EXHIBIT 10(b)
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$1,500,000,000
5-YEAR
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
among
DELPHI CORPORATION,
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
HSBC BANK USA,
as Documentation Agents
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of June 18, 2004
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS......................................................................................... 1
1.1 Defined Terms................................................................................ 1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions................................................................ 18
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE FACILITIES.................................................................. 18
2.1 Amount and Terms of the U.S. Commitments..................................................... 18
2.2 Amounts and Terms of the Multicurrency Commitments........................................... 20
2.3 Competitive Borrowings....................................................................... 20
2.4 Terms of Swing Line Commitment............................................................... 23
2.5 Extension of Termination Date................................................................ 26
2.6 Termination or Reduction of Commitments...................................................... 28
2.7 Prepayments.................................................................................. 28
2.8 Conversion and Continuation Options.......................................................... 29
2.9 Minimum Amounts of Tranches.................................................................. 30
2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt......................................................... 30
2.11 Interest Rates and Payment Dates............................................................. 31
2.12 Facility Fee................................................................................. 33
2.13 Computation of Interest and Fees............................................................. 33
2.14 Inability to Determine Interest Rate......................................................... 34
2.15 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.............................................................. 35
2.16 Illegality................................................................................... 36
2.17 Increased Costs.............................................................................. 37
2.18 Taxes........................................................................................ 38
2.19 Indemnity.................................................................................... 39
2.20 Notice of Amounts Payable; Relocation of Lending Office; Mandatory Assignment................ 40
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT................................................................................... 41
3.1 L/C Commitment............................................................................... 41
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit................................................... 41
3.3 Fees and Other Charges....................................................................... 42
3.4 L/C Participations........................................................................... 42
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower..................................................... 43
3.6 Obligations Absolute......................................................................... 43
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments.................................................................... 43
3.8 Applications................................................................................. 44
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................................................... 44
4.1 Financial Condition.......................................................................... 44
4.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law..................................................... 44
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4.3 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations...................................... 44
4.4 No Legal Bar; No Default..................................................................... 45
4.5 No Material Litigation....................................................................... 45
4.6 Federal Regulations.......................................................................... 45
4.7 Investment Company Act....................................................................... 45
4.8 ERISA........................................................................................ 45
4.9 No Material Misstatements.................................................................... 45
4.10 Environmental Matters........................................................................ 46
4.11 Subsidiaries................................................................................. 46
4.12 Purpose of Loans............................................................................. 46
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT................................................................................ 46
5.1 Conditions to Effectiveness.................................................................. 46
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit....................................................... 47
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS............................................................................... 48
6.1 Financial Statements......................................................................... 48
6.2 Certificates; Other Information.............................................................. 48
6.3 Notices...................................................................................... 49
6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence............................................. 49
6.5 Books and Records............................................................................ 49
6.6 Environmental Laws........................................................................... 49
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.................................................................................. 49
7.1 Consolidated Leverage Ratio.................................................................. 49
7.2 Indebtedness................................................................................. 50
7.3 Liens ...................................................................................... 50
7.4 Sale-Leasebacks.............................................................................. 50
7.5 Merger, Consolidation, etc................................................................... 51
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT................................................................................... 51
SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT............................................................................ 53
9.1 Appointment.................................................................................. 53
9.2 Delegation of Duties......................................................................... 53
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions....................................................................... 53
9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent............................................................. 54
9.5 Notice of Default............................................................................ 54
9.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders....................................... 55
9.7 Indemnification.............................................................................. 55
9.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity.............................................. 55
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent............................................................... 56
9.10 Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents................................................... 56
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................................................... 56
10.1 Amendments and Waivers....................................................................... 56
10.2 Notices...................................................................................... 57
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies............................................................... 58
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties................................................... 59
10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes................................................................ 59
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments....................................... 59
10.7 Adjustments.................................................................................. 63
10.8 Loan Conversion/Participations............................................................... 63
10.9 Counterparts................................................................................. 65
10.10 Severability................................................................................. 66
10.11 GOVERNING LAW................................................................................ 66
10.11 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL........................................................................ 66
10.13 Confidentiality.............................................................................. 66
10.14 USA PATRIOT Act.............................................................................. 67
SCHEDULES
I Commitments; Competitive Bid Lenders; Swing Line Lenders
II Addresses for Notices
III Administrative Schedule
4.11 Subsidiaries
EXHIBITS
A Competitive Bid Request
B Invitation for Competitive Bids
C Competitive Bid
D Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter
E Assignment and Assumption
F-1 Opinion of Assistant General Counsel - Commercial & Transactional of
the Borrower
F-2 Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx White & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel to the
Borrower
F-3 Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT
FACILITY, dated as of June 18, 2004 (amending and restating the Amended and
Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility dated as of June 23,
2000, which in turn amended and restated the Competitive Advance and Revolving
Credit Facility dated as of January 4, 1999), among DELPHI CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial
institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"),
CITIBANK, N.A., as syndication agent (the "Syndication Agent"), BARCLAYS BANK
PLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and HSBC BANK USA, as documentation agents
(collectively, the "Documentation Agents"), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent").
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"ABR": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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%. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall
have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
any reason, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of
the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving rise
to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change
in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"ABR Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based
upon the ABR.
"Adjusted Aggregate Committed Outstandings": with respect to each
Lender, the Aggregate R/C Outstandings of such Lender, plus the amount of
any participating interests purchased by such Lender pursuant to
subsection 10.8, minus the amount of any participating interests sold by
such Lender pursuant to subsection 10.8.
"Administrative Questionnaire": an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent, requesting contact information
and other administrative details for each Lender.
"Administrative Schedule": Schedule III, which contains interest
rate definitions and administrative information in respect of each
Available Foreign Currency.
"Aggregate Available Multicurrency Commitments": as at any date of
determination with respect to all Multicurrency Lenders, an amount in
Dollars equal to the Available Multicurrency Commitments of all
Multicurrency Lenders on such date.
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"Aggregate Available U.S. Commitments": as at any date of
determination with respect to all U.S. Lenders, an amount in Dollars equal
to the Available U.S. Commitments of all U.S. Lenders on such date.
"Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings": as at any date of
determination with respect to any Multicurrency Lender, an amount in the
applicable Available Foreign Currencies equal to the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of such Lender's Multicurrency Loans.
"Aggregate R/C Outstandings": as at any date of determination with
respect to any Lender, an amount in Dollars equal to the sum of (a) the
Aggregate U.S. R/C Outstandings of such Lender and (b) the Dollar
Equivalent of the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of such Lender.
"Aggregate Total Outstandings": as at any date of determination with
respect to any Lender, the sum of such Lender's Aggregate R/C Outstandings
and such Lender's Competitive Loans then outstanding.
"Aggregate U.S. Commitments": the aggregate amount of the U.S.
Commitments of all the Lenders. As of the date of this Agreement, the
Aggregate U.S. Commitments are U.S.$1,500,000,000.
"Aggregate U.S. R/C Outstandings": as at any date of determination
with respect to any U.S. Lender, an amount in Dollars equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such U.S. Lender's U.S.
Revolving Credit Loans on such date, (b) such U.S. Lender's U.S.
Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Swing Line Loans denominated in Dollars on such date, (c) such U.S.
Lender's U.S. Commitment Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Loans denominated in
Euro, Sterling and any Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency on such date
and (d) such U.S. Lender's U.S. Commitment Percentage of the aggregate L/C
Obligations.
"Agreement": this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currencies": Any available and
freely-convertible non-Dollar currency other than Pounds Sterling and
Euro, selected by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent
and all of the Swing Line Lenders.
"Alternate Swing Line Currency Cost of Funds Loan": Swing Line Loans
denominated in any Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency the rate of
interest applicable to which is based upon the Cost of Funds.
"Applicable Margin": as defined in subsection 2.11(g).
"Application": an application, in such form as the Issuing Lender
may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a
Letter of Credit.
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"Assignee": any assignee of a Lender's rights and obligations
hereunder pursuant to an assignment entered into in accordance with
subsection 10.6(b).
"Assignment and Assumption": means an assignment entered into by a
Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the
form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower.
"Available Foreign Currencies": Pounds Sterling, Euro, and any other
available and freely-convertible non-Dollar currency selected by the
Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Multicurrency Lenders in the manner described in subsection 10.1(b).
"Available Multicurrency Commitment": as at any date of
determination with respect to any Multicurrency Lender (after giving
effect to the making and payment of any U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
required to be made on such date pursuant to subsection 2.1(c)), an amount
in U.S. Dollars equal to the lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of such Multicurrency Lender's Multicurrency Commitment in effect
on such date over (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate
Multicurrency Outstandings of such Multicurrency Lender on such date and
(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of such Multicurrency Lender's
U.S. Commitment in effect on such date over (ii) the Aggregate R/C
Outstandings of such Multicurrency Lender on such date.
"Available U.S. Commitment": as at any date of determination with
respect to any U.S. Lender (after giving effect to the making and payment
of any U.S. Revolving Credit Loans required to be made on such date
pursuant to subsection 2.1(c)), an amount in Dollars equal to the excess,
if any, of (a) the amount of such U.S. Lender's U.S. Commitment in effect
on such date over (b) the Aggregate R/C Outstandings of such U.S. Lender
on such date.
"Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States (or any successor).
"Borrowing": a group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders
(or, in the case of a Competitive Borrowing, by the Lender or Lenders
whose Competitive Bids have been accepted pursuant to subsection 2.3).
"Borrowing Date": a date on which a Borrowing is made hereunder.
"Business Day": (a) when such term is used in respect of a day on
which a Loan in an Available Foreign Currency is to be made, a payment is
to be made in respect of such Loan, a Spot Exchange Rate is to be set in
respect of such Available Foreign Currency or any other dealing in such
Available Foreign Currency is to be carried out pursuant to this
Agreement, such term shall mean a London Banking Day which is also a day
on which banks are open for general banking business in (x) the city which
is the principal financial center of the country of issuance of such
Available Foreign Currency (or, in the case of Multicurrency Loans and
Swing Line Loans in Pounds Sterling, Paris) or (y) in the case of Euro
only, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (or such other principal financial center
as the Administrative Agent may from time to time designate for this
purpose) and (b) when such term is used in any context in this Agreement
(including as
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described in the foregoing clause (a), such term shall mean a day which,
in addition to complying with any applicable requirements set forth in the
foregoing clause (a), is a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by
law to close; provided, that when such term is used for the purpose of
determining the date on which the Eurocurrency Rate is determined under
this Agreement for any Multicurrency Loan denominated in Euro for any
Interest Period therefor and for purposes of determining the first and
last day of any such Interest Period, references in this Agreement to
Business Days shall be deemed to be references to Target Operating Days.
"Closing Date": the date hereof, provided that each of the
conditions precedent set forth in subsection 5.1 shall have been
satisfied.
"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Committed Outstandings Percentage": on any date with respect to any
Lender, the percentage which the Adjusted Aggregate Committed Outstandings
of such Lender constitutes of the Adjusted Aggregate Committed
Outstandings of all Lenders.
"Commitments": the collective reference to the U.S. Commitments and
the Multicurrency Commitments.
"Commitment Period": as to any Lender, the period from and including
the date hereof to but not including the Termination Date, as such date
may be extended from time to time with respect to such Lender in
accordance with subsection 2.5, or such earlier date on which the
Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.
"Competitive Bid": an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan
pursuant to subsection 2.3.
"Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter": a notification made by the
Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.3(f) in the form of Exhibit D.
"Competitive Bid Lenders": the U.S. Lenders specified on Schedule I,
as such Schedule is modified from time to time to add additional
Competitive Bid Lenders with the consent of the Borrower, as being
"Competitive Bid Lenders".
"Competitive Bid Rate": as to any Competitive Bid made by a U.S.
Lender pursuant to subsection 2.3, (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Competitive Loan, the Eurodollar Rate plus (or minus) the Margin, and (ii)
in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of interest offered by
the U.S. Lender making such Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Bid Request": a request made pursuant to subsection
2.3(b) in the form of Exhibit A.
"Competitive Borrowing": a Borrowing consisting of a Competitive
Loan or concurrent Competitive Loans from the U.S. Lender or U.S. Lenders
whose Competitive Bids for such Borrowing have been accepted by a Borrower
under the bidding procedure described in subsection 2.3.
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"Competitive Loan": a Loan (which shall be a Eurodollar Rate
Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan denominated in Dollars) made by a
U.S. Lender pursuant to the bidding procedure described in subsection 2.3.
"Confidential Information Memorandum": the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated May 2004 and furnished to the Lenders.
"Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, Consolidated Net Income for
such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a
charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period,
the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense (other than
interest expense or discount during such period attributable to Permitted
Receivables Financing with an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$1,500,000,000), (c) amortization or writeoff of debt discount and debt
issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (d) depreciation and
amortization expense, (e) amortization of intangibles (including, but not
limited to, goodwill) and organization costs and (f) any extraordinary,
unusual or non-recurring non-cash expenses or losses, and minus, to the
extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, the sum of (a) interest income and (b) any extraordinary, unusual
or non-recurring income or gains, all as determined on a consolidated
basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a "Reference Period") pursuant
to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, if during such
Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material
Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period may, at the
option of the Borrower, be calculated after giving pro forma effect
thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such
Reference Period. As used in this paragraph, "Material Acquisition" means
any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property
that involves the payment of consideration (including, without limitation,
the assumption of debt) by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of
$10,000,000.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio": as at the end of any fiscal quarter,
the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day (other than any
Permitted Receivables Financing outstanding on such date in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $1,500,000,000 and any other Non-Recourse
Debt not related to accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter
period ending on such day.
"Consolidated Net Income": for any period, the consolidated net
income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Assets": at any date, all amounts that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total assets" (or
any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at such date.
"Consolidated Total Debt": at any date and without duplication, (i)
the aggregate principal amount of (i) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a
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consolidated basis and (ii) all guarantees by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness on a consolidated basis of any other Person
(other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary) at such date.
"Continuing Lenders": as defined in subsection 2.5(a).
"Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound.
"Conversion Date": any date on which either (a) an Event of Default
under Section 8(g) has occurred or (b) the Commitments shall have been
terminated prior to the Termination Date and/or the Loans shall have been
declared immediately due and payable, in either case pursuant to Section
8.
"Converted Loans": as defined in subsection 10.8(a).
"Cost of Funds": the rate of interest per annum maintained by the
Swing Line Lender that has advanced or is owed the relevant amount as the
rate of interest reasonably determined by such Swing Line Lender (after
consultation with the Borrower, if practicable) to reflect the cost of
funds in respect of which such determination is made.
"Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or
any other condition, has been satisfied.
"Dollar Equivalent": on any date of determination, with respect to
any amount in any Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing Line
Foreign Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by
the Administrative Agent using the Spot Exchange Rate with respect to such
Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, then in effect.
"Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States
of America.
"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"EMU Legislation": legislative measures of the European Council
(including without limitation European Council regulations) for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro.
"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 to the environment, preservation or reclamation of
natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters relating to the
environment.
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"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)
violation of 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 or threatened
release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which
liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Euro" and "(euro)": the single currency of Participating Member
States introduced in accordance with the provisions of Article 109(1)4 of
the Treaty and, in respect of all payments to be made under this Agreement
in Euro, means immediately available, freely transferable funds.
"Euro Cost of Funds Loan": Swing Line Loans denominated in Euros the
rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Cost of Funds.
"Eurocurrency Rate": with respect to each Interest Period pertaining
to a Multicurrency Loan, the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such
Interest Period and the Available Foreign Currency in which such
Multicurrency Loan is denominated in the manner set forth in the
Administrative Schedule.
"Eurocurrency Liabilities": for any day, the aggregate (without
duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of
reserve requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation,
basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations
of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with
respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities"
in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal
Reserve System.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Rate": with respect to each day during each
Interest Period pertaining to a Multicurrency Loan, a rate per annum
determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurocurrency Rate
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1.00 - Eurocurrency Liabilities
"Eurodollar Rate Borrowing": a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar
Rate Loans.
"Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan": any Competitive Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate Loan": any Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan or
Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan.
"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate of interest
determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period
equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day
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of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service as
of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of
such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page
3750 of the Telerate Service (or otherwise on such service), the
"Eurodollar Rate" shall be determined by reference to such other publicly
available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be agreed upon by
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or, in the absence of such
agreement, the "Eurodollar Rate" shall instead be the rate per annum equal
to the average (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the
respective rates notified to the Administrative Agent by each of the
Reference Lenders as the rate at which such Reference Lender is offered
Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank
eurodollar market where the eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange
operations in respect of its Eurodollar Rate Loans are then being
conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the
number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount
of its Eurodollar Rate Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.
"Eurodollar Reserve Rate": with respect to each day during each
Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum
determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Rate
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1.00 - Eurocurrency Liabilities
"Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan": any U.S. Revolving Credit Loan
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.
"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 8;
provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time,
or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
"Existing 364-Day Facility": The 364-Day Fifth Amended and Restated
Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility, dated as of June 20,
2003 (as amended and in effect on the date immediately preceding the date
hereof), among the Borrower and the lenders from time to time parties
thereto.
"Extended Termination Date": as defined in subsection 2.5(a).
"Extension Date": as defined in subsection 2.5(a).
"Extension Notice": as defined in subsection 2.5(a).
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, the weighted
average 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 which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day of such rates on
such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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"Financial Officer": with respect to any Person, the chief financial
officer, principal accounting officer, a financial vice president,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person.
"First Lender": as defined in subsection 10.8(b).
"Fixed Rate Borrowing": a Borrowing comprised of Fixed Rate Loans.
"Fixed Rate Loan": any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a fixed
percentage rate per annum specified by the Lender making such Loan in its
Competitive Bid.
"Funding Commitment Percentage": as at any date of determination
(after giving effect to the making and payment of any Loans made on such
date pursuant to subsection 2.1(c)), with respect to any U.S. Lender, that
percentage which the Available U.S. Commitment of such U.S. Lender then
constitutes of the Aggregate Available U.S. Commitments.
"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time and as applied by the
Borrower in the preparation of its most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to subsection 4.1(b); 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.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of
government including, without limitation, the European Central Bank.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any
nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Indebtedness": of any Person at any date, the amount outstanding on
such date under notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of
indebtedness for money borrowed (including, without limitation,
indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by a loan account).
"Intercompany Sale-Leasebacks": Sale-Leasebacks involving leases
between the Borrower and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries.
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"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any ABR Loan, Euro Cost of Funds
Loan or Sterling Cost of Funds Loan, the last day of each March, June,
September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and on the
date such Loan is paid in full, (b) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, Fixed
Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months
or 90 days, as the case may be, or less, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto and (c) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, Fixed
Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan, having an Interest Period longer than
three months or 90 days, as the case may be, each day which is three
months or 90 days, as the case may be, and any multiple thereof, after the
first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided that, in
addition to the foregoing, each of (x) the date upon which both the
Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and
(y) the Termination Date shall be deemed to be an "Interest Payment Date"
with respect to any interest which is then accrued hereunder.
"Interest Period": (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or
Multicurrency Loan:
(i) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar
Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six
(or if available to all the Lenders (or, in the case of Eurodollar
Rate Competitive Loans, the Lender making such Loans) nine or
twelve) months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice
of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with
respect thereto; and
(ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate
Loan or Multicurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six (or if
available to all the Lenders (or, in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Competitive Loans, the Lender making such Loans) nine or twelve)
months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice
to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior
to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto; and
(b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the period commencing on
the borrowing date with respect to such Fixed Rate Loan and ending such
number of days thereafter (which shall be not less than seven days or more
than 180 days after the date of such borrowing) as selected by the
Borrower in its Competitive Bid Request given with respect thereto;
provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods
are subject to the following:
(1) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of an Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan,
the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period
into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
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(2) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(3) any Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan
or Multicurrency Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the
Termination Date shall end on the Termination Date.
"Invitation for Competitive Bids": an invitation made by the
Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.3(c) in the form of Exhibit B.
"issuance": as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
"Issuing Lender": the collective reference to JPMCB or any of its
affiliates, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit.
"JPMCB" JPMorgan Chase Bank.
"L/C Commitment": $250,000,000.
"L/C Fee Payment Date": the last day of each March, June, September
and December and the last day of the Commitment Period.
"L/C Obligations": at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters
of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to subsection 3.5.
"L/C Participants": the collective reference to all the U.S. Lenders
other than the Issuing Lender.
"Lender": a U.S. Lender or a Multicurrency Lender, as the context
shall require; collectively, the "Lenders."
"Letters of Credit": as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
"Level I Status": exists at any date if, at such date, the Borrower
has senior unsecured long-term debt outstanding, without third-party
credit enhancement, which is either rated A- or better by S&P or A3 or
better by Moody's (it being understood that the higher rating prevails);
provided that if either S&P or Moody's shall cease to issue ratings of
debt securities generally, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency
(and to correlate the system of ratings of such substitute rating agency
with that of the rating agency for which it is substituting) and (a) until
such substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the foregoing test may be
satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the other such rating
agency and (b) after such substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the
foregoing test may be satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the
other rating agency or such substitute rating agency.
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"Level II Status": exists at any date if, at such date, Level I
Status does not exist and the Borrower has senior unsecured long-term debt
outstanding, without third-party credit enhancement, which is either rated
BBB+ or better by S&P or Baa1 or better by Moody's (it being understood
that the higher rating prevails); provided that if either S&P or Moody's
shall cease to issue ratings of debt securities generally, then the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to
agree upon a substitute rating agency (and to correlate the system of
ratings of such substitute rating agency with that of the rating agency
for which it is substituting) and (a) until such substitute rating agency
is agreed upon, the foregoing test may be satisfied on the basis of the
rating assigned by the other such rating agency and (b) after such
substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the foregoing test may be
satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the other rating agency
or such substitute rating agency.
"Level III Status": exists at any date if, at such date, neither
Level I Status nor Level II Status exists and the Borrower has senior
unsecured long-term debt outstanding, without third party credit
enhancement, which is either rated BBB or better by S&P or Baa2 or better
by Moody's (it being understood that the higher rating prevails); provided
that if either S&P or Moody's shall cease to issue ratings of debt
securities generally, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency (and to
correlate the system of ratings of such substitute rating agency with that
of the rating agency for which it is substituting) and (a) until such
substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the foregoing test may be
satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the other such rating
agency and (b) after such substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the
foregoing test may be satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the
other rating agency or such substitute rating agency.
"Level IV Status": exists at any date if, at such date, none of
Level I Status, Level II Status or Level III Status exists and the
Borrower has senior unsecured long-term debt outstanding, without third
party credit enhancement, which is either rated BBB- or better by S&P or
Baa3 or better by Moody's (it being understood that the higher rating
prevails); provided that if either S&P or Moody's shall cease to issue
ratings of debt securities generally, then the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute
rating agency (and to correlate the system of ratings of such substitute
rating agency with that of the rating agency for which it is substituting)
and (a) until such substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the foregoing
test may be satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the other
such rating agency and (b) after such substitute rating agency is agreed
upon, the foregoing test may be satisfied on the basis of the rating
assigned by the other rating agency or such substitute rating agency.
"Level V Status": exists at any date if, at such date, none of Level
I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status or Level IV Status exists.
"Lien": any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.
"Loan": a Competitive Loan, a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan, a
Multicurrency Loan or a Swing Line Loan, as the context shall require;
collectively, the "Loans."
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"Loans to be Converted": as defined in subsection 10.8(a).
"London Banking Day": any day on which banks in London are open for
general banking business, including dealings in foreign currency and
exchange.
"Majority Lenders": (a) at any time prior to the termination of the
U.S. Commitments, the Majority U.S. Lenders; and (b) at any time after the
termination of the U.S. Commitments, Lenders whose Aggregate Total
Outstandings aggregate more than 50% of the Aggregate Total Outstandings
of all Lenders; provided that for purposes of this definition the
Aggregate Total Outstandings of each Lender shall be adjusted up or down
so as to give effect to any participations purchased or sold pursuant to
subsection 10.8.
"Majority Multicurrency Lenders": at any time, Multicurrency Lenders
whose Multicurrency Commitment Percentages aggregate more than 50%.
"Majority U.S. Lenders": at any time, U.S. Lenders whose U.S.
Commitment Percentages aggregate more than 50%.
"Margin": as to any Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan, the margin to
be added to or subtracted from the Eurodollar Rate in order to determine
the interest rate applicable to such Loan, as specified in the Competitive
Bid relating to such Loan.
"Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
"Material Agreements": the material contracts of the Borrower, as
such term is defined in Item 601 of SEC Regulation S-K (excluding
agreements with officers and directors) and included in Borrower's most
recently filed Form 10-K.
"Moody's": Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
"Multicurrency Commitment": as to any Multicurrency Lender at any
time, its obligation to make Multicurrency Loans to the Borrower in an
aggregate amount in Available Foreign Currencies of which the Dollar
Equivalent does not exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (a) the
amount set forth opposite such Multicurrency Lender's name in Schedule I
under the heading "Multicurrency Commitment", and (b) the U.S. Commitment
of such Multicurrency Lender, in each case as such amount may be changed
from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. As of the date of this
Agreement, the maximum aggregate amount of the Multicurrency Commitments
of the Multicurrency Lenders is U.S.$750,000,000.
"Multicurrency Commitment Percentage": as to any Multicurrency
Lender at any time, the percentage which such Multicurrency Lender's
Multicurrency Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Multicurrency
Commitments (or, if the Multicurrency Commitments have terminated or
expired, the percentage which (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate
Multicurrency Outstandings of such Multicurrency Lender at such time
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constitutes of (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Multicurrency
Outstandings of all Multicurrency Lenders at such time).
"Multicurrency Lender": each Lender having an amount greater than
zero set forth opposite such Lender's name in Schedule I under the heading
"Multicurrency Commitment."
"Multicurrency Loans": as defined in subsection 2.2(a).
"Non-Extending Lenders": as defined in subsection 2.5(a).
"Non-Multicurrency Lender": each U.S. Lender which is not a
Multicurrency Lender.
"Non-Recourse Debt": all Indebtedness which, in accordance with
GAAP, is not required to be recognized on a consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower as a liability.
"Notice of Multicurrency Loan Borrowing": with respect to a
Multicurrency Loan, a notice from the Borrower in respect of such Loan,
containing the information in respect of such Loan and delivered to the
Person, in the manner and by the time, specified for a Notice of
Multicurrency Loan Borrowing in respect of the currency of such Loan in
the Administrative Schedule.
"Original Closing Date": January 4, 1999.
"Other Lender": as defined in subsection 10.8(b).
"Participant": as defined in subsection 10.6(c).
"Participating Member State": each state as described in any EMU
Legislation.
"Permitted Receivables Financing": at any date of determination, the
aggregate amount of any Non-Recourse Debt outstanding on such date
relating to securitizations or other similar off-balance sheet financings
of accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Prime Rate": the rate of interest per annum equal to the prime rate
publicly announced by the majority of the Reference Lenders as its prime
rate (or similar base rate) in effect at its principal office.
"Quotation Day": in respect of the determination of the Eurocurrency
Rate for any Interest Period for Multicurrency Loans in any Available
Foreign Currency, the day on which quotations would ordinarily be given by
prime banks in the London interbank market (or, if such Available Foreign
Currency is Pounds Sterling, in the Paris interbank market) for deposits
in such Available Foreign Currency for delivery on the first day of
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such Interest Period; provided, that if quotations would ordinarily be
given on more than one date, the Quotation Day for such Interest Period
shall be the last of such dates. On the date hereof, the Quotation Day in
respect of any Interest Period for any Available Foreign Currency (other
than Euros) is customarily the last London Banking Day prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period which is (a) at least two London Banking
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period and (b) a day on which
banks are open for general banking business in the city which is the
principal financial center of the country of issue of such Available
Foreign Currency (and, in the case of Pounds Sterling, in Paris); and the
Quotation Day in respect of any Interest Period for Euros is the day which
is two Target Operating Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period.
"Reference Lenders": JPMCB, Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A.,
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and HSBC Bank USA.
"Refunded Swing Line Loans": as defined in subsection 2.4(b).
"Refunding Date": as defined in subsection 2.4(b).
"Register": as defined in subsection 10.6(d).
"Reimbursement Obligation": the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.5 for amounts drawn
under Letters of Credit.
"Related Parties": means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's affiliates.
"Requested Multicurrency Loans": as defined in subsection 2.1(c).
"Requirement of Law": as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such
Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject.
"Sale-Leasebacks": as defined in subsection 7.4.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and its successors.
"Significant Subsidiary": as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and included in
the Borrower's most recently filed Form 10-K.
"Spot Exchange Rate": with respect to any Available Foreign Currency
or Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency on a particular date, the rate at
which such Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency, as the case may be, may be exchanged into Dollars in London, as
set forth on the relevant page of the Telerate Screen applicable to such
Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. In
the event that such rate does not appear on any such page, the Spot
Exchange
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Rate with respect to such Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing
Line Foreign Currency, as the case may be, shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange
rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
or, in the absence of such agreement, such Spot Exchange Rate shall
instead be determined by reference to the Administrative Agent's spot rate
of exchange quoted to prime banks in London in the London interbank market
where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such
Available Foreign Currency or Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, are then being conducted, at or about noon, local time,
at such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Available Foreign
Currency or Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, as the case may be, for
delivery on a spot basis; provided, however, that if at the time of any
such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted and
no other methods for determining the Spot Exchange Rate can be determined
as set forth above, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method
it deems applicable (after consultation with the Borrower if practicable)
to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
"Status": as to the Borrower, the existence of Level I Status, Level
II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status or Level V Status, as the
case may be.
