AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 27, 2008 among THE STANLEY WORKS, as Initial Borrower and THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN, as Initial Lenders and CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and...
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$800,000,000
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as
of February 27, 2008
among
THE
XXXXXXX WORKS,
as
Initial Borrower
and
THE
INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
as
Initial Lenders
and
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and
BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as
Lead Arrangers and Book Runners
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms.
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1
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SECTION
1.02. Computation of Time Periods; Terms Generally.
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16
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SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms.
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16
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ARTICLE
II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
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16
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SECTION
2.01. The Commitment.
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16
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SECTION
2.02. Making the Committed Advances.
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19
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SECTION
2.03. Fees.
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22
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SECTION
2.04. Continuation and Conversion.
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23
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SECTION
2.05. Interest on Advances.
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24
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SECTION
2.06. Additional Interest on Eurocurrency Rate
Advances.
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25
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SECTION
2.07. Repayment; Prepayment of Advances; Etc.
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25
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SECTION
2.08. Increased Costs.
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26
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SECTION
2.09. Payments and Computations.
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27
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SECTION
2.10. Taxes.
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29
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SECTION
2.11. Promissory Notes.
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30
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SECTION
2.12. Use of Proceeds of Advances.
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30
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SECTION
2.13. Uncommitted Advances.
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30
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SECTION
2.14. Borrowings by Designated Borrowers.
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33
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SECTION
2.15. European Monetary Union.
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ARTICLE
III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
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36
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SECTION
3.01. Condition Precedent to Effectiveness.
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SECTION
3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Advance.
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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37
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SECTION
4.01. Representations and Warranties of the
Company.
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ARTICLE
V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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39
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SECTION
5.01. Affirmative Covenants.
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39
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SECTION
5.02. Negative Covenants.
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ARTICLE
VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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43
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SECTION
6.01. Events of Default.
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(i)
ARTICLE
VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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45
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SECTION
7.01. Appointment and Authority.
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45
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SECTION
7.02. Administrative Agent Individually.
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45
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SECTION
7.03. Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory
Provisions.
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47
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SECTION
7.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent.
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47
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SECTION
7.05. Indemnification.
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48
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SECTION
7.06. Delegation of Duties.
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48
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SECTION
7.07. Resignation of Administrative Agent.
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48
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SECTION
7.08. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Parties.
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49
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SECTION
7.09. No Other Duties, Etc.
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ARTICLE
VIII MISCELLANEOUS
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50
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SECTION
8.01.Amendments, Etc.
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50
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SECTION
8.02. Notices, Communications and Treatment of
Information.
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51
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SECTION
8.03. No Waiver; Remedies.
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55
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SECTION
8.04. Costs and Expenses; Breakage Indemnification.
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SECTION
8.05. Sharing of Payments, Etc.
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SECTION
8.06. Binding Effect.
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SECTION
8.07. Assignments and Participations.
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SECTION
8.08. Limitation on Assignments and Participations.
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SECTION
8.09. Withholding.
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SECTION
8.10. Mitigation.
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SECTION
8.11. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
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SECTION
8.12. Execution in Counterparts.
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SECTION
8.13. Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc.
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SECTION
8.14. Judgment Currency.
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SECTION
8.15. USA PATRIOT Act.
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SECTION
8.16. No Fiduciary Duty.
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ARTICLE
IX GUARANTEE
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SECTION
9.01. Guarantee
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62
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SECTION
9.02. Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents
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63
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SECTION
9.03. Reinstatement
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66
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SECTION
9.04. Subrogation
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66
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SECTION
9.05. Remedies
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66
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SECTION
9.06. Payments
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SCHEDULE
I
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ADDRESSES,
APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES AND COMMITMENTS
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SCHEDULE
II
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MANDATORY
COST RATE
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SCHEDULE
III
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DESIGNATED
BORROWER JURISDICTIONS
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EXHIBIT
A-1
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FORM
OF RATE REQUEST
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EXHIBIT
A-2
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FORM
OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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EXHIBIT
B
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FORM
OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION OR CONTINUATION
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EXHIBIT
C
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FORM
OF QUOTE REQUEST
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EXHIBIT
D
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FORM
OF QUOTE
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EXHIBIT
E
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FORM
OF ACCEPTANCE
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EXHIBIT
F-1
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FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE BORROWER
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EXHIBIT
F-2
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FORM
OF OPINION OF SPECIAL NEW YORK COUNSEL TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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EXHIBIT
G
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FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
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EXHIBIT
H-1
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FORM
OF COMMITTED NOTE
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EXHIBIT
H-2
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FORM
OF UNCOMMITTED NOTE
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EXHIBIT
I
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FORM
OF DESIGNATION LETTER
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EXHIBIT
J
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FORM
OF TERMINATION LETTER
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(ii)
This
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Agreement")
is
made as of this 26th
day of
February 27, 2008 between THE XXXXXXX WORKS, a Connecticut corporation (the
"Company"),
the
banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders (the "Initial
Lenders")
listed
on the signature pages hereof, and CITIBANK, N.A. ("Citibank"),
as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent")
for
the Lenders (as hereinafter defined).
The
Company, certain banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of
December 1, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, and as in effect on the date hereof, the "Existing
Credit Agreement"),
providing for the making of loans by such banks, financial institutions and
other institutional lenders to the Company in an aggregate principal amount
at
any one time outstanding not exceeding $550,000,000.
The
parties hereto wish to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other
things, increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments to $800,000,000 and
make certain other amendments and to restate the entire Existing Credit
Agreement, as so amended, as set forth herein.
Accordingly,
subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date (as defined below), the parties
hereto hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated
to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain
Defined Terms.
As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the
terms defined):
"Acquiring
Person"
means
any person (other than the ESOP) who is or becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the Company's outstanding common
stock.
"Additional
Commitment Agreement"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(iii).
"Additional
Commitment Lender"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(iii).
"Advance"
means a
Committed Advance or an Uncommitted Advance. For the purposes of determining
the
unutilized amount of each Lender’s Commitment at any time, the amount of each
Advance of such Lender that is outstanding in an Alternate Currency shall be
deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Advance.
"Administrative
Agent's Account"
means,
with respect to any Currency, the account of the Administrative Agent maintained
by the Administrative Agent for such Currency and most recently designated
by it
by notice to the Lenders and the Company.
"Affiliate"
means,
with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
"Agent’s
Group"
has the
meaning provided in Section 7.02(b).
"Alternate
Currencies"
means
Euros and Pounds Sterling.
"Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin"
means,
on any date for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance, (i) 0.1000% if on such date
the
Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness is rated A+ or higher by Standard
& Poor's, A1 or higher by Moody's, or A+ or higher by Fitch, (ii) 0.1400% if
on such date clause (i) is inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term
Indebtedness is rated A or higher by Standard & Poor's, A2 or higher by
Moody's, or A or higher by Fitch, (iii) 0.1800% if on such date clauses (i)
and
(ii) are inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness
is
rated A- or higher by Standard & Poor's, A3 or higher by Moody's, or A- or
higher by Fitch, (iv) 0.2700% if on such date clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are
inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness is rated
BBB+
or higher by Standard & Poor's, Baa1 or higher by Moody's, or BBB+ or higher
by Fitch, and (v) 0.3500% if on such date clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
are
inapplicable (including if such Long-Term Indebtedness is no longer rated by
any
agency); provided
that if
the respective levels of the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness credit
ratings differ, the "Applicable Eurocurrency Margin" will be determined based
on, (a) if two
of
the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is one level higher
or
lower than those same ratings, the level corresponding the two same ratings
shall apply, (b) if two of the ratings are at the same level and the other
rating is two or more levels above the two same ratings, the level corresponding
to the rating that is one level above these same ratings shall apply, (c) if
two
of the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is two or more levels
below these same ratings, the level corresponding to the rating that is one
level below the two same ratings shall apply and (d) if each of the three
ratings fall within different levels, then the level corresponding to the rating
that is in between the highest and the lowest ratings shall apply.
"Applicable
Facility Fee Rate"
means,
on any date, a rate per annum equal to (i) 0.0500% if on such date the Company's
outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness is rated A+ or higher by Standard &
Poor's, A1 or higher by Moody's, or A+ or higher by Fitch, (ii) 0.0600% if
on
such date clause (i) is inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term
Indebtedness is rated A or higher by Standard & Poor's, A2 or higher by
Moody's, or A or higher by Fitch, (iii) 0.0700% if on such date clauses (i)
and
(ii) are inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness
is
rated A- or higher by Standard & Poor's, A3 or higher by Moody's, or A- or
higher by Fitch, (iv) 0.0800% if on such date clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are
inapplicable and the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness is rated
BBB+
or higher by Standard & Poor's, Baa1 or higher by Moody's, or BBB+ or higher
by Fitch, and (v) 0.1000% if on such date clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
are
inapplicable (including if such Long-Term Indebtedness is no longer rated by
any
agency); provided that
if
the respective levels of the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness credit
ratings differ, the "Applicable Facility Fee Rate" will be determined based
on,
(a) if two
of
the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is one level higher
or
lower than those same ratings, the level corresponding the two same ratings
shall apply, (b) if two of the ratings are at the same level and the other
rating is two or more levels above the two same ratings, the level corresponding
to the rating that is one level above these same ratings shall apply, (c) if
two
of the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is two or more levels
below these same ratings, the level corresponding to the rating that is one
level below the two same ratings shall apply and (d) if each of the three
ratings fall within different levels, then the level corresponding to the rating
that is in between the highest and the lowest ratings shall apply.
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"Applicable
Lending Office"
means,
with respect to each Lender, such Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case
of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender's Eurocurrency Lending Office in the
case
of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance and, in the case of an Uncommitted Advance,
the
office of such Lender notified by such Lender to the Administrative Agent and
the Company as its Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Uncommitted
Advance.
"Applicable
Utilization Fee Rate"
means,
for each day on which the Utilization Ratio exceeds 0.50, a rate per annum
equal
to (i) 0.5000% if on such date the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness
is rated A- or higher by Standard & Poor's, A3 or higher by Moody's, or A-
or higher by Fitch, and (ii) 0.1000% if on such date clause (i) is inapplicable
(including if such Long-Term Indebtedness is no longer rated by any agency);
provided that
if
the respective levels of the Company's outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness credit
ratings differ, the "Applicable Utilization Fee Rate" will be determined based
on, (a) if two
of
the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is one level higher
or
lower than those same ratings, the level corresponding the two same ratings
shall apply, (b) if two of the ratings are at the same level and the other
rating is two or more levels above the two same ratings, the level corresponding
to the rating that is one level above these same ratings shall apply, (c) if
two
of the ratings are at the same level and the other rating is two or more levels
below these same ratings, the level corresponding to the rating that is one
level below the two same ratings shall apply and (d) if each of the three
ratings fall within different levels, then the level corresponding to the rating
that is in between the highest and the lowest ratings shall apply.
