CREDIT AGREEMENT, Dated as of July 21, 2006, among PHH CORPORATION, as Borrower, THE LENDERS REFERRED TO HEREIN, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agents, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as...
Exhibit
10.1
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Dated
as
of July 21, 2006,
among
PHH
CORPORATION,
as
Borrower,
THE
LENDERS REFERRED TO HEREIN,
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC. and
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Syndication Agents,
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
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X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. and
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as
Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
Table
of Contents
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1.
DEFINITIONS
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1
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2.
THE LOANS
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11
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SECTION
2.1. Commitments
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11
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SECTION
2.2. Loans
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11
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SECTION
2.3. Use of Proceeds
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12
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SECTION
2.4. [Reserved]
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12
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SECTION
2.5. Borrowing Procedure
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12
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SECTION
2.6. [Reserved].
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12
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SECTION
2.7. Refinancings
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13
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SECTION
2.8. Fees
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13
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SECTION
2.9. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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13
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SECTION
2.10. Interest on Loans
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14
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SECTION
2.11. Interest on Overdue Amounts
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14
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SECTION
2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest
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14
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SECTION
2.13. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
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15
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SECTION
2.14. Prepayment of Loans
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15
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SECTION
2.15. Eurocurrency Reserve Costs
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16
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SECTION
2.16. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances
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16
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SECTION
2.17. Change in Legality
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18
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SECTION
2.18. Reimbursement of Lenders
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18
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SECTION
2.19. Pro Rata Treatment
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19
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SECTION
2.20. Right of Setoff
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19
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SECTION
2.21. Manner of Payments
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19
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SECTION
2.22. Withholding Taxes
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20
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SECTION
2.23. Certain Pricing Adjustments
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21
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3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER
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22
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SECTION
3.1. Corporate Existence and Power
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22
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SECTION
3.2. Corporate Authority and No Violation
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22
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SECTION
3.3. Governmental and Other Approval and Consents
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23
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SECTION
3.4. Financial Statements of Borrower
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23
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SECTION
3.5. No Material Adverse Change
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23
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SECTION
3.6. Copyrights, Patents and Other Rights
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23
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SECTION
3.7. Title to Properties
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23
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SECTION
3.8. Litigation
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23
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SECTION
3.9. Federal Reserve Regulations
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24
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SECTION
3.10. Investment Company Act, Public Utility Company Act
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24
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SECTION
3.11. Enforceability
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24
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SECTION
3.12. Taxes
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24
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SECTION
3.13. Compliance with ERISA
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24
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SECTION
3.14. Disclosure
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25
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SECTION
3.15. Environmental Liabilities
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25
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4.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
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25
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SECTION
4.1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
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25
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SECTION
4.2. Conditions Precedent to Each Loan
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26
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5.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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27
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SECTION
5.1. Financial Statements, Reports, etc
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27
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SECTION
5.2. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Statutes
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28
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SECTION
5.3. Insurance
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28
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SECTION
5.4. Taxes and Charges
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28
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SECTION
5.5. ERISA Compliance and Reports
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28
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SECTION
5.6. Maintenance of and Access to Books and Records;
Examinations
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29
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SECTION
5.7. Maintenance of Properties
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29
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6.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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29
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SECTION
6.1. Limitation on Material Subsidiary Indebtedness
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29
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SECTION
6.2. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
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31
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SECTION
6.3. Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets
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31
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SECTION
6.4. Limitations on Liens
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31
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SECTION
6.5. Sale and Leaseback
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33
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SECTION
6.6. Consolidated Net Worth
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33
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SECTION
6.7. Ratio of Indebtedness To Tangible Net Worth
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33
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SECTION
6.8. Accounting Practices
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33
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SECTION
6.9. Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
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33
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7.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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33
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8.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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35
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SECTION
8.1. Administration by Administrative Agent
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35
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SECTION
8.2. Advances and Payments
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36
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SECTION
8.3. Sharing of Setoffs and Cash Collateral
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36
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SECTION
8.4. Notice to the Lenders
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37
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SECTION
8.5. Liability of the Administrative Agent
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37
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SECTION
8.6. Reimbursement and Indemnification
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37
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SECTION
8.7. Rights of Administrative Agent
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38
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SECTION
8.8. Independent Investigation by Lenders
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38
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SECTION
8.9. Notice of Transfer
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38
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SECTION
8.10. Successor Administrative Agent
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38
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SECTION
8.11. Syndication Agents.
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38
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9.
[RESERVED].
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39
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10.
MISCELLANEOUS
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39
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SECTION
10.1. Notices
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39
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SECTION
10.2. Survival of Agreement, Representations and Warranties,
etc.
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39
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SECTION
10.3. Successors and Assigns; Syndications; Loan Sales;
Participations
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39
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SECTION
10.4. Expenses; Documentary Taxes
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42
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SECTION
10.5. Indemnity
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42
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10.6. CHOICE OF LAW
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43
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10.7. No Waiver
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43
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10.8. Extension of Maturity
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43
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SECTION
10.9. Amendments, etc.
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43
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SECTION
10.10. Severability
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43
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SECTION
10.11. SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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44
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SECTION
10.12. Headings
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44
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SECTION
10.13. Execution in Counterparts
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45
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SECTION
10.14. Entire Agreement
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45
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SECTION
10.15. Foreign Currency Judgments
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45
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SECTION
10.16. Language
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45
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10.17. Confidentiality
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45
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SECTION
10.18. USA PATRIOT Act
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SCHEDULES
1.1 Commitments
6.1 Existing
Material Subsidiary Indebtedness
6.4 Existing
Liens
EXHIBITS
A-1 Opinion
of In-house Counsel
A-2 Opinion
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wood LLP
B Form
of
Assignment and Acceptance
C Form
of
Compliance Certificate
D Form
of
Borrowing Request
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”),
dated
as of July 21, 2006, among PHH CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the
“Borrower”),
the
Lenders referred to herein, CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as syndication agents (the “Syndication
Agents”),
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
the Lenders.
INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT
The
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
For
the
purposes hereof unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms
shall
have the meanings indicated, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings accorded to them under GAAP and all terms
defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings accorded to them therein:
“ABR
Borrowing”
shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR
Loan”
shall
mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.
“Act”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.18.
“Affiliate”
shall
mean as to any Person, any Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control
of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes
of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” another if
such latter Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power either to (i) vote
10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of
directors of such controlled Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of
the
management and policies of such controlled Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
“Agents”
shall
mean the collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Syndication
Agents.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
shall
mean for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/16 of
1% if
not already an integral multiple of 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a)
the
Prime Rate in effect for such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate
in
effect for such day plus ½ of 1%.
“Applicable
Law”
shall
mean all provisions of statutes, rules, regulations and orders of governmental
bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to a Person, and all orders and decrees
of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions in which the Person
in
question is a party.
“Assessment
Rate”
shall
mean, for any day, the net annual assessment rate (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher Basis Point) as most recently reasonably estimated
by the Administrative Agent for determining the then current annual assessment
payable by the entity which is the Administrative Agent to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insurance by such Corporation
(or
such successor) of time deposits made in Dollars at such entity’s U.S. domestic
offices.
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“Asset
Securitization Subsidiary”
shall
mean (i) any Subsidiary engaged solely in the business of effecting asset
securitization transactions permitted by this Agreement and activities
incidental thereto or (ii) any Subsidiary whose primary purpose is to hold
title
or ownership interests in vehicles, equipment, leases, mortgages,
relocation assets, financial assets and
related assets under management.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”
shall
mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, executed by
the
assignor, assignee and the other parties as contemplated thereby.
“Basis
Point”
shall
mean 1/100th of 1%.
“Board”
shall
mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Borrowing”
shall
mean a group of Loans of a single Interest Rate Type made by certain Lenders
on
a single date and as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“Borrowing
Request”
shall
mean a request made pursuant to Section 2.5 substantially in the form of Exhibit
D.
“Business
Day”
shall
mean, with respect to any Loan, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which banks in New York City are permitted or required by law to close;
provided
that
when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in Dollars
on the London Interbank Market (or such other interbank eurocurrency market
where the foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of Dollars are
then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period).
“Capital
Lease”
shall
mean as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is or should
be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that
Person.
“Cash
Equivalents”
shall
mean (i) investments in commercial paper maturing in not more than 270 days
from
the date of issuance which at the time of acquisition is rated at least A-1
or
the equivalent thereof by S&P, or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x,
(ii) investments in direct obligations or obligations which are guaranteed
or
insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) having a maturity of not more than three years from the date of
acquisition, (iii) investments in certificates of deposit maturing not more
than
one year from the date of origin issued by a Lender or a bank or trust company
organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any state or
territory thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating
at
least $500,000,000 and in each case A rated or better by S&P or Xxxxx’x,
(iv) money market mutual funds having assets in excess of $2,000,000,000, (v)
investments in asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities, including investments
in collateralized, adjustable rate mortgage securities and those mortgage-backed
securities which are rated at least AA by S&P or Aa by Xxxxx’x or are of
comparable quality at the time of investment, and (vi) banker’s acceptances
maturing not more than one year from the date of origin issued by a bank or
trust company organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or
any
state or territory thereof and having capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating at least $500,000,000, and rated A or better by S&P or
Xxxxx’x.
2
“Change
in Control”
shall
mean (i) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the Securities
and
Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date), directly
or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, of ownership or control of in excess
of
50% of the voting common stock of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis at
any
time or (ii) if at any time, individuals who at the Closing Date constituted
the
Board of Directors the Borrower (together with any new directors whose election
by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders
of the Borrower, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of the majority
of
the directors then still in office who were either directors at the Closing
Date
or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease
for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Borrower then in office.
“Closing
Date”
shall
mean the date on which the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this
Agreement as set forth in Section 4.1 have been satisfied or waived, which
date
is July 21, 2006.
“Code”
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor provision
thereto.
“Commitment”
shall
mean, with respect to each Lender, its commitment to make Loans to the Borrower
hereunder, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Commitment” on Schedule 1.1, as
the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Commitment
Fee”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.8(a).
“Commitment
Period”
shall
mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the
Termination Date or such earlier date on which the Commitments shall have been
terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Consolidated
Assets”
shall
mean, at any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
shall
mean, for any period for which such amount is being determined, the net income
(loss) of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such period
determined on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting
period in accordance with GAAP, provided
that
there shall be excluded (i) income (or loss) of any Person (other than a
Consolidated Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries has an equity investment or comparable interest, except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the
Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries by such Person during such period,
(ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes
a
Consolidated Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower
or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or the Person’s assets are acquired by the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) the income of any
Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Consolidated Subsidiary of the income
is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Consolidated Subsidiary, (iv) any extraordinary
after-tax gains and (v) any extraordinary pretax losses but only to the extent
attributable to a write-down of financing costs relating to any existing and
future indebtedness.
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“Consolidated
Net Worth”
shall
mean, at any date of determination, all amounts which would be included on
a
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries under
stockholders’ equity as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Subsidiaries”
shall
mean all Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are required to be consolidated
with
the Borrower for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP.
“Contractual
Obligation”
shall
mean, 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.
“Default”
shall
mean any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“Disclosed
Matters”
shall
mean the information disclosed on the Borrower’s Form 8-K, dated September 7,
2005, Form 8-K, dated March 1, 2006, Form 8-K, dated March 17, 2006, Form 8-K,
dated May 11, 2006, Form 8-K, dated June 12, 2006 and Form 8-K, dated the date
hereof.
“Dollars”
and
“$”
and
“US$”
shall
mean lawful currency of the United States.
“Environmental
Laws”
shall
mean any and all federal, provincial, state, local or municipal laws, rules,
orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or requirements of
any
Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning, any Hazardous Material or environmental
protection or health and safety, as now or at any time hereafter in effect,
including without limitation, the Clean Water Act also known as the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.,
the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.,
the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136
et seq.,
the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201
et seq.,
the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.,
the
Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, 100
Stat. 1613, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act,
42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.,
the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.,
the
Occupational Safety and Health Act as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 655 and
§ 657, together, in each case, with any amendment thereto, and the
regulations adopted and publications promulgated thereunder and all
substitutions thereof.
“Environmental
Liabilities”
shall
mean 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.
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as such Act may be
amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Article 7.
4
“Existing
PHH Credit Agreements”
shall
mean the collective reference to (a) the Five-Year Agreement and (b) the 364-Day
Agreement.
“Existing
Senior Notes”
shall
mean senior unsecured obligations under notes issued by the Borrower pursuant
to
the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2000, among the Borrower and Bank One
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and any supplements thereto.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
shall
mean, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each
day
during such period to 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 the day of such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it. 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, including, without limitation, the
inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient bids
or
publications in accordance with the terms hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall
be determined without regard to clause (b) of such defined term until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in
the
Alternate Base Rate or the Federal Funds Rate due to a change in the Federal
Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change
in
the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
“Federal
Funds Rate”
shall
mean for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/16 of
1% if
not already an integral multiple of 1/16 of 1%) equal to the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 3/16 of 1%.
“FFR
Borrowing”
shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of FFR Loans.
“FFR
Loan”
shall
mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Federal
Funds Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.
“FFR
Spread”
shall
mean, at any date or any period of determination, the FFR Spread that would
be
in effect on such date pursuant to the chart set forth in Section 2.23 based
on
the rating of the Borrower’s senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long-term
debt.
