-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Lhg3Cmsa6KldVBkFcFYc/vWSlNfxLWFO0Op89vUaY+oVuWOnivtcrFOwynIP43GB OQ8MPtdbpU+q5qk6MMcJcA== 0000950137-07-002377.txt : 20070216 0000950137-07-002377.hdr.sgml : 20070216 20070216114732 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-07-002377 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070214 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000737874 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 980390488 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10657 FILM NUMBER: 07630026 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 BUSINESS PHONE: 6308483000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900118 8-K 1 c12413e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 14, 2007
LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-10657   98-0390488
         
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
55 Shuman Boulevard, Suite 400
Naperville, Illinois 60563

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(630) 848-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Amendment to Credit Agreement


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On February 14, 2007, Laidlaw International, Inc. (“Laidlaw International” or the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement dated July 31, 2006 among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries as borrowers as set forth therein, Citicorp North America, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and the lenders party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). In connection with the Company’s entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, FirstGroup plc and Fern Acquisition Vehicle Corporation, dated February 8, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), the Amendment modifies the definition of the term “Change of Control” under the Credit Agreement.
     The Amendment also waives, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, any and all defaults or events of default arising or that will arise as a result of the Company’s entry into the Merger Agreement. The Amendment further provides that, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement) consent to the Merger Agreement.
     The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
10.1
  Amendment No. 1, dated February 14, 2007, to the Credit Agreement dated July 31, 2006 by and among Laidlaw International, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and the lenders party thereto.

 


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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Date: February 16, 2007   LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey W. Sanders  
    Name:   Jeffrey W. Sanders  
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer  

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
10.1
  Amendment No. 1, dated February 14, 2007, to the Credit Agreement dated July 31, 2006 by and among Laidlaw International, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and the lenders party thereto.

 

EX-10.1 2 c12413exv10w1.htm AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT exv10w1
 

Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 1
          AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of February 14, 2007 (this “Amendment”) to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 31, 2006 (as amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein having the definitions provided therefore in the Credit Agreement) among LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC. (f/k/a Laidlaw Investments Ltd., an Ontario corporation), a Delaware corporation (“LII” or the “US Borrower”), LAIDLAW TRANSIT LTD., an Ontario corporation (“LTI”) and GREYHOUND CANADA TRANSPORTATION CORP., an Ontario corporation (together with LII and LTI, collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders party thereto, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), UBS SECURITIES LLC, as syndication agent (“UBS”), MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as documentation agent (“MSSF”), and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., UBS and MSSF, as joint lead arrangers and joint book-running managers.
W I T N E S S E T H:
          WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth;
          WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of February 8, 2007, by and among First Group PLC (“First”) and a merger subsidiary formed by First (“Merger Sub”) and LII, LII has (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement) agreed to have Merger Sub merged with and into LII, whereupon LII shall be the surviving corporation and shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of First at closing (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger, each share of outstanding common stock of LII shall be converted into the right to receive a certain amount of cash, as set forth in the Merger Agreement;
          NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
          SECTION 1. Amendments.
          (a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
     (i) amending clause (c) of the definition of “Change of Control” to read as follows:
     “(c) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the US Borrower or control over Voting Interests of the US Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting Interests) representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Interests of the US Borrower.”

 


 

          SECTION 2. Waiver. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment, any and all Defaults or Events of Default arising or that will arise under Section 6.01(l) of the Credit Agreement by reason of LII having entered into the Merger Agreement are hereby waived.
          SECTION 3. Consent. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders hereby consent to the Merger Agreement.
          SECTION 4. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
     (a) Execution of Amendment. Borrowers and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.
     (b) Execution of Consent. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of the consent appended hereto, duly executed by each of the entities listed therein.
     (c) No Existing Default. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
     (d) Confirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each of the Borrowers hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the date hereof, that the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement are correct and true in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, as though made on and as of the date hereof, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer or relate to a specific date.
          SECTION 5. Miscellaneous.
     (a) Reference to and Effect on the Transaction Documents. (i) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other transaction documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment.
     (ii) The execution, deliver and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the transaction documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the transaction documents.
     (b) 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 shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 


