Federal Signal Corporation Second Amendment and Waiver to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Federal Signal Corporation
Second Amendment and Waiver to the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement
Second Amendment and Waiver to the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement
This Second Amendment and Waiver to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (herein,
the “Amendment”) is entered into as of March 27, 2008, among Federal Signal Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Banks party hereto and Bank of Montreal, as Agent for
the Banks.
Preliminary Statements
A. The Borrower, the Banks, the Guarantors and the Agent entered into a certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2007 (the Credit
Agreement, as the same has been amended prior to the date hereof, being referred to herein as
the “Credit Agreement”). All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
same meanings herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.
B. The
Borrower has requested that the Required Banks amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and waive the requirements of Sections 8.22 and 9.1(k) of the Credit
Agreement, and the Required Banks are willing to do so under the terms and conditions set
forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments.
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, the
Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:
1.1. The definitions of the term “Consolidated Net Worth” and “EBIT” contained in Section
5.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, for any period, the sum of all equity and retained
earnings of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis, but without deducting therefrom (a) any non-cash charges or including
therein any non-cash gains resulting from the impact of SFAS No. 87 (Employers’ Accounting
for Pensions), or (b) non-cash charges in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000
relating to the sale, revaluation, closure or disposition of assets, provided that such
charges are non-cash charges in the period in which taken and in all future periods, in
each case notwithstanding the GAAP treatment of any such charges or gains.
“EBIT” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus all amounts
deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income amount for such period
for (w) Interest Expense, (x) federal, state and local income tax expense, (y) cash
charges relating to the restructuring, closure, sale or consolidation of existing
operational facilities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000, and (z) non-cash
charges in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000 relating to the sale,
revaluation, closure or disposition of assets, provided that such charges are non-cash
charges in the period in which taken and in all future periods.
1.2.
Section 8.15 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by replacing the phrase “.55 to
1.0” with the phrase “.50 to 1.0”.
1.3. Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 8.16. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will, as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on each date specified below, maintain an Interest
Coverage Ratio not less than set forth below opposite such date:
Interest Coverage Ratio | ||
Fiscal Quarter Ending On | Shall Not Be Less Than: | |
March 31, 2008 | 2.00 to 1 | |
June 30, 2008 | 2.00 to 1 | |
September 30, 2008 | 2.25 to 1 | |
December 31, 2008 | 2.75 to 1 | |
Each fiscal quarter ending thereafter | 3.00 to 1 |
1.4. Effective upon the sale or other disposition of Financial Services Assets having an
aggregate fair market value in excess of $75,000,000 in one or more arm’s-length transactions
with unaffiliated third parties, Section 8.20 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by
replacing the percentage “60%” appearing therein with the percentage “50%”.
Section 2.
Waiver.
2.1. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, the
Required Banks hereby waive (x) the requirements of Section 8.22 of the Credit Agreement in
connection with any sale of any issued and outstanding Stock of any of the BA Lease Financing
Borrowers, and (y) any Event of Default under Section 9. l(k) of the Credit Agreement resulting
from any sale of any issued and outstanding Stock of any of the BA Lease Financing Borrowers,
provided that (a) such sale is for fair market value in an arm’s-length transaction with
unaffiliated third parties, (b) the Borrower shall not amend any of the documents relating to the
BA Lease Financing in a manner that would increase the Recourse Obligations (as defined in the BA
Lease Financing Loan Agreement), and (c) after giving effect to such sale and as a result of such
sale the Borrower and the Guarantors shall have no Recourse Obligations relating to the BA Lease
Financing.
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2.2. The limited waiver set forth herein does not constitute, nor should it be construed as,
a continuing or prospective waiver of any other rights or obligations of any Person under any Loan
Document and does not preclude any exercise or further exercise of any other right, power, or
privilege under any Loan Document or applicable law. Except as expressly provided for herein, the
foregoing waiver is not intended to and does not constitute any modification or amendment of or
supplement to the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document or any of the terms and conditions
thereof.
Section 3. Conditions Precedent.
The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following
conditions precedent:
3.1. The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required Banks and the Swing Line Lender shall have
executed and delivered this Amendment.
Section 4. Representations.
In order to induce the Banks to execute and deliver this Amendment, the Borrower hereby
represents to the Agent and the Banks that as of the date hereof (a) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are and shall be and remain true and
correct in all material respects (except that the representations contained in the first three
sentences of Section 6.4 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements of the
Borrower delivered to the Banks), and (b) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or shall result after giving effect to this
Amendment.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
5.1. Except as specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect in accordance with its original terms. Reference to this specific Amendment need not be
made in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, or any other instrument or document executed in
connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or
with respect to the Credit Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Credit Agreement
being sufficient to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
5.2. Each Guarantor hereby consents to the above Amendment to the Credit Agreement, confirms
that all of its obligations as a Guarantor thereunder remain in full force and effect, and agrees
that the consent of the undersigned to any further amendments to the Credit Agreement shall not be
required as a result of this consent having been obtained.
5.3. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different
parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement. Any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment
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by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original. Delivery of executed counterparts of this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective
as an original. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
[Signature Page to Follow]
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This Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver is entered
into as of the date and year first above written.
“Borrower” | ||||
Federal Signal Corporation | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: VP and Treasurer | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Asst Treasurer |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
“Guarantors” | ||
E-One, Inc. (f/k/a Emergency One, Inc.) | ||
Vactor Manufacturing, Inc. | ||
Elgin Sweeper Company | ||
Dayton Progress Corporation | ||
P.C.S. Company | ||
Federal APD Incorporated. | ||
FS Depot, Inc. | ||
E-One New York, Inc. | ||
Federal Sign and Signal, Inc. | ||
Dayton Progress International | ||
Corporation | ||
Guzzler Manufacturing, Inc. | ||
Emergency Vehicle Solutions of | ||
Southern California | ||
Federal Merger Corporation | ||
Federal Signal Credit Corporation | ||
Fs Holding, Inc. | ||
Xxxxxx products Usa, Incorporated | ||
Jamestown Precision Tooling, Inc. | ||
Jetstream of Houston, Inc. | ||
Jetstream of Houston, LLP | ||
Pauluhn Electric Mfg. Co. Inc. | ||
Pauluhn Electric Manufacturing, LLP | ||
Xxxxx Product, Inc. | ||
Federal Sign,Inc. | ||
Emergency One, Inc. |
By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: VP and Treasurer |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Accepted and agreed to.
Bank of Montreal, as Agent and L/C Issuer | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
Xxxxxx X.X., as an L/C Issuer with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit only | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
BMO Capital Markets Financing, Inc., in its individual capacity as a Bank and as Swing Line Lender | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
Bank of America, N.A., in its individual capacity as
a Bank and as Documentation Agent |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: SVP |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
The Bank of Tokyo — Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President & Manager |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
The Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
Chicago Branch f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo— Mitsubishi, Ltd. |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
The Northern Trust Company | ||||
By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Nordea Bank Finland, Plc | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: SVP Credit | ||||
LaSalle Bank National Association | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: SVP |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
National city Bank, in its individual capacity as a Bank and as Syndication Agent |
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By | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Lapeyr | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxx Lapeyr | ||||
Title: Associate |
Charter One Bank, N.A. | ||||
By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Associated Bank, N.A. | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
HSBC BANK USA, N.A., | ||||
By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
RBS Citizens, N.A., as successor to Charter One Bank,N.A | ||||
By | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Federal Signal Corporation
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement