Exhibit 10.1
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN
AGREEMENT
This SIXTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN
AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of
July 29, 2009, is entered into by and among CASCADE
CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation, (the “ Borrower
”), the several financial institutions party as of the date
hereof to the Loan Amendment referred to below (collectively called
the “ Lenders ” and individually called a
“Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as agent for
itself and the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent
”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Lenders and the
Agent are parties to a Loan Agreement, dated as of
February 28, 2003 (as amended from time to time, the “
Loan Agreement ”).
B. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement,
the Lenders have extended and are continuing to extend certain
credit facilities to the Borrower.
C. The Borrower, the Agent and the
Lenders desire to reduce the Aggregate Commitments, as defined in
the Loan Agreement, from $143,750,000 to $115,000,000, subject to
an option to increase the aggregate commitments by up to
$30,000,000, along with certain other modifications.
D. The Agent and Lenders are willing
to amend the Loan Agreement, but only as provided, and subject to
the terms and conditions contained, in this Amendment.
THEREFORE, for valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms Unless
otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in the Loan Agreement.
2. Amendment to Loan
Agreement Upon the effectiveness of, and subject to the terms
and conditions contained in, this Amendment:
(a) Section 1.1 (Certain
Defined Terms) is hereby amended to delete the definition of
“Applicable Interest Rate” and replace such definition
with the following:
“‘ Applicable
Interest Rate ’ means the following percentages per
annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in
the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agent
pursuant to Section 6.10(c):
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Applicable Interest
Rate
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Pricing Level
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Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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Commitment Fee
(Basis Points)
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Standby L/C Fee and
Offshore Rate +
(Basis Points)
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Base Rate +
(Basis Points)
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1
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³
3.00:1.00
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50.0
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300.0
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50.0
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2
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³ 2.00:1.00 but
<3.00:1.00
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40.0
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250.0
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25.0
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3
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³
1.00:1.00 but
<2.00:1.00
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35.0
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200.0
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0
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4
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<1.00:1.00
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30.0
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150.0
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0
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Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Interest Rate resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first
Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance
Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.10(c);
provided , however , that if a Compliance Certificate
is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then
Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the
date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been
delivered until such time as the Compliance Certificate has been
delivered and the actual Pricing Level has been determined. The
Applicable Interest Rate in effect from the date of this Amendment
through receipt of the financial statements for the period ending
July 31, 2009, and the accompanying Compliance Certificate,
shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 1.”
(b) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘
Collateral’ means any and all assets and rights and
interests in or to property of the Borrower and each of the other
Subsidiary Guarantors, whether real or personal, tangible or
intangible, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted
pursuant to the Collateral Documents.”
(c) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘ Collateral
Documents ’ means the Security Agreement, Subsidiary
Security Agreements, and all other agreements, instruments and
documents now or hereafter executed and
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delivered in connection with this
Agreement pursuant to which Liens are granted or purported to be
granted to the Agent securing all or part of the Obligations each
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.”
(d) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to delete the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA” and replace such definition with the
following:
“‘ Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA ’ means, for any period, for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following
to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income
for such period: (a) Consolidated Interest Charges
(b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income
taxes payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (c) the
amount of depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expense,
including goodwill impairment, derivative mark-to-market
transactions, swap-related expenses, expenses related to
stock-based compensation, including but not limited to stock
options and stock appreciation rights, and other similar non-cash
items. In addition, ‘Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA’
shall include the non-consolidated results for any Permitted
Acquisition made during the subject period, as adjusted for items
(a), (b) and (c) above.”
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
shall include the following estimated adjustments for cash
restructuring and severance costs:
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Total Estimated
Adjustment
Per Quarter
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October 31, 2008
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$
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1,943,000
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January 31, 2009
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1,143,000
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April 30, 2009
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4,640,000
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July 31, 2009
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1,071,000
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October 31, 2009
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10,855,000
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For covenant calculation purposes,
the adjustments above shall be applied on a rolling four-quarter
basis. (Therefore, the earliest adjustment for the period ending
October 31, 2008 shall be incorporated in calculations made as
of July 31, 2009, but shall not be used in calculations made
as of October 31, 2009.) The adjustments set forth above are
estimates, and they may be revised to reflect actual cash
restructuring and severance costs, or the period within which such
costs are actually incurred, with the consent of the
Agent.
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(e) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to delete the definition of “Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio” and replace such definition with the
following:
“‘ Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio ’ means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA,
less taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, less
maintenance capital expenditures of $8,000,000, less dividends paid
in cash, all for the period comprising the four prior fiscal
quarters ending on such date, to (b) Consolidated Interest
Charges paid in cash, plus consolidated principal payments required
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the subject
period.”
“‘During the one-year
period ending July 31, 2010, this ratio shall include
adjustments to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for cash severance and
restructuring expenses.
(f) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to delete the definition of “Loan Documents”
and replace with the following:
“‘ Loan Documents
’ means, collectively, this Amendment, the Loan Agreement,
the Notes, the Guaranty, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Subsidiary
Security Agreements, and all other documents executed by the
Borrower or any Guarantor or Subsidiary Guarantor and delivered to
the Agent or the Lenders (or any one of them) in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Amendment or the Loan
Agreement as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.”
(g) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to delete the definition of “Majority Lenders”
and replace it with the following:
“‘ Majority
Lenders ’ means, as of any date of determination, Lenders
having more than two-thirds, or approximately 66.67%, of the
Aggregate Commitments.”
(h) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to delete the definition of “Permitted
Acquisition” and replace it with the following:
“‘ Permitted
Acquisition ’ means any acquisition, whether by purchase,
merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of,
or more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of, or a business line or a division of,
any Person; provided that: (i) all Persons, assets,
business lines or divisions acquired shall be in the type of
business permitted to be engaged in by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.7; (ii) no Default or
Event of Default shall then exist or would exist
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after giving effect to such
acquisition; and (iii) if so requested, the Borrower shall
demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lenders that,
after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower will be in
pro forma compliance with all of the terms and provisions of the
financial covenants set forth in Section 6.13, and shall
maintain line of credit availability of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000).”
(i) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘ Security
Agreement ’ means the Security Agreement by and between
the Borrower and the Agent dated contemporaneously with this
Amendment.”
(j) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘ Subsidiary
Guarantor ’ means all subsidiaries of Borrower, unless
Agent on behalf of the Lenders expressly excludes such subsidiary
from the requirement that they guarantee all obligations of
Borrower.”
(k) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘ Subsidiary
Guaranty ’ means the Subsidiary Guaranty made by a
Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Agent and the Lenders,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F .”
(l) Section 1.1 is hereby
amended to add the following definition:
“‘ Subsidiary
Security Agreement ’ means each security agreement
executed by a Subsidiary Guarantor to secure its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit
G .”
(m) Section 2.1(a) (The
Revolving Loans and Commitment Increase Option) is hereby amended
to revise each Lender’s “Commitment Amount,” and
delete the allocation of “Aggregate Commitments”
between the Lenders and replace it with the following:
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Percentage
Interest
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Commitment
Amount
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Bank of America
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60.00
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%
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$
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69,000,000
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Union Bank
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40.00
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%
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$
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46,000,000
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Total
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100.00
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%
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$
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115,000,000
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(n) Section 2.1(b) is hereby
deleted and replaced with the following:
“At its option at any time
prior to, the Borrower may seek to increase the Aggregate
Commitments by up to an aggregate amount of Thirty Million Dollars
($30,000,000) (resulting in maximum Aggregate Commitments of One
Hundred Forty-Five Million Dollars ($145,000,000)) upon written
notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any
such increase and shall be delivered at a time when no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The Borrower may
make such a request on not more than three (3) occasions in
minimum increments of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), provided
such amount is also within the limitations provided above. The
Agent, subject to the consent of Borrower, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, may allocate the increase (which may be
declined by any Lender in its sole discretion) in the Aggregate
Commitments on either a ratable basis to the Lenders or on a non
pro-rata basis to one or more Lenders and/or to other banks or
entities reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Borrower. No
increase in the Aggregate Commitments shall become effective until
the existing or new Lenders extending such incremental Commitment
Amount and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a
document in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to
which any such existing Lender states the amount of its Commitment
increase, any such new Lender states its Commitment Amount and
agrees to assume and accept the obligations and rights of Lender
hereunder and the Borrower accepts such incremental Commitments.
