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EX-10.4 5 o37189exv10w4.htm EX-10.4 Cott Corporation
 

Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
     This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 17, 2007 by and among the parties named on the signature pages hereto.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
          Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of April 1, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “RPA”) among Cott USA Receivables Corporation, as seller (the “Seller”), Cott Beverages Inc., as servicer (the “Servicer”), Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (together with Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC, the “Purchasers”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent (the “Agent”) for the Purchasers.
          The Seller has requested that the Purchasers and the Agent amend the RPA as more specifically described below on the terms and conditions set forth below.
          Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Purchasers and the Agent are willing to agree to amend the RPA described in this Amendment.
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
          SECTION 1. Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the RPA.
          SECTION 2. Amendment to RPA. Effective as of the “Effective Date” (defined below), Section 3.A. of Schedule C to the RPA is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
     A. Maximum Total Leverage Ratio. As of any fiscal quarter end, the ratio of (a) Total Funded Indebtedness on such date less an amount, not to exceed $30,000,000, of cash and Cash Equivalents of Cott Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is available for immediate application to repay the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement without any restrictions as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date (such ratio, the “Total Leverage Ratio”), to exceed the corresponding ratio set forth below:
     
Period   Ratio
From and including April 1, 2005 through and including June 30, 2006
  3.25 to 1.00

 


 

     
Period   Ratio
From July 1, 2006 through and including March 31, 2007
  3.00 to 1.00
From April 1, 2007 through and including September 30, 2007
  4.00 to 1.00
From October 1, 2007 through and including the Facility Termination Date
  3.00 to 1.00
          SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective (the “Effective Date”) as of the date first above written upon the Agent’s receipt of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each party hereto.
          SECTION 4. Covenants, Representations and Warranties.
          4.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each of Seller and the Servicer hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made by it under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and agrees that all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been re-made as of the effective date of this Amendment.
          4.2 Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that this Amendment constitutes a “Transaction Document” under the RPA.
          SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the RPA.
          5.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in any RPA to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the RPA as modified hereby, and each reference to the RPA in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the RPA shall mean and be a reference to the RPA as modified hereby.
          5.2 Except as specifically modified hereby, the RPA, each other Transaction Document and all instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
          5.3 The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy under the RPA or any of the other Transaction Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein.
          SECTION 6. Reaffirmation of Performance Undertaking. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing, Cott Corporation hereby reaffirms all of its obligations under the Performance Undertaking and acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, the Performance Undertaking remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
          SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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          SECTION 8. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
          SECTION 9. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience or reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.
          SECTION 10. Fees and Expenses. The Seller hereby agrees to pay or reimburse the Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agent.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
         
  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N. A., as Agent and as a Financial Institution
 
 
  By:   /s/ Ronald J. Atkins    
    Name:   Ronald J. Atkins   
    Title:   Executive Director   
         
  PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC
 
 
  By:   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A., its attorney-in-fact    
       
   By:   /s/ Ronald J. Atkins    
    Name:   Ronald J. Atkins   
    Title:   Executive Director   
 
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 


 

         
  COTT USA RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
as Seller
 
 
  By:   /s/ Catherine Brennan    
    Name:   Catherine Brennan   
    Title:   VP, Treasurer   
 
  COTT BEVERAGES INC., as Servicer
 
 
  By:   /s/ Catherine Brennan    
    Name:   Catherine Brennan   
    Title:   VP, Treasurer   
 
  COTT CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Catherine Brennan    
    Name:   Catherine Brennan   
    Title:   VP, Treasurer   
 
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Receivables Purchase Agreement