Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, among Integer Holdings Corporation, Greatbatch Ltd., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other lenders parties thereto
Exhibit 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 12, 2025 (and effective as set forth below), among Greatbatch Ltd., a New York corporation (the “Borrower”), Integer Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below) party hereto, the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings provided such terms in the Credit Agreement referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Parent, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2021 (as previously modified by that certain Incremental Term Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 2021, amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of January 30, 2023, amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 15, 2023, amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 1, 2024 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as hereby amended and as from time to time further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or amended and restated, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment to Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance upon representations and warranties set forth herein, Section 9.1(s) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(s) up to $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (excluding, for purposes of this subclause (s) and/or any computation of one or more of the Financial Covenants, outstanding Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is subject to repurchase and/or exchange substantially concurrently with the issuance of other Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, so long as such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness is so repurchased and/or exchanged within fifteen (15) days after the issuance of such other Permitted Convertible Indebtedness); provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would be caused by the incurrence of such Indebtedness.”
SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on the date when the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived (such date, the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of this Agreement, duly executed by each of the Credit Parties existing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and Lenders constituting Required Lenders.
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 shall be true and correct.
(c) No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to this Agreement.
(d) The Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses required to be paid on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 2, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Fourth Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto to enter into this Agreement, each Credit Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date that, in each case:
(a) each of the representations and warranties contained in Article VII of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty is true, correct and complete in all respects, with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty remains true and correct as of such earlier date);
(b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to or after giving effect to this Agreement;
(c) it has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms; and
(d) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers, managers, managing members or other authorized person of each Credit Party that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
SECTION 4. Credit Party Acknowledgements, Agreements and Confirmations. By its execution of this Agreement, each Credit Party hereby (a) consents to this Agreement and agrees that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not limit or diminish the obligations of such Credit Party, or release such Credit Party from any obligations, under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) confirms and reaffirms its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (c) agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
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SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.
(a) On and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.
(b) The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended and supplemented by this Agreement, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents in effect immediately prior to the date hereof and all of the Collateral described therein in existence immediately prior to the date hereof do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Secured Obligations.
(d) This Agreement is the entire agreement, and supersedes any prior agreements and contemporaneous oral agreements, of the parties concerning its subject matter. This Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower hereby reconfirms its obligations pursuant to Section 12.3 of the Credit Agreement to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and expenses in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION 7. Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver. This Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed by Electronic Signatures or in the form of an Electronic Record pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of Section 12.16 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: | |
GREATBATCH LTD. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
PARENT: | |
INTEGER HOLDINGS CORPORATION | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
GUARANTORS: | |
GBV, LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
LAKE REGION MEDICAL, INC. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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ACCELLENT LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
LAKE REGION MANUFACTURING, INC. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
VENUSA, LTD. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
OSCOR INC. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
OSCOR CARIBE, LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
CPE 1, LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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PULSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
KEYSTONE COAT CO. LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
KEYSTONE DURA-N2 LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
MEDI-SOLVE COATINGS, LLC | |
By: /s/ Tom P. Thomas Name: Tom P. Thomas Title: Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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wells fargo bank, national association, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender and a Lender | |
By: /s/ Andrea Chen | |
Name: Andrea Chen | |
Title: Managing Director | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Alexander L. Rody | |
Name: Alexander L. Rody | |
Title: Senior Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Tanille Ingle | |
Name: Tanille Ingle | |
Title: Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Andy Reidell | |
Name: Andy Reidell | |
Title: Executive Director | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Jamie Mantle | |
Name: Jamie Mantle | |
Title: Authorized Signatory | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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SANTANDER BANK, N.A., as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Joseph Min | |
Name: Joseph Min | |
Title: Senior Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Patrick Covert | |
Name: Patrick Covert | |
Title: Senior Vice President | |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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REGIONS BANK, as a Lender | |
By: /s/ Brian Walsh | |
Name: Brian Walsh | |
Title: Managing Director |
Integer Holdings Corporation |
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