Danaher Corporation Request for Extension of Credit Agreement Maturity Date with Bank of America, N.A. and Other Lenders
Danaher Corporation has formally requested that Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other lenders under its existing Credit Agreement extend the maturity date of the loan by one year, from April 25, 2011 to April 25, 2012. Each lender is asked to agree to this extension at their own discretion and respond within 10 days. The agreement involves Danaher Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., and a group of other major financial institutions.
Exhibit 10.27
Danaher Corporation
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006-1813
Phone (202) ###-###-####
Fax (202) ###-###-####
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION
Date: March 20, 2007
| To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Request for Extension is delivered pursuant to Section 2.15 of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement), among Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender.
The Company hereby notifies the Administrative Agent of its request that each Lender extend such Lender’s Maturity Date currently in effect under the Credit Agreement for one additional year, from April 25, 2011 (the Existing Maturity Date), to April 25, 2012.
Pursuant to Section 2.15(b) of the Credit Agreement, (i) please notify each Lender of this Request for Extension and (ii) please ask such Lender to execute and return to you an agreement to this Request for Extension as provided below not later than 10 days following such Lender’s receipt of this Request for Extension. We understand that it is in the individual discretion of each Lender to agree to this Request for Extension.
| DANAHER CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Frank T. McFaden | |
| Name: | Frank T. McFaden | |
| Title: | Vice President & Treasurer | |
The undersigned Lender hereby agrees to this Request for Extension:
[each of the following Lenders executed a countersigned copy of this Request for Extension:]
Bank of America, N.A.
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, New York Branch
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SunTrust Bank
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
The Northern Trust Company
Barclays Bank PLC
UBS Loan Finance LLC
BNP Paribas
Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB
The Bank of Nova Scotia
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Intesa Sanpaola SpA
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Nordea Bank Finland PLC
Danske Bank
Merrill Lynch Bank USA
Morgan Stanley Bank
William Street Commitment Corporation
The Bank of New York
Westpac Banking Corporation
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch
CitiBank, N.A.
