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THIRD AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER

Waiver Agreement

THIRD AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                  REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER | Document Parties: WATTS REGULATOR CO. | FLEET NATIONAL BANK | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. You are currently viewing:
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Title: THIRD AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 3/12/2004
Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products     Sector: Basic Materials

THIRD AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                  REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER, Parties: watts regulator co. , fleet national bank , watts water technologies  inc.
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                                                                 EXHIBIT   10.16

 

                                 THIRD AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                  REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER

 

      Third Amendment and Limited Waiver dated as of December 16, 2003 to

Revolving Credit Agreement (the "THIRD AMENDMENT"), by and among WATTS REGULATOR

CO., a Massachusetts corporation (the "DOMESTIC BORROWER"), WATTS INDUSTRIES

EUROPE B.V., a private company with limited liability organized under the laws

of The Netherlands (the "FOREIGN BORROWER", and together with the Domestic

Borrower, the "BORROWERS" and each individually, a "BORROWER"), and FLEET

NATIONAL BANK and the other lending institutions listed on SCHEDULE 1 to the

Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the "LENDERS"), amending certain

provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2002 (as

amended and in effect from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") by and among

the WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (F/K/A WATTS INDUSTRIES, INC.), a Delaware

corporation (the "PARENT"), the Borrowers, the Lenders, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK

in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "ADMINISTRATIVE

AGENT"). Terms not otherwise defined herein which are defined in the Credit

Agreement shall have the same respective meanings herein as therein.

 

      WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Lenders have agreed to modify certain terms

and conditions of the Credit Agreement and waive certain terms of the Credit

Agreement, in each case as specifically set forth in this Third Amendment;

 

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements

contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and

sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as

follows:

 

      SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. Section 1 of

the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following definitions

in the following alphabetical order:

 

            DECEMBER CLASS A OFFERING. That certain Equity Issuance consisting

      of the underwritten public offering of approximately 4,600,000 shares of

      the Parent's Class A common stock consummated on or about December 16,

      2003 pursuant to which the Parent received Net Cash Equity Issuance

      Proceeds of approximately $82,400,000.

 

            WATTS FLOWMATIC. Watts Flowmatic, Inc., a Delaware corporation and

      wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Domestic Borrower.

 

      SECTION 2. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. Section

3.2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting immediately

after the words "Net Cash Equity

 

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Issuance Proceeds in excess of $50,000,000 from Equity Issuances" a comma and

the words "other than the Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds received in

connection with the December Class A Offering".

 

      SECTION 3. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. Section 7.15

of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting immediately at the end of

the first sentence thereof a semicolon and the words "PROVIDED, HOWEVER,

notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent shall not be required to cause Watts

Flowmatic to become a Guarantor hereunder, and otherwise comply with the

provisions of this Section 7.15(a), until February 15, 2004".

 

      SECTION 4. LIMITED WAIVER. Pursuant to Section 7.14 of the Credit

Agreement, if, after the Closing Date, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries

creates or acquires, either directly or indirectly, any Subsidiary, it will

promptly (but in any event no later than five (5) days after such creation or

acquisition) notify the Administrative Agent of such creation or acquisition, as

the case may be, and provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with an

updated SCHEDULE 6.18(a) thereto. Martin Orgee UK Ltd. became a Subsidiary on

April 18, 2003, Giuliani Anello S.r.l became a Subsidiary on July 30, 2003, and

Watts Flowmatic became a Subsidiary on November 19, 2003 (each such event being

hereinafter referred to as a "SUBSIDIARY CREATION EVENT" and the date on which

such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary being hereinafter referred to as a

"SUBSIDIARY CREATION DATE"). To the extent the Parent or any Subsidiary failed

to notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of each such creation or

acquisition as required by Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement and failed to

provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with an updated SCHEDULE

6.18(a), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby waive such notice and

delivery requirements of Section 7.14 o


 
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