Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
quarterly period ended March 31,
2010
OR
¨ TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
transition period from ______________ to _______________
Commission
File Number 0-16211
DENTSPLY
International Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
|
39-1434669
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
|
incorporation
or organization)
|
Identification
No.)
|
221 West Philadelphia Street, York,
PA
|
17405-0872
|
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
(Zip
Code)
|
(717)
845-7511
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate website, if any every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files).
Yes x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer x
Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated
filer ¨ Smaller reporting
company ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act).
Yes ¨ No x
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: At April 26, 2010, DENTSPLY
International Inc. had 146,352,495 shares of Common Stock outstanding, with a
par value of $.01 per share.
DENTSPLY
International Inc.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PART I
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|
|
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Item
1
|
Financial
Statements (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Equity
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
|
7
|
|
|
|
Item
2
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
26
|
|
|
|
Item
3
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
|
34
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|
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|
Item
4
|
Controls
and Procedures
|
35
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|
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PART II
|
OTHER INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
Item
1
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
36
|
|
|
|
Item
1A
|
Risk
Factors
|
36
|
|
|
|
Item
2
|
Unregistered
Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
36
|
|
|
|
Item
4
|
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
36
|
|
|
|
Item
6
|
Exhibits
|
36
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|
|
|
|
Signatures
|
37
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|
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1 – Financial Statements
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In
thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$ |
545,944 |
|
|
$ |
506,949 |
|
Cost
of products sold
|
|
|
263,906 |
|
|
|
241,217 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
282,038 |
|
|
|
265,732 |
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
188,034 |
|
|
|
177,987 |
|
Restructuring
and other costs
|
|
|
4,680 |
|
|
|
1,570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
89,324 |
|
|
|
86,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
5,720 |
|
|
|
6,153 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
(787 |
) |
|
|
(1,956 |
) |
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
945 |
|
|
|
917 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
83,446 |
|
|
|
81,061 |
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
21,255 |
|
|
|
21,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
62,191 |
|
|
|
59,930 |
|
Less:
Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
(1,813 |
) |
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61,843 |
|
|
$ |
61,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
dividends declared per common share
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average common shares outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
146,776 |
|
|
|
148,514 |
|
Diluted
|
|
|
149,294 |
|
|
|
149,705 |
|
See
accompanying Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements.
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(In
thousands)
(unaudited)
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
405,017 |
|
|
$ |
450,348 |
|
Accounts
and notes receivables-trade, net
|
|
|
355,030 |
|
|
|
348,684 |
|
Inventories,
net
|
|
|
301,198 |
|
|
|
291,640 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
117,209 |
|
|
|
127,124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
|
1,178,454 |
|
|
|
1,217,796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
420,779 |
|
|
|
439,619 |
|
Identifiable
intangible assets, net
|
|
|
83,515 |
|
|
|
89,086 |
|
Goodwill,
net
|
|
|
1,279,103 |
|
|
|
1,312,596 |
|
Other
noncurrent assets, net
|
|
|
24,896 |
|
|
|
28,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
2,986,747 |
|
|
$ |
3,087,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
108,118 |
|
|
$ |
100,847 |
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
196,890 |
|
|
|
249,169 |
|
Income
taxes payable
|
|
|
3,481 |
|
|
|
12,366 |
|
Notes
payable and current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
18,946 |
|
|
|
82,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
327,435 |
|
|
|
444,556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt
|
|
|
457,565 |
|
|
|
387,151 |
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
70,166 |
|
|
|
72,524 |
|
Other
noncurrent liabilities
|
|
|
248,963 |
|
|
|
276,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities
|
|
|
1,104,129 |
|
|
|
1,180,974 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $.01 par value; .25 million shares authorized; no shares
issued
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
stock, $.01 par value; 200.0 million shares authorized; 162.8 million
shares issued at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
|
|
|
1,628 |
|
|
|
1,628 |
|
Capital
in excess of par value
|
|
|
194,806 |
|
|
|
195,495 |
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
2,137,952 |
|
|
|
2,083,459 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
34,607 |
|
|
|
83,542 |
|
Treasury
stock, at cost, 16.5 million shares at March 31, 2010 and 15.8
million shares at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
(557,805 |
) |
|
|
(532,019 |
) |
Total
DENTSPLY International Equity
|
|
|
1,811,188 |
|
|
|
1,832,105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
71,430 |
|
|
|
74,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Equity
|
|
|
1,882,618 |
|
|
|
1,906,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Equity
|
|
$ |
2,986,747 |
|
|
$ |
3,087,932 |
|
See
accompanying Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements.
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In
thousands)
(unaudited)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
62,191 |
|
|
$ |
59,930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
15,265 |
|
|
|
12,930 |
|
Amortization
|
|
|
2,524 |
|
|
|
3,441 |
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
(3,745 |
) |
|
|
(1,750 |
) |
Share-based
compensation expense
|
|
|
5,223 |
|
|
|
4,789 |
|
Restructuring
and other costs - noncash
|
|
|
363 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
Excess
tax benefits from share-based compensation
|
|
|
(1,898 |
) |
|
|
(592 |
) |
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
and notes receivable-trade, net
|
|
|
(15,530 |
) |
|
|
(19,745 |
) |
Inventories,
net
|
|
|
(14,472 |
) |
|
|
(18,675 |
) |
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
(5,729 |
) |
|
|
1,208 |
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
9,195 |
|
|
|
(2,633 |
) |
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
(12,519 |
) |
|
|
(26,863 |
) |
Income
taxes payable
|
|
|
(6,801 |
) |
|
|
(1,824 |
) |
Other,
net
|
|
|
2,477 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
36,544 |
|
|
|
10,639 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
|
(8,030 |
) |
|
|
(14,183 |
) |
Cash
paid for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
(7,687 |
) |
|
|
(574 |
) |
Liquidation
of short-term investments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
58 |
|
Expenditures
for identifiable intangible assets
|
|
|
(107 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from sale of property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
113 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(15,711 |
) |
|
|
(14,682 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
change in short-term borrowings
|
|
|
(2,124 |
) |
|
|
1,045 |
|
Cash
paid for treasury stock
|
|
|
(41,423 |
) |
|
|
(4,664 |
) |
Cash
dividends paid
|
|
|
(7,409 |
) |
|
|
(7,460 |
) |
Proceeds
from long-term borrowings
|
|
|
311,834 |
|
|
|
108,900 |
|
Payments
on long-term borrowings
|
|
|
(299,215 |
) |
|
|
(53,507 |
) |
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
7,403 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
Excess
tax benefits from share-based compensation
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
|
|
592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
|
|
(29,036 |
) |
|
|
46,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(37,128 |
) |
|
|
(19,915 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(45,331 |
) |
|
|
22,308 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
450,348 |
|
|
|
203,991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
405,017 |
|
|
$ |
226,299 |
|
See
accompanying Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Equity
(In
thousands)
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
DENTSPLY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Excess
of
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
International
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Interests
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,628 |
|
|
$ |
187,154 |
|
|
$ |
1,838,958 |
|
|
$ |
39,612 |
|
|
$ |
(479,630 |
) |
|
$ |
1,587,722 |
|
|
$ |
71,691 |
|
|
$ |
1,659,413 |
|
Comprehensive
Income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
61,743 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
61,743 |
|
|
|
(1,813 |
) |
|
|
59,930 |
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(75,758 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(75,758 |
) |
|
|
(4,428 |
) |
|
|
(80,186 |
) |
Net
loss on derivative financial instruments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
42,471 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
42,471 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
42,471 |
|
Unrecognized
losses and prior service pension cost, net
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,978 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,978 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1,979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,434 |
|
|
|
(6,240 |
) |
|
|
24,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,261 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,621 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
Tax
benefit from stock options exercised
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
592 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
592 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
592 |
|
Share
based compensation expense
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,789 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,789 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,789 |
|
Funding
of Employee Stock Option Plan
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,408 |
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
Treasury
shares purchased
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,664 |
) |
|
|
(4,664 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,664 |
) |
RSU
dividends
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Cash
dividends ($0.05 per share)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
Balance
at March 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
1,628 |
|
|
$ |
190,238 |
|
|
$ |
1,893,242 |
|
|
$ |
8,303 |
|
|
$ |
(479,265 |
) |
|
$ |
1,614,146 |
|
|
$ |
65,451 |
|
|
$ |
1,679,597 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
DENTSPLY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Excess
of
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
International
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Interests
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
1,628 |
|
|
$ |
195,495 |
|
|
$ |
2,083,459 |
|
|
$ |
83,542 |
|
|
$ |
(532,019 |
) |
|
$ |
1,832,105 |
|
|
$ |
74,853 |
|
|
$ |
1,906,958 |
|
Comprehensive
Income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
61,843 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
61,843 |
|
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
62,191 |
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(73,422 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(73,422 |
) |
|
|
(3,771 |
) |
|
|
(77,193 |
) |
Net
loss on derivative financial instruments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,724 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,724 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,724 |
|
Unrecognized
losses and prior service pension cost, net
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,908 |
|
|
|
(3,423 |
) |
|
|
9,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,372 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11,775 |
|
|
|
7,403 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,403 |
|
Tax
benefit from stock options exercised
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,898 |
|
Share
based compensation expense
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,223 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,223 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,223 |
|
Funding
of Employee Stock Option Plan
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,132 |
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
Treasury
shares purchased
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(41,423 |
) |
|
|
(41,423 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(41,423 |
) |
RSU
distributions
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,678 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,730 |
|
|
|
(948 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(948 |
) |
RSU
dividends
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Cash
dividends ($0.05 per share)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,316 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,316 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,316 |
) |
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
1,628 |
|
|
$ |
194,806 |
|
|
$ |
2,137,952 |
|
|
$ |
34,607 |
|
|
$ |
(557,805 |
) |
|
$ |
1,811,188 |
|
|
$ |
71,430 |
|
|
$ |
1,882,618 |
|
See
accompanying Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial
Statements.
DENTSPLY
International Inc. and Subsidiaries
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“US GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The year-end consolidating balance sheet
data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all
disclosures required by US GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments
(consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a
fair statement of the results for interim periods have been included. Results
for interim periods should not be considered indicative of results for a full
year. These financial statements and related notes contain the accounts of
DENTSPLY International Inc. and Subsidiaries (DENTSPLY or the “Company”) on a
consolidated basis and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and notes included in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2009.
NOTE
1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
accounting policies of the Company, as applied in the interim consolidated
financial statements presented herein are substantially the same as presented in
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, except as may be
indicated below:
Accounts
and Notes Receivable-Trade
Accounts
and notes receivables – trade, net are stated net of allowances for doubtful
accounts and trade discounts, which were $12.7 million and $13.3 million at
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
Variable
Interest Entities
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new accounting
guidance for variable interest entities (“VIE”). The new guidance
includes: (1) the elimination of the exemption from consolidation for qualifying
special purpose entities, (2) a new approach for determining the primary
beneficiary of a VIE, which requires that the primary beneficiary have both (i)
the power to control the most significant activities of the VIE and (ii) either
the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could
potentially be significant to the VIE, and (3) the requirement to continually
reassess who should consolidate a VIE. The Company adopted this
guidance on January 1, 2010, and the adoption did not have a material impact on
the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
The
Company consolidates all VIE where the Company has determined that it has the
power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic
performance and shares in either the significant risks or rewards of the
VIE. The Company continually reassesses VIE to determine if
consolidation is appropriate.
Revisions
in Classification
Certain
revisions in classification have been made to prior years’ data in order to
conform to current year presentation.
NOTE
2 – STOCK COMPENSATION
The
Company maintains the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) under which it may
grant non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, restricted stock,
restricted stock units (“RSU”) and stock appreciation rights, collectively
referred to as “Awards.” Awards are granted at exercise prices that
are equal to the closing stock price on the date of grant. The
Company authorized grants under the plan of 14.0 million shares of common stock,
plus any unexercised portion of cancelled or terminated stock options granted
under the DENTSPLY International Inc. 1993, 1998, and 2002 Plans, subject to
adjustment as follows: each January, if 7% of the total outstanding
common shares of the Company exceed 14.0 million, the excess becomes available
for grant under the Plan. No more than 2.0 million shares may be
awarded as restricted stock and RSU, and no key employee may be granted
restricted stock and RSU in excess of approximately 0.2 million shares of common
stock in any calendar year.
Stock
options generally expire ten years after the date of grant under these plans and
grants become exercisable, subject to a service condition, over a period of
three years after the date of grant at the rate of one-third per year, except
when they become immediately exercisable upon death, disability or qualified
retirement. RSU vest 100% on the third anniversary of the date of
grant and are subject to a service condition, which requires grantees to remain
employed by the Company during the three year period following the date of
grant. In addition to the service condition, certain key executives
are subject to performance requirements. Similar to stock options, RSU become
immediately exercisable upon death, disability or qualified
retirement. It is the Company’s practice to issue shares from
treasury stock when options are exercised.
At the
date of grant, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to
estimate the fair value of the non-qualified stock options. The assumptions used
to calculate the fair value of the awards granted are evaluated and revised, as
necessary, to reflect market conditions and the Company’s
experience.
The
following table represents total stock based compensation expense and the tax
related benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
option expense
|
|
$ |
2.9 |
|
|
$ |
2.9 |
|
RSU
expense
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
Total
stock based compensation expense
|
|
$ |
4.9 |
|
|
$ |
4.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
related tax benefit
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
|
$ |
1.1 |
|
The
remaining unamortized compensation cost related to non-qualified stock options
is $16.0 million, which will be expensed over the weighted average remaining
vesting period of the options, or 1.8 years. The unamortized compensation cost
related to RSU is $11.6 million, which will be expensed over the remaining
restricted period of the RSU, or 1.9 years.
The
following table reflects the non-qualified stock option transactions from
December 31, 2009 through March 31, 2010:
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
Exercisable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
(in
thousands,
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
except
per share data)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2009
|
|
|
12,038 |
|
|
$ |
28.34 |
|
|
$ |
94,148 |
|
|
|
8,682 |
|
|
$ |
26.78 |
|
|
$ |
80,839 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
34.30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(393 |
) |
|
|
18.86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
36.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31, 2010
|
|
|
11,638 |
|
|
$ |
28.64 |
|
|
$ |
84,074 |
|
|
|
8,337 |
|
|
$ |
27.17 |
|
|
$ |
71,859 |
|
The
weighted average remaining contractual term of all outstanding options is 6.3
years and the weighted average remaining contractual term of exercisable options
is 4.8 years.
The
following table summarizes the unvested restricted stock unit and RSU dividend
transactions from December 31, 2009 through March 31, 2010:
|
|
Unvested Restricted Stock and Stock
Dividend Units
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant
Date
|
|
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unvested
at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
662 |
|
|
$ |
31.94 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
236 |
|
|
|
32.80 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(199 |
) |
|
|
31.22 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
32.46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unvested
at March 31, 2010
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
$ |
32.44 |
|
NOTE
3 – COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
The
changes to balances included in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”),
net of tax, in the consolidated balance sheets for the three months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
62,191 |
|
|
$ |
59,930 |
|
Other
comprehensive (loss) income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
(77,193 |
) |
|
|
(80,186 |
) |
Net
gain on derivative financial instruments
|
|
|
23,724 |
|
|
|
42,471 |
|
Amortization
of unrecognized losses and prior year service pension cost
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
|
1,979 |
|
Total
other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(52,706 |
) |
|
|
(35,736 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
|
9,485 |
|
|
|
24,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(3,423 |
) |
|
|
(6,240 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
12,908 |
|
|
$ |
30,434 |
|
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2010, foreign currency translation adjustments
included currency translation losses of $81.2 million partially offset by gains
of $4.0 million on the Company’s loans designated as hedges of net
investments. During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, foreign
currency translation adjustments included currency translation losses of $89.9
million partially offset by gains of $9.7 million on the Company’s loans
designated as hedges of net investments. These foreign currency
translation adjustments were offset by net gains on derivatives financial
instruments, which are discussed in Note 10, Financial Instruments and
Derivatives.
The
balances included in AOCI, net of tax, in the consolidated balance sheets are as
follows:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
|
$ |
146,694 |
|
|
$ |
220,116 |
|
Net
loss on derivative financial instruments
|
|
|
(90,076 |
) |
|
|
(113,800 |
) |
Unrecognized
losses and prior year service pension cost
|
|
|
(22,011 |
) |
|
|
(22,774 |
) |
|
|
$ |
34,607 |
|
|
$ |
83,542 |
|
The
cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments included translation gains
of $253.5 million and $327.8 million as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively, offset by losses of $106.8 million and $107.7 million,
respectively, on loans designated as hedges of net investments. These
foreign currency translation adjustments were offset by net losses on
derivatives financial instruments, which are discussed in Note 10, Financial
Instruments and Derivatives.
NOTE
4 - EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
The
dilutive effect of outstanding options and restricted stock is reflected in
diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. The
following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per
common share for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
Basic
Earnings Per Common Share Computation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61,843 |
|
|
$ |
61,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
shares outstanding
|
|
|
146,776 |
|
|
|
148,514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per common share - basic
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
Earnings Per Common Share Computation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61,843 |
|
|
$ |
61,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
shares outstanding
|
|
|
146,776 |
|
|
|
148,514 |
|
Incremental
shares from assumed exercise of dilutive options
|
|
|
2,518 |
|
|
|
1,191 |
|
Total
shares
|
|
|
149,294 |
|
|
|
149,705 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per common share - diluted
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
Options
to purchase 3.0 million shares of common stock that were outstanding during the
three months ended March 31, 2010, were not included in the computation of
diluted earnings per share since the options’ exercise prices were greater than
the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would
be antidilutive. There were 8.1 million antidilutive shares of common
stock outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2009.
NOTE
5 – BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
The
acquisition related activity for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $7.7
million, net of cash acquired, was related to two acquisitions and one earn-out
payment on an acquisition from 2008. The purchase agreement for one acquisition
provides for an additional payment to be made based upon the operating
performance of the business; however, the Company does not expect the additional
payment to be material to the financial statements. The results of operations
for the two businesses have been included in the accompanying financial
statements since the effective date of the respective transaction. The purchase
prices have been allocated on the basis of preliminary estimates of the fair
values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company
expects to finalize the purchase price allocations for the two acquisitions in
the second quarter of 2010, and does not expect the adjustments to be material
to the financial statements. As of March 31, 2010, the Company has
recorded a total of $4.3 million in goodwill related to the unallocated portions
of the respective purchase prices, and all of this goodwill is associated with
the Canada/Latin America/Endodontics/Orthodontics segment.
As
discussed in Note 1, Significant Accounting Policies, the Company adopted the
new accounting guidance for VIE. The adoption has not changed the
Company’s prior conclusion that all current VIE should be
consolidated. Under the new accounting guidance for VIE, the Company
believes it is the primary beneficiary for all the VIE since the Company directs
the activities that most significantly impacts the economic performance of the
VIE and has the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits
that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The consolidation
of the VIE net assets is immaterial to the Company’s financial position with
most of the net assets recorded in goodwill and identifiable intangible
assets.
NOTE
6 - SEGMENT INFORMATION
The
Company has numerous operating businesses covering a wide range of products and
geographic regions, primarily serving the professional dental market.
Professional dental products represented approximately 97% of sales for the
periods ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
The
operating businesses are combined into operating groups, which have overlapping
product offerings, geographical presence, customer bases, distribution channels,
and regulatory oversight. These operating groups are considered the Company’s
reportable segments as the Company’s chief operating decision-maker regularly
reviews financial results at the operating group level and uses this information
to manage the Company’s operations. The accounting policies of the groups are
consistent with those described in the Company’s most recently filed Form10-K in
the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company measures
segment income for reporting purposes as operating income before restructuring
and other costs, interest expense, interest income, other income and expenses
and income taxes.
