EXHIBIT 10.27
ISDA (R)
International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of October 15, 1998
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA and PAMECO CORPORATION
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have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions
(each a "Transaction") that are or will be governed by this Master
Agreement, which includes the schedule (the "Schedule"), and the
documents and other confirming evidence (each a "Confirmation")
exchanged between the parties confirming those Transactions.
Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:--
1. Interpretation
(a) DEFINITIONS. The terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule
will have the meanings therein specified for the purpose of this
Master Agreement.
(b) INCONSISTENCY. In the event of any inconsistency between the
provisions of the Schedule and the other provisions of this Master
Agreement, the Schedule will prevail. In the event of any
inconsistency between the provisions of any Confirmation and this
Mater Agreement (including the Schedule), such Confirmation will
prevail for the purpose of the relevant Transaction.
(c) SINGLE AGREEMENT. All Transactions are entered into in reliance
on the fact that this Master Agreement and all Confirmations form a
single agreement between the parties (collectively referred to as this
"Agreement"), and the parties would not otherwise enter into any
Transactions.
2. Obligations.
(a) GENERAL CONDITIONS.
(i) Each party will make each payment or delivery specified in
each Confirmation to be made by it, subject to the other
provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) Payments under this Agreement will be made on the date due
for value on that date in the place of the account specified in
the relevant Confirmation or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement in freely transferable funds and in the manner
customary for payments in the required currency. Where
settlement is by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such
delivery will be made for receipt on the due date in the manner
customary for the relevant obligation unless otherwise specified
in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.
(iii) Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is
subject to (1) the condition precedent that no Event of Default
or Potential Event of Default with respect to the other party has
occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition precedent that no
Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction has
occurred or been effectively designated and (3) each other
applicable condition precedent specified in this Agreement.
(b) CHANGE OF ACCOUNT. Either party may change its account for
receiving a payment or delivery by giving notice to the other party at
least five Local Business Days prior to the scheduled date for the
payment or delivery to which such change applies unless such other
party gives timely notice of a reasonable objection to such change.
(c) NETTING. If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:--
(i) in the same currency; and
(ii) in respect of the same Transaction.
by each party to the other, on such date, each party's obligation to
make payment of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and
discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been
payable by one party exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise
have been payable by the other party, replaced by an obligation upon
the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable
to pay to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount
over the smaller aggregate amount.
The parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a
net amount will be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the
same date in the same currency in respect of such Transactions,
regardless of whether such amounts are payable in respect of the same
Transaction. The election may be made in the Schedule or a
Confirmation by specifying that subparagraph (ii) above will not
apply to the Transactions identified as being subject to the election,
together with the starting date (in which case subparagraph (ii) above
will not, or will cease to, apply to such Transactions from such
date). This election may be made separately for different groups of
Transactions and will apply separately to each pairing of Offices
through which the parties make and received payments or deliveries.
(d) DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING FOR TAX.
(i) GROSS-UP. All payments under this Agreement will be made
without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax
unless such deduction or withholding is required by any
applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant
government revenue authority, then in effect. If a party is so
required to deduct or withhold, then that party ("X") will:--
(1) promptly notify the other party ("Y") of such
requirement;
(2) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount
required to be deducted or withheld (including the full
amount required to be deducted or withheld from any
additional amount paid by X to Y under this Section 2(d)
promptly upon the earlier of determining that such deduction
or withholding is required or receiving notice that such
amount has been assessed against Y:
(3) promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a
certified copy), or other documentation reasonably
acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such
authorities; and
(4) if such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in
addition to the payment to which Y is otherwise entitled
under this Agreement, such additional amount as is necessary
to ensure that the net amount actually received by Y (free
and clear of Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X
or Y) will equal the full amount Y would have received had
no such deduction or withholding been required. However, X
will not be required to pay any additional amount to Y to
the extent that it would not be required to be paid but
for:--
(A) the failure by Y to comply with or perform any
agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or
4(d); or
(B) the failure of a representation made by Y pursuant
to Section 3(f) to be accurate and true unless such
failure would not have occurred but for (I) any action
taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of
competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a
Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such
action is taken or brought with respect to a party to
this Agreement) or (II) a Change in Tax Law.
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(ii) LIABILITY. If.--
(1) X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the
practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, to
make any deduction or withholding in respect of which X
would not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under
Section 2(d)(i)(4);
(2) X does not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed
directly against X.
then, except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the
liability resulting from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount
of such liability (including any related liability for interest, but
including any related liability for penalties only if Y has failed to
comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(iii)
or 4(d)).
(e) DEFAULT INTEREST; OTHER AMOUNTS. Prior to the occurrence or
effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the
relevant Transaction, a party that defaults in the performance of
any payment obligation will, to the extent permitted by law and
subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest (before as well
as after judgment) on the overdue amount to the other party on demand
in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and
including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the
date of actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be
calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of
days elapsed. If, prior to the occurrence or effective designation of
an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a
party defaults in the performance of any obligation required to be
settled by delivery, it will compensate the other party on demand if
and to the extent provided for in the relevant Confirmation or
elsewhere in this Agreement.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
Each party represents to the other party (which representations will
be deemed to be repeated by each party on each date on which a
Transaction is entered into and, in the case of the representations in
Section 3(f), at all times until the termination of this Agreement)
that:--
(a) BASIC REPRESENTATIONS.
(i) STATUS. It is duly organised and validly existing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of this organisation or incorporation
and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing;
(ii) POWERS. It has the power to execute this Agreement and any
other documentation relating to this Agreement and any other
documentation relating to this Agreement that it is required by
this Agreement to deliver and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement and any obligations it has under any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party and has taken all
necessary action to authorise such execution, delivery and
performance;
(iii) NO VIOLATION OR CONFLICT. Such execution, delivery and
performance do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to
it, any provision of its constitutional documents, any order or
judgment of any court or other agency of government applicable to
it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction binding on
or affecting it or any of its assets;
(iv) CONSENTS. All governmental and other consents that are
required to have been obtained by it with respect to this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party
have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all
conditions of any such consents have been complied with; and
(v) OBLIGATIONS BINDING. Its obligations under this Agreement
and any Credit Support Document to which it is a party constitute
its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganisation, insolvency, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to
enforceability, to equitable principles of general application
(regardless of whether enforceable is sought in a proceeding in
equity or at law)).