"Approved
Electronic Communications"
means
each Communication that any Borrower is obligated to, or otherwise chooses
to,
provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the
transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial
and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information material;
provided,
however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by
any
Borrower to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting
either the Administrative Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication
by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the
protections afforded hereby to the Administrative Agent in connection with
any
such posting, "Approved Electronic Communication" shall exclude (i) any
notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, swing loan request, notice of
conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication,
information, document and other material relating to a request for a new, or
a
conversion or continuation of an existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice
pursuant to Section 2.07(a) and Section 2.07(b) and any other notice relating
to
the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Loan Document prior
to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event
of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information,
document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the
conditions set forth in Article 3 or any other condition to any Borrowing or
other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement.
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"Approved
Electronic Platform"
has the
meaning provided in Section 8.02(b).
"Assignment
and Acceptance"
means
an assignment and acceptance accepted by the Administrative Agent in
substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto.
"Attributable
Debt"
means,
in respect of any lease transaction described in Section 5.02(c), as of the
date
of determination, the lesser of (i) the sale price of the property so leased
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the remaining portion of
the
base term of the lease included in such transaction and the denominator of
which
is the base term of such lease, and (ii) the total obligation (discounted to
present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with
generally accepted financial practice, included in the rental payments or,
if
such interest factor cannot readily be determined, at a rate of interest of
10%
per annum, compounded semi-annually) of the lessee for rental payments (other
than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as
maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not
constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the
base term of the lease included in such transaction.
"Base
Rate"
means a
fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time,
which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of:
(a)
the
rate of interest announced publicly by the Reference Bank in New York, New
York,
from time to time, as its base rate;
(b)
1/2
of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
"Base
Rate Advance"
means a
Committed Advance denominated in Dollars that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.05(a).
"Borrowers"
means,
collectively, the Company and each Designated Borrower.
"Borrowing"
means a
Committed Borrowing or an Uncommitted Borrowing.
"Business
Day"
means a
day of the year (a) on which banks are not required or authorized to close
in
New York City, (b) if the applicable Business Day relates to any
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in
the
London interbank market (c) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, or a
payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on or an Interest Period
for
an Advance denominated in Pounds Sterling, or a notice with respect thereto,
that is also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments in London, and (d) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, or a
payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on or an Interest Period
for
an Advance denominated in Euros, or a notice with respect thereto, that is
also
a Target Operating Day.
4
"Capital
Lease"
means
any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations under which are
capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
"Change
of Control"
means,
with respect to the Company, the occurrence of any event, act or condition
which
results in either (i) any Person other than the ESOP becoming the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the outstanding common stock
of
the Company or (ii) individuals who constitute the Continuing Directors ceasing
for any reason to constitute at least the majority of the Board of Directors
of
the Company.
"Citibank"
has the
meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Commitment"
means,
with respect to any Lender, the amount specified opposite such Lender's name
on
Schedule I hereto or, if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and
Acceptance or Additional Commitment Agreement, set forth for such Lender in
the
Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 8.07(d), as such amount may be increased or reduced pursuant to
Sections 2.01(b), 2.01(c) and 2.01(d). The aggregate amount of the
Commitments on the date hereof is $800,000,000.
"Committed
Advance"
means
an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as part of a Committed Borrowing and refers
to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, each of which shall
be a
"Type"
of
Committed Advance.
"Committed
Borrowing"
means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Advances of the same Type made
by
each of the Lenders to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Committed
Note"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.11.
"Communications"
means
each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material
provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise transmitted
between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents,
any Borrower or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, all
Approved Electronic Communications.
"Consolidated
Net Worth"
means
the excess over current liabilities of all assets properly appearing on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries after deducting
the minority interests of others in Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated
Subsidiary"
means
at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the financial statements of which
would, under GAAP, be consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated
financial statements as of such date.
5
"Contingent
Obligation"
as to
any Person means any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to
guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations
("primary
obligations")
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, (i) to purchase any such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of
any
such primary obligation or (y) to maintain working capital or equity capital
of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided,
however,
that
the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is
required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good
faith.
"Continuing
Director"
means
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is not affiliated with
an Acquiring Person and who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company
immediately prior to the time that the Acquiring Person became an Acquiring
Person and any successor to a Continuing Director who is not affiliated with
the
Acquiring Person and is recommended to succeed a Continuing Director by a
majority of Continuing Directors who are then members of the Board of Directors
of the Company.
“Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
and
“Controlled”
have
meanings correlative thereto.
"Currency"
means
either Dollars or an Alternate Currency.
"Current
Termination Date"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(i).
"Declining
Lender"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(ii).
"Default"
means
an event which would constitute an Event of Default but for the giving of
notice, the lapse of time or both.
"Designated
Borrowers"
means
any Subsidiary of the Company as to which a Designation Letter has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with and together with
the
other documents required by Section 2.14, and no Termination Letter has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent thereunder.
"Designation
Letter"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.l4.
"Dollar
Equivalent"
means,
with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternate Currency on any date,
the
amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase such amount of such
Alternate Currency at or about 11:00 A.M. (Local Time) on such date, for
delivery two Business Days later, as determined by the Administrative Agent
on
the basis of the spot selling rate for the offering of such Alternate Currency
for Dollars in the London foreign exchange market, determinations thereof made
in good faith by the Administrative Agent to be conclusive and binding on the
parties in the absence of manifest error.
6
"Dollars"
and
"$"
mean
lawful money of the United States of America.
"Domestic
Lending Office"
means,
with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic
Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment
and
Acceptance, the Additional Commitment Agreement or the accession agreement
pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as
such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Company and the
Administrative Agent.
"EBITDA"
means,
for any period, the sum (without duplication) for the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of the following: (a) net
income for such period plus
(b) to
the extent deducted in determining net income for such period, the sum of (i)
depreciation and amortization for such period, (ii) Interest Expense for such
period and (iii) taxes for such period.
"Effective
Date"
has the
meaning provided in Section 3.01.
"ERISA"
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, or any successors thereto, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings
found thereunder.
"ERISA
Controlled Group"
means a
group consisting of any ERISA Person and all members of a controlled group
of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with such Person that, together with such Person, are treated
as
a single employer under regulations promulgated under ERISA.
"ERISA
Person"
has the
meaning provided in Section 3(9) of ERISA for the term "person."
"ERISA
Plan"
means
(i) any Plan that (x) is not a Multiemployer Plan and (y) has Unfunded Benefit
Liabilities in excess of $20,000,000 and (ii) any Plan that is a Multiemployer
Plan.
"ESOP"
means
Xxxxxxx Account Value Plan or any successor plan.
"Euro"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.15.
"Eurocurrency
Liabilities"
has the
meaning provided in Regulation D (or any successor regulation) of the Federal
Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time.
"Eurocurrency
Lending Office"
means,
with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its
"Eurocurrency Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in
the
Assignment and Acceptance, the Additional Commitment Agreement or the accession
agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office of such
Lender is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of
such
Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Company
and the Administrative Agent.
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"Eurocurrency
Rate"
means,
for any Interest Period:
(a) for
each Eurocurrency Rate Advance denominated in Dollars comprising part of the
same Committed Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the offered rate
for deposits in such Currency as quoted on the relevant Screen Page at 11:00
A.M. (London time) two London Banking Days before the first day of such Interest
Period in an amount substantially equal to the Reference Bank's Eurocurrency
Rate Advance comprising part of such Committed Borrowing to be outstanding
during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period;
(b) for
each Eurocurrency Rate Advance denominated in Pounds Sterling comprising part
of
the same Committed Borrowing, (i) an interest rate per annum equal to the
offered rate for deposits in such Currency as quoted on the relevant Screen
Page
at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the first day of such Interest Period, for a
period equal to such Interest Period plus
(ii) the
MCR Cost, if any; or
(c) for
each Eurocurrency Rate Advance denominated in Euros comprising part of the
same
Committed Borrowing, (i) an interest rate per annum equal to the offered rate
for deposits in such Currency as quoted on the relevant Screen Page at 11:00
A.M. (Brussels time) two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest
Period, for a period equal to such Interest Period plus
(ii) the
MCR Cost, if any.
"Eurocurrency
Rate Advance"
means a
Committed Advance that bears interest as provided in Section
2.05(b).
"Eurocurrency
Rate Reserve Percentage"
for any
Lender for any Eurocurrency Rate Advances owing to such Lender means the reserve
percentage applicable two Business Days before the first day of the applicable
Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by the Federal
Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including,
without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) for such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting
of
or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to the applicable
Interest Period.
"Events
of Default"
has the
meaning provided in Section 6.01.
"Excluded
Representation"
means
the representation and warranty set forth in Section 4.01(g).
"Existing
Credit Agreement"
has the
meaning provided in the recitals of this Agreement.
"Extended
Termination Date"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(i).
"Federal
Bankruptcy Code"
means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as amended from time
to time, or any successor thereto.
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"Federal
Funds Rate"
means,
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 Board arranged by Federal
fund
brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
for
the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or,
if
such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average
of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Reference
Bank from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Reference Bank.
"Federal
Reserve Board"
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as constituted from time
to
time.
"Fitch"
means
Fitch Ratings Ltd. and
any
successor or successors thereto.
"Fixed
Rate"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.13(c)(ii)(C).
"Fixed
Rate Advance"
means
an Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(d).
"Fixed
Rate Auction"
means a
solicitation of Quotes setting forth Fixed Rates pursuant to Section
2.13.
"Floating
Rate"
means,
for any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Advance, an interest rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate in effect from time to time minus the Floating Rate
Margin for such Advance and Interest Period.
"Floating
Rate Advance"
means
an Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(c).
"Floating
Rate Auction"
means a
solicitation of Quotes setting forth Floating Rate Margins based on the Base
Rate pursuant to Section 2.13.
"Floating
Rate Margin"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.13(c)(ii)(B).
"Foreign
Currency Equivalent"
means,
with respect to any amount in Dollars, the amount of an Alternate Currency
that
could be purchased with such amount of Dollars using the reciprocal of the
foreign exchange rate specified in the definition of "Dollar Equivalent", as
determined by the Administrative Agent, such determinations to be conclusive
and
binding on the parties in the absence of manifest error.
"Foreign
Currency Sublimit"
means
the aggregate principal amount of Committed Advances denominated in Alternate
Currencies permitted to be outstanding at any one time, as such amount may
be
increased pursuant to Section 2.01(c). The Foreign Currency Sublimit on the
date hereof is $250,000,000.
"GAAP"
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time
to
time.
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"Hedge
Agreements"
means
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option
contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and
other similar agreements.
"Indebtedness"
of any
Person means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Person),
(ii) all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument, (iii) the principal component of all Capital Lease
obligations of such Person, (iv) the face amount of all letters of credit issued
for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all unreimbursed
amounts drawn thereunder, (v) all indebtedness of any other Person secured
by
any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness
has been assumed, (vi) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, and (vii)
all
indebtedness of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements.
