Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated as of
February 26, 2009 (this “ Amendment ”),
among INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, a New York corporation (the
“ Borrower ”), and the Lenders listed on the
signature pages hereto, to the Credit Agreement dated as of
June 16, 2008, as amended (the “ Credit Agreement
”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders from time
to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders consent to
this Amendment as set forth below;
WHEREAS, Section 9.02(b)
of the Credit Agreement permits the Credit Agreement to be amended
from time to time;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments
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Section 2.09(d)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by replacing the last sentence with the
following:
“All prepayments of Tranche A
Loans shall be applied to reduce scheduled repayments required
under Section 2.08(a)(i) in direct order of
maturity.”
Section 2. Conditions to
Effectiveness .
This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date when each of the following conditions is
satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its
counsel) shall have received from (i) Lenders constituting the
Required Lenders and (ii) the Borrower, a counterpart of this
Amendment signed on behalf of such party;
(b) All corporate and other
proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with this Amendment
and all documents incidental thereto, whether or not referred to
herein, shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the Administrative Agent; and
(c) At the time of and after giving
effect to the Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 3.
Representations and Warranties .
In order to induce the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent to authorize this Amendment, the Borrower
represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that both before and
after giving effect to this Amendment:
(a) The execution, delivery, and
performance of this Amendment by the Borrower is within the
corporate power and authority of the Borrower and has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action.
(b) This Amendment and the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute legal, valid, and binding
obligations of each of the Obligors, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable
principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditor’s rights generally.
(c) At the time of and after giving
effect to the Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 4. Expenses
. The Borrower agrees to
reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by them in connection with this Amendment,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP ,
counsel for the Administrative Agent.
Section 5.
Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof.
Section 6. Applicable
Law . THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 7. Headings
. The headings of this
Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 8. Effect of
Amendment . Except as
expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication
or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise
affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative
Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Co-Documentation Agents under
the Credit Agreement, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any
way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision
of the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in
all respects and shall continue in full force and
effect.
Section 9. Reference to
the Credit Agreement . Upon and after the execution of this Amendment
by each of the parties hereto, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement as modified hereby.
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Section 10. Binding Effect
. This Amendment and the
rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties
hereto, and shall be enforceable by any such successors and
assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the
date first above written.
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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
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By:
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Name:
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Errol
Harris
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Title:
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Vice President
& Treasurer
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Peter S.
Predun
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Title:
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Executive
Director
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COBANK, ABC, as
a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Michael
Tousignant
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Title:
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Vice
President
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BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Michael L.
Letson
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Title:
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Vice
President
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK
BRANCH, as a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Ming K.
Chu
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Title:
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Vice
President
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By:
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Name:
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Heidi
Sandquist
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Title:
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Director
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THE ROYAL BANK
OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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L. Peter
Yetman
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Title:
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SVP
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BNP PARIBAS, as
a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Richard
Pace
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Title:
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Managing
Director
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By:
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Name:
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Nuala
Marley
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Title:
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Managing
director
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SUMITOMO MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender
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By:
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Name:
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Yoshihiro
Hyakutome
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Title:
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General
Manager
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BANCO BILBAO
VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A., as a Lender
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By:
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