Contract
Exhibit 10.1(iv)
THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER dated as of March 25, 2008 (this
“Amendment”), to the FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June
21, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
the “Credit Agreement”), among PALL CORPORATION (the
“Company”), the Subsidiaries of the Company named on the signature
pages thereto, the LENDERS from time to time party thereto, JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as facility agent for the Lenders (the “Facility
Agent”) and X.X. XXXXXX EUROPE LIMITED, as London agent for the
Lenders (the “London Agent” and, together with the Facility Agent,
the “Agents”).
WHEREAS the Company has informed the Agents and the Lenders that (a) it has understated its
U.S. income tax payments and its provision for income taxes, (b) the understatement relates (i)
primarily to the taxation of certain intercompany payable balances that mainly resulted from sales
of products by a foreign subsidiary of the Company to a U.S. subsidiary of the Company and (ii) to
certain other tax matters giving rise to the Restatement Provision (as defined below) (the matters
referred to in this clause (b) and in the preceding clause (a) being called the “Specified
Matters”), (c) as of the date of this Amendment, the Company has paid $135,000,000 in respect
of the Specified Matters, (d) the Company plans to restate (the “Restatement”) its
financial statements for the fiscal years 1999 through 2006 (including the interim periods within
those years) and each of the fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2006, January 31, 2007 and April 30,
2007 (the “Affected Periods”) in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
July 31, 2007 (the “2007 Form 10-K”), and (e) the aggregate incremental addition to the
Company’s provision for income taxes with respect to the Affected Periods to be recorded in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the 2007 Form 10-K and attributable to
the Restatement (the “Restatement Provision”) will exceed $225,000,000, but as of the date
hereof, the Company does not believe that it will exceed $300,000,000.
WHEREAS the Company has further informed the Agents and the Lenders that, as a result of the
Specified Matters, (a) certain certifications, representations and warranties of the Company
contained in or made pursuant to the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents (or any document
delivered in connection therewith) may have been inaccurate when made or may not be accurate if
required to be made in the event of additional borrowings under the Credit Agreement, (b) the
covenants set forth in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.08 or 5.09 of the Credit Agreement may
have been violated, (c) certain defaults may have occurred under other agreements or instruments of
the Company, (d) the Company was not able to deliver its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended July 31, 2007 (the “Affected Annual Report”) or its Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q for its fiscal quarters ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008 (the “Affected
Quarterly Reports”), to the Facility Agent as and when it was required to do so by Section 5.01
of the Credit Agreement and (e) the foregoing inaccuracies, violations and other matters may, if
not waived by the Lenders, have resulted in or will result in Events of Default pursuant to Section
7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
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WHEREAS the Company has requested that the Lenders waive, and the Lenders have agreed to
waive, certain Defaults and failures of conditions precedent arising from the Specified Matters and
the Company has requested that the Lenders amend, and the Lenders have agreed to amend, Section
5.01 to extend the period of time during which the Company must deliver the Affected Annual Report
and Affected Quarterly Reports on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall
have the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Agreement (as modified hereby).
SECTION 2. Waiver. Effective as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date (as
defined below), the Lenders hereby waive (a) all breaches of representations and warranties under
the Credit Agreement, Defaults caused by violations of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.08 and
5.09 of the Credit Agreement and failures to satisfy conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02
of the Credit Agreement (including conditions precedent to any further borrowing under the Credit
Agreement) resulting from the Specified Matters and (b) any Default that may occur pursuant to
Section 7.01(e)(i)(B) or 7.01(e)(ii)(A) of the Credit Agreement as a result of violations of the
Other Debt Agreements (as defined below) due to (i) the Specified Matters or (ii) until March 31,
2008, the failure to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or to
transmit to holders thereunder the Affected Annual Report or the Affected Quarterly Reports as and
when required by the terms of the Other Debt Agreements and the Material Debt Agreements (as
defined below).
