TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
May 8, 2008 (this “ Amendment ”), is
entered into among The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., an Oregon
corporation (the “ Company ”), the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as
U.S. Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Credit Agreement.
A. The
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the U.S.
Administrative Agent entered into that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006 (as previously
amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”).
B. The
parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as
provided herein.
C. In
consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows.
(i) The following
definitions in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended to read as follows:
“ Joint
Venture ” means a Person or other legal arrangement which
meets the following criteria: (a) it is a single-purpose
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture
or other similar legal arrangement (whether created by contract or
conducted through a separate legal entity) formed by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries with another Person in order to conduct a
common venture or enterprise with such Person and (b) the
Company and its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly own less than
75% of the Equity Interests.
“
Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or
other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management
of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
For
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purposes of the
Loan Documents, the term “Subsidiary” shall not include
any “SPE” or any “Joint
Venture”.
“ U.S.
Swing Line Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser
of $25,000,000 and the amount available under the U.S. Revolver
Ceiling. The U.S. Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Aggregate U.S. Commitments.
(ii) The
definition of “ BBRM ” in Section 1.01 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(b)
Section 7.02(h) . Section 7.02(h) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(c)
Section 7.02(j) . Section 7.02(j) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
(j) Investments in
Greenbrier-GIMSA, LLC or Gunderson-GIMSA S. de R.L. de C.V. made
after the Closing Date in an aggregate outstanding amount not
exceeding the sum of (i) $30,000,000 plus (ii) any excess
amount of Restricted Payments available to be paid pursuant to
Section 7.06(d) that have not been distributed and have
not been invested pursuant to Section 7.02(f) or
7.02(g) ; and
(d)
Section 7.03(d) . The proviso at the end of
Section 7.03(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows:
provided; however , that the aggregate amount of
all such Term Debt at any one time outstanding pursuant to this
subsection (d) shall not exceed $200,000,000;
(e)
Section 7.03 . Section 7.03 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and”
at the end of clause (h) thereof, renumbering clause
“(i)” as “(j)” and adding the following new
clause (i) immediately after clause
(h) therein:
(i)
intercompany Indebtedness resulting from loans and advances
permitted by Section 7.02 ; and
(f)
Section 7.06(d) . Section 7.06(d) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) the Company
may declare or pay Restricted Payments after the Closing Date in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $25,000,000 plus
(ii) 50% of the cumulative net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries since August 31, 2006 minus (iii) all
amounts available to make Restricted Payments pursuant to this
subsection (d) that have been invested pursuant to
Sections 7.02(f) , 7.02(g) and 7.02(j)
.
(g)
Section 7.11(b) . The grid in Section 7.11(b) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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February 28/29
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May 31
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August 31
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November 30
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0.75 to 1.0
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(h)
Section 7.12 . Section 7.12 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
7.12
Capital Expenditures .
Make or become
legally obligated to make any expenditure in respect of the
purchase or other acquisition of any fixed or capital asset
(excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly
charged to current operations), except for capital expenditures in
the ordinary course of business not exceeding $50,000,000 in the
aggregate in any fiscal year for the Company and its Subsidiaries,
and any such expenditures made for leasing assets.
2.
Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall
be effective as of the date hereof when all of the conditions set
forth in this Section shall have been satisfied in form and
substance satisfactory to the U.S. Administrative Agent.
(a) Execution
and Delivery of this Amendment . The U.S. Administrative Agent
shall h
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