"Sterling" and "(pound)": pounds Sterling in lawful currency of the
United Kingdom.
"Sterling Cost of Funds Loan": Swing Line Loans denominated in
Sterling the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Cost
of Funds.
"Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such
other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at
the time owned by such Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Swing Line Commitment": the obligation of the Swing Line Lenders to
make Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4 in an aggregate principal
amount for all Swing Line Loans of all Swing Line Lenders at any one time
outstanding not to exceed $500,000,000.
"Swing Line Lenders": JPMCB and the other Lenders specified on
Schedule I along with the corresponding allocations of the Swing Line
Commitment for each such Lender, as such Schedule is modified from time to
time to adjust such allocations and add additional Swing Line Lenders
selected by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent as
being "Swing Line Lenders".
"Swing Line Loans": as defined in subsection 2.4(a).
"Swing Line Participation Amount": as defined in subsection 2.4(b).
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"Target Operating Day": any day that is not (a) a Saturday or
Sunday, (b) Christmas Day or New Year's Day or (c) any other day on which
the Trans-European Real-time Gross Settlement Operating System (or any
successor settlement system) is not operating (as determined by the
Administrative Agent).
"Termination Date": June 18, 2009, as such date may be extended from
time to time in accordance with subsection 2.5.
"Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Rate Loans or
Multicurrency Loans the then current Interest Periods with respect to all
of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or
not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
"Transferee": as defined in subsection 10.6(e).
"Treaty": the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
being the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957 as amended by the Single
Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and the Maastricht Treaty (the Treaty on European Union)
(which was signed on February 7, 1992 and came into force on November 1,
1993) and as may, from time to time, be further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified.
"Type": as to any U.S. Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as an ABR
Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and as to any Competitive Loan, its nature
as a Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan.
"Uniform Customs": in the case of (a) standby letters of credit, the
International Standby Practices -- ISP 98 (1998), International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 590, as the same may be amended or revised from
time to time and (b) commercial letters of credit, the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended or revised from
time to time.
"U.S. Commitment": as to any U.S. Lender, the obligation of such
U.S. Lender to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower and
participate in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder in an
aggregate principal and/or stated amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such U.S. Lender's name on
Schedule I under the heading U.S. Commitment, as the same may be changed
from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"U.S. Commitment Percentage": as to any U.S. Lender at any time, the
percentage which such U.S. Lender's U.S. Commitment then constitutes of
the aggregate U.S. Commitments of all U.S. Lenders (or, if the U.S.
Commitments have terminated or expired, the percentage which (a) the sum
of the Aggregate U.S. R/C Outstandings and the Competitive Loans of such
U.S. Lender at such time then constitutes of (b) the sum of the Aggregate
U.S. R/C Outstandings and the Competitive Loans of all U.S. Lenders at
such time).
"U.S. Lenders": the banks and other financial institutions from time
to time holding U.S. Commitments.
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"U.S. Revolving Credit Loans": as defined in subsection 2.1(a).
"Utilization": as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (i) the numerator of
which is the sum of (a) the average daily principal amount of Loans (or
the Dollar Equivalent thereof) outstanding (after giving effect to any
borrowing or payment on such date) during such quarter and (b) the average
daily face amount of Letters of Credit outstanding during such quarter and
(ii) the denominator of which is the average daily amount of the aggregate
Commitments of all Lenders during such quarter, after giving effect to any
reduction of the Commitments on such day. For purposes of subsection
2.11(f), if for any reason any Loans remain outstanding after termination
of the Commitments, the Utilization for each day on or after the date of
such termination shall be deemed to be greater than 66%.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified
therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto.
(b) As used herein, and any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined
in subsection 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under GAAP.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section,
subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE FACILITIES
2.1 Amount and Terms of the U.S. Commitments.
(a) U.S. Commitments. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each U.S. Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans in
Dollars ("U.S. Revolving Credit Loans") to the Borrower from time to time during
the Commitment Period so long as after giving effect thereto (x) the Available
U.S. Commitment of each U.S. Lender is greater than or equal to zero and (y) the
Aggregate Total Outstandings of all Lenders do not exceed the Aggregate U.S.
Commitments. During the Commitment Period the Borrower may use the U.S.
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans in whole or
in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof.
(ii) The U.S. Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time be (A)
Eurodollar Rate Loans, (B) ABR Loans or (C) a combination thereof, as determined
by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
subsections 2.1(b) and 2.8; provided that no U.S. Revolving Credit Loan shall be
made as a Eurodollar Rate Loan after the day that is one month prior to the
Termination Date.
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(b) Procedure for U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Borrower may
borrow U.S. Revolving Credit Loans under the U.S. Commitments during the
Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (i) three Business
Days prior to the requested borrowing date, if all or any part of the requested
U.S. Revolving Credit Loans are to be Eurodollar Rate Loans, or (ii) one
Business Day prior to the requested borrowing date, otherwise), specifying (A)
the amount to be borrowed, (B) the requested borrowing date, (C) whether the
Borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Rate Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof
and (D) if the Borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of
the initial Interest Periods therefor. Each Borrowing under the U.S. Commitments
shall be in an amount equal to $10,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender will make an amount
equal to its Funding Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of each
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower
at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 10.2 prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the borrowing date requested by the Borrower
in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such Borrowing will
then immediately be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent
crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the U.S.
Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(c) Borrowings of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and Refunding of
Loans. If on any Borrowing Date on which the Borrower has requested the
Multicurrency Lenders to make Multicurrency Loans (the "Requested Multicurrency
Loans"), (i) the principal amount of the Requested Multicurrency Loans to be
made by any Multicurrency Lender exceeds the Available Multicurrency Commitment
of such Multicurrency Lender on such Borrowing Date (before giving effect to the
making and payment of any Loans required to be made pursuant to this subsection
2.1(c) on such Borrowing Date) and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of
such excess is less than or equal to the Aggregate Available U.S. Commitments of
all Non-Multicurrency Lenders (before giving effect to the making and payment of
any Loans pursuant to this subsection 2.1(c) on such Borrowing Date), each
Non-Multicurrency Lender shall make a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower
on such Borrowing Date, and the proceeds of such U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
shall be simultaneously applied to repay outstanding U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
of the Multicurrency Lenders in each case in amounts such that, after giving
effect to (1) such borrowings and repayments and (2) the borrowing from the
Multicurrency Lenders of the Requested Multicurrency Loans, the Committed
Outstandings Percentage of each U.S. Lender will equal (as nearly as possible)
the percentage which such U.S. Lender's U.S. Commitment then constitutes of the
Aggregate U.S. Commitments of all U.S. Lenders. To effect such borrowings and
repayments, (x) not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on such Borrowing
Date, the proceeds of such U.S. Revolving Credit Loans shall be made available
by each Non-Multicurrency Lender to the Administrative Agent at its office
specified in subsection 10.2 in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds
and the Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of such U.S. Revolving
Credit Loans toward repayment of outstanding U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and/or
Multicurrency Loans of the Multicurrency Lenders and (y) concurrently with the
repayment of such Loans on such Borrowing Date, (I) the Multicurrency Lenders
shall, in accordance with the applicable
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provisions hereof, make the Requested Multicurrency Loans in an aggregate amount
equal to the amount so requested by the Borrower (but not in any event greater
than the Aggregate Available Multicurrency Commitments after giving effect to
the making of such repayment of any Loans on such Borrowing Date) and (II) the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders
whose Loans to the Borrower are repaid on the Borrowing Date pursuant to this
subsection 2.1(c) all interest accrued on the amounts repaid to the date of
repayment, together with any amounts payable pursuant to subsection 2.19 in
connection with such repayment.
2.2 Amounts and Terms of the Multicurrency Commitments.
(a) Multicurrency Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Multicurrency Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit
loans (each, a "Multicurrency Loan") in any Available Foreign Currency to the
Borrower from time to time during the Commitment Period so long as after giving
effect thereto (A) the Available Multicurrency Commitment of such Multicurrency
Lender is greater than or equal to zero, (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the
Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings for all Multicurrency Lenders does not
exceed $750,000,000 and (C) the Aggregate Total Outstandings of all Lenders do
not exceed the Aggregate U.S. Commitments. During the Commitment Period, the
Borrower may use the Multicurrency Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the
Multicurrency Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof.
(b) Procedure for Multicurrency Borrowing. The Borrower may request
the Multicurrency Lenders to make Multicurrency Loans during the Commitment
Period on any Business Day by delivering an irrevocable Notice of Multicurrency
Loan Borrowing. Each borrowing under the Multicurrency Commitments shall be in
an amount in an Available Foreign Currency of which the Dollar Equivalent is
equal to at least $10,000,000 (or, if the then Aggregate Available Multicurrency
Commitments are less than $10,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any
such Notice of Multicurrency Borrowing from the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Multicurrency Lender thereof. Not later than
the funding time for the relevant Available Foreign Currency set forth in the
Administrative Schedule, each Multicurrency Lender shall make an amount equal to
its Multicurrency Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of Multicurrency
Loans requested to be made on such Borrowing Date available to the
Administrative Agent at the funding office for the relevant Available Foreign
Currency set forth in the Administrative Schedule in the relevant Available
Foreign Currency and in immediately available funds. The amounts made available
by each Multicurrency Lender will then be made available on such Borrowing Date
to the Borrower at the funding office for the relevant Available Foreign
Currency set forth in the Administrative Schedule and in like funds as received
by the Administrative Agent.
2.3 Competitive Borrowings.
(a) The Competitive Bid Option. In addition to the U.S. Revolving
Credit Loans which may be made available pursuant to subsection 2.1, the
Borrower may, as set forth in this subsection 2.3, request the U.S. Lenders to
make offers to make Competitive Loans to the Borrower during the Commitment
Period. The U.S. Lenders may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers,
and the Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in
the manner set forth in this subsection 2.3.
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(b) Competitive Bid Request. When the Borrower wishes to request
offers to make Competitive Loans under this subsection 2.3, it shall transmit to
the Administrative Agent a Competitive Bid Request to be received no later than
12:00 Noon (New York City time) on (x) the fourth Business Day prior to the date
of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate
Competitive Loans or (y) the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, specifying:
(i) the proposed date of Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day,
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing, which shall
be $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
(iii) the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period contained in
subsection 1.1, and
(iv) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be of
Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loans or Fixed Rate Loans.
A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to the format of
Exhibit A may be rejected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion,
and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of such
rejection. The Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Loans for more
than one Interest Period in a single Competitive Bid Request. No Competitive Bid
Request shall be given within three Business Days of any other Competitive Bid
Request pursuant to which the Borrower has made a Competitive Borrowing.
(c) Invitation for Competitive Bids. Promptly after its receipt of a
Competitive Bid Request (but, in any event, no later than 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the date of such receipt) conforming to the requirements of
paragraph (b) above, the Administrative Agent shall send to each of the
Competitive Bid Lenders an Invitation for Competitive Bids which shall
constitute an invitation by the Borrower to each such Lender to bid, on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Loans pursuant to
the Competitive Bid Request.
(d) Submission and Contents of Competitive Bids. (i) Each U.S.
Lender to which an Invitation for Competitive Bids is sent may submit a
Competitive Bid containing an offer or offers to make Competitive Loans in
response to such Invitation for Competitive Bids. Each Competitive Bid must
comply with the requirements of this paragraph (d) and must be submitted to the
Administrative Agent at its offices specified in subsection 10.2 not later than
(x) 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the
proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate
Competitive Loans or (y) 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the
proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing; provided that any
Competitive Bids submitted by the Administrative Agent in the capacity of a U.S.
Lender may only be submitted if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower
of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein not later than fifteen
minutes prior to the deadline for the other U.S. Lenders. A Competitive Bid
submitted by a U.S. Lender pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be irrevocable.
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(ii) Each Competitive Bid shall be in substantially the form of
Exhibit C and shall specify:
(A) the date of the proposed Borrowing,
(B) the principal amount of the Competitive Loan for which each such
offer is being made, which principal amount (w) may be greater than, equal
to or less than the U.S. Commitment of the quoting U.S. Lender, (x) must
be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof, (y) may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive
Loans for which offers were requested and (z) may be subject to a
limitation as to the maximum aggregate principal amount of Competitive
Loans for which offers being made by such quoting U.S. Lender may be
accepted,
(C) in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loans,
the Margin offered for each such Competitive Loan, expressed as a
percentage (specified in increments of 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to or
subtracted from such base rate,
(D) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, the rate of interest per
annum (specified in increments of 1/10,000th of 1%) offered for each such
Competitive Loan, and
(E) the identity of the quoting U.S. Lender.
A Competitive Bid may set forth up to five separate offers by the quoting U.S.
Lender with respect to each Interest Period specified in the related Invitation
for Competitive Bids. Any Competitive Bid shall be disregarded by the
Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent determines that it: (A) is not
substantially in the form of Exhibit C or does not specify all of the
information required by subsection 2.3(d)(ii); (B) contains qualifying,
conditional or similar language (except for a limitation on the maximum
principal amount which may be accepted); (C) proposes terms other than or in
addition to those set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bids or
(D) arrives after the time set forth in subsection 2.3(d)(i).
(e) Notice to Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
(and, in any event, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time) notify the Borrower, by
telecopy, of all the Competitive Bids made (including all disregarded bids), the
Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount of each Competitive Loan in
respect of which a Competitive Bid was made and the identity of the Lender that
made each bid. The Administrative Agent shall send a copy of all Competitive
Bids (including all disregarded bids) to the Borrower for its records as soon as
practicable after completion of the bidding process set forth in this subsection
2.3.
(f) Acceptance and Notice by Borrower. The Borrower may in its sole
discretion, subject only to the provisions of this paragraph (f), accept or
reject any Competitive Bid (other than any disregarded bid) referred to in
paragraph (e) above. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone, confirmed immediately thereafter by telecopy in the form of a
Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what extent it wishes to
accept any or all of the bids referred to in paragraph (e) above not later than
(x) 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the
proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of
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a Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan or (y) 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the
proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing; provided
that:
(i) the failure by the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed
to be a rejection of all the bids referred to in paragraph (e) above;
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bids accepted
by the Borrower may not exceed the lesser of (A) the principal amount set forth
in the related Competitive Bid Request and (B) the excess, if any, of the
Aggregate U.S. Commitments then in effect over the Aggregate Total Outstandings
of all Lenders immediately prior to the making of such Competitive Loans (and
after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof),
(iii) the principal amount of each Competitive Borrowing must be
$5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
(iv) unless there are any limitations contained in a quoting U.S.
