Goldcorp Inc. | ||
(Translation of registrants name into English) | ||
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, thereunto duly authorized.
GOLDCORP INC. |
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By: | /s/ Anna M. Tudela | |||
Name: | Anna M. Tudela | |||
Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary and Manager, Legal | |||
Date: March 9, 2006
1. | Name and Address of Company | |
Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) Waterfront Centre, Suite 1560, 200 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L6 |
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2. | Date of Material Change | |
July 29, 2005 | ||
3. | News Release | |
A news release with respect to the material change referred to in this report was issued through CNN Matthews August 2, 2005 and filed on the system for electronic document analysis and retrieval (SEDAR). | ||
4. | Summary of Material Change | |
Goldcorp announced that it has entered into a revolving term US$500 million credit facility (the Credit Facility) with a syndicate of lenders comprised of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG, Société Générale, Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Scotland. | ||
5. | Full Description of Material Change | |
Goldcorp announced that it has entered into the Credit Facility with a syndicate of lenders comprised of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG, Société Générale, Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Scotland. | ||
The Credit Facility is available to finance acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, and is unsecured. Amounts drawn down are required to be refinanced or repaid by July 29, 2010. | ||
Advances under the Credit Facility are available in US dollar loans at rates of interest based, at the option of Goldcorp, on LIBOR or the US Base Rate. The margin applying to LIBOR loans ranges from 0.625% per annum to 1.125% per annum and the margin applying to US Base Rate loans ranges from 0% per annum to 0.125% per annum. In each case, the margin applying to the loan will depend on Goldcorps leverage ratio. If Goldcorp uses more than 50% of the |
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Credit Facility, the margin applying to each loan will be increased by 0.125% per annum. | ||
Certain material subsidiaries of Goldcorp will provide guarantees to the lenders for amounts advanced under the Credit Facility. | ||
The Credit Facility includes customary covenants, including, but not limited to: (a) financial and compliance reporting; (b) payment of obligations; (c) maintenance of properties and insurance coverage; (d) financial covenant compliance and other reporting; (e) environmental and general indemnity; (f) limitation on liens, subject to permitted encumbrances; and (g) no dividends or distributions shall be made if a default or event of default has occurred or is pending, or if the making of the same would cause an event of default. The Credit Facility also includes the following additional covenants: (a) acquisitions shall be restricted to acquisitions in the mining industry; (b) Goldcorp shall not sell its ownership in certain material projects, including the Red Lake mine, the Alumbrera mine, the existing mines and advanced development projects in Mexico and the Amapari development project; (c) Goldcorp shall not allow Alumbrera or any intermediate subsidiary of Alumbrera to incur or guarantee debt, excluding debt owned by equity owners; and (d) until December 31, 2005, total consolidated indebtedness shall not exceed US$1.5 billion. | ||
The Credit Facility also includes the following financial covenants: |
(i) | Goldcorp shall maintain a tangible net worth of not less than US$1 billion; | ||
(ii) | Goldcorp shall maintain a maximum ratio of total debt to tangible net worth of 1.0; and | ||
(iii) | Goldcorp shall maintain a maximum ratio of net debt to EBITDA of 4.51. |
The Credit Facility includes customary events of default, including, but not limited to: (a) failure to pay any amounts owing when due; (b) breach of covenants; (c) insolvency; (d) representations or warranties being false in any material respect when made; (e) breach or default in payment or performance of any material contract or material obligation; and (f) any change in control. | ||
6. | Reliance on Subsection 7.1(2) or (3) of National Instrument 51-102 | |
Not applicable. | ||
7. | Omitted Information | |
Not applicable. |
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8. | Executive Officer | |
For further information contact Peter Barnes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goldcorp at (604) 696-3000. | ||
9. | Date of Report | |
August 3, 2005. |