TEREX CORP
10-Q, EX-10, 2000-08-11
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                         AMENDMENT  No.  1  dated  as of  June  16,  2000  (this
                    "Amendment"),  to the Tranche C Credit Agreement dated as of
                    July 2, 1999,  as amended and restated as of August 23, 1999
                    (the  "Credit  Agreement"),   among  TEREX  CORPORATION,   a
                    Delaware  corporation  (the  "Borrower"),  the LENDERS party
                    thereto and CREDIT  SUISSE FIRST  BOSTON,  a bank  organized
                    under the laws of  Switzerland,  acting through its New York
                    branch ("CSFB"),  as administrative agent (in such capacity,
                    the "Administrative Agent") and as collateral agent (in such
                    capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the Lenders.


                  A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have extended
credit to the Borrower  pursuant to the terms and subject to the  conditions set
forth therein.

                  B. The Borrower has requested  that certain  provisions of the
Credit Agreement be amended in the form hereof.

                  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. Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such term 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.  Amendment to Credit  Agreement.  (a) The following
definitions  are  added  to  Section  1.01  of the  Credit  Agreement  in  their
appropriate alphabetical positions:

               "Foreign  Subsidiary  Issuer" shall mean any Foreign  Subsidiary,
          65% or more of the equity interest in which has been pledged to secure
          the Obligations pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

               "Second-Tier   Foreign   Subsidiary"   shall  mean  any   Foreign
          Subsidiary  that  is not a  Foreign  Subsidiary  Issuer  or a  Special
          Purpose Foreign Holding Subsidiary.

               "Special Purpose Foreign Holding  Subsidiary"  shall mean (a) any
          Foreign  Subsidiary  Issuer  that  does  not  engage  in any  trade or
          business or otherwise conduct any business activity other than (i) the
          ownership of any Foreign Subsidiary and activities  incidental to such
          ownership,  (ii) the incurrence of  Indebtedness  permitted by Section
          6.01 and (iii) the making of investments, loans and advances permitted
          by Section  6.04 or (b) any direct and wholly  owned  subsidiary  of a
          Special Purpose Foreign Holding Subsidiary as defined in clause (a) of
          this  definition if such direct and wholly owned  subsidiary  does not
          engage in any trade or business  or  otherwise  conduct  any  business
          activity  other than (i) the ownership of any Foreign  Subsidiary  and
          activities  incidental  to such  ownership,  (ii)  the  incurrence  of


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          Indebtedness  permitted  by  Section  6.01 and  (iii)  the  making  of
          investments, loans and advances permitted by Section 6.04.

     (b) Section 6.05(a) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:


                  SECTION  6.05.  Mergers,  Consolidations,  Sales of Assets and
         Acquisitions.  (a) Merge into or consolidate with any other person,  or
         permit any other person to merge into or consolidate  with it, or sell,
         transfer,  lease or otherwise  dispose of (in one  transaction  or in a
         series  of  transactions)  all or any  substantial  part of its  assets
         (whether now owned or hereafter  acquired) or any capital  stock of any
         Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction
         or a series of transactions)  all or substantially all of the assets of
         any other  person,  except  that (i) the  Borrower  and any  Subsidiary
         (other than an Inactive  Subsidiary  or Finsub) may  purchase  and sell
         inventory in the ordinary course of business,  (ii)(A) the Borrower and
         any  Subsidiary  (other than an Inactive  Subsidiary)  may sell Program
         Receivables  to Finsub  and (B)  Finsub  may sell  Program  Receivables
         pursuant to the Receivables  Program  Documentation and (iii) if at the
         time thereof and  immediately  after giving effect  thereto no Event of
         Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (A) any wholly
         owned  Subsidiary  (other than Finsub) may merge into the Borrower in a
         transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (B) any
         wholly  owned  Subsidiary   (other  than  Finsub)  may  merge  into  or
         consolidate  with any other wholly owned Subsidiary in a transaction in
         which the surviving  entity is a wholly owned  Subsidiary and no person
         other than the  Borrower  or a wholly  owned  Subsidiary  receives  any
         consideration;   provided   that,   if  either  of  the  wholly   owned
         Subsidiaries party to such merger or consolidation is a Guarantor, then
         the surviving entity shall be or become a Guarantor,  (C) in connection
         with  any  Permitted  Acquisition  pursuant  to  Section  6.04(d),  the
         Borrower or any wholly  owned  Subsidiary  may acquire or merge into or
         consolidate  with  any  entity  acquired  pursuant  to  such  Permitted
         Acquisition  in a  transaction  in which  the  surviving  entity is the
         Borrower  or a  wholly  owned  Subsidiary;  provided  that,  (x) if the
         Borrower is a party to such merger or consolidation, the Borrower shall
         be the surviving  corporation,  and (y) if any wholly owned  Subsidiary
         that  is a  Guarantor  merges  into or  consolidates  with  any  entity
         acquired  pursuant to such  Permitted  Acquisition,  then the surviving
         entity  shall be or  become a  Guarantor,  (D)  following  the  initial
         Powerscreen  Borrowing,  the  Borrower  may  contribute,  or  otherwise
         transfer,  all of the equity in Terex  Equipment  Limited  (other  than
         directors'  qualifying  shares)  to  Bidco,  (E)  the  Borrower  or any
         Subsidiary  may transfer not less than 100% of the capital stock of, or
         assets of, a Domestic Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any wholly owned
         Domestic Subsidiary where no person other than the Borrower or a wholly
         owned Subsidiary receives any consideration; provided that, if (x) such
         capital stock or such assets being  transferred is capital stock of, or
         assets of, a Guarantor, then the recipient thereof shall be or become a
         Guarantor,  and (y) if the  transferor  of such  capital  stock or such
         assets is a Guarantor,  then the recipient thereof shall be or become a
         Guarantor,  (F) the  Borrower or any  Subsidiary  may transfer not less
         than 100% of the capital  stock of, or assets of, a Foreign  Subsidiary
         Issuer to any  Special  Purpose  Foreign  Holding  Subsidiary  where no
         person other than the Borrower or a wholly  owned  Subsidiary  receives
         any consideration,  (G) any Second-Tier Foreign Subsidiary may transfer
         not less than 100% of the capital stock of, or assets of, a Second-Tier