Lender's Competitive Bid, the Borrower may not accept a Competitive Bid made at
a particular Competitive Bid Rate if it has decided to reject any portion of a
bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate for the same Interest Period, and
(v) the Borrower may not accept any Competitive Bid that is
disregarded by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.3(d)(ii) or
that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement.
A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall be
irrevocable.
(g) Allocation by Administrative Agent. If offers are made by two or
more U.S. Lenders with the same Competitive Bid Rates for a greater aggregate
principal amount than the amount in respect of which such offers are accepted
for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Loans in
respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent among such U.S. Lenders as nearly as possible (in integral
multiples of $1,000,000, as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate) in
proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such offers.
(h) Notification of Acceptance. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly (and, in any event, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time) notify each
bidding U.S. Lender whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if
so, in what amount and at what Competitive Bid Rate), and each successful bidder
will thereupon become bound, subject to the other applicable conditions hereof,
to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its bid has been accepted.
2.4 Terms of Swing Line Commitment.
(a) Swing Line Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Swing Line Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise
available to the Borrower under the Commitments from time to time during the
Commitment Period by making swing line loans in Dollars Euro, Sterling or any
Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency ("Swing Line Loans") to the Borrower;
provided that (A) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line
Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) the Dollar Equivalent of the
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aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans denominated in Euro, Sterling and
such Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, outstanding as at the date any Swing
Line Loan is made shall not exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect
(notwithstanding that the Swing Line Loans outstanding at any time, when
aggregated with any Swing Line Lender's other outstanding U.S. Revolving Credit
Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect) and (B)
the Borrower shall not request, and no Swing Line Lender shall make, any Swing
Line Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swing Line Loan, the
Aggregate Available U.S. Commitments would be less than zero or the Aggregate
Total Outstandings of all the Lenders would exceed the Aggregate U.S.
Commitments; provided, further, that the Swing Line Lender shall not be required
to (but it may) make a Swing Line Loan to refinance an outstanding Swing Line
Loan. During the Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Swing Line
Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof. Swing Line Loans shall be ABR Loans, Euro Cost of
Funds Loans, Sterling Cost of Funds Loans or Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency Cost of Funds Loans only.
(ii) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swing Line Loans on
the Termination Date.
(b) Procedure for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line
Loans. (i) Whenever the Borrower desires that a Swing Line Lender make Swing
Line Loans it shall give such Swing Line Lender irrevocable telephonic notice
confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by such
Swing Line Lender not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of
Swing Line Loans denominated in Dollars, and 2:00 p.m., London time, in the case
of Swing Line Loans denominated in Euro, Sterling or any Alternate Swing Line
Foreign Currency (or such other time as the Administrative Agent and such Swing
Line Lender may consent), on the proposed borrowing date), specifying (x) the
amount and currency to be borrowed and (y) the requested borrowing date (which
shall be a Business Day during the Commitment Period). A copy of each such
notice shall be promptly furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
Subject to subsection 2.4(a), each borrowing under the Swing Line Commitment
shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, in the case of Swing Line Loans denominated in Dollars,
(euro)5,000,000 or a whole multiple of (euro)1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the
case of Swing Line Loans denominated in Euro, (pound)5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of (pound)1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Swing Line Loans
denominated in Sterling and in the case of Swing Line Loans denominated in such
Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, an amount in such Alternate Swing Line
Foreign Currency of which the Dollar Equivalent is equal to or greater than
$5,000,000. Not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of Swing
Line Loans denominated in Dollars, and 4:00 p.m., London time, in the case of
Swing Line Loans denominated in Euro, Sterling and such Alternate Swing Line
Foreign Currency, on the borrowing date specified in a notice in respect of
Swing Line Loans, such Swing Line Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at its office specified in subsection 10.2 an amount in
immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swing Line Loan to be
made by such Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds
of such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by
crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office in immediately
available funds.
(ii) Subject to subsection 2.4(b)(vii), each Swing Line Lender, at
any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on
behalf of the Borrower (which
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hereby irrevocably directs such Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), on one
Business Day's notice given by such Swing Line Lender no later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, request each U.S. Lender to make, and each U.S. Lender
hereby agrees to make, a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan, in an amount equal to such
Lender's Funding Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swing Line
Loans made by such Swing Line Lender (the "Refunded Swing Line Loans")
outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay such Swing Line Lender;
provided, that unless any Swing Line Lender otherwise agrees in its sole
discretion, any Swing Line Loan outstanding for five Business Days shall be
automatically so refunded on such fifth Business Day. Each U.S. Lender shall
make the amount of such U.S. Revolving Credit Loan available to the
Administrative Agent at its office set forth in subsection 10.2 in immediately
available funds, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day
after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
shall be immediately applied by such Swing Line Lender to repay its Refunded
Swing Line Loans.
(iii) If prior to the time a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan would have
otherwise been made pursuant to subsection 2.4(b)(ii), one of the events
described in Section 8(g) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
the Borrower or if for any other reason, as determined by a Swing Line Lender in
its sole discretion, U.S. Revolving Credit Loans may not be made as contemplated
by subsection 2.4(b)(ii), each U.S. Lender shall, on the date such U.S.
Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to
in Section 2.4(b)(ii) (the "Refunding Date"), purchase for cash an undivided
participating interest in an amount equal to (A) its Funding Commitment
Percentage times (B) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans of each
Swing Line Lender then outstanding which were to have been repaid with such U.S.
Revolving Credit Loans (the "Swing Line Participation Amount").
(iv) Whenever, at any time after a Swing Line Lender has received
from any U.S. Lender such U.S. Lender's Swing Line Participation Amount, such
Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of the Swing Line Loans of
such Swing Line Lender, such Swing Line Lender will distribute to such U.S.
Lender its Swing Line Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case
of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such U.S.
Lender's participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of
principal and interest payments, to reflect such U.S. Lender's pro rata portion
of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on all Swing Line Loans then due); provided, however, that in the event
that such payment received by such Swing Line Lender is required to be returned,
such U.S. Lender will return to such Swing Line Lender any portion thereof
previously distributed to it by such Swing Line Lender.
(v) Each U.S. Lender's obligation to make the Loans referred to in
subsection 2.4(b)(ii) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to
subsection 2.4(b)(iii) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (A) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such U.S. Lender or the
Borrower may have against any Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default
or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions
specified in Section 5; (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower; (D) any breach of this Agreement by the Borrower or
any other Lender; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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(vi) Within two Business Days following the last day of each
calendar month, each Swing Line Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower a statement showing the average daily principal amount of the
Swing Line Loans outstanding during the calendar quarter most recently ended.
(vii) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes
each Swing Line Lender immediately prior to the time that any Swing Line Loan is
to be refunded pursuant to subsection 2.4(b)(ii) or a participating interest is
to be purchased pursuant to subsection 2.4(b)(iii) to convert into Dollars (at
the actual exchange rate then available to it, provided that it shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain a rate as least as favorable to the Borrower
as the Spot Exchange Rate) all amounts then owing to it on account of any Swing
Line Loan denominated in Euro, Sterling and any Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency. Such Swing Line Lender and each U.S. Lender hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that (A) no U.S. Lender shall have any obligation to make
any U.S. Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4(b)(ii) or purchase
any participating interests in Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection
2.4(b)(iii) on account of such Euro-denominated, Sterling-denominated or such
Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency-denominated Swing Line Loans until such
time as such Swing Line Lender has effected the conversion described above and
provided written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
forward such notice to the Lenders) of the amount of Dollars owing to it as a
result of such conversion and (B) from and after the date upon which such
conversion is effected, the obligations of the U.S. Lenders under clauses (ii)
and (iii) of subsection 2.4(b) shall be satisfied only by the payment to such
Swing Line Lender of such U.S. Lender's U.S. Commitment Percentage of the amount
of Dollars so notified to the Administrative Agent.
(viii) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may, at
any time and from time to time, prepay a Euro Cost of Funds Loan in Euro, a
Sterling Cost of Funds Loan in Sterling or any Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency Cost of Funds Loan in such Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency, other
than with the proceeds of another Swing Line Loan.
2.5 Extension of Termination Date.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent
(such notice being an "Extension Notice") given at any time, from time to time
but in any event, no later than sixty days prior to the Termination Date (the
date of such notice, the "Notice Date"), request the Lenders to consider an
extension of the then applicable Termination Date to a date specified in the
Extension Notice (the "Extended Termination Date"). The Administrative Agent
shall promptly transmit any Extension Notice to each Lender. Each Lender shall
notify the Administrative Agent whether it wishes to extend the then applicable
Termination Date no later than twenty days after the Notice Date, and any such
notice given by a Lender to the Administrative Agent, once given, shall be
irrevocable as to such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Borrower of each Lender's notice that it wishes to extend (each, an
"Extension Acceptance Notice"). At the end of such twenty day period, the
Borrower may, at its option, elect to extend the period in which Extension
Acceptance Notices may be received for an additional twenty days. Any Lender
which does not expressly notify the Administrative Agent during such twenty day
period or forty day period, as the case may be, that it wishes to so extend the
then applicable Termination Date shall be deemed to have rejected the Borrower's
request for extension of such Termination Date. Lenders consenting to extend the
then
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applicable Termination Date are hereinafter referred to as "Continuing Lenders",
and Lenders declining to consent to extend such Termination Date (or Lenders
deemed to have so declined) are hereinafter referred to as "Non-Extending
Lenders". If the Majority Lenders have elected (in their sole and absolute
discretion) to so extend the Termination Date, the Administrative Agent shall
notify the Borrower of such election by such Majority Lenders no later than five
days after the date when Extension Acceptance Notices are due, and effective on
the date of such notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (the
"Extension Date"), the Termination Date shall be automatically and immediately
so extended to the Extended Termination Date. No extension will be permitted
hereunder without the consent of the Majority Lenders and in no event shall the
period from the Extension Date to the Extended Termination Date exceed five
years. Upon the delivery of an Extension Notice and upon the extension of the
Termination Date pursuant to this subsection 2.5, the Borrower shall be deemed
to have represented and warranted on and as of the Notice Date and the Extension
Date, as the case may be, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to extend the Termination Date,
and each Lender may at its option, unconditionally and without cause, decline to
extend the Termination Date.
(b) If the Termination Date shall have been extended in accordance
with subsection 2.5(a), all references herein to the "Termination Date" shall
refer to the Extended Termination Date.
(c) If any Lender shall determine not to extend the Termination Date
as requested by any Extension Notice given by the Borrower pursuant to
subsection 2.5(a), the Commitment of such Lender shall terminate on the
Termination Date without giving any effect to such proposed extension, and the
Borrower shall on such date pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
such Lender, the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, such Lender's
Loans, together with any amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to subsection
2.19 and any fees or other amounts owing to such Lender under this Agreement;
provided that if the Borrower has replaced such Non-Extending Lender pursuant to
subsection 2.5(d) below then the provisions of such subsection shall apply. The
aggregate U.S. Commitments and/or the aggregate Multicurrency Commitments shall
be reduced by the amount of the U.S. Commitment and/or the Multicurrency
Commitment, as the case may be, of such Non-Extending Lender to the extent the
U.S. Commitment and/or the Multicurrency Commitment, as the case may be, of such
Non-Extending Lender has not been transferred to one or more Continuing Lenders
pursuant to subsection 2.5(d) below.
(d) A Non-Extending Lender shall be obligated, at the request of the
Borrower and subject to payment by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for
the account of such Non-Extending Lender of the principal amount of, and accrued
interest on, such Lender's Loans, together with any amounts payable to such
Lender pursuant to subsection 2.19 and any fees or other amounts owing to such
Lender under this Agreement, to transfer without recourse, representation or
warranty (other than good title to its Loans) to such Non-Extending Lender, at
any time prior to the Termination Date applicable to such Non-Extending Lender,
all of its rights and obligations hereunder to another financial institution or
group of financial institutions nominated by the Borrower and willing to
participate in the facility in the place of such Non-Extending Lender; provided
that, if such transferee is not a Lender, such transferee(s) satisfies all the
requirements of this Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall have consented
to such transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Each such
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transferee shall become a Continuing Lender hereunder in replacement of the
Non-Extending Lender, with the Termination Date applicable to such Continuing
Lender's Commitments being the Extended Termination Date, and shall enjoy all
rights and assume all obligations on the part of the Lenders set forth in this
Agreement. Simultaneously with such transfer, each such transferee shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent a written agreement assuming all
obligations of the Lenders set forth in this Agreement, which agreement shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
(e) If the Termination Date shall have been extended in respect of
the Continuing Lenders in accordance with subsection 2.5(a), any notice of
borrowing pursuant to subsection 2.1(b), 2.2(b) or 2.3 specifying a Borrowing
Date occurring after the Termination Date applicable to a Non-Extending Lender
or requesting an Interest Period extending beyond such date (a) shall have no
effect in respect of such Non-Extending Lender and (b) shall not specify a
requested aggregate principal amount exceeding the Aggregate Available U.S.
Commitment and/or the Aggregate Available Multicurrency Commitment (calculated
on the basis of the U.S. Commitments and/or the Multicurrency Commitments, as
the case may be, of the Continuing Lenders).
2.6 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower shall
have the right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to the
Administrative Agent, to terminate the U.S. Commitments and/or the Multicurrency
Commitments when no Loans or Letters of Credit are than outstanding or, from
time to time, to reduce the unutilized portion of the U.S. Commitments and/or
the Multicurrency Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to
$10,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, or the Dollar
Equivalent thereof (or, if the unutilized portion of the U.S. Commitments and/or
the Multicurrency Commitments is less than $10,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent
thereof, such lesser amount), and shall reduce permanently the U.S. Commitments
and/or the Multicurrency Commitments, as the case may be then in effect.
2.7 Prepayments. (a) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to
time, prepay the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, without
premium or penalty (but subject to the provisions of subsection 2.19), upon: at
least two Business Days' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent
specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a
combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of any such
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each U.S. Lender thereof.
If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due
and payable on the date specified therein. Partial prepayments shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) Unless any Swing Line Lender otherwise agrees in its sole
discretion, the Borrower shall prepay all Swing Line Loans then outstanding
simultaneously with each Borrowing of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and may prepay
(without premium or penalty) any Swing Line Loans then outstanding upon one
Business Day's notice.
(c) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay,
without premium or penalty (but subject to the provisions of subsection 2.19),
the Multicurrency Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least three Business Days'
irrevocable notice to the Administrative
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Agent specifying the date and amount of prepayment. Upon the receipt of any such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Multicurrency Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall
be due and payable on the date specified therein. Partial prepayments of
Multicurrency Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of which the
Dollar Equivalent is at least $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof (or such lesser amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of all
Multicurrency Loans in any Available Foreign Currency then outstanding).
