Exhibit 10.2
CONFORMED COPY
First Amendment to Credit Agreement (3-Year)
This First Amendment to Credit Agreement (3-Year) (the "Amendment") dated
as of May 2, 2002 by and among Maytag Corporation (the "Borrower"), the Banks
listed below, and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent;
W I T N E S S E T H:
Whereas, the Borrower, the Banks, and the Administrative Agent have
heretofore executed and delivered a Credit Agreement (3-Year) dated as of May 3,
2001 (the "Credit Agreement"); and
Whereas, the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent desire to make certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein;
Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Banks and the Administrative Agent hereby
agree as follows:
1. Section 9.1(k) of the Credit Agreement is hereby in its entirety and as
so amended shall read as follows:
"(k) [Intentionally Omitted]; or".
2. This Amendment shall become effective as of the opening of business on
May 2, 2002 subject to the conditions precedent that on or before such date:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
hereof executed by the Borrower and the Required Banks; and
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account
of each Bank and Arranger the non-refundable fees in the amounts as
agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
3.1. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Banks to enter into this
Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
the Banks that: (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof
with the same effect as though made on the date hereof (it
being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its
terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in
all material respects only as of such specified date); (b) no Default or Event
of Default exists; (c) this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate proceedings and duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and the
Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws of general application affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights or by general principles of equity; and (d) no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification with any
governmental authority is required for, and in the absence of which would
adversely effect, the legal and valid execution and delivery or performance by
the Borrower of this Amendment or the performance by the Borrower of the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
3.2. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same Amendment.
3.3. Except as specifically provided above, the Credit Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects. The execution, delivery, and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power, or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Bank under the Credit
Agreement or any Note, nor constitute a waiver or modification of any provision
of any of the Credit Agreement or any Note.
3.4. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder
shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the law of the State of
Illinois.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and year first above written.
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Maytag Corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
Bank of Montreal, Chicago Branch, in its
individual capacity as a Bank and as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
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Bank One, NA
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: First Vice President
Royal Bank of Canada
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
Title: Senior Manager
Citicorp USA, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx X'Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X'Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
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Firstar Bank, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
KeyBank National Association
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Senior Vice President
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Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
and/or Cayman Islands Branch
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
Title: Director
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
The Northern Trust Company
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK LTD. (formerly
known as The Fuji Bank, Limited)
By: /s/ Nobuyasu Fukatsu
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Name: Nobuyasu Fukatsu
Title: Senior Vice President
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