SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Supplement”) is entered into among the
Borrower (defined below), the Administrative Agent (defined below) and the New Guarantor (defined
below) as of December 31, 2009, as a supplement to that certain Guaranty Agreement dated as of
October 1, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Guaranty Agreement”) among XXXXXX NORTH AMERICA INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), XXXXXX GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED, an exempted company under the Companies Xxx
0000 of Bermuda (“WGHL” or, subject to substitution thereof in accordance with Section
10.20 of the Credit Agreement (defined below), the “Parent”), each Subsidiary
constituting a “Guarantor” thereunder as of date hereof (each of WGHL and each such Subsidiary,
individually, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the
Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement, as applicable.
C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to
make Loans. In accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and as consideration for Loans
thereunder, XXXXXX GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, a company incorporated under the laws of
Ireland having company number 475616 (the “New Guarantor”), is required to execute this
Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement and to acknowledge its role as the
successor Parent under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents upon the occurrence of the
Parent Effective Date (defined below).
D. The New Guarantor will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the
Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Supplement as
consideration for Loans thereunder.
Accordingly, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the New Guarantor hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. As of the date hereof, the New Guarantor by its execution of this Supplement shall
become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and the New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees
to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable
to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and
warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof.
Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the Guaranty
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The
Guaranty Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. As provided in Section 10.20 of the Credit Agreement, on the date on which
the New Guarantor shall own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in the Borrower and shall
be the publicly held indirect parent company of the Borrower in lieu of WGHL (the “Parent
Effective Date”), the New Guarantor shall automatically become “the Parent” under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in substitution for WGHL as the predecessor Parent, with
the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the Parent. As of the Parent Effective
Date, the New Guarantor (a) acknowledges and agrees that it shall accede to and shall be the Parent
under the Credit Agreement, and shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to the Parent, and (b) represents and warrants
that the representations and warranties made by the New Guarantor as Parent thereunder are true and
correct. As of the Parent Effective Date, each reference to the “Parent” in the Guaranty Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to reference the New Guarantor. The Borrower agrees
to provide the Administrative Agent prompt written notice as to the Parent Effective Date.
SECTION 3. By their respective execution hereof, each of the Borrower and the New Guarantor
represents and warrants that (a) none of the execution, delivery and performance by the New
Guarantor of this Supplement, or the performance by the New Guarantor of its obligations and duties
under the Guaranty Agreement, constitutes financial assistance for the purposes of Section 60 of
the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended) (Ireland) (“Section 60”) or contravenes Section 60,
and (b) none of the proceeds of the facilities made available by the Lenders pursuant to the Credit
Agreement have been or will be used in any way which would constitute the giving of financial
assistance or which would result in the Credit Agreement, this Supplement, the Guaranty Agreement
or any other Loan Document, or any transactions hereunder or thereunder, contravening Section 60.
SECTION 4. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other
Guaranteed Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms.
SECTION 5. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the
Administrative Agent shall have received (a) one or more counterparts of this Supplement that bear
the signature of the Borrower and the New Guarantor, and the Administrative Agent has executed a
counterpart hereof, and (b) such documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v)
of Section 4.01(a) of the Credit Agreement (including opinions of local counsel in relevant
jurisdictions for the New Guarantor) as the Administrative Agent may have requested in accordance
with the Guaranty Agreement or the Credit Agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page to
this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be as effective
as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
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SECTION 6. As supplemented hereby, the Guaranty Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Supplement, the Guaranty
Agreement or the Loan Documents, in the event that the guarantee obligations expressed to be
assumed by the New Guarantor pursuant to this Supplement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Loan
Documents are held to constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 60
(such obligations the “Financial Assistance Guaranty Obligations”), such Financial Assistance
Guaranty Obligations, to the extent that they are voidable or unenforceable under Irish law, shall
be deemed not to form part of the obligations assumed by the New Guarantor pursuant to this
Supplement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Loan Documents. Each of the Borrower, the New Guarantor
and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees and acknowledges that the enforceability and validity of
the remainder of the obligations assumed by the New Guarantor pursuant to this Supplement, the
Guaranty Agreement, or the Loan Documents, or any of them, shall not be affected by the Financial
Assistance Guaranty Obligations being rendered voidable or unenforceable, and this Supplement, the
Guaranty Agreement and the Loan Documents shall be construed accordingly.
SECTION 8. The guarantees and indemnities granted by the New Guarantor under this Supplement,
the Guaranty Agreement and the Loan Documents shall only apply to the extent that the Borrower or
such other Guarantor is a subsidiary of the New Guarantor. As of the Parent Effective Date, the
New Guarantor and the Borrower represent, warrant and consent that the New Guarantor is a holding
company of the Borrower and each other Guarantor. For the purposes of this Section 8 the
terms “holding company” and “subsidiary” shall have the meanings given to them in Section 155 of
the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended) (Ireland).
SECTION 9. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10. Without prejudice to Section 7 above, in case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein, in the Guaranty
Agreement and/or in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any
other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 11. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided
in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 12. The Borrower and the New Guarantor agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for
its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable
fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 13. Set forth on Schedule 1 hereto are the New Guarantor’s true and correct
(a) unique identification number that has been issued by its jurisdiction of organization and the
name of such jurisdiction and (b) mailing address.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX NORTH AMERICA INC., as the Borrower |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
GIVEN under the common seal of
XXXXXX GROUP HOLDINGS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY:-
XXXXXX GROUP HOLDINGS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY:-
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
MEMBER OF THE SEALING COMMITTEE
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Solicitor | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxx | ||||
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
SECRETARY/ MEMBER OF THE SEALING COMMITTEE
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Xxxxxx North America, Inc.
Supplement to Guaranty Agreement
Signature Pages
Supplement to Guaranty Agreement
Signature Pages
SCHEDULE 1
TO
SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT
(Xxxxxx Group Holdings plc)
TO
SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT
(Xxxxxx Group Holdings plc)
Jurisdiction of | ||||||
Company name | Company number | incorporation | Registered address | |||
XXXXXX GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY |
475616 | Ireland | Grand Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 0 Xxxxxxx |