(d) If, at any time during the Commitment Period, for any reason (i)
the Aggregate Total Outstandings of all Lenders exceed the Aggregate U.S.
Commitments then in effect by more than 5% for five consecutive Business Days,
or (ii) the Aggregate R/C Outstandings of any Lender exceeds the U.S. Commitment
of such Lender then in effect by more than 5% for five consecutive Business
Days, then the Borrower shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i)
immediately prepay the Swing Line Loans and the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
and/or (ii) immediately prepay the Multicurrency Loans, in an aggregate
principal amount at least sufficient to reduce any such excess to 0%.
(e) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to this subsection 2.7 shall
be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid to the date
of prepayment and any amounts payable under subsection 2.19 in connection with
such prepayment.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, mandatory prepayments of U.S.
Revolving Credit Loans or Multicurrency Loans that would otherwise be required
pursuant to this subsection 2.7 solely as a result of fluctuations in Spot
Exchange Rates from time to time shall only be required to be made pursuant to
this subsection 2.7 on the last Business Day of each month on the basis of the
Spot Exchange Rate in effect on such Business Day.
2.8 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans to ABR Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day's prior irrevocable
notice of such election; provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar
Revolving Credit Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period
with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR
Loans to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at
least three Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of such election. Any such
notice of conversion to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans shall specify the
length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt
of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
thereof. All or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans and
ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein; provided that (i) no Loan may be
converted into a Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and (ii) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar
Revolving Credit Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Termination
Date.
(b) Any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans may be continued as such
upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by
the Borrower giving notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in subsection 1.1,
of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Eurodollar
Revolving Credit Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan may be
continued as such (i) when any Event of Default has occurred and is
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continuing or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the Termination
Date and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required
notice as described above in this paragraph, or if such continuation is not
permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Eurodollar Revolving Credit
Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then
expiring Interest Period.
(c) Any Multicurrency Loans may be continued as such upon the
expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the
Borrower giving notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in subsection 1.1,
of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Multicurrency
Loans, provided, that if the Borrower shall fail to (i) give any required notice
as described above in this paragraph or to (ii) provide at least 3 Business
Days' notice that such Loans will be repaid at the end of such Interest Period,
such Multicurrency Loans shall automatically be continued for an Interest Period
of one month.
2.9 Minimum Amounts of Tranches. All borrowings, conversions and
continuations of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and Multicurrency Loans (other than
Competitive Bid Loans and Revolving Credit Loans into which Swing Line Loans
were converted) hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall
be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving
effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loans
comprising each Tranche shall be equal to $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
Multicurrency Loans comprising each Tranche shall be in an amount of which the
Dollar Equivalent is at least $10,000,000 (determined at the time of borrowing
or continuation), provided that Multicurrency Loans in any Tranche which were in
such minimum amount at the times of borrowing may be continued as such at less
than such minimum amount if such reduction is solely a result of currency
fluctuations, and (iii) there shall not be more than 20 Tranches at any one time
outstanding.
2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender (i) on the Termination Date (or
such earlier date as the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8 or
subsection 2.7), the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender
and (ii) on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, the unpaid principal
amount of each Competitive Loan made by such Lender. The Borrower hereby further
agrees to pay interest in immediately available funds at the office of the
Administrative Agent on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to
time from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum,
and on the dates, set forth in subsection 2.11. Except as otherwise specified in
this Agreement, amounts owing hereunder on account of principal and interest on
Loans shall be paid in the currency in which such Loan was borrowed and amounts
owing hereunder on account of fees shall be paid in Dollars.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the
appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender
from time to time under this Agreement.
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
subsection 10.6(d), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and
subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made
hereunder, the Type of each Loan made 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 from the
Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and accounts maintained
pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection 2.10 shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however,
that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such
account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein,
shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with
applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) If, on any date on which the U.S. Lenders are obligated to make
the Loans referred to in subsection 2.4(b)(ii) or purchase participating
interests pursuant to subsection 2.4(b)(iii), the aggregate amount of such Loans
or participating interests, as the case may be, is less than the amount of the
related Swing Line Loans which are being refunded or in which participating
interests are being purchased, as the case may be, because changes in currency
exchange rates shall cause one or more of the U.S. Lenders to not have an
Available U.S. Commitment, the Borrower shall on any such date repay such
related Swing Line Loans by the amount of such difference.
2.11 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each ABR Loan shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of each Eurodollar
Revolving Credit Loan, the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for
such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) in the case of each
Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loan, the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as the case may be) the Margin offered
by the Lender making such Loan and accepted by the Borrower pursuant to
subsection 2.3.
(c) Each Euro Cost of Funds Loan, Sterling Cost of Funds Loan and
Alternate Swing Line Foreign Currency Loan shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Cost of Funds for such Loan plus the Applicable Margin.
(d) Each Multicurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during
each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin
in effect for such day.
(e) Each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the fixed rate of interest offered by the Lender making such Loan and
accepted by the Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.3.
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(f) Subject to the provisions of the following sentence, interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (h) of this subsection 2.11 shall be
payable from time to time on demand. The amount of interest on U.S. Revolving
Credit Loans and Multicurrency Loans to be paid on any Interest Payment Date
shall be the amount which would be due and payable if the Utilization for the
period for which such interest is paid was less than 33%. On the first Business
Day following the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and on the
Termination Date (or, if earlier, on the date upon which both the Commitments
are terminated and the Loans are paid in full), the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, an additional
amount of interest equal to the difference (if any) between (i) the amount of
interest which would have been payable during such fiscal quarter (or, in the
case of the payment due on the Termination Date, the portion thereof ending on
such date) after giving effect to the actual Utilization during such period and
(ii) the amount of interest which actually was paid during such period.
(g) The "Applicable Margin" with respect to each Type of Eurodollar
Revolving Credit Loan and each Multicurrency Loan at any date and with respect
to each Euro Cost of Funds Loan, Sterling Cost of Funds Loan and Alternate Swing
Line Foreign Currency Loan shall be the applicable percentage amount set forth
in the table below based upon the Utilization and Status on such date:
Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V
Status Status Status Status Status
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
If Utilization is less than 33%:
Eurodollar Rate Loans 0.275% 0.375% 0.700% 1.050% 1.200%
Euro Cost of Funds Loans 0.275% 0.375% 0.700% 1.050% 1.200%
Sterling Cost of Funds Loans 0.275% 0.375% 0.700% 1.050% 1.200%
Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency Cost of Funds Loans 0.275% 0.375% 0.700% 1.050% 1.200%
ABR Loans 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Multicurrency Loans 0.275% 0.375% 0.700% 1.050% 1.200%
If Utilization is equal to or
greater than 33% but less
than 66%:
Eurodollar Rate Loans 0.400% 0.500% 0.825% 1.050% 1.200%
Euro Cost of Funds Loans 0.400% 0.500% 0.825% 1.050% 1.200%
Sterling Cost of Funds Loans 0.400% 0.500% 0.825% 1.050% 1.200%
Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency Cost of Funds Loans 0.400% 0.500% 0.825% 1.050% 1.200%
ABR Loans 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Multicurrency Loans 0.400% 0.500% 0.825% 1.050% 1.200%
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Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V
Status Status Status Status Status
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
If Utilization is equal to or greater
than 66%:
Eurodollar Rate Loans 0.525% 0.625% 0.950% 1.050% 1.200%
Euro Cost of Funds Loans 0.525% 0.625% 0.950% 1.050% 1.200%
Sterling Cost of Funds Loans 0.525% 0.625% 0.950% 1.050% 1.200%
Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency Cost of Funds Loans 0.525% 0.625% 0.950% 1.050% 1.200%
ABR Loans 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Multicurrency Loans 0.525% 0.625% 0.950% 1.050% 1.200%
(h) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan,
(ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any facility fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate
per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would
otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
subsection 2.11 plus 2% or (y) in the case of overdue interest, facility fee or
other amount, the rate described in paragraph (a) of this subsection 2.11 plus
2%, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in
full (as well after as before judgment). For purposes of this Agreement,
principal shall be "overdue" only if not paid in accordance with the provisions
of subsection 2.10.
2.12 Facility Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders, a facility fee in Dollars at the
rate per annum equal to (a) for each day that the Borrower has Level I Status,
0.100% of the aggregate Commitments on such day, (b) for each day that the
Borrower has Level II Status, 0.125% of the aggregate Commitments, (c) for each
day that the Borrower has Level III Status, 0.175% of the aggregate Commitments,
(d) for each day that the Borrower has Level IV Status, 0.200% of the aggregate
Commitments and (e) for each day that the Borrower has Level V Status, 0.300% of
the aggregate Commitments. On the first Business Day following the last day of
each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and on the Termination Date (or, if earlier,
on the date upon which both the Commitments are terminated and the Loans are
paid in full), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, the portion of such facility fee which accrued
during the fiscal quarter most recently ended (or, in the case of the payment
due on the Termination Date, the portion thereof ending on such date). Such
facility fee shall be based upon the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders from
time to time, regardless of the Utilization from time to time thereunder.
2.13 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest on all Loans
shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year
of 360 days, except that interest on ABR Loans which are determined by reference
to the Prime Rate shall be computed over a year of 365 or 366 days as
appropriate (in each case including the first day but excluding the last day).
Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
any
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provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and
the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. All fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year composed of twelve 30-day months. At any time and from time to
time upon request of the Borrower, (i) the Administrative Agent shall deliver to
the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent
in determining any interest rate applicable to U.S. Revolving Credit Loans
and/or the Multicurrency Loans pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the relevant
Swing Line Lender shall deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the
quotations used by such Swing Line Lender in determining any interest rate
applicable to Swing Line Loans made by such Swing Line Lender pursuant to this
Agreement. Each change in the Applicable Margin applicable to Loans or the
Facility Fee as a result of a change in the Borrower's Status shall become
effective on the date upon which such change in Status occurs.
(b) If any Reference Lender shall for any reason no longer have a
Commitment, such Reference Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Reference
Lender, and if, as a result thereof, there shall only be one Reference Lender
remaining, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (after consultation with
the Lenders) shall, by notice to the Lenders, designate another Lender as a
Reference Lender so that there shall at all times be at least two Reference
Lenders.
(c) Each Reference Lender shall use its best efforts to furnish
quotations of rates to the Administrative Agent as contemplated hereby. If any
of the Reference Lenders shall be unable or shall otherwise fail to supply such
rates to the Administrative Agent upon its request, the rate of interest shall,
subject to the provisions of subsection 2.14, be determined on the basis of the
quotations of the remaining Reference Lenders.
2.14 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day
of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined (which
reasonable determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower)
that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate or the
Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be, for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent has received notice from (i) the
Majority U.S. Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined
for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
U.S. Lenders of making or maintaining their Eurodollar Rate Loans or (ii) the
Majority Multicurrency Lenders that the Eurocurrency Rate determined (or to be
determined) for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Multicurrency Lenders of making or maintaining their Multicurrency
Loans,
then the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic
notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable
thereafter. Until such time as the Eurodollar Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as
the case may be, can be determined by the Administrative Agent in the manner
specified in the definitions of such terms in subsection 1.1, no further
Eurodollar Rate Loans or, as the case may be, Multicurrency Loans (with respect
to the Available Foreign Currency for which the Eurocurrency Rate cannot be
determined only) shall be continued as such at the end of the then current
Interest Periods or (other than any
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Eurodollar Rate Loans or Multicurrency Loans previously requested and with
respect to which the Eurodollar Rate or Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be,
was determined) shall be made, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert
ABR Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans.
2.15 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) (i) Except as provided in
subsection 2.1(c), each borrowing of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans by the Borrower
from the U.S. Lenders hereunder shall be made pro rata according to the Funding
Commitment Percentages of the U.S. Lenders in effect on the date of such
borrowing. Each payment by the Borrower on account of any facility fee hereunder
shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among the U.S. Lenders in
accordance with the respective amounts which such U.S. Lenders are entitled to
receive pursuant to subsection 2.12. Any reduction of the U.S. Commitments of
the U.S. Lenders shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among the U.S.
Lenders pro rata according to the U.S. Commitment Percentages of the U.S.
Lenders. Except as provided in subsection 2.1(c), 2.7 or 2.20, each payment
(other than any optional prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of
and interest on the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective principal amounts
thereof then due and owing to each U.S. Lender. Each optional prepayment by the
Borrower on account of principal of or interest on the U.S. Revolving Credit
Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. Each payment by the Borrower
on account of principal of and interest on any Borrowing of Competitive Loans
shall be made pro rata among the Lenders participating in such Borrowing
according to the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Competitive
Loans comprising such Borrowing. Each payment by the Borrower on account of
principal of or interest on the Swing Line Loans shall be made pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Swing Line
Loans then held by the Swing Line Lenders. All payments (including prepayments)
to be made by the Borrower hereunder (other than with respect to Multicurrency
Loans), whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be
made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 2:00 p.m., New
York City time, or, in the case of Euro Cost of Funds Loans and Sterling Cost of
Funds Loans, 2:00 p.m., London time, on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Lenders, at the
Administrative Agent's office specified in subsection 10.2, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure by the
Borrower to make a payment (or prepayment) prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City
time or 2:00 p.m. London time, as the case may be, on the due date thereof shall
not constitute a Default or Event of Default if such payment is made on such due
date; provided, however, that any payment (or prepayment) made after such time
on such due date shall be deemed made on the next Business Day for the purposes
of interest and reimbursement calculations. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payments to the relevant Lenders promptly upon receipt in like
funds as received.
(ii) Each borrowing of Multicurrency Loans by the Borrower shall be
made, and any reduction of the Multicurrency Commitments shall be allocated by
the Administrative Agent, pro rata according to the Multicurrency Commitment
Percentages of the Multicurrency Lenders. Except as provided in subsection
2.7(d), each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of
principal of and interest on Multicurrency Loans shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective principal amounts of
the Multicurrency Loans then due and owing by the Borrower to each Multicurrency
Lender. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all payments (including
prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder in respect of Multicurrency
Loans, whether on account of
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principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or
counterclaim and shall be made at or before the payment time for the currency of
such Multicurrency Loan set forth in the Administrative Schedule, on the due
date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Multicurrency
Lenders, at the payment office for the currency of such Multicurrency Loan set
forth in the Administrative Schedule, in the currency of such Multicurrency Loan
and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute
such payments to the Multicurrency Lenders entitled to receive the same promptly
upon receipt in like funds as received.