“Five-Year
Agreement”
shall
mean the Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2006, among the Borrower, PHH Vehicle
Management Services Inc., the lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA,
Inc.,
as syndication agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as co-documentation agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
administrative agent.
“Fundamental
Documents”
shall
mean this Agreement and any other ancillary documentation which is required
to
be, or is otherwise, executed by the Borrower and delivered to the
Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.
“Funding
Office”
shall
mean the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.1 or such
other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent
or the respective Affiliate of the Administrative Agent as its funding office
by
written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
5
“GAAP”
shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except
for
accounting changes in response to FASB releases or other authoritative
pronouncements) provided,
however, that all calculations made pursuant to Sections 6.6 and 6.7 and the
related definitions shall have been computed based on such generally accepted
accounting principles as are in effect on the date hereof.
“Governmental
Authority”
shall
mean any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any court, in each
case, whether of the United States or foreign.
“Guaranty”
shall
mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect obligation of such Person
guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, Capital Lease, dividend
or other monetary obligation (“primary
obligation”)
of any
other Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of
any
such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital
of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services, in each
case,
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation
of the repayment of such primary obligation or (d) as a general partner of
a
partnership or a joint venturer of a joint venture in respect of indebtedness
of
such partnership or such joint venture which is treated as a general partnership
for purposes of Applicable Law. The amount of any Guaranty shall be deemed
to be
an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (or portion thereof) of
the
primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty is made or, if not stated
or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder); provided
that the
amount of any Guaranty shall be limited to the extent necessary so that such
amount does not exceed the value of the assets of such Person (as reflected
on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP)
to
which any creditor or beneficiary of such Guaranty would have recourse.
Notwithstanding the foregoing definition, the term “Guaranty” shall not include
any direct or indirect obligation of a Person as a general partner of a general
partnership or a joint venturer of a joint venture in respect of Indebtedness
of
such general partnership or joint venture, to the extent such Indebtedness
is
contractually non-recourse to the assets of such Person as a general partner
or
joint venturer (other than assets comprising the capital of such general
partnership or joint venture).
“Hazardous
Materials”
shall
mean any flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or similar materials
defined as such in any Environmental Law.
“Indebtedness”
shall
mean (i) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries which are, at the date as of which Indebtedness is to be
determined, includable as liabilities in a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, other than (w) accounts payable, accrued expenses
and derivatives transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to hedging programs, (x) current and deferred income taxes and other
similar liabilities and (y) minority interest, plus (ii) without duplicating
any
items included in Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) (but
excluding reinsurance obligations of Atrium Insurance Corporation), the maximum
aggregate amount of all liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
under any Guaranty, indemnity or similar undertaking given or assumed of, or
in
respect of, the indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities, assets,
revenues, income or dividends of any Person other than the Borrower or one
of
its Subsidiaries and (iii) all other obligations or liabilities of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries in relation to the discharge of the obligations
of
any Person other than the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries.
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“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
mean, with respect to any Borrowing, the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing with an Interest Period
of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest
Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been
applicable to such Borrowing, and, in addition, the date of any refinancing
or
conversion of a Borrowing with, or to, a Borrowing of a different Interest
Rate
Type.
“Interest
Period”
shall
mean (a) as to any LIBOR Borrowing, (i) the period commencing on the date of
such Borrowing, and ending one week after the date of such Borrowing or (ii)
the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing, and ending on the numerically
corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the
last
day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the
Borrower may elect and (b) as to any ABR Borrowing or FFR Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the earliest of (i)
the
next succeeding March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, (ii) the
Termination Date and (iii) the date such Borrowing is refinanced with a
Borrowing of a different Interest Rate Type in accordance with Section 2.7
or is
prepaid in accordance with Section 2.14; provided
that (i)
if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless,
in
the case of LIBOR Loans only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall
in
the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day and (ii) no Interest Period with respect to any
LIBOR Borrowing may be selected which would result in the aggregate amount
of
LIBOR Loans having Interest Periods ending after any day on which a Commitment
reduction is scheduled to occur being in excess of the Total Commitment
scheduled to be in effect after such date. Interest shall accrue from, and
including, the first day of an Interest Period to, but excluding, the last
day
of such Interest Period.
“Interest
Rate Protection Agreement”
shall
mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other
similar financial agreement or arrangement.
“Interest
Rate Type”
when
used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the rate by reference
to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is
determined.
“Joint
Lead Arrangers”
shall
mean the collective reference to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
“JPMorgan
Chase Bank”
shall
mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“LEAF
Trust Transaction”
shall
mean the financing of motor vehicles and other equipment or personal property
pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as
of
March 1, 2001, among LEAF Trust, a trust established under the laws of the
Province of Ontario, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Administrative
Agent and PHH Vehicle Management Services Inc., a Canadian corporation (the
“Purchase
Agreement”),
including any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals,
restatements or refundings thereof and any facilities or agreements that
replace, refund or refinance, in whole or in part, the Purchase
Agreement.
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“Lender”
shall
mean each financial institution whose name appears on Schedule 1.1 under the
heading “Lenders” and any assignee of a Lender pursuant to Section 10.3(b).
“Lending
Office”
shall
mean, with respect to any of the Lenders, the branch or branches (or affiliate
or affiliates) from which any such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, ABR Loans or FFR Loans,
as the case may be, are made or maintained and for the account of which all
payments of principal of, and interest on, such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, ABR Loans
or FFR Loans are made, as notified to the Administrative Agent from time to
time.
“LIBOR”
shall
mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a
LIBOR
Borrowing, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits
in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first
day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or
any successor page thereto) 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 screen (or otherwise on such screen),
the “LIBOR”
shall
be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service
for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent
or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which
the
Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New
York
City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period
in
the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and
exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day
of
such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
“LIBOR
Borrowing”
shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Loans.
“LIBOR
Loan”
shall
mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to LIBOR in
accordance with the provisions of Article 2.
“LIBOR
Spread”
shall
mean, at any date or any period of determination, the LIBOR Spread that would
be
in effect on such date or during such period pursuant to the chart set forth
in
Section 2.23 based on the rating of the Borrower’s senior unsecured non-credit
enhanced long-term debt.
“Lien”
shall
mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of
any
kind whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction).
“Loan”
shall
mean a Loan made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to a notice given
by
the Borrower under Section 2.5, whether made as a LIBOR Loan, an ABR Loan or
an
FFR Loan, as permitted hereby.
“Margin
Stock”
shall
be as defined in Regulation U of the Board.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
mean a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or condition,
financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
“Material
Subsidiary”
shall
mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower which together with its Subsidiaries at
the
time of determination had assets constituting 10% or more of Consolidated
Assets, accounts for 10% or more of Consolidated Net Worth, or accounts for
10%
or more of the revenues of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
the Rolling Period immediately preceding the date of determination.
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“Moody’s”
shall
mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
shall
mean a plan described in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“New
Senior Notes”
shall
mean senior unsecured obligations under notes issued by the Borrower maturing
more than two years from the date of issue.
“Obligations”
shall
mean the obligation of the Borrower to make due and punctual payment of
principal of, and interest on (including post-petition interest, whether or
not
allowed), the Loans, the Commitment Fee and all other monetary obligations
of
the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement
or
the Fundamental Documents or with respect to any Interest Rate Protection
Agreements entered into between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
any
Lender.
“Participant”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.3(g).
“PBGC”
shall
mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
thereto.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
shall
mean Liens permitted under Section 6.4.
“Person”
shall
mean any natural person, corporation, division of a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, estate,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“PHH
Home Loans Credit Agreement”
shall
mean the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among
PHH
Home Loans, LLC, as borrower, the lenders referred to therein, Barclays Bank
PLC, as syndication agent, and Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, as
modified, supplemented, amended or restated from time to time.
“Plan”
shall
mean an employee pension benefit plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other
than a Multiemployer Plan which is sponsored by the Borrower or one of its
Subsidiaries.
“Prime
Rate”
shall
mean the rate per annum publicly announced by the entity which is the
Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime rate in effect at its
principal office in New York City. For purposes of this Agreement, any change
in
the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate shall be effective
on
the date such change in the Prime Rate is announced as effective.
“Pro
Forma Basis”
shall
mean, in connection with any transaction for which a determination on a Pro
Forma Basis is required to be made hereunder, that such determination shall
be
made (i) after giving effect to any issuance of Indebtedness, any acquisition,
any disposition or any other transaction (as applicable) and (ii) assuming
that
the issuance of Indebtedness, acquisition, disposition or other transaction
and,
if applicable, the application of any proceeds therefrom, occurred at the
beginning of the most recent Rolling Period ending at least thirty (30) days
prior to the date on which such issuance of Indebtedness, acquisition,
disposition or other transaction occurred.
“Protesting
Lender”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.9(b)(iii).
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“Reportable
Event”
shall
mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
a
reportable event as to which provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC would
be
waived under applicable regulations had the regulations in effect on the Closing
Date been in effect on the date of occurrence of such reportable
event.
“Required
Lenders”
shall
mean Lenders holding Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of (i)
the Total Commitment and (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Loans
then outstanding, except that for purposes of determining the Lenders entitled
to declare the principal of and the interest on the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder or thereunder to be forthwith due and payable pursuant to
Article 7, “Required Lenders” shall mean Lenders holding more than 50% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans at the time.
“Rolling
Period”
shall
mean with respect to any fiscal quarter, such fiscal quarter and the three
immediately preceding fiscal quarters considered as a single accounting
period.
“S&P”
shall
mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
“Securitization
Indebtedness”
shall
mean Indebtedness incurred by any structured bankruptcy-remote Subsidiary of
the
Borrower which does not permit or provide for recourse to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than such structured bankruptcy-remote
Subsidiary) or any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower (other than the property or assets of such structured bankruptcy-remote
Subsidiary).
“Special
Purpose Vehicle Subsidiary”
shall
mean PHH Caribbean Leasing, Inc. and any Subsidiary engaged in the fleet-leasing
management business that (i) is, at any time, a party to one or more lease
agreements with only one lessee, and (ii) finances, at any one time, its
investments in lease agreements or vehicles with only one lender (which lender
may be the Borrower if and to the extent that such loans and/or advances by
the
Borrower are not prohibited hereby).
“Statutory
Reserves”
shall
mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number
one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and
any
other banking authority to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender is
subject, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board)
(or, at any time when such Lender may be required by the Board or by any other
Governmental Authority, whether within the United States or in another relevant
jurisdiction, to maintain reserves against any other category of liabilities
which includes deposits by reference to which LIBOR is determined as provided
in
this Agreement or against any category of extensions of credit or other assets
of such Lender which includes any such LIBOR Loans). Such reserve percentages
shall include those imposed under Regulation D of the Board. LIBOR Loans shall
be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and as such shall be deemed
to
be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for
proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to
any
Lender under Regulation D of the Board. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture,
partnership or other business entity (whether now existing or hereafter
organized) of which at least a majority of the voting stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or the
equivalent) is, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned
or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or
by
such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise
qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
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“Tangible
Net Worth”
shall
mean, at any date of determination, Consolidated Net Worth minus the aggregate
book value of all intangible assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Termination
Date”
shall
mean April 5, 2007.
“364-Day
Agreement”
shall
mean the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, among
the Borrower, the lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc., as
syndication agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative
agent.
“Total
Commitment”
shall
mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments as in effect
at such time.
“United
States”
shall
mean the United States of America.
“Working
Day”
shall
mean any Business Day on which dealings in foreign currencies and exchange
between banks may be carried on in London and New York City.
2. THE
LOANS
SECTION 2.1. |
Commitments.
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(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly,
to
make Loans to the Borrower in Dollars, at any time and from time to time during
the Commitment Period, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such
Lender’s Commitment. Each Lender’s Commitment shall be permanently reduced in an
amount equal to each Loan made by it under this Agreement. Amounts repaid in
respect of Loans may not be reborrowed.
(b) In
addition to the Commitment reductions described in Section 2.1(a), the
Commitments of the Lenders may be terminated or reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.13 or Article 7.
SECTION 2.2. |
Loans.
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(a) Each
Loan
shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments in accordance with
the
procedures set forth in Section 2.5. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan
required to be made by it shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its
obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender
shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required
to
be made by such other Lender). The Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be
(i)
in the case of LIBOR Loans, in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral
multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) in the case of
ABR
Loans or FFR Loans, in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral
multiple of $500,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or if less, an aggregate
principal amount equal to the remaining balance of the available Total
Commitment).
(b) Each
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Loans, ABR Loans or FFR Loans,
as
the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.5. Each Lender may at its option
make any LIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate
of
such Lender to make such Loan, provided
that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more
than one Interest Rate Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided
that the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would
result in an aggregate of more than 10 separate Loans of any Lender being
outstanding hereunder at any one time. For purposes of the calculation required
by the immediately preceding sentence, LIBOR Loans having different Interest
Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be
considered separate Loans and all Loans of a single Interest Rate Type made
on a
single date shall be considered a single Loan if such Loans have a common
Interest Period.