"Information
Memorandum"
means
the document in the form approved by the Company concerning the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries which, at the Company's request and on its behalf, was
prepared in relation to this transaction and distributed by the Lead Arrangers
to selected financial institutions before the date of this
Agreement.
"Initial
Lenders"
has the
meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Interest
Coverage Ratio"
means,
for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) EBITDA
for such period to
(b) Interest Expense for such period.
"Interest
Expense"
means,
for any period, the sum (determined without duplication) of the aggregate amount
of interest reported in respect of such period on the Indebtedness of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including,
without limitation, the interest portion of payments under Capital Lease
obligations and any capitalized interest, minus
(i)
interest income of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis reported in respect of such period and (ii) interest on
deferred compensation reported in respect of such period.
"Interest
Period"
means,
for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same Committed
Borrowing, each Floating Rate Advance comprising part of the same Uncommitted
Borrowing and each Fixed Rate Advance comprising part of the same Uncommitted
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Advance or the date of
the
continuation of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or the date of the conversion
of
any Base Rate Advance into such Eurocurrency Rate Advance and ending on the
last
day of the period selected by a Borrower pursuant to the provisions below.
The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Rate Advance, one, two, three or six months, (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate
Advance, from 14 to 180 days, and (c) in the case of a Floating Rate Advance,
from 30 to 180 days, in each case as a Borrower may select in the Notice of
Borrowing, Quote Request or Notice of Conversion or Continuation for such
Advance, as the case may be; provided
that:
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(i)
a
Borrower may not select any Interest Period which ends after the Termination
Date;
(ii)
whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day
other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be
extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day; provided
that if,
in the case of any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate
Advance, such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to
occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii)
any
Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (iv) below, end
on
the last Business Day of a calendar month;
(iv)
any
Interest Period which would otherwise end after the Termination Date shall
end
on the Termination Date;
(v)
if,
upon the expiration of any Interest Period with respect to a Committed Borrowing
consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, a Borrower has failed to elect a
new
Interest Period to be applicable to such Advances as provided above, such
Borrower (x) if such Borrower is the Company, shall be deemed to have
elected to convert such Advances into a Base Rate Advance effective as of the
expiration date of such current Interest Period and (y) if such Borrower is
a Designated Subsidiary, shall be deemed to have elected a new Interest Period
of 1 month to be applicable to such Advances; and
(vi)
Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurocurrency Rate Advances
comprising part of the same Committed Borrowing or for Fixed Rate Advances
or
Floating Rate Advances comprising part of the same Uncommitted Borrowing shall
be of the same duration.
"Internal
Revenue Code"
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto.
"Lender
Appointment Period"
has the
meaning provided in Section 7.07.
"Lenders"
means
the Initial Lenders and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant
to
Section 8.07, Section 2.01(c) or 2.01(d).
"Lien"
shall
mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preferential payment arrangement,
priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same effect as any
of
the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument
under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction,
domestic or foreign.
"Loan
Documents"
means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, each Designation Letter and each
Termination Letter.
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"Local
Time"
means
(a) with respect to any Advance denominated or any payment to be made in
Dollars, New York City time, and (b) with respect to any Advance denominated
or
any payment to be made in an Alternate Currency, the local time in the Principal
Financial Center for such Alternate Currency.
"London
Banking Day"
means
any day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings
in
foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London.
"Long-Term
Indebtedness"
means
the long-term Senior Unsecured Indebtedness of the Company.
"Margin
Stock"
has the
meaning provided in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
"Material
Adverse Effect"
means a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
"MCR
Cost"
means,
the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Schedule II.
"Moody's"
means
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor or successors
thereto.
"Multiemployer
Plan"
means a
Plan which is a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
"Note"
means a
Committed Note or an Uncommitted Note.
"Notice
of Borrowing"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.02(b).
"Notice
of Conversion or Continuation"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.04(b).
"Other
Taxes"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.10(b).
"PBGC"
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under ERISA, or any
successor thereto.
"Person"
means
an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision
or agency thereof.
"Plan"
means
any employee benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA, the funding requirements
of which:
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(i)
were
the responsibility of the Company or a member of its ERISA Controlled Group
at
any time within the five years immediately preceding the date
hereof,
(ii)
are
currently the responsibility of the Company or a member of its ERISA Controlled
Group, or
(iii)
hereafter become the responsibility of the Company or a member of its ERISA
Controlled Group, including any such plans as may have been, or may hereafter
be, terminated for whatever reason.
"Pounds
Sterling"
means
the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
"Principal
Financial Center"
means,
in the case of any Currency, the principal financial center in the country
of
issue of such Currency, as reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent.
"Principal
Property"
means
all real property and tangible personal property constituting a manufacturing
plant owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, exclusive of (i) motor
vehicles, mobile materials handling equipment and other rolling stock, (ii)
office furnishings and equipment, information and electronic data processing
equipment, (iii) any property financed through obligations issued by a state,
territory or possession of the United States, or any political subdivision
or
instrumentality of the foregoing, on which the interest cannot, in the opinion
of tax counsel of recognized standing or in accordance with a ruling issued
by
the Internal Revenue Service, be included in gross income of the holder under
Section 103(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor to such
provision) as in effect at the time of the issuance of such obligations, (iv)
any real property held for development or sale, or (v) any property and
equipment included therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves the
book value of which property and equipment in the aggregate is less than 10%
of
Consolidated Net Worth or which the Board of Directors of the Company determines
is not material to the operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Principal
Subsidiary"
means
any Subsidiary of the Company which has net sales which represent 15% or more
of
the consolidated net sales of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
"Process
Agent"
has the
meaning provided in Section 8.13(b).
"Pro
Rata Share"
means,
with respect to any Lender, the percentage corresponding to the fraction the
numerator of which shall be the amount of the Commitment of such Lender and
the
denominator of which shall be the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all
Lenders.
"Quote"
means
an offer by any Lender to make an advance under Section 2.13.
"Quote
Request"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.13(b).
"Rate
Notification"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.02(a).
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"Rate
Request"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.02(a).
"Reference
Bank"
means
Citibank or, if Citibank is no longer the Administrative Agent, such Person
(which shall be a Lender or the Administrative Agent) as shall be designated
by
the Company with the consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld.
"Register"
has the
meaning provided in Section 8.07(d).
"Related
Parties"
means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and such Person’s and such
Person’s Affiliates' respective managers, administrators, trustees, partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents, fund managers and advisors.
"Relevant
Anniversary"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(i).
"Reportable
Event"
has the
meaning provided in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than a Reportable Event
as
to which the provision of 30 days notice to the PBGC is waived under applicable
regulations).
"Required
Lenders"
means
at any time Lenders representing in the aggregate at least 51% of the
Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have terminated, Lenders representing
in the aggregate at least 51% of the sum of the Advances owing to Lenders
hereunder (computed, in the case of Advances in an Alternate Currency, as the
Dollar Equivalent thereof as determined by the Administrative
Agent).
"Restricting
Information"
has the
meaning provided in Section 8.02(d).
"Screen
Page"
means
(a) the display designated as Page 3740 or 3750, as the case may be, on the
Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates or the Euro
interbank offered rates of major banks) and (b) if the relevant rate does
not appear on said Page, the "LIBO Page" so designated on the Xxxxxx Monitor
Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates or the Euro
interbank offered rates of major banks). If more than one relevant rate appears
on said Page 3740 or 3750 with respect to an Interest Period, or, if no rates
appear on said Page 3740 or 3750, or more than one relevant rate appears on
the
"LIBO Page" with respect to an Interest Period, the Eurocurrency Rate for that
Interest Period will be based upon the arithmetic mean of such relevant rates.
"Senior
Unsecured Indebtedness"
means
Indebtedness that is not subordinated to any other Indebtedness and is not
secured or supported by a guarantee, letter of credit or other form of credit
enhancement.
"Standard
& Poor's"
means
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and any successor or successors
thereto.
"Subsidiary"
of any
Person means (i) any corporation 50% or more of whose stock of any class or
classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of
the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time
stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
owned
by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (ii) any
partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other
entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, is
either a general partner or has a 50% or more equity interest at the
time.
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"TARGET"
means
Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment
system.
"TARGET
Day"
means
any day on which TARGET is open for the settlement of payments in
Euros.
"Target
Operating Day"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.15.
"Taxes"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
"Termination
Date"
means
the earlier of (a) February 27, 2013 (as the same may be extended pursuant
to
Section 2.01(d)) or (b) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or Section 6.01.
"Termination
Event"
means
(i) a Reportable Event, or (ii) the initiation of any action by the Company,
any
member of the Company's ERISA Controlled Group or any ERISA Plan fiduciary
to
terminate an ERISA Plan or the treatment of an amendment to an ERISA Plan as
a
termination under ERISA, or (iii) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC
under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate an ERISA Plan or to appoint a trustee
to administer any ERISA Plan.
"Termination
Letter"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.14.
"Type"
has the
meaning provided in the definitions of Committed Advance and Uncommitted
Advance.
"Uncommitted
Advance"
means
an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as part of an Uncommitted Borrowing
resulting from the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.13 and
refers to a Floating Rate Advance or a Fixed Rate Advance, each of which shall
be a "Type"
of
Uncommitted Advance.
"Uncommitted
Borrowing"
means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Uncommitted Advances from each of the
Lenders to a Borrower whose offer to make one or more Uncommitted Advances
as
part of such borrowing has been accepted under the auction bidding procedure
described in Section 2.13.
"Uncommitted
Note"
has the
meaning provided in Section 2.11.
"Unfunded
Benefit Liabilities"
means
with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the
present value of all benefit liabilities under such Plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(16) of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets
allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation
date for such Plan (on the basis of assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for
the
purpose of Section 4044 of ERISA).
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"Utilization
Ratio"
means,
at any time, the ratio of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the
Advances at such time to
(ii) the
aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time.
SECTION
1.02. Computation
of Time Periods; Terms Generally.
In
this
Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a
later
specified date, the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to"
and "until" each mean "to but excluding". The words "include", "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation".
SECTION
1.03. Accounting
Terms.
All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION
2.01. The
Commitment.
(a)
The
Committed Advances.
(i) Each Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth to make Committed Advances to the Company and any Designated Borrower
in
Dollars or an Alternate Currency from time to time on any Business Day during
the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding (1) such Lender's Commitment
minus
(2) such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of all Uncommitted
Advances then outstanding; provided
that
(A) at no time shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Advances exceed the total amount of the Commitments at such time; and
(B) at no time shall the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Committed Advances denominated in an Alternate Currency
to the Borrowers exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit.
(ii) Within
the limits of each Lender's Commitment and subject to the limitation set forth
in Section 2.07(c), each Borrower may borrow, repay, prepay (as provided in
Section 2.07) and reborrow such amount or any portion thereof.
