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EXHIBIT 10.7

 

 

March 9, 2009

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO THE CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

DATED MARCH 14, 2008

(AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AUGUST 14, 2008

AND BY AMENDMENT NO. 2 DATED OCTOBER 30 OCTOBRE 2008)

by and among

BNP PARIBAS

CRÉDIT LYONNAIS

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

as Banks

and

BNP PARIBAS

as Security Agent (Agent des Sûretés)

and

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

as Credit Agent (Agent du Credit)

and

PILOT SAS

as Borrower

and

QUIKSILVER, INC.

 

 

11, boulevard de la Madeleine

75001 Paris

 

 

BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED:

	(1)	 	BNP PARIBAS, a corporation (société anonyme) with share capital of 1,824,192,214 €, whose
registered office is located 16, boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris, incorporated with the
Paris Trade and Companies Register under the unique identification number 662 042 449,
	 
	(2)	 	CRÉDIT LYONNAIS, a corporation (société anonyme) with share capital of 1,847,857,783 €, whose
registered office is located 18, rue de la République, 69002 Lyon and whose headquarters are
located 19, boulevard des Italiens, 75002 Paris, incorporated with the Lyon Trade and
Companies Register under the unique identification number 954 509 741,
	 
	(3)	 	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, a corporation (société anonyme) with share capital of 725,909,055, whose
registered office is located 29, boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, incorporated with the Paris
Trade and Companies Register under the unique identification number 552 120 222,
	 
	 	 	(parties (1) to (3) above being collective designated as the “Banks”),
	 
	(4)	 	BNP PARIBAS, as designated above, in the capacity of Security Agent pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Facility (Convention de Credit) (as defined below),
	 
	(5)	 	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as designated above, in the capacity of Credit Agent pursuant to the terms
and conditions of the Credit Facility,
	 
	(6)	 	PILOT SAS, simplified form joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée) with share
capital of 124,813,632 €, whose registered office is located 26/28, rue Danielle Casanova,
75002 Paris, incorporated with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under the unique
identification number 070 501 374 (hereinafter, the “Borrower” or “Pilot”),
	 
	(7)	 	QUIKSILVER, INC., a company incorporated in the State of Delaware, whose registered office is
located 15202 Graham Street, Huntington Beach, California 92649, U.S.A. (hereinafter,
“Quiksilver, Inc.”).

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	According to the terms and conditions of a facility agreement executed on March 14, 2008, as
modified by an amendment dated August 14, 2008 (“AMENDMENT NO. 1”) and an amendment dated
October 30, 2008 (“AMENDMENT NO. 2”) (this agreement, as modified, the “Credit Facility”), the
Banks granted to the Borrower a renewable credit of a maximum principal amount of €70,000,000.

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	(B)	 	According to the terms and conditions of Amendment No. 2, the Banks extended the term of the
Facility (as defined in the Credit Facility), reduced to a maximum principal amount of
€55,000,000.
	 
	(C)	 	Pursuant to a letter dated March 9, 2009, the Borrower and Quiksilver, Inc. have requested
the Banks to agree to grant an extension of the term of the Facility, until June 30, 2009.
	 
	(D)	 	The purpose of this Agreement is to define the terms and conditions of the extension of the
Credit requested by the Borrower and Quiksilver, Inc. and to define in detail the covenants
and obligations of the Borrower and of Quiksilver, Inc. in connection with such extension.

THE FOLLOWING HAS THEREFORE BEEN AGREED

ARTICLE 1 —  DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

	1.1.	 	Definitions
	 
	(a)	 	For the purposes of the Agreement, except where otherwise stipulated, the terms and
expressions defined in the Preamble shall have the same meaning in the rest of the Agreement.
	 
	(b)	 	The terms and expressions used in the Agreement but not defined therein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Facility.
	 
	(c)	 	The following terms and expressions used in the Agreement shall, unless a different
interpretation is required by the context, have the following meaning:
	 
	 	 	“Agreement” means this amendment, the Preamble thereto and any potential amendments, which
form an integral part thereof;
	 
	 	 	“Effective Date” means March 13, 2009, subject to all of the conditions precedent listed in
Article 4 (Conditions Precedent) having been fulfilled, in accordance with the provisions
of the said article, at that date;
	 
	 	 	“Signing Date” means the date of signature of this Agreement by the parties.
	 
	1.2.	 	Interpretations

For purposes of this Agreement, except where a different interpretation is required by the context:

	(a)	 	Any reference, within the Agreement, to an “Article”, a “paragraph”, to the “Preamble” or to
a “Schedule” must, except where otherwise stipulated or when a

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	 	 	different interpretation is required by the context, be interpreted as being a reference to
an article, a paragraph, a preamble or a schedule to the Agreement.
	 
	(b)	 	Any reference, within the Agreement, to a document, a contract, a treaty (including the
Agreement) or a deed must be understood as being a reference to this document, this contract,
this treaty or this deed, as potentially modified or completed in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Agreement and including, if applicable, any document, contract, treaty
or deed that may be substituted thereto via novation.

ARTICLE 2 -MODIFICATION OF THE CREDIT FACILITY

	2.1.	 	Modification of Article 1 of the Credit Facility
	 
	(a)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, the definition of
“Applicable Margin” shall be deleted and replaced by the following new definition:
	 
	 	 	““Applicable Margin” means the margin applicable to the Credit, equal to 2.8%.”
	 
	(b)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, the definition of
“Subsidiary” shall be deleted and replaced by the following new definition:
	 
	 	 	““Subsidiary” means any company controlled by another, directly or indirectly, as defined
by Article L. 233-3 I and II of the [French] Commercial Code.”
	 
	(c)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, the following
definition is added immediately after the definition of “TARGET Day”:
	 
	 	 	““Extension Letter” means the letter dated 9 March 2009 addressed by the Borrower and
Quiksilver, Inc. to the Credit Agent, whereby the Borrower and Quiksilver, Inc. have asked
the Banks to extend the term of the Facility to 30 June 2009.”
	 
	(d)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, the following
definition shall be added immediately after the definition of “Interest Period”:
	 
	 	 	““Quiksilver, Inc.” means Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters at
15202 Graham Street, Huntington Beach, California 92649, U.S.A.”

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	2.2.	 	Modification of Article 2 of the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, subject to the fulfillment of
all of the conditions precedent cited at Article 4 herein, Article 2 (Amount and Term) of the
Credit Facility shall be deleted and replaced by the following new article:

“2. AMOUNT AND TERM

The Banks have made available to the Borrower, in accordance with the methods and conditions
defined in the Agreement, a Facility of a maximum amount of EUR 70,000,000.00 (seventy million
euros), as from March 14, 2008 and for a term of six months. Pursuant to Amendment No. 1 dated
August 14, 2008, the Facility was extended until October 31, 2008

At the Borrower’s request, by October 15, 2008 at the latest, this Facility could be renewed once,
by the unanimous decision of the Banks, up until March 14, 2009, date by which the capital and
interest must have been fully reimbursed.

On October 9, 2008, the Borrower requested an extension of the term of the Facility.

By Amendment No. 2 dated October 30, 2008, the Banks acted unanimously to extend the aforementioned
Facility, reduced to a maximum amount of 55,000,000 euros (fifty-five million euros) as from
October 30, 2008 up until March 14, 2009.

On March 9, 2009, the Borrower requested an extension of the term of the Facility.

By a unanimous decision, the Banks extend the aforementioned Facility up until June 30, 2009, the
amount in principal of the Facility remaining limited to 55,000,000 euros (fifty-five million
euros).

Each Bank participates in the Facility at the level of the amounts indicated in Schedule 1.

Each Bank undertakes, individually and without joint liability with the other Banks, to participate
in the Facility. The Banks cannot be held liable for any potential participation default and for
the failure of one or several of the other Banks.”

	2.3.	 	Modification of Article 7.2 (Effective Global Rate) of the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, Article 7.2 (Effective Global
Rate) of the Credit Facility shall be replaced by the following new article:

“7.2 Effective Global Rate

As the Facility generates interest at a floating rate, it is impossible to calculate an Effective
Global Rate valid for the entire term of the Credit. However, the Credit Agent shall inform the
Borrower, by way of an example, that in the event of the utilization of the maximum Facility amount
as from the signature of the Agreement, and on the basis of all

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of the financial conditions described herein and of the most recent level of the EURIBOR 3-month
rate published on 6 March 2009, i.e., 1.726% per annum increased by 2.8% per annum, the period rate
on this basis for an Interest Period is 1.2459%. The Effective Global Rate, which is the annual
rate in proportion to the period rate, therefore reaches 4.98% per annum.

	2.4.	 	Modification of Article 8.2 (Mandatory Prepayment) of the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Effective Date, the following paragraph shall
be added at the end of Article 8.2 (Mandatory Prepayment):

“In the event of the sale of one or more of the principal businesses or brands of the group of
companies comprising of Quiksilver, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (the “Quiksilver Group”) (including
the Quiksilver, Roxy or DC Shoes brands and/or businesses), and whatever form such sale may take,
simultaneously with (i) the said sale (and without regard as to the provisions of the preceding
paragraph) and (ii) the repayment of amounts due under the ABL Agreement (to the extent such
amounts are due under the ABL Agreement upon the date of such sale and that the ABL lenders require
such repayment on such date), the Borrower shall reimburse, and Quiksilver, Inc. shall procure that
the Borrower reimburse, all of the Drawings and amounts owed to the Banks pursuant to the
Facility.”

	2.5.	 	Modification of Article 11.1 of the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Signing Date, the following provisions shall
be added to the end of Article 11.1 (Positive covenants) of the Credit Facility:

“The Borrower undertakes (and Quiksilver, Inc. shall procure (within the meaning of Article 1120 of
the [French] Civil Code) that the Borrower comply with such undertakings):

	 	a)	 	To inform the Credit Agent in writing of any termination of any bank
financing of any kind for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries immediately upon becoming
aware thereof (including the factoring agreement executed by Na Pali and certain of
its Subsidiaries with GE Factofrance and the lending listed in Schedule 6).
	 
	 	b)	 	To disclose immediately to the Credit Agent any material information relating
to the sale of Rossignol carried out pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock
Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 2008 executed notably by and between Quiksilver,
Inc. and Macquarie Asset Finance Limited (including any material information in
connection with any litigation or arbitration relating thereto) and to immediately
forward to the Credit Agent any material information relating to the price adjustment
(including in relation to the adjustment of the net working capital requirements) or
to any claim under the representations and warranties made pursuant to the said sale
of Rossignol.

