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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT ▇▇. ▇
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Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 24, 1998 (as amended, modified and
in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among BOWATER
INCORPORATED (the "Company"), the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party
thereto, the Banks and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent").
The Company desires to modify certain provisions of the Credit Agreement,
and the Banks are willing to make such modifications on the terms and conditions
of this Amendment below. Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing premises
and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment,
terms defined in the redit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the execution and delivery hereof by each
Borrower, the Banks constituting the Majority Banks and the Administrative
Agent, with effect as of the date hereof, the parties hereby agree that the
Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
2.01. Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended by adding and amending and restating the following definitions (to
the extent already included in said Section 1.01), as follows:
"Alliance" shall mean Alliance Forest Products Inc., a
corporation existing under the laws of Canada.
"Alliance Arrangement" shall mean the arrangement in respect of
Alliance and its shareholders under the provisions of Section 192 of
the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44, as
amended, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan of
Arrangement under and as defined in the Alliance Arrangement
Agreement.
"Alliance Arrangement Agreement" shall mean the Arrangement
Agreement dated as of April 1, 2001 between the Company and Alliance.
2.02. Initial and Subsequent Loans. Section 7.03 of the Credit
Agreement shall be amended by inserting "Section 8" in lieu of the
reference to "Section 8.01" in clause (b) therein.
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2.03. Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Section 9.05 of the Credit
Agreement shall be amended by inserting "and the Alliance Arrangement"
immediately after the word "Arrangement" in clause (a) therein.
2.04. Limitation on Liens. Section 9.06 of the Credit Agreement shall
be amended by inserting "Section 9.11(g)" in lieu of the reference to
"Section 9.11(f)" in clause (j) therein.
2.05. Indebtedness. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended by (i) deleting the "and" at the end of clause (e) therein, (ii)
deleting the "(f)" in clause (f) therein and placing the remaining text
thereof into a new clause "(g)" therein and (iii) inserting a new clause
(f) therein to read in its entirety as follows:
"(f) Indebtedness of (i) Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Inc. in an
aggregate principal amount up to but not exceeding $110,000,000 and
(ii) one or more Subsidiaries of the Company in respect of bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments in a principal amount up to
but not exceeding $600,000,000 in the aggregate as to all such
Subsidiaries, to be incurred in connection with the refinancing of
Indebtedness incurred by the Company in connection with the Alliance
Arrangement; and".
2.06. Dispositions. Schedule V to the Credit Agreement shall be
amended by adding "timberlands located in the southeastern United States
that support the Company's Catawba operations" thereto.
Section 3. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and each reference to the
Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, shall be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as the same may be
further amended, supplemented and otherwise modified and in effect from time to
time. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be identical and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
one and the same instrument. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law
of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANY
BOWATER INCORPORATED
Witness: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
individually and as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
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ABN AMRO BANK
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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NATIONAL CANADA FINANCE
CORPORATION
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ III
Title: Associate Director
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
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SUNTRUST BANKS INC.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
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BANK OF MONTREAL
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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DG BANK, DEUTSCHE
GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK, AG
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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