(iii) Each
Committed Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in the case of a
Committed Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency
Equivalent thereof in such Alternate Currency, rounded to the nearest 1,000,000
units of such Alternate Currency) or, if less, the aggregate amount of the
unused Commitments and shall consist of Committed Advances of the same Type
made
on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective
Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing restriction with respect to the
minimum amount of each Committed Borrowing, each Borrower may borrow Committed
Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate
amount of a proposed Uncommitted Borrowing requested by such Borrower exceeds
the aggregate amount of Uncommitted Advances offered to be made by the Lenders
and accepted by such Borrower in respect of such Uncommitted Borrowing, if
such
Uncommitted Borrowing is made on the same date as such Committed
Borrowing.
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(b)
Termination
and Reduction.
The
Company shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days' notice to
the
Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce each Lender's Pro Rata
Share of the unused Commitments, provided
that the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to
an
amount that is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Uncommitted
Advances then outstanding. Each partial reduction of the Commitments shall
be in
the aggregate amount of at least $10,000,000 or a larger whole multiple of
$1,000,000.
(c)
Increase.
(i)
The
Company may, at any time but in any event not more than twice during any
calendar year, make a written request (an "Increase
Request")
to the
Administrative Agent (who shall forward a copy to each Lender) that the
Commitments be increased, in the amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
thereof, provided
that
after giving effect to any such increase, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments shall not exceed $1,050,000,000 and the Foreign Currency Sublimit
shall not exceed $350,000,000. Such Increase Request shall include a
certification by a senior officer of the Company that (x) no Default has
occurred and is continuing on and as of the date of such Increase Request and
(y) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct
in
all material respects on and as of the Increase Date (as defined below), before
and immediately after giving effect to such increase, as though made on and
as
of such Increase Date. Any such increase in Commitments shall be effective
as of
a date (the "Increase
Date")
specified in the related Increase Request that is (i) prior to the Termination
Date and (ii) at least 10 days after the date of such Increase Request. Each
Increase Request shall specify the date by which Lenders who wish to increase
their Commitments must consent to such increase (the "Commitment
Date"),
which
date shall be no later than five Business Days prior to the related Increase
Date. Each Lender that is willing to increase its Commitment (each an
"Increasing
Lender"),
shall
notify the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Commitment Date of the amount
by which it is willing to increase its Commitment, which amount shall not exceed
the respective amount specified in the relevant Increase Request. No Lender
shall be obligated to increase its Commitment pursuant to this
Section 2.01(c) and any such increase shall be in the sole discretion of
each Lender. If the Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that they are
willing to increase the amount of their respective Commitments by an aggregate
amount that exceeds the amount of the requested increase, the requested increase
shall be allocated among the Lenders willing to participate therein ratably
in
accordance with the amount by which they offered to increase their respective
Commitments on the Commitment Date.
(ii)
Not
later than two (2) days following each Commitment Date, the Administrative
Agent
shall notify the Company as to the amount, if any, by which the Lenders are
willing to participate in the requested increase. If the aggregate amount by
which the Lenders are willing to increase their Commitments on any such
Commitment Date is less than the requested amount, then the Commitments of
those
Lenders that are willing to increase their Commitments shall be increased as
provided in subsection (iii) below and any one or more other Persons
designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
(each, a "New
Lender")
that
agrees to provide Commitments for the shortfall may become party to this
Agreement by executing and delivering, together with the Company, an accession
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the
Administrative Agent pursuant to which such Person or Persons shall become
a
party to this Agreement as a Lender and, to the extent provided therein, shall
have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder; provided
that
each such Person or Persons shall provide a Commitment in an amount of at least
$5,000,000.
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(iii)
On
each Increase Date, each Person that accepts an offer to participate in a
requested Commitment increase in accordance with Section 2.01(c) shall become
a
Lender party to this Agreement as of such Increase Date and the Commitment
of
each Increasing Lender shall be increased as of such Increase Date by the amount
set forth in its notice delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance
with
Section 2.01(c)(i) (or by the amount allocated to such Lender pursuant to the
last sentence of Section 2.01(c)(i)), and if on the Increase Date any Committed
Advances are outstanding, the Borrowers shall borrow Committed Advances from
the
New Lenders, and/or prepay the outstanding Committed Advances, in such amounts
and in such Currency or Currencies as are required to cause the outstanding
Committed Advances to be held ratably by all Lenders.
(d)
Extension
of Commitments.
(i)
The
Company shall have the right, upon no earlier than 60 days but no later than
45
days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly forward such
notice to the Lenders) prior to each of the first two anniversaries of the
Effective Date (each, a "Relevant
Anniversary"),
to
request that the Termination Date then in effect (the "Current
Termination Date")
be
extended to the date one year after such Current Termination Date (such extended
date, an "Extended
Termination Date").
(ii)
Each
Lender acting in its sole and individual discretion will use its reasonable
efforts to notify the Administrative Agent at least 20 days before the Relevant
Anniversary whether it agrees to participate in such extension. Any Lender
that
does not so notify the Administrative Agent that it agrees to such extension
at
least 20 days before the Relevant Anniversary (each, a "Declining
Lender")
shall
continue to be a Lender with a Commitment until the earlier of the Current
Termination Date or until such Lender is replaced pursuant to clause (iii)
of
this subsection (d) (but shall not have any Commitment during any extended
period to which it has not agreed).
(iii)
The
Company shall have the right to replace, effective as of the Relevant
Anniversary or the Current Termination Date, each Declining Lender with, and
add
as "Lenders" under this Agreement, one or more Persons eligible to participate
as an assignee pursuant to Section 8.07 (which may include any Lender with
the
consent of such Lender) (each such Person, an "Additional
Commitment Lender")
with
the approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld),
each
of which Additional Commitment Lenders shall have entered into an agreement
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
(an "Additional
Commitment Agreement")
pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall undertake a Commitment
(if any such Additional Commitment Lender is a Lender, its Commitment shall
be
in addition to such Lender’s Commitment hereunder), and such Additional
Commitment Lender shall become a "Lender" for all purposes of this Agreement
on
the Relevant Anniversary or the Current Termination Date, as the case may
be.
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(iv)
If
and only if the total of the Commitments of the Lenders that have so agreed
to
extend the Termination Date, taking into account any Commitment increases
pursuant to clause (iii) of this subsection (d), shall be more than 50% of
the
aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Relevant
Anniversary, the Current Termination Date shall be extended, effective as of
the
Relevant Anniversary, to the Extended Termination Date; provided that,
if such
Commitments shall be less than 100% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments
in effect immediately prior to the Relevant Anniversary, the Borrowers shall
have the right to rescind the request to so extend the Current Termination
Date.
The Borrowers agree to pay in full all amounts owing hereunder to each Declining
Lender on the Relevant Anniversary or the Current Termination Date, as the
case
may be, on which such Declining Lender is replaced as a Lender pursuant to
clause (iii) of this subsection (d).
(v)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each extension of the Termination Date hereunder
pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be effective only if:
(1)
no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of
the
request pursuant to clause (i) above and the Relevant Anniversary;
and
(2)
all
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are true and correct
in
all material respects on and as of the date of the request pursuant to clause
(i) above and the Relevant Anniversary, including without limitation the
representation and warranty of the Borrowers as to the execution, delivery
and
performance by them of this Agreement and the Notes, taking into account such
extension, having been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action (it
being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which expressly
refers by its terms to a specified date shall be required to be true and correct
in all material respects only as of such date); and
(3)
if on
the Relevant Anniversary or the Current Termination Date there are Advances
outstanding, appropriate adjustments shall be made among the Lenders to cause
the outstanding Advances to be held ratably by all Lenders in accordance with
their respective Commitments as of each such date.
SECTION
2.02. Making
the Committed Advances.
(a)
Determination
of Eurocurrency Rate.
The
Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any Designated Borrower) may request
the Reference Bank, no earlier than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) and no later
than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day before a proposed
Eurocurrency Rate Advance, to notify the Company of the Eurocurrency Rate that
would be applicable to a Committed Advance in the principal amount, in the
Currency, and with the Interest Period as described by the Company in such
request, which request shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto
(a "Rate
Request").
Upon
such request, the Reference Bank shall furnish such interest rate to the Company
no later than noon (New York City time) on the second Business Day before the
proposed Eurocurrency Rate Advance by delivering to the Company a copy of the
related Rate Request setting forth such rate and executed by an authorized
officer of the Reference Bank in the space provided therefor (a "Rate
Notification").
The
relevant Borrower shall be entitled to rely on any such notification and such
rate shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders absent manifest error.
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(b)
Notice
of Borrowing.
Each
Committed Borrowing shall be made on notice by the Company (on its own behalf
or
on behalf of any Designated Borrower) to the Administrative Agent, which shall
give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier, given not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the proposed Committed Borrowing
if such Committed Borrowing is to be comprised of Base Rate Advances and no
earlier than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) and no later than 4:00 P.M. (New
York City time) on the third Business Day prior to such date if such Committed
Borrowing is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances. Each such notice
of
a Committed Borrowing (a "Notice
of Borrowing")
shall
be by telecopier, or by telephone confirmed immediately in writing, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, specifying therein: (i)
the name of the Borrower (which shall be the Company or a Designated Borrower),
(ii) the requested date of such Committed Borrowing, (iii) the Type of Advances
comprising such Committed Borrowing, (iv) the aggregate amount and, for any
Designated Borrower, the Currency of such Committed Borrowing, and (v) in the
case of a Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the
initial Interest Period for each such Committed Advance. Each Lender shall,
before 1:00 P.M. (Local Time) on the date of such Committed Borrowing, make
available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative
Agent at the Administrative Agent's Account for Advances denominated in the
relevant Currency, in the relevant Currency and in same day funds, such Lender's
Pro Rata Share of the requested amount of such Committed Borrowing. Promptly
after the Administrative Agent's receipt of such funds (and in any event by
the
close of business New York City time on the date of such Borrowing) and upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the
Administrative Agent will make the funds so received available to the Company
or
such other Borrower by depositing the same in such Currency and in immediately
available funds into such account of the Company or such other Borrower, as
applicable, maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City (if such
Advance is denominated in Dollars) or in the Principal Financial Center for
any
other Currency (if such Advance is denominated in an Alternate Currency) as
shall have been specified in the related Notice of Borrowing.
(c)
Illegality,
Etc.
