EXHIBIT 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
$750,000,000 AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
March 31, 2003
among
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
as Borrower,
The Lenders Party Hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
[CS&M #6701-315]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.................................................................. 5
SECTION 1.02. Foreign Currency Translation................................................... 24
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally................................................................ 24
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP......................................................... 25
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.01. Commitments.................................................................... 26
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings........................................................... 26
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings.............................................. 26
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit.............................................................. 27
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings.......................................................... 32
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections............................................................. 32
SECTION 2.07. Termination of Commitments; Reductions of Commitments.......................... 34
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt........................................... 34
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans............................................................ 35
SECTION 2.10. Fees........................................................................... 35
SECTION 2.11. Interest....................................................................... 36
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest..................................................... 37
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs................................................................ 38
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments......................................................... 39
SECTION 2.15. Taxes.......................................................................... 39
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs..................... 40
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders................................. 42
ARTICLE III
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers........................................................... 43
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability.................................................. 43
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts........................................... 44
SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change............................... 44
Litigation and Environmental Matters.......................................................... 44
SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements............................................ 45
SECTION 3.07. Investment and Holding Company Status.......................................... 45
SECTION 3.08.................................................................................. 45
ERISA......................................................................................... 45
SECTION 3.09. Disclosure..................................................................... 45
SECTION 3.10.................................................................................. 45
Security Interests............................................................................ 45
SECTION 3.11. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.......................................... 46
ARTICLE IV
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date................................................................. 47
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event.............................................................. 49
ARTICLE V
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information..................................... 50
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Defaults............................................................ 52
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business................................................. 52
SECTION 5.04.................................................................................. 52
Maintenance of Properties..................................................................... 52
SECTION 5.05. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights................................. 52
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws........................................................... 52
SECTION 5.07.................................................................................. 52
Insurance..................................................................................... 52
SECTION 5.08.................................................................................. 53
Guarantees and Collateral..................................................................... 53
ARTICLE VI
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness................................................................... 55
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions................................................ 59
SECTION 6.06. Asset Dispositions............................................................. 62
SECTION 6.07.................................................................................. 63
Restricted Payments........................................................................... 63
SECTION 6.08. Capital Expenditures........................................................... 64
SECTION 6.09.................................................................................. 64
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio............................................................... 64
SECTION 6.10. Consolidated Net Worth......................................................... 64
SECTION 6.11.................................................................................. 65
Senior Secured Debt Ratio..................................................................... 65
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE IX
SECTION 9.01. Notices........................................................................ 70
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments............................................................ 70
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver............................................. 72
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns......................................................... 73
SECTION 9.05. Survival....................................................................... 77
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness....................................... 77
SECTION 9.07. Severability................................................................... 77
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff................................................................ 77
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process..................... 78
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL........................................................... 78
SECTION 9.11. Headings....................................................................... 79
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality................................................................ 79
SECTION 9.13.................................................................................. 80
Interest Rate Limitation...................................................................... 80
Security Documents............................................................................ 80
SECTION 9.14. Security Documents.............................................................. 59
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01A-- Consent Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01B-- Mortgaged Property
Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule 2.04 -- Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.10 -- Material Intellectual Property
Schedule 6.01 -- Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 -- Existing Liens
Schedule 6.06 -- Asset Dispositions
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A -- Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B -- Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit C -- Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit D -- Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit E-1 -- Form of Opinion of Borrower's Outside Counsel
Exhibit E-1 -- Form of Opinion of Borrower's General Counsel
Exhibit F -- Form of Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of March 31, 2003, among THE
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; the LENDERS party
hereto; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative
Agent.
The Borrower, certain Lenders and the Administrative Agent are
parties to an Amended and Restated Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as
of August 13, 2002 (as amended to the date hereof, the "Existing Credit
Agreement"). As part of a refinancing and restructuring of certain bank credit
and receivables securitization facilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(the "Refinancing"), the Borrower has requested that the Existing Credit
Agreement be amended and restated in the form of this Agreement. Lenders
representing at least the Majority Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement) are willing to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in the
form of this Agreement.
The Borrower has requested the Lenders, and the Lenders are
willing, to extend credit to the Borrower in order to enable it (a) to borrow on
a revolving basis on and after the date hereof and at any time and from time to
time prior to the Maturity Date a principal amount not in excess of $750,000,000
at any time outstanding and (b) to obtain Letters of Credit in an aggregate
stated amount not in excess of $600,000,000 at any time. The Lenders are willing
to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions
herein set forth. The proceeds of the Loans will be used for general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be used
for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABL Facilities Agreement" means the $1,300,000,000 Term Loan
and Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower,
certain lenders, JPMCB, as administrative agent, Citicorp USA, Inc., as
syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and CIT Financial Group, as
documentation agents.
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
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"Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
"Administrative Agent" means JPMCB, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such
capacity.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls
or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Agents" means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in
the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to
any assignments.
"Approved Fund" means (a) with respect to any Lender, a CLO
managed by such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to
any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
"Arranger" means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Sole
Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger for the credit facilities established by this
Agreement.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an assignment and assumption
entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent,
in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Attributable Debt" means, with respect to any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP and,
in the case of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction that does not result in Capital
Lease Obligations, as if the obligations incurred in connection with such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction were
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Capital Lease Obligations) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon
payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the
Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease
may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the
amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid
under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated) and (ii) the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such
termination.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the
date of termination of the Commitments.
"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America.
"Borrower" means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio
corporation.
"Borrowing" means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or
continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a
single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 in substantially the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, (a) the
additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a statement of
cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
prepared in accordance with GAAP, excluding capitalized software expenses, and
(b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries during such period (other than any such Capital Lease Obligations
that shall relate to assets acquired in transactions reflected in Capital
Expenditures for any earlier period). For purposes of this definition, (i) the
purchase price of equipment or other fixed assets that are purchased
simultaneously with the trade-in of existing assets or with insurance proceeds
shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount
by which such purchase price exceeds the credit granted by the seller of such
assets for the assets being traded in at such time or the amount of such
insurance proceeds, as the case may be, and (ii) acquisitions permitted by
Section 6.05(e) shall be excluded.
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"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Change in Control" means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in
effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of
the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons
who were neither (i) directors on the date hereof or nominated by the board of
directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
"Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or
any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of
such Lender or by such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company, if any)
with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
"CLO" means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course
of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
"Collateral" means that portion of the "Collateral", as
defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, that secures the Obligations.
"Collateral Agent" means JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Lenders under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other
Security Documents.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters
of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum permitted
aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section
2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by
or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The
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initial amount of each Lender's Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed
its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders'
Commitments is $750,000,000.
"Consent Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary listed on Part I
or Part II of Schedule 1.01A and (b) any Subsidiary not on Schedule 1.01A or
formed or acquired after the Effective Date in respect of which (A) the consent
of any Person other than the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary is required
by applicable law or the terms of any organizational document of such Subsidiary
or other agreement of such Subsidiary or any Affiliate of such Subsidiary in
order for such Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a
US Facilities Grantor or a US Guarantor and perform its obligations thereunder,
or in order for Equity Interests of such Subsidiary to be pledged under the
Security Documents, as the case may be, and (B) the Borrower endeavored in good
faith to obtain such consents and such consents shall not have been obtained.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary shall be a Consent Subsidiary at
any time that it is a guarantor of, or has provided any collateral to secure,
Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower, and any Consent Subsidiary
(including a Consent Subsidiary listed in Part I or Part II of Schedule 1.01A)
that at any time ceases to meet the test set forth in clause (A) shall cease to
be a Consent Subsidiary.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted
in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period, (iii)
all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv)
all non-cash non-recurring charges for such period, (v) all Rationalization
Charges for such period, (vi) other expense for such period, (vii) equity in
losses of affiliates for such period, (viii) foreign exchange currency losses
for such period and (ix) minority interest in net income of subsidiaries for
such period, minus (b) without duplication, to the extent included in
determining such Consolidated Net Income (except with respect to (ii) and (iii)
below), (i) any non-cash extraordinary gains for such period, (ii) cash
expenditures (other than Rationalization Charges) during such period in respect
of items that resulted in non-cash non-recurring charges during any prior period
after the date hereof, (iii) Excess Cash Rationalization Charges, (iv) other
income for such period, (v) equity in earnings of affiliates for such period,
(vi) foreign exchange currency gains for such period and (vii) minority interest
in net losses of subsidiaries for such period, all determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP. Each item referred to in this definition and not
defined elsewhere in this Agreement will be computed by a method consistent with
that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the sum
of, without duplication, (a) the consolidated interest expense (including
imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and excluding
fees and other origination costs included in interest expense and arising from
Indebtedness incurred at any time) of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP but excluding
capitalized interest, (b) all cash dividends paid during such
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period in respect of Permitted Preferred Stock and (c) all finance expense
related to Securitization Transactions, excluding amortization of origination
and other fees.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net
income or loss of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, as of the last day of any
fiscal quarter, the sum for the Borrower of (a) the stated value of outstanding
common stock, (b) capital surplus and (c) retained earnings, excluding for
purposes of such calculation the effect of (i) all non-cash non-recurring
charges and all non-cash Rationalization Charges and (ii) all losses and gains
on sales of assets other than in the ordinary course of business and all other
non-cash non-recurring gains, in each case in (i) and (ii) above, after December
31, 2002.
