filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2005, August 9, 2005 and November 1, 2005.
(b) The definition of the term “Cash Equivalent Investment” set forth in Section 1.01 is amended by (i) deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of clause (d) thereof and substituting in lieu thereof a comma and (ii) adding before the period at the end thereof the following:
(a) Clause (a) is hereby amended by deleting in subclause (i) of the proviso thereof the date “December 31, 2005” and substituting in lieu thereof the date “March 31, 2006”.
(b) Clause (b) is hereby amended by deleting the date “December 31, 2005” appearing in the proviso at the end thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the date “March 31, 2006”.
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| thereto and all other amendments, modifications and waivers with respect to any other such Debt, Holdings would be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.01 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been made available hereunder, determined on a pro forma basis as if all such amendments, modifications and waivers and any related payments or other compensation had been made on the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended. |
SECTION 6.Amendment of Waivers of the Credit Agreement. Section 4 of the Amendment and Waiver dated as of March 21, 2005, to the Credit Agreement and Section 2 of the Amendment dated as of June 22, 2005, to the Credit Agreement, are hereby amended by deleting clause (b) of such waivers in their entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
| (b) For purposes hereof, the term “Reporting Violation” means any failure to comply with any provision of any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any Material Debt that requires the delivery of financial statements for Holdings and its subsidiaries or the filing by Holdings of reports (or delivery by Holdings of reports required to be filed by it) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent such non-compliance results from the failure by Holdings to deliver audited or unaudited financial statements for any annual or quarterly period ending prior to March 31, 2006 or to file its report on Form 10-K or 10-Q for any such period, in each case within the time required, or to deliver any related compliance or similar certificates required to be delivered under any such agreement or instrument, in each case within the time required |
SECTION 7.Representations and Warranties. Each of Holdings and the Borrowers hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agents that, after giving effect to this Amendment:
(a) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as if made on the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date.
(b) As of the Amendment Effective Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 8.Conditions to Effectiveness.This Amendment shall become effective as of the date of the satisfaction in full of the following conditions precedent (the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) The U.S. Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders.
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(b) The U.S. Administrative Agent shall have received all amounts due and payable hereunder or under the Credit Agreement on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, including the fee described in Section 9 and, to the extent invoiced, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agents (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agents).
SECTION 9.Amendment Fee. In consideration of the agreements of the Lenders contained in this Amendment, the Borrowers agree to pay to the U.S. Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that delivers an executed counterpart of this Amendment at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on November 10, 2005, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.10% of the sum of such Lender’s U.S. $ Revolving Commitments, Canadian Revolving Commitments, Additional Revolving Commitments, Tranche B Credit-Linked Deposits (without giving effect to any reduction attributable to any unreimbursed Tranche B LC Disbursements) and outstanding Term Loans (collectively, such Lender’s “Credit Exposure”), determined as of and payable on the Amendment Effective Date;provided that (i) such fee shall be payable in Dollars with respect to each such Lender’s U.S. $ Revolving Commitments, Additional Revolving Commitments, Canadian Revolving Commitments, Tranche B Credit-Linked Deposits and outstanding Term Loans and (ii) such fee shall not be payable unless and until all conditions to the effectiveness of this Amendment as provided in Section 8 (other than payment of such amendment fee) shall have been satisfied.
SECTION 10.Credit Agreement. Except as specifically stated herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof.
SECTION 11.Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 12.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument. 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 13.Expenses. Holdings and the Borrowers agree to reimburse the Administrative Agents for their out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agents.
[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
UNITED RENTALS, INC., by__________________________ Name: Title: UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.,
by__________________________ Name: Title: UNITED RENTALS OF CANADA, INC.,
by__________________________ Name: Title: UNITED RENTALS OF NOVA SCOTIA (NO. 1), ULC,
by__________________________ Name: Title: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as U.S. Administrative Agent,
by__________________________ Name: Title: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, individually and as Canadian Administrative Agent,
by__________________________ Name: Title: |
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Name of Institution: | SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2005, TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2004, AS AMENDED, AMONG UNITED RENTALS, INC., UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC., UNITED RENTALS OF CANADA, INC., UNITED RENTALS OF NOVA SCOTIA (NO. 1), ULC, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS U.S. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS A CANADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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by _____________________________________ Name: Title: |