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EXHIBIT 10.9

 

 

THE BRINK’S COMPANY

 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ EQUITY PLAN

(Amended and Restated as of July 12, 2012)

 

 

SECTION 1 .  Purpose.

 

The purpose of The Brink’s Company Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Plan is to act as the successor plan to The Brink’s Company Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (amended and restated as of July 8, 2005) and to attract and retain the services of experienced independent directors for The Brink’s Company by encouraging them to acquire a proprietary interest in The Brink’s Company in the form of shares of The Brink’s Company common stock.  The Brink’s Company intends The Brink’s Company Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Plan to provide those directors with additional incentive to further the best interests of The Brink’s
Company and its shareholders.

 

SECTION 2 .  Definition.

 

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

    (a)   “Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

   

    (b)   “Affiliate” shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Board.

 

    (c)   “Award” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, award of Restricted Stock or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

   

    (d)   “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan, which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

 

    (e)   “Beneficiary” shall mean a person or persons entitled to receive payments or other benefits or exercise rights that are available under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death.

 

    (f)   “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

    (g)   “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of:

 

(i) (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the Shares would be converted into cash, securities or other property other than a consolidation or merger in which holders of the total voting power in the election of directors of the Company of Shares outstanding (exclusive of shares held by the Company’s Affiliates) (the “Total 

 

 

  

  

  

 

Voting Power”) immediately prior to the consolidation or merger will have the same proportionate ownership of the total voting power in the election of directors of the surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger, or (B) any sale, leases, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Company;

 

(ii) any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Act) other than the Company, its Affiliates or an employee benefit plan or trust maintained by the Company or its affiliates, becoming the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 20% of the Total Voting Power; or

 

(iii) at any time during a period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board ceasing for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election by the Company's shareholders of each new director during such two-year period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such two-year period.

 

    (h)   “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

   

    (i)   “Company” shall mean The Brink’s Company.

 

    (j)   “DSAP” shall mean The Brink’s Company Directors’ Stock Accumulation Plan, amended and restated as of July 12, 2012.

 

    (k)   “Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to Shares, the average of the high and low quoted sale prices of a share of such common stock on the date in question (or, if there is no reported sale on such date, on the last preceding date on which any reported sale occurred) on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Tape or with respect to
any property other than Shares, the fair market value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Board.

 

    (l)   “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an option representing the right to purchase Shares from the Company, granted under and in accordance with the terms of Section 6.

 

    (m)   “Option” shall mean a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

    (n)   “Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean any right granted under Section 9.

 

    (o)   “Participant” shall mean an individual granted an Award under the Plan.

 

    (p)   “Plan” shall mean The Brink’s Company Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Plan.

 

    (q)   “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share granted under Section 8.

 

 

  

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    (r)   “Retirement” shall mean termination of service on or after the date the Participant has attained age 65 and completed at least five years of service on the Board.

 

    (s)   “SAR” or “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean any right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 to receive, upon exercise by the Participant, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise or at any time during
a specified period before the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the right on the date of grant, or if granted in connection with an outstanding Option on the date of grant of the related Option, as specified by the Board in its sole discretion, which, except in connection with an adjustment provided in Section 5(d), shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right or the related Option, as the case may be.

   

    (t)   “Shares” shall mean shares of the common stock of the Company.

 

    (u)   “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation of which stock representing at least 50% of the ordinary voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

 

SECTION 3 .  Eligibility.  Members of the Board who are not full-time or part-time officers or employees of the Company shall be eligible to receive Awards hereunder.

 

SECTION 4 .  Administration.

 

    (a)   The Plan shall be administered by the Board.  The Board may issue rules and regulations for administration of the Plan.  The Board shall meet at such times and places as it may determine.

 

    (b)   Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Board shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with) Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine
whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, or other Awards, or canceled, forfeited or suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Board; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (ix) make any other determination and take any other
action that the Board deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

 

    (c)   All decisions of the Board shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including the Company, the shareholders and the Participants.

 

 

  

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SECTION 5 .  Shares Available for Awards.

 

    (a)   Subject to adjustment as provided below, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be 500,000 Shares.  Any Shares covered by an Award other than Options and SARs shall be counted against this limit as 2 Shares for every one Share covered by the Award.  In addition, each SAR shall be counted against this limit as one
Share, regardless of whether a Share is used to settle the SAR upon exercise.

 

    (b)   If, after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award otherwise terminates without the delivery of Shares or of other consideration, then the Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, to the extent of any such forfeiture or termination, shall again be, or shall become, available for issuance under the Plan.

 

    (c)   Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or Shares acquired by the Company.

 

    (d)   In the event that the Board shall determine that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares or other securities), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate
transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Board to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Board shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities) which thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, including the aggregate limit specified in Section 5(a), (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities) subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to
any Award denominated in Shares shall always be a whole number.

