Extension Agreement to Credit Agreement among Praxair, Inc., Lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
This agreement extends the termination date of the existing Credit Agreement, originally dated December 23, 2004, between Praxair, Inc., its subsidiaries, various lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent, by one year to December 23, 2011. The extension is effective as of October 18, 2006, and all other terms of the original Credit Agreement remain unchanged. The agreement is governed by New York law.
Exhibit 10.17b
EXTENSION AGREEMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
under the Credit Agreement
referred to below
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby agrees to extend, effective October 18, 2006, the Termination Date under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2004 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Praxair, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiaries referred to therein, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Citibank, N.A. and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Co-Documentation Agents, for one year to December 23, 2011. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
This Extension Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
| [LENDERS] | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Agreed and accepted:
| PRAXAIR, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Micheal J. Allan | |
| Name: | Micheal J. Allan | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Stacey Haimes | |
| Name: | Stacey Haimes | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
