CREDIT SUISSE FIRST XXXXXX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
APPLIED POWER INC.
(doing business as Actuant Corporation)
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
July 31, 2000
Letter of Credit Fee Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated the date hereof (the
"Credit Agreement") among Credit Suisse First Boston as Lead Arranger and
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Administrative Agent ("CSFB"), the other Agents and Lenders named therein and
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Applied Power Inc. (doing business as Actuant Corporation) ("Actuant" or "you").
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Terms used but not defined in this fee letter agreement (the "Fee Letter") have
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the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
You agree to pay to the Issuing Bank with respect to each Letter of
Credit, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each
year and on the L/C Maturity Date, a fronting fee equal to (x) in the case of a
Letter of Credit issued by Credit Suisse First Boston as the Issuing Bank, 0.25%
per annum on the aggregate outstanding face amount of such Letter of Credit and
(y) in the case of a Letter of Credit issued by any Lender other than Credit
Suisse First Boston as the Issuing Bank, such amount as shall have been agreed
upon by you and such Lender.
You agree that this Fee Letter is a Loan Document and your obligations
hereunder an Obligation under the Credit Agreement.
This Fee Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Fee Letter by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Fee Letter.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please
indicate your acceptance of the terms hereof by signing in the appropriate space
below and returning to us the enclosed duplicate originals hereof, whereupon
this Fee Letter shall become a binding agreement between us.
Very truly yours,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted and agreed to as of the date
first written above by:
APPLIED POWER INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
