EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of August 5, 2026 (this “Agreement”), among ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent.
WHEREAS, reference is made to the Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2026, (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto, constituting the Required Lenders, have agreed to so amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Defined Terms.Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2.
Amendment to Credit Agreement.On and as of the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the term “Permitted Debt” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
““Permitted Debt” shall mean (a) Debt of any Subsidiary to any Group Member; (b) any Debt incurred pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 9.03; (c) Debt of any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit, to the extent that such letters of credit are not drawn upon; (d) Debt of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, providedthat such Debt was not created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary; (e) Debt secured by any Lien permitted pursuant to Section 9.02(b) or 9.02(q); (f) Debt consisting of guarantees of loans made to officers, directors or employees of any Subsidiary; (g) unsecured trade accounts payable and other unsecured current Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 120 days past due (but excluding any Debt for borrowed money); (h) any Permitted Receivables Securitization; (i) Debt with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds obtained by any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (j) Debt owed in respect of any netting services, overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearing-house transfers of funds; (k) Debt incurred at a Japanese subsidiary of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount (together with any replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof pursuant to clause (o) below) not to exceed $300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in Japanese Yen); (l) Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor; (m) Debt of any Finco Subsidiary; (n) (i) Debt incurred to finance the
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acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of fixed or capital assets, including any Capital Lease Obligations, providedthat such Debt is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair or improvement, and (ii) Debt in the form of deferred consideration or in the form of earnouts, purchase price adjustments or other contingent obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with an acquisition; and (o) any replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension of any Debt referenced in clause (d) or (k) above that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (plus associated fees and expenses) of the Debt being replaced, renewed, refinanced or extended (except that accrued and unpaid interest not delinquent in accordance with its terms may be part of any refinancing pursuant to this clause).”
SECTION 3.
Representations and Warranties.The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:
(a)
This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder action of the Borrower and has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity)).
(b)
On and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, before and after giving effect to this Agreement:
(i)
the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date; providedthat (A) to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (B) to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects; and
(ii)
no Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4.
Effectiveness.This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) on which:
(a)
the Administrative Agent shall have executed a counterpart of this Agreement and the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Borrower and Lenders constituting the Required Lenders a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (which, subject to Section 12.10(b) of the Credit Agreement, may include any Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page of this Agreement); and
(b)
the Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.
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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the First Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 5.
Effect of this Agreement.(a) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to any other consent to, or any other waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
(b)
On and after the First Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereunder”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 6.
Applicable Law.This Agreement and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise and whether in law or equity) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
SECTION 7.
Incorporation by Reference.The provisions of Sections 12.09, 12.10, 12.11, 12.13 and 12.14 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
by /s/ Pradipto Bagchi
Name: Pradipto Bagchi
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
[Signature Page to First Amendment – Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.]
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and a Lender, | |
| by | |
| /s/ Gregory T. Martin | |
| Name: Gregory T. MartinTitle: Executive Director |
[Signature Page to First Amendment – Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.]
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| CITIBANK, N.A.: | |
| by | |
| /s/ Susan Olsen | |
| Name: Susan Olsen | |
| Title: Vice President |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| MIZUHO BANK, LTD.: | |
| by | |
| /s/ Edward Sacks | |
| Name: Edward Sacks | |
| Title: Managing Director |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | |
| by | |
| /s/ Grant Griffith | |
| Name: Grant Griffith | |
| Title: Vice President |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Barclays Bank PLC. | |
| by | |
| /s/ Joseph Tauro | |
| Name: Joseph Tauro | |
| Title: Assistant Vice President |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: BNP Paribas | |
| by | |
| /s/ Nicole Rodriguez | |
| Name: Nicole Rodriguez | |
| Title: Director |
| by | |
| /s/ Valentin Detry | |
| Name: Valentin Detry | |
| Title: Vice President |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| DNB CAPITAL LLC | |
| by | |
| /s/ Kristie Li | |
| Name: Kristie Li | |
| Title: SVP |
| by | |
| /s/ David Meisner | |
| Name: David Meisner | |
| Title: FVP |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA | |
| by | |
| /s/ Elizabeth Tosin | |
| Name: Elizabeth Tosin | |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: HSBC Bank USA, National Association | |
| by | |
| /s/ Virginia Cosenza | |
| Name: Virginia Cosenza | |
| Title: Senior Vice President #23310 |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. | |
| by | |
| /s/ Tayo Lapite | |
| Name: Tayo Lapite | |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: MUFG Bank, Ltd. | |
| by | |
| /s/ Andrew Moore | |
| Name: Andrew Moore | |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | |
| by | |
| /Sean Young | |
| Name: Sean Young | |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | |
| by | |
| /s/ Khrystyna Manko | |
| Name: Khrystyna Manko | |
| Title: Director |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: UBS Switzerland AG | |
| by | |
| /s/ Romea Merk | |
| Name: Romea Merk | |
| Title: Director |
| For any Lender that requires a second signature line: | |
| by | |
| /s/ Jael Gebhard | |
| Name: Jael Gebhard | |
| Title: Director |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |
| by | |
| /s/ Thomas Whitman | |
| Name: Thomas Whitman | |
| Title: Assistant Vice President |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: Agricultural Bank of China Limited, New York Branch | |
| by | |
| /s/ Nelson Chou | |
| Name: Nelson Chou | |
| Title: SVP & Head of Corporate Banking Department |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Name of Lender: Bank of China Limited, Chicago Branch | |
| by | |
| /s/ Libo Sun | |
| Name: Libo Sun | |
| Title: SVP & Branch Manager |
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
| Lake City Bank: | |
| by | |
| /s/ Cameron V. Plew | |
| Name: Cameron V. Plew | |
| Title: First Vice President - Commercial Banking |