WAIVER AND THIRD AMENDMENT
WAIVER AND THIRD AMENDMENT AGREEMENT dated as of
February 19, 1999 among SEQUA CORPORATION (the "Borrower") and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
The Borrower, certain Subsidiary Guarantors, certain
Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit
Agreement dated as of October 10, 1997 (as heretofore amended,
the "Credit Agreement") providing, subject to the terms and
conditions thereof, for loans to be made by said Lenders to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
$150,000,000. Except as otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Credit Agreement have the same respective meanings when
used herein.
The Borrower has requested that the Required Lenders
(a) waive compliance with the covenant in the Credit Agreement
limiting the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in fiscal year 1998 and (b)
increase the limit on the amount of Capital Expenditures for
fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, and the
Required Lenders have consented to such waiver and amendment.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent, acting with the written
consent of the Required Lenders, and the Borrower hereby agree
as follows:
SECTION 1. WAIVER. Subject to the execution and
delivery hereof by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the
Borrower set forth below, the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Required Lenders hereby waives, effective as of December 31,
1998, the requirement set forth in Section 7.14 of the Credit
Agreement that the Borrower not permit the aggregate amount of
Capital Expenditures by it and its Subsidiaries to exceed
$95,000,000 during fiscal year 1998.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Effective as of December 31,
1998, but subject to Section 3 hereof, the Administrative Agent,
acting with the written consent of the Required Lenders, and the
Borrower agree that Section 7.14 ("Capital Expenditures") of the
Credit Agreement shall be amended by replacing the schedule
therein in its entirety with the following schedule:
Period - Fiscal Year Amount
1997 $ 89,000,000
1998 $ 95,000,000
1999 $ 130,000,000
2000 $130,000,000
2001 $130,000,000
2002 $130,000,000
2003 $130,000,000
SECTION 3. RATIFICATION. The Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders, as of the date hereof, that (i) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Waiver and Third Amendment have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on its part and do not contravene any
applicable law or regulation or any contractual provision
applicable to it, (ii) this Waiver and Third Amendment
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, (iii) the
representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the
Credit Agreement are true and complete as if made on and as of
such date and as if each reference in such representations and
warranties to the Credit Agreement included reference to such
agreement as amended by this Waiver and Third Amendment, (iv) no
Default has occurred and is continuing, or will have occurred
and be continuing, under the terms of the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, (v) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures
made during fiscal year 1998 by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries was $103,523,000 and (vi) after giving effect
hereto, no Default has occurred and is continuing; and the
Borrower agrees that a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 3 shall be an Event of
Default for purposes of clause (c) of Article VIII of the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 4. CONTINUING VALIDITY. Except as
specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and each other
Loan Document are in all respects ratified and confirmed and
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. From and
after December 31, 1998, all references in the Credit Agreement
and in any other related document to "this Agreement", "the
Credit Agreement" and words of like import shall be deemed to
refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS. This Waiver and Third
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this
Waiver and Third Amendment by signing any such counterpart.
This Waiver and Third Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Waiver and Third Amendment to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
SEQUA CORPORATION
By _____________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By _____________________________
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
CASCO INVESTORS CORPORATION
CHROMALLOY AMERICAN CORPORATION
CHROMALLOY GAS TURBINE CORPORATION
CASCO PRODUCTS CORPORATION
SEQUA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
