Exhibit 10.1




 


 


FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT


Fourth Amendment to First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated the 29th day of May, 2015, by and among Matthews International Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Borrower"), the Banks (as defined in the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined)), Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania banking institution, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Agent"), and PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as syndication agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent") (this "Fourth Amendment").


W I T N E S S E T H:


WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated July 18, 2013, by and among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, the Agent, and the Syndication Agent, as amended by that certain: (i) First Amendment to First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated July 29, 2014, by and among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, the Agent, and the Syndication Agent; (ii) Second Amendment to First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated July 29, 2014, by and among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, the Agent, and the Syndication Agent; and (iii) Third Amendment to First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated September 15, 2014, by and among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, the Agent, and the Syndication Agent (as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"), the Banks agreed, among other things, to extend a revolving credit facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Million and 00/100 Dollars ($900,000,000.00);


WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, and the Banks and Agent and shall permit such amendments pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:


1.            All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the Loan Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.


2.            Section 6.06(iii)(D) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:


(D)            [RESERVED.]


3.            The provisions of Section 2 of this Fourth Amendment shall not become effective until the Agent has received the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Agent:



		(a)	this Fourth Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower and the Majority Banks; and






		(b)	such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.





 








4.            The Borrower hereby reconfirms and reaffirms all representations and warranties, agreements and covenants made by and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, except as such representations and warranties, agreements and covenants may have heretofore been amended, modified or waived in writing in accordance with the Loan Agreement, and except any such representations or warranties made as of a specific date or time, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date or time.


5.            The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that each and every document, instrument or agreement which at any time has secured payment of the Borrower's Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement including, but not limited to, (i) the Loan Agreement and (ii) the Guaranty Agreements continue to secure prompt payment when due of the Borrower's Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement.


6.            The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Banks and the Agent that (i) the Borrower has the legal power and authority to execute and deliver this Fourth Amendment; (ii) the officers of the Borrower executing this Fourth Amendment have been duly authorized to execute and deliver the same and bind the Borrower with respect to the provisions hereof; (iii) the execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower and the performance and observance by the Borrower of the provisions hereof and of the Loan Agreement and all documents executed or to be executed therewith, do not violate or conflict with the organizational documents of the Borrower or any Law applicable to the Borrower or result in a breach of any provision of or constitute a default which would have a Material Adverse Effect under any other agreement, instrument or document binding upon or enforceable against the Borrower and (iv) this Fourth Amendment, the Loan Agreement and the documents executed or to be executed by the Borrower in connection herewith or therewith constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower in every respect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.


7.            The Borrower represents and warrants that (i) no Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement, nor will any occur as a result of the execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment or the performance or observance of any provision hereof; (ii) except as amended pursuant to this Fourth Amendment, the Schedules attached to and made part of the Loan Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof in all material respects and there are no material modifications or supplements thereto; and (iii) it presently has no claims or actions of any kind at law or in equity against the Banks or the Agent arising out of or in any way relating to the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents.


8.            Each reference to the Loan Agreement that is made in the Loan Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.


9.            The agreements contained in this Fourth Amendment are limited to the specific agreements made herein.  Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  This Fourth Amendment amends the Loan Agreement and is not a novation thereof.


10.            This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.


11.            This Fourth Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the principles or the conflicts thereof.  The Borrower hereby consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania with respect to any suit arising out of or mentioning this Fourth Amendment.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto, have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed, as a document under seal, by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first above written.


	
ATTEST


 


 


By:                                                                                    


Name:                                                                                    


Title:                                                                                    

	
Matthews International Corporation


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name: ________________________________


Title:   ________________________________


 


	 	
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Agent and for itself as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent and for itself as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as Co-Documentation Agent and for itself as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent and for itself as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


	 	
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
Bank of America, N.A., as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
SunTrust Bank, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
The Huntington National Bank, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
TD Bank, N.A., as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. f/k/a Union Bank, N.A., as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  Carlos Cruz


Title:    Vice President


 


	 	
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
The Northern Trust Company, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________


 


	 	
First Commonwealth Bank, as a Bank


 


 


By:___________________________________


Name:  _______________________________


Title:  ________________________________















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