FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of October 23, 1996 (this "Amendment"), to the
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Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 1996 (as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
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among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CORP., a New York corporation (the "Company"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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COMMAND COMPANY, a company organized and existing under the laws of the Province
of Nova Scotia (the "Canadian Borrower" and, together with the Company, the
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"Borrowers"), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to
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time parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"), Canadian Imperial Bank of
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Commerce, New York Agency, as US Administrative Agent for the US$ Lenders
thereunder and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Canadian Administrative
Agent for the C$ Lenders thereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make
certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested, and, upon this Amendment becoming
effective, the Required Lenders have agreed, that certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement be amended in the manner provided for in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
I. Defined Terms. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein
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shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
II. Amendments to Credit Agreement.
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1. Amendment to Subsection 8.7. Subsection 8.7 of the Credit Agreement
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is hereby amended by deleting the reference to "US$20,000,000" in clause (i) of
the proviso thereto and in lieu thereof substituting the reference to
"US$23,000,000".
III. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective
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on the date (the "Amendment Effective Date") the Borrowers, the Administrative
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Agents and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered to the US
Administrative Agent this Amendment.
IV. General.
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1. Representation and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agents
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and the Lenders parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Company hereby
represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders as of the Amendment
Effective Date that:
(a) Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.
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(1) Each Borrower has the corporate power and authority, and the legal
right, to make and deliver this Amendment and to perform the Loan Documents, as
amended by this Amendment, and has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the
performance of the Loan Documents, as so amended.
(2) No consent or authorization of, approval by, notice to, filing with or
other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment or with
the performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents, as amended by
this Amendment.
(3) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each
Borrower.
(4) Each of this Amendment and each Loan Document, as amended by this
Amendment, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower
enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as
affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
(b) No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this
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Amendment and the performance of the Loan Documents, as amended by this
Amendment, will not violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of
each Borrower or of any of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require,
the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its or their respective
properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual
Obligation.
(c) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
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made by the Company in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, before and after giving
effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment, as if made on and as of the
Amendment Effective Date.
2. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay or reimburse the US
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Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Amendment, any other documents prepared in
connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the US
Administrative Agent.
3. No Other Amendments; Confirmation. Except as expressly amended,
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modified and supplemented hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Governing Law; Counterparts. (a) This Amendment and the rights and
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obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
(b) This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this
Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set
of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the parties shall be lodged with
each of the Company and the US Administrative Agent. This Amendment may be
delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CORP.
By:
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Title:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ COMMAND COMPANY
By:
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Title:
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF
COMMERCE, NEW YORK AGENCY,
as US Administrative Agent and US$ Lender
By:
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Title: Director, CIBC Wood Gundy
Securities Corp., AS AGENT
BANK OF IRELAND GRAND CAYMAN
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
MARYLAND
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCIAL
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as a Lender
By:
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Title:
