Unofficial translation from
the French
TO THE CREDIT FACILITY
AGREEMENT
DATED MARCH 14, 2008
(AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AUGUST 14, 2008,
AMENDMENT NO. 2 DATED OCTOBER 30, 2008, AMENDMENT NO. 3
DATED MARCH 9, 2009 AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 DATED JUNE 30,
2009)
BNP PARIBAS
CRÉDIT LYONNAIS
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
as Banks
BNP PARIBAS
as Security Agent ( Agent des Sûretés
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SOCIÉTÉ
GÉNÉRALE
as Credit Agent ( Agent du Credit )
WHITE & CASE
LLP
11, boulevard de la Madeleine
75001 Paris
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(1)
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BNP PARIBAS , a corporation (
société anonyme ) with share capital of
€
2,526,774,896,
whose registered office is located 16, boulevard des Italiens,
75009 Paris, incorporated with the Paris Trade and Companies
Register under the unique identification number 662 042
449,
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(2)
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CRÉDIT LYONNAIS
, a corporation (
société anonyme ) whose registered office is
located 18, rue de la République, 69002 Lyon and whose
headquarters are located 19, boulevard des Italiens, 75002
Paris, incorporated with the Lyon Trade and Companies Register
under the unique identification number 954 509 741,
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(3)
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SOCIÉTÉ
GÉNÉRALE , a corporation (
société anonyme ) with share capital of
€
799,478,491.25,
whose registered office is located 29, boulevard Haussmann, 75009
Paris, incorporated with the Paris Trade and Companies Register
under the unique identification number 552 120 222,
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(parties (1) to (3) above
being collectively designated as the “ Banks
”),
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(4)
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BNP PARIBAS , as designated above, in the
capacity of Security Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Credit Facility ( Convention de Credit ) (as defined
below),
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(5)
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SOCIÉTÉ
GÉNÉRALE , as designated above, in the
capacity of Credit Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Credit Facility,
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(6)
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PILOT SAS , simplified form joint stock
company ( société par actions
simplifiée ) with share capital of €
124,813,632, whose
registered office is located 26/28, rue Danielle Casanova, 75002
Paris, incorporated with the Paris Trade and Companies Register
under the unique identification number 070 501 374 (hereinafter,
the “ Borrower ” or “ Pilot
”),
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QUIKSILVER, INC.
, a company incorporated
in the State of Delaware, whose registered office is located 15202
Graham Street, Huntington Beach, California 92649, U.S.A.
(hereinafter, “ Quiksilver, Inc. ”).
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(A)
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According to the terms and
conditions of a facility agreement executed on March 14, 2008,
as modified by an amendment dated August 14, 2008 (“
AMENDMENT NO. 1 ”), an amendment dated October 30,
2008 (“ AMENDMENT NO. 2 ”), an amendment dated
March 9, 2009 (“ AMENDMENT NO. 3 ”) and an
amendment dated June 30, 2009 (“ AMENDMENT NO. 4
”) (this agreement, as modified, the “ Credit
Facility ”), the Banks granted to the Borrower a
renewable credit of a maximum principal amount of
€
70,000,000.
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(B)
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According to the terms and
conditions of Amendment No. 2, the Banks extended the term of
the Facility (as defined in the Credit Facility), reduced to a
maximum principal amount of €
55,000,000, until
March 14, 2009.
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(C)
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According to the terms and
conditions of Amendment No. 3, the Banks again extended the
term of the Facility (as defined in the Credit Facility), until
June 30, 2009.
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(D)
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According to the terms and
conditions of Amendment No. 4, the Banks again extended the
term of the Facility (as defined in the Credit Facility), until
July 31, 2009.
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(E)
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Pursuant to a letter dated
July 29, 2009, the Borrower and Quiksilver, Inc. have
requested the Banks to agree to grant another extension of the term
of the Facility, until September 29, 2009.
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(F)
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The
purpose of this Agreement is to define the terms and conditions of
the extension of the Credit requested by the Borrower and
Quiksilver, Inc.
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THE
FOLLOWING HAS THEREFORE BEEN AGREED
ARTICLE 1
— DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
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1.1.
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Definitions
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(a)
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For
the purposes of the Agreement, except where otherwise stipulated,
the terms and expressions defined in the Preamble shall have the
same meaning in the rest of the Agreement.
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(b)
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The
terms and expressions used in the Agreement but not defined therein
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit
Facility.
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(c)
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The
following terms and expressions used in the Agreement shall, unless
a different interpretation is required by the context, have the
following meaning:
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“ Agreement ”
means this amendment, the Preamble thereto and any potential
amendments, which form an integral part thereof;
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“ Effective Date
” means July 31, 2009, subject to all of the conditions
precedent listed in Article 4 ( Conditions Precedent )
having been fulfilled, in accordance with the provisions of the
said article, at that date;
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“ Signing Date ”
means the date of signature of this Agreement by the
parties.
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“ 2005 ABL Agreement
” means the credit facility dated June 3, 2005 (as
amended) executed by and between Quiksilver, Inc., Quiksilver
Americas, Inc.,
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Bank of
America, N.A., Union Bank of California, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and certain financial establishments in the
capacity of lenders.