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(b) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. No Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default or, to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect
to it has occurred and is continuing and no such event or circumstance
would occur as a result of its entering into or performing its
obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party.
(c) ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. There is not pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against it or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or
proceeding at law or in equity or before any court, tribunal,
governmental body, agency or official or any arbitrator that is likely
to affect the legality, validity to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or such Credit Support Document.
(d) ACCURACY OF SPECIFIED INFORMATION. All applicable information
that is furnished in writing by or on behalf of it to the other party
and is identified for the purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule
is, as of the date of the information, true, accurate and complete in
every material respect.
(e) PAYER TAX REPRESENTATION. Each representation specified in the
Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is
accurate and true.
(f) PAYER TAX REPRESENTATIONS. Each representation specified in the
Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is
accurate and true.
4. AGREEMENTS
Each party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or
may have any obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit
document to which it is a party:--
(a) FURNISH SPECIFIED INFORMATION. It will deliver to the other
party or, in certain cases under subparagraph (iii) below, to such
government or taxing authority as the other party reasonably directs:--
(i) any forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation
specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation:
(ii) any other documents specified in the Schedule or any
Confirmation; and
(iii) upon reasonable demand by such other party, any form or
document that may be required or reasonably requested in writing
in order to allow such other party or its Credit Support Provider
to make a payment under this Agreement or any applicable Credit
Support Document without any deduction or withholding for or on
account of any Tax or with such deduction or withholding at a
reduced rate (so long as the completion, execution or submission
of such form or document would not materially prejudice the legal
or commercial position of the party in receipt of such demand),
with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be
executed and to be delivered with any reasonably required
certification,
in each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such
Confirmation or, if none is specified, as soon as reasonably
practicable.
(b) MAINTAIN AUTHORISATIONS. It will use all reasonable efforts to
maintain in full force and effect all consents of any governmental or
other authority that are required to be obtained by it with respect to
this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party
and will use all reasonable efforts to obtain any that may become
necessary in the future.
(c) COMPLY WITH LAWS. It will comply in all material respects with
all applicable laws and orders to which it may be subject if failure
so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party.
(d) TAX AGREEMENT. It will give notice of any failure of a
representation made by it under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true
promptly upon learning of such failure.
(e) PAYMENT OF STAMP TAX. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any
Stamp Tax levied or imposed upon it or in respect of its execution or
performance of this Agreement by a jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated, organised, managed and controlled, or considered to have
its seat, or in which a branch or office through which it is acting
for the purpose of this Agreement is located ("Stamp Tax
Jurisdiction") and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp
Tax levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other
party's execution or performance of this Agreement by any such Stamp
Tax Jurisdiction which is not also a Stamp Tax Jurisdiction with
respect to the other party.
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5. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION EVENTS
(a) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence at any time with respect to a
party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such arty or
any Specified Entity of such party of any of the following events
constitutes an event of default (an "Event of Default") with respect
to such party:--
(i) FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. Failure by the party to make,
when due, any payment under this Agreement or delivery under
Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) to be made by it if such failure is not
remedied on or before the third Local Business Day after notice
of such failure is given to the party;
(ii) BREACH OF AGREEMENT. Failure by the party to comply with or
perform any agreement or obligation (other than an obligation to
make any payment under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give notice
of a Termination Event or any agreement or obligation under
Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or
performed by the party in accordance with this Agreement if such
failure is not remedied on or before the thirtieth day after
notice of such failure is given to the party;
(iii) CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT.
(1) Failure by the party or any Credit Support Provider of
such party to comply with or perform any agreement or
obligation to be complied with or performed by it in
accordance with any Credit Support Document if such failure
is continuing after any applicable grace period has elapsed;
(2) the expiration or termination of such Credit Support
Document or the failing or ceasing of such Credit Support
Document to be in full force and effect for the purpose of
this Agreement (in either case other than in accordance with
its terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of
such party under each Transaction to which such Credit
Support Document relates without the written consent of the
other party; or
(3) the party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms,
disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, or
challenges the validity of, such Credit Support Document;
(iv) MISREPRESENTATION. A representation (other than a
representation under Section 3(e) or (f)) made or repeated or
deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any Credit
Support Provider of such party in this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document proves to have been incorrect or misleading in
any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been
made or repeated;
(v) DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION. The party, any Credit
Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity
of such party (1) defaults under a Specified Transaction and,
after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period, there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration of
obligations under, or an early termination of, that Specified
Transaction, (2) defaults, after giving effect to any applicable
notice requirement or grace period, in making any payment or
delivery due on the last payment, delivery or exchange date of,
or any payment on early termination of, a Specified Transaction
(or such default continues for at least three Local Business Days
if there is no applicable notice requirement or grace period) or
(3) disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in
part, a Specified Transaction (or such action is taken by any
person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on
its behalf);
(vi) CROSS DEFAULT. If "Cross Default" is specified in the
Schedule as applying to the party, the occurrence or existence of
(1) a default, event of default or other similar condition or
event (however described) in respect of such party, any Credit
Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity
of such party under one or more agreements or instruments
relating to Specified Indebtedness of any of them (individually
or collectively) in an aggregate amount of not less than the
applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the Schedule) which
has resulted in such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or becoming
capable at such time of being declared, due and payable under
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such agreements or instruments, before it would otherwise have
been due and payable or (2) a default by such party, such Credit
Support Provider or such Specified Entity (individually or
collectively) in making one or more payments on the due date
thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable
Threshold Amount under such agreements or instruments (after
giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period);
(vii) BANKRUPTCY. The party, any Credit Support Provide of
such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party:--
(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation,
amalgamation or merger); (2) becomes insolvent or is unable
to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability
generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a
general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for
the benefit of its creditors; (4) institutes or has
instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of
insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting
creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its
winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such
proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it,
such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of
insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief
or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation
or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in
each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation
thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its winding-up,
official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a
consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes
subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional
liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or
other similar official for it or for all or substantially
all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession of
