FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit 4.11
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this First Supplemental Indenture) dated as of April 9, 2011, among AMERICAN AUTOGARD LLC (the New Guarantor), an indirect subsidiary of RBS GLOBAL, INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the Company), the Company, REXNORD LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Rexnord and, together with the Company, the Issuers), the existing guarantors (the Guarantors) under the Indenture (as defined below), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuers and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Indenture) dated as of April 28, 2010, providing for the issuance of the Issuers 8 1/2% Senior Notes due 2018 (the Securities), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $1,145,000,000;
WHEREAS, Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuers are required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuers Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, for purposes of clarification, after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors under the Indenture will be the following entities: The Falk Service Corporation, Prager Incorporated, PT Components, Inc., RBS Acquisition Corporation, RBS China Holdings, L.L.C., Rexnord Industries, LLC, Rexnord International Inc., Rexnord-Zurn Holdings, Inc., OEI, Inc., OEP, Inc., Krikles, Inc., Zurco, Inc., Zurn International, Inc., Zurn Pex, Inc., Environmental Energy Company, HL Capital Corp., Sanitary-Dash Manufacturing Co., Inc., Zurn Industries, LLC, GA Industries Holdings, LLC, GA Industries, LLC, Rodney Hunt Company, Inc., and American Autogard LLC; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and the existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of each other and the holders of the Securities as follows:
1. Defined Terms. As used in this First Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term Holders in this Guarantee shall refer to the term Holders as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this First Supplemental Indenture refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers Obligations
under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.
4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.
7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AMERICAN AUTOGARD LLC | ||
By: | /S/ PATRICIA M. WHALEY | |
Name: Patricia M. Whaley | ||
Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
RBS GLOBAL, INC. | ||
By: | /S/ PATRICIA M. WHALEY | |
Name: Patricia M. Whaley | ||
Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
REXNORD LLC | ||
By: | /S/ PATRICIA M. WHALEY | |
Name: Patricia M. Whaley | ||
Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
THE FALK SERVICE CORPORATION PRAGER INCORPORATED PT COMPONENTS, INC. RBS ACQUISITION CORPORATION RBS CHINA HOLDINGS, L.L.C. REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC REXNORD INTERNATIONAL INC. REXNORD-ZURN HOLDINGS, INC. OEI, INC. OEP, INC. KRIKLES, INC. ZURCO, INC. ZURN INTERNATIONAL, INC. ZURN PEX, INC. ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY COMPANY HL CAPITAL CORP. SANITARY-DASH MANUFACTURING CO., INC. ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC GA INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC GA INDUSTRIES, LLC RODNEY HUNT COMPANY, INC. | ||
By: | /S/ PATRICIA M. WHALEY | |
Name: Patricia M. Whaley | ||
Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE | ||
By: | /S/ GREGORY S. CLARKE | |
Name: Gregory S. Clarke | ||
Title: Vice President |