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Exhibit 4.10
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 1, 1999
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT among Rayonier Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the
"Borrower"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below (collectively, the "Lenders")
and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
(1) The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have
entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
April 11, 1997 (the "Credit Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
in this Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement.
(2) Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company, L.P. ("RTOC"), a
partnership wholly owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, has agreed to
purchase approximately 980,000 acres of timberlands in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama from Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation ("SSCC") for $725,000,000. Such
acquisition is expected to be financed in part by notes payable to SSCC. The
Borrower has proposed that a 35% general partnership interest in RTOC be sold to
a newly formed corporation which will qualify as a real estate investment trust
(the "REIT"). It is anticipated that the REIT will sell a class of stock to the
public for $400,000,000 to $450,000,000 and that the proceeds of such sale will
be transferred to the Borrower.
(3) The Required Lenders are, on the terms and conditions stated
below, willing to grant the request of the Borrower and the Borrower and the
Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set
forth.
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is,
effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 5.02(d) is amended to add a new clause (vi) to read as
follows:
(vi) unsecured Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$800,000,000 at any one time outstanding incurred by Rayonier
Timberlands Operating Company, L.P. (A) in connection with its
purchase of approximately 980,000 acres of timberlands in Georgia,
Florida and Alabama from Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation and (B)
otherwise in the ordinary course of business.
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(b) Section 5.03 is amended in full to read as follows:
Leverage Ratio. Cause, on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter of
the Borrower, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on such date of determination to (ii) Consolidated
EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four Fiscal
Quarters ended on such date not to exceed (A) 5.5 to 1 for each Fiscal
Quarter ended after September 30, 1999 and on or before December 31,
2000 (B) 4.0 to 1 for each Fiscal Quarter ended after December 31,
2000.
(c) Section 6.01(h) is amended to add new clause (iv) to read as
follows:
(iv) the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower shall cease to
be the managing partner of Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company,
L.P. ("RTOC") or the Borrower ceases to consolidate RTOC in its
consolidated financial statements; or
SECTION 2. Waiver. The Required Lenders hereby consent to the
proposed sale of a 35% general partnership interest in RTOC to the REIT and
agree that Section 5.02(c) of the Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date
hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3, waived to the extent required to permit such proposed sale and the
public offering of a class of stock of the REIT.
SECTION 3. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date first above written when, and only when, the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment
executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, as to any of the Lenders,
advice satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has executed
this Amendment. The effectiveness of this Amendment is conditioned upon the
accuracy of the factual matters described herein. This Amendment is subject to
the provisions of Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
indicated in the recital of parties to this Amendment.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this Amendment and the performance by the Borrower of the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, are within the Borrower's corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do not contravene (i) the Borrower's charter or by-laws or (ii)
law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Borrower.
(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
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for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this
Amendment, or the performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement,
as amended hereby, or the Notes.
(d) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby,
and the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower,
enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms.
(e) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default.
SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and
the Notes. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference
in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of
like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes
to "the Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
(b) The Credit Agreement and the Notes, as specifically amended
by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are
hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment
shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any
right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on
demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with
the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and
amendment of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be
delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms
of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment 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 but one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.
RAYONIER INC.
By Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
Agreed as of the date first above written:
CITIBANK, N.A. as Administrative
Agent and as Lender
By Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
By Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Manager, CR. Admin.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Vice President
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
By R. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Associate
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
NEW YORK BRANCH
By Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Senior Vice President
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA
By May X. Xxxxx
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Title: Assistant Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
By Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Director Vice President
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
BANKING GROUP LIMITED
By Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
OF OREGON
By
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