Anything in subsection (a) or (b) above to the contrary
notwithstanding,
(i)
if
any Lender shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any requested
Eurocurrency Advance or the date of any conversion to or continuation of a
Eurocurrency Rate Advance, notify the Administrative Agent that the introduction
of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes
it
unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental authority asserts
that
it is unlawful, for such Lender or its Eurocurrency Lending Office to perform
its obligations hereunder to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances or to fund or
maintain Eurocurrency Rate Advances hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders and the Company, whereupon
(A) such Lender shall have no obligation to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances,
or
to convert Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances, until such Lender notifies
the Company and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist and (B) each Borrower shall be deemed to have
converted all Eurocurrency Rate Advances of such Lender then outstanding into
Base Rate Advances in accordance with Section 2.04 on and as of the date of
the
Administrative Agent's receipt of such notice, unless and to the extent such
notice directs that one or more Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be so converted
on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, provided
that (w)
before giving any such notice, such Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts
(consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions)
to
designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a
designation would avoid the need for such suspension and conversion and would
not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous
to
such Lender, (x) any request by a Borrower for Eurocurrency Rate Advances during
a time when a Lender's obligation to make, or convert Advances into,
Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended hereunder shall be deemed to
be a
request for, or for conversion into, Base Rate Advances from such Lender, (y)
all Advances that would otherwise be made by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate
Advances during any such suspension shall instead be made as Base Rate Advances
and (z) in the event any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the
Company of the occurrence of the circumstances causing such suspension under
this Section 2.02(c), all payments and prepayments of principal that would
otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurocurrency Rate Advances that would
have been made by such Lender or the converted Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall
instead be applied to repay the Base Rate Advances made by such Lender in lieu
of, or resulting from the conversion of, such Eurocurrency Rate
Advances;
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(ii)
if
the Reference Bank cannot furnish the Eurocurrency Rate for any Committed
Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances because of conditions
existing in the London interbank market, the right of the Borrowers to select
Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Reference Bank shall
notify the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist;
(iii)
if
the Required Lenders shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any
requested Eurocurrency Rate Advance, notify the Administrative Agent that the
Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period will not adequately reflect the cost
to the Required Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective
Eurocurrency Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent
shall forthwith so notify the Company and the Lenders, whereupon the Lenders
shall have no obligation to make, or convert Committed Advances into,
Eurocurrency Rate Advances until the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Company and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist; and
(iv)
if
the Required Lenders shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any
Advance to a Designated Borrower, notify the Administrative Agent that the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental
authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lenders to perform their
obligations hereunder to make Advances or to fund or maintain Advances hereunder
to such Designated Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the other Lenders and the Company, whereupon the Lenders
shall
have no obligation to make Advances to such Designated Borrower, until the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
(d)
Effect
of Failure to Fulfill Conditions.
Each
Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Company and the
relevant Designated Borrower. In the case of any Committed Borrowing that the
related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, the relevant Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss,
cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill
on
or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing for such Committed
Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without
limitation, any loss (excluding anticipated profits), cost or expense reasonably
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds
acquired by such Lender to fund the Committed Advance to be made by such Lender
as part of such Committed Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such
failure, is not made on such date, such indemnity to be paid promptly upon
receipt by the relevant Borrower of a certificate of such Lender setting forth
the calculation of the amount of the indemnity claimed by such
Lender.
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(e)
Funds
Available.
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
date of any Committed Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the
Administrative Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Committed Borrowing,
the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Committed Borrowing
in
accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to
the relevant Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and the relevant Borrower severally agree
to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made
available to the relevant Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to
the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the relevant Borrower, the
interest rate applicable at the time to Committed Advances comprising such
Committed Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds
Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding
amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Committed Advance
as part of such Committed Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(f)
Failure
to Make Advances.
The
failure of any Lender to make the Committed Advance to be made by it as part
of
any Committed Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation,
if
any, hereunder to make its Committed Advance on the date of such Committed
Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to make the Committed Advance to be made by such other Lender on the
date
of any Committed Borrowing.
SECTION
2.03. Fees.
(a)
Facility
Fee.
The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
a facility fee in Dollars on the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitment
(whether or not utilized and, after the Termination Date, on the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Advances of such Lender, if any) from the
date hereof in the case of each Lender and, in the case of each Person which
becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 8.07, from the effective date specified
in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender and, in
the
case of a Person becoming a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or 2.01(d),
from the effective date specified in the accession agreement or Additional
Commitment Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to which it became a Lender,
until
the Termination Date at the Applicable Facility Fee Rate, payable quarterly
in
arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December during
the
term hereof and on the Termination Date. All computations of the facility fee
shall be based on a year of 360 days.
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(b)
Administrative
Agent's Fees.
The
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for its own account
such fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Company and the
Administrative Agent.
(c)
Utilization
Fee.
Each
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata account of
the
Lenders a utilization fee on the outstanding principal amount of the Advances
made to it (which fee shall be payable in the Currency in which such Advances
were denominated),
for
each day on which the Utilization Ratio exceeds 0.50 and for each day after
the
Termination Date regardless of the Utilization Ratio, at
a rate
per annum equal to the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate, payable on each day
on
which a payment of interest is due under Section 2.05.
SECTION
2.04. Continuation
and Conversion.
(a)
General.
Subject
to the other provisions hereof, each Borrower shall have the option (i) to
convert all or any part of an outstanding Committed Borrowing consisting of
Base
Rate Advances to a Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances,
(ii) to convert all or any part of an outstanding Committed Borrowing in Dollars
consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances to a Committed Borrowing consisting
of
Base Rate Advances, or (iii) to continue all or any part of an outstanding
Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances as a Committed
Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances for an additional Interest
Period; provided
that no
Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be so
converted other than as contemplated by Section 2.02(c) or continued, until
the
expiration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(b)
Notice
of Conversion or Continuation.
In
order to elect to convert or continue a Committed Borrowing hereunder, the
Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any Designated Borrower) shall
deliver an irrevocable notice thereof (a "Notice
of Conversion or Continuation")
to the
Administrative Agent by telecopier or by telephone confirmed immediately in
writing, no later than (i) 11:00 A.M., (New York City time) on the proposed
conversion date in the case of a conversion to Base Rate Advances and (ii)
no
earlier than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) and no later than 4:00 P.M. (New
York City time) on the third Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion
or continuation date in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of,
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
A
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall specify (w) the requested conversion
or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (x) the amount and Type
of
the Advances to be converted or continued, (y) whether a conversion or
continuation is requested, and (z) in the case of a conversion to, or a
continuation of, Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the requested Interest Period.
The
relevant Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period in the case of a conversion
to, or a continuation of, Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be determined in
the
manner provided in Section 2.02(a) as if such conversion or continuation is
instead new Eurocurrency Rate Advances in such amount, on such date and for
such
Interest Period. If the Company fails to give a Notice of Conversion or
Continuation with respect to an outstanding Committed Borrowing consisting
of
Eurocurrency Rate Advances in Dollars as provided in clause (ii) above, the
Company shall be deemed to have converted such Eurocurrency Rate Advances into
Base Rate Advances in accordance with this Section 2.04 if such Advances are
outstanding after the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto.
If
the Company fails to give a Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect
to
an outstanding Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances
in
an Alternate Currency as provided in clause (ii) above, the Company shall be
deemed to have converted such Eurocurrency Rate Advances into a Eurocurrency
Rate Advance with an Interest Period of one (1) month in accordance with this
Section 2.04 if such Advances are outstanding after the last day of the Interest
Period with respect thereto.
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SECTION
2.05. Interest
on Advances.
Each
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance
owing
to each Lender from the date the proceeds of such Advance are made available
to
such Borrower until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the
following rates per annum:
(a)
Base
Rate Advances.
If such
Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in
effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last Business
Day
of each fiscal quarter during the period such Base Rate Advance remains
outstanding and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be paid in
full;
(b)
Eurocurrency
Rate Advances.
If such
Advance is a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times
during the Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of the Eurocurrency
Rate
for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for such
Advance, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if
such
Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day which
occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of
such
Interest Period;
(c)
Floating
Rate Advances.
If such
Advance is a Floating Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during
the Interest Period for such Advance to the Floating Rate for such Interest
Period quoted by such Lender in accordance with Section 2.13, payable in arrears
on the last Business Day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period
has a duration of more than three months, on each day which occurs during such
Interest Period every three months from the first day of such Interest
Period;
(d)
Fixed
Rate Advances.
If such
Advance is a Fixed Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during
the
Interest Period for such Advance to the Fixed Rate for such Interest Period
quoted by such Lender in accordance with Section 2.13, payable in arrears on
the
last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration
of
more than three months, on each day which occurs during such Interest Period
every three months from the first day of such Interest Period; and
(e)
Default
Rate.
In the
event that, and for so long as, any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all Advances and, to the extent
permitted by law, overdue interest in respect of all Advances, shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of two percent (2%) plus the
interest rate otherwise applicable hereunder to such principal amount in effect
from time to time. In the event that, and for so long as, any Default under
Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, the outstanding principal
amount of the Advance with respect to which such Default has occurred and is
continuing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of two
percent (2%) plus the interest rate otherwise applicable hereunder to such
principal amount in effect from time to time.
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SECTION
2.06. Additional
Interest on Eurocurrency Rate Advances.
Each
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, during each period as such Lender shall
be
required under regulations of the Federal Reserve Board to maintain reserves
with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Eurocurrency Rate Advance of such Lender outstanding during such period, from
the later of the date such reserves are required and the making of such Advance
until the earlier of the date such reserves are no longer required and such
principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum equal at all
times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the Eurocurrency Rate for
the
Interest Period applicable to such Advance from (ii) the rate obtained by
dividing such Eurocurrency Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the average
Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender during such period, payable
on each date on which interest is payable on such Advance. Such Lender shall
determine the amount of such additional interest, if any, and promptly notify
the relevant Borrower through the Administrative Agent of the amount
thereof.
SECTION
2.07. Repayment;
Prepayment of Advances; Etc. (a)
Repayment.
Each
Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of
the
Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the Committed
Advances then outstanding and each Borrower shall repay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders to which Uncommitted Advances comprising
part of the same Borrowing are owing the aggregate principal amount of such
Uncommitted Advances then outstanding on the last day of the Interest Period
with respect thereto. No Borrower shall have the right to prepay any principal
amount of any Advances other than as provided in this Section 2.07. Any Borrower
may, upon notice no later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second
Business Day before the prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, and no later
than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day of the prepayment in the case
of
Base Rate Advances, in either case to the Administrative Agent and stating
the
proposed date and principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is
given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the
Committed Advances comprising part of the same Committed Borrowing in whole
or
ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment
on the principal amount prepaid; provided,
however,
that
each partial prepayment shall be in the aggregate principal amount of at least
$5,000,000 or a larger whole multiple of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of Advances
denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof
in
such Alternate Currency, rounded to the nearest 1,000,000 units of such
Alternate Currency) and, in the case of a payment or prepayment of a
Eurocurrency Rate Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period
for
such Advance as provided herein, shall have the consequences set forth in
Section 8.04(b).
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(b)
Prepayment
of Advances.
The
Company shall notify the Administrative Agent immediately upon becoming aware
of
any Change of Control. Upon receipt of such notice and for a period of 90 days
thereafter, the Required Lenders shall be entitled, by written notice to the
Company received within such period, to terminate the Commitments in whole
and
require the Company and any other Borrower to prepay all outstanding Advances
within 5 Business Days of its receipt of such notice, together with any accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such prepayment and any other amounts
due hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, a Change
of
Control shall not, in and of itself, constitute a Default
hereunder.
(c) Alternate
Currency Revaluation.