"Consolidated Revenue" means, for any period, the revenues of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness" means, for any
period, the sum for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such
period, without duplication, of (a) all Indebtedness that is included on the
Borrower's consolidated balance sheet and is secured by any assets of the
Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary, (b) all Capital Lease Obligations, (c)
all synthetic lease financings, (d) all Indebtedness of South Pacific Tyres that
is secured by any of its assets or assets of the Borrower or a Consolidated
Subsidiary and (e) all Securitization Transactions, all determined in accordance
with GAAP. For purposes of computing Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness,
the amount of any synthetic lease financing shall equal the amount that would be
capitalized in respect of such lease if it were a Capital Lease Obligation.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means, at any date, each Subsidiary
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the
Borrower's consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Assets" means, at any date, the total
assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Credit Documents" means this Agreement, any letter of credit
applications referred to in Section 2.04(a) or (b), any promissory notes
delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(e) and the Security Documents.
"Credit Party" means the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor
and each Grantor.
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"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an
Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured
or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Disclosure Documents" means (a) the Information Memorandum,
(b) reports of the Borrower on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments
thereto, that shall have been (i) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or prior to Xxxxx 00, 0000, xx (xx) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission after such date and prior to the Effective Date and
delivered to the Administrative Agent, and (c) the draft Report of the Borrower
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, delivered to the
Lenders prior to the date hereof, as such Report shall have been modified by any
subsequent draft of such Report delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to
the Effective Date.
"dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States
of America.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is not a
Foreign Subsidiary.
"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions
specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
"Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations,
codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the presence, the management or release of, or exposure to, any
Hazardous Materials or to health and safety matters.
"Environmental Liability" means all liabilities, obligations,
damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties,
fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural
resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise,
arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage,
treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous
Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed
or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in limited liability companies, beneficial
interests in trusts or other equity ownership interests in any Persons, and any
warrants, options or other rights entitling the holders thereof to purchase or
acquire any such equity interests.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
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"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as
a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to any
Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived or an
event described in Section 4043.33 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal
Regulations); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated
funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) as to which a waiver has not been obtained; (c) the incurrence by the
Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (d) the treatment of a Plan
amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) any event or
condition, other than the Transactions, that would be materially likely to
result in the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the receipt by the
Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator of any notice of an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint
a trustee to administer any Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; or (h) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of
Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA.
"Eurodollar", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"European Facilities Agreement" means the $650,000,000 Term
Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the
European JV, the other borrowers thereunder, certain lenders, and JPMCB, as
administrative agent.
"European JV" means Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V.
"Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Article VII.
"Excess Cash Rationalization Charges" means, for any period,
cash expenditures of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries with respect
to Rationalization Charges recorded on the Borrower's consolidated income
statement after the date hereof; provided, however, that for such cash
expenditures incurred after September 1, 2003, Excess Cash Rationalization
Charges shall only include the aggregate amount of such cash expenditures which
exceed the sum of $100,000,000 (or $50,000,000 if incurred prior to December 31,
2003) plus 25% of the Net Cash Proceeds
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from the issuance and sale of its Equity Interests or Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 6.01(q).
"Excluded Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary with only nominal
assets and no operations.
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be
made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or
franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States
or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which
its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction
described in clause (a) above and (c) (i) any withholding tax that is imposed by
the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee
pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)) at the time such
Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor,
if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to
such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15(a) or (ii) any withholding tax
that is imposed by the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender that
is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section 2.15(e).
"Existing Credit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of August 13, 2002 among the
Borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means the letters of credit
issued prior to the Effective Date under the Existing Credit Agreement or
otherwise, each of which is set forth on Schedule 2.04.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the
weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for
such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the
Borrower.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For
purposes of this
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definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
"Foreign Pledge Agreement" means a pledge agreement securing
the Obligations or any of them that is governed by the law of a jurisdiction
other than the United States and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any of its territories or
possessions or any political subdivision thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United
States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
"Grantors" means the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary
that becomes, or is required to become, a US Facilities Grantor (as defined in
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) pursuant to Section 4.01(j) or 5.08.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the
"primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including
any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to
purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment
thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect
of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements
for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guarantee of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in
respect of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount for which
such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount
for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable,
in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing person's
maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming such person is required to
perform) in respect thereof as determined in such person's good faith.
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"Guarantee and Collateral Agreement" means the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Grantors, certain other Subsidiaries and the Collateral Agent substantially in
the form of Exhibit F.
"Hazardous Materials" means (A) petroleum products and
byproducts, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting
substances; and (B) any pollutant or contaminant or any hazardous, toxic,
radioactive or otherwise regulated chemical, material, substance or waste that
is prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Law.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a)
all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of
such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e)
all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured by) any Lien on property owned
or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has
been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g)
all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit
and letters of guaranty and (i) all Securitization Transactions of such Person.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other
entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to
the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership
interest in such entity.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.
"Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated March 5, 2003 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
"Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to
convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06 in substantially
the form of Exhibit B hereto.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any ABR
Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
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"Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or
six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any
Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end
on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which
such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Borrowing, thereafter shall be the
effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
"Investments" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.05.
"Issuing Bank Agreement" means an agreement in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which a
Lender agrees to act as an Issuing Bank.
"Issuing Bank" means JPMCB and each other Lender that has
entered into an Issuing Bank Agreement, each in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in
Section 2.04(i). Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or
more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which
case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
"JPMCB" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, and its successors.
"LC Disbursement" means a payment made by any Issuing Bank
pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the
aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or
on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any
time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
"Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption.
"Letter of Credit" means each Existing Letter of Credit and
any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
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"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Xxxxx Market
Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any
successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that
such rate is not available at such time for any reason with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing, then the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such Eurodollar
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and
for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal
London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage,
deed of trust, French delegation of claims, lien, pledge, hypothecation,
encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially
the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c)
in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third
party with respect to such securities.
"Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Luxembourg Finance" means Goodyear Finance Holding S.A., a
corporation organized in Luxembourg.
"Majority Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders having
Commitments representing at least a majority of the aggregate Commitments.
"Material Adverse Change" means a material adverse change in
or effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial
condition (including as a result of the effects of any contingent liabilities
thereon) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability
of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform obligations under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to the rights or
interests of the Lenders or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the
Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to
the interests of the Lenders.
"Material Foreign Subsidiary" means, at any time, each Foreign
Subsidiary that had assets with an aggregate book value in excess of $50,000,000
as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(a) or (b).
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"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the
Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap
Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000. For purposes of determining
Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the
maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the
Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were
terminated at such time, calculated in accordance with the terms of such Swap
Agreement.
"Material Intellectual Property" means all Intellectual
Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the Borrower
and the Grantors, other than Intellectual Property that in the aggregate is not
material to the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Material Subsidiary" means, at any time, each Subsidiary
other than Subsidiaries that do not represent more than 1% for any such
individual Subsidiary, or more than 5% in the aggregate for all such
Subsidiaries, of either (a) Consolidated Total Assets or (b) Consolidated
Revenue for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
"Maturity Date" means April 30, 2005.
"Mortgage" means a mortgage or deed of trust, assignment of
leases and rents, or other security documents reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property
to secure the Obligations.
"Mortgaged Property" means, at any time, each parcel of real
property listed in Schedule 1.01B and the improvements thereto.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"NAIC" means the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners.
"Net Cash Proceeds" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the US Term Facility Agreement.
"New Facilities Credit Agreements" means this Agreement, the
US Term Loan Agreement, the European Facilities Agreement and the ABL Facilities
Agreement.
"New Facilities Documents" means the New Facilities Credit
Agreements, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security
Documents (as such term is defined in any New Facilities Credit Agreement).
"Obligations" means (a) the due and punctual payment of (i)
the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or
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allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made under this Agreement in respect
of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of
reimbursements of LC Disbursements and interest thereon and (iii) all other
monetary obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured Parties under
this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, including fees, costs,
expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed
or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured
Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future stamp,
documentary, excise, recording, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes,
charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Credit Document or
from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to,
any Credit Document.
"Participant" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred
to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of
Exhibit II to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other form approved
by the Collateral Agent.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are
being contested;
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's and other Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by
more than 30 days (or any longer grace period available under the terms
of the applicable underlying obligation) or are being contested;
(c) Liens created and pledges and deposits made in the
ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) Liens created and deposits made to secure the performance
of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case
in the ordinary course of business, and Liens created and deposits made
prior to the date hereof in the ordinary course of business to secure
the performance of surety bonds;
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(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not
constitute an Event of Default;
(f) supplier's liens in inventory, other assets supplied or
accounts receivable that result from retention of title or extended
retention of title arrangements arising in connection with purchases of
goods in the ordinary course of business; and
(g) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
encumbrances on real property and other Liens incidental to the conduct
of business or ownership of property that arise automatically by
operation of law or arise in the ordinary course of business and that
do not materially detract from the value of the property of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries or of the Collateral, in each case taken
as a whole, or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
otherwise adversely affect in any material respect the rights or
interests of the Lenders;
provided that (except as provided in clause (d) above) the term "Permitted
Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed
money.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
(or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days
from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of
acquisition, ratings of A1 from S&P and P1 from Xxxxx'x;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker's
acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and
money market deposit accounts issued or offered by any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof
which has a short term deposit rating of A1 from S&P and P1 from
Xxxxx'x and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of
not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of
not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and
entered into with a financial institution described in clause (c)
above;
(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set
forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Xxxxx'x and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
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(f) in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary, (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the sovereign nation in which such Subsidiary is
organized and is conducting business or issued by any agency of such
sovereign nation and backed by the full faith and credit of such
sovereign nation, in each case maturing within one year from the date
of acquisition, so long as the indebtedness of such sovereign nation is
rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Xxxxx'x or carries an equivalent
rating from a comparable foreign rating agency or (ii) investments of
the type and maturity described in clauses (b) through (e) of foreign
obligors, which investments or obligors have ratings described in such
clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies.
