EX-10.1.IV: THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO THE FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

EX-10.1.IV 2 y52285exv10w1wiv.htm EX-10.1.IV: THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO THE FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT EX-10.1.IV

Exhibit 10.1(iv)

THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER dated as of March 25, 2008 (this “Amendment”), to the FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 21, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time the “Credit Agreement”), among PALL CORPORATION (the “Company”), the Subsidiaries of the Company named on the signature pages thereto, the LENDERS from time to time party thereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as facility agent for the Lenders (the “Facility Agent”) and J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as London agent for the Lenders (the “London Agent” and, together with the Facility Agent, the “Agents”).

WHEREAS the Company has informed the Agents and the Lenders that (a) it has understated its U.S. income tax payments and its provision for income taxes, (b) the understatement relates (i) primarily to the taxation of certain intercompany payable balances that mainly resulted from sales of products by a foreign subsidiary of the Company to a U.S. subsidiary of the Company and (ii) to certain other tax matters giving rise to the Restatement Provision (as defined below) (the matters referred to in this clause (b) and in the preceding clause (a) being called the “Specified Matters”), (c) as of the date of this Amendment, the Company has paid $135,000,000 in respect of the Specified Matters, (d) the Company plans to restate (the “Restatement”) its financial statements for the fiscal years 1999 through 2006 (including the interim periods within those years) and each of the fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2006, January 31, 2007 and April 30, 2007 (the “Affected Periods”) in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2007 (the “2007 Form 10-K”), and (e) the aggregate incremental addition to the Company’s provision for income taxes with respect to the Affected Periods to be recorded in the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the 2007 Form 10-K and attributable to the Restatement (the “Restatement Provision”) will exceed $225,000,000, but as of the date hereof, the Company does not believe that it will exceed $300,000,000.

WHEREAS the Company has further informed the Agents and the Lenders that, as a result of the Specified Matters, (a) certain certifications, representations and warranties of the Company contained in or made pursuant to the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents (or any document delivered in connection therewith) may have been inaccurate when made or may not be accurate if required to be made in the event of additional borrowings under the Credit Agreement, (b) the covenants set forth in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.08 or 5.09 of the Credit Agreement may have been violated, (c) certain defaults may have occurred under other agreements or instruments of the Company, (d) the Company was not able to deliver its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2007 (the “Affected Annual Report”) or its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008 (the “Affected Quarterly Reports”), to the Facility Agent as and when it was required to do so by Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement and (e) the foregoing inaccuracies, violations and other matters may, if not waived by the Lenders, have resulted in or will result in Events of Default pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS the Company has requested that the Lenders waive, and the Lenders have agreed to waive, certain Defaults and failures of conditions precedent arising from the Specified Matters and the Company has requested that the Lenders amend, and the Lenders have agreed to amend, Section 5.01 to extend the period of time during which the Company must deliver the Affected Annual Report and Affected Quarterly Reports on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Agreement (as modified hereby).

SECTION 2. Waiver. Effective as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date (as defined below), the Lenders hereby waive (a) all breaches of representations and warranties under the Credit Agreement, Defaults caused by violations of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.08 and 5.09 of the Credit Agreement and failures to satisfy conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement (including conditions precedent to any further borrowing under the Credit Agreement) resulting from the Specified Matters and (b) any Default that may occur pursuant to Section 7.01(e)(i)(B) or 7.01(e)(ii)(A) of the Credit Agreement as a result of violations of the Other Debt Agreements (as defined below) due to (i) the Specified Matters or (ii) until March 31, 2008, the failure to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or to transmit to holders thereunder the Affected Annual Report or the Affected Quarterly Reports as and when required by the terms of the Other Debt Agreements and the Material Debt Agreements (as defined below).

SECTION 3. Amendment to Section 5.01. Effective as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date, Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:

(a) replacing paragraph (a) of such Section with the following paragraph:

(a) (i) with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Company (other than the Fiscal Year ended July 31, 2007), as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each such Fiscal Year or at such earlier time as the SEC may require the Company to deliver its Form 10-K (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended July 31, 2006) and (ii) with respect to the Fiscal Year of the Company ended July 31, 2007, as soon as available, but in any event by March 31, 2008, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein,

audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such financial statement audit; provided that (i) the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied by delivery within the time period specified above of (A) a copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year (together with the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) (“Form 10-K”) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC or (B) a notice setting forth a written reference to a website that contains such Form 10-K (together with the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act); and

(b) replacing paragraph (b) of such Section with the following paragraph:

(b) (i) with respect to each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Company in any Fiscal Year (other than the fiscal quarters ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008), as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each such fiscal quarter or at such earlier time as the SEC may require the Company to deliver its Form 10-Q (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2006) and (ii) with respect to the fiscal quarters of the Company ending October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008, as soon as available, but in any event by March 31, 2008, (A) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and (B) consolidated statements of earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such quarter, and a statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to the changes resulting from year-end adjustments; provided that (i) the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied by delivery within the time period specified above of (A) a copy of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC or (B) a notice setting forth a written reference to a website that contains such Form 10-Q, (ii) on or prior to December 10, 2007, the Company shall deliver to the Facility Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Lenders, an unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings before interest and taxes, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year, and balance sheet highlights comprised of accounts receivable, inventory and indebtedness, in each case with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2007 and (iii) on or prior to March 11, 2008, the Company shall deliver to

the Facility Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Lenders, an unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings before interest and taxes, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year, and balance sheet highlights comprised of accounts receivable, inventory and indebtedness, in each case with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal quarter ending January 31, 2008.

SECTION 4. Limitation on Waiver and Amendment. The waivers set forth in Section 2 extend only to the provisions referred to therein and shall not, directly or by implication, constitute a waiver of any other provision of the Credit Agreement. Such waivers and the amendments set forth in Section 3 shall automatically expire and be of no further force or effect, with the same effect as if they had not been granted, without the necessity of any action by the Agents or any Lender, if:

(a) at any time (i) any Default or Event of Default (other than those waived pursuant to Section 2) occurs under the Credit Agreement or (ii) the Facility Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, provides written notice to the Company that the Required Lenders have become aware, after the date of this Amendment, of information that, in the Required Lenders’ reasonable judgment (consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles), renders the Restatement Provision inadequate in any material respect as of the date of the filing of the 2007 Form 10-K with the SEC or would require a further restatement of the Company’s financial statements in connection with the Specified Matters or (iii) the Company shall have become aware that the Company’s counterparties under the Material Debt Agreements or any other agreement governing Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (together with the Material Debt Agreements, the “Other Debt Agreements”) (A) shall have declared the unpaid principal amount of the notes or the loans or the other obligations thereunder, as the case may be, immediately due and payable as a result of any violation or default attributable to the Specified Matters or (B) are unwilling to grant a waiver as required hereunder of any violation or default existing under the Other Debt Agreements, as the case may be;

(b) on or prior to March 31, 2008, the Company shall have failed to deliver to the Facility Agent counterparts of waivers of any violations or defaults under the Material Debt Agreements duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and containing termination provisions with respect to developments in respect of the Specified Matters not less favorable to the Company than those set forth in clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above; or

(c) on or prior to March 31, 2008, the Company shall have failed to deliver to the Facility Agent counterparts of waivers of any violations or defaults under the Other Debt Agreements, other than the Material Debt Agreements, duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto.

The following agreements constitute the “Material Debt Agreements”: (i) the Second Amended and Restated Term Note, dated as of June 20, 2007 (the “Yen Term Note”),

among the Company and Bank of America, N.A. and (ii) the ISDA Master Agreement and the related Schedule thereto, each dated as of October 15, 1997 (the “Bank of America ISDA”), between Fleet National Bank and Pall Corporation.

SECTION 5. Fees. The Company agrees to pay on the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date to the Facility Agent, for the account of each Lender that executes and delivers a copy of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) at or prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on March 25, 2008, an amendment fee (the “Amendment Fee”) in the amount of 0.05% on the amount of such Lender’s Commitment. All such fees shall be payable in immediately available funds and shall not be refundable.

SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that, as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date and after giving effect hereto:

(a) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement (as modified hereby) constitutes the Company’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles of general application, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(b) Except for the Specified Matters, all representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in the Loan Documents (as modified hereby) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date (except with respect to representations and warranties expressly made only as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

SECTION 7. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the first date (the “Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date”) on which the Facility Agent shall have received (i) counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Required Lenders and (ii) the Amendment Fees.

SECTION 8. No Amendments or Other Waivers; Confirmation. (a) 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 Agents or the Lenders 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 are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.

(b) On and after the Third Amendment and Waiver Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other Loan Document, shall be deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.

SECTION 9. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Agents for their out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents.

SECTION 10. Governing Law; Counterparts. (a) This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

SECTION 11. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

[Signature pages to follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment and Waiver to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above written.


PALL CORPORATION,
by	/s/ LISA MCDERMOTT
	Name:	Lisa McDermott
	Title:	CFO & Treasurer


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Facility Agent and as a Lender,
by	/s/ TARA LYNNE MOORE
	Name:	Tara Lynne Moore
	Title:	Vice President


J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as London Agent,
by	/s/ CHING LOH
	Name:	Ching Loh
	Title:	Associate