SECTION 3. Amendment to Section 5.01. Effective as of the Third Amendment and Waiver
Effective Date, Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
(a) replacing paragraph (a) of such Section with the following paragraph:
(a) (i) with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Company (other than the Fiscal Year ended July
31, 2007), as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each such Fiscal
Year or at such earlier time as the SEC may require the Company to deliver its Form 10-K
(commencing with the Fiscal Year ended July 31, 2006) and (ii) with respect to the Fiscal Year of
the Company ended July 31, 2007, as soon as available, but in any event by March 31, 2008, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year,
and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such
Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal
Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein,
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audited and accompanied
by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized
standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going
concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of
such financial statement audit; provided that (i) the requirements of this paragraph shall
be deemed satisfied by delivery within the time period specified above of (A) a copy of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year (together with the Company’s annual
report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) (“Form
10-K”) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC or (B) a
notice setting forth a written reference to a website that contains such Form 10-K (together with
the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the
Exchange Act); and
(b) replacing paragraph (b) of such Section with the following paragraph:
(b) (i) with respect to each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Company in any Fiscal
Year (other than the fiscal quarters ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008), as soon as
available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each such fiscal quarter or at such
earlier time as the SEC may require the Company to deliver its Form 10-Q (commencing with the
fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2006) and (ii) with respect to the fiscal quarters of the Company
ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008, as soon as available, but in any event by March 31,
2008, (A) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the end of such
quarter and (B) consolidated statements of earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the Fiscal Year
ending with such quarter, and a statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending
with such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP
applicable to quarterly financial statements generally consistently applied throughout the periods
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and certified by a Responsible
Officer of the Company as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Company and its Subsidiaries being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows,
subject to the changes resulting from year-end adjustments; provided that (i) the
requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied by delivery within the time period
specified above of (A) a copy of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”)
prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC or (B) a notice
setting forth a written reference to a website that contains such Form 10-Q, (ii) on or prior to
December 10, 2007, the Company shall deliver to the Facility Agent, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Lenders, an unaudited condensed consolidated statement
of earnings before interest and taxes, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year, and balance sheet highlights comprised of
accounts receivable, inventory and indebtedness, in each case with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2007 and (iii) on or prior to
March 11, 2008, the Company shall deliver to
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the Facility Agent, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Lenders, an unaudited condensed consolidated statement
of earnings before interest and taxes, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year, and balance sheet highlights comprised of
accounts receivable, inventory and indebtedness, in each case with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter ending January 31, 2008.
SECTION 4. Limitation on Waiver and Amendment. The waivers set forth in Section 2
extend only to the provisions referred to therein and shall not, directly or by implication,
constitute a waiver of any other provision of the Credit Agreement. Such waivers and the
amendments set forth in Section 3 shall automatically expire and be of no further force or effect,
with the same effect as if they had not been granted, without the necessity of any action by the
Agents or any Lender, if:
(a) at any time (i) any Default or Event of Default (other than those waived pursuant
to Section 2) occurs under the Credit Agreement or (ii) the Facility Agent, acting at the
direction of the Required Lenders, provides written notice to the Company that the Required
Lenders have become aware, after the date of this Amendment, of information that, in the
Required Lenders’ reasonable judgment (consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles), renders the Restatement Provision inadequate in any material respect as of the
date of the filing of the 2007 Form 10-K with the SEC or would require a further
restatement of the Company’s financial statements in connection with the Specified Matters
or (iii) the Company shall have become aware that the Company’s counterparties under the
Material Debt Agreements or any other agreement governing Indebtedness of the Company or
its Subsidiaries (together with the Material Debt Agreements, the “Other Debt
Agreements”) (A) shall have declared the unpaid principal amount of the notes or the
loans or the other obligations thereunder, as the case may be, immediately due and payable
as a result of any violation or default attributable to the Specified Matters or (B) are
unwilling to grant a waiver as required hereunder of any violation or default existing
under the Other Debt Agreements, as the case may be;
(b) on or prior to March 31, 2008, the Company shall have failed to deliver to the
Facility Agent counterparts of waivers of any violations or defaults under the Material
Debt Agreements duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and containing
termination provisions with respect to developments in respect of the Specified Matters not
less favorable to the Company than those set forth in clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above;
or
(c) on or prior to March 31, 2008, the Company shall have failed to deliver to the
Facility Agent counterparts of waivers of any violations or defaults under the Other Debt
Agreements, other than the Material Debt Agreements, duly executed and delivered by each of
the parties thereto.
