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AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

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Title: AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
Date: 8/4/2009
Industry: Apparel/Accessories     Law Firm: White Case     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT, Parties: quiksilver  inc , white & case llp
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Exhibit 10.6

Unofficial translation from the French

July 31, 2009

AMENDMENT NO. 5

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)

by and among

BNP PARIBAS
CRÉDIT LYONNAIS
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

as Banks

and

BNP PARIBAS
as Security Agent ( Agent des Sûretés )

and

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
as Credit Agent ( Agent du Credit )

and

PILOT SAS
as Borrower

and

QUIKSILVER, INC.

 

WHITE & CASE LLP
11, boulevard de la Madeleine
75001 Paris

 


 

BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED:

(1)

 

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,

 

(2)

 

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,

 

(3)

 

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,

 

 

 

(parties (1) to (3) above being collectively designated as the “ Banks ”),

 

(4)

 

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),

 

(5)

 

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE , as designated above, in the capacity of Credit Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Facility,

 

(6)

 

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 ”),

 

(7)

 

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. ”).

WHEREAS:

(A)

 

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)

 

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.

 

(C)

 

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.

 

(D)

 

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.

 

(E)

 

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.

 

(F)

 

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.

THE FOLLOWING HAS THEREFORE BEEN AGREED

ARTICLE 1 — DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

1.1.

 

Definitions

 

(a)

 

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.

 

(b)

 

The terms and expressions used in the Agreement but not defined therein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Facility.

 

(c)

 

The following terms and expressions used in the Agreement shall, unless a different interpretation is required by the context, have the following meaning:

 

 

 

Agreement ” means this amendment, the Preamble thereto and any potential amendments, which form an integral part thereof;

 

 

 

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;

 

 

 

Signing Date ” means the date of signature of this Agreement by the parties.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Rhône Financing ” means the financing made available pursuant to the Rhône Europe Loan Agreement and the Rhône United States Loan Agreement.

1.2.

 

Interpretations

For purposes of this Agreement, except where a different interpretation is required by the context:

(a)

 

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.

 

(b)

 

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.

ARTICLE 2 — MODIFICATION OF THE CREDIT FACILITY

2.1.

 

Modification of article 1 of the Credit Facility

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.

2.2.

 

Modification of article 2 of the Credit Facility

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:

2. AMOUNT AND TERM

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.

2.3.

 

Modification of article 7.2 ( Effective Global Rate ) of the Credit Facility

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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