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Exhibit 10.1(d)
EXECUTION COPY
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V.
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE)
CBI SERVICES, INC.
CB&I CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
CB&I TYLER COMPANY
LIMITED WAIVER
$75,000,000 Original Principal Amount
7.34% Senior Notes, due July 15, 2007
Dated as of May 30, 2006
To the Holders of Senior
Notes
of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (Delaware),
CBI Services, Inc., CB&I Constructors, Inc. and
CB&I Tyler Company Named
in the Attached Schedule I
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 1, 2001 among
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., a company organized under the laws of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands having its corporate seat in Amsterdam (the
“Company”), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (Delaware), a
Delaware corporation, CBI Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, CB&I
Constructors, Inc., a Texas corporation, CB&I Tyler Company, a Delaware
corporation (each of the foregoing being a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
and referred to collectively as the “Co-Obligors”), and the
Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto (the “Note Purchase
Agreement”). You are the holders of the Co-Obligors’ 7.34% Senior
Notes, due July 15, 2007 (the “Notes”) in the unpaid principal
amount set forth opposite your name in the attached Schedule I. You are
referred to herein individually as a “Holder” and collectively as
the “Holders.” Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement.
The
Company and the Co-Obligors have advised the Holders that the Company can not
timely comply with the provisions of Section 7.1(a) (Quarterly Statements)
of the Note Purchase Agreement, Section 7.1(b) (Annual Statements) of the
Note Purchase Agreement and Section 7.2 (Officer’s Certificate) of
the Note Purchase Agreement with respect to delivery of the financial
statements for the quarterly fiscal periods ended September 30, 2005 and
March 31, 2006 and the
fiscal year ended December 31,
2005. The Holders granted a waiver of Section 7.1(a) (Quarterly
Statements) of the Note Purchase Agreement and Section 7.2
(Officer’s Certificate) of the Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to the
Limited Waiver dated as of January 13, 2006 among the Company, the
Co-Obligors and the Holders, that expires on April 1, 2006. The Holders
granted a further waiver of compliance by the Company with Section 7.1(a)
(Quarterly Statements), Section 7.1(b) (Annual Statements) and
Section 7.2 (Officer’s Certificate) of the Note Purchase Agreement
pursuant to the Limited Waiver dated as of March 30, 2006 among the
Company, the Co-Obligors and the Holders, that expires on May 31, 2006.
The Company and the Co-Obligors have requested a further waiver of compliance
by the Company with Section 7.1(a) (Quarterly Statements),
Section 7.1(b) (Annual Statements) and Section 7.2 (Officer’s
Certificate) of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Holders are willing to
grant such additional waiver, on the terms contained herein. The Company and
the Co-Obligors have requested a comparable waiver from the parties to the
Credit Agreement.
In
consideration of the premises and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Company, the Co-Obligors
and the Holders agree as follows:
1. LIMITED WAIVER
The
Holders waive, until the date specified in Section 3.2, any Default or
Event of Default caused solely by (x) the Company’s failure to
timely comply with the provisions of Section 7.1(a) (Quarterly
Statements), 7.1(b) (Annual Statements) and Section 7.2 (Officer’s
Certificate) of the Note Purchase Agreement with respect to the delivery of the
financial statements for the quarterly fiscal periods ended September 30,
2005 and March 31, 2006 and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 or
(y) any inaccuracy in any of the Company’s internally prepared
financial statements (and related statements, reports, certificates and
documents) for its four fiscal quarter period ending December 31, 2005
that were delivered to the Holders in connection with earlier Waivers and the
draft September 30, 2005 Form 10-Q and draft December 31, 2005 Form
10-K (and related statements, reports, certificates and documents) that are
being delivered to the Holders in connection with this Waiver and the financial
information (and related statements, reports, certificates and documents) that
the Company has delivered to the Holders on or prior to December 31, 2005 and
that the Company is currently in the process of investigating as disclosed to
the Holders. This Limited Waiver is limited to its terms and shall not
constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, representation or covenant
under the Note Purchase Agreement or any of the other agreements, documents or
instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith. This Limited Waiver
shall not continue beyond the date specified in Section 3.2.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE CO-OBLIGORS; REAFFIRMATION; COVENANTS
2.1
No Default or Event of Default. As an inducement to the Holders to grant
the waiver contained in Section 1, the Company and the Co-Obligors,
jointly and severally, represent to the Holders that, after giving effect to
this Limited Waiver, there exists no Default or Event of Default.
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2.2
Reaffirmation of Note Purchase Agreement. The Company and the
Co-Obligors reaffirm their agreement to comply with each of the covenants,
agreements and other provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes,
except as expressly modified by this Limited Waiver.
2.3
Notice. The Company and the Co-Obligors agree to provide prompt notice
to each Holder in the event that a Responsible Officer reasonably believes that
the Company will be unable to comply with the financial covenants contained in
Sections 10.1 through 10.9, inclusive, and Section 10.12 of the Note
Purchase Agreement.
2.4
Delivery of Documents. So long as this Limited Waiver is in effect, the
Company and the Co-Obligors agree to provide each Holder with a copy of any
document or other information delivered to a party to the Credit Agreement.
2.5
Budgets; Business Plans and Financial Projections. The Company and the
Co-Obligors agree that the execution of this Limited Waiver by the Required
Holders serves as an ongoing request under Section 7.1(g) of the Note
Purchase Agreement by the Holders for the Company to provide the Holders with
the information provided to any party to the Credit Agreement under
Section 7.1(A)(iv) of the Credit Agreement.
3. CONDITIONS TO
EFFECTIVENESS; LIMITED WAIVER EFFECTIVENESS
3.1
Conditions to Effectiveness. This Limited Waiver shall become effective
only upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
The Company, the Co-Obligors and the Required Holders shall have executed a
counterpart of this Limited Waiver.
(b)
The Company shall have delivered to you a copy of a waiver to the Credit
Agreement executed by the Company, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the
financial institutions party thereto waiving until the date specified in
Section 3.2, all defaults and events of default caused solely by the
Company’s failure to timely deliver the financial statements for the
quarterly fiscal periods ended September 30, 2005 and March 31, 2006
and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
(c)
The Company shall have delivered to you a copy of each document provided to a
party to the Credit Agreement in connection with the waiver referred to in
Section 3(b).
3.2
Limited Waiver Effectiveness. This Limited Waiver shall remain in effect
until the earlier to occur of (i) a Default or Event of Default under the
Note Purchase Agreement; (ii) a Default (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) or Unmatured Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) under the
Credit Agreement and (iii) June 16, 2006.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Co-Obligors have caused this Limited
Waiver to be executed and delivered by their respective officer or officers
thereunto duly authorized.
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CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY N.V. |
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/s/ Philip K. Asherman
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Philip K. Asherman |
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Authorized Signer |
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CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY (DELAWARE) |
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By: |
/s/ Luciano Reyes |
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Name: |
Luciano Reyes |
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Vice President and
Treasurer |
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CBI SERVICES, INC. |
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/s/ Terrence G. Browne
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Name: |
Terrence G. Browne |
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Treasurer |
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CB&I CONSTRUCTORS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Luciano Reyes |
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Name: |
Luciano Reyes |
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Vice President and
Treasurer |
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CB&I TYLER COMPANY |
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By: |
/s/ Luciano Reyes |
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Name: |
Luciano Reyes |
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Title: |
Treasurer |
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