Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement



 EXHIBIT 10.7 
  
 [EXECUTION COPY] 
  
 FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of this 25th day of July, 2005, by and between TREX COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (sometimes hereinafter referred to herein as “Trex Inc.”), and
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, a Virginia state banking corporation (hereinafter referred to herein as the “Bank”). 
  
 Trex Inc., TREX Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TREX LLC”), and the Bank are the original parties to that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of June 19, 2002, as amended by a First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 29, 2003, as further amended by a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2004, as further amended by a Third
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2005 (as so amended and as it may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Subject to the terms and
conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, the Bank agreed to extend to Trex Inc. and TREX LLC (i) a revolving credit facility, with a letter of credit subfacility, in the aggregate amount of $20,000,000 for working capital financing of Trex
Inc.’s and TREX LLC’s accounts receivable and inventory, to purchase new equipment and/or for other general corporate purposes of Trex Inc. and TREX LLC, (ii) a term loan facility in the amount of $9,570,079.88 to refinance the Winchester
Property (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and (iii) a term loan facility in the amount of $3,029,920.12 to finance existing improvements to the Winchester Property. Effective December 31, 2002, TREX LLC merged with and into Trex Inc., with Trex
Inc. being the surviving entity. As a result of such merger, Trex Inc. is the sole borrower under the Credit Agreement and shall hereinafter sometimes be referred to in this Amendment as the “Borrower.” 
  
 The Borrower has requested that the Bank modify certain financial covenants
contained in the Credit Agreement, and the Bank is willing to do so upon the terms and conditions contained herein. 
  
 Accordingly, the Borrower and the Bank hereby agree as follows: 
  

1. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.

  
 2. Section 6.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and the following Section is substituted in its place: 
  
 Section 6.09 Limitations on Capital Expenditures. Without the prior written consent of the Bank, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not make capital expenditures, including payments due under Capital
Leases, of more than the following aggregate amounts in each of its fiscal years: $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and $25,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, for fiscal years of the Borrower
beginning with fiscal year 2006, (a) the Borrower may expend an amount equal to the unspent portion of monies from the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Borrower in 








 
the succeeding fiscal year of the Borrower and (b) the Borrower may make capital expenditures in excess of the amounts set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence if, in a particular fiscal year of the Borrower, [the difference between the figure equal to clause (i) of the definition of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such fiscal year minus non-Maintenance Capital Expenditures for such fiscal
year] divided by [the figure equal to clause (ii) of the definition of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such fiscal year] is equal to or greater than 1.0 to 1 
  
 3. Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following Section is substituted in its
place: 
  
 Section 6.12 Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not (a) as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower during fiscal year 2005, permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the four-quarter period ending as of the end of such fiscal quarter to be less than 1.3 to 1
and (b) as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower after fiscal year 2005, permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the four-quarter period ending as of the end of such fiscal quarter to be less than 1.5 to 1. 
  
 4. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank (which
representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment) that: 
  
 (a) It is in compliance with all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and each of the other Loan
Documents. 
  
 (b) There exists no Default or Event of Default
under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and no event has occurred or condition exists which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a Default or Event of Default. 
  
 (c) The representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit
Agreement are, except to the extent that they relate solely to an earlier date or except to the extent that they relate solely to TREX LLC, true in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been
made on the date of this Amendment. 
  
 (d) The execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment are within its corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official
and do not contravene or constitute (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any provision of applicable law or of the organizational documents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of any agreement, judgment,
injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 
  

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 (e) This Amendment constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Borrower, enforceable against the
Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  
 (f) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.05 to the Credit Agreement, there is no material action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against, or to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened against, contemplated or affecting, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, arbitrator or governmental body, agency or official which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or which in any manner draws
into question the validity or enforceability of this Amendment or any of the Loan Documents, and there is no basis known to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation. 
  
 5. The Bank’s agreement to enter into this Amendment is subject to the
following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a) The Borrower shall have
executed and delivered to the Bank this Amendment. 
  
 (b) The
Borrower shall have executed and delivered, or caused to be executed and delivered, to the Bank such other and further documents, certificates, opinions and other papers as the Bank shall reasonably request. 
  
 (c) The Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as issuing bank (the
“Issuing Bank”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) shall have executed and delivered an amendment to the Reimbursement and Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004 by and
between the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (the “Chase Credit Agreement”) that amends the fixed charge coverage ratio and the capital expenditures covenants in a manner similar in all material respects to the
amendments to those covenants contained in this Amendment. 
  
 6.
Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in all respects, and the Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and each of the
other Loan Documents. The Borrower hereby waives any claim, cause of action, defense, counterclaim, setoff or recoupment of any kind or nature that it may assert against the Bank arising from or in connection with the Credit Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, any of the Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby that exist on the date hereof or arise from facts or actions occurring prior hereto or on the date hereof. Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be
construed to constitute a novation with respect to the obligations described in the Credit Agreement. 
  

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 7. All references to the Credit Agreement in any of the Loan Documents, or any other documents or
instruments that refer to the Credit Agreement, shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. 
  
 8. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 
  
 9. Any Dispute arising out of or related to this Amendment or any of the Loan
Documents shall be resolved by binding arbitration as provided in Section 9.07 of the Credit Agreement. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO
ANY DISPUTE. 
  
 10. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 11. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. The Borrower shall
not have the right to assign any of its rights or obligations under or delegate any of its duties under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, or any of the other Loan Documents. 
  
 12. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will pay on demand all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Bank in connection with the preparation of this Amendment and any other related documents, including but not limited to the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Bank. 
  
 13. This Amendment represents the final agreement between the Borrower and
the Bank with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be contradicted, modified or supplemented in any way by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements of the Borrower and the Bank. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Bank have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
duly authorized officers under seal as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	TREX COMPANY, INC.
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul D. Fletcher

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Paul D. Fletcher	 	 
	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President and
 Chief Financial
Officer
	 	 
	
	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA
			
	By:	 	 /s/ David A. Chandler

	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	David A. Chandler	 	 
	Title :	 	Senior Vice President	 	 


  

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