all or substantially all its assets or has a distress,
execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process
levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially
all its assets and such secured party maintains possession,
or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; (8)
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which,
under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an
analogous effect to any of the events specified in clauses
(1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9) takes any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval or,
or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts; or
(viii) MERGER WITHOUT ASSUMPTION. The party or any Credit
Support Provider of such party consolidates or amalgamates with,
or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its
assets to, another entity and, at the time of such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or transfer: --
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to
assume all the obligations of such party or such Credit
Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit Support
Document to which it or its predecessor was a party by
operation of law or pursuant to an agreement reasonably
satisfactory to the other party to this Agreement; or
(2) the benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to
extend (without the consent of the other party) to the
performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee
entity of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) TERMINATION EVENTS. The occurrence at any time with respect to a
party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or
any Specified Entity of such party of any event specified below
constitutes an Illegality if the event is specified in (i) below, a ax
Event if the event is specified in (ii) below or a Tax Event Upon
Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and, if specified to
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be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger if the event is specified
pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional Termination Event if the event
is specified pursuant to (v) below: --
(i) ILLEGALITY. Due to the adoption of, or any change in, any
applicable law after the date on which a Transaction is entered
into, or due to the promulgation of, or any change in, the
interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority
with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law after such
date, it becomes unlawful (other than as a result of a breach by
the party of Section 4(b)) for such party (which will be the
Affected Party): --
(1) to perform any absolute or contingent obligation to
make a payment or delivery or to receive a payment or
delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply with
any other material provision of this Agreement relating to
such Transaction; or
(2) to perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such
party to perform, any contingent or other obligation which
the party (or such Credit Support Provider) has under any
Credit Support Document relating to such Transaction;
(ii) TAX EVENT. Due to (x) any action taken by a taxing
authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or
after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless
of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a
party to this Agreement) or (y) a Change in Tax Law, the party
(which will be the Affected Party) will, or there is a
substantial likelihood that it will, on the next succeeding
Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the other party
an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under
Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section
2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an
amount is required to be deducted or withheld for or on account
of a Tax (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e),
6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is required to be paid
in respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other than be
reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii) TAX EVENT UPON MERGER. The party (the "Burdened
Party") on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date will either
(1) be required to pay an additional amount in respect of an
Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of
interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a
payment from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or
on account of any Indemnifiable Tax in respect of which the other
party is not required to pay an additional amount (other than by
reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a
result of a party consolidating or amalgamating with, or merging
with or into, or transferring all or substantially all its assets
to, another entity (which will be the Affected Party) where such
action does not constitute an event described in Section
5(a)(viii);
(iv) CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER. If "Credit Event Upon Merger" is
specified in the Schedule as applying to the party, such party
("X"), any Credit Support Provider of X or any applicable
Specified Entity of X consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges
with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets
to, another entity and such action does not constitute an event
described in Section 5(a)(viii) but the creditworthiness of the
resulting, surviving or transferee entity is materially weaker
than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified
Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action
(and, in such event, X or its successor or transferee, as
appropriate, will be the Affected Party); or
(v) ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT. If any "Additional
Termination Event" is specified in the Schedule or any
Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and, in
such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be as
specified for such Additional Termination Event in the Schedule
or such Confirmation).
(c) EVENT OF DEFAULT AND ILLEGALITY. If an event or circumstance
which would otherwise constitute or give rise to an Event of Default
also constitutes an Illegality, it will be treated as an Illegality
and will not constitute an Event of Default.
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6. EARLY TERMINATION
(a) RIGHT TO TERMINATE FOLLOWING EVENT OF DEFAULT. If at any time an
Event of Default with respect to a party (the "Defaulting Party") has
occurred and is then continuing, the other party (the "Non-defaulting
Party") may, by not more than 20 days notice to the Defaulting Party
specifying the relevant Event of Default, designate a day not earlier
than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in
respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however, "Automatic
Early Termination" is specified in the Schedule as applying to a
party, then an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding
Transactions will occur immediately upon the occurrence with respect
to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section
5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8),
and as of the time immediately preceding the institution of the
relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant petition upon
the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default
specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto,
(8).
(b) RIGHT TO TERMINATE FOLLOWING TERMINATION EVENT.
(i) NOTICE. If a Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party
will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the other party,
specifying the nature of that Termination Event and each Affected
Transaction and will also give such other information about that
Termination Event as the other party may reasonably require.
(ii) TRANSFER TO AVOID TERMINATION EVENT. If either an
Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and
there is only one Affected Party, or if a Tax Event Upon Merger
occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party, the Affected
Party will, as a condition to its right to designate an Early
Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable
efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss,
excluding immaterial, incidental expenses) to transfer within 20
days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) all its rights
and obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Affected
Transactions to another of its Offices or Affiliates so that such
Termination Event ceases to exist.
If the Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will
give notice to the other party to that effect within such 20 day
period, whereupon the other party may effect such a transfer
within 30 days after the notice is given under Section 6(b)(i).
Any such transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be
subject to and conditional upon the prior written consent of the
other party, which consent will not be withheld if such other
party's policies in effect at such time would permit it to enter
into transactions with the transferee on the terms proposed.
(iii) TWO AFFECTED PARTIES. If an Illegality under Section
5(b)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there are two Affected Parties,
each party will use all reasonable efforts to reach agreement
within 30 days after notice thereof is given under Section
6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination Event.
(iv) RIGHT TO TERMINATE. If:
(1) a transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under
Section 6(b)(iii), as the case may be, has not been effected
with respect to all Affected Transactions within 30 days
after an Affected party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i);
or
(2) an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event
Merger or an Additional Termination Event occurs, or a Tax
Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is not the
Affected Party,
either party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in
the case of a Tax Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the
case of a Tax Event or an Additional Termination Event if there
is more than one Affected Party, or the party which is not the
Affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger or an
Additional Termination Event if there is only one Affected Party
may, by not more than 20 days notice to the other party and
provided that the relevant Termination Event is then continuing,
designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective
as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected
Transactions.
