EX-99.28 35 a2135830zex-99_28.htm EXHIBIT 99.28

Exhibit 99.28

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

May 4, 2004

 

 

Foster Wheeler LLC
Perryville Corporate Park
Service Road East 173
Clinton, New Jersey 08809-4000

 

THIRD EXTENSION OF COMMITMENTS

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Commitment Letter dated February 4, 2004 (as modified by the Extension of Commitments dated April 5, 2004 and the Second Extension of Commitments dated April 12, 2004, the “Commitment Letter”), among Foster Wheeler LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and the entities listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Purchasers”), in connection with the proposed repayment of approximately $120,000,000 of certain funded debt of the Company. Terms defined in the Commitment Letter are used herein as defined therein.

 

The Company has requested that the Purchasers consent to a third extension of the Commitment Letter and the Purchasers are willing to so consent upon the terms and conditions of this letter (the “Letter”). Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Commitment Letter shall be amended as follows:

 

1.01. Termination of Commitment. Section 7(a) of the Commitment Letter is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a)         May 7, 2004;”

 

Section 2. Conditions. The amendments set forth in Section 1 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(a) Execution of this Letter. The execution and delivery of counterparts of this Letter by the Company and each of the Purchasers not later than May 4, 2004; and

 



 

(b) Payment of Fees. The payment of any outstanding invoices for fees and expenses incurred by Saybrook Restructuring Advisors, LLC and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, with respect to which invoices have been delivered to the Company on or before May 4, 2004.

 

Section 3. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter shall continue unchanged and in full force and effect. This letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Commitment Letter to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

FOSTER WHEELER LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thierry Desmaris

 

 

Name:

Thierry Desmaris

 

 

Title:

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peta Swidler

 

 

Name:

PETA SWIDLER

 

 

Title:

SVP

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Sutter Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peta Swidler

 

 

Name:

PETA SWIDLER

 

 

Title:

SVP

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dan CV Chamby

 

 

Name:

DAN CV CHAMBY

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch International Investment Fund
- MLIIF Global Allocation Fund

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dan CV Chamby

 

 

Name:

DAN C.V. CHAMBY

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch Variable Series Fund, Inc. -
Merrill Lynch Global Allocation V.I. Fund

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dan CV Chamby

 

 

Name:

DAN CV CHAMBY

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch Series Funds, Inc. - Global
Allocation Strategy Portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dan CV Chamby

 

 

Name:

DAN C.V. CHAMBY

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Tribeca Investments Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Jarvis

 

 

Name:

CRAIG JARVIS

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer
Tribeca Investments Ltd.

 

 



 

 

Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

 

Highbridge Capital Corporation

 

 

 

By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Martin

 

 

Name: Andrew Martin

 

 

Title: Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

9 West 57th Street
27th Floor
New York, New York 10019

 

 

 

Tel: (212) 287-4735

 

Fax: (212) 755-4250

 



 

 

Security Holder:

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL VALUE BOND FUND II, LLC

 

By:

SVIM/MSM II, LLC

 

Its:

Managing Member

 

By:

Tennenbaum & Co., LLC

 

Its:

Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark K. Holdsworth

 

 

Name:

Mark K. Holdsworth

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

 

Security Holder:

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL VALUE ABSOLUTE RETURN
FUND, LLC

 

 

 

By:

SVAR/MM, LLC

 

Its:

Managing Member

 

By:

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

 

Its:

Managing Member

 

By:

Tennenbaum & Co., LLC

 

Its:

Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark K. Holdsworth

 

 

Name:

Mark K. Holdsworth

 

 

Title: