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EX-10.1(A) - SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT - LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPdex101a.htm

 

 

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): January 29, 2010

 

 

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-7107   93-0609074

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

414 Union Street, Suite 2000, Nashville, TN 37219

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 986-5600

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 29, 2009, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation entered into an amendment of its loan and security agreement dated March 10, 2009, with the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent. The purpose of the amendment was to amend the requirement that LP repay, defease or adequately reserve for by February 5, 2010 the remaining debt balance due in August, 2010. The revision requires LP to maintain on deposit, in commercial deposit accounts or securities accounts, an amount greater than or equal to the amount necessary to fully repay the principal and interest of the Existing Notes.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.1(a)   Second Amendment of the Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 29, 2010, among the Company, and its subsidiaries, GreenStone Industries, Inc., Ketchikan Pulp Company, Louisiana-Pacific International, Inc., LPS Corporation, 3047525 Nova Scotia Company, 3047526 Nova Scotia Company, Louisiana-Pacific Limited Partnership, Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd., Louisiana-Pacific (OSB) Ltd., Louisiana-Pacific Canada Pulp Co. and Louisiana-Pacific Canada Sales ULC and Bank of America, N.A.

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    CURTIS M. STEVENS        

Name:   Curtis M. Stevens
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 1, 2010.

 

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