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(c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.
(i) If notice designating an Early Termination Date is given
under Section 6(a) or (b), the Early Termination Date will occur
on the date so designated, whether or not the relevant Event of
Default or Termination Event is then continuing.
(ii) Upon the occurrence or effective designation of an Early
Termination Date, no further payments or deliveries under Section
2(a)(i) or 2(e) in respect of the Terminated Transactions will be
required to be made, but without prejudice to the other
provisions of this Agreement. The amount, if any, payable in
respect of an Early Termination Date shall be determined pursuant
to Section 6(e).
(d) CALCULATIONS.
(i) STATEMENT. On or as soon as reasonably practicable
following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, each party
will make the calculations on its part, if any, contemplated by
Section 6(e) and will provide to the other party a statement (1)
showing, in reasonable detail, such calculations (including all
relevant quotations and specifying any amount payable under
Section 6(e)) and (2) giving details of the relevant account to
which any amount payable to it is to be paid. In the absence of
written confirmation from the source of a quotation obtained in
determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party
obtaining such quotation will be conclusive evidence of the
existence and accuracy of such quotation.
(ii) PAYMENT DATE. An amount calculated as being due in respect
of any Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) will be payable
on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective (in the
case of an Early Termination Date which is designated or occurs
as a result of an Event of Default) and on the day which is two
Local Business Days after the day on which notice of the amount
payable is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date
which is designated as a result of a Termination Event). Such
amount will be paid together with (to the extent permitted under
applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after
judgment) in the Termination Currency, from (and including) the
relevant Early Termination Date to (but excluding) the date such
amount is paid, at the Applicable Rate. Such interest will be
calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual
number of days elapsed.
(e) PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. If an Early Termination Date
occurs, the following provisions shall apply based on the parties'
election in the Schedule of a payment measure, either "Market
Quotation" or "Loss", and a payment method, either the "First Method"
or the "Second Method". If the parties fail to designate a payment
measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be deemed that
"Market Quotation" or the "Second Method", as the case may be, shall
apply. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination
Date and determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any
Set-off.
(i) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If the Early Termination Date results
from an Event of Default:
(1) FIRST METHOD AND MARKET QUOTATION. If the First Method
and Market Quotation apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to
the Non-defaulting Party the excess, if a positive number,
of (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the
Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated
Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the
Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party over (B)
the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts
owing to the Defaulting Party.
(2) FIRST METHOD AND LOSS. If the First Method and Loss
apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting
Party, if a positive number, the Non-defaulting Party's Loss
in respect of this Agreement.
(3) SECOND METHOD AND MARKET QUOTATION. If the Second
Method and Market Quotation apply, an amount will be payable
equal to (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by
the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated
Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the
Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party less (B)
the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts
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owing to the Defaulting Party. If that amount is a positive
number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-
defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-
defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount
to the Defaulting Party.
(4) SECOND METHOD AND LOSS. If the Second Method and Loss
apply, an amount will be payable equal to the Non-defaulting
Party's Loss in respect of this Agreement. If that amount
is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to
the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the
Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that
amount to the Defaulting Party.
(ii) TERMINATION EVENTS. If the Early Termination Date results
from a Termination Event:
(1) ONE AFFECTED PARTY. If there is one Affected Party,
the amount payable will be determined in accordance with
Section 6(e)(i)(3), if Market Quotation applies, or Section
6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies, except that, in either case,
references to the Defaulting Party and to the Non-defaulting
Party will be deemed to be references to the Affected Party
and the party which is not the Affected Party, respectively,
and, if Loss applies and fewer than all the Transactions are
being terminated, Loss shall be calculated in respect of all
Terminated Transactions.
(2) TWO AFFECTED PARTIES. If there are two Affected
Parties:
(A) if Market Quotation applies, each party will
determine a Settlement Amount in respect of the
Terminated Transactions, and an amount will be payable
equal to (I) the sum of (a) one-half of the difference
between the Settlement Amount of the party with the
higher Settlement Amount ("X") and the Settlement
Amount of the party with the lower Settlement Amount
("Y") and (b) the Termination Currency Equivalent of
the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (II) the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y;
and
(B) if Loss applies, each party will determine its
Loss in respect of this Agreement (or, if fewer than
all the Transactions are being terminated, in respect
of all Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be
payable equal to one-half of the difference between the
Loss of the party with the higher Loss ("X") and the
Loss of the party with the lower Loss ("Y").
If the amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to
X; if it is a negative number, X will pay the absolute value
of that amount to Y.
(iii) ADJUSTMENT FOR BANKRUPTCY. In circumstances where an
Early Termination Date occurs because "Automatic Early
Termination" applies in respect of a party, the amount determined
under this Section 6(e) will be subject to such adjustments as
are appropriate and permitted by law to reflect any payments or
deliveries made by one party to the other under this Agreement
(and retained by such other party) during the period from the
relevant Early Termination Date to the date for payment
determined under Section 6(d)((ii).
(iv) PRE-ESTIMATE. The parties agree that if Market Quotation
applies an amount recoverable under this Section 6(e) is a reasonable
pre-estimate of loss and not a penalty. Such amount is payable for
the loss of bargain and the loss of protection against future
risks and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement neither
party will be entitled to recover any additional damages as a
consequence of such losses.
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7. TRANSFER
Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest
or obligation in or under this Agreement may be transferred (whether
by way of security or otherwise) by either party without the prior
written consent of the other party, except that:
(a) a party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a
consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or
transfer of all or substantially all its assets to, another entity
(but without prejudice to any other right or remedy under this
Agreement); and
(b) a party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its
interest in any amount payable to it from a Defaulting Party under
Section 6(e).
Any purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section
will be void.
8. CONTRACTUAL CURRENCY
(a) PAYMENT IN THE CONTRACTUAL CURRENCY. Each payment under this
Agreement will be made in the relevant currency specified in this
Agreement for that payment (the "Contractual Currency"). To the
extent permitted by applicable law, any obligation to make payments
under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency will not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than the
Contractual Currency, except to the extent such tender results in the
actual receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a
reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency so
tendered into the Contractual Currency, of the full amount in the
Contractual Currency of all amounts payable in respect of this
Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency
so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual Currency
payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the
payment will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately
pay such additional amount in the Contractual Currency as may be
necessary to compensate for the shortfall. If for any reason the
amount in the Contractual Currency so received exceeds the amount in
the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this Agreement the
party receiving the payment will refund promptly the amount of such
excess.