United
States, Germany and Certain Other European Regions Consumable
Businesses
This
business group includes responsibility for the design, manufacturing, sales and
distribution for certain small equipment and chairside consumable products in
the United States, Germany and certain other European regions. It
also has responsibility for the sales and distribution of certain Endodontic
products in Germany.
France,
United Kingdom, Italy and Certain Other European Countries, CIS, Middle East,
Africa, Pacific Rim Businesses
This
business group includes responsibility for the sales and distribution for
certain small equipment, chairside consumable products, certain laboratory
products and certain Endodontic products in France, United Kingdom, Italy, the
Commonwealth of Independent States (“CIS”), Middle East, Africa, Asia (excluding
Japan), Japan and Australia, as well as the sale and distribution of implant
products and bone substitute/grafting materials in France, Italy, Asia and
Australia. This business group also includes the responsibility for sales and
distribution for certain laboratory products, implants products and bone
substitution/grafting materials for Austria. It also is responsible
for sales and distribution for certain small equipment and chairside consumable
products, certain laboratory products, implant products and bone
substation/grafting materials in certain other European countries. In
addition this business group also includes the manufacturing and sale of
Orthodontic products and certain laboratory products in Japan, and the
manufacturing of certain laboratory and certain Endodontic products in
Asia.
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/Orthodontics
This
business group includes responsibility for the design, manufacture, and/or sales
and distribution of certain small equipment, chairside consumable products,
certain laboratory products and Endodontic products in Brazil. It
also has responsibility for the sales and distribution of most of the Company’s
dental products sold in Latin America and Canada. This business group also
includes the responsibility for the design and manufacturing for Endodontic
products in the United States, Switzerland and Germany and is responsible for
the sales and distribution of the Company’s Endodontic products in the United
States, Canada, Switzerland, Benelux, Scandinavia, Austria, Latin America and
Eastern Europe, and for certain Endodontic products in Germany. This
business group is also responsible for the world-wide sales and distribution,
excluding Japan, as well as some manufacturing of the Company’s Orthodontic
products. In addition, this business group is also responsible for sales and
distribution in the United States for implant and bone substitute/grafting
materials and the sales and distribution of implants in Brazil. This business
group is also responsible for the manufacture and sale of certain products in
the Company’s non-dental business.
Dental
Laboratory Business/Implants/Non-Dental
This
business group includes the responsibility for the design, manufacture, sales
and distribution for most laboratory products, excluding certain countries
mentioned previously, and the design, manufacture, and/or sales and distribution
of the Company’s dental implant products and bone substitute/grafting materials,
excluding sales and distribution of implants and bone substitute/grafting
materials in the United States; France, Italy, Austria, and certain other
Eastern European countries; Asia; and Australia. This business group
is also responsible for most of the Company’s non-dental business.
Significant
interdependencies exist among the Company’s operations in certain geographic
areas. Inter-group sales are at prices intended to provide a reasonable profit
to the manufacturing unit after recovery of all manufacturing costs and to
provide a reasonable profit for purchasing locations after coverage of marketing
and general and administrative costs.
Generally,
the Company evaluates performance of the operating groups based on the groups’
operating income, excluding restructuring and other costs, and net third party
sales, excluding precious metal content.
The
following tables set forth information about the Company’s operating groups for
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
Third Party Net
Sales
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other
European
Regions Consumable Businesses
|
|
$ |
134,974 |
|
|
$ |
124,913 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other
European
Countries, CIS, Middle East,
Africa, Pacific Rim
Businesses
|
|
|
110,285 |
|
|
|
105,128 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
Orthodontics
|
|
|
156,620 |
|
|
|
144,680 |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
145,111 |
|
|
|
133,018 |
|
All
Other (a)
|
|
|
(1,046 |
) |
|
|
(790 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
545,944 |
|
|
$ |
506,949 |
|
Third Party Net Sales,
Excluding Precious Metal Content
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S., Germany and Certain Other
European Regions Consumable
Businesses
|
|
$ |
134,974 |
|
|
$ |
124,913 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other
European
Countries,
CIS, Middle East,
Africa,
Pacific Rim Businesses
|
|
|
102,209 |
|
|
|
97,400 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
Orthodontics
|
|
|
156,030 |
|
|
|
144,039 |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
105,319 |
|
|
|
100,088 |
|
All
Other (a)
|
|
|
(1,046 |
) |
|
|
(790 |
) |
Total
excluding precious metal content
|
|
|
497,486 |
|
|
|
465,650 |
|
Precious
metal content
|
|
|
48,458 |
|
|
|
41,299 |
|
Total
including precious metal content
|
|
$ |
545,944 |
|
|
$ |
506,949 |
|
(a)
Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters.
Inter-segment Net
Sales
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other
European
Regions Consumable Businesses
|
|
$ |
26,217 |
|
|
$ |
23,080 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other
European
Countries,
CIS, Middle East,
Africa,
Pacific Rim Businesses
|
|
|
3,619 |
|
|
|
3,384 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
Orthodontics
|
|
|
25,320 |
|
|
|
28,598 |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
26,680 |
|
|
|
26,956 |
|
All
Other (a)
|
|
|
44,003 |
|
|
|
38,326 |
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(125,839 |
) |
|
|
(120,344 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Segment Operating
Income
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other
European
Regions Consumable Businesses
|
|
$ |
44,861 |
|
|
$ |
33,922 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other
European
Countries,
CIS, Middle East,
Africa,
Pacific Rim Businesses
|
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
2,900 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
Orthodontics
|
|
|
48,022 |
|
|
|
50,058 |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
22,462 |
|
|
|
22,257 |
|
All
Other (b)
|
|
|
(21,212 |
) |
|
|
(21,392 |
) |
Segment
operating income
|
|
|
94,004 |
|
|
|
87,745 |
|
Reconciling
Items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring
and other costs
|
|
|
(4,680 |
) |
|
|
(1,570 |
) |
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(5,720 |
) |
|
|
(6,153 |
) |
Interest
income
|
|
|
787 |
|
|
|
1,956 |
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
(945 |
) |
|
|
(917 |
) |
Income
before income taxes
|
|
$ |
83,446 |
|
|
$ |
81,061 |
|
(a)
Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters and one distribution
warehouse not managed by named segments.
(b)
Includes results of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one
distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other European
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regions
Consumable Businesses
|
|
$ |
594,274 |
|
|
$ |
602,272 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other European
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries,
CIS, Middle East, Africa,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pacific
Rim Businesses
|
|
|
372,012 |
|
|
|
388,831 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orthodontics
|
|
|
839,298 |
|
|
|
809,924 |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
932,312 |
|
|
|
973,764 |
|
All
Other (a)
|
|
|
248,851 |
|
|
|
313,141 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,986,747 |
|
|
$ |
3,087,932 |
|
(a)
Includes assets of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one
distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.
NOTE
7 - INVENTORIES
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market. At March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, the cost of $8.7 million, or 2.9%, and $7.8 million, or 2.7%,
respectively, of inventories was determined by the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”)
method. The cost of other inventories was determined by the first-in, first-out
(“FIFO”) or average cost methods. The Company establishes reserves for inventory
estimated to be obsolete or unmarketable equal to the difference between the
cost of inventory and estimated market value based upon assumptions about future
demand and market conditions. The inventory valuation reserves were
$32.8 million and $31.9 million as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively.
If the
FIFO method had been used to determine the cost of LIFO inventories, the amounts
at which net inventories are stated would be higher than reported at March 31,
2010 and December 31, 2009 by $4.3 million and $4.0 million,
respectively.
Inventories,
net of inventory valuation reserves, consist of the following:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finished
goods
|
|
$ |
181,232 |
|
|
$ |
178,721 |
|
Work-in-process
|
|
|
54,383 |
|
|
|
53,056 |
|
Raw
materials and supplies
|
|
|
65,583 |
|
|
|
59,863 |
|
|
|
$ |
301,198 |
|
|
$ |
291,640 |
|
NOTE
8 - BENEFIT PLANS
The
following sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost of the
Company’s benefit plans and for the Company’s other postretirement employee
benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively:
Defined
Benefit Plans
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
cost
|
|
$ |
2,015 |
|
|
$ |
2,006 |
|
Interest
cost
|
|
|
2,143 |
|
|
|
1,919 |
|
Expected
return on plan assets
|
|
|
(1,152 |
) |
|
|
(958 |
) |
Amortization
of transition obligation
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
Amortization
of prior service cost
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Amortization
of net loss
|
|
|
241 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
|
$ |
3,298 |
|
|
$ |
3,461 |
|
Other
Postretirement Plans
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
cost
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
Interest
cost
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
Amortization
of net loss
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
|
$ |
236 |
|
|
$ |
219 |
|
The
following sets forth the information related to the funding of the Company’s
benefit plans for 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
Pension
|
|
|
Postretirement
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Benefits
|
|
|
Benefits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actual
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
1,933 |
|
|
$ |
(61 |
) |
Projected
for the remainder of the year
|
|
|
6,708 |
|
|
|
1,168 |
|
Total
for year
|
|
$ |
8,641 |
|
|
$ |
1,107 |
|
NOTE
9 – RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER COSTS
Restructuring
Costs
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded
restructuring costs of $0.8 million and $1.2 million,
respectively. These costs are recorded in “Restructuring and other
costs” in the consolidated statements of operations and the associated
liabilities are recorded in accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance
sheets. These costs primarily consist of employee severance
costs.
During
2010 and 2009, the Company initiated several restructuring plans primarily
related to the integration, reorganization and closure or consolidation of
certain production and selling facilities in order to better leverage the
Company’s resources by minimizing costs and obtaining operational
efficiencies.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company’s restructuring accruals were as
follows:
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
|
2008
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Prior
Plans
|
|
|
2009
Plans
|
|
|
2010
Plans
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
5,302 |
|
|
$ |
3,240 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
8,542 |
|
Provisions
and adjustments
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
642 |
|
|
|
617 |
|
Amounts
applied
|
|
|
(1,350 |
) |
|
|
(909 |
) |
|
|
(385 |
) |
|
|
(2,644 |
) |
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
3,927 |
|
|
$ |
2,331 |
|
|
$ |
257 |
|
|
$ |
6,515 |
|
|
|
Lease/Contract
Terminations
|
|
|
|
2008
and
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Prior
Plans
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
1,125 |
|
|
$ |
1,125 |
|
Provisions
and adjustments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Amounts
applied
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
1,125 |
|
|
$ |
1,125 |
|
|
|
Other
Restructuring Costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Prior
Plans
|
|
|
2009
Plans
|
|
|
2010
Plans
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
112 |
|
|
$ |
16 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
128 |
|
Provisions
and adjustments
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
141 |
|
Amounts
applied
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
(88 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(135 |
) |
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
55 |
|
|
$ |
134 |
|
The
following table provides the year-to-date changes in the restructuring accruals
by segment:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
Provisions
and
|
|
|
Amounts
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
|
Applied
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United
States, Germany and Certain Other
European Regions
Consumable Businesses
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
$ |
(202 |
) |
|
$ |
1,538 |
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other
European Countries,
CIS, Middle East,
Africa, Pacific Rim
Businesses
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
(124 |
) |
|
|
84 |
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/
Orthodontics
|
|
|
639 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(637 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/
Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
|
7,794 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
(1,816 |
) |
|
|
6,152 |
|
|
|
$ |
9,795 |
|
|
$ |
758 |
|
|
$ |
(2,779 |
) |
|
$ |
7,774 |
|
Other
Costs
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded other costs
of $3.9 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Other costs for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are primarily related to impairments
of long-term assets and several legal matters. These other costs are
reflected in “Restructuring and other costs” in the consolidated statements of
operations.
NOTE
10 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND DERIVATIVES
Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities
The
Company's activities expose it to a variety of market risks, which primarily
include the risks related to the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, interest rates and commodity prices. These financial exposures
are monitored and managed by the Company as part of its overall risk management
program. The objective of this risk management program is to reduce the
volatility that these market risks may have on the Company's operating results
and equity.
Certain
of the Company's inventory purchases are denominated in foreign currencies,
which expose the Company to market risk associated with foreign currency
exchange rate movements. The Company's policy generally is to hedge
major foreign currency transaction exposures through foreign exchange forward
contracts. These contracts are entered into with major financial
institutions thereby minimizing the risk of credit loss. In addition,
the Company's investments in foreign subsidiaries are denominated in foreign
currencies, which create exposures to changes in foreign currency exchange
rates. The Company uses debt and derivatives denominated in the
applicable foreign currency as a means of hedging a portion of this
risk.
With the
Company’s significant level of variable interest rate long-term debt and net
investment hedges, changes in the interest rate environment can have a major
impact on the Company’s earnings, depending upon its interest rate
exposure. As a result, the Company manages its interest rate exposure
with the use of interest rate swaps, when appropriate, based upon market
conditions.
The
manufacturing of some of the Company’s products requires the use of commodities,
which are subject to market fluctuations. In order to limit the
unanticipated impact on earnings from such market fluctuations, the Company
selectively enters into commodity swaps for certain materials used in the
production of its products. Additionally, the Company uses
non-derivative methods, such as the precious metal consignment agreements to
effectively hedge commodity risks.
Cash
Flow Hedges
The
Company uses interest rate swaps to convert a portion of its variable interest
rate debt to fixed interest rate debt. As of March 31, 2010, the
Company has two groups of significant variable interest rate to fixed interest
rate swaps. One of the groups of swaps has notional amounts totaling
12.6 billion Japanese yen, and effectively converts the underlying variable
interest rates to an average fixed interest rate of 1.6% for a term of ten
years, ending in September 2012. Another swap has a notional amount
of 65.0 million Swiss francs, and effectively converts the underlying variable
interest rates to a fixed interest rate of 4.2% for a term of seven years,
ending in September 2012. A third group of swaps which had a notional
amount of $150.0 million, and effectively converted underlying variable interest
rates to a fixed interest rate of 3.9% for a term of two years, matured on March
15, 2010. The Company enters into interest rate swap contracts
infrequently as they are only used to manage interest rate risk on long-term
debt instruments and not for speculative purposes.
The
Company enters into forward exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency
exposure of its anticipated purchases of certain inventory. In
addition, exchange contracts are used by certain of the Company's subsidiaries
to hedge intercompany inventory purchases, which are denominated in non-local
currencies. The forward contracts that are used in these programs
typically mature in twelve months or less. For these derivatives
which qualify as hedges of future anticipated cash flows, the effective portion
of changes in fair value is temporarily deferred in AOCI and then recognized in
earnings when the hedged item affects earnings.
The
Company selectively enters into commodity swaps to effectively fix certain
variable raw material costs. At March 31, 2010, the Company had swaps
in place to purchase 303 troy ounces of platinum bullion for use in the
production of its impression material products. The average fixed
rate of this agreement is $1,196 per troy ounce. In addition, the
Company had swaps in place to purchase 57,366 troy ounces of silver bullion for
use in the production of its amalgam products at an average fixed rate of $16
per troy ounce.
The
following tables summarize the fair value of the Company’s cash flow hedges at
March 31, 2010.
|
|
Notional
Amounts
|
|
|
Fair
Value
(Liability)
Asset
|
|
Foreign
Exchange Forward Contracts
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2010
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward
sale, 12.0 million Australian dollars
|
|
$ |
10,043 |
|
|
$ |
944 |
|
|
$ |
(586 |
) |
Forward
sale, 3.6 million Brazilian reais
|
|
|
1,997 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(75 |
) |
Forward
purchase, 8.4 million British pounds
|
|
|
(10,254 |
) |
|
|
(2,502 |
) |
|
|
127 |
|
Forward
sale, 20.0 million Canadian dollars
|
|
|
16,581 |
|
|
|
3,112 |
|
|
|
(888 |
) |
Forward
sale, 5.0 million Danish kroner
|
|
|
917 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Forward
purchase, 49.1 million euros
|
|
|
(66,410 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
558 |
|
Forward
sale, 251.1 million Japanese yen
|
|
|
2,687 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
301 |
|
Forward
sale, 102.7 million Mexican pesos
|
|
|
8,330 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(184 |
) |
Forward
purchase, 1.0 million Norwegian kroner
|
|
|
(169 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Forward
sale, 565.4 million South Korean won
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Forward
purchase, 6.6 million Swiss francs
|
|
|
(6,316 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
foreign exchange forward contracts
|
|
$ |
(42,094 |
) |
|
$ |
1,554 |
|
|
$ |
(716 |
) |
|
|
Notional
Amount
|
|
|
Fair
Value
Liability
|
|
Interest
Rate Swaps
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
and
Beyond
|
|
|
2010
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Euro
|
|
$ |
1,603 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
4,154 |
|
|
$ |
(878 |
) |
Japanese
yen
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
134,323 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,975 |
) |
Swiss
francs
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
61,834 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,033 |
) |
Total
interest rate swaps
|
|
$ |
1,603 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
197,435 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
4,154 |
|
|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
|
Notional
Amount
|
|
|
Asset
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Silver
swap - U.S. dollar
|
|
$ |
(906 |
) |
|
$ |
(101 |
) |
|
$ |
101 |
|
Platinum
swap - U.S. dollar
|
|
|
(499 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Total
commodity contracts
|
|
$ |
(1,405 |
) |
|
$ |
(101 |
) |
|
$ |
235 |
|
Hedges
of Net Investments in Foreign Operations
The
Company has numerous investments in foreign subsidiaries. The net
assets of these subsidiaries are exposed to volatility in foreign currency
exchange rates. Currently, the Company uses non-derivative financial
instruments, including foreign currency denominated debt held at the parent
company level and derivative financial instruments to hedge some of this
exposure. Translation gains and losses related to the net assets of
the foreign subsidiaries are offset by gains and losses in the non-derivative
and derivative financial instruments designated as hedges of net
investments.
During
the first quarter of 2010, the Company entered into new cross currency basis
swaps of Swiss francs 100.0 million and Swiss francs 55.5 million (collectively
the “Swiss Swaps”). The Swiss Swaps mature on February 2013, and the Company
pays three month Swiss franc LIBOR and receives three month U.S. dollar LIBOR.
The new contracts were entered into to replace maturing contracts. The Swiss
franc and Euro cross currency basis swaps are designated as net investment
hedges of the Swiss and Euro denominated net assets. The interest
rate differential is recognized in the earnings as interest income or interest
expense as it is accrued, the foreign currency revaluation is recorded in AOCI,
net of tax effects.
The fair
value of all the cross currency basis swap agreements is the estimated amount
the Company would (pay) or receive at the reporting date, taking into account
the effective interest rates and foreign exchange rates. As of March
31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the estimated net fair values of the swap
agreements were negative $120.1 million and negative $176.6 million,
respectively, which were recorded in AOCI, net of tax effects, and as other
noncurrent liabilities and other noncurrent assets.
At March
31, 2010, the Company had Euro-denominated and Swiss franc-denominated debt
and cross currency basis swaps to hedge the currency exposure related to a
designated portion of the net assets of its European and Swiss
subsidiaries. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the
accumulated translation gains on investments in foreign subsidiaries, primarily
denominated in Euros, Swiss francs and Japanese yen, net of these net investment
hedges, were $61.0 million and $111.1 million, respectively, which are
included in AOCI, net of tax effects.
The
following tables summarize the fair value of the Company’s hedges of net
investments in foreign operations at March 31, 2010.
|
|
Notional
Amount
|
|
|
Fair
Value
Liability
|
|
Cross
Currency Basis Swaps
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2010
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swiss
franc 592.5 million @ $1.17 pay CHF 3mo. LIBOR rec. USD 3mo.
LIBOR
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
76,484 |
|
|
$ |
53,843 |
|
|
$ |
433,314 |
|
|
$ |
56,224 |
|
Euros
358.0 million @ $1.17 pay EUR 3mo. LIBOR rec. USD 3mo.