The Lenders (new or existing) shall accept an assignment from the
existing Lenders, and the existing Lenders shall make an assignment
to the new or existing Lender accepting a new or increased
Commitment, of an interest (or participation interest, as
applicable) in all Loans and other credit exposure in respect of
the Aggregate Commitments such that, after giving effect thereto,
all Loans and all such other credit exposure are held ratably by
the Lenders in proportion to their respective Commitments, as may
be revised to accommodate the increase in the Aggregate
Commitments. Assignments pursuant to the preceding sentence shall
be made in exchange for the principal amount assigned plus accrued
and unpaid interest and commitment and other fees. The Borrower
shall make any payments under Section 2.8(e) resulting from
such assignments, and shall pay the Lenders certain reasonable and
customary fees. Borrower shall also pay Lenders an arrangement fee,
to be determined by the Lenders at such time as the increase in
Aggregate Commitments is implemented.”
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(o) Section 2.13(b) (Upfront
Fee) is hereby deleted and replaced with the following with regard
to this Amendment:
“Borrower shall pay to Bank of
America, as Agent for the Lenders, an upfront fee in the amount of
One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars
($143,750), or twelve and a half (12.5) basis points as
applied to the Aggregate Commitments, which shall be shared equally
by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests. This fee, as well as an arrangement fee to be presented
separately to Borrower, shall be due and payable in full at closing
of this Amendment, and shall be fully earned and non-refundable
when paid. Any exercise of the increase option as provided in
Section 2.1(b) shall require payment of any additional agency
fee required under the Fee Letter, as well as an additional upfront
fee and arrangement fee to be mutually agreed upon at the time of
the request by the Agent and Borrower.”
(p) Section 4.2(a) (Manner of
Requesting Letters of Credit) is hereby deleted and replaced with
the following:
“ Letter of Credit
Requests . From time to time during the Commitment Period,
Borrower may request that the L/C Issuer issue standby letters of
credit for Borrower’s account or extend or renew any existing
Letters of Credit. Such request will be made by delivering a
written request for the issuance, extension or renewal of such a
letter of credit to the L/C Issuer, not later than 12:00 noon
(Seattle time) on the date a new letter of credit is to be issued
or an existing letters of credit is scheduled to expire. Each such
request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty
by Borrower that as of the date of such request the statements set
forth in Article 5 hereof are true and correct and that no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will
occur as a result of issuing, extending or renewing the letter of
credit. Each such request shall (1) specify the face amount of
the requested Letter of Credit, (2) the proposed date of
expiration, (3) the name of the intended beneficiary thereof,
and (4) whether such Letter of Credit is a new standby letter
of credit or an extension or renewal thereof. Each standby Letter
of Credit requested hereunder shall be in a face amount such that
after issuance of such letter of credit (i) the principal
amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding plus the Letter of Credit
Usage will not exceed the Aggregate Commitments; and (ii) the
Letter of Credit Usage will not exceed Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000). In addition to the foregoing, unless otherwise
approved by Lenders, each Letter of Credit requested hereunder,
shall have an expiration date not later than one year after the
Maturity Date, or one year after the date of issuance of such
Letter of Credit. However, any Letter of Credit that remains
outstanding after the Maturity Date shall be secured
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by cash or deposit account balances
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of the Borrower; provided that the L/C Issuer shall
not be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to
any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to
participate in any Letter of Credit if, as of the date of such L/C
Credit Extension, the limitations set forth above are exceeded. In
the sole discretion of L/C Issuer, L/C Issuer may issue Letters of
Credit in currencies other than that of the United States of
America.”