(b) JUDGMENTS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if any
judgment or order expressed in a currency other than the Contractual
Currency is rendered (i) for the payment of any amount owing in
respect of this Agreement, (ii) for the payment of any amount relating
to any early termination in respect of this Agreement or (iii) in
respect of a judgment or order of another court for the payment of any
amount described in (i) or (iii) above, the party seeking recovery,
after recovery in full of the aggregate amount to which such party is
entitled pursuant to the judgment or order, will be entitled to
receive immediately from the other party the amount of any shortfall
of the Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of
sums paid in such other currency and will refund promptly to the other
party any excess of the Contractual Currency received by such party as
a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall or
such excess arises or results from any variation between the rate of
exchange at which the Contractual Currency is converted into the
currency of the judgment or order for the purposes of such judgment or
order and the rate of exchange at which such party is able, acting in
a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency
received into the Contractual Currency, to purchase the Contractual
Currency with the amount of the currency of the judgment or order
actually received by such party. The term "rate of exchange"
includes, without limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange
payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into the
Contractual Currency.
(c) SEPARATE INDEMNITIES. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
these indemnities constitute separate and independent obligations from
the other obligations in this Agreement, will be enforceable as
separate and independent causes of action, will apply notwithstanding
any indulgence granted by the party to which any payment is owed and
will not be affected by judgment being obtained or claim or proof
being made for any other sums payable in respect of this Agreement.
(d) EVIDENCE OF LOSS. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will
sufficient for a party to demonstrate that it would have suffered a
loss had an actual exchange or purchase been made.
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9. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject
matter and supersedes all oral communication and prior writings with
respect thereto.
(b) AMENDMENTS. No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of
this Agreement will be effective unless in writing (including a
writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and executed by each of
the parties or confirmed by an exchange or telexes or electronic
messages on an electronic messaging system.
(c) SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS. Without prejudice to Section 2(a)(iii)
and 6(c)(ii), the obligations of the parties under this Agreement will
survive the termination of any Transaction.
(d) REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as provided in this Agreement, the
rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided in this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers, remedies and
privileges provided by law.
(e) COUNTERPARTS AND CONFIRMATIONS.
(i) This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver
in respect of it may be executed and delivered in counterparts
(including by facsimile transmission), each of which will be
deemed an original.
(ii) The parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms
of each Transaction for the moment they agree to those terms
(whether orally or otherwise). A Confirmation shall be entered
into as soon as practicable and may be executed and delivered in
counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) or be created
by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of electronic
messages on an electronic messaging system, which in each case
will be sufficient for all purposes to evidence a binding
supplement to this Agreement. The parties will specify therein
or through another effective means that any such counterpart,
telex or electronic message constitutes a Confirmation.
(f) NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS. A failure or delay in exercising any right,
power or privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed
to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right,
power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or
further exercise, of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege.
(g) HEADINGS. The headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction
of or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
10. OFFICE: MULTIBRANCH PARTIES
(a) If Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each
party that enters into a Transaction through an Office other than its
head or home office represents to the other party that,
notwithstanding the place of booking office or jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization of such party, the obligations of such
party, the obligations of such party are the same as if it had entered
into the Transaction through its head or home office. This
representation will be deemed to be repeated by such party on each
date on which a Transaction is entered into.
(b) Neither party may change the Office through which it makes and
receives payments or deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction
without the prior written consent of the other party.
(c) If a party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule,
such Multibranch Party may make and receive payments or deliveries
under any Transaction through any Office listed in the Schedule, and
the Office through which it makes and receives payment or deliveries
with respect to a Transaction will be specified in the relevant
Confirmation.
11. EXPENSES.
A Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the
other party for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including legal fees and Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by
reason of the enforcement and protection of its rights under this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which the Defaulting Party
is a party or by reason of the early termination of any Transaction,
including, but not limited to costs of collection.
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12. NOTICES
(a) EFFECTIVENESS. Any notice or other communication n respect of
this Agreement may be given in any manner set forth below (except that
a notice or other communication under Section 5 or 6 may not be given
by facsimile transmission or electronic messaging system) to the
address or number or in accordance with the electronic messaging
system details provided (see the Schedule) and will be deemed
effective as indicated:
(i) if in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the
date it is delivered;
(ii) if sent by telex, on the date the recipient's answerback is
received;
(iii) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that
transmission is received by a responsible employee of the
recipient in legible form ( it being agreed that the burden of
proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a
transmission report generated by the sender's facsimile machine);
(iv) if sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if
overseas) or the equivalent (return receipt requested), on the
date that mail is delivered or its delivery is attempted; or
(v) if sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that
electronic message is received.
unless the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or that
receipt, as applicable, is not a Local Business Day or that
communication is delivered (or attempted) or received, as applicable,
after the close of business on a Local Business Day, in which case
that communication shall be deemed given and effective on the first
following day that is a Local Business Day.
(b) CHANGE OF ADDRESSES. Either party may by notice to the other
change the address, telex or facsimile number or electronic messaging
system details at which notices or other communications are to be
given to it.
13. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
(a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the law specified in the Schedule.
(b) JURISDICTION. With respect to any suit, action or proceedings
relating to this Agreement ("Proceedings"), each party irrevocably:-
(i) submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this
Agreement is expressed to be governed by English law, or to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York
and the United States District Court located in the Borough of
Manhattan in New York City, if this Agreement is expressed to be
governed by the laws of the State of New York; and
(ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the
laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court,
waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an
inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with
respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any
jurisdiction over such party.
Nothing in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing
Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is
expressed to be governed by English law, the Contracting States, as
defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Xxx
0000 or any modification, extension or re-enactment thereof for the
time being in force) nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one
or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any
other jurisdiction.
