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EX-10.1 - SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 - COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COd234711dex101.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):

September 20, 2011

 

 

Columbia Sportswear Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Oregon   0-23939   93-0498284
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

14375 Northwest Science Park Drive

Portland, Oregon 97229

(Address of principal executive offices)

(503) 985-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)(Zip Code)

(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:

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On September 20, 2011, Columbia Sportswear Company (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2010, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrator for the lenders and as a lender, and Bank of America, N.A., as a lender. The Amendment extends the Maturity Date of the Credit Agreement to July 1, 2016. The Amendment, filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K, is hereby incorporated into this Form 8-K.

ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

The information disclosed under Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by this reference.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

10.1    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2011 among Columbia Sportswear Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrator for the lenders and as a lender, and Bank of America, N.A., as a lender.


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.

 

        Columbia Sportswear Company
Date: September 20, 2011   By:  

/s/ Thomas B. Cusick

      Thomas B. Cusick
      Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial
      Officer and Treasurer