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LETTER AGREEMENT
July 12, 1995
To The Lenders parties to the
Credit Agreements referred to below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 1995,
as amended pursuant to the letter amendment, dated November 15, 1994 (as
amended, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, each of you as
Lenders, and Citibank, N.A. as your Agent. Unless otherwise defined herein,
the terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall be used herein as therein
defined.
It is hereby agreed by each of you and us that, effective as of the
date first above written, the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting Section
5.02(c) thereof in its entirety and by inserting in lieu thereof, the
following:
(c) Mergers, Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, convey,
assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction
or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all its assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so, except that any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge
or consolidate with or into, or dispose of assets to, any other Subsidiary of
the Borrower and except that any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or
dispose of assets to the Borrower, provided in each case that, immediately
after giving effect to such proposed transaction, no Event of default or
Unmatured Default would exist and, provided further, in each case that,
immediately after giving effect to such proposed transaction, the Borrower,
shall be in compliance with subsection (b), above.
On and after the effective date of this letter amendment, each
reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement":, "herewith", "hereof"
or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference
in the Notes to "the Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of
like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference
to the Credit Agreement as previously amended and as amended by this letter
amendment. The Credit Agreement, as amended by this letter amendment, is and
shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects
ratified and confirmed.
If you agree to the terms and provisions hereof, please evidence such
agreement by executing and returning the enclosed eight counterparts of this
letter amendment to King & Spalding, 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, 00000, Attention of Xxxxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxx, who will distribute fully
executed counterparts to each of us upon his receipt thereof. This letter
amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when and
if counterparts of this letter amendment shall have been executed by us and
each of the Lenders. This letter amendment is subject to the provisions of
Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement.
This letter amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by any combination of the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which counterparts shall be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same letter amendment.
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This letter amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
WICOR, INC.
By Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Vice President, Treasurer & CFO
By Xxx Xxxxxx
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Vice President
FIRSTAR BANK MILWAUKEE,N.A.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Vice President
XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
By Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Vice President
M&I XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX BANK
By Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx III
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Executive Vice President