(c) SERVICE OF PROCESS. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process
Agent (if any) specified opposite its name in the Schedule to receive,
for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings. If
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for any reason any party's Process Agent is unable to act as such, such
party will promptly notify the other party and within 30 days appoint
a substitute process agent acceptable to the other party. The parties
irrevocably consent to service of process given in the manner provided
for notices in Section 12. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the
right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law.
(d) WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. Each party irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and
its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use),
all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds
from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any court, (iii) relief by way of
injunction, order for specific performance or for recovery of
property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after
judgment) and (v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it
or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any
Proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any
such immunity in any Proceedings.
14. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement: --
"ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section
5(b).
"AFFECTED PARTY" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"AFFECTED TRANSACTIONS" means (a) with respect to any Termination
Event consisting of an Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon merger,
all Transactions affected by the occurrence of such Termination Event
and (b) with respect to any other Termination Event, all Transactions.
"AFFILIATE" means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person,
any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any
entity that controls, directly or indirectly, the person or any entity
directly or indirectly under common control with the person. For this
purpose, "control" of any entity or person means ownership of a
majority of the voting power of the entity or person.
"APPLICABLE RATE" means: --
(a) in respect of obligations payable or deliverable (for which would
have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the
Default Rate;
(b) in respect of any obligation to pay any amount under Section 6(e)
of either party from and after the date (determined in accordance with
Section 6(d)(ii)) on which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;
(c) in respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or
which would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting
Party, the Non-default Rate; and
(d) in all other cases, the Terminate Rate.
"BURDENED PARTY" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"CHANGE IN TAX LAW" means the enactment, promulgation, execution or
ratification of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the
application or official interpretation of any law) that occurs on or
after the date on which the relevant Transaction is entered into.
"CONSENT" includes a consent, approval, action, authorisation,
exemption, notice, filing, registration or exchange control consent.
"CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT" means any agreement or instrument that is
specified as such in this Agreement.
"CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER" has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
"DEFAULT RATE" means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof
or evidence of any actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by
it) if it were to fund or of funding the relevant amount plus 1% per
annum.
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"DEFAULTING PARTY" has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
"EARLY TERMINATION DATE" means the date determined in accordance with
Section 6(a) or 6(b)(iv).
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if
applicable, in the Schedule.
"ILLEGALITY" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"INDEMNIFIABLE TAX" means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be
imposed in respect of a payment under this Agreement but for a present
or former connection between the jurisdiction of the government or
taxation authority imposing such Tax and the recipient of such payment
or a person related to such recipient (including, without limitation,
a connection arising from such recipient or related person being or
having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction, or being or
having been organised, present or engaged in a trade or business in
such jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment
or fixed place of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a
connection arising solely from such recipient or related person having
executed, delivered, performed its obligations or received a payment
under, or enforced, this Agreement or a Credit Support Document).
"LAW" includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in
the case of tax matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental
revenue authority) and "LAWFUL" and "UNLAWFUL" will be construed
accordingly.
"LOCAL BUSINESS DAY" means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which
commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) (a) in relation to any
obligation under Section 2(a)(i), in the place(s) specified in the
relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified, as otherwise agreed by
the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions contained,
or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation to
any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located
and, if different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the
currency of such payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other
communication, including notice contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in
the city specified in the address for notice provided by the recipient
and, in the case of a notice contemplated by Section 2(b), in the
place where the relevant new account is to be located and (d) in
relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for
performance with respect to such Specified Transaction.
"LOSS" means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated
Transactions, as the case may be, and a party, the Termination
Currency Equivalent of an amount that party reasonably determines in
good faith to be its total losses and costs (or gain, in which case
expressed as a negative number) in connection with this Agreement or
that Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions, as
the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost of funding or, at
the election of such party but without duplication, loss or cost
incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or
reestablishing any hedge or related trading position (or any gain
resulting from any of them). Loss includes losses and costs (or
gains) in respect of any payment or delivery required to have been
made (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) on
or before the relevant Early Termination Date and not made, except, so
as to avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(1) or (3) or
6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies. Loss does not include a party's legal fees
and out-of-pocket expenses referred to under Section 11. A party will
determine its Loss as of the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if
that is not reasonably practicable, as of the earliest date thereafter
as is reasonably practicable. A party may (but need not) determine
its Loss by reference to quotations of relevant rates or prices from
one or more leading dealers in the relevant markets.
"MARKET QUOTATION" means, with respect to one or more Terminated
Transactions and a party making the determination, an amount
determined on the basis of quotations from Reference Market-makers.
Each quotation will be for an amount, if any, that would be paid to
such party (expressed as a negative number) or by such party
(expressed as a positive number) in consideration of any agreement
between such party (taking into account any existing Credit Support
Document with respect to the obligations of such party) and the
quoting Reference Market-maker to enter into a transaction (the
"Replacement Transaction") that would have the effect of preserving
for such party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery
(whether the underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and
assuming the satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by
the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated
Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for
the occurrence of the relevant Early Termination Date, have
been required after that date. For this purpose, Unpaid Amounts in
respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any payment
or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date,
have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition
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precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included. The
Replacement Transaction would be subject to such documentation as such
party and the Reference Market-maker may, in good faith, agree. The
party making the determination (or its agent) will request each
Reference Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent
reasonably practicable as of the same day and time (without regard to
different time zones) on or as soon as reasonably practicable after
the relevant Early Termination Date. The day and time as of which
those quotations are to be obtained will be selected in good faith by
the party obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), and, if
each party is so obliged, after consultation with the other. If more
than three quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard to the quotations
having the highest and lowest values. If exactly three such
quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the quotation
remaining after disregarding the highest and lowest quotations. For
this purpose, if more than one quotation has the same highest value or
lowest value, then one of such quotations shall be disregarded. If
fewer than three quotations are provided, it will be deemed that the
Market Quotation in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of
Terminated Transactions cannot be determined.
"NON-DEFAULT RATE" means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without
proof or evidence of any actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as
certified by it) if it were to fund the relevant amount.
"NON-DEFAULTING PARTY" has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
"OFFICE" means a branch or office of a party, which may be such
party's head or home office.