LIBOR
|
|
|
146,151 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
338,313 |
|
|
|
63,883 |
|
Total
cross currency basis swaps
|
|
$ |
146,151 |
|
|
$ |
76,484 |
|
|
$ |
53,843 |
|
|
$ |
771,627 |
|
|
$ |
120,107 |
|
As of
March 31, 2010, deferred net losses on derivative instruments of $2.6 million,
which were recorded in AOCI, are expected to be reclassified to current earnings
during the next twelve months. This reclassification is primarily due
to the sale of inventory that includes previously hedged purchases and interest
rate swaps. The maximum term over which the Company is hedging
exposures to variability of cash flows (for all forecasted transactions,
excluding interest payments on variable interest rate debt) is eighteen
months. Overall, the derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are
highly effective. Any cash flows associated with these instruments
are included in cash from operations in accordance with the Company’s policy of
classifying the cash flows from these instruments in the same category as the
cash flows from the items being hedged.
The
following tables summarize the fair value and consolidated balance sheet
location of the Company’s derivatives at March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009:
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
and
Other
|
|
|
Noncurrent
|
|
|
Accrued
|
|
|
Noncurrent
|
|
Designated
as Hedges
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
Assets,
Net
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
1,140 |
|
|
$ |
122 |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,731 |
|
|
|
2,277 |
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
19,234 |
|
|
|
100,873 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
542 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
25,105 |
|
|
$ |
103,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not
Designated as Hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
$ |
845 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
615 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
126 |
|
|
|
752 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
845 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
741 |
|
|
$ |
752 |
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
and
Other
|
|
|
Noncurrent
|
|
|
Accrued
|
|
|
Noncurrent
|
|
Designated
as Hedges
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
Assets,
Net
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
$ |
598 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
1,010 |
|
|
$ |
16 |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,130 |
|
|
|
2,775 |
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
52,411 |
|
|
|
124,210 |
|
|
|
$ |
891 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
59,551 |
|
|
$ |
127,001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not
Designated as Hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
409 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
882 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
409 |
|
|
$ |
882 |
|
The
following table summarizes the consolidated statement of operations impact of
the Company’s cash flow hedges for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009:
Three Months Ended March 31,
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives
in Cash Flow Hedging
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
Portion
|
|
|
|
(Loss)
Gain
|
|
Classification
|
|
Reclassified
from
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
in
AOCI
|
|
of
Gains (Losses)
|
|
AOCI
into Income
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
$ |
(577 |
) |
Interest
expense
|
|
$ |
(2,164 |
) |
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
(521 |
) |
Cost
of products sold
|
|
|
73 |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
17 |
|
SG&A
expenses
|
|
|
94 |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
123 |
|
Cost
of products sold
|
|
|
258 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(958 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(1,739 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives
in Cash Flow Hedging
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion
|
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
Recognized
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
of
Gains (Losses)
|
|
in
Income
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
$ |
297 |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(89 |
) |
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Commodity
contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
Total
|
|
|
|
$ |
198 |
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
2009
Derivatives
in Cash Flow Hedging
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
Portion
|
|
|
|
Gain
|
|
Classification
|
|
Reclassified
from
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
in
AOCI
|
|
of
Gains (Losses)
|
|
AOCI
into Income
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
$ |
694 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
$ |
(1,450 |
) |
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
210 |
|
Cost
of products sold
|
|
|
1,097 |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
125 |
|
SG&A
expenses
|
|
|
80 |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
860 |
|
Cost
of products sold
|
|
|
(530 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
1,889 |
|
|
|
$ |
(803 |
) |
Derivatives
in Cash Flow Hedging
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion
|
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
Recognized
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
of
Losses
|
|
in
Income
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
$ |
(14 |
) |
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(76 |
) |
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(42 |
) |
Commodity
contracts
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Total
|
|
|
|
$ |
(150 |
) |
The
following tables summarize the consolidated statement of operations impact of
the Company’s hedges of net investment for the three months ended March 31, 2010
and 2009:
Three Months Ended March 31,
2010
Derivatives
in Net Investment Hedging
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain
(Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
Recognized
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Gain
in AOCI
|
|
of
Gains (Losses)
|
|
in
Income
|
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
$ |
9,210 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
28,758 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(657 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
37,968 |
|
|
|
$ |
(668 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives
in Net Investment Hedging
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain
(Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
Recognized
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Gain
in AOCI
|
|
of
Gains (Losses)
|
|
in
Income
|
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
$ |
40,784 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
579 |
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
25,772 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(1,613 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
66,556 |
|
|
|
$ |
(1,034 |
) |
The
following tables summarize the consolidated statement of operations impact of
the Company’s hedges not designated as derivatives for the three months
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
|
|
Classification
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
of
Losses
|
|
March
31, 2010
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
$ |
(2,276 |
) |
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(148 |
) |
Total
|
|
|
|
$ |
(2,424 |
) |
Derivatives
Not Designated as Hedges
|
|
Classification
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
of
Losses
|
|
March
31, 2009
|
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
$ |
(16,644 |
) |
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(256 |
) |
Total
|
|
|
|
$ |
(16,902 |
) |
Amounts
recorded in AOCI, net of tax, related to cash flow hedging instruments for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
(in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
balance
|
|
$ |
(4,799 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,874 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in fair value of derivatives
|
|
|
(661 |
) |
|
|
1,184 |
|
Reclassifications
to earnings from equity
|
|
|
1,073 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
Total
activity
|
|
|
412 |
|
|
|
1,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending
balance
|
|
$ |
(4,387 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,268 |
) |
Amounts
recorded in AOCI, net of tax, related to hedges of net investments in foreign
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
(in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
balance
|
|
$ |
111,115 |
|
|
$ |
77,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(74,319 |
) |
|
|
(85,485 |
) |
Changes
in fair value of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency debt
|
|
|
898 |
|
|
|
9,727 |
|
Derivative
hedge instruments
|
|
|
23,312 |
|
|
|
40,865 |
|
Total
activity
|
|
|
(50,109 |
) |
|
|
(34,893 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending
balance
|
|
$ |
61,006 |
|
|
$ |
42,692 |
|
NOTE
11 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The
Company records financial instruments at fair value with unrealized gains and
losses related to certain financial instruments reflected in AOCI on the
consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company recognizes
certain liabilities at fair value. The Company primarily applies the
market approach for recurring fair value measurements and endeavors to utilize
the best available information. Accordingly, the Company utilizes
valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the
use of unobservable inputs.
The
degree of judgment utilized in measuring the fair value of financial instruments
generally correlates to the level of pricing observability. Pricing
observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of
financial instrument. Financial instruments with readily available
active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively
quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of pricing observability and a
lesser degree of judgment utilized in measuring fair value. Conversely,
financial instruments rarely traded or not quoted will generally have less, or
no, pricing observability and a higher degree of judgment utilized in measuring
fair value.
The
following tables set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the
Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value
on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, which are
classified as “Cash and cash equivalents,” “Other noncurrent assets, net,”
“Accrued liabilities,” and “Other noncurrent liabilities,” Financial
assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value as of the balance sheet
date are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is
significant to the fair value measurement.
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
market funds
|
|
$ |
405,017 |
|
|
$ |
405,017 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
1,161 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,161 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
406,413 |
|
|
$ |
405,017 |
|
|
$ |
1,396 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
$ |
7,886 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
7,886 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
120,107 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
120,107 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
1,877 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,877 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
$ |
129,870 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
129,870 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
market funds
|
|
$ |
450,348 |
|
|
$ |
450,348 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Commodity
contracts
|
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
1,159 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,159 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
451,800 |
|
|
$ |
450,348 |
|
|
$ |
1,452 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate swaps
|
|
$ |
9,787 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
9,787 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cross
currency basis swaps
|
|
|
176,621 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
176,621 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
|
1,435 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,435 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
$ |
187,843 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
187,843 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Derivative
valuations are based on observable inputs to the valuation model including
interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, future commodities prices and
credit risks.
The
commodity contracts, interest rate swaps, and foreign exchange forward contracts
are considered cash flow hedges and cross currency interest rate swaps are
considered hedge of net investments in foreign operations as discussed in Note
10, Financial Instruments and Derivatives.
NOTE
12 – UNCERTAINTIES IN INCOME TAXES
The
Company recognizes in the consolidated financial statements, the impact of a tax
position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit,
based on the technical merits of the position.
It is
reasonably possible that certain amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will
significantly increase or decrease within twelve months of the reporting date of
the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Final settlement and resolution
of outstanding tax matters in various jurisdictions during the next twelve
months could include unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $1.1
million. In addition, expiration of statutes of limitation in various
jurisdictions during the next twelve months could include unrecognized tax
benefits of approximately $1.0 million.
NOTE
13 - FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
On
February 19, 2010, the Company received the proceeds of a $250.0 million Private
Placement Note at a fixed rate of 4.11% for an average term of five years and a
final maturity of six years. On March 1, 2010 the Company entered
into a term loan facility with PNC Bank for Swiss francs 65.0 million at a
variable rate based upon three month Swiss franc LIBOR, which matures in March
2012. The Company’s notes payable and current portion of long-term
debt, as classified on the consolidated balance sheets, amounted to $18.9
million and $82.2 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively.
The
Company estimates the carrying value of its total debt approximates its fair
value of $476.5 million as of March 31, 2010 and $453.7 million as of December
31, 2009. The interest rates on term loan debt and commercial paper
are variable and therefore the fair value of these instruments approximates
their carrying values.
NOTE
14 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
On
January 5, 1999, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint against the Company
in the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware alleging that the Company’s
tooth distribution practices violated the antitrust laws and seeking an order
for the Company to discontinue its practices. This case has been
concluded and the District Court, upon the direction of the Court of Appeals,
issued an injunction in May 2006, preventing DENTSPLY from taking action to
restrict its tooth dealers in the U.S. from adding new competitive teeth
lines.
Subsequent
to the filing of the Department of Justice Complaint in 1999, a private party
putative class action was filed based on allegations similar to those in the
Department of Justice case, on behalf of dental laboratories who purchased
Trubyte® teeth or products containing Trubyte® teeth. The District
Court granted the Company’s Motion on the lack of standing of the laboratory
class action to pursue damage claims. The Plaintiffs appealed this
decision to the Third Circuit and the Court largely upheld the decision of the
District Court in dismissing the Plaintiffs’ damages claims against DENTSPLY,
with the exception of allowing the Plaintiffs to pursue a damage claim based on
a theory of resale price maintenance between the Company and its tooth
dealers. The Plaintiffs then filed an amended complaint in the
District Court asserting that DENTSPLY and its tooth dealers, and the dealers
among themselves, engaged in a conspiracy to violate the antitrust
laws. The District Court has granted the Motions filed by DENTSPLY
and the dealers, to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims, except for the resale price
maintenance claims. The Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of these
claims to the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit issued its decision in
April 2010 affirming the decision of the District Court.
On June
18, 2004, Marvin Weinstat, DDS and Richard Nathan, DDS filed a class action suit
in San Francisco County, California alleging that the Company misrepresented
that its Cavitron® ultrasonic scalers are suitable for use in oral surgical
procedures. The Complaint seeks a recall of the product and refund of
its purchase price to dentists who have purchased it for use in oral
surgery. The Court certified the case as a class action in June 2006
with respect to the breach of warranty and unfair business practices
claims. The class is defined as California dental professionals who
purchased and used one or more Cavitron® ultrasonic scalers for the performance
of oral surgical procedures. The Company filed a motion for
decertification of the class and this motion was granted. Plaintiffs
appealed the decertification of the class to the California Court of Appeals and
the Court of Appeals has reversed the decertification decision of the trial
Court. The Company filed a Petition for Review of the Court of
Appeals decision with the California Supreme Court. In April 2010 the
California Supreme Court denied the Company’s Petition.
On
December 12, 2006, a Complaint was filed by Carole Hildebrand, DDS and Robert
Jaffin, DDS in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the Plaintiffs subsequently
added Dr. Mitchell Goldman as a named class representative). The case
was filed by the same law firm that filed the Weinstat case in
California. The Complaint asserts putative class action claims on
behalf of dentists located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The
Complaint seeks damages and asserts that the Company’s Cavitron® ultrasonic
scaler was negligently designed and sold in breach of contract and warranty
arising from misrepresentations about the potential uses of the product because
it cannot assure the delivery of potable or sterile water. Plaintiffs
have filed their Motion for class certification to which the Company has filed
its response. The Company also filed other motions, including a
Motion to dismiss the claims of Drs. Hildebrand and Jaffin for lack of
standing. The Court granted this Motion for lack of standing of the
individuals and did not allow the plaintiffs to amend the complaint to
substitute their corporate practices. The plaintiffs have now filed
another complaint in which they named the corporate practices of Drs. Hildebrand
and Jaffin as class representatives. The Company has moved to dismiss
this complaint.
On
November 21, 2008, Guidance Endodontics LLC filed a complaint in the U.S.
District Court of New Mexico asserting claims against DENTSPLY arising
principally out of a breach of a manufacturing and supply contract between the
parties. Prior to trial, Guidance had claimed its damages were $1.2
million. The case went to trial in late September and early October
2009. On October 9, 2009, a jury returned a verdict against DENTSPLY, in the
amount of approximately $4.0 million for past and future compensatory damages
and $40.0 million in punitive damages. In April 2010, the District
Court Judge formally entered the verdict that was reached in October
2009. The Company believes that this decision is not supported by the
facts in the case or the applicable law and intends to vigorously pursue all
available options to challenge it. The Company has filed separate
motions to overturn the punitive damages verdict and the future damages verdict,
or in the alternative to be granted a new trial, because of the
inappropriateness of such verdicts. The Company plans to file
additional motions. DENTSPLY does not believe the outcome of this matter will
have a material adverse effect on its financial position.
As of
March 31, 2010, a reasonable estimate of a possible range of loss related to the
above litigation cannot be made except as reflected above. DENTSPLY
does not believe the outcome of any of these matters will have a material
adverse effect on its financial position. In the event that one or
more of these matters is unfavorably resolved, it is possible the Company’s
results from operations on a US GAAP basis could be materially
impacted.
Purchase
Commitments
From time
to time, the Company enters into long-term inventory purchase commitments with
minimum purchase requirements for raw materials and finished goods to ensure the
availability of products for production and distribution. These
commitments may have a significant impact on levels of inventory maintained by
the Company.
DENTSPLY
International Inc. and Subsidiaries
Item
2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
nature and geographic scope of the DENTSPLY International Inc. and Subsidiaries
(“DENTSPLY” or the “Company”) business subjects it to changing economic,
competitive, regulatory and technological risks and uncertainties. In
accordance with the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company provides the following cautionary
remarks regarding important factors, which, among others, could cause future
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, expectations
and assumptions expressed or implied herein. All forward-looking
statements made by the Company are subject to risks and uncertainties and are
not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause the Company’s actual results, performance and achievements, or
industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These statements are identified by the use of such terms
as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,”
“forecast,” “project,” “anticipate” or words of similar expression.
Investors
are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
which may materially affect the Company's business and prospects, and should be
read in conjunction with the risk factors and uncertainties discussed within
Item 1A, Part I of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009. Investors are further cautioned that the risk factors in Item
1A, Part I of the Company’s Form 10-K may not be exhaustive and that many of
these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or
predict. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as a prediction of actual results. The Company undertakes no
duty and has no obligation to update forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
DENTSPLY
believes it is the world's largest designer, developer, manufacturer and
marketer of a broad range of products for the dental market. The
Company is headquartered in the United States of America (“U.S.”) and operates
in more than 120 other countries, principally through its foreign
subsidiaries. The Company also has strategically located distribution
centers throughout the world to enable it to better serve its customers and
increase its operating efficiency. While the U.S. and Europe are the
Company's largest markets, the Company serves all of the major professional
dental markets worldwide.
Principal
Products
The
Company has three main product categories: 1) Dental Consumable Products; 2)
Dental Laboratory Products; and 3) Dental Specialty Products.
Dental
consumable products consist of dental sundries and small equipment used in
dental offices by general practitioners in the treatment of patients. The
Company manufactures a wide variety of different dental sundry consumable
products marketed under more than one hundred brand names. DENTSPLY’s
dental sundry products within this category include dental anesthetics,
prophylaxis paste, dental sealants, impression materials, restorative materials,
tooth whiteners and topical fluoride. Small equipment products in the
dental consumable category consist of various durable goods used in dental
offices for treatment of patients. DENTSPLY’s small equipment
products include high and low speed handpieces, intraoral curing light systems,
dental diagnostic systems, and ultrasonic scalers and polishers.
Dental
laboratory products are used in the preparation of dental appliances by dental
laboratories. DENTSPLY’s products within this category include dental
prosthetics, artificial teeth, precious metal dental alloys, dental ceramics,
and crown and bridge materials. This category also includes
fabricated dental appliances, computer aided design software and centralized
manufacturing of frameworks. Equipment in this category includes computer aided
machining ceramic systems and porcelain furnaces.
Dental
specialty products are specialized treatment products used within the dental
office and laboratory settings. DENTSPLY’s products within this
category include endodontic instruments and materials, implants and related
products, bone grafting materials, 3D digital implantology, and orthodontic
appliances and accessories.
Principal
Measurements
The
principal measurements used by the Company in evaluating its business are: (1)
internal growth by geographic region; (2) constant currency growth by geographic
region; (3) operating margins of each reportable segment including product
pricing and controlling expenses; (4) the development, introduction and
contribution of innovative new products; and (5) growth through
acquisition.
The
Company defines “internal growth” as the increase or decrease in net sales from
period to period, excluding (1) precious metal content; (2) the impact of
changes in currency exchange rates; and (3) net acquisition growth, which is
defined as the net sales, for a period of twelve months following the
transaction date, of businesses that have been acquired or
divested. The Company defines “constant currency growth” as internal
growth plus net acquisition growth.
Management
believes that an average internal growth rate of 4% to 6% is a long-term
sustainable rate for the Company. The internal growth rate may vary outside of
this range based on weaker or stronger economic
conditions. Management expects the Company to operate below this
range in the near future due to the current economic conditions; however,
history shows that growth in the dental industry typically performs better than
the overall economy. There can be no assurance that the Company’s
assumptions concerning the growth rates in its markets or the dental market
generally will continue in the future. If such rates are less than
expected, the Company’s projected growth rates and results of operations may be
adversely affected.
Price
changes, other marketing and promotional programs offered to customers from time
to time, the management of inventory levels by distributors and the
implementation of strategic initiatives may impact sales and inventory levels in
a given period.
The
Company has always maintained its focus on minimizing costs and achieving
operational efficiencies. Management continues to evaluate the
consolidation of operations or functions and reduce the cost of those operations
and functions. In addition, the Company remains focused on enhancing
efficiency through expanded use of technology and process improvement
initiatives. The Company believes that the benefits from these initiatives will
improve the cost structure and help offset areas of rising costs such as energy,
employee benefits and regulatory oversight and compliance.
Product
innovation is a key component of the Company's overall growth
strategy. New advances in technology are anticipated to have a
significant influence on future products in dentistry. As a result,
the Company continues to pursue research and development initiatives to support
this technological development, including collaborations with various research
institutions and dental schools. In addition, the Company licenses
and purchases technologies developed by third parties. Although the
Company believes these activities will lead to new innovative dental products,
they involve new technologies and there can be no assurance that commercialized
products will be developed.
Although
the professional dental market in which the Company operates has experienced
consolidation, it is still a fragmented industry. The Company
continues to focus on opportunities to expand the Company’s product offerings
through acquisitions. Management believes that there will continue to
be adequate opportunities to participate as a consolidator in the industry for
the foreseeable future.