(q) Article 6 (Affirmative
Covenants) is hereby amended to add the following affirmative
covenant:
“ 6.15 Collateral
Records . To execute and deliver promptly, and to cause the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver
promptly, to Agent, from time to time, solely for Agent’s
convenience in maintaining a record of the Collateral, such written
statements and schedules as Agent may reasonably require
designating, identifying or describing the Collateral. The failure
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, however, to promptly
give Agent such statements or schedules shall not affect, diminish,
modify or otherwise limit the Liens on the Collateral granted
pursuant to the Collateral Documents.”
(r) Sections 6.13(b) and
(c) (Financial Covenants) are hereby deleted, and a new
Section 7.12 is hereby added:
“ Section 7.12 Financial
Covenants .
(a) Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio . Permit
the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than
1.15:1.00 through January 30, 2010; (ii) 1.25:1.00 from
January 31, 2010 through July 30, 2010; and
(iii) 1.50:1.00 from July 31, 2010 and at all times
thereafter.
(b) Consolidated Leverage
Ratio . Permit the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 4.00:1.00 through
April 29, 2010; (ii) 3.50:1.00 from April 30, 2010
through July 30, 2010; and (iii) 3.00:1.00 as of
July 31, 2010 and at all times thereafter.”
(s) Section 7.3 (Indebtedness)
is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“The Borrower shall not, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to not, create, incur or become liable
for any Indebtedness except: (a) the Loans; (b) existing
Indebtedness reflected on the balance sheets
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referred to in Section 5.7;
(c) current accounts payable or accrued expenses incurred by
the Borrower in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.4;
(e) intercompany Indebtedness owing by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary permitted under
Section 7.6; (f) Indebtedness secured by newly purchased
tangible property (whether real or personal) in an aggregate amount
no greater than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) outstanding at
any time; and (g) additional unsecured Indebtedness, provided
that the total aggregate amount of such unsecured Indebtedness
including any additional amount does not exceed Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000) at any time, and provided that Borrower remains in
compliance with all covenants set forth herein.”
(t) Section 7.11(c) (Capital
Stock Repurchases) is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following:
“ Section 7.11(c) Capital
Stock Repurchases . During the term of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not purchase or repurchase any of its capital stock,
or other equity interests, including through any redemption,
acquisition, cancellation or termination transaction or series of
transactions.”
(u) Section 7.11(d) (Dividends)
is hereby added:
“ Section 7.11(d)
Dividends . During the term of this Agreement, the Borrower
shall not pay dividends, or make any similar distribution to the
shareholders, if such dividend or distribution would result in a
breach of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio.”
(v) Section 8.1(m) (Change in
Control) is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following:
“ Section 8.1(m) Change in
Control . A Change in Control occurs without the express
written consent of Agent and the Lenders. For purposes of this
Section, “Change in Control” means (1) any change
in the composition of Borrower’s board of directors over a
period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months or less such
that a majority of the board of directors ceases, by reason of one
or more contested elections for board membership, to be comprised
of individuals who either (A) have been members of the board
continuously since the beginning of such period, or (B) have
been elected or nominated for election by board members described
in (A) who were still in office at the time such election or
nomination was approved by the board; or (2) the sale,
transfer or other
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disposition of all or substantially
all of Borrower’s assets in a liquidation or dissolution of
Borrower; or (3) any merger or consolidation in which equity
securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the
board of directors of Borrower (“Voting Securities”)
exceeding more than forty percent (40%) of the total amount
outstanding of such Voting Securities are transferred to persons
different from the persons holding those Voting Securities
immediately prior to such transaction; or (4) the acquisition
by a person or a group of related persons, other than Borrower or a
person controlling, controlled or under common control with
Borrower, of beneficial ownership (as determined pursuant to Rule
13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of Voting Securities
comprising more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the total of
Borrower’s outstanding Voting Securities pursuant to a
transaction or series of related transactions which the board of
directors of Borrower does not at any time recommend that the
Borrower’s shareholders accept or approve.”
