Dated 12 November 2013 GE CAPITAL BANK AG Heinrich-von-Brentano-Str. 2, 55130 Mainz, Germany and Constellium Valais AG (formerly: Alcan Aluminium Valais AG) AMENDMENT AGREEMENT to a Factoring Agreement (dated 16 December 2010)
Exhibit 10.9.1
Execution Version
Dated 12 November 2013
GE CAPITAL BANK XX
Xxxxxxxx-xxx-Xxxxxxxx-Xxx. 0, 00000 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
and
Constellium Valais AG (formerly: Alcan Aluminium Valais AG)
3960 Sierre, Switzerland
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
to a Factoring Agreement (dated 16 December 2010)
Execution Version
Index
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1. DEFINITIONS |
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2. INTERPRETATION |
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3. AMENDMENT TO THE FACTORING AGREEMENT |
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4. PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER |
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5. APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION |
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This Amendment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated 12 November 2013, and entered into between
(1) | GE Capital Bank AG, Xxxxxxxx-xxx-Xxxxxxxx-Xxx. 0, 00000 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, (hereafter referred to as “GE CAPITAL”); and |
(2) | Constellium Valais AG (formerly: Alcan Aluminium Valais AG), registered with the commercial register of the canton of Valais with company number CH-6263.000.048-9, having its registered seat at 3960 Sierre, Switzerland, (hereafter referred to as the “Originator”). |
GE CAPITAL and the Originator are hereafter referred to as the “Parties”.
WHEREAS:
(1) | GE CAPITAL as purchaser and the Originator as seller entered into a factoring agreement and an amendment agreement to such factoring agreement, both dated 16 December 2012, pursuant to which the Originator sells certain receivables to GE CAPITAL (the “Factoring Agreement”). |
(2) | Due to a corporate restructuring within the Originator’s group (the “Restructuring”), the names of certain members of the Group (as defined by reference be!ow) have been changed. |
(3) | GE Capital together with further GE companies, and further companies belonging to the same group as the Originator, entered into additional factoring agreements, and are in the process to enter into that certain refinancing transaction (the “Refinancing”). |
(4) | In the course of the Refinancing, the Parties have agreed to amend the Factoring Agreement with respect to the Maximum Commitment and the Termination Date (each as defined in the Factoring Agreement). |
GE CAPITAL and the Originator have agreed to enter into this Agreement in order to amend the Factoring Agreement which is necessary due to the Restructuring and the Refinancing.
1. | DEFINITIONS |
Capitalised terms have the meaning ascribed to them in the Factoring Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.
2. | INTERPRETATION |
Due to the Restructuring, the names of certain companies of the Group have changed. Accordingly, any reference to the companies’ former names shall be construed as to references to their current names as follows, (as applicable):
Former Name |
Current name | |
Alcan Singen GmbH | Constellium Singen GmbH | |
Alcan Aluminium Presswerke GmbH | Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH | |
Alcan Aluminium Valais AG, | Constellium Valais AG |
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3. | AMENDMENT TO THE FACTORING AGREEMENT |
3.1. | Schedule 1 (Terms and Conditions) clause 4 (Maximum Commitment) shall be amended in whole and read as follows: |
“GE CAPITAL will set a maximum limit for each Constellium Singen GmbH, Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH and Constellium Valais AG provided that the total aggregate Maximum Commitment under the respective factoring agreements between GE CAPITAL and Constellium Singen GmbH, Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH and Constellium Valais AG amounts to 115,000,000.00 EUR (one hundred and fifteen million Euro) and which can be changed upon request of the respective originator(s).”
3.2. | Schedule 1 (Terms and Conditions) clause 6 (Termination Date) shall be amended in whole and read as follows: |
“04 June 2017”
4. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER |
4.1. | Invalidity |
If any provision of this Agreement should be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed replaced by that provision which best meets the intent and the economic purpose of the void or unenforceable provision.
4.2. | Waiver |
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Originator or GE CAPITAL, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
5. | APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION |
5.1. | Applicable Law |
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Switzerland.
5.2. | Swiss Courts |
Any and all litigation to which this Agreement may give rise shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Xxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxxxxxx, with reservation of the right of appeal to the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne.
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SIGNATORIES
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13. NOV. 2013 | 13. NOV. 2013 | |||||
Constellium Valais AG | ||||||
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