LIMITED WAIVER TO FINANCING
AGREEMENT
LIMITED WAIVER TO FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as
of March 14, 2005 (this " Limited Waiver "), among Milacron
Inc., a Delaware corporation (" Milacron "), each subsidiary
of Milacron listed as a borrower or a guarantor on the signature
pages thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent
for the Lenders (in each such capacity, together with its
successors in each such capacity, the " Administrative Agent
" and " Collateral Agent ", respectively).
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T N E S
S E T H
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WHEREAS, Milacron, certain subsidiaries of
Milacron, the Lenders named therein, the Agents and the other
parties thereto have entered into that certain Financing Agreement
dated as of June 10, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the " Financing Agreement ";
capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given such terms in the Financing
Agreement);
WHEREAS, Milacron has requested that the Agents
and the Lenders waive compliance with certain provisions of the
Financing Agreement relating to the timely filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") of an
Annual Report on Form 10-K (or equivalent securities filing or any
required amendment thereto) (a " Form 10-K ") containing
Milacron’s internal control report (the " Report ")
pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Agents are willing
to waive compliance with such provisions in connection with the
timely filing of such Report on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the agreements herein contained, each of the Loan Parties, the
Lenders, and the Agents hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
LIMITED
WAIVER
Section 1.1
Limited Waiver
. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Lenders hereby waive any
inaccuracy in, or inability to make, representations and warranties
in the Financing Agreement arising solely as a result of, or any
Default or Event of Default under the Financing Agreement solely
caused by, any delay in the timely filing of the Form 10-K or any
amendment thereto containing the Report.
Section 1.2
Termination of Waiver
. The waiver set forth in Section
1.1 hereof shall terminate and shall cease to be of further
force and effect, without any further action by any Person, if (i)
the Report is not filed as part of the Form 10-K or an amendment
thereto on or before June 30, 2005 or (ii) the SEC or any other
Governmental Authority commences an enforcement action or initiates
any other formal action, suit or proceeding based upon any
delay in the timely filing of the Report as part of the Form 10-K
or an amendment thereto that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Upon any such termination, the Agents and
the Lenders shall have all of their rights and remedies in respect
of any Default or Event of Default under the Financing Agreement or
any breach of the representations
TO
MILACRON FINANCING AGREEMENT
and
warranties contained in the Loan Documents, in either case arising
as a result of any failure to timely file the Report as part of the
Form 10-K or an amendment thereto.
ARTICLE II
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
This Limited Waiver shall become effective as of
the date first written above upon the satisfaction of the following
conditions (such date, the " Waiver Effective Date
"):
(a)
Delivery of Limited
Waiver . Each Loan Party
shall have delivered a duly executed counterpart of this Limited
Waiver to the Agents.
(b)
Officer's Certificate
. The Loan Parties shall have
delivered to the Agents a certificate of a duly authorized officer
of each Loan Party dated the date of this Limited Waiver, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agents, certifying that the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3
hereof are true and correct as of such date.
(c)
Consent of Required
Lenders . The Agents
shall have received in writing the consent of the Required Lenders
to enter into this Limited Waiver on behalf of the Required
Lenders.
(d)
Agent Fees and
Expenses . The Loan
Parties shall have paid all reasonable, out-of-pocket fees and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, costs,
client charges and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Agents
arising from or relating to the negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery, performance and administration of this Limited
Waiver and arising under or relating to the other Loan Documents to
the extent invoiced and presented to the Administrative Borrower on
or prior to the Limited Waiver Effective Date.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1
Effect of Limited
Waiver . Except as
expressly set forth herein, this Limited Waiver shall not by
implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or
otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Agents or any
Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall not alter, modify, amend
or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Documents, all of
which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue
in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle
any