Impact
of Foreign Currencies
Due to
the international nature of DENTSPLY’s business, movements in foreign exchange
rates may impact the Consolidated Statements of Operations. With over
60% of the Company’s sales located in regions outside the U.S., the Company’s
sales are impacted negatively by the strengthening or positively by the
weakening of the U.S. dollar. Additionally, movements in certain
foreign exchange rates may unfavorably or favorably impact the Company’s gross
profit and certain operating expenses.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS, QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 COMPARED TO QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31,
2009
Net
Sales
Management
believes that the presentation of net sales, excluding precious metal content,
provides useful information to investors because a significant portion of
DENTSPLY’s net sales is comprised of sales of precious metals generated through
sales of the Company’s precious metal dental alloy products, which are used by
third parties to construct crown and bridge materials. Due to the
fluctuations of precious metal prices and because the precious metal content of
the Company’s sales is largely a pass-through to customers and has minimal
effect on earnings, DENTSPLY reports net sales both with and without precious
metal content to show the Company’s performance independent of precious metal
price volatility and to enhance comparability of performance between
periods. The Company uses its cost of precious metal purchased as a
proxy for the precious metal content of sales, as the precious metal content of
sales is not separately tracked and invoiced to customers. The
Company believes that it is reasonable to use the cost of precious metal content
purchased in this manner since precious metal dental alloy sale prices are
typically adjusted when the prices of underlying precious metals
change.
The
presentation of net sales, excluding precious metal content, is considered a
measure not calculated in accordance with the generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S. (“US GAAP”), and is therefore considered a non-US GAAP
measure. The Company provides the following reconciliation of net
sales to net sales, excluding precious metal content. The Company’s
definitions and calculations of net sales, excluding precious metal content, and
other operating measures derived using net sales, excluding precious metal
content, may not necessarily be the same as those used by other
companies.
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$ |
545.9 |
|
|
$ |
506.9 |
|
|
$ |
39.0 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
% |
Less:
precious metal content of sales
|
|
|
48.4 |
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
17.2 |
% |
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content
|
|
$ |
497.5 |
|
|
$ |
465.6 |
|
|
$ |
31.9 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
% |
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, for the three months ended March 31,
2010 was $497.5 million, an increase of 6.8% over prior year first
quarter. The change in net sales, excluding precious metal content,
was driven by constant currency growth of 2.7%, and currency translation of
4.1%. The constant currency sales growth included internal growth of
2.5%.
Constant
Currency and Internal Sales Growth
United
States
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, increased 0.9% in the United States in
the first quarter of 2010 on both a constant currency basis and an internal
growth basis. Internal growth was primarily driven by growth in
dental consumable products.
Europe
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, in Europe increased 3.0% in the first
quarter of 2010 on a constant currency basis, including 2.4% of internal
growth. Internal growth was primarily driven by strong growth in
dental consumables and non-dental products.
All Other
Regions
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, in the other regions of the world
increased by 6.0% on both a constant currency basis and an internal growth
basis. Internal growth was primarily driven by strong growth in
dental specialty and dental consumable products, which were partially offset by
lower sales in dental laboratory products.
Gross
Profit
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
$ |
282.0 |
|
|
$ |
265.7 |
|
|
$ |
16.3 |
|
|
|
6.1 |
% |
Gross
profit as a percentage of net sales, including precious metal
content
|
|
|
51.7 |
% |
|
|
52.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit as a percentage of net sales, excluding precious metal
content
|
|
|
56.7 |
% |
|
|
57.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit as a percentage of net sales, excluding precious metal content, decreased
0.4 percentage points for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to
2009. The decrease is the result of unfavorable product mix and movements in
foreign currencies, partially offset by improved product pricing. Additionally,
the 2009 results included the roll-off of inventory step-up from
acquisition-related activities, which negatively impacted the 2009 gross margin
percentage, excluding precious metal content.
Operating
Expenses
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”)
|
|
$ |
188.0 |
|
|
$ |
178.0 |
|
|
$ |
10.0 |
|
|
|
5.6 |
% |
Restructuring
and other costs
|
|
$ |
4.7 |
|
|
$ |
1.6 |
|
|
$ |
3.1 |
|
|
NM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SG&A
as a percentage of net sales, including precious metal
content
|
|
|
34.4 |
% |
|
|
35.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SG&A
as a percentage of net sales, excluding precious metal
content
|
|
|
37.8 |
% |
|
|
38.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NM – Not
meaningful
SG&A
Expenses
SG&A
expenses as a percentage of net sales, excluding precious metal content,
decreased to 37.8% in the first quarter of 2010 from 38.2% in the first
quarter of 2009. Expenses continue to be tightly controlled as the
Company focuses on reducing certain discretionary costs and various fixed costs
to maintain an efficient cost structure; however certain costs, such as
commissions and other variable costs, are returning to more normal levels in
2010.
Restructuring and Other
Costs
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company recorded
restructuring and other costs of $4.7 million. These costs
are primarily related to several legal matters, new and ongoing restructuring
plans to reduce operational costs through consolidation of facilities and
business re-organizations. In 2009, the Company incurred costs of $1.6 million
primarily related to new and ongoing restructuring plans. (See also Note 9,
Restructuring and Other Costs, of the Notes to Unaudited Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements).
Other
Income and Expenses
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
interest expense
|
|
$ |
4.9 |
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
$ |
0.7 |
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Net
interest and other expense
|
|
$ |
5.9 |
|
|
$ |
5.1 |
|
|
$ |
0.8 |
|
Net Interest
Expense
Net
interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased by $0.7
million from the three months ended March 31, 2009 as the Company experienced
slightly higher average interest rates and average debt balances as well as
significantly lower interest rates earned on investments. Interest expense
decreased by $0.5 million as slightly higher average interest rates on the
Company’s debt were offset by a slightly lower average negative interest
differential spread on the Company’s cross currency swaps. Interest
income decreased $1.2 million as the interest rates on Euro investment balances
decreased while the average Euro investment balance was higher in the current
year than the prior year.
Other Expense,
Net
Other
expense in the 2010 period included approximately $0.5 million of currency
transaction losses and $0.5 million of other non-operating costs. The 2009
period included $0.6 million of currency transaction losses and $0.3 million of
other non-operating costs.
Income
Taxes and Net Income
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions, except per share data)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
income tax rates
|
|
|
25.5 |
% |
|
|
26.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
|
$ |
61.7 |
|
|
$ |
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
% |
Earnings
per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
Taxes
The
Company’s effective income tax rates for the first quarter 2010 and 2009 were
25.5% and 26.1%, respectively. In 2010, the Company’s effective
income tax rate included the impact of restructuring and other costs,
acquisition related activity and various income tax adjustments, which impacted
income before income taxes and the provision for income taxes by $5.2 million
and $1.4 million, respectively. In 2009, the Company’s effective
income tax rate included the impact of restructuring and other costs,
acquisition related activity, and various income tax adjustments, which impacted
income before income taxes and the provision for income taxes by $4.2 million
and $1.0 million, respectively.
Net Income attributable to
DENTSPLY International
In
addition to the results reported in accordance with US GAAP, the Company
provided adjusted net income attributable to DENTSPLY International and adjusted
earnings per diluted common share. These adjusted amounts consist of US
GAAP amounts excluding (1) restructuring and other costs, (2) acquisition
related charges, and (3) income tax related adjustments. Adjusted earnings
per diluted common share are calculated by dividing adjusted net income
attributable to DENTSPLY International by diluted weighted-average common shares
outstanding. Adjusted net income attributable to DENTSPLY
International and adjusted earnings per diluted common share are considered
measures not calculated in accordance with US GAAP, and therefore are non-US
GAAP measures. These non-US GAAP measures may differ from other
companies.
The
Company believes that the presentation of adjusted net income attributable to
DENTSPLY International and adjusted earnings per diluted common share provides
important supplemental information to management and investors seeking to
understand the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
The non-US GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation
from, or as a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in
accordance with US GAAP.
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31, 2010
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Diluted Per
|
|
|
|
(Expense)
|
|
|
Common Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61,843 |
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring
and other costs, net of tax and noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
2,791 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
related activities, net of tax and noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
387 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
tax related adjustments
|
|
|
437 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rounding
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
Adjusted
non-US GAAP earnings
|
|
$ |
65,458 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Diluted Per
|
|
|
|
(Expense)
|
|
|
Common Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to DENTSPLY International
|
|
$ |
61,743 |
|
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring
and other costs, net of tax and noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
996 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
related activities, net of tax and noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
1,119 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
tax related adjustments
|
|
|
282 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
Adjusted
non-US GAAP earnings
|
|
$ |
64,140 |
|
|
$ |
0.43 |
|
Operating
Segment Results
Third Party Net Sales,
Excluding Precious Metal Content
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other European Regions Consumable
Businesses
|
|
$ |
135.0 |
|
|
$ |
124.9 |
|
|
$ |
10.1 |
|
|
|
8.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other European Countries, CIS, Middle East,
Africa, Pacific Rim Businesses
|
|
$ |
102.2 |
|
|
$ |
97.4 |
|
|
$ |
4.8 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/Orthodontics
|
|
$ |
156.0 |
|
|
$ |
144.0 |
|
|
$ |
12.0 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
$ |
105.3 |
|
|
$ |
100.1 |
|
|
$ |
5.2 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
% |
Segment Operating
Income
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
(in
millions)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
$
Change
|
|
|
%
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.,
Germany and Certain Other European Regions Consumable
Businesses
|
|
$ |
44.9 |
|
|
$ |
33.9 |
|
|
$ |
11.0 |
|
|
|
32.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
France,
U.K., Italy and Certain Other European Countries, CIS, Middle East,
Africa, Pacific Rim Businesses
|
|
$ |
(0.1 |
) |
|
$ |
2.9 |
|
|
$ |
(3.0 |
) |
|
NM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/Orthodontics
|
|
$ |
48.0 |
|
|
$ |
50.1 |
|
|
$ |
(2.1 |
) |
|
|
(4.2 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dental
Laboratory Business/Implants/Non-Dental
|
|
$ |
22.5 |
|
|
$ |
22.3 |
|
|
$ |
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
% |
NM – Not
meaningful
United States, Germany and
Certain Other European Regions Consumable Businesses
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, increased 8.1% during the three months
ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009. On a constant currency basis, net sales,
excluding precious metal content, increased 6.3% due to internal growth across
most of the regions in this segment. In addition, the first quarter
of 2009 was impacted by lower sales in dental consumable products due to lower
underlying demand for small equipment and some reductions in dealer
inventories.
Operating
income increased $11.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010
compared to 2009. The increase was primarily attributable to internal
sales growth and expense management. Additionally, the 2009 results
included the roll-off of inventory step-up from acquisition-related
activities.
France, United Kingdom,
Italy and Certain Other European Countries, CIS, Austria, Central and Eastern
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Pacific Rim Businesses
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, increased 4.9% during the three months
ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009. Net sales, excluding precious
metal content, were favorably impacted by a weaker U. S. dollar in 2010. On a
constant currency basis, net sales, excluding precious metal content, decreased
by 1.8%. The decrease was largely the result of lower sales in
several geographies in the segment.
Operating
income decreased $3.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010
compared to 2009, primarily related to unfavorable product mix.
Canada/Latin
America/Endodontics/Orthodontics
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, increased 8.3% during the three months
ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009. Net sales, excluding precious
metal content, were favorably impacted by a weaker U. S. dollar in 2010. On a
constant currency basis, net sales, excluding precious metal content, increased
by 3.5% mainly due to internal growth across most of the segment and
acquisitions completed in 2010.
Operating
income decreased $2.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010
compared to 2009. The decrease was driven by increased sales and
marketing costs within the segment. Additionally, material purchases
denominated in Japanese Yen negatively impacted operating
income.
Dental Laboratory
Business/Implants/Non-Dental
Net
sales, excluding precious metal content, increased 5.2% during the three months
ended March 31, 2010 compared to 2009. Net sales, excluding precious
metal content, were favorably impacted by a weaker U. S. dollar in 2010. On a
constant currency basis, net sales, excluding precious metal content, increased
by 1.6%. The increase was driven by the dental implant business
and the improving dental laboratory business, excluding Europe.
Operating
income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 improved slightly when compared
to the same period in 2009.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
There
have been no other material changes to the Company’s disclosure in its Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2009.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Three
months ended March 31, 2010
Cash flow
from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $36.5
million compared to $10.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Net income increased by $2.3 million to $62.2 million. Improvements in working
capital for 2010 were the primary reason for the increase in cash from
operations. Inventory and accounts receivable balances on a constant
currency basis were positive contributors to the change in cash flow, while
foreign exchange impacts resulted in higher absolute dollar balances in each
category. Reported days for inventory decreased while accounts
receivable increased slightly. When
comparing the quarter over quarter changes in the consolidated statements of
cash flows, increases in accounts payable and accruals were largely
offset by increases in prepaid expenses and decreases in accrued taxes
payable and deferred taxes.
Investing
activities during the first three months of 2010 include capital expenditures of
$8.0 million. The Company expects that capital expenditures will be
between $70.0 million and $80.0 million for the full year of
2010. The acquisition related activity for the three months ended
March 31, 2010 of $7.7 million was related to two acquisitions and one earn-out
payment on a prior year acquisition.
At March
31, 2010, the Company had authorization to maintain up to 22.0 million shares of
treasury stock under the stock repurchase program as approved by the Board of
Directors. Under this program, the Company purchased 1.2 million shares for
$41.4 million during the first three months of 2010 at an average price of
$33.59. As of March 31, 2010, the Company held 16.5 million shares of
treasury stock. The Company also received proceeds of $7.4 million as
a result of the exercise of 0.4 million stock options during the three months
ended March 31, 2010.
The
Company’s long-term borrowings increased by a net of $10.0 million during the
three months ended March 31, 2010. This change included net borrowings of $12.6
million during the first three months and a decrease of $2.6 million due to
exchange rate fluctuations on debt denominated in foreign currencies. At March
31, 2010, the Company’s ratio of long-term debt to total capitalization
increased to 19.8% compared to 19.2% at December 31, 2009. Also in
that same period, the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term
investments have decreased from $450.3 million to $405.0 million.
Under its
multi-currency revolving credit agreement, the Company is able to borrow up to
$500.0 million through May 9, 2010. This facility is unsecured and
contains certain affirmative and negative covenants relating to its operations
and financial condition. The most restrictive of these covenants pertain to
asset dispositions and prescribed ratios of indebtedness to total capital and
operating income plus depreciation and amortization to interest expense. At
March 31, 2010, the Company was in compliance with these covenants. The Company
also has available an aggregate $250.0 million under a U.S. dollar commercial
paper facility. The multi-currency revolving credit facility serves as a back-up
to the commercial paper facility. The total available credit under
the commercial paper facility and the multi-currency revolving credit facility
in the aggregate is $500.0 million with $2.9 million outstanding under the
multi-currency revolving facility.
The
Company’s debt instruments that are supported by the multi-currency revolving
credit facility have been classified as current until the Company replaces the
May 2010 maturing facility. Management’s intent is to replace the
maturing facility, at least in part, in the second quarter of
2010.
On
February 19, 2010, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (“Note”)
with a group of initial purchasers through a private placement for $250.0
million aggregate principal amount of fixed rate 4.11% Senior Notes with an
average maturity of five years and a final maturity in six years. This Note is
unsecured and contains certain affirmative and negative covenants relating to
its operations and financial condition of the Company similar in substance to
the existing $150.0 million U.S. Private Placement Note (“U.S. Note”) maturing
March 15, 2010. The new Note was used to refinance the existing U.S.
Note at maturity as well as for general corporate purposes.
On March
1, 2010, the Company entered into a Term Loan Agreement (“Term Loan”) with PNC
Bank providing for the issuance by the Company of Swiss francs 65.0 million
aggregate principal amount of floating rate Senior Term Loan with a final
maturity in March 2012. This Term Loan is unsecured and contains certain
affirmative and negative covenants relating to its operations and financial
condition of the Company similar in substance to the existing multi-currency
revolving credit agreement maturing May 9, 2010. The new Term Loan
was used to refinance a loan under the existing multi-currency revolving credit
agreement.
The
Company also has access to $70.2 million in uncommitted short-term financing
under lines of credit from various financial institutions. The lines of credit
have no major restrictions and are provided under demand notes between the
Company and the lending institutions. At March 31, 2010, the Company had $12.8
million outstanding under these short-term lines of credit. At March
31, 2010, the Company had total unused lines of credit related to the revolving
credit agreement and the uncommitted short-term lines of credit of $554.6
million.
The
Company entered into new cross currency swaps of Swiss francs 100.0 million and
Swiss francs 55.5 million on February 18, 2021 and March 1, 2010 respectively to
replace maturing trades. The contracts are designated as net investment
hedges.
At March
31, 2010, the Company held $108.2 million of precious metals on consignment from
several financial institutions. These consignment agreements allow
the Company to acquire the precious metal at market rates at a point in time,
which is approximately the same time and for the same price as alloys are sold
to the Company’s customers. In the event that the financial institutions would
discontinue offering these consignment arrangements, and if the Company could
not obtain other comparable arrangements, the Company may be required to obtain
third party financing to fund an ownership position in the required precious
metal inventory levels.
Except
for the new term loan facility with PNC Bank for Swiss francs 65.0 million
discussed in Note 10, Financial Instruments and Derivatives, of the Notes to
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements, there have been no other
material changes to the Company’s scheduled contractual cash obligations
disclosed in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Company
expects on an ongoing basis, to be able to finance cash requirements, including
capital expenditures, stock repurchases, debt service, operating leases and
potential future acquisitions, from the funds generated from operations and
amounts available under its existing credit facilities.
NEW
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Refer to Note 1, Significant Accounting
Policies, to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for a
discussion of recent accounting standards and pronouncements.
Item
3 - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There
have been no significant material changes to the market risks as disclosed in
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009.
Item
4 - Controls and Procedures
Conclusion Regarding the
Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The
Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered
by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this
report were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information
required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that it is accumulated
and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting
that occurred during the most recent quarter to which this report relates that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1 - Legal Proceedings
Incorporated
by reference to Part I, Item 1, Note 14, Commitments and Contingencies, to the
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
Item
1A – Risk Factors
There
have been no significant material changes to the risks factors as disclosed in
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2009.
Item
2 - Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds
At March
31, 2010, the Company had authorization to maintain up to 22.0 million shares of
treasury stock under the stock repurchase program as approved by the Board of
Directors. During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the Company had the
following activity with respect to this repurchase program:
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
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Number
of
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Shares
that
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May
be Purchased
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Total
Number
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Average
Price
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Total
Cost
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Under
the Share
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of
Shares
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Paid
Per
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of
Shares
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Repurchase
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Period
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Purchased
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Share
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Purchased
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Program
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January
1-31, 2010
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- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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1,292.6 |
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February
1-28, 2010
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|
|
578.4 |
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32.91 |
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19,033.0 |
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|
|
879.1 |
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March
1-31, 2010
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|
|
654.7 |
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34.20 |
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22,389.6 |
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5,477.6 |
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1,233.1 |
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$ |
33.59 |
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$ |
41,422.6 |
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Item
4 - Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders
Reserved.
Item
6 - Exhibits
Exhibit Number
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Description
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3.2
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By-Laws,
as amended
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4.5
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Swiss
Franc Term Loan Agreement, due March 1, 2012 dated as of February 24,
2010
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31
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Section
302 Certification Statements.
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32
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Section
906 Certification Statement.
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101.INS
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XBRL
Instance Document
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101.SCH
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
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101.DEF
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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101.LAB
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XBRL
Extension Labels Linkbase Document
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101.PRE
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Document
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Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
DENTSPLY
International Inc.
/s/
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Bret W. Wise
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April 29, 2010
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Bret
W. Wise
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Date
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Chairman
of the Board and
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Chief
Executive Officer
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/s/
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William R. Jellison
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April 29, 2010
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William
R. Jellison
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Date
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Senior
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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DENTSPLY
International Inc.
AMENDED
AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
BY-LAWS
INDEX
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Page
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ARTICLE
I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
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1
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Section
1.
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Annual
Meetings
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1
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Section
2.
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Special
Meetings
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1
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Section
3.
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Place
of Meeting
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1
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Section
4.