(i) If
at any time by reason of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates (1) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances (for which purpose the
amount of any Advance that is denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be
deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of determination)
exceeds 105% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time or (2)
the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances denominated in Alternate
Currencies exceeds 105% of the Foreign Currency Sublimit at such time, the
Administrative Agent shall use all reasonable efforts to give prompt written
notice thereof to the Company, specifying the amount to be prepaid under this
clause (i), and the Company shall, within five Business Days of the date of
such
notice, prepay the Advances, or cause Advances to be prepaid, in an amount
so
that after giving effect thereto the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of
the Advances (determined as aforesaid) does not exceed the aggregate amount
of
the Commitments; provided
that any
such payment shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under
Section 8.04(b). The determination of which Advances to prepay hereunder
shall be at the sole option of the Company. The determinations of the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers
in the absence of manifest error.
(ii)
In
addition, if on the last day of any Interest Period the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Advances (for which purpose the amount of any Advance
that is denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be deemed to be the Dollar
Equivalent thereof as of the date of determination), would exceed 100% of the
aggregate amount of the Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall use all
reasonable efforts to give prompt written notice thereof to the Company,
specifying the amount to be prepaid under this clause (ii), and the Company
shall, within five Business Days of the date of such notice, prepay the
Advances, or cause Advances to be prepaid, or reduce the requested Advances
in
such amounts that after giving effect to such action the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Advances does not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Commitments; provided
that any
such payment shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under
Section 8.04(b). The determination of which Advances to prepay hereunder
shall be at the sole option of the Company. The determinations of the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers
in the absence of manifest error.
SECTION
2.08. Increased
Costs.
(a)
Changes
in Law, Etc.
If, due
to (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the official interpretation
of
any law or regulation on or after the date of this Agreement, or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request not applicable on the date of this
Agreement from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or
not
having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender
of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, then the Company shall from time to time, promptly upon demand by
such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent) accompanied
by
the certificate described in the next sentence, pay, or cause to be paid, to
the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate
as
to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Company and the
Administrative Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrowers for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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(b)
Capital
Adequacy.
If, due
to (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the official interpretation
of
any law or regulation on or after the date of this Agreement, or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request not applicable on the date of this
Agreement from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or
not
having the force of law), any Lender determines that the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender has been or would be affected and that the amount of
such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's
Advances or commitment to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type,
then, upon demand by such Lender received by the Company within such time from
the relevant change or introduction described above as is reasonably required
in
order to determine the effect thereof (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent) accompanied by a certificate of such Lender as to the
amounts demanded, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as
specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, to the extent that such Lender
reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence
of such Lender's Advances or commitment to lend hereunder, such amounts to
be
due and payable within two days of such Lender's invoice therefor. A certificate
as to such amounts submitted to the Company and the Administrative Agent by
such
Lender shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
SECTION
2.09. Payments
and Computations.
(a)
Manner
of Payment.
Each
Borrower shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes without
deduction, setoff or counterclaim not later than 11:00 A.M. (Local Time) on
the
day when due to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's Account
in the Principal Financial Center for the relevant Currency in same day funds.
The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like
Currency and funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or facility
fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.02(d), 2.06,
2.08, 2.10, 2.13(f) or 8.04(b)) to the Lenders for the account of their
respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment
of
any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance
and
recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
Section 8.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to
the
Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance
(which shall not include any Borrower) shall make all appropriate adjustments
in
such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between
themselves. The making by any Borrower of any payment to the Administrative
Agent for the account of any Lender as herein provided shall pro tanto
discharge the relevant obligation of such Borrower to such Lender.
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(b)
Setoff.
If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted
by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to any Borrower against any of
and
all the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement and the Notes held by such Lender, although such obligations may
be
unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to
other
rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may
have.
(c)
Interest.
All
computations of interest based on (i) the Base Rate and the Eurocurrency
Rate for Advances denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be made by the
Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case
may
be, and (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate for Advances denominated in a Currency
other than Pounds Sterling or the Federal Funds Rate or with respect to
Uncommitted Advances and all computations of interest pursuant to Section 2.06
shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days,
in
each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding
the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is payable. Each
determination by the Reference Bank of an interest rate for any Committed
Advance hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(d)
Business
Days.
Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due
on a
day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
the
computation of payment of interest, facility fee or utilization fee, as the
case
may be; provided
that if
such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency
Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment
shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
(e)
Assumption
of Payment.
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to
the
date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that such Borrower
will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on
such
date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause
to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount
then due such Lender. If and to the extent such Borrower shall not have so
made
such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to
the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to
the
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate (if such Advance is denominated
in Dollars) or at the London interbank offered rate for the relevant Currency
(if such Advance is denominated in an Alternate Currency).
(f)
Rate
Information.
The
Reference Bank shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of the
Base
Rate in effect on the first Business Day on which a Base Rate Advance or
Floating Rate Advance is outstanding and each day on which a change in the
Base
Rate occurs, each in sufficient detail to enable the Company to calculate
interest payments hereunder with respect to Base Rate Advances and Floating
Rate
Advances, and shall provide such information to any Lender promptly upon its
request. The Company will provide to the Administrative Agent (i) promptly
upon
receipt thereof copies of the information received by the Company pursuant
to
the immediately preceding sentence or any Rate Notification received pursuant
to
Section 2.02(a), (ii) promptly upon the making of any interest payment with
respect to a Base Rate Advance or a Floating Rate Advance hereunder a schedule
based on such information setting forth the Base Rate for each day in the period
in which such Advance was outstanding, and (iii) promptly upon obtaining
knowledge thereof, notice of any change in the rating assigned by Standard
&
Poor's, Xxxxx'x, or Fitch to the Company's Long-Term Indebtedness and the date
of such change, provided
that the
Company's failure to provide any of the foregoing information shall be deemed
not to be a Default or Event of Default hereunder.
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(g) Currency
of Payments. All
payments of principal of and interest on, and utilization fees and any amounts
payable under Section 2.06 in respect of, an Advance that is denominated in
a particular Currency shall be made in such Currency, and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement (except as specified in Section 9.06) shall be
paid in Dollars.
SECTION
2.10. Taxes.
(a)
General.
Any and
all payments by each Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be made in
accordance with Section 2.09, free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all
liabilities with respect thereto (which are, with respect to payments by the
Company only, not in effect or not imposed on the date of this Agreement);
excluding,
in the
case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income,
and franchise taxes imposed on it by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or
any
political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed
on
its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such
Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all
such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings
and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes").
(b)
Other
Taxes.
In
addition, each Borrower agrees to pay any stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from
any
payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the execution, delivery or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement not in effect
or
not imposed on the date of this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred
to
as "Other
Taxes")
upon
notice from the Lender.
(c)
Tax
Indemnity.
Each
Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent for the full
amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
2.10) paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be)
and
any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom
or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or
legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the
date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor.
(d)
Receipt.
Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, each Borrower will furnish
to
the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02, the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof.
(e)
Survival.
Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of each Borrower hereunder,
the
agreements and obligations of such Borrower contained in this Section 2.10
shall
survive the payment in full of principal and interest hereunder.
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SECTION
2.11. Promissory
Notes.
Any
Lender may request that Advances of any Type made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute
and
deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns)
substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (a "Committed
Note")
in the
case of the Committed Advances and substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2
(an
"Uncommitted
Note"),
in
the case of the Uncommitted Advances. Thereafter, such Advances evidenced by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 8.07) be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
SECTION
2.12. Use
of
Proceeds of Advances.
Each
Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances solely for general corporate
purposes, including, without limitation, for the acquisition of Margin
Stock.
SECTION
2.13. Uncommitted
Advances.
(a)
The
Uncommitted Advances Option.
In
addition to Committed Advances pursuant to Section 2.01, the Company may, as
set
forth in this Section 2.13, request the Lenders to make offers to make
Uncommitted Advances to the Borrowers. Each Lender may, but shall have no
obligation to, make such offers and the Borrowers may, but shall have no
obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section
2.13; provided
that,
following the making of each Uncommitted Borrowing, the aggregate amount of
the
Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Lenders. The Uncommitted Advances may be Floating Rate
Advances or Fixed Rate Advances.
(b)
Quote
Request.
When a
Borrower wishes to request offers to make Uncommitted Advances as part of an
Uncommitted Borrowing, the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Designated Borrower) shall transmit to the Administrative Agent, by telecopier,
a quote request substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (a "Quote
Request")
so as
to be received no earlier than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) and (x) no
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior
to
the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction,
or
(y) no later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day
immediately preceding the proposed date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the
case of a Floating Rate Auction, specifying:
(i)
the
proposed date of Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(ii)
the
proposed Currency of such Borrowing and the proposed aggregate amount of such
Borrowing, which shall be $10,000,000 or a larger whole multiple of $1,000,000
(or, in the case of an Uncommitted Borrowing denominated in an Alternate
Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof in such Alternate Currency,
rounded to the nearest 1,000,000 units of such Alternate Currency); and
(iii)
the
duration of the proposed Interest Period applicable thereto subject to the
provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
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The
Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each request
for an Uncommitted Borrowing received by it from the Company by sending such
Lender a copy of the related Quote Request. A Borrower may request offers to
make Uncommitted Advances for more than one Interest Period in a single Quote
Request. No Quote Request shall be given within five Business Days of any other
Quote Request.
(c)
Submission
and Contents of Quotes.
(i)
Each Lender may but shall not be required to submit a Quote containing an offer
or offers to make an Uncommitted Advance as part of a proposed Uncommitted
Borrowing in response to any Quote Request. Each Quote must comply with the
requirements of this Section 2.13(c) and must be submitted to the Administrative
Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the Company) in writing
(including by telecopy) no later than (A) 12:00 P.M. (New York City time)
on the third Business Day prior to the proposed date of borrowing in the case
of
a Fixed Rate Auction or (B) 12:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business
Day immediately preceding the proposed date of borrowing, in the case of a
Floating Rate Auction; provided
that if
the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole
discretion, elect to make any such offer, it shall notify the Company of such
offer at least 30 minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of
such election is to be given to the Administrative Agent by the other Lenders.
If any Lender shall elect not to make such an offer, such Lender shall so notify
the Administrative Agent, before 12:00 P.M. (New York City time) on
the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Administrative
Agent by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and
shall
not, make any Uncommitted Advance as part of such Uncommitted Borrowing;
provided
that the
failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not cause such Lender to be
obligated to make any Uncommitted Advance as part of such proposed Uncommitted
Borrowing. Any Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written
consent of the Company.
(ii)
A
Quote may set forth each separate offer by a Lender with respect to each
Interest Period specified in the related Quote Request. Each Quote shall be
in
substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto, and shall in any case
specify:
(A)
the
principal amount of the Uncommitted Advance for each such offer, which principal
amount (1) may be greater than or less than the Commitment of such Lender,
(2)
must be a whole multiple of $1,000,000 or, in the case of Uncommitted Advances
in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof in such
Alternate Currency, rounded to the nearest 1,000,000 units of such Alternate
Currency, (3) may not exceed (but may be less than) the proposed principal
amount of the proposed Uncommitted Borrowing set forth in the related Quote
Request, and (4) may be subject to an aggregate limitation as to the principal
amount of Uncommitted Advances for which offers being made by such Lender may
be
accepted;
(B)
in
the case of a Floating Rate Auction, the margin below the Base Rate (the
"Floating
Rate Margin")
offered for each such Uncommitted Advance expressed as a percentage (specified
to the nearest 1/1,000th of 1%) to be subtracted from such Base Rate;
and
(C)
in
the case of a Fixed Rate Auction, the rate of interest per annum (specified
to
the nearest 1/1,000th of 1%) (the "Fixed
Rate")
offered for each such Uncommitted Advance.