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(c) Subject
to Section 2.7, each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder
on
the proposed date thereof by making funds available at the Funding Office no
later than 1:00 P.M. New York City time in the case of Loans other than ABR
Loans or FFR Loans and 4:00 P.M. New York City time in the case of ABR Loans
and
FFR Loans, in each case, in immediately available funds. Upon receipt of the
funds to be made available by the Lenders to fund any Borrowing hereunder,
the
Administrative Agent shall disburse such funds by depositing them into an
account of the Borrower maintained with
the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto
would end after the Termination Date.
SECTION 2.3. |
Use
of Proceeds.
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The
proceeds of the Loans shall be used solely to refinance Indebtedness outstanding
under the Borrower’s Existing Senior Notes.
SECTION 2.4. |
[Reserved].
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SECTION 2.5. |
Borrowing
Procedure.
|
In
order
to effect a Borrowing, the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
(a) in the case of a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New
York City time, three Working Days before a proposed Borrowing, and (b) in
the
case of an ABR Borrowing or an FFR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New
York
City time, on the day of a proposed Borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable
and shall in each case specify (A) whether the Borrowing then being requested
is
to be a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, an ABR Borrowing or an FFR Borrowing, (B)
the
date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Working Day) and the amount thereof
and
(C) if such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period
with respect thereto. If no election as to the Interest Rate Type of a Borrowing
is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR
Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans
is
specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If the Borrower shall not have given
notice in accordance with this Section 2.5 of its election to refinance a
Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing,
then the Borrower shall (unless such Borrowing is repaid at the end of such
Interest Period) be deemed to have given notice of an election to refinance
such
Borrowing with an ABR Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise
the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.5 and of each such
Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.6. |
[Reserved].
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SECTION 2.7. |
Refinancings.
|
The
Borrower may refinance all or any part of any Borrowing made by it with a
Borrowing of the same or a different Interest Rate Type made pursuant to a
notice under Section 2.5, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth
herein and elsewhere in this Agreement; provided
that at
any time after the occurrence, and during the continuation, of a Default or
an
Event of Default, a Borrowing or portion thereof may only be refinanced with
an
ABR Borrowing. Any Borrowing or part thereof so refinanced shall be deemed
to be
repaid in accordance with Section 2.9 with the proceeds of a new Borrowing
hereunder and the proceeds of the new Borrowing to the extent they do not exceed
the principal amount of the Borrowing or Loan being refinanced, shall not be
paid by the applicable Lenders to the Administrative Agent or by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2(c).
SECTION 2.8. |
Fees.
|
(a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on
each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, and on the date on which the
Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment
fee (a “Commitment
Fee”)
at the
rate per annum from time to time in effect in accordance with Section 2.23,
on
the amount of the Commitment of such Lender then in effect during the preceding
quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date, or ending with
the
Termination Date or any date on which the Commitment of such Lender shall be
terminated). All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each
Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date, shall be payable in arrears
and shall cease to accrue on the earlier of the Termination Date and the
termination of the Commitment of such Lender as provided herein.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts
and
on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent
and to perform any other obligations contained therein.
(c) All
fees
shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders.
Once paid, none of the fees shall be refundable under any
circumstances.
SECTION 2.9. |
Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
|
(a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent,
for
the account of each Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan made
to it on the Termination Date. The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay to
the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, interest on the unpaid
principal amount of the Loans made to it from time to time outstanding from
the
date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the
dates, set forth in Section 2.10.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from
each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.3(e),
and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Interest Rate Type thereof and each
Interest Period, if any, 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) both the amount of any sum received by the
Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share
thereof.
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(d) The
entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant
to Section 2.9(b) 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
that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register
or
any such account, 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.
SECTION 2.10. |
Interest
on Loans.
|
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.11, the Loans comprising each LIBOR Borrowing
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for the Interest Period
in effect for such Borrowing plus the applicable LIBOR Spread from time to
time
in effect.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.11, the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing
shall
bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over
a
year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be when determined by reference to
the
Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) at a rate per annum
equal to the Alternate Base Rate.
(c) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.11, the Loans comprising each FFR Borrowing
shall
bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number
of
days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) equal to the
Federal Funds Rate plus the applicable FFR Spread from time to time in
effect.
(d) Interest
on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable to such Loan. The LIBOR, Federal Funds Rate or Alternate Base Rate
for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period shall be determined
by
the Administrative Agent and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. |
Interest
on Overdue Amounts.
|
If
the
Borrower shall default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on,
any
Loan or any other amount becoming due hereunder, the Borrower shall on demand
from time to time pay interest, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
on
such defaulted amount up to (but not including) the date of actual payment
(after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum computed on the basis
of
the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable,
in the case of amounts bearing interest determined by reference to the Prime
Rate and a year of 360 days in all other cases, equal to (a) in the case of
the
remainder of the then current Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate
applicable to such Loan under Section 2.10 plus 2% per annum and (b) in the
case
of any ABR Loan or FFR Loan, the rate applicable to such Loan under Section
2.10
plus 2% per annum.
SECTION 2.12. |
Alternate
Rate of Interest.
|
In
the
event the Administrative Agent shall have determined that deposits in Dollars
in
the amount of the requested principal amount of any LIBOR Loan are not generally
available in the London Interbank Market (or such other interbank eurocurrency
market where the foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of Dollars
are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period),
or, in the case of LIBOR Loans, that the rate at which such deposits are being
offered will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to any Lender of making
or maintaining its portion of such LIBOR Loans during such Interest Period,
or
that reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR, the Administrative
Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written or telecopier
notice of such determination to the Borrower and the Lenders. In the event
of
any such determination, until the Administrative Agent shall have determined
that circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any request
by
the Borrower for a LIBOR Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.5 shall be deemed
to be
a request for an ABR Loan. Each determination by the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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SECTION 2.13. |
Termination
and Reduction of Commitments.
|
(a) The
Commitments of all of the Lenders shall be automatically terminated on the
Termination Date.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.14(b) and (d), upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable
written or telecopy notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
notify each Lender), the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently
terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the Total
Commitment; provided
that (i)
each partial reduction shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in
a
minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not be
entitled to make any such termination or reduction that would reduce the Total
Commitment to an amount less than the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Loans.
(c) Subject
to Section 2.14(b), if on any date the Borrower shall incur Indebtedness under
any New Senior Notes, the Total Commitment shall be permanently reduced by
the
aggregate amount thereof.
(d) Each
reduction in the Total Commitment hereunder shall be made ratably among the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments. The Borrower shall
pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders on the date of each
termination or reduction in the Total Commitment, the Commitment Fees on the
amount of the Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued to the date of such
termination or reduction.
SECTION 2.14. |
Prepayment
of Loans.
|
(a) Prior
to
the Termination Date, the Borrower shall have the right at any time, and from
time to time, to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the
requirements of Section 2.18 but otherwise without premium or penalty, upon
prior written or telecopy notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall
promptly notify each Lender) before 2:00 p.m. New York City time of at least
one
Business Day in the case of an ABR Loan or FFR Loan, and of at least three
Working Days in the case of a LIBOR Loan; provided
that
each such partial prepayment shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount
of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple in excess thereof.
(b) If
any
Indebtedness shall be incurred under any New Senior Notes, the aggregate amount
thereof (subject to Section 2.14(d)) shall be applied on the date of such
incurrence toward the prepayment of the Loans and the reduction of the Total
Commitment. Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments and Total
Commitment reductions made pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) shall be applied,
first,
to the
prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.19 and, second,
to
reduce permanently the Total Commitment in accordance with Section 2.13. Any
prepayments required by this paragraph shall be applied first
to
outstanding ABR Loans and second
to FFR
Loans, in each case, up to the full amount thereof before they are applied
to
outstanding LIBOR Loans.
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(c) Each
notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall specify the specific
Borrowing(s), the prepayment date and the aggregate principal amount of each
Borrowing to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower
to
prepay such Borrowing(s) by the amount stated therein. All prepayments under
this Section 2.14 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal
amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment and any amounts due pursuant
to
Section 2.18.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, it is hereby agreed that the proceeds
from the incurrence of Indebtedness under New Senior Notes shall be shared
ratably with the Lenders under the 364-Day Agreement determined by (i) the
“Total Commitment” in effect under the 364-Day Agreement (or, if the
“Commitments” under the 364-Day Agreement have been terminated, the aggregate
amount of “Loans” outstanding thereunder) and the (ii) Total Commitment
plus
the
aggregate amount of Loans outstanding and the amounts required to be applied
to
prepay Loans and reduce the Total Commitment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 2.15. |
Eurocurrency
Reserve Costs.
|
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender,
so long as such Lender shall be required under regulations of the Board to
maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of, or
including, Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board)
(or, at any time when such Lender may be required by the Board or by any other
Governmental Authority, whether within the United States or in another relevant
jurisdiction, to maintain reserves against any other category of liabilities
which includes deposits by reference to which LIBOR is determined as provided
in
this Agreement or against any category of extensions of credit or other assets
of such Lender which includes any such LIBOR Loans), additional interest on
the
unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan made to the Borrower by such Lender,
from the date of such Loan until such Loan is paid in full, at an interest
rate
per annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Loan to the
remainder obtained by subtracting (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period from (ii)
the rate obtained by multiplying LIBOR as referred to in clause (i) above by
the
Statutory Reserves of such Lender for such Interest Period. Such additional
interest shall be determined by such Lender and notified to the Borrower (with
a
copy to the Administrative Agent) not later than five Business Days before
the
next Interest Payment Date for such Loan, and such additional interest so
notified to the Borrower by any Lender shall be payable to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender on each Interest Payment Date for such
Loan.
SECTION 2.16. |
Reserve
Requirements; Change in
Circumstances.
|
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, if after the date of this Agreement any change
in
Applicable Law or regulation or in the interpretation or administration thereof
by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof (whether or not having the force of law) (i) shall subject any Lender
to, or increase the net amount of, any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee,
deduction or withholding with respect to any Loan, or shall change the basis
of
taxation of payments to any Lender of the principal of or interest on any Loan
made by such Lender or any other fees or amounts payable hereunder (other than
(x) taxes imposed on the overall net income of such Lender by the jurisdiction
in which such Lender has its principal office or its applicable Lending Office
or by any political subdivision or taxing authority therein (or any tax which
is
enacted or adopted by such jurisdiction, political subdivision or taxing
authority as a direct substitute for any such taxes) or (y) any tax, assessment,
or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the
failure of any Lender to comply with any certification, information,
documentation or other reporting requirement), (ii) shall impose, modify or
deem
applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets
of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender,
or
(iii) shall impose on any Lender or eurocurrency market any other condition
affecting this Agreement or any Loan made by such Lender, and the result of
any
of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable
by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in
respect thereof by an amount deemed in good faith by such Lender to be material,
then the Borrower shall pay such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender for such increase or reduction to such Lender upon demand by such
Lender.
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(b) If,
after
the date of this Agreement, any Lender shall have determined in good faith
that
the adoption after the date hereof of or any change after the date hereof in
any
applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or
any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation
or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any Lending Office
of
such Lender) with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether
or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental 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 such Lender’s holding
company, if any, as a consequence of its Obligations hereunder to a level below
that which such Lender (or its holding company) could have achieved but for
such
applicability, adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such
Lender’s policies or the policies of its holding company, as the case may be,
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be
material, then, from time to time, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender (or its holding company) such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction upon demand
by such Lender.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender setting forth in reasonable detail (i) such amount
or
amounts as shall be necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) above, as the case may be, and (ii) the calculation of
such
amount or amounts referred to in the preceding clause (i), shall be delivered
to
the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall
pay the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender the amount shown
as
due on any such certificate within 10 Business Days after its receipt of the
same.
(d) Failure
on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased costs or
reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital
with respect to any Interest Period shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s rights to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in
amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital with respect
to
such Interest Period or any other Interest Period. The protection of this
Section 2.16 shall be available to each Lender regardless of any possible
contention of invalidity or inapplicability of the law, regulation or condition
which shall have been imposed.
(e) Each
Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of the
occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that (i) would cause
it
to incur any increased cost under this Section 2.16, Section 2.17 or Section
2.22 or (ii) would require the Borrower to pay an increased amount under this
Section 2.16, Section 2.17 or Section 2.22, it will use reasonable efforts
to
notify the Borrower of such event or condition and, to the extent not
inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies, will use its reasonable
efforts to make, fund or maintain the affected Loans of such Lender through
another Lending Office of such Lender if as a result thereof the additional
monies which would otherwise be required to be paid or the reduction of amounts
receivable by such Lender thereunder in respect of such Loans would be
materially reduced, or any inability to perform would cease to exist, or the
increased costs which would otherwise be required to be paid in respect of
such
Loans pursuant to this Section 2.16, Section 2.17 or Section 2.22 would be
materially reduced or the taxes or other amounts otherwise payable under this
Section 2.16, Section 2.17 or Section 2.22 would be materially reduced, and
if,
as determined by such Lender, in its sole reasonable discretion, the making,
funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other Lending Office would
not
otherwise materially adversely affect such Loans.