(w) Article 9 (The Agent) is hereby
amended to add the following Section 9.8:
“ 9.8 Collateral and
Guaranty Matters . The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably
authorize the Agent, at its option and in its
discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any
property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document
(i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment
in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of
Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in
connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, (iii) to confirm that the Agent does not claim
a Lien or security interest in specific property leased to Borrower
under a lease which Borrower certifies to Agent is an operating
lease, (iv) to release or subordinate any Lien or security
interest in specific property not covered elsewhere and not
exceeding an aggregate value of $2,000,000 during any fiscal year,
or (v) subject to Section 10.1 , if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing by the Majority
Lenders;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any
property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document to
the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by
Section 7.3(f) ;
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(c) to release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty if
such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction
permitted hereunder;
(d) to enter into the Collateral
Documents for the benefit of such Lender and the L/C Issuer. Each
Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby agrees, and each holder of any
Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that,
except as otherwise set forth in Section 10.01, any action
taken by the Majority Lenders, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement or the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the
Majority Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein,
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer. Agent is hereby authorized (but not obligated)
on behalf of all of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, without the
necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender or
the L/C Issuer from time to time prior to, an Event of Default, to
take any action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral
Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected
the Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral
Documents. Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender,
the L/C Issuer or any other Person to assure that the Collateral
exists or it owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantors or is
cared for, protected or insured or that the Liens granted to Agent
herein or in any of the Collateral Documents or pursuant hereto or
thereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created,
perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular
priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any
manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the
rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent in
this Section 9.8 or in any of the Collateral Documents, it
being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or
any act of omission or event related thereto, Agent may act in any
manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given
Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of Lenders and
that Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to Lenders or
the L/C Issuer, to the extent they are not the same parties;
and
(e) act as agent for the purpose of
perfecting Lenders’ and the L/C Issuer’s security
interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should
any Lender or the L/C Issuer (other than Agent) obtain possession
of any such Collateral, such Lender or L/C Issuer shall notify
Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor
shall deliver such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with
Agent’s instructions.
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Upon request by the Agent at any
time, the Majority Lenders will confirm in writing the
Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in
particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this
Section 9.8 .
3. Representations and
Warranties . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the
Agent and the Lenders as follows:
(a) No Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Amendment have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate and other action and do not
and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of,
or notice to or action by any Person (including any Governmental
Person) in order to be effective and/or enforceable. Each of this
Amendment and the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable against it, without defense, counterclaim or
offset, in accordance with its terms (subject to the waivers set
forth in this Amendment), except as limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general
applicability affecting the enforceability of creditors’
rights.
(c) All representations and
warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement and the
statements set forth in the recitals of this Amendment are true and
correct on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such
representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as
of a specific date, as of such specific date), in each case, other
than (i) those that would not be true and correct but for the
effectiveness of this Amendment, and (ii) with respect to
Section 5.16 of the Loan Agreement, as otherwise disclosed to
the Agent. The Borrower has updated the schedules to the Loan
Agreement in accordance with the attached schedules.
(d) The Borrower is entering into
this Amendment on the basis of its own business judgment, without
reliance upon the Agent, any Lender or any other Person.
4. Effective Date . This
Amendment will become effective as of the date first set forth
above (the “ Effective Date ”), provided
that each of the following conditions precedent is satisfied on or
before the Effective Date:
(a) the Agent has received, in
sufficient number for each Lender, duly executed originals (or, if
elected by the Agent, an executed facsimile copy, to be followed
promptly by delivery of executed originals) of this Amendment,
executed by the Borrower and each of the Lenders and acknowledged
by the Agent, together with the Guarantor Acknowledgment and
Consent attached hereto, executed by each Guarantor, and such other
documentation as Agent shall reasonably require, including, but not
limited to, an opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the
Guarantors, resolutions authorizing the transaction described
herein, officer’s certificates, and security documentation,
including, but not limited to, security agreements, pledge
agreements, guarantees, and other similar documentation required by
the Agent and Lenders.
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(b) all of the representations and
warranties contained herein (or incorporated herein by reference)
are true and correct as of the Effective Date.
5. Security . The parties
acknowledge that certain security documentation, including, but not
limited to, opinion letters and evidence of a first priority,
perfected security interest in all foreign and domestic Collateral,
may not be available at closing. Borrower agrees to deliver all
such items requested by Agent and Lenders, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent and Lenders in their sole discretion, not
later than ninety (90) days from the date of this
Agreement.
