Exhibit 10.18
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of November 10, 1997 among PERINI CORPORATION
(the "Borrower"), the BANKS listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively,
the "Banks") and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Agent (the
"Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent are parties to an Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 17, 1997 (the "Credit
Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the operating cash
flow covenant contained in Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement for the period
from January 1, 1997 through September 30, 1997;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Banks have agreed to modify the
obligations of the Borrower under Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement to pay
certain out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions; References. Unless otherwise specifically
defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Credit Agreement
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Each
reference to "hereof", "hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other similar
reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each other similar
reference contained in the Credit Agreement shall from and after the date hereof
refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Minimum Operating Cash Flow Covenant. Section
5.14 of the Credit Agreement is amended to change the minimum amount Operating
Cash Flow required for the period from January 1, 1997 through September 30,
1997 from "$0" to "($8,000,000)".
SECTION 3. Amendments to Expense Provision. Section 9.03(a) of the
Credit Agreement is amended (a) to change the reference to "$60,000" therein to
"$85,000" and (b) to change the reference to "$50,000" therein to "$75,000".
SECTION 4. Agreement to Provide Detailed Plan. The Borrower agrees to
provide each Bank, prior to the date of its meeting with the Banks in December,
1997, a plan describing the steps that it will take to ensure its future
compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement, which plan
shall be in sufficient detail as may be reasonably acceptable to the Required
Banks.
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties Correct; No Default. The
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants that on and as of
the date hereof, after giving effect to this Amendment No. 1, (a) the
representations and warranties of each Obligor contained in each Financing
Document, as amended, to which it is a party are true and (b) no Default under
the Credit Agreement exists.
SECTION 6. Effect of Amendments. Except as expressly set forth herein,
the amendments contained herein shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of
any term or condition of the Credit Agreement or of any other Financing
Document, and all such terms and conditions shall remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
SECTION 9. Consent by Subsidiary Guarantors. By signing this Amendment
below, each Subsidiary Guarantor affirms its obligations under the Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement and acknowledges that this Amendment shall not alter,
release, discharge or otherwise affect any of such obligations, all of which
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects.
SECTION 10. Effectiveness. This Amendment No. shall become effective as
of the date hereof when the Agent shall have received dully executed
counterparts hereof signed by the Borrower, the Required Banks and the Agent
(or, in the case of any party as to which an executed counterpart shall not have
been received, the Agent shall have received telegraphic, telex or other written
confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart hereof by such
party).
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.
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