EX-10 4 amendcredag2.txt AMENDMENT 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 11/29/01 EXHIBIT 10.8 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") --------- dated as of November 29, 2001 is by and among OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), NEW CF&I, INC., a Delaware corporation ("New -------- CF&I"), and CF&I STEEL, L.P. (dba Rocky Mountain Steel Mills), a Delaware limited partnership ("RMSM" and, together with NEW CF&I, each a "Guarantor" and together, "Guarantors"), the financial institutions parties hereto, as Lenders, and PPM FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Agent for the Lenders ("Agent"). Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this ----- Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined). RECITALS -------- WHEREAS, Agent, the Lenders named therein, Borrower and the Guarantors are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2000 (as amended, the "Existing Credit Agreement", and as amended hereby and ------------------------- hereafter further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and ---------------- WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Agent and Lenders, and Agent and Lenders have agreed to, amend the Existing Credit Agreement as described herein, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual execution hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows: SECTION 1. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. Subject to the ------------------------------------------- satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 8 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as follows: (a) The Commitment of the sole Lender party to the Existing Credit Agreement as reflected on the signature page to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: "Commitment: $100,000,000; provided that such Commitment shall be reduced on January 1, 2002 to $85,000,000 and shall be further reduced on April 1, 2002 to $75,000,000." (b) Section 5.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: "Extension Fee. In lieu of any termination fee and in ------------- consideration for the Agent and the Lenders extending the Original Term pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of November 29, 2001 among the parties hereto, the Borrower agrees to pay the Agent for the account of the Lenders a fee in the amount of -1- $1,000,000 which was earned on November 29, 2001 and which shall be due and payable on January 15, 2002. (c) Section 5 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 5.8 as follows: "Section 5.8 Second Amendment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay -------------------- the Agent for the account of the Lenders an amendment fee in the amount of $187,500 which was earned on November 29, 2001 in connection with the execution of that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of November 29, 2001 among the parties hereto and which shall be due and payable on January 15, 2002. (d) Section 10.6(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the date "March 31, 2002" with the following new language: "March 31, 2002 and the last day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter". (e) Section 14.20 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date "April 30, 2002" set forth therein and replacing it with "September 30, 2002." SECTION 2. Representations And Warranties of Credit Parties. ------------------------------------------------ The Borrower and each Guarantor represents and warrants that: (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each such Person of this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); (b) each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof; and (c) neither the execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby does or shall contravene, result in a breach of, or violate (i) any provision of such Person's certificate or articles of organization or by-laws, (ii) any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound, except in any such case to the extent such conflict or breach has been waived by a written waiver document, a copy of which has been delivered to Agent on or before the date hereof. SECTION 3. Acknowledgments Regarding Credit Agreement. ------------------------------------------ -2- (a) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. (b) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement. (c) Each of Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that there is no defense, setoff or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description to the Obligations or the payment thereof when due. (d) Each Guarantor acknowledges the amendments provided by this Amendment and hereby reaffirms its guarantee pursuant to Section 15 of the Credit Agreement. SECTION 4. Costs And Expenses. As provided in Section 14.6 of the ------------------ Credit Agreement, Borrower agrees to reimburse Agent for all fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent (including attorney costs) in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment (and the other documents to be delivered in connection herewith). SECTION 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND ------------- CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. SECTION 6. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are -------- included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purposes. SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any ------------ number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION 8. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective ------------- when each of the following conditions precedent have been met to the satisfaction of Agent and Lenders or waived in writing by Agent and Lenders: (i) Amendment. Agent, Borrower, the Guarantors and Lenders shall --------- have delivered to the other duly executed counterparts to this Amendment. [Signature Page Follows] -3- Delivered at Chicago, Illinois, as of the day and year first above written. OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC. By: /s/ L. Ray Adams -------------------------------------------------- Name: L. Ray Adams ------------------------------------------------ Title Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------------------------ CF&I STEEL, L.P. (dba Rocky Mountain Steel Mills) By: /s/ L. Ray Adams -------------------------------------------------- Name: L. Ray Adams ------------------------------------------------ Title Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------------------------ NEW CF&I, INC. By: /s/ L. Ray Adams -------------------------------------------------- Name: L. Ray Adams ------------------------------------------------ Title Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------------------------ PPM FINANCE, INC., as Agent and as attorney in fact for the only Lender under the Credit Agreement referred to in the above Amendment By: /s/ Robert J. O'Rourke -------------------------------------------------- Name: Robert J. O'Rourke ------------------------------------------------ Title Managing Director, Commercial Finance ------------------------------------------------ [Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement] S-1