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(iii)
Any
Quote shall be disregarded if it:
(A)
is
not substantially in conformity with the format described in the relevant Quote
Request or does not specify all of the information required by Section
2.13(c)(ii);
(B)
contains qualifying, conditional or similar language;
(C)
proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable
Quote Request; or
(D)
is
received by the Administrative Agent after the time set forth in Section
2.13(c)(i).
(d)
Acceptance
and Notice by Company.
Not
later than (i) 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior
to
the proposed date of borrowing, in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction or (ii)
1:00
P.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the proposed
date of borrowing, in the case of a Floating Rate Auction, the Company shall
notify the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to
the
Lenders) of the relevant Borrower’s acceptance or nonacceptance of the offers so
notified to it pursuant to Section 2.13(c) substantially in the form of Exhibit
E hereto; provided
that if
the Company shall fail to so notify the Administrative Agent by the times set
forth above, the Company shall be deemed to have notified the Administrative
Agent of the relevant Borrower’s nonacceptance of each such offer. In the case
of acceptance, each such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount
of
offers that are accepted. The relevant Borrower may accept any such offer in
whole or in part; provided
that:
(i)
the
aggregate principal amount of each Uncommitted Borrowing may not exceed the
applicable amount set forth in the related Quote Request;
(ii)
the
principal amount of each Uncommitted Borrowing must be $10,000,000 or a larger
whole multiple of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of an Uncommitted Borrowing
denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof
in
such Alternate Currency rounded to the nearest 1,000,000 units of such Alternate
Currency);
(iii)
acceptance of offers from the Lenders may only be made on the basis of ascending
Floating Rate Margins or Fixed Rates, as the case may be; and
(iv)
the
Company may not accept any offer that is described in Section 2.13(c)(iii)
or
that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this
Agreement.
(e)
Allocation.
If
offers are made by more than one Lender with the same Floating Rate Margins
or
Fixed Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than
the amount in respect of which such offers are accepted, the principal amount
of
Uncommitted Advances in respect of which such offers are accepted shall be
allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Lenders as nearly as possible
(in such multiples, not less than $1,000,000, or, in the case of Uncommitted
Advances denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent
thereof in such Alternate Currency rounded to the nearest 1,000,000 units of
such Currency, as it may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate
principal amounts of such offers. Determinations by the Administrative Agent
of
the allocations of Uncommitted Advances shall be binding and conclusive in
the
absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Company and the Lenders of any allocation pursuant to this Section
2.13(e).
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(f)
Funding.
In the
case of an Uncommitted Borrowing as to which the relevant Borrower has accepted
the offer of one or more Lenders to make an Uncommitted Advance under clause
(d)
above, before 12:00 noon (Local Time) on the date of such Uncommitted Borrowing,
each such Lender shall make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's Account, in
same day funds, such Lender's portion of such Uncommitted Borrowing. Upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after
receipt by the Administrative Agent of such funds, the Administrative Agent
will
promptly (and in any event by the close of business Local Time on the date
of
such Borrowing) make such funds available to the Company by depositing the
same
in immediately available funds into such account as the Company shall have
specified in the related notice of acceptance (in substantially the form of
Exhibit E hereto). Promptly after each Uncommitted Borrowing the Administrative
Agent will notify each Lender of the amount of the Uncommitted Borrowing, the
aggregate principal amount of the Uncommitted Advances then outstanding and
the
dates upon which such Uncommitted Advances commenced and will
mature.
SECTION
2.14. Borrowings
by Designated Borrowers.
(a)
The Company may, at any time or from time to time, upon not less than 10
Business Day's notice to the Administrative Agent, designate one or more
Subsidiaries organized in any of the jurisdictions listed on Schedule III
as Borrowers hereunder. Upon any such designation of a Subsidiary and the
Administrative Agent's receipt of each of the following (copies of which will
be
promptly furnished by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders), which shall
be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
such
Subsidiary shall be a Designated Borrower and a Borrower entitled to make
Borrowings on and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement:
(i)
Executed
Counterparts.
A
designation letter (a "Designation
Letter")
in
duplicate, in substantially the form of Exhibit I, duly completed and
executed by the Company and such Designated Borrower and delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least ten Business Days before the date on which such
Subsidiary is to become a Designated Borrower;
(ii)
Opinion
of Counsel to the Designated Borrower.
A
favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and dated the date of the Designation Letter) of reputable counsel to such
Designated Borrower (which may be internal counsel) in the relevant jurisdiction
(and such Designated Borrower hereby and by delivery of such Designation Letter
instruct such counsel to deliver such opinion to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent), as to the due organization of such Designated Borrower
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, the due authorization,
execution and delivery by such Designated Borrower of such Designation Letter
and of the making of Borrowings by it hereunder, the obtaining of all licenses,
approvals and consents of, and the making of all filings and registrations
with,
any applicable Governmental Authority required in connection therewith and
the
legality, validity and binding effect and enforceability thereof, and such
other
legal matters relating thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
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(iii)
Corporate
Documents.
Such
documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
(including without limitation certified copies of the charter and by-laws of
such Designated Borrower and of resolutions of its Board of Directors
authorizing such Designated Borrower's acceptance of the Company’s designation
as a "Designated Borrower" and its becoming a Borrower under this Agreement,
and
of all documents evidencing all other necessary corporate or other action
required with respect to such Designated Borrower becoming party to this
Agreement;
(iv)
Process
Agent.
Evidence that the Process Agent has agreed to act as agent for service of
process in New York, New York on behalf of such Designated Borrower under the
Loan Documents.
(v)
Expenses.
Evidence that such Designated Borrower or the Company shall have paid any and
all expenses reasonably incurred by the Administrative Agent (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) in
connection with its designation as a Designated Borrower; and
(vi)
Other
Items.
Such
other documents relating thereto as the Administrative Agent or any Lender
or
special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
including any documentation and other evidence which may be requested by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with and/or administer any "know
your customer" or other customer identification related policies and procedures
required under applicable laws and regulations.
(b)
So long as all principal of and interest on all Advances made to any Designated
Borrower and all other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been paid in full, the Company
may
terminate the status of such Designated Borrower as a Borrower hereunder by
furnishing to the Administrative Agent a letter (a "Termination
Letter")
in
substantially the form of Exhibit J, duly completed and executed by the
Company. Any Termination Letter furnished hereunder shall be effective upon
receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly so notify
the
Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of a Termination Letter
with respect to any Designated Borrower shall not terminate (i) any
obligation of such Borrower that remains unpaid at the time of such delivery
(including without limitation any obligation arising thereafter in respect
of
such Borrower under Section 2.08 or Section 2.10) or (ii) the
obligations of the Company under Article IX with respect to any unpaid
obligations of such Borrower.
SECTION
2.15. European
Monetary Union.
(a)
Definitions.
In this
Section 2.15 and in each other provision of this Agreement to which reference
is
made in this Section 2.15 (whether expressly or impliedly), the following terms
have the meanings given to them in this Section 2.15:
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"EMU"
shall
mean economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European
Union.
"EMU
Legislation"
shall
mean legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of,
changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency, being
in
part the implementation of the third stage of EMU.
"Euro"
shall
mean the single currency of Participating Member States of the European
Union.
"Participating
Member State"
shall
mean each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
"Target
Operating Day"
shall
mean any day that is not (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) Christmas Day or New
Year's Day or (iii) any other day on which the Trans-European Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer system (or any successor settlement system) is
not
operating (as determined by the Administrative Agent).
"Treaty
on European Union"
shall
mean the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
0000 and the Maastricht Treaty (which was signed at Maastricht on February
7,
1992, and came into force on November 1, 1993), as amended from time to
time.
(b)
Payments
by the Administrative Agent Generally.
With
respect to the payment of any amount denominated in the Euro, the Administrative
Agent shall not be liable to the Company or any of the Lenders in any way
whatsoever for any delay, or the consequences of any delay, in the crediting
to
any account of any amount required by this Agreement to be paid by the
Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall have taken all relevant
steps to achieve, on the date required by this Agreement, the payment of such
amount in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds to the
account of the Company or any Lender, as the case may be, in the Principal
Financial Center in the Participating Member State which the Company or, as
the
case may be, such Lender shall have specified for such purpose. In this
paragraph (b), "all
relevant steps"
shall
mean all such steps as may be prescribed from time to time by the regulations
or
operating procedures of such clearing or settlement system as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably determine for the purpose of clearing
or
settling payments of the Euro.
(c)
Determination
of Eurocurrency Rate.
For the
purposes of determining the date on which the applicable rate for Eurocurrency
Rate Advances is determined under this Agreement for any Advance denominated
in
the Euro for any Interest Period therefor, references in this Agreement to
London Banking Days shall be deemed to be references to Target Operating
Days.
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ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION
3.01. Condition
Precedent to Effectiveness.
The
amendment and restatement of this Agreement as set forth herein shall become
effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the date (the "Effective
Date"),
which
shall be on or before February 27, 2008, as of which the Administrative Agent
shall confirm to the Company that it has received the following, each dated
such
day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (except
for any Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a)
Executed
Counterparts.
From
each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf
of
such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page to this
Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this
Agreement;
(b)
Authority
and Approvals.
Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company
(or
equivalent documents) authorizing and approving this Agreement, authorizing
Borrowings by the Company and the Designated Borrowers hereunder in an aggregate
principal amount up to but not exceeding the aggregate amount of the Commitments
at any one time outstanding and certified copies of all documents evidencing
all
necessary corporate action and all other necessary action (corporate,
partnership or otherwise) and governmental approvals, if any, with respect
to
this Agreement;
(c)
Secretary's
or Assistant Secretary's Certificate.
A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated
the
Effective Date, certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of
the
Company authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Notes, and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder;
(d)
Legal
Opinions.
An
opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the Effective Date, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit F-1 hereto and an opinion of special New York counsel to
the
Administrative Agent, dated the Effective Date, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F-2 hereto;
(e)
Closing
Certificate.
A
certificate of a senior financial officer of the Company, dated the Effective
Date, certifying that the representations and warranties set forth in Article
IV
are true on such date as if made on and as of such date and that no Default
has
occurred and is continuing on such date; and
(f)
Termination
of Commitments; Fees and Expenses.
Evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that (i) the commitments under the
Existing Credit Agreements have been terminated and all accrued fees, expenses,
interest, principal and other amounts thereunder have been paid, and (ii) the
Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders
such up-front fees in connection with the execution of this Agreement as the
Company and the Administrative Agent shall have agreed upon.