(iii) If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the
Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Euro Cost of Funds Loans, the Sterling Cost of Funds
Loans, the Alternate Swing Line Currency Cost of Funds Loans and the
Multicurrency Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day,
the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, a Euro Cost of Funds Loan, a Sterling Cost of Funds Loan
or a Multicurrency Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall
be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result
of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month,
in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by any Lender prior to the deadline for funding a Borrowing that such
Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative
Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the borrowing date
therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such
amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to (i) in the case of a borrowing
of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate
and (ii) in the case of a borrowing of Multicurrency Loans, the interest rate
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to reflect its cost of funds
for the amount advanced by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender,
(in each such case) for the period until such Lender makes such amount
immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this subsection 2.15 shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
If such Lender's share of such Borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such borrowing
date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with
interest thereon at (x) the Federal Funds Effective Rate (in the case of a
borrowing of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans) and (y) the Administrative Agent's
reasonable estimate of its average daily cost of funds plus the Applicable
Margin applicable to Multicurrency Loans (in case of a borrowing of
Multicurrency Loans), on demand, from the Borrower.
2.16 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the
adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Multicurrency
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Loans, Euro Cost of Funds Loans, Sterling Cost of Funds Loans or Alternate Swing
Line Currency Cost of Funds Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, such Lender
shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
describing the relevant provisions of such Requirement of Law (and, if the
Borrower shall so request, provide the Borrower with a memorandum or opinion of
counsel of recognized standing (as selected by such Lender) as to such
illegality), following which (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Multicurrency Loans, Euro Cost of Funds Loans or Sterling
Cost of Funds Loans, continue Eurodollar Rate Loans, Multicurrency Loans, Euro
Cost of Funds Loans or Sterling Cost of Funds Loans as such and convert ABR
Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall forthwith be canceled, (b) such Lender's
Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans (including, without limitation,
such Lender's Eurodollar Rate Competitive Loans in the case of clause (ii), if
any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans (i) on the respective last
days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or (ii)
within such earlier period as required by law, (c) such Lender's Multicurrency
Loans shall be prepaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto or such earlier period as required by law and (d) such Lender's
Loans then outstanding as Euro Cost of Funds Loans and Sterling Cost of Funds
Loans shall, at the Borrower's option, either be due and payable in full or
shall be converted into Dollars at the Spot Exchange Rate and shall be deemed to
be made as a Swing Line Loan denominated in Dollars. If any such conversion or
repayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, Multicurrency Loan, a Euro Cost of Funds
Loan or a Sterling Cost of Funds Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day
of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay
to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to subsection
2.19.
2.17 Increased Costs. (a) If (i) there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any
Loans or Letters of Credit or (ii) any reduction in any amount receivable in
respect thereof, and such increased cost or reduced amount receivable is due to
either:
(x) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of
any law or regulation after the date hereof; or
(y) the compliance with any guideline or request made after the date
hereof from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or
not having the force of law),
then (subject to the provisions of subsection 2.20) the Borrower shall from time
to time, upon demand by such Lender pay such Lender additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount
receivable.
(b) If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that (i) the
applicability of any law, rule, regulation or guideline adopted after the date
hereof pursuant to or arising out of the July 1988 paper of the Basle Committee
on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices entitled "International
Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards," or (ii) the adoption
after the date hereof of any other law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding
capital adequacy affecting such Lender, or (iii) any change arising after the
date hereof in the foregoing or in the interpretation or administration of any
of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
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(iv) compliance by such Lender (or any lending office of such Lender), or any
holding company for such Lender which is subject to any of the capital
requirements described above, with any request or directive of general
application issued after the date hereof regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender's capital or on the capital of any such holding company as a direct
consequence of such Lender's obligations hereunder or under any Letter of Credit
to a level below that which such Lender or any such holding company could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender's policies and the policies of such holding company with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then
(subject to the provisions of subsection 2.19) from time to time such Lender may
request the Borrower to pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will
compensate such Lender or any such holding company for any such reduction
suffered, net of the savings (if any) which may be reasonably projected to be
associated with such increased capital requirement. Any certificate as to such
amounts which is delivered pursuant to subsection 2.20(a) shall, in addition to
any items required by subsection 2.20(a), include the calculation of the savings
(if any) which may be reasonably projected to be associated with such increased
capital requirement; provided that in no event shall any Lender be obligated to
pay or refund any amounts to the Borrower on account of such savings.
(c) In the event that any Governmental Authority shall impose any
Eurocurrency Liabilities which increase the cost to any Lender of making or
maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans or Multicurrency Loans, then (subject to the
provisions of subsection 2.20) the Borrower shall thereafter pay in respect of
the Eurodollar Rate Loans or Multicurrency Loans, as the case may be, of such
Lender a rate of interest based upon (i) for Eurodollar Rate Loans, the
Eurodollar Reserve Rate (rather than the Eurodollar Rate) and (ii) for
Multicurrency Loans, the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate (rather than the Eurocurrency
Rate). From and after the delivery to the Borrower of the certificate required
by subsection 2.20(a), all references contained in this Agreement to the (i)
Eurodollar Rate shall be deemed to be references to the Eurodollar Reserve Rate
with respect to each such affected Lender and (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate shall
be deemed to be references to the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate with respect to each
such affected Lender.
2.18 Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this
Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding
for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or
hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental
Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise taxes or any other tax based
upon net income imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of
a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender
and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any
such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender
having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment
under, or enforced, this Agreement). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes")
are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes)
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interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the
amounts specified in or pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any
Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or a
state thereof if such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph
(b) of this subsection 2.18. Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the
Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the
Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as
the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by
the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any
Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to
remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such
failure. The agreements in this subsection 2.18 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b) Each Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United
States of America or a state thereof shall:
(i) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a
duly completed copy of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
W-8EXP or W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, with respect
to payments under this Agreement;
(ii) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a
further copy of any such form or certification on or before the date that any
such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence
of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by
it to the Borrower; and
(iii) obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such
forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent;
unless in any such case an event (including, without limitation, any change in
treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such
delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable
or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such
form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent. Such Lender shall certify (i) in the case of a Form
W-8BEN, W-8EXP or W-8ECI, that it is entitled to receive payments under this
Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes and (ii) in the case of a Form W-8BEN or W-8EXP, that it is entitled to an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each Person not
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof
that is an Assignee shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be
required to provide all of the forms and statements required pursuant to this
subsection 2.18.
2.19 Indemnity. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.20(a), the
Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from
any loss or reasonable expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a
consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion
into or continuation of any Loan hereunder after the Borrower has given a notice
requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this
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Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment after the
Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
Multicurrency Loans, Euro Cost of Funds Loans or Sterling Cost of Funds Loans on
a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto or
(d) the making of a prepayment of Fixed Rate Loans at any time. Such
indemnification shall be in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so
borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such
prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or
continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such
failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided
for herein (excluding the Applicable Margin or Margin included therein) over
(ii) the amount of interest (as determined by such Lender) which would have
accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a
comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. This
covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all
other amounts payable hereunder.
2.20 Notice of Amounts Payable; Relocation of Lending Office;
Mandatory Assignment. (a) In the event that any Lender becomes aware that any
amounts are or will be owed to it pursuant to subsection 2.16, 2.17, 2.18(a) or
2.19, then it shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof and, as soon as
possible thereafter, such Lender shall submit to the Borrower a certificate
indicating the amount owing to it and the calculation thereof. The amounts set
forth in such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the obligations of
the Borrower hereunder; provided, however, that the failure of the Borrower to
pay any amount owing to any Lender pursuant to subsection 2.16, 2.17, 2.18(a) or
2.19 shall not be deemed to constitute a Default or an Event of Default
hereunder to the extent that the Borrower is contesting in good faith its
obligation to pay such amount by ongoing discussions diligently pursued with
such Lender or by appropriate proceedings.
(b) If a Lender claims any additional amounts payable pursuant to
subsection 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18(a), it shall use its reasonable efforts
(consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to avoid the need for paying
such additional amounts, including changing the jurisdiction of its applicable
lending office, provided that the taking of any such action would not, in the
reasonable judgment of the Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender.
(c) In the event that any Lender delivers to the Borrower a
certificate in accordance with subsection 2.20(a) (other than a certificate as
to amounts payable pursuant to subsection 2.19), or the Borrower is required to
pay any additional amounts or other payments in accordance with subsection 2.16,
2.17 or 2.18(a) or any Lender fails to make its share of any Borrowing available
in accordance with the terms hereof, the Borrower may, at its own expense and in
its sole discretion, (i) require such Lender to transfer or assign, in whole or
in part, without recourse (in accordance with subsection 10.6), all or part of
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than any
outstanding Competitive Loans) to another Person (provided that the Borrower,
with the full cooperation of such Lender, can identify a Person who is ready,
willing and able to be an Assignee with respect to thereto) which shall assume
such assigned obligations (which Assignee may be another Lender, if such
assignee Lender accepts such assignment) or (ii) during such time as no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, terminate the Commitment of
such Lender and prepay all outstanding
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Loans (other than Competitive Loans) of such Lender; provided that (x) the
Borrower or the Assignee, as the case may be, shall have paid to such Lender in
immediately available funds the principal of and interest accrued to the date of
such payment on the Loans (other than Competitive Loans) made by it hereunder
and (subject to subsection 2.19) all other amounts owed to it hereunder and (y)
such assignment or termination of the Commitment of such Lender and prepayment
of Loans does not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any
court or Governmental Authority.
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other U.S. Lenders set
forth in subsection 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit ("Letters of
Credit") in Dollars for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during
the Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by the
Issuing Lender; provided that the Issuing Lender shall not issue, increase or
extend (each, for purposes of Section 3, an "issuance") any Letter of Credit if,
after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the
L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Aggregate Available U.S.
Commitments would be less than zero or the Aggregate Total Outstandings of all
the Lenders would exceed the Aggregate U.S. Commitments. Letters of Credit may
be either standby letters of credit or commercial letters of credit. Each Letter
of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later than the
earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Termination Date, provided that any
Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for
additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date
referred to in clause (y) above), provided, however, that any Letter of Credit
which is a commercial letter of credit shall expire no later than 360 days after
its date of issuance.
(b) Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs
and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New
York.
(c) The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue
any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause
the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any
applicable Requirement of Law.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may
from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by
delivering to the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent at their
respective addresses for notices specified herein (or to such other address
provided by such Issuing Lender) an Application therefor, completed to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably
request. Upon receipt of any Application, the Issuing Lender will process such
Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information
delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary
procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but
in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit
earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor
and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information
relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the
beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender
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and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of
Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof. The Issuing
Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn
promptly furnish to the U.S. Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of
Credit (including the amount thereof).
3.3 Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on all
outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to (i) the Applicable
Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans times (ii) the
average daily undrawn face amount of all such Letters of Credit, shared ratably
among the U.S. Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment
Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing
Lender for its own account a fronting fee at a rate to be agreed upon between
the Borrower and the Issuing Lender, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C
Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or
reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary reasonable costs and
expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing,
negotiating, effecting payment under or amending any Letter of Credit or normal
and customary reasonable costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the
Issuing Lender in otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
3.4 L/C Participations. (a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to
grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing
Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably
agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing
Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C
Participant's own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C
Participant's U.S. Commitment Percentage in the Issuing Lender's obligations and
rights under each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft
paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any
Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the
Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant
shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lender's address for
notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant's U.S.
Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is
not so reimbursed.
(b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the
Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed
portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is
paid to the Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such
payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender on demand
an amount equal to the product of such amount, times the daily average Federal
Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment
is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the
Issuing Lender, times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days
that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such
amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to subsection 3.4(a)
is not made available to the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three
Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable
to ABR Loans. A certificate of
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the Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts
owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment
under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro
rata share of such payment in accordance with subsection 3.4(a), the Issuing
Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly
from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto
by the Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the
Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share
thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by
the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by the Issuing Lender, such
L/C Participant shall return to the Issuing Lender the portion thereof
previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it.
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to
reimburse the Issuing Lender not later than the next Business Day following each
date on which the Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of
a draft presented under any Letter of Credit and paid by the Issuing Lender for
the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other
reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with
such payment. Each such payment shall be made to the Issuing Lender at its
address for notices specified herein in lawful money of the United States of
America and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any and
all amounts remaining unpaid by the Borrower under this Section from the date
such amounts were paid by the Issuing Lender (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full at the rate set forth in
subsection 2.11(h).
3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations under this
Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances
and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the
Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing
Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower's
Reimbursement Obligations under subsection 3.5 shall not be affected by, among
other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements
thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid,
fraudulent or forged (subject to the immediately succeeding sentence), or any
dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of
Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or
any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of
Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any
error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of
any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of
Credit, except for errors or omissions resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action
taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of
Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care
specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be
binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing
Lender to the Borrower.
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for
payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the
Borrower of the date and
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amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in
connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit
shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such
Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each
draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment
are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications. To the extent that any provision of any
Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions
of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into
this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of
Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender that:
4.1 Financial Condition. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to
each Lender a copy of the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003 and
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the quarterly
period ended March 31, 2004 . Such financial statements present fairly the
financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of, and for the fiscal years and fiscal quarters
ended on, such dates in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of such
quarterly statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Other than as
disclosed in the Borrower's 10-K dated January 28, 2004 or in the Confidential
Information Memorandum, between December 31, 2003 and the Closing Date, there
has been no development or event which has had a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. The Borrower (a) is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the corporate power and authority, and
the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it
operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged,
(c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the
laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent
that all failures to be duly qualified and in good standing could not, in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all
Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.3 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. The
Borrower has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to make,
deliver and perform this Agreement and the Applications and to borrow hereunder
and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the borrowings on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Applications. No consent or
authorization of any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in
connection with the borrowings hereunder or with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Applications.
This Agreement has been, and each Application will be, duly executed and
delivered on behalf of the Borrower. This Agreement constitutes, and each
Application when executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and
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binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.4 No Legal Bar; No Default. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Applications, the borrowings hereunder and
the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation of the Borrower and will not result in, or require, the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its properties or revenues pursuant
to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation, except to the extent
that all such violations and creation or imposition of Liens could not, in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
4.5 No Material Litigation. No litigation, investigation or
proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or against any of its or their respective properties or
revenues as of the Closing Date (a) with respect to this Agreement or any of the
actions contemplated hereby, or (b) which involves a probable risk of an adverse
decision which would materially restrict the ability of the Borrower to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement.
4.6 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans will
be used for "buying," "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time
hereafter in effect or for any purpose which violates the provisions of the
Regulations of such Board of Governors.
4.7 Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not an "investment
company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.8 ERISA. The Borrower is in compliance with all material
provisions of ERISA, except to the extent that all failures to be in compliance
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.9 No Material Misstatements. No report, financial statement or
other written information furnished by or on behalf of such Borrower to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.1 or subsection
6.1(a) contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or omits or
will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were, are or will be made, not
misleading, except to the extent that the facts (whether misstated or omitted)
do not result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement or
other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower for
inclusion in the Confidential Information Memorandum contained as of the Closing
Date any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent that the facts
(whether misstated or omitted) do not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any
forward-looking information contained in the
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Confidential Information Memorandum is based upon good faith judgment believed
by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being
recognized by the Lenders that such information as it relates to future events
is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods
covered by such information may differ from the projected results set forth
therein by a material amount.
