FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
THIS AGREEMENT dated as of August 20, 2025.
AMONG:
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (the “Borrower”) as Borrower,
and
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LIMITED (the “Covenantor”), as Covenantor
OF THE FIRST PART
and
BANK OF MONTREAL, a Canadian chartered bank, as administrative agent of the Lenders (hereinafter referred to as the “Agent”),
OF THE SECOND PART
and
EACH PERSON NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF in their capacity as a Lender (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”),
OF THE THIRD PART
WHEREAS the parties hereto entered into the Credit Agreement;
AND WHEREAS the parties hereto have agreed to amend and supplement certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set out herein;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 In this Agreement and the recitals hereto, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith:
“Agreement” means this first amending agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time;
“Amended Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, and as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time;
“Credit Agreement” means the third amended and restated credit agreement dated as of June 25, 2024, between the Borrower, the Covenantor, the Agent and the Lenders; and
“Effective Date” means the date on which all of the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived by the Lenders.
1.2 Capitalized terms used herein without express definition shall have the same meanings herein as are ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
1.3 The division of this Agreement into Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Section or other portion hereof and include any agreements supplemental hereto. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all references to “Section” or “Sections” are intended to refer to a Section or Sections of the Credit Agreement.
2. AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
2.1 Effective as of the Effective Date:
| (a) | The cover page of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding “Royal Bank of Canada” as a Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Documentation Agent; |
| (b) | the definition of “2 Year Maturity Date” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the reference therein to “June 25, 2026” with “ June 25, 2027”; |
| (c) | the definition of “5 Year Maturity Date” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the reference therein to “June 25, 2029” with “ June 25, 2030”; and |
| (d) | Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 11.5(c) immediately following Section 11.5(b): |
| “(c) | For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing information regarding suspected violations of laws, rules, or regulations to a governmental regulatory, or self-regulatory authority without any notification to any Person.”. |
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 The Covenantor hereby represents and warrants to and in favour of the Agent and the Lenders that as of the Effective Date:
| (a) | there exists no Default or Event of Default; and |
| (b) | the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement (other than: (i) any representations and warranties which expressly speak of an earlier date, and with this Agreement being a Credit Document and references to the Credit Agreement being deemed to be references to the Amended Credit Agreement; or (ii) those representations and warranties which are already subject to a materiality threshold (such as Material Adverse Effect), which shall be true and correct in all respects) are true and correct in all material respects. |
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4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS
4.1 This Agreement shall be effective on the date each of the following conditions precedent are satisfied (or waived by the Lenders hereunder):
| (a) | the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent an executed copy of this Agreement for each Lender; and |
| (b) | each Lender shall have been paid all fees as have been agreed to with the Borrower in respect of this Agreement. |
5. CONFIRMATION OF CREDIT AGREEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
The Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which the Covenantor and the Borrower are parties and all covenants, terms and provisions thereof, except as expressly amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall be and continue to be in full force and effect. The Credit Agreement as amended hereby is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall from and after the date hereof continue in full force and effect, provided that this Agreement shall not constitute a novation, discharge, rescission, extinguishment or substitution of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall, for all purposes, be considered to be a Credit Document. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Agent under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents.
6. FURTHER ASSURANCES
The parties hereto shall from time to time do all such further acts and things and execute and deliver all such documents as are required in order to effect the full intent of and fully perform and carry out the terms of this Agreement.
7. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by fax or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including, without limitation, as in provided Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by fax or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by fax or other electronic transmission.
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8. GOVERNING LAW
The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where property or assets of the Borrower or the Covenantor may be found.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
| CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, | ||
| as Borrower | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Vice-President Capital Markets and Treasurer | |
| CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY | ||
| LIMITED, as Covenantor | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Vice-President Capital Markets and Treasurer | |
Signature page to First Amending Agreement
| THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||
| BANK OF MONTREAL | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signatory | ||
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| THE LENDERS | ||
| BANK OF MONTREAL | ||
| Per: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signatory | ||
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| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CANADA | ||
| BRANCH | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Executive Director | ||
| Per: | /s/ Jia Fan | |
| ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Director | ||
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| THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Associate Director | ||
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| ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A., CANADIAN | ||
| BRANCH | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING | ||
| CORPORATION, CANADA BRANCH | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
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| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| CITIBANK, N.A., CANADIAN BRANCH | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK USA | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| ATB FINANCIAL | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
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| FÉDÉRATION DES CAISSES ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ DU QUÉBEC | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Senior Vice President Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK, N.A. | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Authorized Signing Officer | ||
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| MUFG BANK, LTD., CANADA BRANCH | ||
| Per: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Director | ||
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