Supplement to Consortium Credit Agreement among Lydall Gerhardi GmbH & Co. KG, Lydall Holding Deutschland GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG, and Others (October 31, 2007)

Summary

This supplement amends a consortium loan agreement originally dated November 7, 2003, between Lydall Gerhardi GmbH & Co. KG (borrower), Lydall Holding Deutschland GmbH (co-obligor), Deutsche Bank AG (agent), and several banks (lenders). The agreement extends the loan's final repayment date to September 30, 2011, and sets the interest margin at 1.5% above EONIA. The supplement becomes effective only after the agent receives a signed guarantee from Lydall Inc. by November 30, 2007. All other terms of the original contract remain unchanged.

EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm SUPPLEMENT AS OF 10/31/2007 TO THE CONTRACT FOR CONSORTIUM CREDIT DTD 11/7/2003 Supplement as of 10/31/2007 to the Contract for Consortium Credit dtd 11/7/2003

Exhibit 10.2

Supplement to the

CONTRACT

concerning a consortium loan of

€ 6,000,000

between

Lydall Gerhardi GmbH & Co. KG

as borrower

(the “borrower” or “Lydall Gerhardi”)

and

Lydall Holding Deutschland GmbH

as co-obligor

(the “co-obligor”)

and

Deutsche Bank AG

as mandated lead arranger and agent

(the “agent”)

and

the banks named herein

as lenders

(the “lenders”)

and a simultaneous supplement to the Securities Pool Contract as per Appendix 3 of the contract.


The parties made a verbal agreement on 09/25/2007 to extend the loan and to postpone the final date of redemption to 10/31/2007. This contract is to be further extended by this supplement.

That said, the borrower, the co-obligor, the agent and the lenders agree the following amendments to the contract:

To § 1 of the contract:

The “final date of redemption” is 09/30/2011

The “margin” is 1.5% p.a. above the respectively applicable EONIA

To Appendix IV of the contract:

 

       The claims withdrawal and prolongation declaration issued by Lydall Inc. to Lydall Deutschland Holding GmbH was released by the declaration of 06/20/2006.

The remaining regulations of the contract remain unaltered.

This supplement does not become effective until the agent has received the copy of the guarantee signed by Lydall Inc. (the “guarantor”) as per Appendix 1 to this supplement before expiry of 11/30/2007.

The borrower:

 

/s/    Lydall Gerhardi GmbH & Co. KG

  October 31, 2007  

The co-obligor:

 

/s/    Lydall Deutschland Holding GmbH

  October 29, 2007  

The agent:

 

/s/    Deutsche Bank AG

  October 31, 2007  

The banks:

 

/s/    Deutsche Bank AG

  October 31, 2007  

 

/s/    Volksbank Meinerzhagen eG

  October 31, 2007  

The guarantor:

 

/s/    Lydall, Inc.

  October 29, 2007