"Permitted Preferred Stock" has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 6.01(q).
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and in respect of which the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section
3(5) of ERISA.
"Prepayment Event" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the US Term Facility Agreement.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by JPMCB (or any successor Administrative Agent
appointed or chosen pursuant to Article VIII hereof) as its prime rate in effect
at its principal office in New York City. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
"Rationalization Charges" means, for any period, cash and
non-cash charges related to rationalization actions designed to reduce capacity,
eliminate redundancies and reduce costs. Rationalization Charges will be
computed by a method consistent with that used in preparing the financial
statements referred to in Section 3.04.
"Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person,
such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, counsel and other advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity
Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash,
securities or other property) on
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account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or
termination of any such Equity Interests or any option, warrant or other right
to acquire any such Equity Interests.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender
at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loans
plus its LC Exposure at such time.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement whereby
the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or
personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter
acquired, and thereafter rent or lease from the buyer or transferee property
that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the
property sold or transferred, other than any such transaction entered into with
respect to any property or any improvements thereto at the time of, or within
180 days after, the acquisition or completion of construction of such property
or such improvements (or, if later, the commencement of commercial operation of
any such property), as the case may be, to finance the cost of such property or
such improvements, as the case may be.
"Secured Parties" means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing
Bank, the Collateral Agent and each Lender.
"Securitization Transaction" means, with respect to any
Person, (i) any transfer by such Person of accounts receivable, rights to future
lease payments or residuals or other financial assets, and related property, or
interests therein (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other entity,
which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the
incurrence or issuance by the transferee or any successor transferee of
Indebtedness or securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent
interests in, the cash flow derived from such accounts receivable or interests,
or (b) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers, (ii) any
Indebtedness of such Person secured substantially entirely by accounts
receivable, rights to future lease payments or residuals or other financial
assets, and related property or (iii) any factoring transaction involving
substantially entirely accounts receivable, rights to future lease payments or
residuals or other financial assets, and related property. The amount of any
Securitization Transaction shall be deemed at any time to be the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness or securities referred to in
the preceding sentence or, if there shall be no such principal amount, the
equivalent outstanding amount of the funded investment.
"Security Documents" means the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, the Mortgages, the Foreign Pledge Agreements and each other
instrument or document delivered pursuant to Section 5.08 to secure any of the
Obligations.
"Statutory Reserve Rate" means a fraction (expressed as a
decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages
(including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the
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Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted
LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be
deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve
requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets
that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or
any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
"subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent")
at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of
the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements in accordance with
GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other
ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of
the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by
the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or
more subsidiaries of the parent.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Domestic Subsidiary that
becomes, or is required to become, a US Guarantor (as defined in the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement) pursuant to Section 4.01(j) or 5.08.
"Swap Agreement" means any agreement, including any master
agreement, with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction
or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates or prices for one or more currencies, commodities, equity or debt
instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures
of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or
any combination of these transactions.
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance
by the Borrower of this Agreement and by the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Grantors, as applicable, of the other Credit Documents, the borrowing of
the Loans, the obtaining and use of the Letters of Credit, the creation of the
Liens and Guarantees provided for in the Security Documents and the other
transactions contemplated hereby.
"Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the
Alternate Base Rate.
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"US Term Facility Agreement" means the $645,545,454 Term Loan
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower, certain lenders,
JPMCB, as administrative agent, and BNP Paribas, as syndication agent.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any person shall mean a
subsidiary of such person of which securities (except for directors' qualifying
shares) or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests
are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by
such person or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such person or by such
person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such person.
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan
as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Foreign Currency Translation.. For purposes of
determining compliance as of any date with Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05 or
6.06, amounts incurred or outstanding in currencies other than dollars shall be
translated into dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the first Business
Day of the fiscal quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of
which such determination is being made, as such exchange rates shall be
determined in good faith by the Borrower. No Default or Event of Default shall
arise as a result of any limitation set forth in dollars in Section 6.01, 6.02,
6.03, 6.05 or 6.06 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency
exchange rates from those rates applicable on the first day of the fiscal
quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of which such
determination is being made.
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein
shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation".
The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the
word "shall". Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person's successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the
subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such
subsidiaries, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety
and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e)
the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
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SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Majority Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
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ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to
time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will
not result in such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender's
Commitment. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and
reborrow Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be
made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several
and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to make Loans
as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.12, each Borrowing shall be comprised
entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in
accordance herewith; provided that all Borrowings made on the Effective Date
must be made as ABR Borrowings. Each Lender at its option may make any
Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such
Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000. At the time that
each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that
is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount
that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments and, if in
an amount not less than the applicable minimum amount specified above, may be in
the amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement
as contemplated by Section 2.04(e), notwithstanding that such amount is not an
integral multiple of $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type may be
outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more
than a total of 20 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue,
any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end
after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed
Borrowing or (b) in
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the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on
the day of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR
Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.04(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall
be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to
the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower.
Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business
Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which
funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.05.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. Promptly following
receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the
amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance (or
the amendment, renewal or extension) of Letters of Credit for its own account,
in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period.
In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by
the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall control. On the Effective Date, each
Issuing Bank that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed,
without further action by any party hereto, to have granted to each Lender and
each Lender shall have been deemed to have purchased from such Issuing Bank a
participation in such Letter of Credit in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
The Borrower and the Lenders that are also party to the Existing Credit
Agreement agree that concurrently with such grant, the participations in the
Existing Letters of Credit granted to such lenders under the Existing
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Credit Agreement shall be automatically canceled without further action by any
of the parties thereto. On and after the Effective Date each Existing Letter of
Credit shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof. Any Lender
that issued an Existing Letter of Credit but shall not have entered into an
Issuing Bank Agreement shall have the rights of an Issuing Bank as to such
Letter of Credit for purposes of this Section 2.04.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to
an Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the
requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this
Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare,
amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by any Issuing Bank,
the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing
Bank's standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit;
provided that any provisions in any such letter of credit application that
create Liens securing the obligations of the Borrower thereunder or that are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement shall be of no force or
effect. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if
(and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the
Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to
such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not
exceed $600,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Lenders' Revolving
Credit Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or
prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the
date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or
extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without
any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders,
such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires
from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such
Lender's Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such
Lender's Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank
and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e)
of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the
Borrower for
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any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of
Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC
Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such
LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC
Disbursement not later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, on the date that such
LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC
Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such
notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date,
then not later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that
the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such
notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt or (iii) if such
LC Disbursement is not less than the applicable minimum borrowing amount, on the
second Business Day after the day otherwise applicable under clause (i) or (ii);
provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the applicable minimum
borrowing amount, unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative
Agent to the contrary, the Borrower will be deemed to have requested in
accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Borrowing
in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower's
obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the
resulting ABR Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due,
the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such
notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable
Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as
provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section
2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders),
and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank
the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by
the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to such
Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing
Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to
this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than
the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and
shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC
Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligation to
reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in
accordance with the
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terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for
the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower's obligations hereunder. None of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, or any of their
Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in
connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment
or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any
Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any damages
suffered by the Borrower or any Lender that are caused by such Issuing Bank's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to
documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance
with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, acting in
good faith, either accept and make payment upon such documents without
responsibility for further investigation or refuse to accept and make payment
upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the
terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly
following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or
delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC
Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC
Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in
full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall
bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is
made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement
at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the
Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph
(e) of this Section, then Section 2.11(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant
to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except that
interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender
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pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall
be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank may be
replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such
Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the
Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b). From and after the effective date of
any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights
and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
"Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the
context shall require. After the replacement of any Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall
occur and be continuing, on the earlier of (i) the third Business Day after the
Borrower shall receive notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph and
(ii) the date on which the maturity of the Loans shall be accelerated, unless
prohibited by the terms of any other New Facilities Credit Agreement, the
Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name
of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in
cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral
shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately
due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence
of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or
(i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as
collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement. Unless prohibited by the terms of any other New Facilities
Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and
control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other
than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investment
shall be in Permitted Investments and shall be made in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent and at the Borrower's risk and expense, such deposits shall
not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in such account. Unless prohibited by the terms of any other New
Facilities Credit Agreement, moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for
which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for
the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been
accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposures
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy
other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is
required to provide an amount of
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cash collateral under this paragraph, then (i) if the maturity of the Loans has
not been accelerated and the LC Exposure shall be reduced to an amount below the
amount so deposited, the Administrative Agent will return to the Borrower any
excess of the amount so deposited over the LC Exposure and (ii) such amount (to
the extent not applied as provided above in this paragraph) shall be returned to
the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been
cured or waived.
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall
make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by 12:30 p.m., New York City time, to
the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such
purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request; provided that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(e) shall be remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will
not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan
included in such Borrowing. It is agreed that no payment by the Borrower under
this paragraph will be subject to any break-funding payment under Section 2.14.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially
shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as
provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect
to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing.
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(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time
that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower
were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made
on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request
signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request
applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to
different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to
each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each
resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such
Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR
Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the
term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election
Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of such Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest
Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the request of the Majority Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long
as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each
Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.07. Termination of Commitments; Reductions of
Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate
on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to
time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the
Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and
not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the
Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in
accordance with Section 2.09, the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed
the total Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any
election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this
Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice
of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such
notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in
which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments
shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably
among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the
Maturity Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which
it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and
the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each
Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or
any error therein (including any failure to record the making or repayment of
any Loan) shall not in any manner affect the
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obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or prevent the Borrower's obligations in respect of Loans from
being discharged to the extent of amounts actually paid in respect thereof.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced
by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and
deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender
(or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have
the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or
in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
Section.