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“ 2009 ABL Agreement
” means that certain credit agreement dated as of
July 31, 2009, among Quiksilver Americas, Inc, the other
borrowers party thereto, Quiksilver, Inc., the lenders party
thereto, the ABL agent, Bank of America, N.A. and General Electric
Capital Corporation, as co-collateral agents, and the other agents
party thereto, and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or
extensions thereof permitted hereunder.
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“ Rhône Europe Loan
Agreement ” means the credit facility dated July 31,
2009 executed by and between Mountain and Wave S.à. r.l.,
Quiksilver, Inc., the lenders, parties to the said agreement, and
Rhône Group L.L.C.
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“ Rhône United States
Loan Agreement ” means the credit facility dated
July 31, 2009 executed by and between Quiksilver, Inc.,
Quiksilver Americas, the lenders, parties to the said agreement,
and Rhône Group L.L.C.
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“ Rhône Financing
” means the financing made available pursuant to the
Rhône Europe Loan Agreement and the Rhône United States
Loan Agreement.
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For purposes of
this Agreement, except where a different interpretation is required
by the context:
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(a)
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Any
reference, within the Agreement, to an “Article”, a
“Paragraph”, to the “Preamble” or to a
“Schedule” must, except where otherwise stipulated or
when a different interpretation is required by the context, be
interpreted as being a reference to an article, a paragraph, a
preamble or a schedule to the Agreement.
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(b)
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Any
reference, within the Agreement, to a document, a contract, a
treaty (including the Agreement) or a deed must be understood as
being a reference to this document, this contract, this treaty or
this deed, as potentially modified or completed in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Agreement and including, if
applicable, any document, contract, treaty or deed that may be
substituted thereto via novation.
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ARTICLE 2
— MODIFICATION OF THE CREDIT FACILITY
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2.1.
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Modification of article 1 of the
Credit Facility
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The parties to
this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, subject to
the satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent listed at
Article 4 ( Conditions Precedent ), the following
defined term shall be added to the list of defined term in article
1 ( Definitions ) of the Credit Facility:
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“
Refinancing Credit Facility ” means the Facilities
Agreement dated July 31, 2009, by and among Pilot SAS and Na
Pali in the capacity of Borrowers, Quiksilver, Inc. and Pilot SAS
in the capacity of Guarantors, BNP Paribas, Crédit Lyonnais
and Société Générale Corporate &
Investment Banking in the capacity of Mandated Arrangers, BNP
Paribas in the capacity of Agent, Société
Générale in the capacity of Security Agent and Caisse
Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel
Pyrénées Gascogne as issuing bank.
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2.2.
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Modification of article 2 of the
Credit Facility
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The parties to
this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, subject to
the satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent cited at
Article 4 ( Conditions Precedent ), article 2 (
Amount and Term ) of the Credit Facility shall be deleted
and replaced by the following new article:
The Banks
have made available to the Borrower, in accordance with the methods
and conditions defined in the Agreement, a Facility of a maximum
amount of €
70,000,000.00 (seventy
million euros), as from March 14, 2008 and for a term of six
months. By Amendment No. 1 dated August 14, 2008, the
Facility was extended until October 31, 2008.
At the
Borrower’s request, by October 15, 2008 at the latest,
this Facility could be renewed once, by the unanimous decision of
the Banks, up until March 14, 2009, date by which the capital
and interest must have been fully reimbursed.
On
October 9, 2008, the Borrower requested an extension of the
term of the Facility.
By Amendment
No. 2 dated October 30, 2008, the Banks acted unanimously
to extend the aforementioned Facility, reduced to a maximum amount
of €
55,000,000 (fifty-five
million euros) as from October 30, 2008 up until March 14,
2009.
On
March 9, 2009, the Borrower requested an extension of the term
of the Facility.
By a
unanimous decision, the Banks extended the aforementioned Facility
up until June 30, 2009, the amount in principal of the
Facility remaining limited to €
55,000,000 (fifty-five
million euros).
On
June 25, 2009, the Borrower requested an extension of the term
of the Facility.
By a
unanimous decision, the Banks extended the aforementioned Facility
up until July 31, 2009, the amount in principal of the
Facility remaining limited to €
55,000,000 (fifty-five
million euros).
On
July 29, 2009, the Borrower requested an extension of the term
of the Facility.
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By a
unanimous decision, the Banks hereby extend the aforementioned
Facility up until September 29, 2009, the amount in principal
of the Facility remaining limited to €
55,000,000 (fifty-five
million euros).
Each Bank
participates in the Facility at the level of the amounts indicated
in Schedule 1.
Each Bank
undertakes, individually and without joint liability with the other
Banks, to participate in the Facility. The Banks cannot be held
liable for any potential participation default and for the failure
of one or several of the other Banks. ”
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2.3.
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Modification of article 7.2 (
Effective Global Rate ) of the Credit
Facility
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The parties to
this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, article 7.2
( Effective Global Rate ) of the Credit Facility shall be
replaced by the following new article:
“ 7.2
Effective Global Rate
As the
Facility generates interest at a floating rate, it is impossible to
calculate an Effective Global Rate valid for the entire term of the
Credit. However, the Credit Agent shall inform the Borrower, by way
of an example, that in the event of the utilization of the maximum
Facility amount as from the signature of the Agreement, and on the
basis of all of the financial conditions
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