 

     (c) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and shall be subject to the jurisdictional and service provisions of the Credit Agreement, as if this were a part of the Credit Agreement.
     (d) Entire Agreement; Modification. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, there being no other agreements or understandings, oral, written or otherwise, respecting such subject matter, any such agreement or understanding being superseded hereby, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and may not be amended, extended or otherwise modified, except in a writing executed in whole or in counterparts by each party hereto.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
         
    Borrowers:
 
       
    LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffery A. McDougle
 
       
 
  Name:   Jeffery A. McDougle
 
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT LTD.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Beth Byster Corvino
 
       
 
  Name:   Beth B. Corvino
 
  Title:   Assistant Secretary
 
       
    GREYHOUND CANADA TRANSPORTATION CORP.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Beth Byster Corvino
 
       
 
  Name:   Beth B. Corvino
 
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 


 

         
    Administrative Agent:
 
       
    CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Stern
 
       
 
  Name:   Jeffrey Stern
 
  Title:   Vice President

 


 

         
Agreed as of the date above written:
       
 
       
    CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Stern
 
       
 
  Name:   Jeffrey Stern
 
  Title:   Vice President

 


 

CONSENT
          Reference is made to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2006 (as amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein having the definitions provided therefore in the Credit Agreement) among LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC. (f/k/a Laidlaw Investments Ltd., an Ontario corporation), a Delaware corporation, LAIDLAW TRANSIT LTD., an Ontario corporation and GREYHOUND CANADA TRANSPORTATION CORP., an Ontario corporation, the Lenders party thereto, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent for the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC, as syndication agent (“UBS”), MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as documentation agent (“MSSF”), and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., UBS and MSSF, as joint lead arrangers and joint book-running managers.
          Each of the undersigned confirms and agrees that (a) notwithstanding the effectiveness of the foregoing Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, each Loan Document to which such Person is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, in each case as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, and (b) the Collateral Documents to which such Person is a party and all of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the Secured Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations, respectively (in each case, as defined therein).
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW.]

 


 

         
    US SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
 
       
    ALLIED BUS SALES, INC.,
an Indiana corporation
 
       
    CAROLINA COACH COMPANY,
a Virginia corporation
 
       
    CONCORDE ADJUSTERS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    CRUCERO U.S.A., L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability corporation
 
       
    GLI HOLDING COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    GREYHOUND LINES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    HOTARD COACHES, INC.,
a Louisiana corporation
 
       
    INTERSTATE LEASING, INC.,
a Mississippi corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION, INC.,

a Delaware corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
COMPANY, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION
HOLDINGS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 


 

         
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT INC.,

an Ohio corporation
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
    ON TIME DELIVERY SERVICE, INC.,
a Minnesota corporation
 
       
    SISTEMA INTERNACIONAL DE
TRANSPORTE DE AUTOBUSES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation
 
       
    TEXAS, NEW MEXICO & OKLAHOMA
COACHES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation
 
       
    VALLEY GARAGE COMPANY,
a Texas corporation
 
       
    VALLEY TRANSIT CO., INC.,
a Texas corporation
 
       
    VERMONT TRANSIT CO., INC.,
a Vermont corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Susan Whittaker
 
       
 
  Name:   Susan Whittaker
 
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 


 

         
    CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
 
       
    3765105 CANADA INC.
 
       
    AUTOBUS TRANSCO (1988) INC.
 
       
    CAPITAL BUS SALES (1988) LIMITED
 
       
    GCTC LEASING LTD.
 
       
    GREYHOUND CANADA
TRANSPORTATION CORP.
 
       
    LAIDLAW TRANSIT LTD.
 
       
    MANHATTAN EQUIPMENT SUPPLY
COMPANY LIMITED
 
       
    PENETANG-MIDLAND COACH LINES
LIMITED
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Susan Whittaker
 
       
 
  Name:   Susan Whittaker
 
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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