(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of
prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be
irrevocable, shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each
Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of
prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of
the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment
may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with
Section 2.07. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that
would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as
provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied
ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.10. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which
shall accrue at the rate of 0.75% per annum on the daily unused amount of the
Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof
to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued
commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June,
September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments
terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All
commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall
be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day).
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(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to such Lender's
participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the rate of 4.00% per
annum on the average daily amount of such Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any
portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period
from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on
which such Lender's Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender
ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee,
which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between
the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank (on the date hereof or any later
date on which such Issuing Bank shall have become an Issuing Bank), on the
average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments
and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such
Issuing Bank's standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.
Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day
of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the
third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such accrued fees shall be
payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees
accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on
demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Banks pursuant to this paragraph
shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and
fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be
payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day).
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent,
for its own account, fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d) If Loans remain outstanding under the US Term Loan
Agreement on April 30, 2004, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender on such date, a fee equal to 1.00% (or if
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loans under the US Term Loan
Agreement shall have been reduced to an amount not greater than $200,000,000 as
of such date, .75%) of such Lender's Commitment, whether used or unused, at such
time.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due,
in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing
Banks, in the case of fees payable to them) for distribution, in the case of
commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be
refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.11. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR
Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 3.00% per annum.
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(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus 4.00% per annum.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of
any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in
the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other
amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a)
of this Section.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the
Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of
this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end
of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or
prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii)
in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the
current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable
on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate
Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall
be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and
in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority
Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of
making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such
Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests
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the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a
Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request
requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such
reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any Issuing
Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London
interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this
Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of
Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such
Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or
to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such
Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), in each
case by an amount deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank to be material, then the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any
Change in Law regarding capital requirements has had or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's capital or
on the capital of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company, if any,
in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank to be material,
as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in
Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or
such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company would have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or such Issuing
Bank's policies and the policies of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding
company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower
will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank
or such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or such Issuing Bank setting
forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing
Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower shall
pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as
due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such
amount is being contested by the Borrower in good faith.
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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing
Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's right to demand such
compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a
Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or
such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in
Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or
such Issuing Bank's intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the
payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of
Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked
under Section 2.09(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the
assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.17, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender
for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to
include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan
had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been
applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last
day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure
to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest
Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on
such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender
would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar
deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered
to the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such amount is
being contested by the Borrower in good faith.
SECTION 2.15. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under
any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any
other Credit Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions of such Taxes (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the
Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
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deductions been made (and the Borrower shall pay or cause such Credit Party to
pay such increased amount), (ii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall
make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall pay
the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent,
each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor,
for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on
or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document
(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest
and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to
the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or
an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf
of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or any other Credit Party to a Governmental
Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original
or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other
evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from
or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time such Foreign Lender first becomes
a party to this Agreement and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law
or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Foreign Lender has
received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of
such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation.
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing
of Setoffs. (a) Except as required or permitted under Section 2.04, 2.13, 2.14,
2.15, 2.17 or 9.03, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of
any Borrowing or of any LC Disbursement, each payment of interest on the Loans
or LC Disbursements, each payment of fees (other than fees payable to the
Issuing Banks), each reduction of the Commitments and each refinancing of any
Borrowing with a Borrowing of any Type, shall be allocated pro rata among the
Lenders in accordance with their respective
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Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans).
Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender's portion of any Borrowing to
be made hereunder, the Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender's
percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.
(b) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made
by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC
Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15 or
otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in
immediately available funds, without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction.
Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank as
expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.13,
2.14, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled
thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by
it for the account of any other Person in appropriate ratable shares to the
appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of
such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(c) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal,
unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds
shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards
payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in
such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of
its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon
than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such
greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent
necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and
all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent
of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this
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paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower
pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a
participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as
to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to
the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law and under this Agreement, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the
Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as
fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of
such participation.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or
the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or each of
the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds
Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to
be made by it hereunder for the account of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy
such Lender's obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied
obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13 or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the
future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
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(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or
if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to
an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower
shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received
payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee or the Borrower, as
the case may be, and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a
claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made
pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each of
the other Credit Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all
requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not
be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, is qualified to do
business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the Credit
Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority
to carry on its business as now conducted and is qualified to do business, and
is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required,
except for failures that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be
materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions
to be entered into by each Credit Party are within such Credit Party's powers
and have been duly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Credit Document to
which any Credit Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such
Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower or such Credit Party, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. Except to
the extent that no Material Adverse Change would be materially likely to result,
the Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as
are required to perfect Liens created under the Security Documents and such as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not
violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any order
of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under
any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries or any of their assets, and (d) will not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Credit Documents.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse
Change. (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders a draft in
substantially final form of its consolidated balance sheet and statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of such dates and for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since
December 31, 2002, there has been no event or condition that constitutes or
would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, it being
agreed that a reduction in any rating relating to the Borrower issued by any
rating agency shall not, in and of itself, be an event or condition that
constitutes or would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change
(but that events or conditions underlying or resulting from any such reduction
may constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change).
SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an
adverse determination and that if adversely determined would be materially
likely, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Change
or (ii) that involve the Credit Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, and
except with respect to matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the
Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or
other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to
any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect
to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
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SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all
indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property,
except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate,
would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.07. Investment and Holding Company Status. Neither
the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as
defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or (b) a "holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
SECTION 3.08. ERISA. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Documents, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that,
when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred or are
reasonably expected to occur, would be materially likely to result in a Material
Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.09. Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum
nor the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information
referred to in Section 3.04 or delivered after the date hereof by or on behalf
of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 (taken together with all other information so
furnished and as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished)
contained or will contain, in each case as of the date delivered, any material
misstatement of fact or omitted or will omit to state, in each case as of the
date delivered, any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that, with respect to projected financial information or other forward
looking information, the Borrower represents only that such information was
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the
time.
SECTION 3.10. Security Interests. (a) When executed and
delivered, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will be effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and
enforceable security interest in the US Facilities Collateral (as defined
therein), to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
and (i) when the US Facilities Collateral constituting certificated securities
(as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) is delivered to the Collateral Agent
thereunder together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will create, to the extent contemplated by
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, a perfected security interest in all
right, title and interest of the Grantors in such certificated securities to the
extent perfection is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted
under Section 6.02 that take priority over security interests in certificated
securities perfected by the possession of such securities under the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, and (ii) when
financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices
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specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
will create a perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of
the Grantors in the remaining US Facilities Collateral to the extent perfection
can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such
jurisdictions, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section
6.02. The exclusion of the Consent Assets (as defined in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement) from the US Facilities Collateral does not materially
reduce the aggregate value of the US Facilities Collateral.
(b) Each Mortgage, upon execution and delivery by the parties
thereto, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all the applicable
mortgagor's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties subject
thereto and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages have been filed in the
counties specified in Schedule 3.10(b), the Mortgages will create perfected
Liens on all right, title and interest of the mortgagors in the Mortgaged
Properties and the proceeds thereof, prior and superior in right to Liens in
favor of any other Person (other than Liens or other encumbrances for which
exceptions are taken in the policies of title insurance delivered in respect of
the Mortgaged Properties on or prior to the Effective Date and Liens permitted
under Section 6.02).
(c) Upon the recordation of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement or a memorandum of such Agreement with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will create a perfected
Lien on all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the Material
Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by such
recordation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in each case prior
and superior in right to any other Person, subject to Liens permitted under
Section 6.02 (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on
registered trademarks and trademark applications acquired by the Grantors after
the Effective Date). As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.10(c) sets forth all
the Material Intellectual Property.
(d) Upon the recordation of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement will create a perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the
Grantors in the Aircraft Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by such recordation
with the Federal Aviation Administration, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person, subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02.
(e) None of the Perfection Certificate or any other written
information relating to the Collateral delivered after the date hereof by or on
behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
any Lender pursuant to any provision of any Credit Document is or will be
incorrect when delivered in any respect material to the rights or interests of
the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
SECTION 3.11. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The
proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit will be used only for the
purposes referred to in the preamble to this Agreement. No part of the proceeds
of any Loan will be used, whether
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directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the
Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 3.12. Cash Balance at Borrowing. Immediately after the
making of each Loan, the aggregate amount of the cash, cash equivalents and
Permitted Investments held by the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries
(excluding Goodyear Dunlop Tires NA) (after giving effect to the incurrence of
such Loans and the application of the proceeds thereof and any other cash or
Permitted Investments on hand (to the extent such proceeds and/or other cash or
Permitted Investments are actually used on the date of such Loans for a
permitted purpose other than an investment in Permitted Investments)) shall not
be in excess of $300,000,000.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. This Agreement shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have
received from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Lenders
representing at least the Majority Lenders under the Existing Credit
Agreement either (i) counterparts of this Agreement signed on behalf of
each such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a
signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable
written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and dated the Effective Date) of (i) Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for
the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 and (ii) the
General Counsel, the Associate General Counsel or an Assistant General
Counsel of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2, and
covering such other matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Credit
Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent or the
Majority Lenders shall reasonably request.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such
documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel
may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good
standing of each Credit Party, the authorization by the Credit Parties
of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the
Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Lenders shall have received drafts in substantially
final form of the Borrower's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002, containing the Borrower's consolidated
balance sheet and statements of
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income, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
such fiscal year.
(e) The representations and warranties set forth in Article
III shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Effective
Date and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate
signed by a Financial Officer to that effect.