The following agreements constitute the “Material Debt Agreements”: (i) the Second Amended
and Restated Term Note, dated as of June 20, 2007 (the “Yen Term Note”),
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among the Company
and Bank of America, N.A. and (ii) the ISDA Master Agreement and the related Schedule thereto, each
dated as of October 15, 1997 (the “Bank of America ISDA”), between Fleet National Bank and
Pall Corporation.
SECTION 5. Fees. The Company agrees to pay on the Third Amendment and Waiver
Effective Date to the Facility Agent, for the account of each Lender that executes and delivers a
copy of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) at or prior to 12:00 noon, New
York City time, on March 25, 2008, an amendment fee (the “Amendment Fee”) in the amount of
0.05% on the amount of such Lender’s Commitment. All such fees shall be payable in immediately
available funds and shall not be refundable.
SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that, as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date
and after giving effect hereto:
(a) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company,
and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement (as modified hereby) constitutes the
Company’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except to the extent enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally or by equitable principles of general application, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(b) Except for the Specified Matters, all representations and warranties of each Loan
Party contained in the Loan Documents (as modified hereby) are true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date (except with
respect to representations and warranties expressly made only as of an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date).
(c) Except for the Specified Matters, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing.
SECTION 7. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the first date
(the “Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date”) on which the Facility Agent shall have
received (i) counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Required
Lenders and (ii) the Amendment Fees.
SECTION 8. No Amendments or Other Waivers; Confirmation. (a) Except as expressly set
forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a
waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Agents or the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way
affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement or any other
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Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and
shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party
to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply and be effective
only with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. This
Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
(b) On and after the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date, each reference in the
Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like
import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other Loan Document, shall be
deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.
SECTION 9. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Agents for their
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable and documented
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents.
SECTION 10. Governing Law; Counterparts. (a) This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, and all such counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be
as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 11. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
[Signature pages to follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment and Waiver to
be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above
written.
PALL CORPORATION, |
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by | /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxx XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | CFO & Treasurer | |||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Facility Agent and as a Lender, |
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by | /s/ XXXX XXXXX XXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
X.X. XXXXXX EUROPE LIMITED, as London Agent, |
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by | /s/ XXXXX XXX | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Associate |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Bank of America, N.A. | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXX XXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
The Bank of New York | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX. | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
BNP Paribas | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Comerica Bank | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Assistant Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Commerzbank AG, London Branch | ||||
by
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/s/ X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Associate Director |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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/s/ X. XXXXXXXX | |||
Name: X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
HSBC Bank USA, National Association | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXX XXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: First Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
Lender signature page to the
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
INTESA SANPAOLO New York Branch |
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by
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/s/ XXXXX XXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: First Vice President |
Lender signature page to the
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc | ||||
by
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/s/ L. XXXXX XXXXXX | |||
Name: L. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Lender signature page to the
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: General Manager |
Lender signature page to the
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
UBS Loan Finance LLC | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXX X. XXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Associate Director |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXX X. XXXX | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Associate Director |
Lender signature page to the
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
Third Amendment and Waiver to the
Pall Corporation Credit Agreement
To approve the Third Amendment and Waiver:
Name of Lender,
Wachovia Bank, N.A. | ||||
by
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/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: | ||||
by
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Name: | ||||
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