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Notice
of Meeting
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1
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Section
5.
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Fixing
of Record Date
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1
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Section
6.
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Quorum
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2
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Section
7.
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Proxies
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2
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Section
8.
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Voting
of Shares
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2
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Section
9.
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List
of Stockholders
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3
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Section
10.
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Waiver
of Notice by Stockholders
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3
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Section
11.
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Advance
Notice of Stockholder-Proposed Business at Annual Meetings
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3
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Section
12.
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Procedure
for Nomination of Directors
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4
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Section
13.
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Election
of Directors
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6
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ARTICLE
II BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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6
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Section
1.
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General
Powers
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6
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Section
2.
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Number
of Directors, Tenure and Qualifications
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6
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Section
3.
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Regular
Meetings
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7
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Section
4.
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Special
Meetings
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7
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Section
5.
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Notice
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7
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Section
6.
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Quorum
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7
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Section
7.
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Manner
of Acting
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7
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Section
8.
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Vacancies
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8
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Section
9.
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Compensation
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8
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Section
10.
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Presumption
of Assent
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8
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Section
11.
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Committees
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8
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Section
12.
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Removal
of Directors
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8
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Section
13.
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Action
of the Board by Written Consent
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9
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Section
14.
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Conferences
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9
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ARTICLE
III OFFICERS
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9
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Section
1.
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Number
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9
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Section
2.
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Election
and Term of Office
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9
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Section
3.
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Removal
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9
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Section
4.
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Chairman
of the Board
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9
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Section
5.
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Vice
Chairman of the Board
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9
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Section
6.
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Chief
Executive Officer
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10
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Section
7.
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President
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10
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Section
8.
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Senior
Vice President and Vice Presidents
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10
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Section
9.
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Secretary
and Assistant Secretaries
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10
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Section
10.
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Treasurer
and Assistant Treasurer
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11
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Section
11.
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Salaries
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11
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Section
12.
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Representation
in Other Companies
|
11
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ARTICLE
IV STOCK AND TRANSFER OF STOCK
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11
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Section
1.
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Shares
of Stock
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11
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Section
2.
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Transfer
of Shares
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12
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ARTICLE
V INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
AGENTS
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12
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Section
1.
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Indemnification
Generally
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12
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Section
2.
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Indemnification
in Actions By or In the Right Of the Corporation
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13
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Section
3.
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Success
on the Merits; Indemnification Against Expenses
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13
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Section
4.
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Determination
that Indemnification is Proper
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13
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Section
5.
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Insurance;
Indemnification Agreements
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13
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Section
6.
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Advancement
of Expenses
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13
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Section
7.
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Rights
Not Exclusive
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14
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Section
8.
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Severability
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14
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Section
9.
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Modification
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14
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Formerly
GENDEX Corporation)
ARTICLE
I
STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETINGS
Section
1. Annual Meetings. The
annual meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of electing directors and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the
meeting, shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section
2. Special Meetings. Except
as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any
class or series of capital stock having a preference over the common stock as to
dividends or upon liquidation, special meetings of stockholders of the
corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer or the President pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of
Directors.
Section
3. Place of
Meeting. The
Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State
of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting, or for any special
meeting called pursuant to Article I, Section 2, above. A waiver of
notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate
any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place for the
holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting
shall be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of
the corporation.
Section
4. Notice of
Meeting. Written
notice stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall
be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting either personally or by mail, by or at the discretion of the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or the officer or persons calling the
meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited
in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it
appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid.
Section
5. Fixing of Record
Date.
(a)
For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors
of the corporation may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such
determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty
(60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of any proposed meeting of
stockholders. In no event shall the stock transfer books be closed. When a
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders
has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall be applied
to any adjournment thereof.
(b)
For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or in order to make a
determination of stockholders for any other lawful purpose, the Board of
Directors of the corporation may fix a date as the record date for any such
determination of stockholders, which record date shall not precede the date upon
which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date
shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. In no event shall
the stock transfer books be closed.
Section
6. Quorum. A
majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote,
represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of
stockholders. Provided that a meeting has been duly convened in
accordance herewith, any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time
to time without further notice. At any adjourned meeting at which a
quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. Any meeting
(a) at which all of the outstanding shares are present in person or represented
by proxy and at which none of such shares attend for the purpose of objecting,
at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business thereat
because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened, or (b) at which all of
the outstanding stock has waived notice, or (c) for which notice shall have been
duly given as provided herein, shall be deemed a properly constituted meeting of
the stockholders.
Section
7. Proxies. At
all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder entitled to vote may vote by proxy
appointed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney in
fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation
before or at the time of the meeting. An instrument appointing a
proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated thereon, be valid only at the meeting
for which it has been given or any adjournment thereof.
Section
8. Voting of
Shares. At
each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall
be entitled to vote in person or by a duly authorized proxy, which proxy may be
appointed by an instrument in writing executed by such stockholder or his duly
authorized attorney or through electronic means, if applicable, such as the
internet. Subject to the provisions of applicable law and the
corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, each holder of common stock shall be
entitled to one (1) vote for each share of stock standing registered in his name
at the close of business on the day fixed by the Board of Directors as the
record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and
vote at such meeting. Shares standing in the name of another
corporation may be voted by any officer of such corporation or any proxy
appointed by any officer of such corporation in the absence of express notice of
such corporation given in writing to the Secretary of this corporation in
connection with the particular meeting, that such officer has no authority to
vote such shares.
Section
9. List of Stockholders. A
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing meeting,
arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and
the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder, shall be
prepared by the Secretary, or other officer of the corporation having charge of
said stock ledger. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10)
days prior to the meeting , either at a place within the city where the meeting
is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or,
if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list
shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole
time thereof, and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may
be present.
Section
10. Waiver of Notice by Stockholders. Whenever
any notice whatever is required to be given to any stockholder of the
corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or under the provisions of any statute, a waiver
thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of
meeting, by the stockholder entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent
to the giving of such notice.
Section
11. Advance Notice of
Stockholder-Proposed Business at Annual Meetings. No
business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than
business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or
any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before
the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof), or (c) otherwise properly brought before the
annual meeting by any stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of
record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 11
and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of and to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 11.
In
addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the
corporation.
To be
timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed
and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than
ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders;
provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a
date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not
later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on
which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public
disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first
occurs.
To be in
proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must set forth as
to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i)
a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any
material interest in such business of such stockholder and any Stockholder
Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate,
including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder
Associated Person therefrom, (ii) the name and record address of such
stockholder, (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associated Person, (A) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of
the corporation which are owned by such stockholder and by such Stockholder
Associated Person, if any, (B) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares
owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder and by any such
Stockholder Associated Person, and (C) any derivative positions held or
beneficially held by the stockholder and by any such Stockholder Associated
Person and whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or
series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any
borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is
to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to
increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any such
Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any share of stock of the
corporation; (iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associated Person covered by clause (iii) of this paragraph, the name and
address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s stock ledger,
and current name and address, if different, and of such Stockholder Associated
Person; (v) a description of all proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or
relationship between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including
their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such
stockholder; and (vi) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear
in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the
meeting.
Notwithstanding
anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the
annual meeting except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section 11; provided, however, that, once
business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with
such procedures, nothing in this Section 11 shall be deemed to preclude
discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman
of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before
the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman
shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before
the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
For
purposes of this Section 11 and of Section 12 of this Article I, “Stockholder
Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling,
directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any
beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation owned of record or
beneficially by such stockholder and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by
or under common control with such Stockholder Associated Person.
Section
12. Procedure for Nomination of Directors. Only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be
eligible for election as directors of the corporation, except as may be
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right
of holders of preferred stock of the corporation to nominate and elect a
specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual
meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for
the purpose of electing directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder
of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving
of the notice provided for in this Section 12 and on the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting
and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section
12.
In
addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a
stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper
written form to the Secretary of the corporation.
To be
timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed
and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation (a) in the
case of an annual meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one
hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately
preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the
event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within
twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close
of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of
the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date
of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (b) in the case of a
special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors,
not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day
on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public
disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first
occurs.
To be in
proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must set forth (a)
as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a
director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the
person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the
class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which
are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv) any other information
relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy
statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations
of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any
Stockholder Associated Person, (i) the name and record address of such
stockholder, (ii) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the
corporation which are owned by such stockholder and by such Stockholder
Associated Person, if any, (iii) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares
owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder and by any such
Stockholder Associated Person, (iv) any derivative positions held or
beneficially held by the stockholder and by any such Stockholder Associated
Person and whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or
series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any
borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is
to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to
increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any such
Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any share of stock of the
corporation, (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between
such stockholder or any such Stockholder Associated Person and each proposed
nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to
which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (vi) as to the
stockholder giving the notice, a representation that such stockholder intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its
notice and (vii) any other information relating to the stockholder giving the
notice that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other
filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for
election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be
accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a
nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
No person
shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. If
the Chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the
meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be
disregarded.
Section
13. Election
of Directors. Except as
provided in Section 8 of Article II of these bylaws, a nominee
for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors if the votes cast for
such nominee’s
election exceed the votes cast against such nominee’s
election; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of
the votes cast at any meeting
of stockholders for which (i) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a notice
that a stockholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors
in compliance with the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for
director set
forth in Article I, Section 12 of these bylaws and (ii) such nomination has not
been withdrawn by such stockholder on or prior to the fourteenth day before the
date the Corporation first mails to the stockholders its notice of such
meeting. If directors
are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, stockholders shall not be
permitted to vote against a nominee, but only to withhold their
vote.
ARTICLE
II
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Section
1. General Powers. The
business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt, amend or repeal by-laws
adopted by the Board or by the stockholders.
Section
2. Number of
Directors, Tenure and Qualifications. The
number of members of the Board of Directors shall be not less than three (3) nor
more than thirteen (13), as determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors. The directors need not be stockholders of the
corporation. The directors shall be divided into three (3) classes,
designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist,
as nearly as may be possible, of one-third (1/3) of the total number of
directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. Effective
immediately upon the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
corporation dated June 11, 1993, Class I directors shall be elected for a term
ending upon the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, Class II
directors for a term ending upon the second succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders and Class III directors for a term ending upon the third succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders. At each succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders beginning with the annual meeting immediately succeeding the filing
of the Certificate of Incorporation, successors to the class of directors whose
term expires at such annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year
term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease
shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors
in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any
class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall
hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that
class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the
term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold office until
the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his
or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior
death, resignation, incapacitation or removal from office, and except as
otherwise required by law. In the event such election is not held at
the annual meeting of stockholders, it shall be held at any adjournment thereof
or a special meeting.
Section
3. Regular Meetings. Regular
meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without any other notice than
this By-Law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of
stockholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The Board of
Directors may designate the time and place, either within or without the State
of Delaware, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice
than such designation.
Section
4. Special Meetings. Special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or by members
of the Board of Directors constituting no less than three-fourths (3/4) of the
total number of directors then in office. The person or persons
authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding any
special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.
Section
5. Notice. Notice
of any special meeting shall be given at least five (5) days previously thereto
by written notice delivered or mailed to each director at his last known
address, or at least forty-eight (48) hours previously thereto by personal
delivery or by facsimile to a telephone number provided to the corporation. If
mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United
States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice is
given by facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when transmitted
with receipt confirmed. Whenever any notice whatever is required to
be given to any director of the corporation under the provisions of these
By-Laws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or under the
provisions of any statute, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time,
whether before or after the time of meeting, by the director entitled to such
notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The
attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting except where a director attends a meeting and objects thereat to
the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose
of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section
6. Quorum. Two-Thirds
(2/3) of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section
7. Manner of
Acting. The
act of the majority of the directors then in office shall be the act of the
Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by these
By-Laws or By-Law.
Section
8. Vacancies. Except
as otherwise required by law, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results
from an increase in the number of directors shall be filled only by a majority
of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and
any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors shall be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not
resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same
remaining term as that of his or her predecessor. The resignation of
a director shall be effective upon receipt by the corporation, unless some
subsequent time is fixed in the resignation, and then from that
time. Acceptance of such resignation by the corporation shall not be
required.
Section
9. Compensation. The
Board of Directors, by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, and
irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may establish
reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as
directors, officers or otherwise, or may delegate such authority to an
appropriate committee.
Section
10. Presumption of
Assent. A
director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof at which action on any corporate matter is
taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent
shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his
written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the
meeting before the adjournment thereof. Such right to dissent shall
not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
Section
11. Committees. The
Board of Directors by resolution may designate one (1) or more committees, each
committee to consist of one (1) or more directors elected by the Board of
Directors, which to the extent provided in such resolution, as initially
adopted, and as thereafter supplemented or amended by further resolution adopted
by a like vote, shall have and may exercise, when the Board of Directors is not
in session, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, except action with respect to amendment
of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, adoption of an agreement of
merger or consolidation (other than the adoption of a Certificate of Ownership
and Merger in accordance with Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as such law may be amended or supplemented), recommendation
to the stockholders of the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all
of the corporation's property or assets, recommendation to the stockholders of
the dissolution or the revocation of a dissolution of the corporation, election
of officers or the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors or on
committees created pursuant to this Section or declaration of
dividends. The Board of Directors may elect one (1) or more of its
members as alternate members of any such committee who may take the place of any
absent or disqualified member or members at any meeting of such committee, upon
request by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the
President or upon request by the chairman of such meeting. Each such
committee may fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and
shall make such reports to the Board of Directors of its activities as the Board
of Directors may request.
Section
12. Removal of Directors. Exclusive
of directors, if any, elected by the holders of one (1) or more classes of
preferred stock, no director of the corporation may be removed from office,
except for cause and by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote at a
meeting of the stockholders duly called for such purpose. As used in
this Article II, the meaning of "cause" shall be limited to malfeasance arising
from the performance of a director's duty which has a materially adverse effect
on the business of the corporation.
Section
13. Action of the Board by Written
Consent. Any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting of the Board
of Directors or any committee thereof if prior to such action a written consent
thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of the committee, as the case
may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of
the Board or the committee.
Section
14. Conferences. Members
of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board may
participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting
pursuant to this Section 14 shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
ARTICLE
III
OFFICERS
Section
1. Number. The
officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board and a Chief
Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may appoint as officers a
Vice Chairman of the Board, President, such number of Senior Vice Presidents and
Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers,
one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers as are created by
the Board from time to time. The same person may hold two (2) or more
of such offices.
Section
2. Election and Term of
Office. The
Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall be elected by the
directors from among their own number; other officers need not be
directors. In addition to the powers conferred upon them by these
By-Laws, all officers elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall have
such authority and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors by resolution.
Section
3. Removal. Any
officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed
by the Board of Directors, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the
corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice
to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or
appointment shall not of itself create contract rights.
Section
4. Chairman of the
Board. The
Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors
and meetings of the stockholders. He shall also perform such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
Section
5. Vice Chairman of the
Board. In
the absence of the Chairman of the Board because of death or physical disability
which prevents the Chairman of the Board from performing his duties, or in the
event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice Chairman of the Board shall
perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board and, when so acting, have the
powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of the
Board.
Section
6. Chief Executive Officer. The
Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer of the
corporation and shall have the general charge of and control over the business,
affairs and personnel of the corporation, subject to the authority of the Board
of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer may, together with the
Secretary, sign all certificates for shares of the capital stock of the
corporation and shall perform such other duties as shall be delegated to him by
the Board of Directors. Except as may be specified by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to enter into
contracts and make commitments on behalf of the corporation and shall have the
right to execute deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments
necessary or proper to be executed in connection with the corporation's regular
business and may authorize the President, and any other officer of the
corporation, to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents and instruments in
his place and stead.
Section
7. President. The
President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation, and shall
report to the Chief Executive Officer. The President may, together
with the Secretary, sign all certificates for shares of the capital stock of the
corporation and may, together with the Secretary, execute on behalf of the
corporation any contract, except in cases where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer to some other officer or agent, and shall perform such duties
as are assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer.
Section
8. Senior Vice President and Vice Presidents. Each
Senior Vice President or Vice President shall perform such duties and have such
authority as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer or the President.
Section
9. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The
Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the corporation and of all books,
records and papers of the corporation, except such as shall be in the charge of
the Treasurer or some other person authorized to have custody and be in
possession thereof by resolution of the Board of Directors. The
Secretary shall record the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and
of the Board of Directors in books kept by him for that purpose and may, at the
direction of the Board of Directors, give any notice required by statute or by
these By-Laws of all such meetings. The Secretary shall, together
with the Chief Executive Officer or the President, sign certificates for shares
of the capital stock of the corporation. Any Assistant Secretaries
elected by the Board of Directors, in order of their seniority, shall, in the
absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Secretary as aforesaid. The Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary may, together with the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any
other authorized officer, execute on behalf of the corporation any contract
which has been approved by the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other
duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President
shall prescribe.
Section
10. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall keep accounts of all moneys of the corporation received and
disbursed, and shall deposit all monies and valuables of the corporation in its
name and to its credit in such banks and depositories as the Board of Directors
shall designate. Any Assistant Treasurers elected by the Board of
Directors, in order of their seniority, shall, in the absence or disability of
the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer, and
shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer or the President shall prescribe.
Section
11. Salaries. The
salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason
of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.
Section
12. Representation in Other Companies. Unless
otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or a Vice President designated by the President shall have full power
and authority on behalf of the corporation to attend and to act and to vote at
any meetings of security holders of corporations in which the corporation may
hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all
rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities, and which as the
owner thereof the corporation might have possessed and exercised, if
present. The Board of Directors by resolution from time to time may
confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
ARTICLE
IV
STOCK AND TRANSFER OF
STOCK
Section
1. Shares of
Stock. The
shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be represented by a
certificate, unless and until the Board of Directors of the corporation adopts a
resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding
the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every
holder of capital stock of the corporation theretofore represented by
certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be
entitled to have a certificate for shares of capital stock of the corporation
signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and by the
Secretary. To the extent that shares are represented by certificates,
the certificates shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors and shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name
and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued,
with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock
transfer books of the corporation. With respect to certificated
shares of stock, all certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer
shall be canceled and no new certificate or uncertificated shares shall be
issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been
surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated
certificate, a new certificate or uncertificated shares may be issued therefor
upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may
prescribe.
Section
2. Transfer of Shares. Stock
of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable
law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the
books of the corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only
by the person named in the certificate or by such person's attorney lawfully
constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor,
properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or,
in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer
instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person's
attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary
transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring
shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and
endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in
which the officers of the corporation shall determine to waive such
requirement. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of
a certificate representing shares of capital stock of the corporation or of
proper transfer instructions with respect to uncertificated shares, the
corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the person
exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise
all the rights and powers of an owner. Where a certificate for shares
is presented to the corporation with a request to register for transfer, the
corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering loss
as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on or with the
certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty to
inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The
corporation may require reasonable assurance that said endorsements are genuine
and effective and in compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed
under the authority of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
V
INDEMNIFICATION OF
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND
AGENTS
Section
1. Indemnification Generally. The
corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, or is alleged to have violated the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful.
Section
2. Indemnification in Actions By or In the Right Of the
Corporation. The
corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in
the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense
and settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section
3. Success on the Merits; Indemnification Against Expenses. To
the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article V, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection therewith.
Section
4. Determination that Indemnification is Proper. Any
indemnification under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article V, unless ordered
by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific
case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances under the standard of conduct
set forth in such Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article V, as the case may
be. Such determination shall be made:
(a) By
the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding;
(b) If
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable if a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion; or
(c) By
the stockholders.