(f) The Borrower and the other Credit Parties shall be in
compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth herein and in
the other Credit Documents in all material respects on their part to be
observed or performed, and at the time of and immediately after the
Effective Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and
the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a
Financial Officer to that effect.
(g) the Convertible Term Loan Agreement dated as of February
4, 1998, between the Borrower and Banque Nationale de Paris S.A.,
Dublin Branch, as amended and in effect on the date hereof, shall have
been terminated.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and
other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date,
including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all
out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the
Borrower hereunder.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a
completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by
a Financial Officer, together with all attachments contemplated
thereby, and (ii) the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial
Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Credit Parties in
the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph 1 of the Perfection
Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar
documents) disclosed by such search.
(j) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary (other than the Excluded
Subsidiaries and the Consent Subsidiaries) a counterpart of the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on
behalf of the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a US Guarantor and (except
in the case of a Subsidiary that shall have had consolidated assets of
less than $10,000,000 at December 31, 2002) a US Facilities Grantor;
(k) the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates
representing all Equity Interests (other than any uncertificated Equity
Interests) pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer
with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(l) all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and
recordations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
Federal Aviation Administration required by law or reasonably requested
by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens
intended to be created on the US Facilities Collateral (to the extent
such Liens may be perfected by filings under
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the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction
or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
Federal Aviation Administration) shall have been filed or recorded or
delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or recording; and
(m) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts
of a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, duly executed
and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a
policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized
title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a
valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of
any other Liens (other than Liens referred to in such policies of title
insurance and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Liens
permitted by Section 6.02), together with such endorsements as the
Collateral Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, and
(iii) such legal opinions and other documents as shall reasonably have
been requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to any such
Mortgage or Mortgaged Property.
The Collateral Agent may enter into agreements with the Borrower to grant
extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining
of surveys, title insurance, legal opinions or other documents with respect to
particular assets (including extensions beyond the Effective Date for the
perfection of security interests in the assets of the Grantors on such date)
where it determines that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort
or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this
Agreement or the Security Documents. The Loans made, the application of the
proceeds thereof and the termination of existing Indebtedness on the Effective
Date shall be deemed to occur simultaneously.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the Effective Date in writing, and such notice shall be conclusive
and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to
make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall
not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on April 1, 2003 (and, in the event such conditions are not so
satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender
to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a conversion or
continuation of an outstanding Borrowing), and of each Issuing Bank to issue,
amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, shall be subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set
forth in this Agreement and in the other Credit Documents (insofar as
they relate to the transactions provided for herein or to the
Collateral securing the Obligations) shall be true and correct in all
respects material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the
Credit Documents on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date,
except to
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the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date and except for those representations and warranties set
forth in clause (b) of Section 3.04 and in Sections 3.05 and 3.08.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such
Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and no breach of the delivery requirements
of Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder
shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or
terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower
covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 110 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers or
other independent public accountants of recognized national standing
(without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit)
to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after
the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year
of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance
sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one
of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries in
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accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) at the time of each delivery of financial statements under
clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i)
certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has
occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) demonstrating
compliance with Sections 6.08, 6.09, 6.10 and 6.11 at the end of the
period to which such financial statements relate and for each
applicable period then ended, and (iii) stating whether any change in
GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the
most recent audited financial statements delivered under clause (a)
above (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements,
since December 31, 2002) and, if any such change has occurred,
specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements
accompanying such certificate;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies
of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with
any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(e) at the time of each delivery of financial statements under
clause (a) or (b) above, and at such other times as the Borrower may
determine, a certificate of a Financial Officer identifying each
Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and not
previously identified in a certificate delivered pursuant to this
paragraph, stating whether each such Domestic Subsidiary is a Consent
Subsidiary and describing the factors that shall have led to the
identification of any such Domestic Subsidiary as a Consent Subsidiary;
(f) from time to time, all information and documentation
required to be delivered under Section 4.04 of the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement;
(g) at the time of each delivery of financial statements under
clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the
Borrower certifying that the requirements of Section 5.08 have been
satisfied in all material respects; and
(h) promptly following any request therefor, such other
information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial
condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the
terms of this Agreement, or the perfection of the security interests
created by the Security Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be
deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or
quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the
Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have
been granted access or shall be
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available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at
xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx; provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of
such information to any Lender that requests such delivery. Information required
to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 may also be delivered by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Defaults. The Borrower will furnish
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
occurrence of any Default, together with a statement of a Financial Officer or
other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event
or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be
taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower
will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material
to the conduct of its business, except to the extent that failures to keep in
effect such rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises would not be
materially likely, individually or in the aggregate for all such failures, to
result in a Material Adverse Change; provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section 6.04.
SECTION 5.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all its property
in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to
the extent any failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (it being understood
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any sale of any assets permitted by
Section 6.06).
SECTION 5.05. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep books of
record and account sufficient to enable the Borrower to prepare the financial
statements and other information required to be delivered under Section 5.01.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent (or by any Lender acting
through the Administrative Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and
inspect its properties (accompanied by a representative of the Borrower) and to
discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers, all at such
reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, including
Environmental Laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 5.07. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause
each of the Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies,
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insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customary among
companies of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses
and operating in the same or similar locations, except to the extent the failure
to do so would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon
request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
SECTION 5.08. Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that
there shall at any time exist any Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent
(including in such notice the information that would have been required to be
set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Perfection Certificate if such
Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days
(or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such
notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed
and delivered on behalf of such Domestic Subsidiary, pursuant to which such
Domestic Subsidiary will become a party to and a US Guarantor and, if it elects
to become a US Facilities Grantor or if its consolidated assets are greater than
$10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a US Facilities Grantor, in each case as
defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
(b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall
at any time directly own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (other than (i)
Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with consolidated assets not greater than
$10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Equity Interests in any Excluded
Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Equity Interests already pledged in
accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01(l)), the Borrower will promptly
notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as
may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such
Equity Interests to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and
cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such
Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of
transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor
shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Equity Interests
of any Foreign Subsidiary and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any
Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer shall have
delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower
has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such
Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of
such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction.
(c) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall
at any time directly own any Equity Interests of any Material Foreign Subsidiary
(other than Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph
and Equity Interests in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly
notify the Collateral Agent and will
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take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as
shall be available under applicable law to cause such Equity Interests to be
pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the
Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together
with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto
endorsed in blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge
more than 65% of outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary
and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in any
Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the
Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis
of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge
would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its
business in such jurisdiction.
(d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall
at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material
Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have
already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and
will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and recordations with
the Patent and Trademark Office as shall be required by law or reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens
intended to be created on the US Facilities Collateral (to the extent such Liens
may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the
Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable
law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created
in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such
Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. The
Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit
any security interest in Material Intellectual Property to be created under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
(e) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and
instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested
by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be
created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of
this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance
with this Agreement.