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	 	c)	 	That the Borrower’s percentage holding in Na Pali be maintained at a level
identical to that in existence as of January 1st, 2009.
	 
	 	d)	 	To provide to the Credit Agent, by March 30, 2009 at the latest, a
consolidated business plan for the Borrower and Na Pali, including and excluding the
DC Shoes business, reviewed by the management of the Borrower, of Na Pali and of
Quiksilver, Inc. and by Ernst & Young.
	 
	 	e)	 	To provide to the Credit Agent, by March 30, 2009 at the latest, a copy
certified exact by a legal representative of the Borrower of the minutes of the
Borrower’s general shareholders’ meeting convened pursuant to the provisions of
Article L. 225-248 of the [French] Commercial Code, rejecting the dissolution of the
Borrower despite of the fact that its net assets are equal to less than one half of
its share capital and approving the measures envisaged for the reconstitution of the
Borrower’s net assets.

Quiksilver, Inc. undertakes:

	 	f)	 	That the equity percentage holding (i) of Quiksilver, Inc. in QS Holdings
Sàrl, (ii) of QS Holdings Sàrl in Quiksilver Europa and (iii) of Quiksilver Europa in
the Borrower shall be maintained at a level identical to that in existence as of
January 1st, 2009.
	 
	 	g)	 	In event of the sale of the any of the principal businesses or brands of the
Quiksilver Group (including the Quiksilver, Roxy or DC Shoes businesses and/or
brands), and whatever form such sale could take, simultaneously with the said sale to
cause the repayment of (i) all amounts due under the ABL Agreement and (ii) the Credit
Facility, and immediately after repayments (or simultaneously with such repayments if
the proceeds from such sale are sufficient), (x) to replace Na Pali in the EUR
35,600,000 cash collateral granted by Na Pali to JP Morgan and dated December 9, 2008,
or (y) to contribute an equivalent amount in capital to Quiksilver Europa (in the form
of an increase in the share capital of QS Holdings Sàrl), and to cause Quiksilver
Europa to replace Na Pali in the EUR 35,600,000 cash collateral granted by Na Pali to
JP Morgan and dated December 9, 2008.”.
	 
	 	h)	 	To disclose immediately to the Credit Agent any material information relating
to the sale of Rossignol carried out pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock
Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 2008 executed notably by and between Quiksilver,
Inc. and Macquarie Asset Finance Limited (including any material information in
connection with any litigation or arbitration relating thereto) and to immediately
forward to the Credit Agent any material information relating to the price adjustment
(including in relation to the adjustment of the net working capital requirements) or
to any claim under the representations and warranties made pursuant to the said sale
of Rossignol.”

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	2.6.	 	Modification of Article 11.2 of the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Signing Date, Article 11.2 (Negative
covenants) of the Credit Facility shall be deleted and replaced by the new Article 11.2 (Negative
covenants) set forth in Schedule B.

	2.7.	 	Modification of Article 12.1 (Prepayment Event) of the Credit Facility
	 
	(a)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Signing Date, paragraph (c) of Article
12.1 (Prepayment Event) of the Credit Facility shall be deleted and replaced by the following
new paragraph:
	 
	 	 	“(c) Any one of the undertakings made by the Borrower and/or Quiksilver, Inc. in the
Agreement (and notably, but not exclusively, those made at Article 12.1 is not complied
with.”
	 
	(b)	 	The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Signing Date, the following paragraphs
shall be added at the end of Article 12.1 (Prepayment Event) of the Credit Facility:
	 
	 	 	“(j) The tax consolidation of the group comprised of the Borrower (the Borrower being
consolidation head) and certain French subsidiaries of the Borrower, as in existence as of
31 October 2008, is terminated for any reason whatsoever, or the conditions allowing such
tax consolidation are no longer met.
	 
	 	 	(k) Any one of the credits listed in Schedule 6 is terminated, cancelled, annulled,
declared payable, declared payable in advance and/or repaid in advance (including the
repayment of any due debt prior to the expiry of any applicable legal deadline, but
excluding voluntary repayments of amounts drawn under overdraft facilities (provided that
the maximum amount authorized under such overdrafts shall have remained unchanged)).
	 
	 	 	(l) Any one of the credits granted pursuant to the agreement entitled “Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement” dated June 3, 2005 (and as modified since then by successive riders)
executed by and between Quiksilver, Inc., Quiksilver Americas, Inc., Bank of America, N.A.,
Union Bank of California, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Toronto Branch, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and various financial establishments in the
capacity of lenders (the “ABL Agreement”) terminated, cancelled, annulled, declared
payable, declared payable in advance and/or repaid in advance (including the repayment of
any due debt prior to the expiry of any applicable legal deadline, but excluding repayments
not involving a cancellation of the ABL arising from a change in utilizations of revolving
facilities under such ABL Agreement).
	 
