Second Amendment to Credit Agreement by and between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association, dated as of January 22, 2018
EX-10.2 3 ex-10201222018.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit
Exhibit 10.2
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Second Amendment") is dated as of this 22nd day of January, 2018, by and between ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Borrower") and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (the "Lender").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender entered into that certain CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated November 7, 2016, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2016 by and between the Borrower and the Lender (as may be further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the Lender agrees to permit such amendments pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the same meanings given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
2. Section 7.2.4 [Investments] of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (c), (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (d) with “; and”, and (iii) inserting the following as a new clause (e):
(e) loans made by the Borrower to its independent agents pursuant to the Borrower’s financing program for independent agents for the purposes of perpetuating such independent agents’ insurance agencies, acquiring assets and/or equity of other independent insurance agencies or making investments to grow existing independent insurance agencies; provided that such loans made by the Borrower shall not be made with the proceeds of any Loans.
3. This Second Amendment shall be effective on the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) the execution and delivery to the Lender of this Second Amendment by the Borrower and the Lender;
(b) the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 hereof; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to this Second Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
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continuing or arise as a direct result of the effectiveness of this Second Amendment.
4. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender that:
(a) all representations and warranties made by it under the Loan Documents are true, correct and complete in all respects (in the case of any representation or warranty containing a materiality modification) or in all material respects (in the case of any representation or warranty not containing a materiality modification), on and as of even date herewith or, in the case of a representation or warranty stated to be made as of an earlier date, such earlier date;
(b) the Borrower has the full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Second Amendment and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part;
(c) neither the execution and delivery of this Second Amendment by the Borrower nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof by it will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of the terms and conditions of its certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents or any material Law or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower;
(d) this Second Amendment has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability of this Second Amendment may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally or limiting the right of specific performance and general concepts of equity; and
(e) on and as of the date hereof, no Event of Default exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to the amendments contemplated hereby.
5. On the day and year first written above, the Borrower hereby reaffirms (i) its grant of a security interest and lien on all of the Collateral in favor of the Lender, subject to no other Liens
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(other than Permitted Liens) and (ii) its Obligations under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
6. From and after the date hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Second Amendment shall be considered a Loan Document.
7. The agreements contained in this Second Amendment are limited to the specific agreements made herein. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Amendment amends the Credit Agreement and is not a novation thereof.
8. This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
9. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Second Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
10. This Second Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the principles of the conflicts of law thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania with respect to any suit arising out of or relating to this Second Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Second Amendment on the day and year first above written.
BORROWER: | ||
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation By: /s/ Robert W. McNutt Name: Robert W. McNutt Title: Treasurer | ||
LENDER: | ||
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Lender By: /s/ James F. Stevenson Name: James F. Stevenson Title: Regional President | ||
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