6. No Further Amendments .
Other than the specific amendments of the Loan Agreement as set
forth in Section 2 hereof: (i) nothing contained herein
shall be deemed a waiver of any provision, or any other existing or
future noncompliance with any provision, of the Loan Agreement
(including the Loan Agreement as amended hereby); and (ii) all
of the terms, covenants and provisions of the Loan Agreement are
and shall remain in full force and effect.
7. Miscellaneous .
(a) All references in the Loan
Agreement and in the other Loan Documents to the Loan Agreement
shall henceforth refer to the Loan Agreement as amended by this
Amendment. This Amendment shall be deemed incorporated into, and a
part of, the Loan Agreement. This Amendment is a Loan
Document.
(b) This Amendment is made pursuant
to Section 10.1 of the Loan Agreement and shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and
their respective successors and assigns. No third party
beneficiaries are intended in connection with this
Amendment.
(c) This Amendment shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of
Oregon.
(d) This Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument. Each of the parties hereto understands
and agrees that this document (and any other document required
herein) may be delivered by any party thereto either in the form of
an executed original or an executed original sent by facsimile
transmission to be followed promptly by delivery of a hard copy
original, and that receipt by the Agent of a facsimile transmitted
document purportedly bearing the signature of a Lender or the
Borrower (or Guarantor) shall bind such Lender or the Borrower (or
Guarantor), respectively, with the same force and effect as the
delivery of a hard copy original. Any failure by the Agent to
receive the hard copy executed original of such document shall not
diminish the binding effect of receipt of the facsimile transmitted
executed original of such document of the party whose hard copy
page was not received by the Agent.
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(e) If any term or provision of this
Amendment shall be deemed prohibited by or invalid under any
applicable law, such provision shall be invalidated without
affecting the remaining provisions of this Amendment or the Loan
Agreement, respectively.
(f) Each of the provisions set forth
in Section 10 of the Loan Agreement is incorporated herein by
this reference and made applicable to this Amendment.
(g) The Borrower covenants to pay to
or reimburse the Agent, upon demand, for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in
connection with the development, preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Amendment and related documents,
including any attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the security documentation described in
Section 5 above.
(h) UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST
AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY THE LENDERS CONCERNING
LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL,
FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE
BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS
CONSIDERATION, AND BE SIGNED BY THE LENDERS TO BE ENFORCEABLE
.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the
date first written above.
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CASCADE
CORPORATION, as the Borrower
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BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Agent
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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Assistant Vice President Bank of
America
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BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
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UNION BANK OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A., as a Lender
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Vice President for Bank of
America
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Title:
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Vice President for Union
Bank
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GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned Guarantor hereby:
(i) acknowledges and consents to the terms, and the execution,
delivery and performance, of the foregoing Amendment (the “
Amendment ”) (without implying the need for any such
acknowledgment or consent); and (ii) represents and warrants
to the Agent and the Lenders that, both before and after giving
effect to the Amendment: (A) its Guaranty remains in full
force and effect as an enforceable obligation of such Guarantor
(except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability
affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights), without
defense, counterclaim or offset; and (B) it is in compliance
with all of its covenants contained in its Guaranty and in each
other Loan Document applicable to it. The undersigned further
represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that the
execution and delivery by such Guarantor of, and the performance by
such Guarantor of its obligations under, this Guarantor
Acknowledgment and Consent, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate and other action and do not and will not
require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to
or action by any Person (including, without limitation, any
Governmental Person) in order to be effective and/or enforceable.
The undersigned remakes as of the Effective Date (as defined in the
Amendment) all of the representations and warranties made by it
under its Guaranty. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Loan
Agreement (as defined in the Amendment).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
Guarantor has executed this Guarantor Acknowledgment and Consent by
its duly authorized officer as of July 29, 2009.
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CASCADE XIAMEN
FORKLIFT TRUCK ATTACHMENT CO., LTD, a company formed under the laws
of the People’s Republic of China
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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JIAHAI (HEBEI)
FORKS CO., LTD., a company formed under the laws of the
People’s Republic of China
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By:
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Name:
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