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(f) In
the
event any Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower a notice that LIBOR Loans
are no longer available from such Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, that amounts
are due to such Lender pursuant to paragraph (c) above, that any of the events
designated in paragraph (e) above have occurred or that such Lender shall not
be
rated at least BBB by S&P and Baa2 by Xxxxx’x, the Borrower may (but subject
in any such case to the payments required by Section 2.18), provided
that
there shall exist no Default or Event of Default, upon at least five Business
Days’ prior written or telecopier notice to such Lender and the Administrative
Agent, but not more than 30 days after receipt of notice from such Lender,
identify to the Administrative Agent a lending institution reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent which will purchase the Commitment, the amount
of
outstanding Loans from the Lender providing such notice and such Lender shall
thereupon assign its Commitment, any Loans owing to such Lender to such
replacement lending institution pursuant to Section 10.3. Such notice shall
specify an effective date for such assignment and at the time thereof, the
Borrower shall pay all accrued interest, Commitment Fees and all other amounts
(including without limitation all amounts payable under this Section and
Sections 2.22, 10.4 and 10.5) owing hereunder to such Lender as at such
effective date for such assignment.
SECTION 2.17. |
Change
in Legality.
|
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein contained, if any change in any law or
regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority
charged with the administration or interpretation thereof shall make it unlawful
for any Lender to make or maintain any LIBOR Loan or to give effect to its
obligations as contemplated hereby, then, by written notice to the Borrower
and
to the Administrative Agent, such Lender may:
(i) declare
that LIBOR Loans will not thereafter be made by such Lender hereunder, whereupon
the Borrower shall be prohibited from requesting LIBOR Loans from such Lender
hereunder unless such declaration is subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require
that all outstanding LIBOR Loans (in Dollars) made by it be converted to ABR
Loans in which event (A) all such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted
to ABR Loans as of the effective date of such notice as provided in Section
2.17(b) and (B) all payments and prepayments of principal which would otherwise
have been applied to repay the converted LIBOR Loans shall instead be applied
to
repay the ABR Loan resulting from the conversion of such LIBOR
Loans.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 2.17, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender pursuant
to Section 2.17(a) shall be effective on the date of receipt thereof by the
Borrower.
SECTION 2.18. |
Reimbursement
of Lenders.
|
(a) The
Borrower shall reimburse each Lender on demand for any loss incurred or to
be
incurred by it in the reemployment of the funds released (i) by any prepayment
(for any reason, including any refinancing) of any LIBOR if such Loan is repaid
other than on the last day of the applicable Interest Period for such Loan
or
(ii) in the event that after the Borrower delivers a notice of borrowing under
Section 2.5 in respect of LIBOR Loans, the applicable Loan is not made on the
first day of the Interest Period specified by the Borrower for any reason other
than (I) a suspension or limitation under Section 2.17 of the right of the
Borrower to select a LIBOR Loan or (II) a breach by such Lender of its
obligations hereunder. In the case of such failure to borrow, such loss shall
be
the amount as reasonably determined by such Lender as the excess, if any, of
(A)
the amount of interest which would have accrued to such Lender on the amount
not
borrowed, at a rate of interest equal to the interest rate applicable to such
Loan pursuant to Section 2.10, for the period from the date of such failure
to
borrow to the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan which would have
commenced on the date of such failure to borrow, over (B) the amount realized
by
such Lender in reemploying the funds not advanced during the period referred
to
above. In the case of a payment other than on the last day of the Interest
Period for a Loan, such loss shall be the amount of the excess, if any, of
(A)
the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so paid at a
rate
of interest equal to the interest rate applicable to such Loan pursuant to
Section 2.10, for the period from the date of such payment to the last day
of
the then current Interest Period for such Loan, over (B) an amount equal to
the
product of (x) the amount of the Loan so paid times
(y) the
current daily yield on U.S. Treasury Securities (at such date of determination)
with maturities approximately equal to the remaining Interest Period for such
Loan times
(z) the
number of days remaining in the Interest Period for such Loan. Each Lender
shall
deliver to the Borrower from time to time one or more certificates setting
forth
the amount of such loss (and in reasonable detail the manner of computation
thereof) as determined by such Lender, which certificates shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender the amount shown as due on any certificate within
thirty (30) days after its receipt of the same.
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(b) In
the
event the Borrower fails to prepay any Loan on the date specified in any
prepayment notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.14(a), the Borrower on demand
by any Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such
Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any loss incurred
by
such Lender as a result of such failure to prepay, including, without
limitation, any loss, cost or expenses incurred by reason of the acquisition
of
deposits or other funds by such Lender to fulfill deposit obligations incurred
in anticipation of such prepayment. Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent from time to time one or more certificates setting
forth the amount of such loss (and in reasonable detail the manner of
computation thereof) as determined by such Lender, which certificates shall
be
conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.19. |
Pro
Rata Treatment.
|
Except
as
permitted under Sections 2.15, 2.16(c), 2.16(f), 2.17, 2.18 and 4.1(e), each
Borrowing under the Commitments and each reduction of the Total Commitment
shall
be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated,
in
accordance with the respective principal amount of their Loans) and each payment
or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing and each payment of interest on
the
Loans shall be allocated pro rata in accordance with the respective principal
amount of the Loans then held by the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that in
computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing under the Commitments to be
made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each
Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing computed in accordance with Section 2.1,
to the next higher or lower whole Dollar amount.
SECTION 2.20. |
Right
of Setoff.
|
If
any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and any Lender shall
have
requested the Administrative Agent to declare the Loans immediately due and
payable pursuant to Article 7, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time
and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set
off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held by such Lender and any other indebtedness at any
time
owing by such Lender to, or for the credit or the account of, the Borrower,
against any of and all the Obligations now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement and the Loans, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have
made any demand under this Agreement or such Loans and although such Obligations
may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after
any
such setoff and application made by such Lender, but the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights
of each Lender under this Section 2.20 are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have and
are
subject to the provisions of Section 8.2.
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SECTION 2.21. |
Manner
of Payments.
|
All
payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made in immediately available funds,
without setoffs, deductions or counterclaims, at the Funding Office no later
than 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the date on which such payment shall
be
due. Interest in respect of any Loan hereunder shall accrue from and including
the date of such Loan to, but excluding, the date on which such Loan is paid
or
refinanced with a Loan of a different Interest Rate Type. All interest and
principal payments in respect of any Loan and all other payments shall be made
in Dollars.
SECTION 2.22. |
Withholding
Taxes.
|
(a) Prior
to
the date of the initial Loans hereunder, and from time to time thereafter if
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or required because,
as a
result of a change in Applicable Law or a change in circumstances or otherwise,
a previously delivered form or statement becomes incomplete or incorrect in
any
material respect, each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside
the United States shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, provide, if
applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with complete, accurate
and duly executed forms or other statements prescribed by a Governmental
Authority certifying such Lender’s exemption, if any, from, or entitlement to a
reduced rate, if any, of, withholding taxes (including backup withholding taxes)
with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender hereunder.
(b) The
Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
any and all present or future taxes or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto, from payments hereunder, if and to the extent that the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent in good faith determines that such deduction or
withholding is required by Applicable Law, including, without limitation, any
applicable treaty. In the event the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall
so determine that deduction or withholding of taxes is required, it shall advise
the affected Lender as to the basis of such determination prior to actually
deducting and withholding such taxes. In the event the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent shall so deduct or withhold taxes from amounts payable
hereunder, it (i) shall pay to or deposit with the appropriate taxing authority
in a timely manner the full amount of taxes it has deducted or withheld; (ii)
shall provide evidence of payment of such taxes to, or the deposit thereof
with,
the appropriate taxing authority and a statement setting forth the amount of
taxes deducted or withheld, the applicable rate, and any other information
or
documentation reasonably requested by the Lenders from whom the taxes were
deducted or withheld; and (iii) shall forward to such Lenders any receipt for
such payment or deposit of the deducted or withheld taxes as may be issued
from
time to time by the appropriate taxing authority. Unless the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent have received forms or other documents satisfactory to
them
indicating that payments hereunder are not subject to United States withholding
tax or are subject to such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty,
in
the case of extensions of credit made under the Commitments, the Borrower or
the
Administrative Agent may withhold taxes from such payments at the applicable
statutory rate in the case of payments to or for any Lender.
(c) Each
Lender agrees (i) that as between it and the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, it shall be the Person to deduct and withhold taxes, and to the extent
required by law it shall deduct and withhold taxes, on amounts that such Lender
may remit to any other Person(s) by reason of any undisclosed transfer or
assignment of an interest in this Agreement to such other Person(s) pursuant
to
paragraph (g) of Section 10.3 and (ii) to indemnify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent and any of their officers, directors, agents, or employees
against, and to hold them harmless from, any tax, interest, additions to tax,
penalties, reasonable counsel and accountants’ fees, disbursements or payments
arising from the assertion by any appropriate taxing authority of any claim
against them relating to a failure to withhold taxes as required by Applicable
Law with respect to amounts described in clause (i) of this paragraph
(c).
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(d) Each
assignee of a Lender’s interest in this Agreement in conformity with Section
10.3 shall be bound by this Section 2.22, so that such assignee will have all
of
the obligations and provide all of the forms and statements and all indemnities,
representations and warranties required to be given under this Section
2.22.
(e) In
the
event that any (a) withholding taxes imposed by any jurisdiction outside the
United States shall become payable for any reason or (b) United States
withholding taxes shall become payable as a result of any change in any statute,
treaty, ruling, determination or regulation occurring after the Initial Date
(as
defined below), in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any other
Fundamental Document to any Lender or the Administrative Agent (i) the sum
payable by the Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 2.22) such Lender or the Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower, the Lender or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) shall make such deductions and (iii)
the Borrower, the Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) shall
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with Applicable Law. For purposes of this Section 2.22,
the term “Initial Date” shall mean (i) in the case of the Administrative Agent,
the date hereof, (ii) in the case of each Lender as of the date hereof, the
date
hereof and (iii) in the case of any other Lender, the effective date of the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender.
SECTION 2.23. |
Certain
Pricing Adjustments.
|
The
Commitment Fee, the applicable LIBOR Spread and the applicable FFR Spread in
effect from time to time shall be determined in accordance with the following
tables:
(i)
From
the Closing Date through and including December 14, 2006,
S&P/Xxxxx’x
Rating
Equivalent
of the Borrower’s
senior
unsecured
long-term
debt
|
Commitment
Fee
(in
Basis Points)
|
Applicable
LIBOR
Spread
(in
Basis Points)
|
Applicable
FFR
Spread
(in
Basis Points)
|
BBB/Baa2
or better
|
12.0
|
60.0
|
60.0
|
BBB-/Baa3
|
15.0
|
87.5
|
87.5
|
BB+/Ba1
or worse
|
20.0
|
125.0
|
125.0
|
(ii)
Thereafter,
S&P/Xxxxx’x
Rating
Equivalent
of the Borrower’s
senior
unsecured
long-term
debt
|
Commitment
Fee
(in
Basis Points)
|
Applicable
LIBOR
Spread
(in
Basis Points)
|
Applicable
FFR
Spread
(in
Basis Points)
|
BBB/Baa2
or better
|
12.0
|
75.0
|
75.0
|
BBB-/Baa3
|
17.5
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
BB+/Ba1
or worse
|
22.5
|
150.0
|
150.0
|
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In
the
event the S&P and Xxxxx’x ratings on the Borrower’s senior non-credit
enhanced unsecured long-term debt are not equivalent to each other, the higher
rating of S&P and Xxxxx’x will determine the Commitment Fee, the applicable
LIBOR Spread and the applicable FFR Spread, unless the ratings are more than
one
level apart, in which case the rating one level below the higher rating of
S&P or Xxxxx’x will be determinative. In the event that (a) the Borrower’s
senior non-credit enhanced unsecured long-term debt is not rated by both of
S&P or Xxxxx’x (for any reason, including if S&P or Xxxxx’x shall cease
to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations) or (b) if the rating
system of either of S&P or Xxxxx’x shall change, then an amendment shall be
negotiated in good faith (and shall be effective only upon approval by the
Borrower and the Majority Lenders) to the references to specific ratings in
the
table above to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of
ratings from such rating agency (including an amendment to provide for the
substitution of an equivalent or successor ratings agency). In the event that
the Borrower’s senior non-credit enhanced unsecured long-term debt is not rated
by either of S&P and Xxxxx’x, then the Commitment Fee, the applicable LIBOR
Spread and the applicable FFR Spread shall be deemed to be calculated as if
the
lowest rating category set forth above applied until such time as an amendment
to the table above shall be agreed to. Any increase in the Commitment Fee,
the
applicable LIBOR Spread or the applicable FFR Spread determined in accordance
with the foregoing table shall become effective on the date of announcement
or
publication by the Borrower or the applicable rating agency of a reduction
in
such rating or, in the absence of such announcement or publication, on the
effective date of such decreased rating, or on the date of any request by the
Borrower to the applicable rating agency not to rate its senior non-credit
enhanced unsecured long-term debt or on the date any of such rating agencies
announces it shall no longer rate the Borrower’s senior non-credit enhanced
unsecured long-term debt. Any decrease in the Commitment Fee, the applicable
LIBOR Spread or the applicable FFR Spread shall be effective on the date of
announcement or publication by any of such rating agencies of an increase in
rating or in the absence of announcement or publication on the effective date
of
such increase in rating.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER
In
order
to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans
provided for herein, the Borrower makes the following representations and
warranties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, all of which shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
Loans:
SECTION 3.1. |
Corporate
Existence and Power.
