Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended & Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August

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EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 4, 2022 (this “Amendment”), is entered into among INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES (NEDERLAND) HOLDING B.V. and INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES I.F.F. (NEDERLAND) B.V. (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders signatory hereto and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Agent have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto (constituting the Required Lenders) and the Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as provided for herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual execution hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement.
2.Amendment. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions thereto, in the appropriate alphabetical order:
Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2022, among the Borrowers, the Lenders signatory thereto and the Agent.
(b)Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Loan Documents” to read as follows:
Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Amendment No. 1, any Note and each Designation Agreement.
(c)Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
SECTION 5.03 Financial Covenant. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid, or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Company shall maintain a Leverage Ratio as of the end of any Relevant Period of not more than: (i) 4.50 to 1.00 until and including the end of the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2023, (ii) then 4.25 to 1.00 until and including the end of the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2024, (iii) then 4.00 to 1.00 until and including the end of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2024, (iv) then 3.75 to 1.00 until and including the end of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2024 and (v) 3.50 to 1.00 as of the end of any Relevant Period ending thereafter; provided that, commencing after the end of the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2024, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consummates an acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, for which it paid at least $500,000,000 in consideration (a “Qualifying Acquisition”), the maximum




Leverage Ratio shall step up to no greater than 3.75 to 1.00 until and including the end of the third full fiscal quarter following the date of consummation of such Qualifying Acquisition and then shall be reduced to 3.50 to 1.00 thereafter.
3.Effectiveness. This Amendment will become effective upon the date on which the following conditions precedent are first satisfied (the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a)The Agent shall have received from each Borrower and from Consenting Lenders (as defined below) constituting Required Lenders an executed counterpart of this Amendment (or photocopies thereof sent by fax, .pdf or other electronic means, each of which shall be enforceable with the same effect as a signed original).
(b)The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, confirming (i) the representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date and (ii) no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby, that would, as of the Amendment Effective Date, constitute a Default.
(c)The Agent shall have received, for the account of each Lender that has executed and delivered a signature page to this Amendment at or prior to 7:00 p.m. (New York time) on July 29, 2022 (each such Lender, a “Consenting Lender”), a consent fee, in an amount equal to 0.025% of the amount of the aggregate Commitments under the Credit Agreement held by such Consenting Lender on the date hereof, which consent fee shall be earned, due and payable on the Amendment Effective Date.
(d)The Agent shall have received all expenses due and payable on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced two (2) Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of‑pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement.
4.Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower severally, and not jointly with the other Borrowers, represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, that, after giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment, (a) each of the representations and warranties made by such Borrower in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement is true in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof, except (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true in all material respects as of such earlier date or (ii) to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all respects, and (b) no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby, that would, as of the Amendment Effective Date, constitute a Default.
5.Effect of the Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby, are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement and in any exhibits attached thereto to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment.
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6.Miscellaneous. The provisions of Sections 9.02 (Notices, Etc.); 9.03 (No Waiver; Remedies); 9.04 (Costs and Expenses) (except clauses (c) and (d) thereof); 9.08 (Confidentiality); 9.10 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.); 9.11 (Execution in Counterparts); 9.14 (Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions); and 9.19 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Credit Agreement shall apply with like effect to this Amendment. This Amendment shall be a “Loan Document” for all purposes under the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By:  /s/ Glenn Richter                       
Name: Glenn Richter
Title: Chief Financial Officer


INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES (NEDERLAND) HOLDING B.V.
By:                                                    
Name:
Title:


INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES I.F.F. (NEDERLAND) B.V.
By:                                                    
Name:
Title:

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By:                                                    
Name:
Title:


INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES (NEDERLAND) HOLDING B.V.
By:  /s/ Ya Zhang                             
Name: Ya Zhang
Title: Director


INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES I.F.F. (NEDERLAND) B.V.
By:  /s/ Ya Zhang                             
Name: Ya Zhang
Title: Director



[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent and as a Lender
By:  /s/ Michael Vondriska              
Name: Michael Vondriska
Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Jack Kuhns                           
Name: Jack Kuhns
Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Jack Kuhns                           
Name: Jack Kuhns
Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]







BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Pace Doherty                        
Name: Pace Doherty
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






BNP Paribas Fortis
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Joachim Verheyen
Name: Joachim Verheyen
Title: Head of Social Profit Public Banking
By:
  /s/ Geert Schepens                    
Name: Geert Schepens
Title: Manager

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






BNP Paribas
as a Lender
By:/s/ Claudia Zarate
Name: Claudia Zarate
Title: Managing Director
By:
  /s/ David Foster                         

Name: David Foster
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Peter S. Predun                     
Name: Peter S. Predun
Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Sydney G. Dennis                
Name: Sydney G. Dennis
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






CoBank, ACB
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Jake Good                            
Name: Jake Good
Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH
as a Lender
By:/s/ Cormac Langford
Name: Cormac Langford
Title: Director
By:
  /s/ Sean Hassett                         

Name: Sean Hassett

Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Donna DeMagistris                            
Name: Donna DeMagistris
Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






MUFG Bank, Ltd.
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Victor Pierzchalski               
Name: Victor Pierzchalski
Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Jun Ashley                            
Name: Jun Ashley
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






U.S. Bank, National Association
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Steven F. Bobinchak            
Name: Steven F. Bobinchak
Title: Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Michael J. Stein                   
Name: Michael J. Stein
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Ming K Chu
Name: Ming K Chu
Title: Director
By:
  /s/ Annie Chung                         
Name: Annie Chung
Title: Director

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Jack Kelly                            
Name: Jack Kelly
Title: Senior Vice President #23204

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]






STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
as a Lender
By:  /s/ Kristopher Tracy                  
Name: Kristopher Tracy
Title: Director, Financing Solutions

[Signature Page to RCF Amendment No. 1]