AMENDMENT NO. 1
EXHIBIT 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT XX. 0
XXXXXXXXX XX. 0 dated as of April 4, 2005, between BOWATER INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). BOWATER CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., a Canadian corporation (“BCFPI” and, together with the Company, the “Initial Borrowers”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time designated as “Subsidiary Borrowers” pursuant to the Credit Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Borrower” and, together with the Initial Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank) and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as the Administrative Agents.
The Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agents are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of April 22, 2004 (as heretofore modified and supplemented and in effect on the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for loans and extensions of credit to be made by said Lenders to the Borrowers in an aggregate principal or face amount not exceeding U.S. $435,000,000 (which may, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, be increased to U.S. $500,000,000) at any one time outstanding.
The Borrowers wish to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects. Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 1, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
2.01. References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and, “hereof”). shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
2.02. Indebtedness of the Company. Section 7.03(a)(v) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“(v) unsecured Guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount up to but not exceeding U.S. $100,000,000;”
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2.03. Indebtedness of Subsidiaries. Section 7.03(b)(x) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“(x) other Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Company, of which no more than U.S. $100,000,000 may be secured at any time, provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (whether of the Company or Subsidiaries of the Company) secured by Liens permitted under Section 7.02(1), shall not at any time exceed 5% of Total Assets at such time.”
2.04. Consolidated Net Worth. Section 7.04 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“SECTION 7.04 Consolidated Net Worth. The Company will not permit Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (a) U.S. $1,400,000,000 plus (b) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter of the Company from and including the first fiscal quarter in 2004 to and including the fiscal quarter ending on (or most recently ended prior to) such time; provided that, if there is a consolidated net loss for any such fiscal quarter, Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter shall, for the purposes of clause (b) of this Section, be deemed to be zero.”
2.05. Total Debt to Total Capital Ratio. Section 7.05(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a) Total Debt to Total Capital Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio of (a) Total Debt to (b) Total Capital to exceed 0.65 to 1 at any time.”
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrowers represent and warrant to the Lenders that the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and as if each reference in said Article IV to “this Agreement” included reference to this Amendment No. 1.
Section 4. Condition Precedent. The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon (i) the execution and delivery of counterparts of this Amendment No. 1 by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders and (ii) the receipt by the U.S. Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that has executed and delivered this Amendment No. 1 not later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on April 4, 2005, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 10 bps of the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure.
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Section 5. Miscellaneous. Except as provided herein, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 1 by signing any such counterpart. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 1 has been duly executed as of the date first written above.
| BOWATER INCORPORATED | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Senior Vice President and | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| BOWATER CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||
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| XXXXXXX ALABAMA INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
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| BOWATER NEWSPRINT SOUTH INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||
| BOWATER MISSISSIPPI LLC | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Manager | ||||||
| BOWATER MISSISSIPPI HOLDINGS INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||
| BOWATER NUWAY INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Title: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | ||||||
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| XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX, X.X., | ||||
| individually and as U.S. Administrative Agent | ||||
| By | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
| Title: Vice President | ||||
| THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, | ||||
| individually and as Canadian Administrative Agent | ||||
| By | [ILLEGIBLE] | |||
| Name: [ILLEGIBLE] | ||||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||
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| XXXXXXX XXXX OF MONTREAL |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
| Title: | Director | |||
| LENDERS SUNTRUST BANK |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| LENDERS Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| LENDERS UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
| Associate Director | ||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
| Director | ||||
| LENDERS Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Authorized Agent | |||
| LENDERS THE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| LENDERS Carolina First Bank |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Short | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Short | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
| LENDERS REGIONS BANK |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Asst. Vice President | |||
Amendment No. 1