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The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing
in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation and are in good standing or have applied for authority to operate
as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions where the nature of their
properties or business so requires it and where a failure to be in good standing
as a foreign corporation would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower
has
the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Fundamental Documents and other documents contemplated
hereby and to borrow and obtain other extensions of credit
hereunder.
SECTION 3.2. |
Corporate
Authority and No Violation.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Fundamental
Documents and the borrowings and making of other extensions of credit hereunder
(a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of
the Borrower, (b) will not violate any provision of any Applicable Law
applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets, (c) will not violate any provision of the Certificate
of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
material Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(d)
will not be in conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any material indenture,
agreement, bond, note or instrument and (e) will not result in the creation
or
imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries other than pursuant to this Agreement or any other Fundamental
Document.
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SECTION 3.3. |
Governmental
and Other Approval and
Consents.
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No
action, consent or approval of, or registration or filing with, or any other
action by, any governmental agency, bureau, commission or court is required
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance (including the
borrowings and making of other extensions of credit hereunder) by the Borrower
of this Agreement or the other Fundamental Documents.
SECTION 3.4. |
Financial
Statements of Borrower.
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Except
for the Disclosed Matters, the (a) audited consolidated financial statements
of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and
December 31, 2004, and (b) unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2005, in each case,
together with the related unaudited statements of income, shareholders’ equity
and cash flows for the nine-month period then ended fairly present the financial
position of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates
indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated
in conformity with GAAP subject to normal year-end adjustments in the case
of
such quarterly financial statements.
SECTION 3.5. |
No
Material Adverse Change.
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Except
for the Disclosed Matters, since December 31, 2004 there has been no material
adverse change in the business, assets, operations or condition, financial
or
otherwise, of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
SECTION 3.6. |
Copyrights,
Patents and Other Rights.
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Each
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, service marks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property
material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except
for
any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.7. |
Title
to Properties.
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Each
of
the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries will have at the Closing Date good
title or valid leasehold interests to each of the properties and assets
reflected on the balance sheets referred to in Section 3.4 (other than
properties or assets owned by Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust), except
for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct
its
business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended
purposes, and all such properties and assets will be free and clear of Liens,
except Permitted Encumbrances.
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SECTION 3.8. |
Litigation.
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Except
for matters arising from or related to the Disclosed Matters, there are no
lawsuits or other proceedings pending (including, but not limited to, matters
relating to environmental liability), or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened, against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any
of their respective properties, by or before any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default with
respect to any order, writ, injunction, decree, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority, which default would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.9. |
Federal
Reserve Regulations.
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Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one
of
its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans
will be used, whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose
violative of or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Regulation T, U
or X
of the Board.
SECTION 3.10. |
Investment
Company Act,
Public Utility Company Act.
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The
Borrower is not, and will not during the term of this Agreement be, (x) an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended or (y) subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 or the Federal Power Act.
SECTION 3.11. |
Enforceability.
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This
Agreement and the other Fundamental Documents when executed will constitute
legal, valid and enforceable obligations (as applicable) of the Borrower
(subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity).
SECTION 3.12. |
Taxes.
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The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries have filed or caused to be filed all
federal, provincial, state and local tax returns which are required to be filed,
and have paid or have caused to be paid all taxes as shown on said returns
or on
any assessment received by them in writing, to the extent that such taxes have
become due, except (a) as permitted by Section 5.4 or (b) to the extent that
the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.13. |
Compliance
with ERISA.
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Each
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with
the provisions of ERISA and the Code applicable to Plans, and the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder, if any, which are applicable to it
and
the applicable laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to
Plans. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has, with respect to
any
Plan, engaged in a prohibited transaction which would subject it to a material
tax or penalty on prohibited transactions imposed by ERISA or Section 4975
of
the Code. No liability to the PBGC that is material to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole has been, or to the Borrower’s best knowledge is
reasonably expected to be, incurred with respect to the Plans and there has
been
no Reportable Event and no other event or condition that presents a material
risk of termination of a Plan by the PBGC. Neither the Borrower nor any of
its
Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction which would result in the incurrence
of a material liability under Section 4069 of ERISA. As of the Closing Date,
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries contributes to a Multiemployer
Plan, and has not incurred any liability that would be material to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole on account of a partial or complete
withdrawal (as defined in Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, respectively) with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
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SECTION 3.14. |
Disclosure.
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As
of the
Closing Date, this Agreement did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact, under the circumstances under which
it
was made, necessary in order to make the statements contained herein not
misleading. Except for the Disclosed Matters, at the Closing Date, there is
no
fact known to the Borrower which, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.15. |
Environmental
Liabilities.
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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. CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
SECTION 4.1. |
Conditions
Precedent to Effectiveness.
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The
effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Loan
Documents.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received this Agreement and each of the other
Fundamental Documents, each executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer
of the Borrower.
(b) Corporate
Documents for the
Borrower.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received, with copies for each of the Lenders,
a
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower dated the
date hereof and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete
copy
of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws as in effect on the date of
such
certification; (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of
resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors authorizing the borrowings and
other extensions of credit hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance
in accordance with their respective terms of this Agreement and any other
documents required or contemplated hereunder; and (C) as to the incumbency
and
specimen signature of each of its officers executing this Agreement or any
other
document delivered by it in connection herewith (such certificate to contain
a
certification by another of its officers as to the incumbency and signature
of
the officer signing the certificate referred to in this paragraph
(b)).
(c) Financial
Statements.
The
Lenders shall have received the (i) audited consolidated financial statements
of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 (as modified and updated by the
Disclosed Matters) and (ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2005 (as modified and updated by the Disclosed
Matters).
(d) Opinions
of Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received the favorable written opinions, dated
as of the date hereof and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
of (i) internal counsel of PHH Corporation and (ii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx
LLP, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto
respectively.
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(e) No
Material Adverse Change.
The
Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that, except for the Disclosed Matters,
no material adverse change shall have occurred with respect to the business,
assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and
its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since December 31,
2004.
(f) Payment
of Fees.
The
Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that all amounts payable to the Joint
Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders pursuant hereto
or with regard to the transactions contemplated hereby have been or are
simultaneously being paid.
(g) Closing
Date Payments.
The
Borrower and the Lenders shall have made such payments among themselves on
the
Closing Date as directed by the Administrative Agent with the result that,
after
giving effect thereto, the outstanding Loans, if any, shall be held by the
Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments.
(h) Litigation.
Except
for matters arising from or related to the Disclosed Matters, no litigation
shall be pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which would be
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which could reasonably be expected
to materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to fulfill its
obligations hereunder or to otherwise materially impair the interests of the
Lenders.
(i) Officer’s
Certificate.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief executive
officer or chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower
certifying, as of the Closing Date, compliance with the conditions set forth
in
paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.2.
SECTION 4.2. |
Conditions
Precedent to Each Loan. The obligation of the Lenders to make each
Loan, including the initial Loan hereunder, is subject to the following
conditions precedent:
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(a) Notice.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a notice with respect to such Borrowing
as required by Article 2 hereof.
(b) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties set forth in Article 3 (other than those set
forth in Section 3.5 for the initial Borrowing, so long as such initial
Borrowing takes place within 45 days of the Closing Date) and in the other
Fundamental Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects
on and
as of the date of each Borrowing hereunder (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date) with
the
same effect as if made on and as of such date; provided
that
this condition shall not apply to a Borrowing which is solely refinancing
outstanding Loans and which, after giving effect thereto, has not increased
the
aggregate amount of outstanding Loans.
(c) No
Event of Default.
On the
date of each Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in material compliance with all
of
the terms and provisions set forth herein to be observed or performed and no
Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date
or after giving effect to the Borrowing to be made on such date; provided
that
this condition shall not apply to a Borrowing which is solely refinancing
outstanding Loans and which, after giving effect thereto, has not increased
the
aggregate amount of outstanding Loans.
Each
Borrowing shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower
on
the date of such Borrowing as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and
(c)
of this Section.
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5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
For
so
long as the Commitments shall be in effect or any amount shall remain
outstanding or unpaid under this Agreement, the Borrower agrees that, unless
the
Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, it will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.1. |
Financial
Statements, Reports, etc.
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Deliver
to each Lender:
(a) As
soon as
is practicable, but in any event within 100 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, (i) either (A) consolidated statements of income (or
operations) and consolidated statements of cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such
year and the related consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such year,
or
(B) the Form 10-K filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and (ii) if not included in such Form 10-K, an opinion of independent
certified public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion
shall state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present the
consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year and
that such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior
periods;
(b) As
soon as
is practicable, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (other than the fiscal quarter
ending June 20, 2006), either (i) the Form 10-Q filed by the Borrower with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission or (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as at the end of such
fiscal quarter, and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows
for such quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter and the corresponding figures
as
of the end of the preceding fiscal year, and for the corresponding period in
the
preceding fiscal year, in each case, together with a certificate (substantially
in the form of Exhibit C) signed by the chief financial officer, the chief
accounting officer or a vice president responsible for financial administration
of the Borrower to the effect that such financial statements, while not examined
by independent public accountants, reflect, in his opinion and in the opinion
of
the Borrower, all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as at
the
end of the fiscal quarter and the results of their operations for the quarter
then ended in conformity with GAAP consistently applied, subject only to
year-end and audit adjustments and to the absence of footnote
disclosure;
(c) Together
with the delivery of the statements referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section 5.1, a certificate of the chief financial officer, chief accounting
officer or a vice president responsible for financial administration of the
Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (i) stating whether
or
not the signer has knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and, if so,
specifying each such Default or Event of Default of which the signer has
knowledge and the nature thereof and (ii) demonstrating in reasonable detail
compliance with the provisions of Sections 6.6 and 6.7;
(d) As
soon
as is practicable, but in any event no later than September 30, 2006, the
financial statements described in Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) for the fiscal
periods of the Borrower ended December 31, 2005, March 31, 2006 and June
30,
2006;
(e) Promptly
upon any executive officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtaining
knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, a certificate
of
the president, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the
Borrower specifying the nature and period of existence of such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to
take with respect thereto;
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(f) Promptly
upon any executive officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtaining
knowledge of (i) the institution of any action, suit, proceeding, investigation
or arbitration by any Governmental Authority or other Person against or
affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets, or
(ii) any material development in any such action, suit, proceeding,
investigation or arbitration (whether or not previously disclosed to the
Lenders), which, in each case might reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, prompt notice thereof and such other information as may be
reasonably available to it (without waiver of any applicable evidentiary
privilege) to enable the Lenders to evaluate such matters, and
(g) Promptly,
such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time
to
time reasonably request.
SECTION 5.2. |
Corporate
Existence; Compliance with
Statutes.
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Do
or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence, rights, licenses, permits and franchises
and
comply, except where failure to comply, either individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, with
all provisions of Applicable Law, and all applicable restrictions imposed by
any
Governmental Authority, and all state and provincial laws and regulations of
similar import; provided
that
mergers, dissolutions and liquidations permitted under Section 6.3 shall be
permitted.
SECTION 5.3. |
Insurance.
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Maintain
with good and reputable insurers insurance in such amounts and against such
risks as are customarily insured against by companies in similar businesses;
provided however,
that
(a) workmen’s compensation insurance or similar coverage may be effected with
respect to its operations in any particular state or other jurisdiction through
an insurance fund operated by such state or jurisdiction and (b) such insurance
may contain self-insurance retention and deductible levels consistent as such
insurance is usually carried by companies of established reputation and
comparable size.
SECTION 5.4. |
Taxes
and Charges.
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Duly
pay
and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, all federal, state or local taxes, assessments, levies and other
governmental charges, imposed upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or
their respective properties, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or
upon
the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor, materials,
or
supplies which if unpaid could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; provided
that any
such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if the validity
or
amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if the Borrower shall have set aside on its books reserves
(the
presentation of which is segregated to the extent required by GAAP) adequate
with respect thereto if reserves shall be deemed necessary by the Borrower
in
accordance with GAAP; and provided,
further,
that
the Borrower will pay all such taxes, assessments, levies or other governmental
charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any Lien
which may have attached as security therefor (unless the same is fully bonded
or
otherwise effectively stayed).
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SECTION 5.5. |
ERISA
Compliance and Reports.
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Furnish
to the Administrative Agent (a) as soon as possible, and in any event within
30
days after any executive officer (as defined in Regulation C under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Borrower knows that (i) any
Reportable Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, a statement of the
chief
financial officer of the Borrower, setting forth details as to such Reportable
Event and the action which it proposes to take with respect thereto, together
with a copy of the notice, if any, required to be filed by the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries of such Reportable Event with the PBGC or (ii) an
accumulated funding deficiency has been incurred or an application has been
made
to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum
funding standard or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412
of
the Code with respect to a Plan, a Plan has been or is proposed to be terminated
in a “distress termination” (as defined in Section 4041(c) of ERISA),
proceedings have been instituted to terminate a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan,
a
proceeding has been instituted to collect a delinquent contribution to a Plan
or
a Multiemployer Plan, or either the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will
incur any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or
on
account of the termination of or withdrawal from a Plan under Section 4062,
4063
or 4064 of ERISA or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer
Plan under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, a statement of the chief financial
officer of the Borrower, setting forth details as to such event and the action
it proposes to take with respect thereto, (b) promptly upon the reasonable
request of the Administrative Agent, copies of each annual and other report
with
respect to each Plan and (c) promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of any
notice the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may receive from the PBGC
relating to the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee
to administer any Plan; provided
that the
Borrower shall not be required to notify the Administrative Agent of the
occurrence of any of the events set forth in the preceding clauses (a) and
(c)
unless such event, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole. The Administrative Agent shall provide any information
delivered to it under this Section 5.5 to any Lender upon such Lender’s
request.
