
annum of 3.00% in the case of any ABR Loan, 4.00% in the case of
any Eurodollar Loan, and 0.75% in the case of Commitment
Fees.
(d) The
defined term “Borrowing Base” is hereby amended by
deleting the phrase “5.01(f) of the Agreement” where
such phrase occurs in the last sentence thereof and inserting the
phrase “5.01(g) of the Agreement” in lieu
thereof.
Section 1.2
Amendment to Article II . Section 2.05 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the
following sentence at the end of Section 2.05(a):
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Swingline Loans shall be
available from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date.”, (ii) inserting the phrase “(except for the
last sentence of this Section 2.05(b))” after the phrase
“Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding” where it appears in the first sentence of
Section 2.05(b), and (iii) inserting the following
sentence at the end of Section 2.05(b): “Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Overadvances shall be available from and after
the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”
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Section 1.3
Amendment to Article III . Article III of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following
section to the end of such Article.
SECTION 3.23
Deposit Accounts, Lock Boxes and Securities Accounts . Each
Deposit Account, Lock Box (each as defined in the Security
Agreement) and securities account of each Borrower is listed on
Schedule I to the Fourth Amendment and Limited Waiver. Each
Collateral Deposit Account (as defined in the Security Agreement)
is identified on such Schedule I, and each Deposit Account,
Lock Box and securities account that is subject to a Deposit
Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement
is identified on such Schedule I.
Section 1.4
Amendment to Article IV . Section 4.02 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the phrase
“paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)” where such phrase
occurs in the last paragraph thereof and inserting the phrase
“paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d)” in lieu thereof
and (ii) inserting the following clause (d) after clause
(c) thereof:
(d) From and
after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (i) immediately
after giving effect to any Borrowing (other than the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit), total
aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers and their
Domestic Subsidiaries, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents in the
Designated Collateral Account up to the amount of Revolving
Exposure at such time, is not greater than $100,000,000; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the issuance of any
new Letter of Credit, or the amendment of any existing Letter of
Credit resulting in an increase in the undrawn face amount thereof
(but not the renewal or extension of any existing Letter of Credit,
or the amendment of any existing Letter of Credit not resulting in
an increase in the undrawn face amount thereof), total aggregate
cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers and their Domestic
Subsidiaries, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents in the Designated
Collateral Account up to the amount of Revolving Exposure at such
time, is not greater than $100,000,000, unless (in the case of this
clause (ii)) the Borrowers contemporaneously make a prepayment (not
otherwise required pursuant to any term of the Loan Documents) of
the Revolving Loans (or, to the extent that no Loans are
outstanding, cash collateralize LC Exposure) in the amount of such
new Letter of Credit or such increase in face amount.
Section 1.5
Amendment to Article V . Section 5.01(g) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
(g) (i) as
soon as available but in any event on or before the third Business
Day occurring after the fifteenth and last calendar day of each
calendar month, as of the semimonthly period then ended, and
(ii) so long as Minimum Excess Liquidity is less than
$125,000,000 (a “ Reporting Trigger Event ”),
(A) at such other times as may be necessary to re-determine
availability of Advances hereunder, or (B) as may be requested
by the Administrative Agent, in each case as of the period then
ended, a Borrowing Base Certificate and supporting information in
connection therewith, together with any additional reports with
respect to the Borrowing Base as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request; and the Eligible Accounts component of the
Borrowing Base shall be updated on a semimonthly (or more frequent,
to the extent required by clause (ii) above) basis; the
Eligible Inventory component of the Borrowing Base shall be updated
on a monthly (or more frequent, to the extent required by clause
(ii) above) basis; and the PP&E Component of the Borrowing
Base shall be updated on a quarterly (or more frequent, to the
extent required by clause (ii) above) basis or otherwise more
frequently (I) from time to time upon receipt of periodic
valuation updates received from the Administrative Agent’s
asset valuation experts, (II) concurrent with the sale or
commitment to sell any assets constituting part of the PP&E
Component, (III) in the event such assets are idled for any
reason other than routine maintenance or repairs, or for
routine
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planned
shutdowns substantially in accordance with past practice, for a
period in excess of ten (10) consecutive days, or (IV) in
the event that the value of such assets is otherwise impaired, as
determined in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted
Discretion;
Section 1.6
Amendment to Article V . Section 5.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by inserting the
following new clauses (i) and (j) immediately after
clause (h) appearing therein, deleting the word “and”
at the end of clause (h), and renumbering the existing clause
(i) as clause (k):
(i) concurrently
with the delivery thereof or promptly upon the receipt thereof,
copies of any report, notice (including notices of
“Defaults,” “Events of Default” and other
comparable terms), certificate, document, financial statement or
other written information delivered or received under or in
connection with the Term Loan Facility or the European Facility;
provided , however , nothing in this clause
(i) shall require the disclosure of any notice, certificate,
document, financial statement or other information (A) that
relates to settlement negotiations, including, without limitation,
any information protected from use or disclosure pursuant to
Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any other rule of similar import
and/or (B) to the extent that disclosure of such items would
result in the loss of attorney client privilege with respect to
such report, notice, certificate, document, financial statement or
other information; provided further that the
Borrowers shall not be required to deliver fee letters or
engagement letters in connection with any amendment, modification
or refinancing of the Term Loan Facility or the European Facility
so long as such fee letters or engagement letters do not contain
terms other than those terms that are customarily contained in fee
letters or engagement letters that are kept confidential in the
asset-based or leveraged loan markets;
(j) not later
than the second Business Day of each calendar week, a certificate
of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative setting forth
reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Section 6.19(c) on each day of the prior calendar week;
and
Section 1.7
Amendment to Article VI . Section 6.19 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following
subsection to the end of such Section.
(c)
Minimum Cash and Cash Equivalents . The Borrowers will not
permit the cash and Cash Equivalents belonging to the Borrowers and
held in account number 2331794236 with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
(or such other deposit account or securities account as may from
time to time be approved in writing by the Administrative Agent)
(the “ Designated Account ”), which account
shall be a blocked account subject at all times to a Deposit
Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement
(each as defined in the Security Agreement) in favor of and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
agreement shall provide that the Borrowers may not issue
instructions with respect to such account), at any time to be less
than Revolving Exposure at such time as reflected on the
Administrative Agent’s records.
Section 1.8
Amendment to Article VI . Article VI of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following section to
the end of such Article.
SECTION 6.21
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts . Notwithstanding
any other provision of any other Loan Document, including
Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of the Security Agreement, in the case
of the Borrowers and their Domestic Subsidiaries (i) maintain
or hold any cash or Cash Equivalents unless such cash or Cash
Equivalents are held in deposit accounts or investment accounts
that
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are subject to
Deposit Account Control Agreements or Securities Account Control
Agreements (each as defined in the Security Agreement) in favor of
and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
provided that the Borrowers and their Domestic Subsidiaries
may maintain or hold cash and Cash Equivalents in deposit accounts
or investment accounts that are not subject to such control
agreements (y) in a total aggregate amount not to exceed
$15,000,000 or (z) in payroll, trust or tax accounts in an amount
not to exceed the amount held in such accounts in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, or (ii) open
any securities account without providing prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent and entering into a Securities Account
Control Agreement in order to give the Administrative Agent Control
(as defined in the Security Agreement) of such securities
account.
Section 1.9
Amendment to Article VII . Article VII of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the phrase
“of this Agreement, Article VII of the Security
Agreement or Section 2.5 of the Fourth Amendment and Limited
Waiver” after the phrase “or 5.08 or in
Article VI” where such phrase appears in clause
(d) of such Article.
Section 1.10
Amendment to Section 4.15 to Security Agreement .
Section 4.15 of the Security Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the phrase “when added to the average balance of the
Excluded Securities Accounts,” and inserting the phrase
“ when added to the average balance of the Excluded Deposit
Accounts,” in lieu thereof.
Section 1.11
Amendment to Section 7.2 to Security Agreement .
Section 7.2 of the Security Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the phrase “if such Deposit Account is or replaces a
Collateral Deposit Account or other existing Deposit Account then
subject, or then required pursuant to Section 4.14 to
be subject, to a Deposit Account Control Agreement (any deferral by
the Administrative Agent or establishment of any reserve
notwithstanding),” appearing therein and inserting the phrase
“(other than a payroll, trust or tax account)” in lieu
thereof.
Section 1.12
Amendment to Exhibit G to Security Agreement .
Exhibit G of the Security Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit I
hereto.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND LIMITED
WAIVER
Section 2.1
Acknowledgement . (a) Each of the Borrowers
acknowledges and agrees that as of March 31, 2009, (i) the
amount of the Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement is
$105,000,000 plus accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) the
amount of Letters of Credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement
is $58,185,083.13. All of the Obligations, including those set
forth above, are currently valid and outstanding and none of
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