"POTENTIAL EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any event which, with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
"REFERENCE MARKET-MAKERS" means four leading dealers in the relevant
market selected by the party determining a Market Quotation in good
faith (a) from among dealers of the highest credit standing which
satisfy all the criteria that such party applies generally at the time
in deciding whether to offer or to make an extension of credit and (b)
to the extent practicable, from among such dealers having an office in
the same city.
"RELEVANT JURISDICTION" means, with respect to a party, the
jurisdictions (a) in which the party is incorporated, organized,
managed and controlled or considered to have its seat, (b) where an
Office through which the party is acting for purposes of this
Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this Agreement
and (d) in relation to any payment, from or through which such payment
is made.
"SCHEDULED PAYMENT DATE" means a date on which a payment or delivery
is to be made under Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.
"SET-OFF" means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of
retention or withholding or similar right or requirement to which the
payer or an amount under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether
arising under this Agreement, another contract, applicable law or
otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed on, such payer.
"SETTLEMENT AMOUNT" means, with respect to a party and any Early
Termination Date, the sum of:
(a) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations
(whether positive or negative) for each Terminated Transaction or
group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation is
determined; and
(b) such party's Loss (whether positive or negative and without
reference to any Unpaid Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or
group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation cannot
be determined or would not (in the reasonable belief of the party
making the determination) produce a commercially reasonable result.
"SPECIFIED ENTITY" has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
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"SPECIFIED INDEBTEDNESS" means, subject to the Schedule, any
obligation (whether present or future, contingent or otherwise, as
principal or surety or otherwise) in respect of borrowed money.
"SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any
transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing
or hereafter entered into between one party to this Agreement (or any
Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified
Entity of such party) and the other party to this Agreement (or any
Credit Support Provider of such other party or any applicable
Specified Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap
transaction, basic swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap,
commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index
option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange
transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction,
currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction,
currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option
with respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of
these transactions and (c) any other transaction identified as a
Specified Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant confirmation.
"STAMP TAX" means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar
tax.
"TAX" means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge,
assessment or fee of any nature (including interest, penalties and
additions thereto) that is imposed by any government or other taxing
authority in respect of any payment under this Agreement other than a
stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
"TAX EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"TAX EVENT UPON MERGER" has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
"TERMINATED TRANSACTIONS" means with respect to any Early Termination
Date (a) if resulting from a Termination Event, all Affected
Transactions and (b) if resulting from an Event of Default, all
Transactions (in either case) in effect immediately before the
effectiveness of the notice designating that Early Termination Date
(or, if "Automatic Early Termination" applies, immediately before that
Early Termination Date).
"TERMINATION CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
"TERMINATION CURRENCY EQUIVALENT" means, in respect of any amount
denominated in the Termination Currency, such Termination Currency
amount and, in respect of any amount denominated in a currency other
than the Termination Currency (the "Other Currency"), the amount in
the Termination Currency determined by the party making the relevant
determination as being required to purchase such amount of such Other
Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if the
relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined
as of a later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at
the rate equal to the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent
(selected as provided below) for the purchase of such Other Currency
with the Termination Currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in
which such foreign exchange agent is located) on such date as would be
customary for the determination of such a rate for the purchase of
such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early Termination Date
or that later date. The foreign exchange agent will, if only one
party is obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), be
selected in good faith by that party and otherwise will be agreed by
the parties.
"TERMINATION EVENT" means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event
Upon Merger or, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon
Merger or an Additional Termination Event.
"TERMINATION RATE" means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean
of the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each
party (as certified by such party) if it were to fund or of funding
such amounts.
"UNPAID AMOUNTS" owing to any party means, with respect to an Early
Termination Date, the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated
Transactions, the amounts that became payable (or that would have
become payable but for Section 2(a)(iii) to such party under Section
2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which remain
unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and (b) in respect of each
Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section 2(a)(i)
which was (or would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii) required to be
settled by delivery to such party on or prior to such Early
Termination Date and which has not been so settled as at such Early
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Termination Date, an amount equal to the fair market value of that
which was (or would have been) required to be delivered as of the
originally scheduled date for delivery, in each case together with (to
the extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the currency
of such amounts, from (and including) the date such amounts or
obligations were or would have been required to have been paid or
performed to (but excluding) such Early Termination Date, at the
Applicable Rate. Such amounts of interest will be calculated on the
basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. The
fair market value of any obligation referred to in clause (b) above
shall be reasonably determined by the party obliged to make the
determination under Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it
shall be the average of the Termination Currency Equivalents of the
fair market values reasonably determined by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the
respective dates specified below with effect from the date specified
on the first page of this document.
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA PAMECO CORPORATION
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(Name of Party) (Name of Party)
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: Treasurer
Date: 12/8/98 Date: October 15, 1998
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: A.V.P.
Date:
SCHEDULE TO THE
ISDA MASTER AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 15, 0000, XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX XXXX, XXXXXXX
("PARTY A")
AND
PAMECO CORPORATION
("PARTY B")
Part 1
DEFINITIONS
1. "Affiliate" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 14 of this Agreement.
2. "Calculation Agent" shall mean Party A.
3. "Specified Entity" shall mean for the purposes of Sections
5(a)(v), (vi), and (vii), and Section 5(b)(iv) of this Agreement,
in the case of Party A, not applicable, and in the case of Party
B, any subsidiary of Party B.
4. "Specified Indebtedness" shall mean, for purposes of Section
5(a)(vi) of this Agreement, any obligation (whether present,
future, contingent, or otherwise, as principal, surety, or
otherwise) in respect of borrowed money or relating to the
payment or delivery of funds or other property (including,
without limitation, securities or any form of collateral), but
shall not include indebtedness in respect of deposits received.
5. "Specified Transaction" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 14 of this Agreement.