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         Foreign Subsidiary to the Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary where
         no person other than the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary receives
         any  consideration  and (H) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may transfer
         not  less  than  100% of the  capital  stock  of,  or  assets  of,  any
         Second-Tier  Foreign  Subsidiary to any Special Purpose Foreign Holding
         Subsidiary or any Foreign  Subsidiary Issuer where no person other than
         the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary receives any consideration.

     (c) Section 6.08 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

                  SECTION 6.08.  Business of Borrowers and Subsidiaries.  Engage
         at any time in any business or business activity other than the Related
         Business;  provided,  however,  that (a) Bidco  shall not engage in any
         trade or business,  or otherwise conduct any business  activity,  other
         than the ownership of any Foreign Subsidiary and activities  incidental
         to such  ownership,  (b)  Finsub  shall  not  engage  in any  trade  or
         business,  or otherwise conduct any business  activity,  other than the
         performance of its obligations  pursuant to the Receivables Program and
         other  incidental  activities  and (c)  each  Special  Purpose  Foreign
         Holding  Subsidiary  shall  not  engage  in any  trade or  business  or
         otherwise conduct any business activity, other than as permitted by the
         definition of Special Purpose Foreign Holding Subsidiary.

                  SECTION  2.  Representations  and  Warranties.   Each  of  the
Borrowers  represents and warrants to each other party hereto 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 on and as of the effective date of this Amendment, except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and (b)
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

                  SECTION  3.   Effectiveness.   This  Amendment   shall  become
effective as of the date that the Administrative Agent or its counsel shall have
received  counterparts of this Amendment  which,  when taken together,  bear the
signatures of each of the  Borrowers and the Required  Lenders under each Credit
Agreement.

                  SECTION 4. Effect of Amendment.  Except as expressly set forth
herein,  this Amendment  shall not by implication  or otherwise  limit,  impair,
constitute  a waiver of, or  otherwise  affect the  rights and  remedies  of the
Lenders,  the Swingline  Lender,  any Issuing Bank, the Collateral  Agent or the
Administrative Agent, under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and
shall  not  alter,  modify,  amend  or in any  way  affect  any  of  the  terms,
conditions,  obligations,  covenants  or  agreements  contained  in  the  Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document,  all of which are ratified and affirmed in
all respects and shall  continue in full force and effect.  Nothing herein shall
be deemed to  entitle  any  Borrower  to a consent  to, or a waiver,  amendment,
modification  or other  change of, any of the  terms,  conditions,  obligations,
covenants  or  agreements  contained  in the Credit  Agreement or any other Loan
Document in similar or different  circumstances.  This Amendment shall apply and
be  effective  only with  respect  to the  provisions  of the  Credit  Agreement
specifically referred to herein.


                  SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,


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each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be deemed an original,  but
all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Delivery of any executed  counterpart  of a signature  page of this Amendment by
facsimile  transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof.

                  SECTION 6.  Applicable  Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  SECTION 7.  Headings.  The headings of this  Amendment are for
purposes of reference  only and shall not limit or otherwise  affect the meaning
hereof.



                  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 above written.

                      TEREX CORPORATION,

                            by   /s/ Ronald M. DeFeo


                                  Name:   Ronald M. DeFeo
                                  Title:  President, Chief Executive Officer




                      CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
                      individually and as Administrative Agent, Collateral
                      Agent and Swingline Lender,

                            by  /s/ Bill O'Daly

                                  Name:  Bill O'Daly
                                  Title: Vice President

                            by  /s/ Julia P. Kingsbury

                                  Name:  Julia P. Kingsbury
                                  Title: Vice President





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                                                       FORM OF SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                              AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                                                TRANCHE C CREDIT
                                                                       AGREEMENT




To approve the Amendment:

                           Name of Institution:


                                                 by
                                                     Name:
                                                     Title:



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