EXHIBIT 10.55
AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the
"Amendment"), dated as of November 20, 2002, among Panamerican Beverages,
Inc., a Panamanian corporation (the "Borrower") and the financial institutions
listed in the signature pages hereto (the "Consenting Lenders"). All
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to
such terms in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
The Borrower, the financial institutions listed on the signature
pages thereto, ING Capital LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"), and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as syndication agent,
entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
October 29, 2001 (the "Credit Agreement") and now have agreed, pursuant to
Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement, to amend Section 5.04(b) of the Credit
Agreement in its entirety. Effective as of the date hereof upon the execution
and delivery of this Amendment by the Borrower and Lenders constituting the
Required Lenders, Section 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its
entirety as follows:
(b) Debt to EBITDA Ratio. Maintain a ratio of Consolidated Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA (calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter
or year hereinafter indicated, as reflected in the quarterly or annual
financial statements for such fiscal quarter or year, for the
twelve-month period ending on the relevant date of determination) of not
more than (i) 2.35 to 1 through the periods ended December 31, 2002 and
March 31, 2003 and (ii) 2.25 to 1 thereafter.
In order to induce the Consenting Lenders to enter into this
Amendment, the Borrower hereby (i) makes the representations and warranties
set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof (it
being understood and agreed that any representation which by its terms is made
as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all
material respects only as of such specified date), and (ii) represents and
warrants that, (a) as of the date hereof, there exists no Default or Event of
Default under the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and (b) since
December 31, 2001, there has been on Material Adverse Change.
Except as expressly provided hereby, the Credit Agreement, each
other Loan Document and all instruments and documents executed and delivered
pursuant thereto shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with
their respective terms. All references in the Loan Documents to the Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this
Amendment and as hereafter modified by any amendment, modification or
supplement thereto. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this
Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any
Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents. This
Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal
laws of the State of New York. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of
which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGES]
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.
PANAMERICAN BEVERAGES, INC., as Borrower
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: CFO
ING BANK N.V., ACTING THROUGH ITS
CURACAO BRANCH, as Lender
By:
/s/
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Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
By:
/s/
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Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Director
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. X'xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. X'xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.,
as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President Global
Corporate Banking
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Vice President
Title: Global Corporate Banking
LANDESBANK SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
GIROZENTRALE, as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
By:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN
BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "Rabobank Nederland",
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as Lender
By:
/s/ J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
SUNTRUST BANK, as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Director
CITIBANK MEXICO S.A., as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
