Ex-4.3 Fourth Amendment to Ter Loat & Revolving Credit
Exhibit 4.3
| FOURTH AMENDMENT dated as of May 27, 2004 (this ”Amendment“), to the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003, as amended as of February 19, 2004, as of April 16, 2004 and as of May 18, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement“), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (“Goodyear“), GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “European J.V.“), GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH, a corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“GDTG“), GOODYEAR GMBH & CO KG, a partnership organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Goodyear KG“), DUNLOP GMBH & CO KG, a partnership organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Dunlop KG“), GOODYEAR LUXEMBOURG TIRES SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Luxembourg (“Lux Tires“ and, together with the European J.V., GDTG, Goodyear KG and Dunlop KG, the ”Borrowers“), the lenders party thereto (the ”Lenders“), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent“). |
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have extended and agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers; and
WHEREAS, Goodyear and the Borrowers have requested, and the Majority Lenders are willing to agree, that the Credit Agreement be amended on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement. Paragraph (b) of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase “within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year” the following: “(or, in the case of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004, before July 1, 2004)”.
SECTION 3. Amendment to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement. Paragraph (b) of Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “Investments by Goodyear and the Subsidiaries in Subsidiaries; provided that no Investment shall be made by any Credit Party in a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or
by a J.V. Loan Party in a Subsidiary” with “Investments by Goodyear and the Subsidiaries in Subsidiaries or Goodyear; provided that no Investment shall made by any Credit Party in a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or by a J.V. Loan Party in Goodyear or a Subsidiary”.
SECTION 4. Amendment to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement. Paragraph (d) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase “Section 5.01(a) (solely with respect to Goodyear’s and the European J.V.’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2003),” the following: “5.01(b) (solely with respect to Goodyear’s and the European J.V.’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004),”.
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. Goodyear and Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) No Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or will have occurred and be continuing at the time the amendments provided for herein become effective under Section 6.
(b) All representations and warranties of Goodyear, the European J.V., and each other Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all respects material to the rights or interests of the Lenders on and as of the date hereof, and will be true and correct at the time the amendments provided for herein become effective under Section 6, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date.
SECTION 6. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by Lenders representing the Majority Lenders (the date on which this Amendment becomes effective being called the “Effective Date“).
SECTION 7. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confirmation. Except as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect as set forth in the Credit Agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle Goodyear or any Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall be a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 8. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the signature pages hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
| THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ R W Tieken | ||||||
| Name: R W Tieken | ||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V., | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Michael J Roney | ||||||
| Name: Michael J Roney | ||||||
| Title: President and Director | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Phillips Regnault | ||||||
| Name: Phillips Regnault | ||||||
| Title: Director/Secretary | ||||||
| GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH, | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Christian Stein | ||||||
| Name: Christian Stein | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
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| GOODYEAR GMBH & CO. KG, | ||||||
| REPRESENTED BY RVM REIFEN | ||||||
| VERTRIEBSMANAGEMENT GMBH | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Christian Stein | ||||||
| Name: Christian Stein | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
| DUNLOP GMBH & CO. KG, | ||||||
| REPRESENTED BY RVM REIFEN | ||||||
| VERTRIEBSMANAGEMENT GMBH | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Christian Stein | ||||||
| Name: Christian Stein | ||||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||||
| GOODYEAR LUXEMBOURG TIRES SA, | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Hermann Lange | ||||||
| Name: Hermann Lange | ||||||
| Title: Finance Director | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Loul Reiles | ||||||
| Name: Loul Reiles | ||||||
| Title: Authorized Signer | ||||||
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| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually | ||||||
| and as Administrative Agent and Collateral | ||||||
| Agent, | ||||||
| By | ||||||
| /s/ Robert P. Kellas | ||||||
| Name: Robert P. Kellas | ||||||
| Title: Vice President | ||||||
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