4.10 Environmental Matters. Except with respect to any matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its 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.
4.11 Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.11
constitute all the Subsidiaries of the Borrower on the date hereof which are
"significant subsidiaries" within the meaning of Regulation S-X of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (other than as set forth in such schedule).
4.12 Purpose of Loans. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by
the Borrower for its general corporate purposes including, without limitation,
to support its issuance of commercial paper and for transactions with its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Effectiveness. This Agreement, and the obligations
of the Lenders to make extensions of credit hereunder, shall become effective on
the date on which the following conditions precedent are satisfied (and the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender promptly after
the receipt of the documents and funds described in paragraphs (a) through (d)
and (f) below):
(a) Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received
this Agreement, executed and delivered (including, without limitation, by way of
a telecopied signature page) by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and,
subject to the provisions of subsection 10.9, each Lender.
(b) Secretary's Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which
certificate shall (i) certify as to the incumbency and signature of the officers
of the Borrower executing this Agreement (with the President or a Vice President
of the Borrower attesting to the incumbency and signature of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary providing such certificate), (ii) have attached to it a
true, complete and correct copy of each of the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws of the Borrower or a statement that there have been no changes since
those previously delivered in connection with the Original Closing Date, (iii)
have attached to it a true and correct copy of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Borrower or a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly
authorized officer thereof, which resolutions shall authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the borrowings by the Borrower
hereunder and (iv) certify
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that, as of the date of such certificate (which shall not be earlier than the
date hereof), none of such certificate of incorporation, by-laws or resolutions
shall have been amended, supplemented, modified, revoked or rescinded.
(c) Fees. All fees payable by the Borrower to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the Administrative Agent or any Lender on
the Closing Date and all expenses payable under subsection 10.5 for which
invoices have been received before the Closing Date shall have been paid.
(d) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received,
(i) the executed legal opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq., Assistant General Counsel
- Commercial & Transactional of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-1, (ii) the executed legal opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx White & Xxxxxxxxx
LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2,
and (iii) the executed legal opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel
to the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-3. The
Borrower hereby instructs the counsel referenced in clause (i) to deliver its
opinion for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.
(e) No Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, other than
as disclosed in the Borrower's 10-K dated January 28, 2004 or in the
Confidential Information Memorandum, since December 31, 2003, no development or
event shall have occurred that has had a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) 364-Day Facility. The Administrative Agent shall have received
satisfactory evidence that the Borrower has executed and delivered definitive
financing documentation with respect to a new 364-day revolving credit facility
replacing the Existing 364-Day Facility, and such documentation shall be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each
Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date
(including, without limitation, its initial extension of credit and any
Competitive Loan to be made by it) is subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(a) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a notice of borrowing, as required by subsection 2.2 or 2.3, as the
case may be or, in the case of a Letter of Credit, an Application as required by
subsection 3.2.
(b) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by the Borrower in or pursuant to this Agreement shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as
of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty
specifically relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and
warranty shall have been true and correct as of such earlier date.
(c) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of
credit requested to be made on such date.
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Each borrowing by and Letter of Credit issued on behalf of the Borrower
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of
the date of such Loan or Letter of Credit that the conditions contained in this
subsection 5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain
in effect, or any amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, the Borrower shall:
6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 110 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of
such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and retained
earnings and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous year; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days
after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year
of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related
unaudited consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash
flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the
portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year;
all such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material
respects and shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as
approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed
therein).
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to:
(a) each Lender, concurrently with the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in subsections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b), a certificate of a
Financial Officer (i) stating that, to the best of such Officer's knowledge, (A)
such financial statements present fairly the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period referred to
therein (subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments) and (B) during such period the Borrower has performed all of its
covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by
it, and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, except as specified in
such certificate, and (ii) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations
required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the provisions
of subsection 7.1 on the date of such financial statements;
(b) each Lender, within 15 days after the same become public, copies
of all financial statements and reports which the Borrower may make to, or file
with, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous
Governmental Authority;
(c) the Administrative Agent, within ten Business Days after the
occurrence thereof, written notice of any change in Status; provided that the
failure to provide such notice
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shall not delay or otherwise affect any change in the Applicable Margin or other
amount payable hereunder which is to occur upon a change in Status pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement; and
(d) the Administrative Agent, promptly, such additional financial
and other information as the Administrative Agent, on behalf of any Lender, may
from time to time reasonably request and that is reasonably related to such
Lender's credit analysis of the Borrower and which request does not impose an
unreasonable burden on the Borrower to satisfy.
6.3 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender of (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default,
accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower proposes to
take with respect thereto and (b) so long as the Borrower is not subject to the
periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (i) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the
Borrower or any affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any other development that results in, or
could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence. (a) Continue
to engage in its principal line of business as now conducted by it, (b)
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and
(c) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its principal line of business,
except, in any such case, as otherwise permitted pursuant to subsection 7.5 or
to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Books and Records. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and
correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its
business and activities.
6.6 Environmental Laws. Except as could not in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and
comply with and maintain any and all permits, licenses or other approvals
required by applicable Environmental Laws; and
(b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of
all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain
in effect or any amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder:
7.1 Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not, directly or
indirectly, permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.25 to 1.0 at the
end of any fiscal quarter.
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7.2 Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly,
permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Indebtedness or any guarantee of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary and other than Permitted
Receivables Financings), except Indebtedness and guarantees in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding, which when combined with (but
without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
obligations secured by a Lien upon any of the property or revenues of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at such time (other than Liens securing
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary and
other than Liens securing Permitted Receivables Financings) and (ii) the
aggregate amount of Sale-Leasebacks consummated since the Original Closing Date
and which are outstanding on the relevant date of determination (other than
Sale-Leasebacks to the extent the proceeds thereof are used to refinance any
Sale-Leaseback which was in existence on the Original Closing Date and other
than Intercompany Sale-Leasebacks), shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total
Assets as reflected in the most recent annual audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(a).
7.3 Liens. The Borrower shall not nor shall it permit any Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
(other than Liens securing Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to
any other Subsidiary and other than Liens securing Permitted Receivables
Financings), except Liens at any one time outstanding with respect to which the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby, which
when combined with (but without duplication) (i) the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary outstanding at
such time (other than Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any
other Subsidiary and other than Permitted Receivables Financings) and (ii) the
aggregate amount of Sale-Leasebacks consummated since the Original Closing Date
and which are outstanding on the relevant date of determination (other than
Sale-Leasebacks to the extent the proceeds thereof are used to refinance any
Sale-Leaseback which was in existence on the Original Closing Date and other
than Intercompany Sale-Leasebacks), shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total
Assets as reflected in the most recent annual audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(a).
7.4 Sale-Leasebacks. The Borrower shall not nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any
property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except for Intercompany
Sale-Leasebacks), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary to such Person ("Sale-Leasebacks"), except for
Sale-Leasebacks consummated since the Original Closing Date and which are
outstanding on the relevant date of determination (other than Sale-Leasebacks to
the extent the proceeds thereof are used to refinance any Sale-Leaseback which
was in existence on the Original Closing Date) in an aggregate amount, which
when combined with (but without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of obligations secured by a Lien upon any of the property or
revenues of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at the time of entering into
any such Sale-Leaseback (other than Liens securing Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary and other than Liens
securing Permitted Receivables Financings) and (ii) the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
outstanding at such time (other than Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the
Borrower
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or to any other Subsidiary and other than Permitted Receivables Financings),
shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets as reflected in the most
recent annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(a).
7.5 Merger, Consolidation, etc. The Borrower shall not, directly or
indirectly, merge or consolidate with any other Person, or liquidate, wind up or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or sell or convey all
or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless, in the case of mergers
and consolidations, (a) the Borrower shall be the continuing corporation and (b)
immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such merger or
consolidation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Borrower shall (i) fail to pay any principal of any Loan or
any Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof or
(ii) fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or any
other amount which is payable hereunder and (in the case of this clause (ii)
only) such failure shall continue unremedied for more than five Business Days
after written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the
Borrower in Section 4 or any certified statement furnished pursuant to
subsection 6.2(b) shall prove to have been incorrect on or as of the date made
or deemed made or certified if the facts or circumstances incorrectly
represented or certified result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(c) The Borrower shall default in the observance of the agreement
contained in subsection 6.3(a) or subsection 6.4(a) or (b) or Section 7; or
(d) The Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of
any other agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as provided in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 8), and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders; or
(e) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall default in any
payment of $50,000,000 or more of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness
or in the payment of $50,000,000 or more on account of any guarantee in respect
of Indebtedness, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument
or agreement under which such Indebtedness or guarantee was created; or
(f) Any event or condition occurs that results in any Indebtedness
or any guarantee of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries of an aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 or more becoming
due in full or payable in full prior to the scheduled maturity of such
Indebtedness or guarantee or that requires the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof in full, prior to the scheduled maturity of
such Indebtedness or guarantee (other than pursuant to any voluntary
prepayments, customary due-on-sale clause or any provision requiring prepayment
of such Indebtedness based on excess
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cash flow, permitted asset sales or permitted debt or equity issuances, in each
case contained in the terms of such Indebtedness); provided that this clause (f)
shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the
voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
or
(g) (i) The Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall
commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future
law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for
relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be
commenced against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries any case,
proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A)
results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of
90 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance
of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all
or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for
any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or
bonded pending appeal within 90 days from the entry thereof; or
(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall (i) be entered against
the Borrower, (ii) not have been vacated, discharged, satisfied, stayed or
bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof and (iii) involve a
liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of either (A) $40,000,000 or
more, in the case of any single judgment or decree or (B) $100,000,000 or more
in the aggregate, in the case of all such judgments and decrees; or
(i) The Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall
default in the performance of any of its obligations under, or otherwise fail to
observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in, any of the
Material Agreements, to the extent the consequences of any such default or
failure could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (g) above with respect to the Borrower,
automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all amounts of L/C Obligations,
whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall
have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due
and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both
of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Majority
Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall
immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Majority Lenders, the
Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other
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amounts owing under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all amounts
of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be
due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable. Except as expressly provided above in this Section 8, presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.
With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which
presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration
pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in
a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to
the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. The
Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a security interest in such cash
collateral to secure all obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be
applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such
Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of
Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to
repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder. After all such Letters of
Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement
Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower
hereunder shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash
collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower. The Borrower shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender
and the L/C Participants, such further documents and instruments as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the creation and
perfection of the within security interest in such cash collateral account.
SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent of such Lender under this Agreement,
and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes JPMCB, as the Administrative Agent
for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together
with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any
of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such
duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
of its officers, directors, employees or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any
action lawfully taken or
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omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this
Agreement (except for its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful
misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower or any
officer thereof contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, report,
statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the
Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement or for any failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations
hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any
Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of
the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the
properties, books or records of the Borrower.
9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing,
resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or
teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by
it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including, without limitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register
with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes
unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall
have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement
unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Lenders
as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by
it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Majority
Lenders (or, to the extent that this Agreement expressly requires a higher
percentage of Lenders, such higher percentage), and such request and any action
taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders
and all future holders of the obligations owing by the Borrower hereunder.
9.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed
to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder other than a Default or Event of Default under Section 8(a) unless the
Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower
referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and
stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that the
Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower (unless the Borrower shall have delivered such
notice to the Administrative Agent) and then give notice thereof to the Lenders
(provided that the failure to notify the Borrower shall not impair any of the
rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the events
and circumstances specified in such notice). The Administrative Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be
reasonably directed by the Majority Lenders; provided that unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall
deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
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9.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each
Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of
its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of
the Borrower, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by
the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the
Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and made its own decision to make
its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
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 analysis,
appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement,
and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower which may come into
the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The U.S. Lenders agree to indemnify the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by
the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so),
ratably according to their respective U.S. Commitment Percentages in effect on
the date on which indemnification is sought under this subsection 9.7 (or, if
indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have
terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance
with their U.S. Commitment Percentages immediately prior to such date of payment
in full), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at
any time following the payment of the amounts owing hereunder) be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to
or arising out of this Agreement or any documents contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any
action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with
any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of
any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the
Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Administrative Agent shall have the right to deduct any amount owed to it by any
Lender under this subsection 9.7 from any payment made by it to such Lender
hereunder and shall provide notice of such calculation to such Lender. The
agreements in this subsection 9.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The
Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from
and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower as though the
Administrative Agent were not the
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Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it
and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, the
Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement
as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative
Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may
resign as Administrative Agent upon 90 days' notice to the Lenders and the
Borrower and following the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of this subsection 9.9. If the Administrative
Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement, then the
Majority Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders willing to serve as
Administrative Agent a successor Administrative Agent for the Lenders, which
successor Administrative Agent shall be approved by the Borrower (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld), whereupon such successor Administrative
Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative
Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor
Administrative Agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the
former Administrative Agent's rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent
shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of
such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the obligations owing hereunder. If no successor agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 90 days following a
retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Majority Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent's
resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
9.10 Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents. Neither of the
Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agents shall have any duties or
responsibilities hereunder in their capacities as such.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. (a) Neither this Agreement, nor any
terms hereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with
the provisions of this subsection 10.1. The Majority Lenders may, or, with the
written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, from time
to time, (i) enter into with the Borrower written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement
or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Borrower hereunder
or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Majority Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of
the requirements of this Agreement or any Default or Event of Default and its
consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
supplement or modification shall (A) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or
L/C Obligation, or reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable
hereunder, or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the
amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender's Commitment or amend, modify
or waive any provision of subsection 2.15 or 10.7, in each case without the
consent of
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each Lender directly affected thereby, or (B) amend, modify or waive any
provision of this subsection 10.1 or reduce the percentage specified in the
definition of Majority Lenders, or consent to the assignment or transfer by the
Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in each case
without the written consent of all the Lenders, or reduce the percentage
specified in the definition of "Majority U.S. Lenders" without the written
consent of all the U.S. Lenders, or the percentage specified in the definition
of "Majority Multicurrency Lenders" without the written consent of all the
Multicurrency Lenders, or (C) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9
or any other provision of this Agreement governing the rights or obligations of
the Administrative Agent without the written consent of the then Administrative
Agent, or (D) amend, modify or waive any provision of subsection 2.4 without the
written consent of the Swing Line Lenders at such time; or (E) amend, modify or
waive any provision of Section 3 without the written consent of the Issuing
Lender. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall
apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the obligations
owing hereunder. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights
hereunder, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be
cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
(b) In addition to amendments effected pursuant to the foregoing
paragraph (a), Schedule III may be amended as follows:
(i) (A) to change administrative information contained therein
(other than any interest rate definition, funding time, payment time or notice
time contained therein) or (B) to add Available Foreign Currencies (and related
interest rate definitions and administrative information) with the approval of
the Majority Multicurrency Lenders, in each case, upon execution and delivery by
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of a written amendment providing for
such amendment;
(ii) to conform any funding time, payment time or notice time
contained therein to then-prevailing market practices, upon execution and
delivery by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of a written amendment
providing for such amendment; and
(iii) to change any interest rate definition contained therein, upon
execution and delivery by the Borrower, all the Multicurrency Lenders and the
Administrative Agent of a written amendment providing for such amendment.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to each U.S.