6. "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean, at any time with respect to any
entity, the excess of its total assets over its total
liabilities, total assets and total liabilities each to be
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the country in which it is organized, EXCLUDING,
HOWEVER, from the determination of total assets: (i) goodwill,
organizational expenses, research and development expenses,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent
applications, licenses and right in any thereof, and other
similar intangibles, (ii) all prepaid expenses, deferred charges,
or unamortized debt discount and expense, (iii) all reserves
carried and not deducted from assets, (iv) treasury stock and
capital contributions to, or investments in, any subsidiary,
(v) securities which are not readily marketable, (vi) cash held
in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose
of redemption, retirement, or prepayment of capital stock or
indebtedness for borrowed money, and (vii) any items not included
in clauses (i) through (vi) above which are treated as
intangibles in conformity with such generally accepted accounting
principles.
7. "Termination Currency" shall mean United States Dollars.
8. "Threshold Amount" shall mean, for purposes of Section 5(a)(vi)
of this Agreement, (A) with respect to Party A, an amount equal
to five percent (5%) of Party A's Tangible Net Worth, and
(B) with respect to Party B, an amount equal to $1,000,000 (or
the equivalent thereof in any other currencies).
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Part 2
REPRESENTATIONS
1. The "Accuracy of Specified Information" representations set forth
in Section 3(d) shall apply to the information required to be
delivered under Park 3 of this Schedule in respect of the party
delivering said information.
2. The following paragraph is added as Section 3(g) of the
Agreement:
"(g) ELIGIBLE SWAP PARTICIPANT. It is an "eligible swap
participant" with the meaning of 17 C.F.R. sec. 35.1(b)(2)."
Part 3
AGREEMENTS
1. DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED. For purposes of Section 4(a) of this
Agreement, each party agrees to deliver the following documents
as applicable:
(a) Certified copies of all documents evidencing necessary
corporate and other authorizations and approvals with respect
to the execution, delivery and performance by the party of this
Agreement and any Credit Support Document.
Party required to deliver: Party B
Date by which to be delivered: Upon execution of this
Agreement
Covered by Section 3(d) Representation: Yes
(b) An incumbency certificate of an authorized officer of the party
certifying the names, true signatures and authority of the officers
of the party signing this Agreement and any Credit Support Document.
Party required to deliver: Party B
Date by which to be delivered: Upon execution of this
Agreement
Covered by Section 3(d) Representation: Yes
(c) Such other document as the other party may reasonable request in
connection with each Transaction.
Party required to deliver: Party B
Date by which to be delivered: Promptly upon request
Covered by Section 3(d) Representation: Yes
(d) Such other written information representing the condition or
operations, financial or otherwise, of Party B as Party A may
reasonably request from time to time.
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Party required to deliver: Party B
Date by which to be delivered: Promptly upon request
Covered by Section 3(d) Representation: Yes
Part 4
TERMINATION PROVISIONS
1. CROSS DEFAULT. The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)
to Party A and Party B; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that clause (2) of such
Section 5(a)(vi) shall be amended to read as follows:
"(2) a default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or
such Specified Entity (individually or collectively) in making
one or more payments on the due date thereof, or in performing
any other delivery obligation on the date required, in an aggregate
amount of not less than an applicable Threshold Amount (or its
U.S. dollar equivalent in the case or payment or other obligations
not denominated in U.S. dollars or other delivery obligations)
under such agreements or instruments (after giving effect to any
applicable notice requirement);"
2. CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER. The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of
Section 5(b)(iv) shall apply to each of Party A and Party B.
3. AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION. The "Automatic Early Termination" provision
of Section 6(a) shall not apply to Party A and Party B.
4. PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For purposes of Section 6(e) of this
Agreement, Second Method and Market Quotation shall apply.
5. ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT shall mean, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing with respect to Party B, if the indebtedness under the
Loan Agreement, as defined in the Confirmation, is (for whatever reason,
in whatever manner) partially or fully paid or discharged, then it shall
be an Event of Default, if Party A so notifies Party B in writing of
such a default, if the Financial Covenants or minimum ratios as defined
in the indebtedness of the Loan Agreement are not continually
maintained by Party B until the Termination Date of the Transaction.
6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no Event of Default nor
Additional Termination Event by Party B if Party A, or any lending
officer of Party A, grants Party B a written waiver as to any term
or terms of the Loan Agreement.
Part 5
MISCELLANEOUS
1. NOTICES. For purposes of Section 12 of the Agreement:
(a) The address for notice or communication to Party A is:
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SunTrust Equitable Securities Corporation
Financial Risk Management, Operations
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Floor
Center Code 3913
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
000-000-0000 (phone)
000-000-0000 (fax)
(b) The address for notice or communication to Party B is:
Xx. Xxxx XxXxxxxx
Treasurer
Pameco Corporation
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
000-000-0000 (phone)
000-000-0000 (fax)
2. GOVERNING LAW. Section 13(a) of the Agreement is hereby restated
as follows:
"(a) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
without reference to choice of law doctrine."
3. JURISDICTION. Section 13(b)(i) of the Agreement is hereby restated as
follows:
"(i) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of Georgia and the United States District Court located
in Atlanta, Georgia; and"
4. PROCESS AGENT. Process Agent shall not apply to the Agreement.
5. OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) shall not apply to the
Agreement.
6. MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For purposes of Section 10, neither Party A nor
Party B is a Multibranch Party.
7. CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER shall mean with respect to Party B, none.
8. CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT shall mean with respect to Party B, none.
Part 6
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
1. JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby waives its respective right to jury
trial with respect to any litigation arising under, or in connection
with, this Agreement or any Confirmation.
2. SET OFF. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement to the
contrary, in addition to and not in limitation of any rights of offset
that a party may have under applicable law, in the event of a designation
of an Early Termination Date as a result of an Event of Default, if the
Defaulting Party would be owned amounts hereunder in respect of the
Terminated Transaction as a result of such designation, the Non-
Defaulting Party shall have the right to setoff and apply such amount
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against any indebtedness or other financial obligation, whether
matured or unmatured, of the Defaulting Party to the Non-Defaulting
Party.
3. By signing this Schedule, Party B acknowledges that it has received
and understands the SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, "Terms of Dealing for
OTC Risk Management Transactions' and the "Risk Disclosure
Statement for OTC Risk Management Transactions."
Please confirm your agreement to the terms of the foregoing Schedule by
signing below.
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA PAMECO CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: Treasurer
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: A.V.P.
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