Section
5. Insurance; Indemnification Agreements. The
corporation may, but shall not be required to, supplement the right of
indemnification under this Article V by any lawful means, including, without
limitation by reason of [remuneration], (i) the purchase and maintenance of
insurance on behalf of any one or more of such indemnitees, whether or not the
corporation would be obligated to indemnify such person under this Article V or
otherwise, and (ii) individual or group indemnification agreements with any one
or more of such indemnities.
Section
6. Advancement of Expenses. Expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be
paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnitee
to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as to such
amounts.
Section
7. Rights Not
Exclusive. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall be
not deemed exclusive of any other right to which an indemnified person may be
entitled under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (or any successor provision) or otherwise under applicable law, or
under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office and shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person.
Section
8. Severability. To
the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the
indemnification provided under this Article V shall be invalid as applied to a
particular claim, issue or matter, the provisions hereof shall be deemed amended
to allow indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Section
9. Modification. This
Article V shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each
previous, current or future director, officer, employee or agent. The
provisions of this Article V shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits
or proceedings, commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from any
action taken or failure to act before or after such adoption. No
amendment, modification or repeal of this Article V shall diminish the rights
provided hereby or diminish the right to indemnification with respect to any
claim, issue or matter in any then pending or subsequent proceeding which is
based in any material respect from any alleged action or failure to act prior to
such amendment, modification or repeal.
65,000,000
Swiss Francs
TWO
YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as
of February 24, 2010
Among
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
as
Borrower
and
THE
INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
as
Initial Lenders
and
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Agent
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DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1.01 Certain Defined Terms
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1.02 Computation of Time Periods
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1.03 Accounting Terms
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AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE TERM LOANS
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SECTION
2.01 The Term Loans
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2.06 Repayment
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2.07 Interest on Term Loans
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2.08 Interest Rate Determination
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SECTION
2.10 Prepayments of Term Loans
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SECTION
2.11 Increased Costs
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SECTION
2.12 Illegality
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SECTION
2.13 Payments and Computations
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SECTION
2.14 Taxes
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SECTION
2.15 Sharing of Payments, Etc
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SECTION
2.16 Evidence of Debt
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SECTION
2.17 Use of Proceeds
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III
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CONDITIONS
TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
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3.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section
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IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION
4.01 Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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V
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COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
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SECTION
5.01 Affirmative Covenants
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5.02 Negative Covenants
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5.03 Financial Covenants
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ARTICLE
VI
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EVENTS
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ARTICLE
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THE
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SECTION
8.01 Authorization and Action
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8.02 Agent’s Reliance, Etc
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8.03 PNC and Affiliates
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8.04 Lender Credit Decision
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8.05 Indemnification
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8.06 Successor Agent
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MISCELLANEOUS
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9.01 Amendments, Etc
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9.02 Notices
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9.03 No Waiver; Remedies
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9.04 Costs and Expenses
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Schedules
Schedule
I - List of Lending Offices
Schedule
5.02(a) - Existing Liens
Schedule
5.02(d) - Existing Debt
Exhibits
Exhibit
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Exhibit
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Form
of Notice of Borrowing
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Exhibit
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Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit
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Form
of Opinion of Counsel for the
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TWO YEAR
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as
of February 24, 2010
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks,
financial institutions and other institutional lenders (the “Initial Lenders”) and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”), as agent (the
“Agent”) for
the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined
Terms. As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined):
“Affiliate” means, as
to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or
officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term
“control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common
control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
power to vote 5% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent’s Account”
means such account of the Agent as is designated in writing from time to time by
the Agent to the Company and the Lenders for such purpose.
“Assignment and
Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender
and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit C hereto.
“Bankruptcy Law” means
any proceeding of the type referred to in Section 6.01(e) or Title 11, U.S.
Code, or any similar foreign, federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“Base Rate” means for
any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (a)
the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect
on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Daily LIBOR Rate in effect on such day plus
one hundred basis points (1.00%). If for any reason the Agent shall have
determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that
it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Open Rate for any reason, including
the inability or failure of the Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in
accordance with the definition of such term, the Base Rate shall be determined
without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in
the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or
the Daily LIBOR Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in
the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or the Daily LIBOR
Rate, respectively.
“Business Day” means a
day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market and banks are open for business in London and in
Switzerland.
“Company Information”
has the meaning specified in Section 9.08.
“Consolidated” refers
to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Daily LIBOR Rate”
means, for any day, the rate per annum determined by the Agent by dividing (the
resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%)
(a) the Published Rate by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Eurocurrency Rate
Reserve Percentage. The Published Rate shall be adjusted as of each
Business Day based on changes in the Published Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate
Reserve Percentage without notice to the Company, and shall be applicable from
the effective date of any such change.
“Debt” of any Person
means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by
more than 60 days incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business),
(c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other similar instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies
of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited
to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such
Person as lessee under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (f) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or
similar extensions of credit, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect
of Hedge Agreements, (h) all Debt of others referred to in clauses (a)
through (g) above or clause (i) below and other payment obligations
(collectively, “Guaranteed Debt”)
guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect
guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an agreement
(1) to pay or purchase such Guaranteed Debt or to advance or supply funds
for the payment or purchase of such Guaranteed Debt, (2) to purchase, sell
or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell services,
primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such
Guaranteed Debt or to assure the holder of such Guaranteed Debt against loss,
(3) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in the debtor
(including any agreement to pay for property or services irrespective of whether
such property is received or such services are rendered) or (4) otherwise
to assure a creditor against loss, and (i) all Debt referred to in
clauses (a) through (h) above (including Guaranteed Debt) secured by
(or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without
limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
Debt.
“Debt for Borrowed
Money” of any Person means all items that, in accordance with GAAP, would
be classified as indebtedness on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person,
provided that
Debt for Borrowed Money of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not include
Debt incurred in connection with the Consignment Agreements relating to the
consignment of precious metals between the Company and certain
counterparties.
“Default” means any
Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for
the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
“Dollars” and the
“$” sign each
means lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, for
any period, net income (or net loss) plus the sum of
(a) interest expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation
expense and (d) amortization expense, in each case determined in accordance
with GAAP for such period.
“Effective Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Eligible Assignee”
means (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender; and (iii) any
other Person approved by the Agent and, unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected in accordance with
Section 9.07, the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; provided, however, that neither
the Company nor an Affiliate of the Company shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee.
“Environmental Action”
means any action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non-compliance
or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation,
proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any
Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Hazardous Materials or arising from
alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment,
including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory
authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions
or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or any third
party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or
injunctive relief.
“Environmental Law”
means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, code, order, judgment, decree or judicial or agency interpretation,
policy or guidance relating to pollution or protection of the environment,
health, safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, those
relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Permit”
means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other
authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equivalent” means, at
any time, as determined by the Agent (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency (the “Reference Currency”)
which is to be computed as an equivalent amount of another currency (the “Equivalent
Currency”), the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such
Reference Currency using the average spot rate quoted to the Agent (based on the
market rates then prevailing and available to the Agent) or the commercial
market rate of exchange, as determined by the Agent, for the sale of such
Equivalent Currency for such Reference Currency at a time determined by the
Agent on the second Business Day immediately preceding the event for which such
calculation is made.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time,
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the
Company’s controlled group, or under common control with the Company, within the
meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“ERISA Event” means
(a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice
requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the
requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to
subsection (2) of such Section) are met with respect to a contributing sponsor,
as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in
paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is
reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30
days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a
Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of
intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA
(including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in
Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a
facility of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it
was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA;
(f) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under Section 302(f)
of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the Adjusted
Funding Target Attainment Percentage (as defined in Section 206(g)(9) of ERISA)
of any Plan is, or is deemed to be, less than 80%; or (h) the institution
by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of
ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in
Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan.
“Eurocurrency
Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time
to time.
“Eurocurrency Rate”
means for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate
obtained by dividing (a) the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/100 of 1% per annum determined by the Agent in accordance
with its usual procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) to be the average of the London interbank offered rate of
interest per annum for deposits in Swiss Francs which appears on the relevant
Bloomberg page that displays such rates (or, if no such quotation is available
on such Bloomberg page, the rate which is quoted by another source for the
London interbank offered rates of interest for deposits in Swiss Francs selected
by the Agent), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period for delivery on the first day of
such Interest Period for a period, and in an amount, comparable to such Interest
Period and the principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding by (b) a
percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage for such
Interest Period.
“Eurocurrency Rate Reserve
Percentage” for any Interest Period, means the reserve percentage
applicable two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of
liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on
advances in Swiss Francs is determined) having a term equal to such Interest
Period.
“Events of Default”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Federal Funds Open
Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days
and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by
ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg
Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption “OPEN” (or on such other
substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as set forth on such
other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate
as selected by the Agent (an “Alternate Source”)
(or if such rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or
any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any
time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute
screen) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the
Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error); provided however, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal
Funds Open Rate for such day shall be the “open” rate on the immediately
preceding Business Day. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as
of each Business Day based on changes in the Federal Funds Open Rate without
notice to the Company.
“GAAP” has the meaning
specified in Section 1.03.
“Hazardous Materials”
means (a) petroleum and petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products,
radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls
and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated,
classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant
under any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Agreements”
means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or
option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts
and other similar agreements.
“Interest Period”
means initially the period commencing on the Term Loan Funding Date and ending
three months after such date and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing
on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending three
months after such date. Accordingly, the duration of each such Interest
Period shall be three months; provided, however,
that:
(a) no
Interest Period may end after the Term Loan Maturity Date;
(b) whenever
the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on
the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that, if
such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the
next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur
on the next preceding Business Day; and
(c) whenever
the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar
month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the
number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the
last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
(d) at
all times, all of the Term Loans shall have the same Interest
Period.
(e) notwithstanding
the foregoing, as provided in Section 2.08(c) hereof, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, unless the Agent otherwise agrees
in its sole discretion, the Interest Period for the Term Loans shall be one (1)
month.
“Internal Revenue
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
“Lenders” means each
Initial Lender and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant to
Section 9.07.
“Lending Office”
means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its
“Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such
Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Company
and the Agent.
“Lien” means any lien,
security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type
of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained
security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other
encumbrance on title to real property.
“Material Adverse
Change” means any material adverse change in the business, financial
condition or operations of the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
financial condition or operations of the Company or the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent or
any Lender under this Agreement or any Note or (c) the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any
Note.
“Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to
which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to
make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or
accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer
Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the
Company and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of
which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were
to be terminated.
“Note” means a
promissory note of the Company payable to the order of any Lender, delivered
pursuant to a request made under Section 2.16 in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Company to
such Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by or owed to such
Lender.
“Notice of Borrowing”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“OFAC” means the U.S.
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Patriot Act” means
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law
October 26, 2001.
“Payment Office” means
such office of PNC as shall be from time to time selected by the Agent and
notified by the Agent to the Company and the Lenders.
“PBGC” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
“Permitted Liens”
means such of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution,
levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been
commenced: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies to the extent not required to be paid under
Section 5.01(b) hereof; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as
materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations
that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days; (c) pledges or
deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws or similar
legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; and
(d) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real
property that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby
unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use of such property for its
present purposes.
“Person” means an
individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
“Plan” means a Single
Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
“Prime Rate” means the
rate publicly announced by PNC from time to time as its prime rate. The
Prime Rate is determined from time to time by PNC as a means of pricing some
loans to its borrowers. The Prime Rate is not tied to any external rate of
interest or index, and does not necessarily reflect the lowest rate of interest
actually charged by PNC to any particular class or category of
customers.
“Published Rate” means
the rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal
“Money Rates” listing under the caption “London Interbank Offered Rates” for a
one-month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then
the Published Rate shall be the eurodollar rate for a one-month period as
published in another publication determined by the Agent).
“Ratable Share” means,
as to any Lender, (a) until the funding of the Term Loans, the percentage which
such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment constitutes of the aggregate Term Loan
Commitments of all of the Lenders and (b) thereafter, the percentage which the
principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans of all of the Lenders then
outstanding.
“Register” has the
meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
“Required Lenders”
means at any time Lenders owed at least a majority of the then aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Term Loans then owing to the Lenders; provided that, at any time
that there are only two Lenders party hereto, Required Lenders shall mean both
such Lenders.
“Single Employer Plan”
means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA,
that (a) is maintained for employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
and no Person other than the Company and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so
maintained and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4062 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has
been or were to be terminated.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with
respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair
value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such
Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is
not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such
Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as
they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a
transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which
such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The
amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount
that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability.
“Subsidiary” of any
Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the
issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether
at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency),
(b) the interest in the capital or profits of such limited liability
company, partnership or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in
such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by
one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“Swiss Francs” means
the lawful currency of the Swiss Federation.
“Term Loan” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01 hereof.
“Term Loan Commitment”
shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a
Term Loan on the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.01 in an amount not to exceed
the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I
hereto. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments on the Effective
Date is 65,000,000 Swiss Francs.
“Term Loan Funding
Date” means the date that is three (3) Business Days after the Effective
Date.
“Term Loan Maturity
Date” means March 1, 2012, which date is two years from the Term Loan
Funding Date.
“Voting Stock” means
capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in any other
Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies,
entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar
functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by
the happening of such a contingency.
SECTION
1.02 Computation of Time
Periods.
In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to
a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”
and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.
SECTION
1.03 Accounting
Terms.
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01(e) (“GAAP”).
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
TERM LOANS
SECTION
2.01 The
Term Loans.
Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
to make a term loan ( each, a “Term Loan”) to the
Company on the Term Loan Funding Date in Swiss Francs in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Ratable Share of the aggregate Term Loans requested by the Company, but
not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. The Company may only
request the making of Term Loans on the Effective Date, such Term Loans to be
funded on the Term Loan Funding Date. The Term Loans shall be in
increments of 5,000,000 Swiss Francs. No portion of the Term Loans which
are repaid may be reborrowed.
SECTION
2.02 Procedures for Term
Loans.
(a) The borrowing of the Term Loans shall be made on notice, given
not later than 10:00 A.M. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time on the Effective
Date by the Company to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice
thereof by telecopier. The notice of borrowing (the “Notice of Borrowing”)
shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, specifying therein the
requested (i) date of such borrowing, which shall be the Term Loan Funding
Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of such borrowing. Each Lender
shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time) on the Term Loan
Funding Date, make available for the account of its Lending Office to the Agent
at the Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such
borrowing. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make
such funds available to the Company at the Agent’s address referred to in
Section 9.02.
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(c) The
Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Company. The
Company shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred
by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the Term Loan
Funding Date the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including,
without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Term Loans to be made by such
Lender when the Term Loans, as a result of such failure, are not made on the
Term Loan Funding Date.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the Term Loan
Funding Date that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s
ratable portion of the Term Loans, the Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such portion available to the Agent on the Term Loan Funding Date in
accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02, and the Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company on such
date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall
not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent, such Lender and
the Company severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date
such amount is made available to the Company until the date such amount is
repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Company, the interest rate
applicable at the time to the Term Loans (ii) in the case of such Lender,
the cost of funds incurred by the Agent in respect of such amount. If such
Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid
shall constitute such Lender’s Term Loans for purposes of this
Agreement.
(e) The
failure of any Lender to make the Term Loans to be made by it on the Term Loan
Funding Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any,
hereunder to make its Term Loans on the Term Loan Funding Date, but no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Term Loans
to be made by such other Lender on the Term Loan Funding Date.
SECTION
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SECTION
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SECTION
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SECTION
2.06 Repayment.
The Company shall repay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on
the Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans
then outstanding and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
SECTION
2.07 Interest on Term
Loans.
(a) Scheduled
Interest. The Company shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loans owing to each Lender from the date of the making of the
Term Loans until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at a rate per
annum equal at all times during each Interest Period to the sum of (x) the
Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus (y) one and
one-half percent (1.5%), payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest
Period and on the date the Term Loans are paid in full.
(b) Default
Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), the Agent may, and upon the request
of the Required Lenders shall, require the Company to pay interest (“Default Interest”) on
(i) the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans payable to each Lender,
payable in arrears on the dates referred to in clause (a) above, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required
to be paid on the Term Loans payable to each Lender pursuant to clause (a)
above and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any
interest or other amount payable hereunder that is not paid when due, from the
date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable
in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a
rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate plus 3.5% per annum; provided, however, that
following acceleration of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 6.01, Default
Interest shall accrue and be payable hereunder whether or not previously
required by the Agent.
SECTION
2.08 Interest Rate
Determination.
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(b) If
the Lenders owed at least 51% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term
Loans notify the Agent that (i) they are unable to obtain matching deposits
in the London inter-bank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the
second Business Day before the making of the Term Loans in sufficient amounts to
fund their respective Term Loan or (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate for any
Interest Period will not adequately reflect the cost to such Lenders of making,
funding or maintaining their respective Term Loans for such Interest Period, the
Agent shall forthwith so notify the Company and the Lenders, whereupon the
Company will, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor
prepay the Term Loans.
(c) Without
limiting the Agent and the Lender’s rights and remedies hereunder, upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, unless the Agent
otherwise agrees in its sole discretion, the Interest Period for the Term Loans
shall be one (1) month.
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(f)
If the Agent determines that reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate,
(i) the
Agent shall forthwith notify the Company and the Lenders that the Eurocurrency
Rate cannot be determined, and
(ii) the
Company shall, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period for the Term
Loans, prepay, without penalty, the Term Loans in full with accrued interest;
provided that if such payment is not made on the last day of an Interest Period,
such payment shall be subject to Section 9.04(c).
SECTION
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SECTION
2.10 Prepayments of Term
Loans.
The Company may, upon notice at least two Business Days’ prior to the date of
such prepayment to the Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal
amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Company shall, prepay
the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in whole or ratably in part,
together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x)
each partial prepayment of Term Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of not less than 5,000,000 Swiss Francs or a whole multiple thereof and
(y) the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect
thereof pursuant to Section 9.04(c). Each notice of prepayment shall
be irrevocable.
SECTION
2.11 Increased
Costs.
(a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental
authority including, without limitation, any agency of the European Union or
similar monetary or multinational authority (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make
or making, funding or maintaining the Term Loans (excluding for purposes of this
Section 2.11 any such increased costs resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes
(as to which Section 2.14 shall govern) and (ii) changes in the basis of
taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or
by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is
organized or has its Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then
the Company shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost;
provided, however, that before
making any such demand, each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent
with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a
different Lending Office if the making of such designation would avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would not, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted
to the Company and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If
any Lender determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any
guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or
based upon the existence of the Term Loans, then, upon demand by such Lender
(with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Company shall pay to the Agent
for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in
the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender reasonably
determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such
Lender’s Term Loans. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the
Company and the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.12 Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall
notify the Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank
or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any Lender or
its Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make or maintain the
Term Loans, the Company shall prepay, without penalty (other than, if not paid
on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, as provided in Section
9.04(c)), the Term Loans in full with accrued interest on the last day of the
Interest Period then in effect or within such earlier period as
required by law.
SECTION
2.13 Payments and
Computations.
(a) The Company shall make each payment hereunder with respect to
principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to, the Term Loans,
irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off, not later than
11:00 A.M. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time (at the Payment Office) on the
day when due in Swiss Francs to the Agent, by deposit of such funds to the
Agent’s Account in same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter
cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or
interest, fees or commissions ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to
Sections 2.11, 2.14 or 9.04(c)) to the Lenders for the account of their
respective Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other
amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Lending
Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and
recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
Section 9.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under
the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee
thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all
appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective
date directly between themselves.
(b) The
Company hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent payment owed to such
Lender is not made when due hereunder or under the Note held by such Lender, to
charge from time to time against any or all of the Company’s accounts with such
Lender any amount so due.
(c) All
computations of interest shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of
360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day
but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is
payable. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(d) Whenever
any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the
computation of payment of interest; provided, however, that, if
such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of the Term Loans
to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on
the next preceding Business Day.