(f) During the period of 45 days after the Effective Date, the
Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents of third parties
required in order for each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Part II of Schedule
1.01A to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a US Guarantor and,
if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002,
or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a US
Facilities Grantor and perform its obligations thereunder, or in order for
Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security
Documents, as the case may be, and shall advise the Collateral Agent in writing
whether such
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consents have been obtained, and if such consents have been obtained, will cause
such Domestic Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as
provided in paragraph (a) above or cause the Equity Interests of each such
Domestic Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security Documents, as provided in
paragraph (b) above, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments shall have expired or terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have
been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and
all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and
agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness and Preferred Equity Interests. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, or issue any preferred stock
or other preferred Equity Interests, except:
(a) Indebtedness under this Agreement (and related
Indebtedness under the Security Documents);
(b) Indebtedness under the other New Facilities Credit
Agreements (and related Indebtedness under the Security Documents) in
an amount for each New Facilities Credit Agreement not greater than the
aggregate amount of the outstanding loans and unfunded commitments of
the lenders thereunder on the Effective Date, and additional
Indebtedness that may be incurred under the ABL Facilities that does
not result in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness under the
ABL Facilities exceeding $1,600,000,000;
(c) other Indebtedness existing (or incurred pursuant to
commitments to lend existing) on March 31, 2003, substantially all of
which is set forth or described in Schedule 6.01 (as such Schedule 6.01
shall be modified in connection with the delivery of financial
statements in respect of the fiscal period ended on March 31, 2003);
(d) Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary and
permitted under Section 6.05(b);
(e) Guarantees expressly permitted under Section 6.05;
(f) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (other than the
European JV and its subsidiaries and Luxembourg Finance (it being
understood that Indebtedness of Goodyear S.A., organized under the laws
of Luxembourg, existing on the date hereof shall be counted against the
limitation set forth in this Section 6.01(f) from
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and after the date on which it becomes secured)) in an aggregate
principal amount (excluding Indebtedness existing or incurred under the
other clauses of this Section 6.01 and under Section 6.05(b)) not
greater than $200,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(g) Securitization Transactions (other than those permitted by
Sections 6.01(j), (l) and (r)) in an aggregate amount not greater than
$275,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to
finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or
capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any
Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such
assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition
thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within
180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction
or improvement;
(i) Attributable Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
incurred pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by
Section 6.03;
(j) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after
the date hereof as a result of a transaction expressly permitted under
Section 6.05(e); provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of
or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(k) obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing
on the date hereof (other than Guarantees, Securitization Transactions
and Sale and Leaseback Transactions) that would not constitute
Indebtedness that would appear as liabilities on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof and
that, as a result of changes in GAAP after the date hereof, shall be
required to be reflected on such a balance sheet as liabilities;
(l) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Consolidated
Subsidiary under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof (and in the event
that any such Subsidiary shall become a Consolidated Subsidiary,
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary existing at the time it becomes a
Consolidated Subsidiary);
(m) any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement of any
Indebtedness referred to in any of clauses (a) through (l) above that
does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except to
the extent necessary to pay the fees, expenses, underwriting discounts
and prepayment premiums in connection therewith) or change the parties
directly or indirectly responsible for the payment of such
Indebtedness; provided that (i) any such refinancing or replacement
Indebtedness shall not shorten the maturity of the Indebtedness
refinanced or replaced or add a requirement not previously applicable
to the Indebtedness refinanced or replaced that such Indebtedness be
prepaid, redeemed,
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repurchased or defeased on one or more scheduled dates or upon the
happening of one or more events (other than events of default or change
of control events) before the maturity of the Indebtedness being
refinanced or replaced and (ii) any such refinancing or replacement of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit or similar facility shall be
accompanied by the termination of the portion of the commitments under
such facility under which such refinanced or replaced Indebtedness
shall have been outstanding;
(n) Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a check, draft
or similar instrument presented by the Borrower or a Subsidiary against
insufficient funds;
(o) Indebtedness pursuant to any Swap Agreement entered into
to hedge against risks to which the businesses of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries are exposed, and not for speculative purposes;
(p) unsecured surety and performance bonds entered into in the
ordinary course of business and not securing Indebtedness;
(q) other unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money of the
Borrower, or preferred Equity Interests of the Borrower ("Permitted
Preferred Stock"), or any combination thereof, not maturing or required
to be prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased prior to the Maturity
Date, whether on one or more scheduled dates or upon the happening of
one or more events (other than events of default (or similar events
relating to Equity Interests) or change of control events), and any
Guarantee of such Indebtedness provided by any Subsidiary that is a US
Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that is
subordinated to the Obligations on terms in no material respect less
favorable to the Lenders than market terms prevailing at the time such
Guarantee is issued; provided that the aggregate principal or stated
amount of such Indebtedness (or of the Indebtedness it Guarantees) or
preferred Equity Interests created or assumed pursuant to this clause
(q) and outstanding at any time, without duplication, shall not exceed
$1,000,000,000; provided further, that for purposes of this paragraph,
any trust preferred stock or similar preferred Equity Interest issued
by a special purpose entity substantially all the assets of which
consist of Indebtedness or preferred Equity Interests of the Borrower
will be deemed to be a preferred Equity Interest of the Borrower;
(r) a Securitization Transaction in an aggregate amount not
greater than $15,000,000 outstanding at any time involving accounts
receivable, rights to future lease payments or residuals or other
financial assets, and related property of Goodyear Australia Pty
Limited; and
(s) other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Lien on any
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property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any
income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any
thereof (other than sales of delinquent receivables and sales of receivables in
the ordinary course of business (other than Securitization Transactions and
factoring transactions) for the purpose of accelerating collection of such
receivables), except:
(a) Liens created under the New Facility Documents;
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule
6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property
or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the Effective Date
and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase
the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(d) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on
any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the
date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided that (i) such Lien secures Indebtedness permitted by clause
(h) or (j) of Section 6.01, (ii) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person
becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (iii) such Lien shall not
apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, and (iv) such Lien shall secure only those obligations
which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such
Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions,
renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof;
(e) Liens on assets acquired, constructed or improved by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure
Indebtedness permitted by clause (h) or (j) of Section 6.01, (ii) such
Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or
within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby
does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such
assets and (iv) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(f) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries (other than the
European JV and its subsidiaries and Luxembourg Finance) securing
Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(f);
(g) Liens in connection with Securitization Transactions
permitted under Section 6.01(g) and (r);
(h) Liens in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions
permitted by Section 6.03;
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(i) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and
proceeds thereof) securing obligations in respect of bankers'
acceptances issued for the account of the Borrower or a Subsidiary to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such items of inventory
or other goods;
(j) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and
related documentation (and proceeds thereof) securing reimbursement
obligations in respect of trade letters of credit issued to ensure
payment of the purchase price for such items of inventory or other
goods;
(k) any interest of a lessor in property subject to an
operating lease;
(l) Liens referred to in policies of title insurance with
respect to Mortgaged Property delivered to the Administrative Agent
prior to the Effective Date; and
(m) other Liens on assets not constituting Collateral;
provided that the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness and other
obligations secured by such Liens shall at no time exceed $25,000,000.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower
will not, and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to, enter
into or be party to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction other than (a) Sale and
Leaseback Transactions existing on the date hereof and any replacement Sale and
Leaseback Transactions that do not involve assets other than those subject to
the Sale and Leaseback Transactions they replace and do not increase the
Attributable Debt related thereto and (b) other Sale and Leaseback Transactions
the aggregate outstanding Attributable Debt in respect of which does not exceed
$100,000,000.
SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other
Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series
of transactions) assets (including capital stock of Subsidiaries) constituting
all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, in the case of the Borrower, liquidate or
dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving
effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any
Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is
the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into any other
Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary;
except that no Domestic Subsidiary may merge into a Foreign Subsidiary, (iii)
any sale of a Subsidiary made in accordance with Section 6.06 may be effected by
a merger of such Subsidiary and (iv) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary;
provided that any Investment that takes the form of a merger or consolidation
(other than any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower) that is
expressly permitted by Section 6.05 shall be permitted under this Section 6.04.
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SECTION 6.05. Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to,
purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was
not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences
of Indebtedness or securities (including any option, warrant or other right to
acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, make any
Guarantee of any obligations of, or make any investment in, any other Person, or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (each of the
foregoing, an "Investment" in such Person), except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in
Subsidiaries or the Borrower; provided that no Investment shall made by
any Credit Party in a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party pursuant to
this clause (c) except (i) Investments (A) to fund working capital
needs of such Subsidiary, (B) to replace amounts available under credit
facilities or other financings of such Subsidiary existing on the date
hereof that shall have matured or shall have been terminated or
reduced, (C) to cover losses from operations of such Subsidiary and (D)
to provide funds for Capital Expenditures or acquisitions permitted to
be made by such Subsidiary; provided further, that Equity Interests in
the European JV or any subsidiary thereof may not be transferred to any
Subsidiary that is not the European JV or any subsidiary thereof;
(c) any Investment by a Credit Party in a Consolidated
Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in the form of a transfer of
assets used in or directly relating to any manufacturing process (but
excluding any cash or financial asset) from a jurisdiction having
higher manufacturing costs to a jurisdiction having lower manufacturing
costs, provided that the aggregate book value of all assets subject to
all such transfers from and after the Effective Date shall not exceed
$250,000,000; and any Investment by Goodyear Dunlop Tires NA in a
Consolidated Subsidiary;
(d) Guarantees expressly permitted under Section 6.01;
(e) on or after June 30, 2003, the acquisition of any Equity
Interest; provided that the aggregate consideration paid by the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries in all such acquisitions (including
Indebtedness assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) shall not
exceed $100,000,000 plus the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from
Prepayment Events after the date hereof that (i) shall not have been
required to be applied to prepay loans under any of the New Facilities
Credit Agreements and (ii) shall not have been used to make Capital
Expenditures that would otherwise have been prohibited by Section 6.08;
(f) Guarantees not permitted by any other clause of this
Section 6.05 incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practices in an
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aggregate amount for all such Guarantees at any time outstanding not
exceeding $50,000,000;
(g) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes
with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) Investments for consideration consisting solely of common
stock of the Borrower;
(i) Equity Interests and debt obligations obtained by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary as consideration for any asset sale
permitted under Section 6.06;
(j) Investments in Persons in which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary has an Equity Interest on the date hereof, including
Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, SAVA Tires Joint Venture Holding
d.o.o. and South Pacific Tyres that are (i) required to be made as a
result of the exercise by other holders of Equity Interests in such
joint ventures of put options or (ii) required to avoid dilution of the
Borrower's or such Subsidiary's percentage ownership interest therein
and in an aggregate amount not greater than $200,000,000 during the
term of this Agreement;
(k) Investments that are included in Capital Expenditures for
the respective periods during which such Investments are made and that
are permitted under Section 6.08;
(l) the purchase of Equity Interests in Sava Joint Venture
Holding d.o.o.;
(m) loans and advances to officers and employees of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Investments in prepaid expenses in the ordinary course of
business or in respect of required pension fund contributions;
(o) negotiable instruments held for collection and lease,
utility, workers' compensation, performance and other similar deposits
in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Investments in any Subsidiary that engages in no
activities other than those related to a Securitization Transaction in
order to capitalize such Subsidiary at a level customary for a
securitization vehicle in such a transaction;
(q) Investments constituting loans or advances by the European
J.V. or any J.V. Subsidiary (as defined in the European Facilities
Agreement) to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the
European JV, its Subsidiaries and Luxembourg Finance) as part of cash
management consistent with past practices in an aggregate amount for
all such Investments at any time outstanding not exceeding $75,000,000,
other than Investments the proceeds of which are
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used (i) to repay loans under the US Term Facility Agreement or (ii) if
there are no outstanding loans under the US Term Facility Agreement, to
reduce commitments under the US Revolving Facility in an amount equal
to the amount of such Investments;
(r) Investments of the proceeds of any Securitization
Transaction under Section 6.01(r) in South Pacific Tyres; and
(s) Investments not permitted by any other clause of this
Section in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not greater than
$25,000,000.