 

SECTION 6 .  Options.

 

The Board is hereby authorized to grant Options to Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions, in either case not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Board shall determine:

   

    (a)   The purchase price per Share under an Option shall be determined by the Board; provided, however, that such purchase price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option.

 

    (b)   The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Board but shall not exceed 6 years from the date of grant thereof.

 

 

  

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    (c)   The Board shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part; provided, however, that, except in the event of a Change in Control, an Option shall not be exercisable before the expiration of six months from the date the Option is granted.

   

    (d)   The Board shall determine the method or methods by which, and the form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other Awards, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price, in which, payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.

 

    (e)   Options shall not be granted under the Plan in consideration for and shall not be conditioned upon the delivery of Shares to the Company in payment of the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligation under any other stock option.

 

    (f)   Section 10 sets forth certain additional provisions that shall apply to Options.

 

SECTION 7 . Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

    (a)   The Board is hereby authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”) to Participants with terms and conditions as the Board shall determine not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

 

    (b)   SARs may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone (“freestanding”) or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan (“tandem”) and may, but need not, relate to a specific Option granted under Section 6.

 

    (c)   Any tandem SAR related to an Option may be granted at the same time such Option is granted or at any time thereafter before exercise or expiration of such Option.  In the case of any tandem SAR related to any Option, the SAR or applicable portion thereof shall not be exercisable until the related Option or applicable portion thereof is exercisable and shall terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related
Option, except that a SAR granted with respect to less than the full number of Shares covered by a related Option shall not be reduced until the exercise or termination of the related Option exceeds the number of Shares not covered by the SAR.  Any Option related to any tandem SAR shall no longer be exercisable to the extent the related SAR has been exercised.

 

    (d)   A freestanding SAR shall not have a term of greater than 6 years or an exercise price less than 100% of Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant and, except in the event of a Change in Control, shall not be exercisable before the expiration of six months from the date the SAR is granted.

 

    (e)   Section 10 sets forth certain additional provisions that shall apply to SARs.

 

 

  

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SECTION 8 .  Restricted Stock.

 

    (a)   The Board is hereby authorized to grant Awards of Restricted Stock to Participants.

 

    (b)   Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Board may deem appropriate;
provided, however, that subject to Section 11(g), Restricted Stock shall have a vesting period of not less than six months.

 

    (c)   Any Share of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Board may deem appropriate including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates.  In the event any stock certificate is issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend
referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

 

    (d)   The Board may in its discretion, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interests of the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all restrictions with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock; provided, that the Committee may not waive the restriction in the proviso of Section 8(b).

 

    (e)   Section 10 sets forth certain additional provisions that shall apply to Restricted Stock.

 

SECTION 9 .  Other Stock-Based Awards.

 

The Board is hereby authorized to grant to Participants such other Awards (including, without limitation, rights to dividends, dividend equivalents and units under the DSAP) that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares) as are deemed by the Board to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards.  Shares or other securities delivered pursuant to a purchase right granted under this Section 9 shall be purchased for such consideration, which
may be paid by such method or methods and in such form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or any combination thereof, as the Board shall determine, the value of which consideration, as established by the Board, shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares or other securities as of the date such purchase right is granted.

 

 

  

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SECTION 10 .  Effect of Termination of Service on Awards.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Board at the time an Option, SAR, or Award of Restricted Stock is granted or in any amendment thereto, if a Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board, then:

 

    (a)   with respect to an Option or SAR:

 

(i)   subject to Section 10(a)(ii), if termination of service is by reason of the Participant’s permanent and total disability or by reason of the Participant’s Retirement, each Option or SAR held by the Participant shall continue to remain outstanding and shall become or remain exercisable and in full force and effect in accordance with its terms until the expiration date of the Award;

 

(ii)   if termination of such service is by reason of the death of the Participant, or if the Participant dies after permanent and total disability or after the Participant’s Retirement as referred to in Section 10(a)(i), each Option or SAR held by the Participant shall become fully exercisable at the time of the Participant’s death and may be exercised by the Participant’s Beneficiary at any time within a period of three years after death (but not after the expiration date of the Award);

 

(iii)   if termination of such service is for any reason other than as provided in Section 10(a)(i) or (ii), each Option or SAR held by the Participant shall continue to remain outstanding and shall become or remain exercisable and in full force and effect in accordance with its terms until the first anniversary of such termination of service (but not after the expiration date of such Award);

 

    (b)   with respect to Restricted Stock:

 

(i)   subject to Section 10(b)(ii), if termination of service is by reason of the Participant’s permanent and total disability, each Restricted Stock Award held by the Participant shall continue to remain outstanding in full force and effect and any restrictions with respect to such Restricted Stock Award shall lapse in accordance with the terms of the Award;

 

(ii)   if termination of service is by reason of the Participant’s death, or if the Participant dies after permanent and total disability as referred to in Section 10(b)(i), any and all restrictions with respect to each Restricted Stock Award held by the Participant shall lapse at the time of the Participant’s death;

 

(iii)   if termination of service is for any reason other than as provided in Section 10(b)(i) or (b)(ii), any Restricted Stock Award held by the Participant that remains subject to restrictions shall be canceled as of such termination of service and shall have no further force or effect.

