JOINDER AGREEMENT

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EX-4.21 3 a13-20955_1ex4d21.htm EX-4.21

Exhibit 4.21

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 4, 2013, is entered into between Chemical Specialists and Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (“CSD”), Startex Chemical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Startex”), and Startex Distribution West, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Startex West”, and, together with CSD and Startex, the “New Subsidiaries”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2011, among Nexeo Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), each domestic subsidiary of the Company from time to time party thereto, Nexeo Solutions Canada Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the “Canadian Borrower”), Nexeo Solutions Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Nexeo Solutions Sub Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Sub Holdco”), the Lenders parties thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders thereunder (the “Agent”) (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

Each New Subsidiary and the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Each New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, such New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Loan Party under the Credit Agreement and a U.S. Loan Guarantor for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a U.S. Loan Party and a U.S. Loan Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement.  Each New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, including without limitation (a) all of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement (to the extent made or deemed made on or after the effective date hereof), (b) all of the covenants set forth in Articles V and VI of the Credit Agreement, (c) all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement to the same extent as each of the other U.S. Borrowers as if it had been a party thereto as a U.S. Borrower and does hereby assume each of the obligations imposed upon a U.S. Borrower under the Credit Agreement, and (d) all of the guaranty obligations set forth in Article X of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, each New Subsidiary, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.09 of the Credit Agreement, hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Loan Guarantors, to the Agent and the Lenders, the prompt payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) to the extent of and in accordance with Article X of the Credit Agreement.)

 

2.                                      If required, each New Subsidiary is, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, executing and delivering such Collateral Documents (and such other documents and instruments) as requested by the Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreement including, without limitation, a joinder agreement with respect to the Security Agreement and, if applicable, the Canadian Guarantee Agreement.

 



 

3.                                      Each New Subsidiary hereby agrees that each reference in the Credit Agreement to a “U.S. Loan Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such New Subsidiary.

 

4.                                      Each New Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by such New Subsidiary upon the execution of this Agreement by such New Subsidiary.

 

5.                                      This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

6.                                      THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

[Signature page follows]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Subsidiary has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

NEW SUBSIDIARIES:

 

 

 

 

 

CHEMICAL SPECIALISTS AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ross Crane

 

Name:

Ross Crane

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

STARTEX CHEMICAL, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ross Crane

 

Name:

Ross Crane

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

STARTEX DISTRIBUTION WEST, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ross Crane

 

Name:

Ross Crane

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to ABL Credit Agreement]

 



 

Acknowledged and accepted:

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Mahoney

 

Name:

Robert Mahoney

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to ABL Credit Agreement]