(e) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from the Company prior to the date on which
any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Company will not make such
payment in full, the Agent may assume that the Company has made such payment in
full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount
equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Company
shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the
Agent, at the cost of funds incurred by the Agent in respect of such
amount.
(f) To
the extent that the Agent receives funds for application to the amounts owing by
the Company under or in respect of this Agreement or any Note in currencies
other than the currency or currencies required to enable the Agent to distribute
funds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.13, the
Agent shall be entitled to convert or exchange such funds into Dollars or into
Swiss Francs or from Dollars to Swiss Francs or from Swiss Francs to Dollars, as
the case may be, to the extent necessary to enable the Agent to distribute such
funds in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.13; provided that the
Company and each of the Lenders hereby agree that the Agent shall not be liable
or responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Company or such
Lender as a result of any conversion or exchange of currencies affected pursuant
to this Section 2.13(f) or as a result of the failure of the Agent to effect any
such conversion or exchange; and provided further that the Company agrees to
indemnify the Agent and each Lender, and hold the Agent and each Lender
harmless, for any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by the Agent or
any Lender for any conversion or exchange of currencies (or the failure to
convert or exchange any currencies) in accordance with this Section
2.13(f).
SECTION
2.14 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by the Company to or for the account of any
Lender or the Agent hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be
delivered hereunder shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.13 or the
applicable provisions of such other documents, free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the
case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and
franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction
under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is
organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender,
taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in
lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Lending Office or
any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of payments
hereunder or under the Notes being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the
Company shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any
sum payable hereunder or under any Note or any other documents to be delivered
hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section 2.14) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the Company shall make such deductions and (iii) the Company
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Company shall pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes
or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from
any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be
delivered hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of,
performing under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the Notes or
any other documents to be delivered hereunder (hereinafter referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
(c) The
Company shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent for and hold it harmless
against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation,
taxes of any kind imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable
under this Section 2.14) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent (as
the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be
made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be)
makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes by or on behalf of the Company,
the Company shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in
Section 9.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such
payment to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof
of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. In the
case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be
delivered hereunder by or on behalf of the Company through an account or branch
outside the United States or by or on behalf of the Company by a payor that is
not a United States person, if the Company determines that no Taxes are payable
in respect thereof, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to
furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this
subsection (d) and subsection (e), the terms “United States” and
“United States
person” shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on
or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case
of each Initial Lender and on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to
time thereafter as reasonably requested in writing by the Company (but only so
long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide each of the
Agent and the Company with two original Internal Revenue Service
Forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other form
prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is
exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of United States withholding tax on
payments pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes. If the form provided by
a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement
indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero,
withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and
until such Lender provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate
applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered
excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at
the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender assignee
becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments
under subsection (a) in respect of United States withholding tax with
respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes
shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the
future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding
tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date.
If any form or document referred to in this subsection (e) requires the
disclosure of information, other than information necessary to compute the tax
payable and information required on the date hereof by Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, that the Lender reasonably considers to be
confidential, the Lender shall give notice thereof to the Company and shall not
be obligated to include in such form or document such confidential
information.
(f)
For any period
with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Company with the
appropriate form, certificate or other document described in
Section 2.14(e) (other than if such failure
is due to a change in law, or in the interpretation or application thereof,
occurring subsequent to the date on which a form, certificate or other document
originally was required to be provided, or if such form, certificate or other
document otherwise is not required under subsection (e) above), such Lender
shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.14(a) or (c) with
respect to Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should
a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form,
certificate or other document required hereunder, the Company shall take such
steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to recover
such Taxes.
SECTION
2.15 Sharing of Payments,
Etc.
If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through
the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Term Loans
owing to it (other than pursuant to Sections 2.11, 2.14 or 9.04(c)) in
excess of its Ratable Share of payments on account of the Term Loans obtained by
all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders
such participations in the Term Loans owing to them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of
them; provided,
however, that
if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such
Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of
such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in
respect of the total amount so recovered. The Company agrees that any
Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.15 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its
rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Company
in the amount of such participation.
SECTION
2.16 Evidence of
Debt.
(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Company to such Lender
resulting from the Term Loans owing to such Lender from time to time, including
the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder in respect of the Term Loans. The Company agrees that
upon notice by any Lender to the Company (with a copy of such notice to the
Agent) to the effect that a Note is required or appropriate in order for such
Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise)
the Term Loans owing to such Lender, the Company shall promptly execute and
deliver to such Lender a Note in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto,
payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal to the Term
Loans of such Lender.
(b) The
Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) shall include a
control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts
(taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of the Term Loans
made hereunder, and the Interest Period applicable thereto which Interest Period
shall, except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 2.08(c) in the case
of an Event of Default, be three (3) months, (ii) the terms of each Assignment
and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it, (iii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Company to each Lender hereunder and (iv) the amount of any sum received by the
Agent from the Company hereunder and each Lender’s share thereof.
(c) Entries
made in good faith by the Agent in the Register pursuant to subsection (b)
above, and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to subsection (a)
above, shall be prima facie evidence of the
amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Company to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case
of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement, absent manifest
error; provided, however, that the
failure of the Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an
entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit
or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement.
SECTION
2.17 Use of
Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Term Loans shall be used by the Company solely to repay an
equal amount of loans in Swiss Francs made to the Company or a Subsidiary
thereof by PNC and certain other lenders under that certain Five Year Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2005, among the Company, the lenders party hereto
and Citibank, N.A., as agent.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
AND LENDING
SECTION
3.01 Conditions Precedent to
Effectiveness of Section 2.01.
Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first
date (the “Effective
Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been
satisfied:
(a) There
shall have occurred no Material Adverse Change since December 31,
2009.
(b) There
shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Nothing
shall have come to the attention of the Lenders during the course of their due
diligence investigation to lead them to believe that any information provided to
the Lenders prior to such date was or has become misleading, incorrect or
incomplete in any material respect; without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Lenders shall have been given such access to the management,
records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as they shall have requested.
(d) All
governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the
imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall
remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable
judgment of the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse
conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) The
Company shall have notified each Lender and the Agent in writing as to the
proposed Effective Date.
(f) The
Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent and the
Lenders (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the
Agent).
(g) On
the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall
have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly
authorized officer of the Company, dated the Effective Date, stating
that:
(i) The
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and
as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No
event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default.
(h) The
Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each
dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for
the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The
Notes to the order of the Lenders to the extent requested by any Lender pursuant
to Section 2.16.
(ii) Certified
copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving
this Agreement and the Notes, and of all documents evidencing other necessary
corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this
Agreement and the Notes.
(iii) A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying
the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign
this Agreement and the Notes and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder.
(iv) A
favorable opinion of Brian M. Addison, General Counsel for the Company,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and as to such other matters
as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01 Representations and
Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Notes to be delivered by it, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, are within the Company’s corporate powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the
Company’s charter or by-laws or (ii) any law or contractual restriction
binding on or affecting the Company.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is
required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement or the Notes to be delivered by it.
(d) This
Agreement has been, and each of the Notes to be delivered by it when delivered
hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Company. This
Agreement is, and each of the Notes when delivered hereunder will be, the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
(e) The
Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2009, and the related Consolidated statements of income and
cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended,
which include an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, independent public
accountants, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present,
the Consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
such date and the Consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such date, all in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Since
December 31, 2009, there has been no Material Adverse Change.
(f)
There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding, including, without
limitation, any Environmental Action, affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that
(i) could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(g) The
Company is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds
of the Term Loans will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock.
(h) The
Company is not an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(i)
No other information, exhibit or report furnished by or on
behalf of the Company to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the
negotiation and syndication of this Agreement or pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein not
misleading.
(j)
The Company is, individually and together with its
Subsidiaries, Solvent.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
SECTION
5.01 Affirmative
Covenants.
So long as any Term Loan shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Term
Loan Commitment hereunder, the Company will:
(a) Compliance with Laws,
Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all
material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, such
compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA, Environmental
Laws and the Patriot Act.
(b) Payment of Taxes,
Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay
and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its
property and (ii) except to the extent such breach would not cause an Event
of Default under Section 6.01(d) hereof or have a Material Adverse Effect, all
other lawful claims; provided, however, that neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge
any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being contested in good faith
and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being
maintained, unless and until any Lien resulting therefrom attaches to its
property and becomes enforceable against its other creditors.
(c) Maintenance of
Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or
associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by
companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the
same general areas in which the Company or such Subsidiary operates; provided, however, that the
Company and its Subsidiaries may self-insure to the same extent as other
companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the
same general areas in which the Company or such Subsidiary operates and to the
extent consistent with prudent business practice.
(d) Preservation of Corporate
Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence, rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger or consolidation
permitted under Section 5.02(b) and provided further that neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to maintain corporate
existence of any Subsidiary or preserve any right or franchise if the Board of
Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary shall determine that the maintenance
or preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company, such Subsidiary or
the Lenders.
(e) Visitation
Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time, permit the
Agent or any of the Lenders or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine
and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and
visit the properties of, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss
the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries
with any of their officers or directors and with their independent certified
public accountants.
(f)
Keeping of
Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper
books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of
all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company and each
such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
effect from time to time.
(g) Maintenance of Properties,
Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are used or useful in the
conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted.
(h) Transactions with
Affiliates. Conduct, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to conduct,
all transactions otherwise permitted under this Agreement with any of their
Affiliates on terms that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to the
Company or such Subsidiary in any material respect than it would obtain in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.
(i) Reporting
Requirements. Furnish to the Lenders:
(i) as
soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the
first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the Consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter
and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year
and ending with the end of such quarter, duly certified (subject to year-end
audit adjustments) by the chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of
the Company as having been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and certificates of the chief financial officer, treasurer
or controller of the Company as to compliance with the terms of this Agreement
and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to demonstrate
compliance with Section 5.03, provided that in the
event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles used in the
preparation of such financial statements, the Company shall also provide, if
necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 5.03, a
statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to
GAAP;
(ii) as
soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the
Company and its Subsidiaries, containing the Consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and Consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal year, in each case accompanied by an opinion acceptable to the Required
Lenders by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC or other independent public accountants
acceptable to the Required Lenders and certificates of the chief financial
officer, treasurer or controller of the Company as to compliance with the terms
of this Agreement and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations
necessary to demonstrate compliance with Section 5.03, provided that in the
event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles used in the
preparation of such financial statements, the Company shall also provide, if
necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 5.03, a statement of
reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP;
(iii) as
soon as possible and in any event within five days after the occurrence of each
Default continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the chief
financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company setting forth details
of such Default and the action that the Company has taken and proposes to take
with respect thereto;
(iv) promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports that the Company
sends to any of its securityholders, and copies of all reports and registration
statements that the Company or any Subsidiary files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange;
(v) promptly
after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions and proceedings before any
court, governmental agency or arbitrator affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of the type described in Section 4.01(f); and
(vi) such
other information respecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as any
Lender through the Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(j) Subsequent Credit
Terms. Notify the Agent in writing prior to entering into any new
credit arrangement or any amendment or modification of any existing credit
arrangement, in each case providing debt financing of $10,000,000 (or the
Equivalent thereof if the financing is in a currency other than Dollars) or
more, pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries agree to
affirmative or negative covenants (including without limitation financial
covenants and limitations on Debt and Liens) which in any such case are less
favorable in any material respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries than
those contained in this Agreement (any such less favorable provisions, the
“New
Provisions”). Effective upon the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries’ entry into any such agreement, amendment or modification, this
Agreement, at the option of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, shall
be and shall be deemed to be immediately amended to add the New Provisions;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be applicable to or be deemed to
affect any provision of this Agreement if any such agreement, amendment or
modification is more favorable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Company hereby agrees promptly to execute and deliver any and all such
amendments, documents and instruments and to take all such further actions as
the Agent may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the provisions of this Section 5.01(j).
SECTION
5.02 Negative
Covenants.
So long as any Term Loan shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Term
Loan Commitment hereunder, the Company will not:
(a) Liens, Etc.
Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer
to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
assign, any right to receive income, other than:
(i) Permitted
Liens,
(ii) purchase
money Liens upon or in any real property or equipment acquired or held by the
Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to secure the
purchase price of such property or equipment or to secure Debt incurred solely
for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such property or equipment, or
Liens existing on such property or equipment at the time of its acquisition
(other than any such Liens created in contemplation of such acquisition that
were not incurred to finance the acquisition of such property) or extensions,
renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser
amount, provided, however, that no such
Lien shall extend to or cover any properties of any character other than the
real property or equipment being acquired, and no such extension, renewal or
replacement shall extend to or cover any properties not theretofore subject to
the Lien being extended, renewed or replaced, provided further that the
aggregate principal amount of the indebtedness secured by the Liens referred to
in this clause (ii) shall not exceed the amount specified therefor in
Section 5.02(d)(iii) at any time outstanding,
(iii) the
Liens existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 5.02(a)
hereto,
(iv) Liens
on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or
consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such
Liens were not created in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or
acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person so
merged into or consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary or acquired by
the Company or such Subsidiary,
(v) other
Liens securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount
specified therefor in Section 5.02(d)(iv) at any time outstanding,
and
(vi) the
replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (iii) or
(iv) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the
replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in
any direct or contingent obligor) of the Debt secured thereby.
(b) Mergers,
Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) to, any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so,
except that any Subsidiary of the Company may merge or consolidate with or into,
or dispose of assets to, any other Subsidiary of the Company, and except that
any Subsidiary of the Company may merge into or dispose of assets to the
Company, provided, in each
case, that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
proposed transaction or would result therefrom.
(c) Accounting
Changes. Make or permit, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
make or permit, any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, except
as required or permitted by generally accepted accounting
principles.
(d) Subsidiary
Debt. Permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to
exist, any Debt other than:
(i) Debt
owed to the Company or to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or Debt under
this Agreement or the Notes,
(ii) Debt
existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 5.02(d) hereto
(the “Existing
Debt”), and any Debt extending the maturity of, or refunding or
refinancing, in whole or in part, the Existing Debt, provided that the
principal amount of such Existing Debt shall not be increased above the
principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such extension,
refunding or refinancing, and the direct and contingent obligors therefor shall
not be changed, as a result of or in connection with such extension, refunding
or refinancing,
(iii) Debt
secured by Liens permitted by Section 5.02(a)(ii) aggregating for all of
the Company’s Subsidiaries not more than $50,000,000 at any one time
outstanding,
(iv) Debt
that, in aggregate with all Debt secured by Liens permitted by Section
5.02(a)(v), does not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated net worth of
the Company and its Subsidiaries at any one time outstanding,
(v) endorsement
of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the ordinary course of business.
(e) Change in Nature of
Business. Make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any
material change in the nature of the business as carried on by the Company and
its Subsidiaries at the date hereof.
SECTION
5.03 Financial
Covenants. So long as any Term Loan shall remain unpaid or any
Lender shall have any Term Loan Commitment hereunder, the Company
will:
(a) Leverage
Ratio. Maintain a ratio of Consolidated Debt for Borrowed
Money to the sum of Consolidated Debt for Borrowed Money plus Consolidated net
worth of the Company and its Subsidiaries of not greater than 0.55 to
1.00.
(b) Interest Coverage
Ratio. Maintain a ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for the period
of four fiscal quarters then ended of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the
sum of interest payable on, and amortization of debt discount in respect of, all
Debt during such period by the Company and its Subsidiaries of not less than 3.5
to 1.0.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01 Events of
Default. If any of the following events (“Events of
Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The
Company shall fail to pay any principal of any Term Loan when the same becomes
due and payable; or the Company shall fail to pay any interest on any Term Loan
or make any other payment of fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement
or any Note within five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable;
or
(b) Any
representation or warranty made by the Company herein or by the Company (or any
of its officers) in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c) (i) The
Company shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(d), (e), (h) or (i), 5.02 or 5.03, or
(ii) the Company shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant
or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed
if such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 days after written notice thereof
shall have been given to the Company by the Agent or any Lender; or
(d) The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or premium
or interest on any Debt that is outstanding in a principal or notional amount of
at least $25,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder)
of the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), when the same becomes
due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the
applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument
relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist
under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or
instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to
permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other
than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or
defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be
required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof;
or
(e) The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts as such
debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an
order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the
case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it),
either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30
days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without
limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any
substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set
forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Judgments
or orders for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate
shall be rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and either
(i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon
such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 10 consecutive
days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of
a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) (i) Any
Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly,
of Voting Stock of the Company (or other securities convertible into such Voting
Stock) representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock
of the Company; or (ii) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months,
commencing after the date of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of
such 24-month period were directors of the Company shall cease for any reason
(other than due to death or disability) to constitute a majority of the board of
directors of the Company (except to the extent that individuals who at the
beginning of such 24-month period were replaced by individuals (x) elected
by a majority of the remaining members of the board of directors of the Company
or (y) nominated for election by a majority of the remaining members of the
board of directors of the Company and thereafter elected as directors by the
shareholders of the Company); or
(h) The
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur, or shall be reasonably
likely to incur liability in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate as a result
of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA
Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Company or any of its
ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or
termination of a Multiemployer Plan;
then, and
in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent,
of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, if prior to the Term Loan
Funding Date, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Term Loans to be
terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the
request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the
Company, declare the Term Loans, all interest thereon and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Term
Loans, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company; provided, however, that in the
event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the
Company under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) if prior to the Term Loan Funding
Date, the obligation of each Lender to make Term Loans shall automatically be
terminated and (B) the Term Loans, all such interest and all such amounts shall
automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
the Company.
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ARTICLE
VIII
THE
AGENT
SECTION
8.01 Authorization and
Action. Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent
to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and
discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms
hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental
thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the
Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any
action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of
the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders
and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the
Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Agent to
personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable
law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of each
notice given to it by the Company pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
SECTION
8.02 Agent’s Reliance,
Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers,
agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or
their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation
of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat
the Lender
that made any Term Loan as the holder of the Debt resulting therefrom until the
Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by such
Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in
Section 9.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel
for the Company), independent public accountants and other experts selected by
it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this
Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to
the performance, observance or satisfaction of any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Company or the existence at any
time of any Default or to inspect the property (including the books and records)
of the Company; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or
purported to be created under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall incur no
liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice,
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier
or telegram) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party
or parties.
SECTION
8.03 PNC
and Affiliates. With respect to its Term Loan Commitment, the
Term Loans made by it and the Note issued to it, PNC shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not the Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless
otherwise expressly indicated, include PNC in its individual
capacity. PNC and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements
from and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, all as if PNC were not the Agent and without any
duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Agent shall have no duty
to disclose any information obtained or received by it or any of its Affiliates
relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such
information was obtained or received in any capacity other than as
Agent.
SECTION
8.04 Lender
Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based
on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement.
SECTION
8.05 Indemnification. (a) Each
Lender severally agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by
the Company) from and against such Lender’s Ratable Share of any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such,
in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or
omitted by the Agent under this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”),
provided that
no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs resulting
from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly
upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of,
or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement,
to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the
Company. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding
giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 8.05 applies whether any
such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Agent, any Lender
or a third party.
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(c) The
failure of any Lender to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its
ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to the Agent as
provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder
to reimburse the Agent for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse the Agent for
such other Lender’s ratable share of such amount. Without prejudice
to the survival of any other agreement of any Lender hereunder, the agreement
and obligations of each Lender contained in this Section 8.05 shall survive the
payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder
and under the Notes. The Agent agrees to return to the Lenders their
respective ratable shares of any amounts paid under this Section 8.05 that are
subsequently reimbursed by the Company.