Lender of any amendment effected pursuant to subsection 10.1(b).
10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to
have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or four days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, and as set forth in Schedule II in the case of the other
parties hereto, or to such other
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address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any
future holders of the obligations owing hereunder:
The Borrower: Delphi Corporation
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
The Administrative Agent: with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars
and other matters:
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Loan Agency Services Group
0000 Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
and in the case of and with respect to Loans
denominated in Available Foreign Currencies
and Swing Line Loans denominated in Euro,
Sterling or any Alternate Swing Line Foreign
Currency:
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Trinity Tower
9 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Street
London, EY91T
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile: 011-44-20-7-777-2360
Telephone: 000-00-00-0-000-0000
with a copy to: XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders pursuant to subsection 2.1(b), 2.2(b), 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7,
2.8 and 3.2 shall not be effective until received.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any
right, remedy, power or
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privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations
and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or statement
delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay
or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the development, preparation
and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this
Agreement and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith,
and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements
and other reasonable charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (b) to pay
or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable
costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the enforcement of any
rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees,
disbursements and other reasonable charges of counsel to the Administrative
Agent and to the several Lenders (other than those incurred in connection with
the compliance by the relevant Lender with the provisions of subsection
2.20(a)), and (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the Administrative
Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay by the Borrower in
paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, which may be payable or
determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or
consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or
any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or
in respect of, this Agreement, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender,
the Administrative Agent, their affiliates, and their respective directors,
officers, employees, advisors and agents (each, an "indemnified person")
harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (it being understood that this
shall not include the fees and disbursements of counsel to any of the Lenders
(other than JPMCB) in connection with (i) their review of this Agreement prior
to the Closing Date or (ii) prior to the occurrence of a Default or an Event of
Default, any amendment or waiver to this Agreement or any assignment to another
Lender pursuant to the terms hereof) with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement (all the foregoing
in this clause (d), collectively, the "indemnified liabilities"); provided that
the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any indemnified person with
respect to indemnified liabilities arising from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such indemnified person or any of its affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, advisers or agents. The agreements in this subsection 10.5
shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that (i) the Borrower may
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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 subsection (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by a Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, if such consent is required by this subsection, shall be
null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent
provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank 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 all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be
required for an assignment to (x) a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender
unless such assignment would result in increased costs to the Borrower or,
(y) if an Event of Default under clause (a) or (g) of Section 8 has
occurred and is continuing, any other Assignee;
(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 immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment;
(C) the Issuing Lender, provided that no consent of the Issuing
Lender shall be required for an assignment to an Assignee that is a Lender
immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment; and
(D) in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of a Commitment
or any Lender's obligation in respect of its Swing Line Commitment, the
Swing Line Lenders, provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lenders
shall be required for an assignment to a Lender or an affiliate of a
Lender.
(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 and, in the case
of a partial assignment by a Lender the amount of the Commitment of the
assigning Lender after giving effect thereto may not be less than
$5,000,000, unless, in either case, each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld), provided that no such consent of the Borrower
shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a) or (g) of
Section 8 has occurred and is continuing;
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(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, provided that (i) this clause shall not apply to
rights in respect of outstanding Competitive Loans and (ii) with the
consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld), a Lender may assign portions of its U.S.
Commitment without assigning a proportionate share of its Multicurrency
Commitment if either (x) such proportionate share of such Multicurrency
Commitment shall be assumed by another Lender or (y) if the Borrower so
agrees, such proportionate share of such Multicurrency Commitment shall be
terminated;
(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; 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 subsection, 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 to the
benefits of subsections 2.17, 2.18, 2.19 and 10.5). Any assignment or transfer
by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply
with this subsection 10.6 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 subsection provided that it otherwise
satisfies the requirements of such paragraph.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent
of the Borrower, 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 owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
"Register"). The entries in the Register shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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. The Register shall be available
for inspection and copying by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Administrative
Agent shall provide a copy of the Register to the Borrower on a monthly basis.
(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 subsection and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this subsection, the Administrative Agent shall accept
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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.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lenders, in the
ordinary course of business and in accordance with applicable law, sell
participating interests to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant")
in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and 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 and such Lender shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, remain the
holder of any obligation owing to it hereunder, (B) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 and
(D) such Lender shall have given prior written notice to the Borrower of the
identity of such Participant. In no event shall any Participant have any right,
and each 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 described in clause (A) of the proviso
to subsection 10.1(a) that directly affects such Lender or in clause (B) of the
proviso to subsection 10.1(a). Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this subsection,
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
subsections 2.17, 2.18 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and
had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
subsection.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under subsection 2.17 or 2.18 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. A Participant that is not organized under the
laws of the United States of America or a state thereof shall not be entitled to
the benefits of subsection 2.18 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 subsection 2.18(b) as though it were a
Lender.
(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 the other paragraphs of this subsection 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 or otherwise permit such pledgee or assignee to
exercise the rights of a Lender hereunder.
(e) The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any
prospective Participant, any Participant, any prospective assignee (each, a
"Transferee") or any actual or proposed contractual counterparty (or its
advisors) to any securitization, hedge, or other
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derivative transaction relating to the parties' obligations hereunder (each, a
"Counterparty") any and all financial information in such Lender's possession
concerning the Borrower and its affiliates which has been delivered to such
Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or which has
been delivered to all Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with
their respective credit evaluations of the Borrower and its affiliates prior to
becoming a party to this Agreement; provided that (i) such Transferee or
Counterparty has executed and delivered to the Borrower a written
confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of that which has been
executed and delivered by each Lender prior to the date hereof and (ii) in the
case of any information other than that contained in the Confidential
Information Memorandum, the Borrower has been informed of the identity of such
Transferee or Counterparty and has consented to the disclosure of such
information thereto. Nothing contained in this subsection 10.6(e) shall be
deemed to prohibit the delivery to any Transferee or Counterparty of any
financial information which is otherwise publicly available.
10.7 Adjustments. If any Lender (a "benefitted Lender") shall at any
time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans or the Reimbursement
Obligations owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in
respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to
events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(g), or otherwise),
such that it has received aggregate payments or collateral on account of its
Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations owing to it in a greater proportion than
any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in
respect of such other Lender's Loans which are then due and payable, or interest
thereon, such benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a
participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender's Loans or the
Reimbursement Obligations owing to it, or shall provide such other Lenders with
the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be
necessary to cause such benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or
benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits
is thereafter recovered from such benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be
rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest (unless the Lender from which such payment is
recovered is required to pay interest thereon, in which case each Lender
returning funds to such Lender shall pay its pro rata share of such interest).
10.8 Loan Conversion/Participations. (a) On the Conversion Date, if
the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the aggregate amount of the Dollar
Equivalent (determined on the basis of the Spot Exchange Rates as of such date)
of the Multicurrency Loans, the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Line
Participation Amounts of the Multicurrency Lenders plus the Dollar Equivalent
(determined on the basis of the Spot Exchange Rates as of such date) of the L/C
Obligations owed to the Multicurrency Lenders to (ii) the aggregate amount of
the Dollar Equivalent (determined on the basis of the Spot Exchange Rates as of
such date) of the Multicurrency Loans, the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and the
Swing Line Participation Amounts of all Lenders plus the L/C Obligations owed to
all the Lenders exceeds the U.S. Commitment Percentage of all Multicurrency
Lenders (immediately prior to the termination of the Commitment), then the
excess amount (the "Excess Loans") shall be subject to the following
adjustments;
(A) To the extent that on the Conversion Date any Multicurrency
Lender has any U.S. Revolving Credit Loans outstanding or has any Swing
Line Participation Amounts denominated in Dollars, each Non-Multicurrency
Lender severally
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unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall purchase in Dollars a
participating interest in such Multicurrency Lenders' U.S. Revolving
Credit Loans then outstanding and Swing Line Participation Amounts
denominated in Dollars in an amount as may be necessary to cause each
Lender's interest in the aggregate amount of all Loans (other than the
Competitive Bid Loans, if any) and L/C Obligations after giving effect to
the purchase contemplated by this clause (A) to be equal to its U.S.
Commitment Percentage (immediately before the termination of the
Commitments) or as near thereto as practicable; provided that the
aggregate amount purchased by all Non-Multicurrency Lenders shall not
exceed the lesser of (1) the Excess Loans and (2) the total aggregate
amount of all L/C Obligations owed to Multicurrency Lenders plus all
Multicurrency Lenders' U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line
Participation Amounts denominated in Dollars.
(B) To the extent that there remain any Excess Loans not purchased
by the Non-Multicurrency Lenders pursuant to the preceding clause (A) (the
"Loans to be Converted") and to the extent not otherwise prohibited by a
Requirement of Law, all Loans to be Converted shall be converted into
Dollars (calculated on the basis of the relevant Spot Exchange Rates as of
the Conversion Date) ("Converted Loans"), and each Non-Multicurrency
Lender severally, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall
purchase in Dollars a participating interest in such Converted Loans in
such amounts as may be necessary to cause each Lender's interest in the
aggregate amount of all Loans (other than the Competitive Bid Loans, if
any) after giving effect to the purchase contemplated by this clause (B)
to be equal to its U.S. Commitment Percentage (immediately before the
termination of the Commitments).
(C) Each U.S. Lender will immediately transfer to the Administrative
Agent, in immediately available funds, the amounts of its
participation(s), and the proceeds of such participation(s) shall be
distributed by the Administrative Agent to each Lender from which a
participating interest is being purchased in the amount(s) provided for in
the preceding clauses (A) and (B). All Converted Loans shall bear interest
at the rate which would otherwise be applicable to ABR Loans.
(D) If, for any reason, the Loans to be Converted, may not be
converted into Dollars in the manner contemplated by paragraph (a) of this
subsection 10.8, (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar
Equivalent of the Loans to be Converted, (calculated on the basis of the
Spot Exchange Rate as of the Business Day immediately preceding the date
on which such conversion would otherwise occur pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this subsection 10.8), (ii) effective on such Conversion Date, each
Non-Multicurrency Lender severally, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees
that it shall purchase in Dollars a participating interest in such Loans
to be Converted, in an amount equal to the amount it would have purchased
pursuant to clause (B) of paragraph (a) above. Each Non-Multicurrency
Lender will immediately transfer to the Administrative Agent, in
immediately available funds, the amount(s) of its participation(s), and
the proceeds of such participation(s) shall be distributed by the
Administrative Agent to each relevant Lender in the amount(s) provided for
in the preceding sentence.
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(b) If any Non-Excluded Taxes are required to be withheld from any
amounts payable by a Lender (the "First Lender") to another Lender (the "Other
Lender") in connection with its participating interest in any Converted Loan,
the Borrower, with respect to the relevant Loans made to it, shall be required
to pay increased amounts to the Other Lender receiving such payments from the
First Lender but only to the extent the Borrower would have been required under
subsection 2.18 to pay such increased amounts if the Borrower had made such
payments with respect to the participating interest directly to the Other
Lender; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any
such amounts to the Other Lender that is not organized under the laws of the
United States of America or a state thereof if such Other Lender fails to comply
with the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 2.18.
(c) Each Non-Multicurrency Lender's obligation to purchase
participating interests pursuant to subsection 10.8(a) shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without
limitation, (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender or the Borrower may have against any Lender, the Borrower or
any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of
a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Section 5; (C) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (D) any breach of this Agreement by
the Borrower or any other Lender; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or
event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
(d) The Borrower consents to the purchases set forth in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this subsection.
10.9 Counterparts. (a) This Agreement may be executed by one or more
of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts
(including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this
Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
(b) By its signature hereto, each Lender hereby agrees that this
Agreement shall become effective immediately upon (i) the execution and delivery
on June 18, 2004 by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of this Agreement
and (ii) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b), (c),
(d), (e) and (f) of subsection 5.1. In the event that this Agreement has not
been duly executed and delivered by each Person listed on the signature pages
hereto (other than the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, with respect to
which the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall be a condition
precedent to its effectiveness) on or before the date upon which this Agreement
becomes effective in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, this
Agreement shall nevertheless become effective with respect to those Persons who
have executed and delivered it on or before such effective date and those
Persons who have not executed and delivered it (such Persons, the "Non-Executing
Banks") shall be deemed not to be Lenders hereunder.
(c) On the date of effectiveness of this Agreement, the Borrower may
(after consultation with the Administrative Agent) designate one or more Lenders
(the "Designated Lenders") to assume the Commitments which would have been held
by the Non-Executing Banks and, if the Designated Lenders agree to assume such
Commitments, (i) Schedules I and II
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shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase in the U.S. Commitment
and/or the Multicurrency Commitment of each Designated Lender and the omission
of each Non-Executing Bank as a Lender hereunder and (ii) the U.S. Commitment
and/or the Multicurrency Commitment of each Designated Lender shall be deemed to
be such increased amount for all purposes hereunder.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i)
neither the U.S. Commitment nor the Multicurrency Commitment of a Lender shall
be increased (without the prior written consent of such Lender) as a result of
the failure of any other Person to execute and deliver this Agreement or
otherwise and (ii) in no event shall the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders
exceed $1,500,000,000.
10.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
10.13 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lender 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 (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the
extent required by any regulatory authority, (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) 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 subsection, to any
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or prospective Participant in,
any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or any actual or proposed
contractual counterparty (or its advisors) to any securitization, hedge, or
other derivative transaction relating to the parties' obligations hereunder, (g)
with the 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 subsection
or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender 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 relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any
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such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the
Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower
after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of
delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this subsection shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
10.14 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will
allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.
DELPHI CORPORATION
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Taxpayer I.D. No:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent and
as a Lender
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Documentation Agent
and as a Lender
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as
Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
HSBC BANK USA, as Documentation Agent and
as a Lender
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Signature page for the 5-Year
Second Amended and Restated
Competitive Advance and Revolving
Credit Facility, dated as of June
18, 2004 among Delphi Corporation
and the lenders party thereto
_________________________________________
[Name of Lender]
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