SECTION 6.06. Asset Dispositions. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease
or otherwise dispose of (each a "Sale") any asset, including any Equity
Interest, owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any of the Subsidiaries to
issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except:
(a) Sales in the ordinary course of business of inventory and
worn out or surplus equipment and Permitted Investments, and Sales in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices of
assets other than property, plant, Investments in Subsidiaries and
Intellectual Property; provided that licensing of Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices
shall be permitted;
(b) Sales to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any
such sale, transfer or disposition by a Credit Party to a Subsidiary
that is not a Credit Party shall be made in compliance with Section
6.05;
(c) the Sale of Equity Interests in Sava Joint Venture Holding
d.o.o. to the European JV or any Subsidiary thereof (and any sale of
such Equity Interests to the Borrower in connection therewith);
(d) Sales of accounts receivable or interests therein in
Securitization Transactions permitted under Sections 6.01(g) and (r);
(e) Sales of assets in Sale and Leaseback Transactions
permitted under Section 6.03;
(f) Sales of any Equity Interests in any Person that is not a
Subsidiary;
(g) Sales to Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of assets listed on Schedule 6.06; provided that (i) at least 50% of
the consideration received in each such Sale of the assets listed on
Part I of Schedule 6.06 shall consist of cash and (ii) at least 75% of
the consideration received in each other such Sale listed on Part II of
Schedule 6.06 shall consist of cash;
(h) Sales to the extent the aggregate value of the
consideration received in any such Sale or series of related Sales does
not exceed $10,000,000;
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(i) Investments expressly permitted by Section 6.05; and
(j) Sales (other than Sales of accounts receivable or
inventory) that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section
6.06; provided that (i) the aggregate consideration received in respect
of all such Sales in reliance upon this clause (j) shall not exceed
$250,000,000 in the aggregate, (ii) all Sales permitted pursuant to
this clause (j) shall be made for fair value, as reasonably determined
by the Borrower, and (iii) at least 75% of the consideration received
in each such Sale shall consist of cash.
SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments. (a) The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay
or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that (i) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends payable solely in additional shares of
its common stock, (ii) so long as no Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower
may declare and pay cash dividends and other regularly scheduled distributions
on shares of its Permitted Preferred Stock, (iii) Subsidiaries may make
Restricted Payments ratably with respect to any class of their respective Equity
Interests, (iv) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in
accordance with stock option or rights plans or other benefit plans for
management, employees, directors or consultants of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and (v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Investments
expressly permitted under Section 6.05(j).
(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of the
Subsidiaries to, make or agree to make, directly or indirectly, any payment or
other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), except
payments or distributions made in common stock of the Borrower, to any Person
other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary in respect of principal of or interest
on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition,
cancelation or termination of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, except:
(i) payments and prepayments under this Agreement (ratably in
accordance with the Commitments of the Lenders) and the other New
Facilities Credit Agreements;
(ii) regularly scheduled and other mandatory interest and
principal payments (including pursuant to sinking fund requirements) as
and when due in respect of any Indebtedness;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by
Section 6.01(m), including the payment of customary fees, costs and
expenses in connection therewith, and including additional cash
payments in an aggregate amount for all such refinancings not to
exceed, in the case of any refinancing, 5% of the principal amount
being refinanced; and
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(iv) the payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness.
SECTION 6.08. Capital Expenditures. The Borrower and the
Subsidiaries will not make Capital Expenditures in any period set forth below in
an amount greater than (a) the sum of (i) the amount set forth below for such
period and each prior period plus (ii) that portion of the aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds from Prepayment Events after the date hereof that shall not have been
required to be applied to prepay loans under any of the New Facilities Credit
Agreements (and shall not have been used to make Investments under Section
6.05(e) in excess of the $100,000,000 limitation set forth therein) minus (b)
the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made during any prior period set
forth below:
Period Capital Expenditure Amount
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1/1/03 through 12/31/03 $360,000,000
1/1/04 through 12/31/04 $500,000,000
1/1/05 through Maturity Date $200,000,000
SECTION 6.09. Interest Expense Coverage Ratio. The Borrower
will not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated
Interest Expense for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be less
than 2.25 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.10. Consolidated Net Worth. The Borrower will not
permit Consolidated Net Worth at the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than
the amount set forth below for such date.
Fiscal Quarter Ending Minimum Amount
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March 31, 2003 2,800,000,000
June 30, 2003 2,800,000,000
September 30, 2003 2,800,000,000
December 31, 2003 2,800,000,000
March 31, 2004 2,500,000,000
June 30, 2004 2,500,000,000
September 30, 2004 2,500,000,000
December 31, 2004 2,500,000,000
March 31, 2005 2,000,000,000
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SECTION 6.11. Senior Secured Indebtedness Ratio. The Borrower
will not at any date permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured
Indebtedness at such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall
occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when
and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date
thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or
any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause
(a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such
failure shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) in the case of
fees and interest payable under Sections 2.10 and 2.11, respectively,
five Business Days, and (ii) in the case of any other fees, interest or
other amounts (other than those referred to in paragraph (a) above),
five Business Days after the earlier of (A) the day on which a
Financial Officer first obtains knowledge of such failure and (B) the
day on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to
the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or
on behalf of any Credit Party in any Credit Document or any amendment
or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been
incorrect when made or deemed made in any respect material to the
rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with
respect to the Borrower's existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Credit Document
(other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) and (d) of this
Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30
days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
provided, that the failure of any Credit Party to perform any covenant,
condition or agreement made in any Credit Document (other than this
Agreement) shall not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure
shall be (i)
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wilful or (ii) material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under
the Credit Documents;
(f) the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall fail to
make any payment of principal in respect of any Material Indebtedness
at the scheduled due date thereof and such failure shall continue
beyond any applicable grace period, or any event or condition occurs
that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than any
Securitization Transaction existing on the date hereof) becoming due or
being required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or
terminated prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause
(f) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement or (ii) Material Indebtedness of any Foreign
Subsidiary if the Borrower is unable, due to applicable law restricting
Investments in such Foreign Subsidiary, to make an Investment in such
Foreign Subsidiary to fund the payment of such Material Indebtedness;
(g) any event or condition occurs that continues beyond any
applicable grace period and enables or permits the holder or holders of
any Material Indebtedness (other than (i) any Securitization
Transaction existing on the date hereof and (ii) any Material
Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount
that is less than $50,000,000) or any trustee or agent on its or their
behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require
the prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or termination
thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that (i) no Event of
Default shall occur under this paragraph (g) as a result of any event
or condition relating to the ABL Credit Agreement or any Securitization
Transaction, other than any default in the payment of principal or
interest thereunder that does not result from a change in borrowing
base eligibility criteria or reserves made by the administrative agent
thereunder as to which there is good faith disagreement and (ii) this
clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due
as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement or (ii) Material Indebtedness of any Foreign
Subsidiary if the Borrower is unable, due to applicable law restricting
Investments in such Foreign Subsidiary, to make an Investment in such
Foreign Subsidiary to fund the payment of such Material Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an
involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation,
reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any
Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its
assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material
Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such
case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 90
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing
shall be entered;
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(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i)
voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or
hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition
described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material
Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or (v) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall admit in
writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due;
(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken
together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would be
materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change;
(l) Liens created under the Security Documents shall not be
valid and perfected Liens on a material portion of the Collateral;
(m) any Guarantee of the Obligations under the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement shall fail to be a valid, binding and enforceable
Guarantee of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors where such failure would
constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse
Change; or
(n) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Majority Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or
all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part,
in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter
be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all
fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due
and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and (iii) demand cash
collateral with respect to any Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.04(j);
and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or
(i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the
principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon
and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall
automatically become due and payable, and the Borrower's obligation to provide
cash collateral for Letters of Credit shall become effective, in each case
without
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presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Agents as
its agents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to
exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agents by the terms hereof and of
the other Credit Documents, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have
the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders as any other Lender and
may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and
their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in
any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder.
The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except
those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the
Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated hereby that the Agents are required to exercise in writing by the
Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall
not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to
disclose, any information communicated to the Agents by or relating to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken
or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders
or the Lenders, as the case may be, or in the absence of their own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to
have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given
to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement,
warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii)
the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any
other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm
receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents.
The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur
any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely
upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to
be made by the proper Person, and shall
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not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal
counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other
experts selected by them with reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.
The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise
their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by
the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their
duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates.
The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Agents and any such sub-agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent
as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders
and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the
right to appoint a successor with the Borrower's written consent (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required from the
Borrower if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If no successor
shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted
such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, with the
Borrower's written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed
and shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or an Affiliate
thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office
in New York, New York. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder
by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an
Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03
shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action
under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, each
Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting
as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for
acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and
other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject
to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier
service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or e-mail,
as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx, Xxxx, 00000-0000, Attention of the Treasurer (Telecopy No. (330)
796-6502 or (000) 000-0000);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Loan and Agency Services Group, One Chase Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Telecopy No. (212)
552-5658);
(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number
or e-mail address) set forth in Schedule 2.01 or its Administrative
Questionnaire; and
(iv) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at the address most
recently specified by it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder
may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number
or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any
party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by
any of the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or
power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Agents, any Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective
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only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a
Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless
of whether any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders; provided,
however, that no such agreement shall (i) amend, modify or otherwise affect the
rights or duties of the Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Agent, (ii) decrease the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of or any
scheduled principal payment date or date for the payment of any interest on any
Loan or any Facility Fees or Utilization Fee, or waive or excuse any such
payment or any part thereof, or decrease the rate of interest on any Loan or any
Facility Fees or Utilization Fee, without the prior written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iii) change or extend the Commitment or decrease the
Facility Fees or the Utilization Fee of any Lender without the prior written
consent of such Lender, or (iv) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.16,
the provisions of this Section or the definition of "Majority Lenders", without
the prior written consent of each Lender. All prepayments made pursuant to this
Section shall be without premium, penalty or other cost of any kind and shall
not be subject to the requirements of Sections 2.16.
