EX-10.2 3 lii-ex102xsecondamendmentt.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit



Exhibit 10.2

SECOND AMENDMENT TO SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of March 6, 2018, is among LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent").
RECITALS:

The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the lenders listed on the signature pages thereto have entered into that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement dated as of August 30, 2016 (as the same may have been or may hereafter be amended or otherwise modified, the "Agreement"). The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as a Lender, Issuing Bank, and the Swingline Lender now desire to amend the Agreement as herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows effective as of the date hereof unless otherwise indicated:
ARTICLE 1.

Definitions
Section 1.1.    Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings as in the Agreement, as amended hereby.
ARTICLE 2.    

Amendment
Section 2.1.    Amendment to Section 2.04(a). Clause (a) of Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a)    Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swingline Lender severally agrees to make Swingline Loans denominated in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $65,000,000, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender exceeding such Swingline Lender's Swingline Commitment, or (iii) the sum of the Total Revolving Exposures exceeding the then existing total Revolving Commitments; provided that a Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

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Section 2.2.    Amendment to Section 2.05(a). Clause (a) of Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a)    General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account, denominated in Dollars, Australian Dollars or Euros, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) no Issuing Bank shall have an obligation hereunder to issue any Letter of Credit; each such issuance shall be at the sole discretion of the applicable Issuing Bank and (ii) no Issuing Bank shall have an obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue or renew, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any applicable Sanctions by any party to this Agreement. Existing Letters of Credit are Letters of Credit hereunder for all intents and purposes.
ARTICLE 3.    

Conditions Precedent
Section 3.1.    Conditions. The effectiveness of Article 2 of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a)    The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the authorization of this Amendment in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such additional documentation and information as the Administrative Agent or its legal counsel may request;
(d)    The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth herein and in all other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are subject to a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to any earlier date in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are subject to a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date;
(e)    No Default shall exist;

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(f)    The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable pursuant to this Amendment, the Agreement or any other Loan Document on or prior to the date hereof, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder, under the Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and
(g)    All proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all documentation and other legal matters incident thereto shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel.
ARTICLE 4.    

Ratifications, Representations and Warranties
Section 4.1.    Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Agreement and except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party hereto agree that the Agreement as amended hereby and the other Loan Documents shall continue to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. For all matters arising prior to the effective date of this Amendment (including, without limitation, the accrual and payment of interest and fees and compliance with financial covenants), the terms of the Agreement (as unmodified by this Amendment) shall control and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4.2.    Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows: (a) after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are subject to a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to any earlier date in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are subject to a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date; (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and does not and will not: (1) require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect; (2) violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority; (3) violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets (including the documentation governing the Senior Unsecured Notes), or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (4) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (d) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, membership agreement, articles of organization or other applicable governing document of the Borrower

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and each other Loan Party and the resolutions of each Borrower and each other Loan Party attached as exhibits to any previously delivered Certificate of Secretary or Assistant Secretary have not been modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect; and (e) this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
ARTICLE 5.    

Miscellaneous
Section 5.1.    Survival of Representations and Warranties. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Amendment, the Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder or thereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Loan Obligations have been Fully Satisfied. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03 and Article IX of the Agreement shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Amendment, the Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.
Section 5.2.    Reference to Agreement. Each of the Loan Documents, including the Agreement and any and all other agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Agreement as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in such Loan Documents to the Agreement shall mean a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.
Section 5.3.    Expenses of Lender. As provided in the Agreement, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto, including without limitation, the costs and fees of the Administrative Agent's legal counsel.
Section 5.4.    Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 5.5.    Applicable Law. This Amendment and all other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable law pertaining in the State of New York, other than those conflict of law provisions that would defer to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. This governing law election has been made by the parties in reliance (at least in part) on Section 5–1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, as amended (as and to the extent applicable), and other applicable law.

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Section 5.6.    Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Amendment are binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted under the Agreement (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit, any Affiliate of a Lender who is owed any of the Obligations and any Indemnitee), except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void).
Section 5.7.    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," "delivery," and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 5.8.    Effect of Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to or for any breach of or deviation from any covenant, condition or duty by the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall be deemed a consent or waiver to or of any other breach of the same or any other covenant, condition or duty.
Section 5.9.    Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.
Section 5.10.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AMENDMENT AND ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT EMBODY THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED OR VARIED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO.
Section 5.11.    Loan Document. This Amendment is a Loan Document and is subject to the terms of the Agreement.
[Signatures on Following Page.]




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Executed as of the date first written above.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., as the Borrower


By:    
/s/ Rick Pelini    
Rick Pelini, Vice President and Treasurer

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N. A.
individually as a Lender, an Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender and as the Administrative Agent



By:    
/s/ Gregory T. Martin            
    Gregory T. Martin, Executive Director

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Subsidiary Guarantor Consent

Each of the undersigned Subsidiary Guarantors: (i) consents and agrees to this Amendment; (ii) agrees that the Loan Documents to which it is a party shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms; and (iii) agree that the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of the Borrower arising under this Amendment are "Obligations" as defined in the Agreement and "Guaranteed Indebtedness" as defined in the Guaranty Agreement to which it is a party.
ALLIED AIR ENTERPRISES LLC
ADVANCED DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCTS LLC
HEATCRAFT INC.
HEATCRAFT REFRIGERATION PRODUCTS LLC
LENNOX GLOBAL LTD.
LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC.
LGL AUSTRALIA (US) INC.
LENNOX NATIONAL ACCOUNT SERVICES LLC
LGL EUROPE HOLDING CO.



By:
    /s/ Rick Pelini    
Rick Pelini, Vice President and Treasurer for each Subsidiary Guarantor

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