SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

EX-10.3 4 ex-10311072016.htm EXHIBIT 10.3 Exhibit
Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this “Second Amendment”) is dated this 7th day of November, 2016, by and among ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the “Administrative Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2013, by and among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2015 and as otherwise 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 Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree 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 herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement unless the context herein clearly indicates otherwise.

2.    Section 6.02(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(i)    Liens on any property securing Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of such property and attaching only to such property, including in connection with Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01 and Liens on marketable securities (other than the Collateral or any Subsidiary Equity Interests) to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01;
3.    This Second Amendment shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received this Second Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (such date, the “Second Amendment Closing Date”).

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4.    The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders 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 the Second Amendment Closing Date or, in the case of a representation or warranty stated to be made as of an earlier date, such earlier date;
(b)     the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect; and
(c)     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 Second Amendment Closing Date, the Borrower hereby reaffirms (x) its grant of a security interest and lien on all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and (y) its Obligations under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
6.    The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows: (a) 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, (b) 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 (x) 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 (y) 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, and (c) 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.
7.    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.
8.    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

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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.
9.    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.
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 have caused this Second Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert W. McNutt        
Name: Robert W. McNutt
Title: Vice President & Treasurer    

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually and as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Danielle D. Babine        
Name: Danielle D. Babine
Title: Vice President

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ James F. Stevenson        
Name: James F. Stevenson
Title: Regional President



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