	 	 	(m) Any one of the undertakings made by the Borrower and/or by Quiksilver, Inc. pursuant to
the Extension Letter and/or Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement dated March 9, 2009, is not
complied with.”

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	2.8.	 	Modification of the Schedules to the Credit Facility

The parties to this Agreement agree that, as from the Signing Date, the schedules set forth in
Schedule D shall be added after Schedule 5 of the Credit Facility.

ARTICLE 3 — ADHESION OF QUIKSILVER, INC.

In signing this Agreement, Quiksilver, Inc. agrees to become a party to the Credit Facility and to
be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement as if it had been a party thereto from its
origins. Quiksilver, Inc. declares that it is bound with regard to each of the Banks by all of the
obligations and undertakings placed upon it by the Credit Facility as modified by this Agreement.

ARTICLE 4 — CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

	(a)	 	Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) below, this Agreement shall become effective on
March 13, 2009 on condition that, as of this date:

	 	(i)	 	the Credit Agent has received all of the documents listed in Schedule C and
has confirmed in writing (thereby acting on the instructions of all of the Banks) to
the Borrower that such documents and certificates are satisfactory, both in form and
in content;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Credit Agent has received payment, on behalf of the Banks, of (i) all of
the amounts mentioned in paragraph (a) of Article 6 and (ii) amounts payable pursuant
to paragraph (b) of Article 6 notified by the Credit Agent to the Borrower;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the representations made by the Borrower at Article 10 of the Credit
Facility are accurate;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Security mentioned at Article 4 of the Credit Facility remains valid and
guarantees all of the amounts owed by the Borrower pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Facility (as modified by this Agreement);
	 
	 	(v)	 	no Prepayment Event has occurred; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	no Material Adverse Event has occurred.

	(b)	 	In the event that the conditions precedent listed in paragraph (a) have not been fulfilled by
March 13, 2009, this Agreement shall lapse and the parties shall be released from any
obligation pursuant to this Agreement. As a result, all of the Drawings made on the Credit,
both in their principal and in interest, shall be due and payable as of March 14, 2009.

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ARTICLE 5 — INTERDEPENDANCE OF THE UNDERTAKINGS MADE BY EACH PARTY

	(a)	 	The decisions and/or undertakings by each of the parties to this Agreement are made in
consideration of the decisions and/or undertakings of the other parties, such interdependence
of undertakings constituting an essential factor in the consent of each party, without which
such party would not have taken part in the present.
	 
	(b)	 	In particular, the performance by each party of its undertakings and/or obligations as of the
Effective Date is subject to the simultaneous performance of the respective undertakings
and/or obligations of the other parties to be performed at the said date.

ARTICLE 6 — ARRANGEMENT FEE — ADVISORS’ FEES

	(a)	 	The Borrower shall pay an arrangement fee to the Credit Agent (on behalf of the Banks) by
March 13, 2009 at the latest, of an amount equal to 0.5% of the total amount of the
outstanding Credit as of the Signing Date. The Credit Agent shall pay to each of the Banks
its part of the said commission, in direct proportion to the participation of the said Bank in
the Credit.
	 
	(b)	 	All expenses, costs and fees, notably attorneys’ fees and disbursements (up to a maximum
amount agreed in a separate letter for attorneys’ fees) that will be incurred by the Banks in
relation to the preparation and the execution of the Agreement, and in particular for the
drawing up of deeds and documents that must be drawn up in application of the Agreement, shall
be borne by Pilot, who agrees thereto.

ARTICLE 7 — MODIFICATIONS — AMENDMENTS

Any modification to this Agreement and to any other document related hereto must be the subject of
a written agreement between the parties.

This Agreement, as from its Effective Date, shall have the value of an amendment to the Credit
Facility. All other provisions of the Credit Facility not modified by this Agreement shall remain
unchanged and shall retain their full and entire effectiveness. It is stipulated that this
Agreement does not act as a novation to the Credit Facility and that the Surety shall retain its
full and entire effectiveness.

ARTICLE 8 — PARTIAL INVALIDITY

In the event of a provision of this Agreement becoming null and void, unlawful or not liable to be
enforced, in full or in part, such annulment or invalidity shall have no impact upon the other
provisions of this Agreement. In this case, the parties must immediately

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and in so far as is possible replace the impacted stipulation with a similar provision that will
comply as far as possible with the financial aim of the impacted stipulation, in accordance with
the spirit of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 9 — APPLICABLE LEGAL REGIME

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with French law.

ARTICLE 10 -COMPETENT JURISDICTION — DOMICILE

	10.1.	 	Competent jurisdiction

The Borrower and Quiksilver, Inc. irrevocably accept that any dispute relating to the validity,
interpretation or performance of this Agreement or arising therefrom shall be brought before the
Paris Commercial Courts.

	10.2.	 	Domicile

For the performance of the present and the consequences thereof, the parties designate domicile as
follows:

	 	(i)	 	for BNP Paribas, at Centre d’Affaires Sud Atlantique Entreprises, Les Bureaux
de la Cité — 23 Parvis des Chartrons 33 000 Bordeaux;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	for Credit Lyonnais, at the Direction Entreprises Dauphiné Savoie located 1,
rue Molière, 38000 Grenoble;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	for Société Générale, at its registered office as given hereinabove;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	for the Borrower, at its registered office as given hereinabove; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	for Quiksilver, Inc., at its registered office as given hereinabove.