(c) No other Credit Document or any provision thereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Majority
Lenders; provided that no such amendment, modification or waiver shall (i)
reduce the principal amount of any LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of
interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or postpone the date of
any scheduled payment of any LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or reduce
the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of
each Lender adversely affected thereby, (ii) release all or substantially all
the Subsidiary Guarantors from their Guarantees under the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, or release all or substantially all the Collateral from
the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender,
(iii) change any provision of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any
other Security Document to alter the amount or allocation of any payment to be
made to the Secured Parties without the consent of each adversely affected
Lender, (iv) change the provisions of this paragraph or paragraph (d) below
without the written consent of each adversely affected Lender or (v) amend,
modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Collateral Agent under
any Credit Document without the prior written consent of such Agent.
(d) For purposes of paragraph (b) above, (i) all references in
such paragraph to the "Agent" shall be deemed to be references to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) all references in such paragraph to the "Facility
Fees" and the "Utilization Fee" shall be deemed to refer to portions of the
Commitment Fee or the interest rate margins established under Section 2.11, as
the case may be, equal to the Facility Fees and the Utilization Fee that would
have been payable under the Existing Credit Agreement (it
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being acknowledged that the fees applicable to the unused Commitments and the
Letters of Credit, and the sum of the fees and interest rates applicable to the
Loans and LC Disbursements, under this Agreement will under all circumstances be
greater than those that would have been applicable under the Existing Credit
Agreement). At all times after the Commitments shall have terminated, any
amendment, modification or waiver that under paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section would require the consent of the Majority Lenders will also require the
consent of Lenders holding outstanding Loans and LC Exposures representing a
majority of the aggregate outstanding Loans and LC Exposures. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that while certain provisions of Section 9.05(b) and
Section 2.16 of the Existing Credit Agreement have been changed (in the form of
paragraph (b) above and Section 2.16(a)) to reflect and properly refer to other
provisions of this Agreement, such Sections, and the protections afforded to the
Lenders thereby, have not otherwise been changed.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Agents, the Arranger and their Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the Agents and
the Arranger, and Xxxxx & Overy and other local and foreign counsel for the
Agents and Arranger, limited to one per jurisdiction, in connection with the
Security Documents and the creation and perfection of the Liens created thereby
and other local and foreign law matters) in connection with the arrangement and
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof
or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any
Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, any Issuing Bank or
any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the
Agents, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights
under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit
issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of such Loans or
Letters of Credit. The Borrower also shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the creation and perfection
of the security interests contemplated by this Agreement, including all filing,
recording and similar fees and, as more specifically set forth above, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (including foreign counsel in
connection with Foreign Pledge Agreements).
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, the Arranger,
each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the
foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and
hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by or asserted
against any Indemnitee and arising out of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document or other agreement or instrument
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contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations or the exercise by the parties hereto of their rights hereunder or
thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of
the proceeds thereof (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in
any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to
any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses shall have resulted from the gross negligence or
wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or the breach by such Indemnitee of
obligations set forth herein or in any other Credit Document.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount
required to be paid by it to any Agent, Arranger or Issuing Bank under paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent or
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender's Applicable Percentage
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity
payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense
or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case
may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Arranger or Issuing Bank
in its capacity as such.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto, the Indemnitees and their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each
Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such
consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to
confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitees, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of
any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent
provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Arranger,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph
(b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (including any CLO
or other Approved Fund) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at
the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
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(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower
shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender (other than an Approved Fund or CLO), a Federal Reserve Bank or,
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other
assignee; and
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee
that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, a Federal Reserve Bank or
an Approved Fund.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional
conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or, if
smaller, the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's
Commitment unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
shall otherwise consent, provided (i) that no such consent of the
Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and (ii) in the event of concurrent assignments to two or
more assignees that are Affiliates of one another, or to two or more
Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by affiliated
investment advisors, all such concurrent assignments shall be
aggregated in determining compliance with this subsection;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of
a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that in the event
of concurrent assignments to two or more assignees that are Affiliates
of one another, or to two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor or by affiliated investment advisors, only one such
fee shall be payable; and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to
paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering
all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled
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to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03). Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not
comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as
a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section. Each assignment hereunder shall
be deemed to be an assignment of the related rights under the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement.
(iv) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at one of its
offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any
Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's
completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a
Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by
paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the
Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(vi) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption,
the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to
confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:
(i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of
the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that
its Commitment and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without
giving effect to assignments thereof that have not become effective, are as set
forth in such Assignment and Assumption; (ii) except as set forth in clause (i)
above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations
made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of any of the foregoing, or the financial condition of the Credit Parties or the
performance or observance by the Credit Parties of any of their obligations
under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (iii) each of the assignee and
the assignor represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into
such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received
a copy of this Agreement, together with
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copies of any amendments or consents entered into prior to the date of such
Assignment and Assumption and copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into such Assignment and Assumption; (v) such assignee will independently and
without reliance upon the Agents, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agents to
take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to them by the terms
hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with
their terms all the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required
to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c)(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more
banks or other entities (each a "Participant") in all or a portion of such
Lender's rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that
affects such Participant and that, under Section 9.02, would require the consent
of each affected Lender. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(d) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any
greater payment under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have
been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made
with the Borrower's prior written consent, which consent shall specifically
refer to this exception. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were
a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the
Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section
2.15(e) as though it were a Lender.
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(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge
or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the
certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties
hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any
investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit
is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.
The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination
of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and
any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement shall become effective as provided in Section 4.01. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction. No failure to obtain any approval required for the effectiveness
of any provision of this Agreement shall affect the validity or enforceability
of any other provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have become due and payable
pursuant to
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Article VII, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against
any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations
may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition
to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such
Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service
of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the
United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment,
and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such
Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party hereto may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in
the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court
referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to
service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing
in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
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(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)
CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the
Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken
into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Issuing
Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information
(as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its
Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants,
legal counsel and other advisors who have been informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
(including the NAIC), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party
to this Agreement, (e) to the extent necessary or advisable in connection with
the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject
to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee
of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
(ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with
the written consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of
this Section, "Information" means all information received from the Borrower or
Persons acting on its behalf relating to the Borrower or its business, other
than any such information that is available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or
any Lender prior to disclosure by the Borrower on a nonconfidential basis from a
source other than the Borrower that is not known by the recipient to be bound by
a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with respect
to such information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any party
to this Agreement (and any employee, representative or other agent of such
party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the
tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax
structure, but no party shall disclose any information relating to such tax
treatment or tax structure to the extent nondisclosure is necessary in order to
comply with applicable securities laws.
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SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to
any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as
interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the "Charges"), shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for,
charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in
accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such
Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be
limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges
that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a
result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and
Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be
increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount,
together with interest thereon at the Alternate Base Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14. Security Documents. Each Lender hereby
authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document. Each Lender, by
executing and delivering this Agreement, acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and approves and agrees to be bound by and to
act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and each other Security Document, specifically including (i) the
provisions of Article VI of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing
the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents and the distribution of
the proceeds realized from such exercise), (ii) the provisions of Article VIII
of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing the manner in which Acts of
the Secured Parties are to be evidenced and the manner in which the amounts of
the Obligations and the other Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement) are to be determined at any time), (iii) the provisions of
Articles IX and X of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (relating to the
duties and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and providing for the
indemnification and the reimbursement of expenses of the Collateral Agent by the
Lenders), (iv) the provisions of Article XI of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement (providing for the subordination of certain Junior Liens (as defined
therein) in favor of the Secured Parties to the Applicable Senior Liens (as
defined therein)) and (v) the provisions of Section 13.13 of the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement (providing for releases of Guarantees of and Collateral
securing the Obligations). Each party hereto further agrees that the foregoing
provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall apply to each other
Security Document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY,
by /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually
and as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent,
by /s/ B. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
by /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxx. X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Group Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Bank of America
by /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: BANK OF TOYKO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
by /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Bank One, NA
by /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO S.p.A., NEW YORK BRANCH
by /s/ Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxx
--------------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Vice President
by /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
--------------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: The Bank of Nova Scotia
by /s/ [Signature illegible]
-----------------------------------
Name: [Signature illegible],
Assistant Agent
Title:
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
by /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
BNP PARIBAS
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: Managing Director
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Central Region Manager
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: CIBC Inc.
by /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
---------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Citibank, N.A.
by /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: V.P.
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Citicorp USA, Inc
by /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
--------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxx
Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
COMMERZBANK
AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
Name of Institution:
by /s/ Xxxxxx X. Warning /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
----------------------------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Warning Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer Title: Senior Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch
by /s/ Guido Van Hauwermeiren
--------------------------------
Name: Guido Van Hauwermeiren
Title: Senior Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Islands Branch
by /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-------------------------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
by /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
-------------------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Associate
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
by /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
by /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxx
------------------------------
Name: Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-
YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
DRESDNER BANK AG NEW YORK
Name of Institution: AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
by /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
by /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Associate
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: ING CAPITAL LLC
by /s/ M. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: M. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
by /s/ B. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: KeyBank National Association
by /s/ W. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
------------------------
Name: W. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Mizuho Corp. Bank, Ltd., NY Branch
by /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: VP & Team Leader
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: National City Bank
by /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-------------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: The Northern Trust Company
by /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: Royal Bank of Canada
by /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Manager
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: SOCIETE GENERALE
By /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
by /s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxx XxXxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
by /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
by /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMONG THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS
AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent
Name of Institution: UFJ Bank Limited
---------------------
by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
---------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