SECTION
8.06 Successor
Agent. The
Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and
the Company and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required
Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders
shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor
Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have
accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of
notice of resignation or the Required Lenders’ removal of the retiring Agent,
then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal
hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent
under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
9.01 Amendments,
Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or the Notes, nor consent to any departure by the Company therefrom, shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that (a) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the
Lenders, do any of the following: (i) waive any of the
conditions specified in Section 3.01, (ii) change the percentage the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans, or the number of Lenders,
that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action
hereunder, or (iii) amend this Section 9.01; and (b) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Required Lenders
and each Lender that is directly affected by such amendment, waiver or consent
(i) increase the Term Loans of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal of,
or interest on, the Term Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder to
such Lender or (iii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal
of, or interest on, the Term Loans or any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder to such Lender; and provided further that no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or
duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note.
SECTION
9.02 Notices. All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be
effective shall be in writing (including by electronic transmission, telecopy
transmission or posting on a secured web site), and, unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered
by hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or
the next Business Day if sent by reputable overnight courier, postage prepaid,
for delivery on the next Business Day, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received during normal business hours, or in the case of electronic
transmission, when received, and in the case of posting on a secured web site,
upon receipt of (i) notice of such posting and (ii) rights to access such web
site, addressed as follows in the case of the Company and the Agent, and as set
forth in Schedule I or in its Assignment and Acceptance in the case of the other
parties hereto, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the
respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Notes:
If
to the Company:
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Dentsply
International Inc.
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Susquehanna
Commerce Center
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221
West Philadelphia Street
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Attention: Secretary
with a copy to Treasurer
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If
to the Agent:
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PNC
Bank, National Association
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1600
Market Street, 22nd
Floor
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Attention: Meredith
Jermann
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SECTION
9.03 No
Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender or the
Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any
Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and
not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION
9.04 Costs
and Expenses. (a) The Company agrees to pay on
demand all costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this
Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, (A) all due diligence, syndication
(including printing, distribution and bank meetings), transportation, computer,
duplication, appraisal, consultant, and audit expenses and (B) the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and
with respect to advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under
this Agreement. The Company further agrees to pay on demand all costs
and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without
limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses), in connection with the
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement of rights under this
Section 9.04(a).
(b) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender and each
of their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and
advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”)
from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel)
incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case
arising out of or in connection with or by reason of (including, without
limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or
preparation of a defense in connection therewith) (i) the Notes, this
Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed
use of the proceeds of the Term Loans, (ii) the actual or alleged presence
of Hazardous Materials on any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any Environmental Action relating in any way to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or
expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct or (iii) any civil penalty or fine assessed by OFAC against,
and all reasonable costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements)
incurred in connection with defense thereof, by the Agent or any Lender as a
result of conduct of the Company that violates a sanction enforced by
OFAC. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding
to which the indemnity in this Section 9.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be
effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought
by the Company, its directors, equityholders or creditors or an Indemnified
Party or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnified Party is otherwise a
party thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated. The Company also agrees not to assert any claim for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages against the Agent, any
Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, arising out of or
otherwise relating to the Notes, this Agreement, any of the transactions
contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Term
Loans.
(c) If
any payment of principal of the Term Loans is made by the Company to or for the
account of a Lender (i) other than on the last day of the Interest Period
therefor, as a result of a payment pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.10 or 2.12,
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for
any other reason, or by an Eligible Assignee to a Lender other than on the last
day of the Interest Period therefor upon an assignment of rights and obligations
under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07 as a result of a demand by
the Company pursuant to Section 9.07(a) or (ii) as a result of a payment
pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.10 or 2.12, the Company shall, upon demand by such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the
account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any
additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of
such payment, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or
maintain the Term Loans.
(d) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Company hereunder, the
agreements and obligations of the Company contained in Sections 2.11, 2.14
and 9.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other
amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION
9.05 Right
of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or
the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the
Agent to declare the Term Loans due and payable pursuant to the provisions of
Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to
set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing
by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Company against any and all of the obligations of the Company now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement and the Note held by such Lender, whether or not
such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note and
although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Company after any such set-off and application, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may
have.
SECTION
9.06 Binding Effect. This
Agreement shall become effective (other than Section 2.01, which shall only
become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3.01) when it shall have been executed by the Company and the Agent
and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender that such
Initial Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Company, the Agent and each Lender and their respective
successors and assigns, except that the Company shall not have the right to
assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the Lenders.
SECTION
9.07 Assignments and
Participations. (a) Each Lender may and, if
demanded by the Company (so long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and following a demand by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.11
or 2.14) upon at least five Business Days’ notice to such Lender and the Agent,
will assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Term Loans and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that
(i) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately
prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Term Loans of the
assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as
of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment)
shall in no event be less than 5,000,000 Swiss Francs or an integral multiple of
1,000,000 Swiss Francs in excess thereof and unless the Company and the Agent
otherwise agree (ii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee,
(iii) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Company pursuant
to this Section 9.07(a) shall be arranged by the Company after consultation
with the Agent and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and
obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a
portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such
assignment or other such assignments that together cover all of the rights and
obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement, (iv) no Lender
shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by the
Company pursuant to this Section 9.07(a) unless and until such Lender shall
have received one or more payments from the Company or one or more Eligible
Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Term Loans owing to such Lender, together with accrued
interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal amount and all other
amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement, and (v) the parties to
each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance
and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any
Note subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500
payable by the parties to each such assignment, provided, however, that in the
case of each assignment made as a result of a demand by the Company, such
recordation fee shall be payable by the Company except that no such recordation
fee shall be payable in the case of an assignment made at the request of the
Company to an Eligible Assignee that is an existing Lender. Upon such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder
shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights
(other than its rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 9.04 to the extent any
claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and be
released from its obligations (other than its obligations under Section 8.05 to
the extent any claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such
assignment) under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights
and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto).
(b) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created
or purported to be created under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning
Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with
respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or
observance by the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee
confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of
the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance;
(iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent,
such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement;
(v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such
assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by
it as a Lender.
(c) Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and
an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any Note
or Notes subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and
Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the
information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice
thereof to the Company.
(d) The
Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.02 a copy of
each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and principal
amount of the Term Loans owing to each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error, and the Company, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of
this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(e) Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other
than the Company or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
or a portion of the Term Loans owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it);
provided, however, that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall
remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement,
(iv) the Company, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement and (v) no participant under any such
participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any Note, or any consent to any departure by the
Company therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent
would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other
amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such
participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or
interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each
case to the extent subject to such participation.
(f) Any
Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.07, disclose to the
assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information
relating to the Company furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Company;
provided that,
prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee
or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Company
Information relating to the Company received by it from such
Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time
create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Term Loans owing to it and any
Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance
with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
SECTION
9.08 Confidentiality. Neither
the Agent nor any Lender may disclose to any Person any confidential,
proprietary or non-public information of the Company furnished to the Agent or
the Lenders by the Company (such information being referred to collectively
herein as the “Company
Information”), except that each of the Agent and each of the Lenders may
disclose Company Information (i) to its and its affiliates’ employees,
officers, directors, agents and advisors (it being understood that the Persons
to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of
such Company Information and instructed to keep such Company Information
confidential on substantially the same terms as provided herein), (ii) to
the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent
required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal
process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection
with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder,
(vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same
as those of this Section 9.08, to any assignee or participant or prospective
assignee or participant, (vii) to the extent such Company Information (A) is or
becomes generally available to the public on a non-confidential basis other than
as a result of a breach of this Section 9.08 by the Agent or such Lender, or (B)
is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender on a nonconfidential basis
from a source other than the Company and (viii) with the consent of the
Company.
SECTION
9.09 [Intentionally Left Blank]
SECTION
9.10 Governing
Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
SECTION
9.11 Execution in
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.12 Judgment. (a) If
for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a
sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to
the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange
used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency on the Business Day
preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) If
for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a
sum due hereunder in Swiss Francs into Dollars, the parties agree to the fullest
extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be
that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Agent could
purchase Swiss Francs with Dollars on the Business Day preceding that on which
final judgment is given.
(c) The
obligation of the Company in respect of any sum due from it in any currency (the
“Primary
Currency”) to any Lender or the Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in any other currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the
Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be),
of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Lender or the
Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures
purchase the applicable Primary Currency with such other currency; if the amount
of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased is less than such sum due to
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary
Currency, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any
such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be)
against such loss, and if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so
purchased exceeds such sum due to any Lender or the Agent (as the case may be)
in the applicable Primary Currency, such Lender or the Agent (as the case may
be) agrees to remit to the Company such excess.
SECTION
9.13 Jurisdiction,
Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the
courts of the United States of America for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in any such Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The
Company hereby further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any
action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties hereto
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Company at its address
specified pursuant to Section 9.02. Each of the parties hereto agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any
right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the Notes in the courts of any
jurisdiction.
(b) Each
of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes in any Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
SECTION
9.14 Substitution of
Currency. If a change in Swiss Francs occurs pursuant to any applicable
law, rule or regulation of any governmental, monetary or multi-national
authority, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the definition of
Eurocurrency Rate) will be amended to the extent determined by the Agent (acting
reasonably and in consultation with the Company) to be necessary to reflect the
change in currency and to put the Lenders and the Company in the same position,
so far as possible, that they would have been in if no change in Swiss Francs
had occurred.
SECTION
9.15 [Intentionally Left Blank].
SECTION
9.16 Patriot Act
Notice. Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on
behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the
requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and
address of the Company and other information that will allow such Lender or the
Agent, as applicable, to identify the Company in accordance with the Patriot
Act. The Company shall provide such information and take such actions
as are reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lenders in order to assist the
Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act or any
similar “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws
and regulations.
SECTION
9.17 Waiver
of Jury Trial. Each of the Company, the Agent and the Lenders
hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding
or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the Notes or the actions of the Agent or any
Lender in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement
thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
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DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
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By
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William
R. Jellison
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Senior
Vice President and Chief
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Financial
Officer
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By
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William
E. Reardon
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Treasurer
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PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Agent
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By
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Title:
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Initial
Lenders
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PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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By
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
I
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
TWO YEAR
CREDIT AGREEMENT
LENDING
OFFICES
Name of Initial Lender
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Term Loan Commitment
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Lending Office
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PNC
Bank, National Association
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65,000,000
Swiss
Francs
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1600
Market Street
22nd
Floor
Philadelphia,
PA 19103
Attn: Meredith
Jermann
Tel: 215-585-5622
Fax:
215-585-6987
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EXHIBIT
A - FORM OF
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TERM
LOAN
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PROMISSORY
NOTE
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_______________ Swiss
Francs
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Dated: February
24, 2010
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), HEREBY
PROMISES TO PAY to the order of _________________________ (the “Lender”) on the Term
Loan Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) the
principal sum of [insert Term
Loan Commitment] Swiss Francs pursuant to the Two Year Credit Agreement
dated as of February 24, 2010 among the Company and the lenders parties thereto,
and PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent for the Lenders (as amended or
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”;
the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined).
The
Company promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loans from the Term Loan Funding Date until such principal amount is paid in
full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the
Credit Agreement.
Both
principal and interest in respect of the Term Loans are payable in Swiss Francs
at the Payment Office in same day funds. Each Term Loan owing to the
Lender by the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made on
account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any
transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this
Promissory Note.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other
things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the
happening of certain stated events.
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DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
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By
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Title:
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TERM
LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Date
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Amount of
Term Loans
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Amount of
Principal Paid
or Prepaid
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Unpaid Principal
Balance
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Notation
Made By
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EXHIBIT
B - FORM OF NOTICE OF
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BORROWING
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PNC Bank
National Association, as Agent
for
the Lenders parties
to
the Credit Agreement
referred
to below
1600
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19103
February
24, 2010
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Attention: |
Meredith
Jermann |
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T: 215-585-5622;
F: 215-585-6987
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and
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Christine
Yanok
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T: 440-546-7057;
F: 440-546-7341
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC., refers to the Two Year Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2010 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the “Credit
Agreement”, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein
defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto and PNC Bank
National Association, as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives you notice,
irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement that the
undersigned hereby requests a borrowing of Term Loans under the Credit
Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to
such borrowing (the “Proposed Borrowing”)
as required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement:
(i)
The Business Day of the Proposed Borrowing is March 1, 2010.
(ii) The
aggregate amount of the Proposed Borrowing is 65,000,000 Swiss
Francs.
(iii) The
initial Interest Period for the Proposed Borrowing is three months.
The
undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date
hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Borrowing:
(A) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit
Agreement are correct, before and after giving effect to the Proposed Borrowing
and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of
such date; and
(B) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed
Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a
Default.
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Very
truly yours,
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DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
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By
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Title:
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EXHIBIT
C - FORM OF
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ASSIGNMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE
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Reference
is made to the Two Year Credit Agreement dated as of February 24, 2010 (as
amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Dentsply International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and PNC Bank National Association,
as agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”). Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same
meaning.
The
“Assignor” and the “Assignee” referred to on Schedule I hereto agree as
follows:
1. The
Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor’s
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof equal to
the percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of all outstanding rights
and obligations under the Credit Agreement on the date hereof. After
giving effect to such sale and assignment, the amount of the Term Loans owing to
the Assignee will be as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The
Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is
free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest
created or purported to be created under or in connection with, the Credit
Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
(iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility
with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or
observance by the Company of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and
(iv) attaches the Note[, if any,] held by the Assignor [and requests that
the Agent exchange such Note for a new Note payable to the order of the Assignee
in an amount equal to the Term Loans purchased by the Assignee pursuant hereto
or new Notes payable to the order of [the Assignee in an amount equal to the
Term Loans purchased by the Assignee pursuant hereto and] the Assignor in an
amount equal to the Term Loans retained by the Assignor under the Credit
Agreement[, respectively,] as specified on Schedule 1 hereto].
3. The
Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
the Credit Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee;
(iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as
are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms
of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and
(vi) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required under
Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
4. Following
the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the
Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent. The effective date
for this Assignment and Acceptance (the “Effective Date”)
shall be the date of acceptance hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified
on Schedule 1 hereto.
5. Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Effective Date,
(i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the Effective Date,
the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes in
respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all
payments of principal, interest and facility fees with respect thereto) to the
Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate
adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes for periods
prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves.
7. This
Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
8. This
Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment
and Acceptance.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to
this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date specified thereon.
Schedule
1
to
Assignment
and Acceptance
Percentage
interest assigned:
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Assignee’s
Term Loans Outstanding:
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Swiss Francs
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Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Term Loans
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assigned:
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Swiss Francs
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Principal
amount of Note payable to Assignee:
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Swiss Francs
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Principal
amount of Note payable to Assignor:
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Swiss Francs
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Effective
Date*: _______________,
201_
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[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
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By
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Title:
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Dated: _______________,
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[NAME
OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
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By
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Title:
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Dated: _______________,
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Lending
Office:
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[Address]
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This
date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of
this Assignment and Acceptance to the
Agent.
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Accepted
[and Approved]**
this
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day of _______________, 201_
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PNC
Bank, National Association., as Agent
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By
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Title:
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[Approved
this __________ day
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DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL INC.
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Title:
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EXHIBIT
D - FORM OF
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OPINION
OF COUNSEL
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FOR
THE COMPANY
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February
24, 2010
To each
of the Lenders parties
to the
Two Year Credit Agreement dated
as of
February 24, 2010
among
Dentsply International Inc.,
said
Lenders and PNC Bank, National Association,
as Agent
for said Lenders
Re:
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Two Year Credit
Agreement dated February 24, 2010 (“Credit
Agreement”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I am
General Counsel for DENTSPLY International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), and its Subsidiaries (as that term is defined in the Credit
Agreement defined below). This opinion is furnished to you pursuant
to Section 3.01(h)(iv) of the Two Year Credit Agreement, dated as of February
24, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Dentsply International Inc., the
Lenders parties thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent for said
Lenders. All capitalized terms, unless otherwise defined herein,
shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement. In connection with the Credit Agreement, I am of the
opinion that:
1. The
Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and
the Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, are
within the Borrower's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the Charter or the
By-laws of the Borrower or (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to
the Borrower (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (iii) any contractual or legal
restriction contained in any document to which the Borrower is a
party. The Credit Agreement and the Notes have been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of the Borrower.
3. No
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required
for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit
Agreement and the Notes.
February
24, 2010
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4. The
Credit Agreement is, and after giving effect to the borrowing of the Term Loans,
the Notes will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower
enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms.
5. To
the best of my knowledge, there are no pending or overtly threatened actions or
proceedings against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator that purport to affect the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any of the Notes or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or that are likely to
have a materially adverse effect upon the financial condition or operations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
The
opinions set forth in this letter with respect to enforceability are subject to:
(a) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally; and (b) the
effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts
of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Moreover,
provisions of the Credit Agreement that permit the Lenders to take action or
make determinations, or to benefit from indemnities and similar undertakings of
the Borrower, may be subject to a requirement that such action be taken or such
determinations be made, and that any action or inaction by the Lenders that may
give rise to a request for payment under such an undertaking be taken or not
taken, on a reasonable basis and in good faith. The foregoing
opinions with respect to enforceability are further qualified by reference to
the fact that certain of the remedies and waivers set forth in the Credit
Agreement may be rendered unavailable or unenforceable under applicable
principles of law or equity but, in my opinion, such unavailability or
unenforceability should not render other remedies which are set forth in the
Credit Agreement unenforceable or otherwise inadequate for the practical
realization of the benefits intended to be provided by the Credit
Agreement.
I express
no opinion as to: (a) the effect of any law or regulation applicable
to the Borrower or the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, as a
consequence of any Lender’s involvement in such transactions or because of such
Lender’s legal or regulatory status or any other facts specifically pertaining
to such Lender, or (b) as to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement insofar as it
provides that any Lender purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant
thereto may exercise set-off or similar rights with respect to such
participation.
My
opinions are issued as of the date hereof and are limited to the laws now in
effect as to which my opinions relate and facts and circumstances in existence
on the date hereof, and I assume no undertaking to advise you of any changes in
the opinions expressed herein as a result of any change in any laws, facts or
circumstances which may come to my attention after the date hereof.
I am
qualified to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and do not purport
to be expert on, or to express any opinion herein concerning, any law other than
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware General Corporation
Law and the federal laws of the United States of America.
February
24, 2010
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This
letter is furnished solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders in
connection with matters relating to the Credit Agreement and may not be relied
upon by any other person or for any other purpose without my prior written
consent, other than any subsequent holder of a Note transferred in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
Brian M.
Addison
Vice
President, Secretary and
General
Counsel
Unassociated Document
Exhibit
31.1
Section 302 Certifications
Statement
I, Bret
W. Wise, certify that:
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I
have reviewed this Form 10-Q of DENTSPLY International
Inc.;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such
internal controls over financial reporting to be designed under their
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles:
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and
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5.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors:
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(a) All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting.
Date:
April 29, 2010
/s/
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Bret W. Wise
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Bret
W. Wise
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Chairman
of the Board and
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Unassociated Document
Exhibit
31.2
Section 302 Certifications
Statement
I,
William R. Jellison, certify that:
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I
have reviewed this Form 10-Q of DENTSPLY International
Inc.;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such
internal controls over financial reporting to be designed under their
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles:
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors:
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(a) All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting.
Date: April
29, 2010
/s/
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William R. Jellison
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William
R. Jellison
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Senior
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit
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CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C.
SECTION 1350,
AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION
906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In
connection with the Quarterly Report of DENTSPLY International Inc. (the
“Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2010 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), We, Bret
W. Wise, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and William R. Jellison, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of our
knowledge and belief:
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(1)
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
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(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company
as of the date of the Report.
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/s/
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Bret W. Wise
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Bret
W. Wise
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Chairman
of the Board and
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Chief
Executive Officer
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/s/
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William R. Jellison
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William
R. Jellison
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Senior
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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April 29,
2010