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Executed in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, on March 9, 2009

on seven (7) original copies

	 	 	 	 	 
	BNP PARIBAS
 as Bank	 	 	BNP PARIBAS
 as Security Agent

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	By: 	 
	 
	CRÉDIT LYONNAIS

as Bank 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 
	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
 as Bank	 	 	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
 as Credit Agent

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	By: 	 
	 
	PILOT SAS

as Borrower
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 
	QUIKSILVER, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 

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Schedule B

Article 11.2 (Negative Covenants)

“11.2 Negative Covenants

	(A)	 	The Borrower, for so long as it shall continue to be a debtor pursuant to the Agreement,
undertakes (and procures (within the meaning of Article 1120 of the [French] Civil Code) that
its Subsidiaries shall comply with those of the following undertakings that concern them
(whereas Quiksilver, Inc. procures (within the meaning of Article 1120 of the [French] Civil
Code) that the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries comply with such undertakings)), except
with the prior agreement of the Majority of the Banks:

	 	a)	 	Not to modify, and to ensure that the Group members do not modify, the
relevant corporate purpose, legal status or nature of commercial activities as in
existence on the day of the signature of the Agreement.
	 
	 	b)	 	Not to carry out any Change in Control, and to ensure that no such Change in
Control is carried out.
	 
	 	c)	 	Not to carry out any reduction in the Borrower’s share capital, and to ensure
that the Borrower does not make any payment of dividends, interim dividends or share
buy-back programs (and not to put to the vote of the competent management bodies of
the Borrower any draft resolution on the distribution of dividends in favor of its
shareholders).
	 
	 	d)	 	Not to carry out any reorganization transaction (including in the form of a
merger, merger by absorption, demerger or partial asset contribution) having an impact
upon the Borrower or upon any one of its Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	e)	 	Not to grant (and to ensure that no member of the Group neither grants nor
permits to exist) security for any present or future debt (other than to allow the
financing of an asset acquisition, when such security relates exclusively to the said
asset and when it guarantees the payment or the financing thereof), or security for
any guarantee undertaking concluded with or toward any entity whatsoever, present or
future, for any mortgage, pledge, endorsement (or their equivalent under any legal
regime other than French law) or other rights or guarantees of any kind whatsoever
over all or part of its assets or income, present or future, or over the assets or
income, present of future, of its Subsidiaries, without granting to the Banks the same
security, of the same rank, or without conferring upon them any other type of security
that the Banks shall deem to be an equivalent thereto, with the exception of the
following securities that may be granted by Na Pali and its Subsidiaries:

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	 	(i)	 	any legal privilege arising in the ordinary course of the
Group’s business and not further to a default or omission by a member of the
Group;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any security resulting from any retention right regarding an
asset of any Group member in the normal course of its business, and not
resulting from a default or omission by a member of the relevant Group member.

	 	f)	 	To inform the Credit Agent immediately and in writing of the implementation
by any creditor, notably by any financial institution, of any forfeiture of term or
any prepayment event, with or without advance notice, in relation to any loan, credit
or other financial assistance granted to the Borrower or to any member of the Group.
	 
	 	g)	 	To inform the Credit Agent immediately and in writing of any positive or
negative undertakings (“to do” or “not to do”) made or to be made by a member of the
Group to any financial institution, the non-performance or breach of which could
result in the forfeiture of term of the prepayment of the obligation in relation to
which such undertaking would have been made, and to allow the Banks to benefit, in the
event of such an undertaking having been made, either from the same undertaking (if
not already granted herein) or from equivalent rights or advantages satisfactory to
such Banks;
	 
	 	h)	 	That no member of the Group shall incur any bank or other financial
indebtedness of any kind whatsoever with any third parties, with Quiksilver, Inc. or
with the latter’s Subsidiaries (including the members of the Group), except any
borrowing pursuant to:

	 	(i)	 	the Loan Facility;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	existing cash pooling agreement between Na Pali and its
Subsidiaries;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	bank debt incurred by the Borrower’s Subsidiary in Poland,
for a maximum amount of EUR1,000,000;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	bank debt incurred by the Borrower’s Subsidiary in the Czech
Republic, for a maximum amount of EUR3,000,000;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the intra-group loans 7 shown in the detailed list (certified
by a legal representative of the Borrower) delivered this day by the Borrower
to the Credit Agent; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the factoring agreement executed with GE Factofrance by Na
Pali and certain of its Subsidiaries.