SECTION 5.6. |
Maintenance
of and Access to Books and Records;
Examinations.
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Maintain
or cause to be maintained at all times true and complete books and records
of
its financial operations (in accordance with GAAP) and provide the Agents
and
their representatives reasonable access to all such books and records and
to any
of their properties or assets during regular business hours (provided
that
reasonable access to such books and records and to any of the Borrower’s
properties or assets shall be made available to the Lenders if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing), in order that any Agents may make
such
audits and examinations and make abstracts from such books, accounts and
records
and may discuss the affairs, finances and accounts with, and be advised as
to
the same by, officers and independent accountants, all as any Agent may deem
appropriate for the purpose of verifying the various reports delivered pursuant
to this Agreement or for otherwise ascertaining compliance with this
Agreement.
SECTION 5.7. |
Maintenance
of Properties.
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Keep
its
properties which are material to its business in good repair, working order
and
condition consistent with companies of established reputation and comparable
size.
6. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
For
so
long as the Commitments shall be in effect or any amount shall remain
outstanding or unpaid under this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower agrees that it will not, nor will
it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 6.1. |
Limitation
on Material Subsidiary
Indebtedness.
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Incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary which
principally transacts business in the United States, except:
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(a) Indebtedness
in existence on the date hereof, or required to be incurred pursuant to a
contractual obligation in existence on the date hereof, which in either case
(to
the extent not otherwise permitted by paragraphs (b)-(i) of this Section 6.1),
is listed on Schedule 6.1 hereto, but not any extensions or renewals thereof,
unless effected on substantially the same terms or on terms not more adverse
to
the Lenders;
(b) purchase
money Indebtedness (including Capital Leases) to the extent permitted under
Section 6.4(b);
(c) Indebtedness
owing by any Material Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary;
(d) Indebtedness
of any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower issued and outstanding prior to
the
date on which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than
Indebtedness issued in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Subsidiary
becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower); provided
that
immediately prior and on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to, such Person
becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower, no Default or Event of Default shall
occur or then be continuing and the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness, when added to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Indebtedness permitted by paragraphs (e) and (f) below, shall not exceed
$150,000,000;
(e) any
renewal, extension or modification of Indebtedness under paragraph (d) above
so
long (i) as such renewal, extension or modification is effected on substantially
the same terms or on terms which, in the aggregate, are not more adverse to
the
Lenders and (ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not
increased;
(f) other
Indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount which,
when added to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted by paragraphs (d) and (e) above, does not exceed
$150,000,000;
(g) Indebtedness
of Special Purpose Vehicle Subsidiaries incurred to finance investment in lease
agreements and vehicles by such Subsidiaries, so long as the lender (and any
other party) in respect of such Indebtedness has recourse, if any, solely to
the
assets of such Special Purpose Vehicle Subsidiary;
(h) Indebtedness
of any Asset Securitization Subsidiary incurred solely to finance asset
securitization transactions as long as (i) such Indebtedness is unsecured or
is
secured solely as permitted by Section 6.4(n), and (ii) the lender (and any
other party) in respect of such Indebtedness has recourse (other than customary
limited recourse based on misrepresentations or failure of such assets to meet
customary eligibility criteria), if any, solely to the assets securitized in
the
applicable asset securitization transaction and, if such Asset Securitization
Subsidiary is of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Asset
Securitization Subsidiary”, the capital stock of such Asset Securitization
Subsidiary;
(i) Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness of Asset Securitization Subsidiaries incurred to
finance asset securitization transactions permitted by this Agreement)
consisting of the obligation to repurchase mortgages and related assets or
secured by mortgages and related assets in connection with other mortgage
warehouse financing arrangements, if the aggregate principal amount of all
such
Indebtedness does not exceed $1,150,000,000;
(j) Indebtedness
incurred under the PHH Home Loans Credit Agreement, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $300,000,000; and
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(k) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary incurred under the Existing PHH Credit
Agreements.
SECTION 6.2. |
Limitation
on Transactions with
Affiliates.
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Enter
into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease
or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate
(other than the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower) unless
such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement and
(b) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s
length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate.
SECTION 6.3. |
Consolidation,
Merger,
Sale of Assets.
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(a)
Neither the Borrower nor any of its Material Subsidiaries (in one transaction
or
series of transactions) will wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs, or
enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, except any merger,
consolidation, dissolution or liquidation (i) in which the Borrower is the
surviving entity or if the Borrower is not a party to such transaction then
a
Subsidiary is the surviving entity, (ii) in which the surviving entity becomes
a
Material Subsidiary of the Borrower immediately upon the effectiveness of such
merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation or (iii) in connection with
a
transaction permitted by Section 6.3(b); provided
that
immediately prior to and on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such
transaction no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is
continuing.
(b)
Sell
or otherwise dispose of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) all or substantially
all
of the assets of PHH Mortgage Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; provided
that it
is understood for purposes of clarity that this Section 6.3(b) shall not
prohibit or limit in any respect transactions in the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including but not limited to asset
securitization transactions or similar transactions entered into in the ordinary
course of business).
SECTION 6.4. |
Limitations
on Liens.
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Suffer
any Lien on the property of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries
which principally transact business in the United States, except:
(a) deposits
under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and social security laws or
to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal bonds or performance or
other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business, or statutory Liens
of
landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and other similar
Liens, in respect of liabilities which are not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith, Liens for taxes not yet due and payable, and Liens
for
taxes due and payable, the validity or amount of which is currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which foreclosure
and other enforcement proceedings shall not have been commenced (unless fully
bonded or otherwise effectively stayed);
(b) purchase
money Liens granted to the vendor or Person financing the acquisition of
property, plant or equipment if (i) limited to the specific assets acquired
and,
in the case of tangible assets, other property which is an improvement to or
is
acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired property or which
is
real property being improved by such acquired property; (ii) the debt secured
by
such Lien is the unpaid balance of the acquisition cost of the specific assets
on which the Lien is granted; and (iii) such transaction does not otherwise
violate this Agreement;
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(c) Liens
upon real and/or personal property, which property was acquired after the
Closing Date (by purchase, construction or otherwise) by the Borrower or any
of
its Material Subsidiaries, each of which Liens existed on such property before
the time of its acquisition and was not created in anticipation thereof;
provided
that no
such Lien shall extend to or cover any property of the Borrower or such Material
Subsidiary other than the respective property so acquired and improvements
thereon;
(d) Liens
arising out of attachments, judgments or awards as to which an appeal or other
appropriate proceedings for contest or review are promptly commenced (and as
to
which foreclosure and other enforcement proceedings (i) shall not have been
commenced (unless fully bonded or otherwise effectively stayed) or (ii) in
any
event shall be promptly fully bonded or otherwise effectively
stayed);
(e) Liens
created under any Fundamental Document as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(f) Liens
securing Indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary to the Borrower;
(g) Liens
covering only the property or assets of any Special Purpose Vehicle Subsidiary
and securing only such Indebtedness of such Special Purpose Vehicle Subsidiary
as is permitted under Section 6.1(g) hereof;
(h) other
Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property
and other assets, which do not secure any Indebtedness and did not otherwise
arise in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances
or
credit and which do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value
of
its property or other assets or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of its business;
(i) to
the
extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.4, Liens existing on the
Closing Date listed on Schedule 6.4 hereto and any extensions or renewals
thereof;
(j) Liens
securing indebtedness in respect of one or more asset securitization
transactions, which indebtedness is not reported on a consolidated balance
sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, covering only the assets securitized
in
the asset securitization transaction financed by such indebtedness and the
capital stock of any special purpose vehicle the sole purpose of which is to
effectuate such asset securitization transaction;
(k) other
Liens securing obligations having an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$150,000,000;
(l) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(j);
(m) Liens
on
cash of Atrium Insurance Corporation in connection with its reinsurance
business;
(n) Liens
securing Indebtedness and related obligations of an Asset Securitization
Subsidiary in respect of one or more asset securitization transactions, which
Indebtedness is reported on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries, covering only the assets securitized in the asset securitization
transaction financed by such Indebtedness and, if an Asset Securitization
Subsidiary is of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Asset
Securitization Subsidiary”, the capital stock of such Asset Securitization
Subsidiary;
and
(o) Liens
on
mortgages and related assets securing obligations to the extent such obligations
are permitted by Section 6.1(i).
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SECTION 6.5. |
Sale
and Leaseback.
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Enter
into any arrangement with any Person or Persons, whereby in contemporaneous
transactions the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sells essentially all
of
its right, title and interest in a material asset and the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries acquires or leases back the right to use such property except
that
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may enter into sale-leaseback
transactions relating to assets not in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate
on a cumulative basis, and except (a) the LEAF Trust Transaction; and (b)
without limiting the foregoing clause (a), any sale-leaseback transaction
entered into in connection with an asset securitization transaction the
indebtedness or Indebtedness relating to which is permitted to be secured
pursuant to Section 6.4(k) or 6.4(n).
SECTION 6.6. |
Consolidated
Net Worth.
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Permit
Consolidated Net Worth on the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than
the
sum of (i) $1,000,000,000 plus
(ii) 25%
of Consolidated Net Income, if positive, for each fiscal quarter ended after
December 31, 2004.
SECTION 6.7. |
Ratio
of Indebtedness To Tangible Net
Worth.
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Permit,
at any time, the ratio of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
to
Tangible Net Worth to exceed 10.0 to 1.0.
SECTION 6.8. |
Accounting
Practices.
|
Establish
a fiscal year ending on other than December 31, or modify or change accounting
treatments or reporting practices except as otherwise required or permitted
by
GAAP.
SECTION 6.9. |
Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries.
|
Enter
into, or suffer to exist, any Contractual Obligation with any Person, which
prohibits or limits the ability of any Material Subsidiary (other than Special
Purpose Vehicle Subsidiaries and Asset Securitization Subsidiaries) to (a)
pay
dividends or make other distributions or pay any Indebtedness owed to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to the Borrower
or
any other Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that
this Section 6.9 shall not apply to (A) any tangible net worth requirements
and/or restrictions applicable to PHH Home Loans, LLC, pursuant to the PHH
Home
Loans Credit Agreement or (B) any restrictions imposed by Applicable Law,
including, without limitation, any Applicable Law restricting payment of
dividends or other distributions by Atrium Insurance Corporation.
7. EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
In
the
case of the happening and during the continuance of any of the following events
(herein called “Events
of Default”):
(a) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower in this Agreement
or any other Fundamental Document or in connection with this Agreement or the
Borrowings (or other extensions of credit) hereunder, or any statement or
representation made in any report, financial statement, certificate or other
document furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or in connection with this
Agreement, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect
when made or delivered;
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(b) default
shall be made in the payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan or
of
any fees or other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder, when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a
date
fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise, and in
the
case of payments of interest, such default shall continue unremedied for five
Business Days, and in the case of payments other than of any principal amount
of
or interest on any Loan, such default shall continue unremedied for five
Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of an invoice therefor;
(c) default
shall be made in the due observance or performance of any covenant, condition
or
agreement contained in Section 5.1(c) (with respect to notice of Default or
Events of Default) or Article 6;
(d) default
shall be made by the Borrower in the due observance or performance of any other
covenant, condition or agreement to be observed or performed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or any other Fundamental Document and such default
shall
continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the Borrower obtains knowledge
of
such occurrence;
(e) (i)
default in payment shall be made with respect to any Indebtedness or Interest
Rate Protection Agreements of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than Securitization Indebtedness) where the amount or amounts of such
Indebtedness exceeds $25,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any other
currency) in the aggregate; or (ii) default in payment or performance shall
be
made with respect to any Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreements
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Securitization Indebtedness)
where the amount or amounts of such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection
Agreements exceeds $25,000,000 (or its equivalent thereof in any other currency)
in the aggregate, if the effect of such default is to result in the acceleration
of the maturity of such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement;
or
(iii) any other circumstance shall arise (other than the mere passage of time)
by reason of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is required
to
redeem or repurchase, or offer to holders the opportunity to have redeemed
or
repurchased, any such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement (other
than Securitization Indebtedness) where the amount or amounts of such
Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement exceeds $25,000,000 (or
its
equivalent thereof in any other currency) in the aggregate; provided
that
clause (iii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection
Agreement that becomes due as a result of a voluntary sale of the property
or
assets securing such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement or
Indebtedness that is redeemed or repurchased at the option of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries and provided,
further,
that
clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not apply to any Indebtedness or Interest Rate
Protection Agreement of any Subsidiary issued and outstanding prior to the
date
such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than Indebtedness
or
Interest Rate Protection Agreement issued in connection with, or in anticipation
of, such Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower) if such default
or
circumstance arises solely as a result of a “change of control” provision
applicable to such Indebtedness or Interest Rate Protection Agreement which
becomes operative as a result of the acquisition of such Subsidiary by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) the
Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts
as they become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts,
or
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Borrower
or
any of its Material Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other
action seeking to have an order for relief entered on its behalf as debtor
or to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, liquidation, dissolution or composition of it or its debts under
any
law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors
or
seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for it or for all or any substantial part of its property or shall file an
answer or other pleading in any such case, proceeding or other action admitting
the material allegations of any petition, complaint or similar pleading filed
against it or consenting to the relief sought therein; or the Borrower or any
Material Subsidiary thereof shall take any action to authorize any of the
foregoing;
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(g) any
involuntary case, proceeding or other action against the Borrower or any of
its
Material Subsidiaries shall be commenced seeking to have an order for relief
entered against it as debtor or to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation, dissolution or
composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its property, and such case, proceeding or other action
(i)
results in the entry of any order for relief against it or (ii) shall remain
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days;
(h) the
occurrence of a Change in Control;
(i) final
judgment(s) for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 (or its equivalent
thereof in any other currency) shall be rendered against the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries which within thirty (30) days from the entry of such judgment
shall not have been discharged or stayed pending appeal or which shall not
have
been discharged within thirty (30) days from the entry of a final order of
affirmance on appeal; or
(j) a
Reportable Event relating to a failure to meet minimum funding standards or
an
inability to pay benefits when due shall have occurred with respect to any
Plan
under the control of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not
have
been remedied within 45 days after the occurrence of such Reportable Event,
if
the occurrence thereof could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
then,
in
every such event and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event, the Administrative Agent may or, if directed by the Required Lenders,
shall take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different
times: terminate forthwith the Commitments and/or declare the principal of
and
the interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or thereunder
to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be
forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of
acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all
of
which are hereby expressly waived, anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided
that, in
the case of a payment of principal default pursuant to paragraph (b), the
Administrative Agent, unless it is directed to do so by the Required Lenders,
will not take either or both of such actions for three Business Days. If an
Event of Default specified in paragraph (f) or (g) above shall have occurred,
the principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder or thereunder shall thereupon and concurrently become due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceleration, notice of intent
to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived, anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and the
Commitments of the Lenders shall thereupon forthwith terminate.
8. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 8.1. |
Administration
by Administrative Agent.
|
The
general administration of the Fundamental Documents and any other documents
contemplated by this Agreement shall be by the Administrative Agent or its
designees as provided for herein. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its discretion, to take or refrain
from
taking such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise or refrain from
exercising such powers under the Fundamental Documents and any other documents
contemplated by this Agreement as are delegated by the terms hereof or thereof,
as appropriate, together with all powers reasonably incidental thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except as set
forth in the Fundamental Documents.
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SECTION 8.2. |
Advances
and Payments.
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(a) On
the
date of each Loan, the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (but not
obligated) to advance, for the account of each of the applicable Lenders, the
amount of the Loan to be made by it in accordance with this Agreement. Each
of
the Lenders hereby authorizes and requests the Administrative Agent to advance
for its account, pursuant to the terms hereof, the amount of the Loan to be
made
by it, unless with respect to any Lender, such Lender has theretofore
specifically notified the Administrative Agent that such Lender does not intend
to fund that particular Loan. Each of the Lenders agrees forthwith to reimburse
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the amount so
advanced on its behalf by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence. If any such reimbursement is not made in immediately
available funds on the same day on which the Administrative Agent shall have
made any such amount available on behalf of any Lender in accordance with this
Section 8.2, such Lender shall pay interest to the Administrative Agent at
a
rate per annum equal to the Administrative Agent’s cost of obtaining overnight
funds in the New York Federal Funds Market for the period until such Lender
makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if such reimbursement is not made by
the
second Business Day following the day on which the Administrative Agent shall
have made any such amount available on behalf of any Lender or such Lender
has
indicated that it does not intend to reimburse the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall immediately pay such unreimbursed advance amount (plus any
accrued, but unpaid interest at the rate per annum equal to the interest rate
applicable to such Loan) to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Any
amounts received by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement
or the Loans the application of which is not otherwise provided for shall be
applied, in accordance with each of the Lenders’ pro rata interest therein,
first,
to pay
accrued but unpaid Commitment Fees, second,
to pay
accrued but unpaid interest on the Loans, third,
to pay
the principal balance outstanding on the Loans and fourth,
to pay
other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders. All
amounts to be paid to any of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent shall
be
credited to the applicable Lenders, after collection by the Administrative
Agent, in immediately available funds either by wire transfer or deposit in
such
Lender’s correspondent account with the Administrative Agent, or as such Lender
and the Administrative Agent shall from time to time agree.
SECTION 8.3. |
Sharing
of Setoffs and Cash Collateral.
|
Each
of
the Lenders agrees that if it shall, through the operation of Section 2.20
or
the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against the
Borrower, including, but not limited to, a secured claim under Section 506
of
Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from,
or in lieu of, such secured claim and received by such Lender under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or otherwise (other
than
pursuant to Section 2.16(f)), obtain payment in respect of its Loans as a result
of which the unpaid portion of its Loans is proportionately less than the unpaid
portion of any of the other Lenders (a) it shall promptly purchase at par (and
shall be deemed to have thereupon purchased) from such other Lenders a
participation in the Loans of such other Lenders, so that the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of each of the Lenders’ Loans and its participation in Loans of
the other Lenders shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its
Loans prior to the obtaining of such payment was to the principal amount of
all
Loans outstanding prior to the obtaining of such payment and (b) such other
adjustments shall be made from time to time as shall be equitable to ensure
that
the Lenders share such payment pro rata.
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SECTION 8.4. |
Notice
to the Lenders.
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Upon
receipt by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower of any communication
calling for an action on the part of the Lenders, or upon notice to the
Administrative Agent of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent will
in
turn immediately inform the other Lenders in writing (which shall include
telegraphic communications) of the nature of such communication or of the Event
of Default, as the case may be.
SECTION 8.5. |
Liability
of the Administrative Agent.
|
(a) The
Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Lenders may execute any
of
its duties under this Agreement by or through its officers, agents, or employees
and neither the Administrative Agent nor its directors, officers, agents, or
employees shall be liable to the Lenders or any of them for any action taken
or
omitted to be taken in good faith, or be responsible to the Lenders or to any
of
them for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment, or for any
loss, unless the same shall happen through its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Neither the Administrative Agent nor its directors, officers,
agents, and employees shall in any event be liable to the Lenders or to any
of
them for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it pursuant to instructions
received by it from the Required Lenders or in reliance upon the advice of
counsel selected by it. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the
Administrative Agent nor its respective directors, officers, employees, or
agents shall be responsible to any of the Lenders for the due execution (other
than its own), validity, genuineness, effectiveness, sufficiency, or
enforceability of, or for any statement, warranty, or representation made by
any
other Person in, or for the perfection of any security interest contemplated
by,
this Agreement or any related agreement, document or order or shall be required
to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance
by
the Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants, or agreements of this
Agreement or any related agreement or document.
(b) Neither
the Administrative Agent nor its respective directors, officers, employees,
or
agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrower on account of the failure
or delay in performance or breach by any of the Lenders or the Borrower of
any
of their respective obligations under this Agreement or any related agreement
or
document or in connection herewith or therewith.
(c) The
Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such hereunder, shall be entitled
to
rely on any communication, instrument, or document reasonably believed by it
to
be genuine or correct and to have been signed or sent by a Person or Persons
believed by it to be the proper Person or Persons, and it shall be entitled
to
rely on advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants, and other
professional advisers and experts selected by it.
SECTION 8.6. |
Reimbursement
and Indemnification.
|
Each
of
the Lenders severally and not jointly agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative
Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, in the amount of its proportionate share,
for any reasonable expenses and fees incurred for the benefit of the Lenders
under the Fundamental Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable
counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered
on behalf of the Lenders, and any other reasonable expense incurred in
connection with the administration or enforcement thereof not reimbursed by
the
Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless
the
Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and any of their directors,
officers, employees, or agents, on demand, in the amount of its proportionate
share, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of
any
kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted
against it or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of the
Fundamental Documents or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under
the Fundamental Documents to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower or one
of
its Subsidiaries (except such as shall result from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification).
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SECTION 8.7. |
Rights
of Administrative Agent.
|
It
is
understood and agreed that JPMorgan Chase Bank shall have the same rights and
powers hereunder (including the right to give such instructions) as the other
Lenders and may exercise such rights and powers, as well as its rights and
powers under other agreements and instruments to which it is or may be party,
and engage in other transactions with the Borrower as though it were not the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.8. |
Independent
Investigation by Lenders.
|
Each
of
the Lenders acknowledges that it has decided to enter into this Agreement and
to
make the Loans hereunder based on its own analysis of the transactions
contemplated hereby and of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and agrees
that
the Administrative Agent shall not bear responsibility therefor.
SECTION 8.9. |
Notice
of Transfer.
|
The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat any Lender which is a party to this
Agreement as the owners of such Lender’s respective portions of the Loans for
all purposes, unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer
thereof executed by any such Lender shall have been received by the
Administrative Agent and become effective pursuant to Section 10.3.
SECTION 8.10. |
Successor
Administrative Agent.
|
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent from among
the
Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower, which will not be unreasonably
withheld. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed
by
the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days
after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, the
retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which with the consent of the Borrower, which will not
be
unreasonably withheld, shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under
the laws of the United States or of any State thereof and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the
provisions of this Article 8 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.
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SECTION 8.11. |
Syndication
Agents.
|
The
Syndication Agents shall not have any duties or responsibility hereunder in
their capacity as such.
9. [RESERVED].
10. MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. |
Notices.
|
(a)
Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be delivered or mailed (or in the case of telegraphic communication,
if by
telegram, delivered to the telegraph company and, if by telex, telecopy, graphic
scanning or other telegraphic communications equipment of the sending party
hereto, delivered by such equipment) addressed, (i) if to the Administrative
Agent or JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to it at 0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx
xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (Telephone: (000) 000-0000; Telecopy: (000) 000-0000),
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, at 0000 Xxxxxx,
00xx
xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (Telephone: (000) 000-0000; Telecopy: (000) 000-0000),
(ii)
if to the Borrower, to it at 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Assistant Treasurer, with a copy to the General Counsel, or (iii)
if
to a Lender, to it at its address set forth on Schedule 1.1 (or in its
Assignment and Acceptance or other agreement pursuant to which it became a
Lender hereunder), or such other address as such party may from time to time
designate by giving written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on
the
fifth Business Day after the date when sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, if by mail, or when delivered to
the
telegraph company, charges prepaid, if by telegram, or when receipt is
acknowledged, if by any telecopier or telegraphic communications equipment
of
the sender, in each case addressed to such party as provided in this Section
10.1 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked written direction from such
party. Information required to be delivered hereunder may also be delivered
by
electronic communication pursuant to procedures approved by the Borrower and
the
Administrative Agent.
(b)
Notices and other communication to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or
furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
SECTION
10.2. Survival
of Agreement, Representations and Warranties, etc.
All
warranties, representations and covenants made by the Borrower herein or in
any
certificate or other instrument delivered by it or on its behalf in connection
with this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall survive the making of the Loans
herein contemplated regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders or on their behalf and shall continue in full force and
effect so long as any amount due or to become due hereunder is outstanding
and
unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. All statements
in any such certificate or other instrument shall constitute representations
and
warranties by the Borrower making any such statement hereunder.
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SECTION 10.3. |
Successors
and Assigns; Syndications; Loan Sales;
Participations.
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(a) Whenever
in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference
shall
be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party (provided
that the
Borrower may not assign its respective rights hereunder without the prior
written consent of all the Lenders), and all covenants, promises and agreements
by, or on behalf of, the Borrower which are contained in this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Lenders.
(b) Each
of
the Lenders may (but only with the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) assign to one or more banks or other financial institutions either
(i)
all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments and the
same
portion of the Loans at the time owing to it) (a “Ratable
Assignment”)
or
(ii) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under and in respect of
its
Commitments under this Agreement and the same portion of the Loans at the time
owing to it; provided
that (1)
each Ratable Assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage
of
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (2) the
amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Lender) shall be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 unless such assignment is an assignment of all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or unless otherwise agreed
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (3) the parties to each such
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its
acceptance and recording in the Register (as defined below), an Assignment
and
Acceptance and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Upon such execution,
delivery, acceptance and recording, and from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be
not
earlier than five Business Days after the date of acceptance and recording
by
the Administrative Agent, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder
shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment
and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease
to be a party hereto, but shall continue to be entitled to the indemnity and
expense reimbursement provisions for the period prior to such Assignment and
Acceptance).
(c) Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this Section 10.3, each Lender may at any time without
the consent of the Borrower make an assignment of all or any part of its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Lender or
Affiliate of a Lender or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
any other assignee.