 

 

  

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SECTION 11 .  General Provisions Applicable to Awards.

 

    (a)   Awards shall be granted for no cash consideration or for such minimal cash consideration as may be required by applicable law.

 

    (b)   Awards may, in the discretion of the Board, be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with any other Award or any award granted under any other plan of the Company.  Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards, or in addition to or in tandem with awards granted under any other plan of the Company, may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

 

    (c)   Subject to the terms of the Plan, payments or transfers to be made by the Company upon the grant, exercise or payment of an Award may be made in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other Awards, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Board in its discretion at the time of grant, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the
Board.  Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of dividend equivalents in respect of installment or deferred payments.

 

    (d)   No Award and no right under any Award shall be assignable, alienable, saleable or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or pursuant to Section 11(e).  Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any
Award which has been fully exercised, earned or paid, as the case may be, and shall not preclude forfeiture of an Award in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

    (e)   A Participant may designate a Beneficiary or change a previous beneficiary designation at such times prescribed by the Board by using forms and following procedures approved or accepted by the Board for that purpose.  If no Beneficiary designated by the Participant is eligible to receive payments or other benefits or exercise rights that are available under the Plan at the Participant’s death, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s
estate.

 

    (f)   All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Board may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state securities laws, and the Board
may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

 

  

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(g)   Unless specifically provided to the contrary in any Award Agreement, upon a Change in Control, all Awards shall become fully exercisable, shall vest and shall be settled, as applicable, and any restrictions applicable to any Award shall automatically lapse. 

 

SECTION 12 .  Amendments and Termination.

 

    (a)   Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan, the Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, however, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without (i) shareholder approval
if such approval is required by the listing company rules of the New York Stock Exchange or (ii) the consent of the affected Participant, if such action would adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any outstanding Award, except to the extent any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination is made to cause the Plan to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules and regulations or accounting or tax rules and regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Board may amend the Plan in such manner as may be necessary to enable the Plan to achieve its stated purposes in any jurisdiction in a tax-efficient manner and in compliance with local rules and regulations.

 

    (b)   The Board may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, without the consent of any relevant Participant or holder or beneficiary of an Award, provided, however, that no such action shall impair the rights of any affected Participant or holder or
beneficiary under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan, except to the extent any such action is made to cause the Plan to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules and regulations or accounting or tax rules and regulations; and provided further that, except as provided in Section 5(d), no such action shall directly or indirectly, through cancellation and regrant or any other method, reduce, or have the effect of reducing, the exercise price of any Award established at the time of grant thereof.

 

    (c)   The Board shall be authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 5(d)) affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, whenever the Board determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

 

    (d)   The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan into effect.

 

 

  

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SECTION 13 .  Miscellaneous.

 

    (a)   No Participant or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan.  The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

 

    (b)   The Company shall be authorized to withhold from any Award granted or any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities or other Awards) of withholding taxes due in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under such Award or under the Plan and to take such other action (including, without limitation, providing for elective
payment of such amounts in cash or Shares by the Participant) as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

 

    (c)   Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation arrangements, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

    (d)   The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Board or the Company.  The receipt of any Award under the Plan is not intended to confer any rights on the receiving Participant except as set forth in such Award.

 

    (e)   If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the
Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

    (f)   Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other person.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

    (g)   No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Board shall determine whether cash or other securities shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

 

  

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SECTION 14 .  Effective Date of the Plan.

 

The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its approval by the shareholders of the Company.

 

SECTION 15 .  Term of the Plan.

 

No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the date of the annual shareholders meeting in the tenth year after the effective date of the Plan.  However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such date, and the authority of the Board to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award, or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award, and the authority of the Board to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond such date.

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

July 24, 2012

 

Tennant Company

701 North Lilac Drive

Minneapolis, Minnesota  55442

 

Re:           Amendment No. 2 to Private Shelf Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2009 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Private Shelf Agreement dated May 5, 2011, the “Note Agreement”), between Tennant Company, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), on the one hand, and Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“Prudential”), The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Physicians Mutual Insurance Company and each Prudential Affiliate which becomes party thereto, on the other hand.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Note Agreement.