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	 	i)	 	That no member of the Group shall grant nor consent any additional loan or
advance (including intra-group loans or advances on current accounts) to third parties
or to any one of the members of the group consisting of Quiksilver, Inc. and of its
Subsidiaries (other than debt pursuant to the existing cash pooling agreement between
Na Pali and its Subsidiaries and the intra-group loans described in Schedule 7)
	 
	 	j)	 	Not to carry and to ensure that none of its Subsidiaries carries out any
asset acquisition or sale with the exception of any acquisition or sale of assets
other than brands, real estate, shares, partnership interests and/or business
interests, and subject to the said acquisitions or sales being executed in the normal
course of business and on arm’s length terms.
	 
	 	k)	 	Not to take part in the creation of any joint venture and to ensure that its
Subsidiaries do not take part in the creation of any joint venture.
	 
	 	l)	 	Not to make any payment of any kind whatsoever (including the payment of any
royalties and management fees) or any reimbursement of any debt or borrowing
whatsoever and of any kind that may be due to Quiksilver, Inc. or to one of the
latter’s Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	m)	 	To ensure that none of its Subsidiaries make any payment of any kind
whatsoever (including the payment of all royalties or management fees) or any
reimbursement of any debt or borrowing whatsoever and of any kind that may be due to
Quiksilver, Inc. or to any one of the latter’s Subsidiaries (other than members of the
Group), other than payments arising in the normal course of business and on arm’s
length terms.

	(B)	 	For so long as the Borrower shall continue to be a debtor pursuant to the Agreement,
Quiksilver, Inc. shall procure (within the meaning of Article 1120 of the [French] Civil Code)
that QS Holdings Sàrl shall not grant any security of any kind over its assets (including over
the trademarks held by the latter (including Quiksilver, Quiksilver & Mountain & Wave and
Roxy)).”

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Schedule C

Conditions Precedent

	(a)	 	Delivery of a declaration signed by a legal representative of Pilot confirming that there has
been no termination of any financing arrangement whatsoever (of any kind whatsoever, including
the factoring agreement executed by Na Pali and certain of its Subsidiaries with GE
Factofrance) granted to Pilot and its Subsidiaries, and confirming the preservation of, the
short- or medium-term credit facilities listed in Schedule A for the maximum undertakings
detailed in the said Schedule.
	 
	(b)	 	Delivery of a deed confirming and reiterating the guarantee granted by Quiksilver, Inc. in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Facility in order to ensure the
maintenance of the said guarantee, in connection with the extension granted pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the Agreement.
	 
	(c)	 	Delivery of a declaration signed by a legal representative of Pilot confirming:

	 	(i)	 	that no Prepayment Event has occurred and is continuing pursuant to the
Credit Facility; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	that no Material Adverse Event has occurred pursuant to the Credit Facility.

	(d)	 	Payment (i) of all commissions owing pursuant to the paragraph (a) of Article 6 hereof and
(ii) of the fees of the Banks’ legal advisers incurred as of the date of signature of the
Extension Agreement (up to a maximum limit agreed in a separate letter) and any other amounts
payable pursuant to paragraph (a) of Article 6 which have been notified by the Credit Agent to
the Borrower.
	 
	(e)	 	Delivery of legal opinions by counsel to Pilot and Quiksilver, Inc. confirming (x) the
capacity and authority of Pilot and Quiksilver, Inc. to sign the agreements herein, and that
(y) the signature of the Extension Agreement and the provisions contained therein are not
contrary to and do not violate the ABL Agreement and the Indenture dated July 22, 2005
governing the Senior Notes, among Quiksilver, Inc., the subsidiary Guarantors party thereto
and Wilmington Trust Guarantor as Trustee.
	 
	(f)	 	Delivery of a copy certified exact by a legal representative of Pilot of the quarterly
consolidated balance sheet relating to the companies within the European perimeter of the
Quiksilver group as of January 31, 2009 (including a balance sheet and profit and loss
account) provided to Quiksilver, Inc. for US GAAP consolidation purposes.

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	(g)	 	Delivery of a list, certified by a legal representative of Pilot, of the financial
indebtedness of Pilot and Na Pali (authorizations and utilizations) as of February 28, 2009,
including details of the type of undertakings (notably long-, medium- and short-term
undertakings, undertakings made by signature (engagements de signature), letters of credit).
	 
	(h)	 	Delivery of a cash flow statement certified by a legal representative of Pilot for Pilot and
its Subsidiaries as of February 28, 2009.
	 
	(i)	 	Delivery of a copy of the letter canceling the termination letter dated February 9, 2009,
relating to the overdraft facility granted by Natixis to Na Pali.
	 
	(j)	 	Delivery of an undertaking by which Quiksilver, Inc. agrees, in the event of the sale of any
of one or more of the principal businesses or brands of the Quiksilver group (including the
Quiksilver, Roxy or DC Shoes business and/or brands), and regardless of the form of the sale,
simultaneously with the said sale (and without regard as to the provisions of the preceding
paragraph), to cause the repayment of (i) all amounts due under the ABL Agreement and (ii) the
Credit Facility, and immediately after such repayments (or simultaneously with such repayments
if the proceeds from such sale are sufficient), (x) to replace Na Pali in the EUR 35,600,000
cash collateral granted by Na Pali to JP Morgan and dated December 9, 2008, or (y) to
contribute an equivalent amount in capital to Quiksilver Europa (in the form of an increase in
the share capital of QS Holdings Sàrl), and to cause Quiksilver Europa to replace Na Pali in
the EUR 35,600,000 cash collateral granted by Na Pali to JP Morgan and dated December 9, 2008.

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Exhibit 10.6

DENDREON CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

2009 OFFERING

Adopted By the Board of Directors

December 3, 2008

Section 1 Introduction

At a meeting on December 2, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Dendreon
Corporation approved this Offering to Eligible Employees of Rights to purchase Company Shares
pursuant to the Dendreon Corporation Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
recommended adoption of the Offering by the Board of Directors of Dendreon Corporation. The Board
of Directors of Dendreon Corporation adopted this Offering at a meeting on December 3, 2008.

The terms of the Offering are set forth below. Each capitalized word used in this Offering is
intended to have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Plan.

All Offerings are subject to the provisions of the Plan, including any Plan amendments and the
Committee’s interpretations of the Plan provisions. If any term(s) of the Offering conflict with
the provisions of the Plan or the Committee’s interpretations, the Plan provisions control.

Section 2 Eligible Employees

All Employees of the Company and its Affiliates who satisfy the following requirements are
“Eligible Employees”:

     (a) An Employee must be employed (within the meaning of Code Section 3401(c)) by the Company
or an Affiliate on the Offering Date;

     (b) The Employee’s customary employment is more than twenty (20) hours per week;

     (c) The Employee’s customary employment is more than five (5) months per calendar year; and

     (d) The Employee does not own stock (including Rights and unexercised stock options)
possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of
stock of the Company, as described in subparagraph 6(c) of the Plan.

Section 3 Offering and Offering Date

     (a) Offering Date

     (i) Effective for each Offering beginning on or after January 1, 2009, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with Section 3(b), such Offerings will end on the day
prior to the second anniversary after the Offering Date of the Offering, and a new

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Offering will begin the next day, unless the Board discontinues future Offerings or amends
an Offering pursuant to Section 8.

     (ii) The Offering Date of Rights granted under Section 5 to an Eligible Employee who
was not an Eligible Employee on the Offering Date or to an Eligible Employee who was an
Eligible Employee on the Offering Date but failed to enroll in the Plan on or before the
Offering Date, is determined pursuant to Section 5.

     (b) Early Termination of Offering 

          Notwithstanding Section 3(a), if the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the day after any
Purchase Date during an Offering is less than the Fair Market Value on the Offering Date, then the
Offering will terminate, and the day after the Purchase Date will be the Offering Date of a new
Offering. The new Offering will end on the day prior to the second anniversary after the Offering
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the day after any
Purchase Date during an Offering is less than the Fair Market Value on the Offering Date for
Special Enrollment Rights provided under Section 5 but not less than the Fair Market Value of the
Shares on the Offering Date provided in Section 3(a)(i), then the Offering will not terminate.

Section 4 Participation

     (a) Enrollment

     An Eligible Employee may elect to begin participating in an Offering by submitting an
authorization of payroll deductions. The election must specify deductions of a whole percentage,
between one percent (1%) and fifteen percent (15%), of the Eligible Employee’s Earnings. Except as
provided in Section 5, an Eligible Employee must submit his or her initial payroll withholding
election no later than the Offering Date of the Offering. Payroll deductions will begin on the
Offering Date or as soon as administratively practicable after the Offering Date.

     (b) Increasing, Reducing, Discontinuing and Resuming Payroll Deductions

     (i) Increasing Deduction Percentage

     After enrollment, an Eligible Employee may increase the percentage of his or her future
Earnings that will be deducted to purchase Shares under an Offering. An election to
increase the deduction percentage must specify a greater whole percentage, up to fifteen
percent (15%), than the deduction percentage in effect before the election. An election to
change the deduction percentage will be effective on the later of:

     (A) the next Offering Date or the day after the next Purchase Date, whichever
is earlier, or

     (B) as soon as administratively practicable after the election is submitted.

     (ii) Reducing Deduction Percentage

 

 

     An Eligible Employee may elect to reduce the whole percentage (not below 1%) of his or
her future Earnings that will be deducted to purchase Shares under an Offering. Only one
election to reduce the deduction percentage will be effective each purchase period. An
election to reduce the deduction percentage will be effective beginning as soon as
administratively feasible after the election is submitted.

     (iii) Discontinuing Payroll Deductions

     (A) Election To Discontinue

     An Eligible Employee may elect to discontinue all future payroll deductions and
elect either to withdraw his or her accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to the
extent such deductions have been used to acquire Shares on prior Purchase Dates) or
to purchase Shares on the next Purchase Date with the accumulated payroll
deductions. Payroll deductions will cease as soon as administratively practicable
after the election is submitted. If the Employee elects to withdraw his or her
accumulated deductions, the accumulated payroll deductions (without any increase or
decrease for interest, gains or losses) will be distributed to the Employee as soon
as administratively practicable after the withdrawal election is submitted.

     (B) Resuming Payroll Deductions

     An Eligible Employee who discontinued payroll deductions during an Offering may
resume payroll deductions by submitting an authorization of payroll deductions. The
election must authorize deductions of a whole percentage, between one percent (1%)
and fifteen percent (15%), of the Eligible Employee’s future Earnings. Payroll
deductions will resume on the later of:

     (1) the day after the next Purchase Date after the election is
submitted, or

     (2) as soon as administratively practicable after the election is
submitted.

     (c) Election Procedures

     All elections must be in writing in the form required by the Committee and must be submitted
to the Committee at the time and in the manner required by the Committee. Employee payments will
be made only by payroll deduction in accordance with the Eligible Employee’s election; the Plan
will not accept additional payments.

     (d) Automatic Renewal

     Elections are deemed to continue in effect throughout an Offering and during subsequent
Offerings until changed by the Eligible Employee in accordance with Section 4(b).

     (e) Earnings

 

 

     “Earnings” means the total cash compensation paid to an Employee, including all salary, wages
(including compensation elected to be deferred by the Employee under any plan maintained by the
Company), overtime pay, commissions, bonuses, and other remuneration paid directly to the Employee,
but excluding, the value or cost of employee benefits provided by the Company, education or tuition
reimbursements, imputed income arising under any Company group insurance or benefit program,
traveling expenses, business and moving expense reimbursements, income received in connection with
stock options or stock grants, and contributions made by the Company under any employee benefit
plan.

Section 5 Special Enrollment for New Hires and Late Enrollments

     An Eligible Employee who either (i) was not an Eligible Employee on an Offering Date or (ii)
was an Eligible Employee on the Offering Date but who did not enroll in the Plan on or before the
Offering Date, may elect to participate in the Offering that began on the Offering Date by
submitting an authorization of payroll deductions in accordance with Section 4(a). Rights granted
to Eligible Employees under this Section 5 (“Special Enrollment Rights”) have the same rights,
privileges and terms as other Rights granted during the Offering, except that Special Enrollment
Rights have a special Offering Date for purposes of determining the purchase price and commencement
of payroll deductions. The Offering Date for new hire Rights granted under this Section 5 is the
day after the next Purchase Date after the election is submitted. 

Section 6 Purchase Dates and Purchase Price

     (a) Purchase Dates

     On each Purchase Date, each Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions (without any
increase or decrease for interest, gains or losses) will be used to purchase whole Shares,
up to the maximum number of Shares permitted by the Plan and Section 7 below. Effective for
Offerings beginning on or after January 1, 2009, the Purchase Dates are each June 30 and
December 31. 

     (b) Purchase Price

     The purchase price of Shares is the lesser of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market
Value of the Shares on the Offering Date, or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market
Value of the Shares on the Purchase Date.

Section 7 Purchase Limitations

     In no event will the following limitations be exceeded by any purchase under the Plan:

     (a) Purchase Date Share Limit

     On any Purchase Date during an Offering, an Employee may purchase in the aggregate no more
than seven thousand (7,000) Shares.

 

 

     (b) $25,000 Calendar Year Limit

     (i) $25,000 Limit

     The value of Shares that an Eligible Employee may purchase during any calendar year generally
cannot exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). For purposes of the $25,000 limit in this
Section 7(b), the value of Shares is the Fair Market Value determined on the Offering Date. The
$25,000 limit may be increased during the second calendar year of an Offering by the excess of
$25,000 over the value of Shares an Eligible Employee purchased in the Offering during the
preceding calendar year. Any Shares purchased during the second calendar year of an Offering will
be applied first to the unused portion of the $25,000 limit for the first calendar year of the
Offering.

     (ii) Example

     Employee Smith first becomes a participant in the Plan on July 1, 2007 and receives a Special
Enrollment Right for an Offering that begins on July 1, 2007 and ends on December 31, 2008. On
July 1, 2007, the Fair Market Value of Shares is $10 per share. The maximum number of Shares that
Employee Smith may purchase during 2007 is 2,500 Shares ($25,000 / $10 per share).

     On December 31, 2007, the first purchase date during Employee Smith’s purchased 1,500 Shares.
The unused portion of Employee Smith’s $25,000 limit for 2007, or 1,000 Shares, is added to her
$25,000 limit for 2008. On June 30, 2008, the next Purchase Date during the Offering, Employee
Smith purchases 1,000 Shares. Employee Smith’s remaining $25,000 limit is 3,000 Shares (5,000 –
1,500 – 1,000 = 2,500). On December 31, 2008, Employee Smith purchases 1,500 Shares and 1,000
Shares remain unused from her 2008 limit for this Offering.

     January 1, 2009 is a new Offering Date, and a new Offering begins on January 1, 2009. The
Fair Market Value of Shares on the new Offering Date is $25 per Share. The maximum number of
Shares that Employee Smith may purchase during 2009 is 1,000 Shares (1,000 Shares x $25 = $25,000),
because the 1,000 unused Shares from the first Offering do not carry forward to the second
Offering.

     (c) Aggregate Limit

     The maximum aggregate number of Shares available to be purchased by all Eligible Employees
during an Offering is the number of Shares remaining available under Section 4 of the Plan on the
Offering Date. If the aggregate purchase of Shares under an Offering would exceed the maximum
available under the Plan, the Board will make a pro rata allocation of the available Shares.

Section 8 Amendments

     (a) Prospective Amendments

     The Board may amend the terms of any Offering or discontinue future Offerings to the extent
the Board deems necessary or advisable, as long as the amendment or discontinuance is

 

 

adopted before the Offering Date of the Offering to which it applies. An Offering cannot be
amended after the Offering Date of the Offering.

     (b) Exception

     If the terms of an Offering (or the Rights granted pursuant to an Offering) would not meet the
requirements of Code Section 423, the Board may modify the terms of an Offering to the extent
necessary to bring the Offering into compliance with Code Section 423.

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