CONFIRMATION, REAFFIRMATION AND AMENDMENT OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.14
CONFIRMATION,
REAFFIRMATION AND AMENDMENT OF
Dated:
As
of November 25, 2008
Reference
is made to (i) that certain Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated
as
of February 11, 2005 (the “Original
Note Purchase Agreement”),
by
and between Kinro, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Kinro”),
Xxxxxxx Components, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Xxxxxxx
Components”,
and
together with Kinro, collectively, the “Co-Issuers”),
Drew
Industries Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, Prudential Investment
Management, Inc. (“Prudential”)
and
each of the holders of the 2005 Notes (as defined below) (Prudential and the
holders of the 2005 Notes, collectively, the “Noteholders”)
pursuant to which the Co-Issuers authorized the issue of their senior promissory
notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $60,000,000 and (ii) that
certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated
as
of June 13, 2006 (the “Existing
Note Purchase Agreement”),
by
and between the Co-Issuers, the Parent, the Noteholders and each of the holders
of the 2006 Notes (as defined therein) pursuant to which the Original Note
Purchase Agreement was amended and restated and the Co-Issuers authorized the
issuance of their senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount
of
$60,000,000 (of which up to $40,000,000 could be floating rate senior promissory
notes). The Existing Note Purchase Agreement and the 2005 Notes (as defined
in
the Amended Agreement) are being amended and restated (as so amended and
restated, the 2005 Notes shall be referred to herein as the “Amended
Notes”)
pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase and
Private Shelf Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Amended
Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
to
them in the Amended Agreement.
Each
of
the undersigned (each a “Credit
Party”
and
collectively the “Credit
Parties”)
is a
party to the Subordination Agreement entered into in connection with the
execution and delivery of the Original Note Purchase Agreement and the issuance
and sale of the 2005 Notes. Each of the Credit Parties hereby agrees,
acknowledges and affirms that (i) its obligations and liabilities under the
Subordination Agreement continue to be in full force and effect, (ii) such
obligations and liabilities extend to the obligations and liabilities of the
Obligors under the Amended Agreement, the Amended Notes and any and all Shelf
Notes issued pursuant to the Amended Agreement, and (iii) it has no defense,
offset, counterclaim, right of recoupment or independent claim against the
Noteholders with respect to the Subordination Agreement, the Existing Note
Purchase Agreement, Existing Notes or otherwise.
The
Parent and the Existing Noteholders agree that (i) the reference to $60,000,000
in the second paragraph of the Subordination Agreement is deleted and replaced
with $125,000,000, (ii) the parenthetical in the second line of the second
paragraph of the Subordination Agreement is deleted and replaced with “(as
amended, restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the
“Note
Purchase Agreement”)”,
(iii) the reference to “Xxxxxxx Components Holding, Inc.” in Schedule I to the
Subordination Agreement is deleted and replaced with “Xxxxxxx Holding, Inc.”,
and (iv) Exhibit 18(b) to the Subordination Agreement is deleted and replaced
with Exhibit 18(b) attached hereto.
Each
of
the undersigned also represents and warrants to the Noteholders that all of
the
representations and warranties made by the undersigned in the Subordination
Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof as if made on and as of the
date hereof, except to the extent that any of such representations and
warranties relate by their terms to a prior date (which remain true and correct
as of such prior date).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Confirmation and Reaffirmation of Subordination
Agreement to be executed on its behalf, as of the date first above written,
by
one of its duly authorized officers.
DREW
INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
President
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KINRO,
INC.
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XXXXXXX
COMPONENTS, INC.
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COIL
CLIP, INC.
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KINRO
MANUFACTURING, INC.
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LD
REALTY, INC.
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XXXXXXX
COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.
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XXXXXXX
TIRE & AXLE, INC.
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LTM
MANUFACTURING, L.L.C.
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XXXXXX
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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KINRO
HOLDING, INC.
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XXXXXXX
HOLDING, INC.
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XXXXXXX
TIRE & AXLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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KINRO
TENNESSEE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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KINRO
TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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By:
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Kinro
Manufacturing, Inc.,
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general
partner of each of the above
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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XXXXXXX
COMPONENTS TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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XXXXXXX
TIRE & AXLE TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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By:
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Xxxxxxx
Components Manufacturing, Inc.,
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general
partner of each of the above
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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