 

The Company has requested the amendments to the Note Agreement set forth below.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Prudential and the undersigned holders of the Shelf Notes are willing to agree to such request.  Accordingly, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 11C of the Note Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Amendments to the Note Agreement.  Effective upon the Effective Date (as defined in Section 2 below), the parties hereto agree that the Note Agreement is amended as follows:

 

1.1.           Paragraph 1B is hereby deleted.

 

1.2.           Clause (i) of paragraph 2A(2) of the Note Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(i)           July 24, 2015,”

 

1.3.           Clause (ii) of paragraph 7A is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

	
  

	
“(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Shelf Note for more than three (3) Business Days after the date due; or”

 

1.4.           Paragraph 10B is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “RBC Event” contained therein.

 

  

  

  

 

SECTION 2.  Effectiveness.  The amendments in Section 1 of this letter agreement shall become effective on the date (the “Effective Date”) that each of the following conditions has been satisfied:

 

2.1.           Documents.  Prudential and each holder of the Shelf Notes shall have received original counterparts of this letter agreement executed by Prudential, the holders of the Shelf Notes, the Company and each Guarantor.

 

2.2.           Representations.  All representations set forth in Section 3 shall be true and correct as of the Effective Date.

 

2.3.           Proceedings.  All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement shall be satisfactory to Prudential and each holder of a Shelf Note and its counsel, and Prudential and each holder of a Shelf Note shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably request.

 

SECTION 3.  Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants to Prudential and the holders of the Shelf Notes that (i) immediately before and after giving effect to the amendments to the Note Agreement in Section 1 hereof, (a) each representation and warranty set forth in paragraph 8 of the Note Agreement is true and correct in all material respects and (b) no Event of Default or Default exists and (ii) all necessary or required consents to this letter agreement have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 4.  Confirmation of Available Facility Amount.  The Company, Prudential and the holders of the Shelf Notes hereby confirm that the Available Facility Amount under the Note Agreement is $60,000,000 as of the date of Effective Date.

 

SECTION 5.  Reference to and Effect on Note Agreement.  Upon the effectiveness of the amendments made in this letter agreement, each reference to the Note Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Note Agreement as modified by this letter agreement.  Except as specifically set forth in Section 1 hereof, the Note Agreement and the Shelf Notes shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.  Except as specifically stated in Section 1 of this letter agreement, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this letter agreement shall not (a) amend the Note Agreement, any Shelf Note or any other Transaction Document, (b) operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the holder of any Shelf Note, or (c) constitute a waiver of, or consent to any departure from, any provision of the Note Agreement, any Shelf Note or any of the other Transaction Documents at any time.  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this letter agreement shall not be construed as a course of dealing or other implication that Prudential or any holder of Shelf Notes has agreed to or is prepared to grant any amendment to, waiver of or consent under the Note Agreement, any Shelf Note or any other Transaction Document in the future, whether or not under similar circumstances.

 

SECTION 6.  Expenses. The Company hereby confirms its obligations under the Note Agreement, whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated are consummated, to pay, promptly after request by the holders of the Shelf Notes, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and 

 

  

  

  

 

expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by such holders in connection with this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in enforcing any rights under this letter agreement, or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.  The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall survive transfer by any holder of any Shelf Note and payment of any Shelf Note.

 

SECTION 7.  Reaffirmation.  Each Guarantor hereby consents to the foregoing amendments to the Note Agreement and hereby ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Guaranty Agreement after giving effect to such amendment.  The Guarantor and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that, notwithstanding the foregoing amendment, that the Guaranty Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees and confirms that the Guaranty Agreement continues to guaranty the Guarantied Obligation (as defined in the Guaranty Agreement) arising under or in connection with the Note Agreement, as the same may be amended by this letter agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Governing Law.  THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS OF SUCH STATE WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS LETTER TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

 

SECTION 9.  Counterparts; Section Titles.  This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together  shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this letter agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this letter agreement. The section titles contained in this letter agreement are and shall be without substance, meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

 

 

By:           ____________________________________

Vice President

 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

 

 

 

 

By:           ____________________________________ 

Vice President

 

PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

By:           Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.

(as Investment Advisor)

 

By:           Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.

(as its General Partner)

 

 

By:           ____________________________________ 

Vice President

 

  

  

  

 

Accepted and Agreed to:

 

TENNANT COMPANY,

a Minnesota corporation

 

 

By:          ______________________________

 

Name:_________________________                                                     

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

 

By:          ______________________________ 

 

Name:_________________________                                                      

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

TENNANT SALES AND SERVICE COMPANY

 

 

By:          ______________________________ 

 

Name:_________________________                                                      

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

 

By:          ______________________________ 

 

Name:_________________________                                                      

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

TENNANT HOLDINGS LLC

 

 

BY:        Tennant Company,

its Sole Member

 

 

By:          ______________________________ 

 

Name:_________________________                                                      

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

 

By:          ______________________________ 

 

Name:_________________________                                                      

 

Title:__________________________                                                      

 

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