(d) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than the representation and
warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being
assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the assigning Lender
makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to
any
statements, warranties or representations made in, or in connection with, this
Agreement and any other Fundamental Document or the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Fundamental
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto; (ii) such Lender assignor makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its
obligations under the Fundamental Documents; (iii) such assignee confirms that
it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most
recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b)
(or
if none of such financial statements shall have then been delivered, then copies
of the financial statements referred to in Section 3.4) and such other documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis
and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will,
independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, 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 decisions
in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee appoints
and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf
and to exercise such powers under the Fundamental Documents as are delegated
to
the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as
are
reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will be
bound by the provisions of this Agreement and will perform in accordance with
its terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a Lender.
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(e) The
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain at its address
at which notices are to be given to it pursuant to Section 10.1, a copy of
each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation
of
the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments of, and principal
amount of the Loans owing to each Lender from time to time (the “Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Loan or other
obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement
and
the other Fundamental Documents, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at
any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(f) Upon
its
receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and
an
assignee and the processing and recordation fee, the Administrative Agent
(subject to the right, if any, of the Borrower to require its consent thereto)
shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is substantially
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance,
(ii)
record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt
written notice thereof to the Borrower. Upon acceptance by the Administrative
Agent, Schedule 1.1 shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the information
contained in such Assignment and Acceptance.
(g) Each
of
the Lenders may without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
sell participations to one or more banks or other financial institutions (a
“Participant”)
in all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing
to
it); provided
that (i)
any such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)
such participant shall not be granted any voting rights under this Agreement,
except with respect to matters requiring the consent of each of the Lenders
hereunder, (iii) any such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iv) the participating
banks or other entities shall be entitled to the cost protection provisions
contained in Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.18 hereof but a participant shall not
be
entitled to receive pursuant to such provisions an amount larger than its share
of the amount to which the Lender granting such participation would have been
entitled to receive, and (v) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent 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.
(h) The
Lenders may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 10.3, disclose to the
assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information
relating to the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
by
or on behalf of the Borrower.
(i) The
Borrower consents that any Lender may at any time and from time to time pledge,
or otherwise grant a security interest in, any Loan, including any such pledge
or grant to any Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or grant; provided
that no
such pledge or grant shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
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(j) The
Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to
issue promissory notes evidencing Loans made hereunder to any Lender requiring
promissory notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph
(i) above.
SECTION 10.4. |
Expenses;
Documentary Taxes.
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Whether
or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated, the Borrower
agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the
syndication, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the making of the Loans, including but not limited to the
reasonable fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel
to the Administrative Agent, as well as all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in connection with any
restructuring or workout of this Agreement or in connection with the enforcement
or protection of the rights of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in
connection with this Agreement or any other Fundamental Document, and with
respect to any action which may be instituted by any Person against any Lender
or the Administrative Agent in respect of the foregoing, or as a result of
any
transaction, action or nonaction arising from the foregoing, including but
not
limited to the fees and disbursements of any counsel for the Lenders. Such
payments shall be made on the date of execution of this Agreement and thereafter
promptly on demand. The Borrower agrees that it shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders from, and hold them harmless against,
any
documentary taxes, assessments or charges made by any Governmental Authority
by
reason of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Fundamental
Document. The obligations of the Borrower and each Subsidiary under this Section
shall be joint and several obligations and shall survive the termination of
this
Agreement and/or the payment of the Loans for two years.
SECTION 10.5. |
Indemnity.
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Further,
by the execution hereof, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the
Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any and all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements
of
counsel), losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of any claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding (regardless of whether any such
Indemnified Party is a party thereto) in any way relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby, but excluding therefrom all expenses, losses, claims,
damages, and liabilities to the extent arising out of or resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Party seeking
indemnification, provided
that the
Borrower shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm for all such Indemnified Parties (unless there shall exist an actual
conflict of interest among such Persons, and in such case, not more than two
separate firms) in connection with any one such action or any separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction, nor shall
the
Borrower be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without the
Borrower’s written consent, and provided,
further,
that
this Section 10.5 shall not be construed to expand the scope of the
reimbursement obligations specified in Section 10.4. The obligations of the
Borrower under this Section 10.5 shall be joint and several obligations and
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and/or payment of the
Loans.
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SECTION 10.6. |
CHOICE
OF LAW.
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THIS
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL
IN
ALL RESPECTS BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF
SUCH
STATE APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE
AND, IN THE CASE OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST RATES, ANY APPLICABLE LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECTION 10.7. |
No
Waiver.
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No
failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise,
and
no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate
as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative
and
are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
SECTION
10.8. Extension
of Maturity.
Except
as
otherwise specifically provided in Article 7, should any payment of principal
of
or interest on the Loans made hereunder or any other amount due hereunder become
due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of principal,
interest shall be payable thereon at the rate herein specified during such
extension.
SECTION 10.9. |
Amendments,
etc.
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Except
as
set forth in Section 10.9(b), no modification, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Fundamental Document, and no consent
to
any departure by the Borrower herefrom or therefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed or consented to in
writing by the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given;
provided
that no
such modification or amendment shall without the written consent of each Lender
affected thereby (x) increase or extend the expiration date of the Commitment
of
a Lender or postpone or waive any scheduled reduction in the Commitments, (y)
alter the stated maturity or principal amount of any installment of any Loan,
or
decrease the rate of interest payable thereon, or the rate at which the
Commitments Fees are paid or (z) waive a default under Section 7(b) with respect
to a scheduled principal installment of any Loan or scheduled payment of
interest or fees; provided further,
that no
such modification or amendment shall without the written consent of all of
the
Lenders (i) amend or modify any provision of this Agreement which provides
for
the unanimous consent or approval of the Lenders or (ii) amend this Section
10.9
(except as provided in Section 10.9(b)) or the definition of Required Lenders.
No such amendment or modification may adversely affect the rights and
obligations of the Administrative Agent hereunder without its prior written
consent. No notice to or demand on the Borrower shall entitle the Borrower
to
any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
SECTION
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.
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SECTION
10.11. SERVICE
OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THE
BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE COURTS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND TO THE JURISDICTION OF
THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, FOR THE
PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF BROUGHT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
OR A LENDER. THE BORROWER TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW (A) HEREBY
WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT, BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE, OR OTHERWISE,
IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, ANY CLAIM THAT
IT
IS NOT SUBJECT PERSONALLY TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED COURTS, THAT
ITS PROPERTY IS EXEMPT OR IMMUNE FROM ATTACHMENT OR EXECUTION, THAT THE SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE OF
THE
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT
MATTER HEREOF MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURT, AND (B) HEREBY WAIVES
THE
RIGHT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ANY OFFSETS OR
COUNTERCLAIMS EXCEPT COUNTERCLAIMS THAT ARE COMPULSORY OR OTHERWISE ARISE FROM
THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER. THE BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
BY
MAIL AT ITS ADDRESS TO WHICH NOTICES ARE TO BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.1.
THE BORROWER AGREES THAT ITS SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION AND CONSENT TO SERVICE
OF PROCESS BY MAIL IS MADE FOR THE EXPRESS BENEFIT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND THE LENDERS. FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT
OR
PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
(A)
BY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ON THE JUDGMENT, A CERTIFIED OR TRUE COPY OF
WHICH
SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE FACT AND THE AMOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS OR
LIABILITY OF THE SUBMITTING PARTY THEREIN DESCRIBED OR (B) IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY, OR PURSUANT TO, THE LAWS OF SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION, PROVIDED
THAT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR A LENDER MAY AT ITS OPTION BRING SUIT, OR INSTITUTE
OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE ASSETS
IN ANY XXXXX XX XXXXXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX OR OF ANY COUNTRY OR PLACE
WHERE THE BORROWER OR SUCH ASSETS MAY BE FOUND.
(b) TO
THE
EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS
PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM
IN
RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT
OF
OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, IN EACH CASE WHETHER
NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING OR WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE.
EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THE PROVISIONS
OF
THIS SECTION 10.11(b) CONSTITUTE A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH THE OTHER
PARTIES HAVE RELIED, ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
THE PARTIES HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION
10.11(b) WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF SUCH OTHER PARTY
TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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SECTION
10.12. Headings.
Section
headings used herein are for convenience only and are not to affect the
construction of or be taken into consideration in interpreting this
Agreement.
SECTION
10.13. Execution
in Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one
and
the same instrument.
SECTION
10.14. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the
subject matter hereof and the terms of any letters and other documentation
entered into among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other
than the provisions of any letter agreements relating to fees and expenses
and
syndication issues) prior to the execution of this Agreement which relate to
Loans to be made hereunder shall be replaced by the terms of this
Agreement.
SECTION
10.15. Foreign
Currency Judgments.
(a) If,
for
the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert
a sum
due hereunder in one currency into another currency, the Borrower agrees, to
the
fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used
shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the
relevant jurisdiction the relevant Lender (or agent acting on its behalf) or
the
Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency
for the first currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on
which final judgment is given.
(b) The
obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due hereunder shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment
Currency”)
other
than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with this Agreement
(the “Agreement
Currency”),
be
discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by
any
Lender (or agent acting on its behalf) (the “Applicable
Creditor”)
of any
sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor
may
in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction
purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of
the
Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the
Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Applicable Creditor against such loss, provided,
that if
the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally
due
to the Applicable Creditor, the Applicable Creditor agrees to remit such excess
to the Borrower. The obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section
10.15
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts
owing hereunder. The Borrower shall repay each Loan made to it, and interest
thereon, in the Currency in which such Loan is denominated.
SECTION
10.16. Language.
The
parties hereto have agreed that this Agreement as well as any document or
instrument relating thereto be drawn up in English only.
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SECTION
10.17. Confidentiality.
Each
of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to keep confidential all
non-public information provided to it by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by the Borrower as confidential;
provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from
disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender or any affiliate of any Lender, (b) to any participant or assignee (each,
a “Transferee”) of such Lender or prospective Transferee which agrees to comply
with the provisions of this Section, (c) to any of its employees, directors,
agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors, (d) upon the
request or demand of any governmental or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates, (e) in response to any order of any
court or other governmental authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant
to any requirement of law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection
with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) which has been publicly disclosed
other than in breach of this Section 10.17, (h) to the National Association
of
Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized
rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment
portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or
(i)
in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other
Fundamental Document.
SECTION
10.18. 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. The Borrower shall promptly provide such information upon
request by any Lender. In connection therewith, each Lender hereby agrees that
the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 10.17 shall apply to any
non-public information provided to it by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to this Section 10.18.
SECTION
10.19. Consent
to Amendment of 364-Day Agreement.
Each
Lender which is also a party to the 364-Day Agreement hereby consents to
amend
the 364-Day in the manner set forth in Annex A hereto.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the day and the year first above written.
PHH
CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
Address:
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Taxpayer
ID: 00-0000000
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as
a Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
a Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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00
XXX
XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX,
as a Lender By:
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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ANNEX
A
PHH
CORPORATION
July
21,
2006
To
the
Administrative Agent
and
the
Lenders parties to
the
Credit Agreement referred to below:
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006
(as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
PHH Corporation (the “Borrower”),
the
lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in
such
capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein
shall
have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
In
connection with the negotiation of the Credit Agreement, dated the date hereof
(the “New
Credit Agreement”),
among
the Borrower, the lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc., as
syndication agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent,
a
provision has been included requiring the proceeds from the issuance of any
New
Senior Notes be applied toward the reduction of commitments and prepayment
loans
outstanding thereunder in the same manner provided in the Credit Agreement.
However, the New Credit Agreement further provides that the lenders thereunder
share such proceeds ratably with the Lenders. We are hereby requesting that
you
consent to the amendment of the Credit Agreement to provide for the ratable
sharing of such proceeds with the lenders under the New Credit Agreement
as
follows:
(i)
by
adding the following defined term in Section 1.1:
“New
Credit Agreement”
shall
mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2006, among the Borrower,
the
lenders referred to therein, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent.
(ii)
by
inserting “and (d)” after “2.14(b)” in Section 2.13(b);
(iii)
by
inserting “(subject to Section 2.14(d))” after “amount thereof” in the first
sentence of Section 2.14(b); and
(iv)
by
inserting the following new Section 2.14(d):
“(d)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is hereby agreed
that the proceeds from the incurrence of Indebtedness under New Senior Notes
shall be shared ratably with the Lenders under the New Credit Agreement
determined by (i) the Total Commitment (or, if the Commitments have been
terminated, the aggregate amount of Loans outstanding) and the (ii) “Total
Commitment” under the New Credit Agreement plus
the
aggregate amount of “Loans” outstanding under the New Credit Agreement and the
amounts required to be applied to prepay Loans and reduce the Total Commitment
shall be reduced accordingly.”
On
and as
of the date hereof and after giving effect to the amendments contained herein,
the Borrower hereby confirms, reaffirms and restates the representations
and
warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement mutatis mutandis,
except
to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to
a
specific earlier date in which case the Borrower hereby confirms, reaffirms
and
restates such representations and warranties as of such earlier date, and
that
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Except
as
expressly set forth herein, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect and the Borrower
shall
continue to be bound by all of such terms and provisions. The amendments
provided for herein are limited to the specific section of the Credit Agreement
specified herein and shall not constitute an amendment of, or an indication
of
the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ willingness to amend or waive, any
other provision.
We
appreciate your cooperation with this matter.
Very
truly yours,
PHH
CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer