Filed On 5/15/00 · SEC File 1-12290 · Accession Number 950157-0-206
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5/15/00 Panamerican Beverages Inc 20-F 12/31/99 3:123 Cravath Swaine &...01/FA
Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer · Form 20-F
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1: 20-F Annual Report of a Foreign Private Issuer 115 430K
2: EX-10.1 Amendment to Credit Agreement 7 13K
3: EX-23.1 Consent 1 3K
EX-10.1 · Amendment to Credit Agreement
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EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of March 27, 2000 (this
"Amendment"), to the Credit Agreement dated as of March
18, 1999 as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of August
30, 1999 (as may be further amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among
Panamerican Beverages, Inc., a Panamanian corporation (the
"Borrower"), the lenders named therein (the "Lenders"),
ING Baring (U.S.) Capital LLC, as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as syndication agent
(the "Syndication Agent") for the Lenders, and Bank Boston
N.A., as documentation agent (the "Documentation Agent")
for the Lenders.
A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have extended
credit to the Borrower, and have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower, in
each case pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein.
B. The Borrower has requested that, pursuant to Section 8.01 of the
Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of
the Credit Agreement as provided herein.
C. The Required Lenders are willing so to amend the Credit Agreement
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
D. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments. (a) Section 5.04(a) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended as follows:
Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain an Interest Coverage Ratio
(calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter or year, as reflected in
the quarterly or annual financial statements for such quarter or year, for the
twelve-month period ending on the relevant date of determination) of not less
than 2.75 to 1.
(b) Section 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
Debt to EBITDA Ratio. Maintain a ratio of Consolidated Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA (calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter or
year hereinafter indicated, as reflected in the quarterly or annual financial
statements for such fiscal quarter or year, for the twelve-month period ending
on the relevant date of determination) of not more than (i) 3.25 to 1 through
the fourth quarter of 2000 and (ii) 3.0 to 1 thereafter.
(c) Section 5.04(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the reference to U.S.$1,750,000,000 with U.S.$1,500,000,000.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent, to the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agent and to each of the Lenders that:
(a) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Borrower and constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms except
as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(b) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the
representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the Credit
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the
same effect as if made on the date hereof, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(c) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment No. 2, no
Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment No. 2 shall
become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts of this Amendment No. 2 that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of the Borrower and the Required Lenders.
SECTION 4. Credit Agreement. Except as specifically amended hereby,
the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance
with the provisions thereof as in existence on the date hereof. After the date
hereof, any reference to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement
as amended hereby.
SECTION 5. Loan Document. This Amendment No. 2 shall be a Loan
Document for all purposes.
SECTION 6. Effective Time. This Amendment No. 2 shall be effective
as of December 31, 1999.
SECTION 7. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each
of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 9. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this
Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Mayer,
Brown & Platt, counsel for the Administrative Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and
year first written above.
PANAMERICAN BEVERAGES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
ING BARING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC,
individually and as
Administrative Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
BANK BOSTON N.A.,
individually and as Documentation Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
AMENDMENT NO. 2
DATED AS OF
March 27, 2000
To Approve the Amendment:
Name of Institution Monumental Life Insurance Company
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Inc.
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution The Chase Manhattan Bank
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A.
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika AG,
Panama Branch
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution ING BANK N.V., acting through its Curacao
Branch
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Comerica Bank
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution General Electric Capital Corporation
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Banque Nationale de Paris,
Panama Branch
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale,
New York Branch
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Allstate Life Insurance Company
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Allstate Insurance Company
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Citibank Mexico S.A.
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise
by
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Name:
Title:
Name of Institution Hamburgische Landesbank Girozentrale
by
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Name:
Title:
Title:
Name of Institution Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-
Boerenleenbank B.A.,
"Rabobank Nederland", New York Branch
by
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Name:
Title:
Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated By Reference
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| For The Period Ended | | 12/31/99 | | 2 | | | | | 6-K |
| | 3/27/00 | | 1 | | 4 |
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