AMENDMENT NO. 3 dated as of May
27, 2009 (this “ Amendment ”), to the CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of July 14, 2006, as amended by AMENDMENT NO. 1
dated as of January 11, 2008 and AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of
February 24, 2009 (as so amended, the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among TEREX CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“ Terex ”), NEW TEREX HOLDINGS UK
LIMITED, a limited company organized under the laws of England (the
“ U.K. Borrower ”), TEREX INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, a company organized under the laws of
the Republic of Ireland (the “ European Borrower
”), TEREX MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, a company organized under
the laws of Australia and registered in New South Wales, Australia
(the “ Australian Borrower ”), and TEREX ITALIA
S.R.L., a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Italy
(the “ Italian Borrower ” and, together with
Terex, the U.K. Borrower, the European Borrower, and the Australian
Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders (as
defined in Article I of the Credit Agreement), the Issuing
Banks (as defined in Article I of the Credit Agreement) and CREDIT
SUISSE, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) and as collateral agent (in
such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the
Lenders.
A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks have extended, and have agreed to
extend, credit to the Borrowers, in each case pursuant to the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
B. The Borrowers have requested that
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended as provided
herein.
C. The Required Lenders, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are willing
so to amend the Credit Agreement.
D. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
Accordingly, 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 agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Reduction of Revolving
Credit Commitments. In
accordance with Section 2.09(b) of the Credit Agreement, Terex
hereby notifies the Administrative Agent that on the Amendment
Effective Date (as defined in Section 6 hereof), the aggregate
amount of the Domestic Revolving Credit Commitments shall be
reduced by $150,000,000 (the “ Commitment Reduction
”); provided that if, immediately after giving effect to such
reduction, the Aggregate Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure would
exceed the Total Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment, then prior
to or substantially
simultaneously with such reduction
Terex shall prepay Domestic Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, as
applicable, to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess,
together with accrued and unpaid interest on the amounts so prepaid
to but excluding the prepayment date. The Lenders hereby waive the
requirements in Section 2.09(b) of the Credit Agreement that Terex
give three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent
to effect such reduction.
SECTION 2. Agreement to Prepay
Term Loans. On the
Amendment Effective Date, without the need for any further notice,
Terex shall make an optional prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12 of
the Credit Agreement (the “ Optional Prepayment
”) of 30% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans
outstanding on May 27, 2009 (the “ Record Date
”), together with accrued and unpaid interest on the amount
so prepaid to but excluding the prepayment date. The Lenders hereby
agree that the Optional Prepayment shall not be applied to prepay
any Incremental Term Loan made after the Record Date and hereby
waive any contrary requirement in Section 2.12(b) of the Credit
Agreement. The Lenders hereby waive the requirement in Section
2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement that the Borrower give three
Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent to effect
the Optional Prepayment. The Lenders and Terex acknowledge that the
proceeds of certain capital markets transactions (the “
Capital Market Transactions ”) will be used to fund
the Optional Prepayment, and should such capital markets
transactions fail to occur, the Optional Prepayment will not be
made, and this Amendment shall not be effective.
SECTION 3. Amendments to the
Credit Agreement. (a)
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order
therein:
“ Fantuzzi
Acquisition ” shall mean the proposed acquisition by
Terex of the port equipment businesses of Fantuzzi Industries
S.a.r.l. and Noell Crane for total consideration of an amount not
to exceed €200,000,000.
“ Liquidity
” shall mean, on any date, the sum of (i) the cash held by
Terex and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii) the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under the Revolving Credit
Commitments on such date.
“ Reaffirmation and
Security Agreement ” shall mean the Reaffirmation and
Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to
Amendment No. 3 dated as of May 27, 2009 to this
Agreement.
“ Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio
of (a) Total Debt that is secured by Liens incurred under Section
6.02(b), (k) or (o) (or Section 6.02(l) if in respect of the
foregoing) on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior
to such date; provided that
to the extent any Permitted
Acquisition or Significant Asset Sale has occurred during the most
recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, Consolidated
EBITDA shall be determined for such period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters on a pro forma basis for such occurrences in
accordance with Section 1.05.
(b) The definition of the term
“Applicable Percentage” set forth in Section 1.01 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ Applicable
Percentage ” shall mean, for any day (a) with
respect to any Term Loan, (i) 3.75% per annum, in the case of
a Eurocurrency Term Loan, or (ii) 2.75% per annum, in the case
of an ABR Term Loan, (b) with respect to any A/C Fronted Fixed
Rate Loan or A/C Fronted Base Rate Loan, the applicable percentage
set forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency
Spread—Revolving Loans” or “ABR
Spread—Revolving Loans”, respectively, based upon the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the relevant date of
determination, and (c) with respect to any Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan or with respect to the
Facility Fees, as the case may be, the applicable percentage set
forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency
Spread—Revolving Loans”, “ABR
Spread—Revolving Loans” or “Facility Fee
Percentage”, as the case may be, based upon the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio as of the relevant date of determination:
|
Consolidated Leverage
Ratio
|
Eurocurrency
Spread —
Revolving Loans
|
ABR Spread —
Revolving Loans
|
Facility Fee
Percentage
|
|
Category 1
Greater than or equal to 3.00 to
1.00
|
3.00%
|
2.00%
|
0.75%
|
|
Category 2
Greater than or equal to 1.50 to
1.00 but less than 3.00 to 1.00
|
2.875%
|
1.875%
|
0.625%
|
|
Category 3
Less than 1.50 to 1.00
|
2.75%
|
1.75%
|
0.50%
|
Each change in the Applicable
Percentage resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio shall be effective with respect to all Loans, Commitments and
Letters of Credit on the date of delivery to the Administrative
Agent of the financial statements and certificate required by
Section 5.04(a) or (b) and Section 5.04(c), respectively,
based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of the
most recent fiscal quarter included in such financial statements so
delivered, and shall remain in effect until the date immediately
preceding the next date of delivery of such financial statements
and certificate indicating another such change. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at any time
after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
shall be deemed to be in Category 1 for purposes of determining the
Applicable Percentage.
(c) The definition of the term
“Consolidated Net Income” set forth in Section 1.01 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting immediately
before the word “Subsidiaries” in the second line
thereof the word “Restricted” and (ii) inserting the
words “(or loss)” immediately after the word
“income” in clause (a) thereof.
(d) The definition of the term
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” set forth in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted.
(e) The definition of the term
“Permitted Acquisitions” set forth in Section 1.01 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
“ Permitted
Acquisitions ” shall mean (a) acquisitions (in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions) of not less
than 51% of the outstanding Equity Interests of any corporation,
partnership, a division of any corporation or any similar business
unit (or of all or substantially all the assets and business of any
of the foregoing) engaged in a Related Business,
(b) acquisitions (in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions) of not less than 51% of the outstanding
Equity Interests of any corporation, partnership, a division of any
corporation or any similar business unit (or of all or
substantially all the assets and business of any of the foregoing)
engaged in a Related Business for an aggregate amount of
consideration not to exceed (x) during the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2010, $200,000,000 and (y) during the 12-month period
ending June 30, 2011, $200,000,000 and (c) the Fantuzzi
Acquisition so long as (i) in the case of clause (a), (b) and (c)
above, Terex shall have delivered to the Admini