Amendment No. 2 to Five-Year Credit Agreement among MeadWestvaco Corporation and Various Banks
This amendment updates the Five-Year Credit Agreement originally signed on December 21, 2001, between MeadWestvaco Corporation and a group of banks, including The Bank of New York and others. The amendment modifies a specific section of the agreement and reaffirms the parties’ obligations. It becomes effective once all required parties have signed and a related agreement is amended. All other terms of the original agreement remain in effect. The amendment is governed by New York law.
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDMENT NO. 2
AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this "Amendment"), dated as of December 19, 2002, to the Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2001, among MeadWestvaco Corporation, the Banks party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Administrative Agent, Bank One, N.A., as Syndication Agent, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Citicorp USA, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agents, Barclays Bank plc, Commerzbank AG New York and Grand Cayman Branches, Fleet National Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Wachovia Bank, as Managing Agents, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Agents, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 7, 2002 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement").
RECITALS
I. The parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement to the extent set forth herein and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
II. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, in consideration of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
- Subject to paragraph 2 below, Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the phrase ", signed by a Responsible Officer," immediately before the phrase "not later than 10:00 A.M."
- Paragraph 1 hereof shall not be effective unless and until each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
- The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Person listed on the signature pages hereto either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such Person or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such Person has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.
- The Other Credit Agreement shall have been amended and restated substantially simultaneously with the execution and delivery hereof.
- Each of the Borrower, and each Guarantor by consenting hereto, hereby (i) reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of each Loan Document and its obligations thereunder, and agrees and admits that it has no defense to or offset against any such obligation, and (ii) represents and warrants that no Default has occurred and is continuing and that all of the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct, except as the context thereof otherwise requires and except for those representations and warranties which by their terms or by necessary implication are expressly limited to a state of facts existing at a time prior to the date hereof, or such other matters relating thereto as are identified in a writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
- This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures hereto were upon the same instrument. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
- Each Loan Document shall in all other respects remain in full force and effect.
- THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
By: /s/ Karen R. Osar
Name: Karen R. Osar
Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Consented to and Agreed:
THE MEAD CORPORATION
By: /s/ Karen R. Osar
Name: Karen R. Osar
Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
WESTVACO CORPORATION
By: /s/ Karen R. Osar
Name: Karen R. Osar
Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ Eliza S. Adams
Name: Eliza S. Adams
Title: Vice President
BANK ONE, NA, as a Bank and as the Syndication Agent
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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CITICORP USA, INC.
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JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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COMMERZBANK AG NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
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WACHOVIA BANK
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
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SUNTRUST BANK
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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
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BNP PARIBAS
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ING CAPITAL LLC
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MELLON BANK NA
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NATIONAL CITY BANK
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THE NORTHERN TRUSTS COMPANY
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
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FIFTH THIRD BANK
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