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SECTION
3.02. Conditions
Precedent to Each Advance.
The
obligation of each Lender to make each Advance (including the initial Advance)
as part of a Borrowing shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that
(i) on the date of such Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and
each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing or the notice of
acceptance under Section 2.13(d), as the case may be, and the acceptance by
the
relevant Borrower of the proceeds of such Advance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Advance
the following statements shall be true): (x) the representations and warranties
contained in Section 4.01 (other than the Excluded Representation) and, to
the
extent applicable, in the Designation Letter of such Borrower are correct in
all
material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after
giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date (it being understood and agreed
that any representation or warranty which expressly refers by its terms to
a
specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects
only as of such date), and (y) no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would
result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
that would constitute an Event of Default, or would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both;
and
(ii) in the case of a requested Borrowing the proceeds of which are to be used
to buy or carry any Margin Stock, the Company shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a senior financial officer of the Company
accompanying the relevant Notice of Borrowing setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis upon which the Company has made the representation set forth in the
third sentence of Section 4.01(l) on and as of the date of such Borrowing,
before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of
the
proceeds therefrom, together with (if so requested by the Administrative Agent)
a duly completed Form U-1 or Form G-3 satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01. Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a)
Corporate
Existence.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws
of
the State of Connecticut.
(b)
Corporate
Authorization, Etc.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Notes are within the Company's corporate powers, have been duly authorized
by
all necessary corporate action and do not contravene (i) the Company's charter
or bylaws or (ii) any law or contractual restriction binding on or affecting
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c)
No
Approvals.
No
authorization, approval or action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the
Notes.
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(d)
Enforceability.
This
Agreement is and, upon issuance and delivery thereof in accordance with this
Agreement, each Note will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms.
(e)
Financial
Information.
The
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
as
of December 29, 2007, and the related statements of income and retained earnings
of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended,
copies of which have been furnished to the Lenders, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such date and the results of the operations of the Company
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(f)
No
Litigation.
Except
as disclosed or otherwise reflected in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 29, 2007, there is no pending or (to the best of
the
Company's knowledge) threatened action or proceeding against the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries or relating to any of their respective properties before
any
court, governmental agency or arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect or which purports to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note.
(g)
No
Material Adverse Effect.
Since
December 29, 2007, there has been no event, act or condition which has had
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(h)
Environmental
Matters.
Except
as disclosed or otherwise reflected in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 29, 2007, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received notice or otherwise obtained knowledge of any claim,
demand, action, event, condition, report or investigation indicating or
concerning any potential or actual liability which could reasonably be expected
to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect arising
in
connection with (i) any non-compliance with or violation of the requirements
of
any applicable federal, state or local environmental health or safety statutes
or regulations, or (ii) the release or threatened release of any toxic or
hazardous waste, substance or constituent into the environment.
(i)
Investment
Company.
The
Company is not an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(j)
Disclosure.
The
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any
Designated Borrower to the Lenders in connection with the negotiation, execution
and delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document does not contain
any
material misstatements of fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under
which
they were made, not misleading.
(k)
No
Defaults.
The
Company (i) is not in default under or with respect to this Agreement or any
Note, and (ii) is not in default under or with respect to any other agreement,
instrument or undertaking to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound in any respect which could reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l)
Use
of
Proceeds, Etc.
All
proceeds of each Advance will be used by each Borrower only in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.12. No Borrower is or will be engaged in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock
and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to extend credit to others for
the
purpose of buying or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making of any
Advance nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent
with
the provisions of Regulations U or X issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
OF THE BORROWER
SECTION
5.01. Affirmative
Covenants.
So
long
as any Advance or any other amount owing hereunder shall remain unpaid or any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder:
(a)
Financial
Information.
The
Company will furnish to the Lenders:
(i)
Quarterly
Financial Statements.
Within
50 days after the close of each quarterly accounting period in each fiscal
year
of the Company, the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related
consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and
cash
flows for such quarterly period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year
ended with the last day of such quarterly period, in each case setting forth
comparative figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal
year.
(ii)
Annual
Financial Statements.
Within
95 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Company, the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end
of
such fiscal year and the related consolidated statement of income, retained
earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative figures
for the preceding fiscal year and reported on without qualification by
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, in
each case together with a report of such accounting firm stating that in the
course of its regular audit of the consolidated financial statements of the
Company, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default relating to accounting matters (including, without
limitation, in respect of Section 5.01(f)), or if in the opinion of such
accounting firm such a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof.
(iii)
Officer's
Certificates.
At the
time of the delivery of the financial statements under clauses (i) and (ii)
above, a certificate of a senior financial officer of the Company which
certifies (x) that such financial statements fairly present the financial
condition and the results of operations of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries on the dates and for the periods indicated, and (y) that such
officer has reviewed the terms of this Agreement and has made, or caused to
be
made under his or her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the business
and condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during the
accounting period covered by such financial statements, and that as a result
of
such review such officer has concluded that no Default or Event of Default
has
occurred during the period commencing at the beginning of the accounting period
covered by the financial statements accompanied by such certificate and ending
on the date of such certificate or, if any Default or Event of Default has
occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and, if continuing, the
action the Company proposes to take in respect thereof. Such certificate shall
set forth the calculations required to establish whether the Company was in
compliance with the provisions of Section 5.01(f) for the twelve-month period
ending as at the end of the accounting period covered by the financial
statements accompanied by such certificate.
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(iv)
Notice
of Default or Litigation.
Promptly after any Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, or (ii) any litigation or
governmental proceeding pending or threatened against any Borrower or other
event, act or condition which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(v)
SEC
Filings.
Promptly upon transmission thereof, copies of all regular and periodic financial
information, proxy materials and other information and reports, if any, which
the Company shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
governmental agencies substituted therefor or which the Company shall send
to
its stockholders.
(vi)
Other
Information.
From
time to time, and as soon as reasonably practicable, such other information
or
documents (financial or otherwise) as any Lender through the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Reports
and financial statements required to be delivered by the Company pursuant
clauses (i), (ii) and (v) of this Section 5.01 (a) shall be deemed to have
been
delivered on the date on which it posts such reports, or reports containing
such
financial statements, on its website on the Internet at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx,
or when
such reports, or reports containing such financial statements are posted on
the
website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at xxx.xxx.xxx;
provided that it shall deliver such paper copies of the reports and financial
statements referred to in Clauses (i), (ii) and (v) of this Section 5.01(a)
to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender who request it to deliver such paper
copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender.
(b)
Compliance
with Law.
The
Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all
applicable laws, rules, statutes, regulations, decrees and orders of all
governmental bodies, domestic or foreign, in respect of the conduct of their
business and the ownership of their property, except such non-compliance as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect at
the
time of such noncompliance or in the foreseeable future.
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(c)
Payment
of Taxes.
The
Company shall pay or cause to be paid, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to pay or cause to be paid, when due, all taxes, charges and assessments and
all
other lawful claims required to be paid by the Company or such Subsidiaries,
except (x) as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, if adequate reserves have been established with respect thereto
in
accordance with GAAP and (y) where such nonpayment could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)
Preservation
of Corporate Existence.
Except
as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to preserve, renew and
keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence and the licenses, permits,
rights and franchises necessary to the proper conduct of its business, except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will engage
in
any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business, taken on
a
consolidated basis, which would then be engaged in by the Company and its
Subsidiaries would be substantially changed from the general nature of the
business engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this
Agreement.
(e)
Maintenance
of Books and Records.
The
Company will maintain financial records in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied. The representatives of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders
shall have the right to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company
and of any of its Subsidiaries, to examine their books of account and records
and take notes and make transcripts therefrom, and to discuss their affairs,
finances and accounts with, and be advised as to the same by, their officers
upon reasonable prior notice at such reasonable times and intervals as may
be
requested (subject to the standard policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as to access, safety and, without prejudice to the reasonable requirements
of
lending institutions and their regulatory supervisors,
confidentiality).
(f)
Interest
Coverage Ratio.
The
Company shall maintain, for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
of
the Company, an Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 5.00 to
1.00.
SECTION
5.02. Negative
Covenants.
So
long
as any Advance or any other amount owing hereunder shall remain unpaid or any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder:
(a)
No
Liens.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on any
Principal Property now owned or hereafter acquired (unless the Company secures
the Advances made hereunder equally and ratably with such Lien), other
than:
(i)
Liens
existing and disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the date
hereof;
(ii)
Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate
reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(iii)
statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen and other Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of
business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate
bonds have been posted;
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(iv)
Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection
with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and
return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations
for the payment of borrowed money);
(v)
easements, rights-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances not interfering with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which do not detract
materially from the value of the property to which they attach or impair
materially the use thereof by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(vi)
Liens on property of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company and not created in contemplation thereof;
(vii)
Liens securing Indebtedness owed by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company
or another Subsidiary of the Company;
(viii)
any Lien arising solely by operation of law in the ordinary course of business
or which is contained in a contract for the purchase or sale of goods or
services entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)
Liens on any property existing at the time of acquisition but only if the amount
of outstanding Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the lesser of the
fair market value or the purchase price of the property as
purchased;
(x)
any
Lien securing the purchase price of revenues or assets purchased after the
date
hereof or the cost of repairing or altering, constructing, developing or
substantially improving all or any part of such revenues or assets; provided
that
such Lien attaches only to such revenues or assets (including any improvements)
and the Indebtedness thereby secured does not exceed the lesser of the fair
market value or the purchase price of the revenues or assets (including any
improvements) as purchased;
(xi)
any
other Liens on Principal Properties securing Indebtedness which in the
aggregate, together with Attributable Debt, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated
Net Worth at any time outstanding; and
(xii)
any
extension, renewal or replacement of any of the Liens referred to above;
provided
that the
Indebtedness secured by any such extension, renewal or replacement does not
exceed the sum of the principal amount of the Indebtedness originally secured
thereby and any fee incurred in connection with such transaction.
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(b)
Merger,
Etc.
The
Company shall not (i) enter into any merger or consolidation, or liquidate,
wind
up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation, wind-up or dissolution), discontinue
its business or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one
transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of its business
or property, whether now or hereafter acquired, or (ii) permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so, if such action could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect, except that (1) any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Company may merge into or convey, sell, lease or transfer all or substantially
all of its assets to, the Company or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Company and (2) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may enter into any merger
or consolidation so long as in the case of a transaction involving the Company,
the Company, or in the case of any other transaction, a Subsidiary of the
Company, is the surviving entity in such transaction and, after giving effect
thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be
continuing.
(c)
Sale-Leasebacks.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become
liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any lease, whether an operating
lease or a Capital Lease, of any property (whether real or personal or mixed)
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) which the Company or such
Subsidiary has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other
Person, or (ii) which the Company or such Subsidiary intends to use for
substantially the same purposes as any other property which has been or is
to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to any other Person in
connection with such lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and
its
Subsidiaries shall be permitted to become liable with respect to the leases
described above so long as all Attributable Debt, together with the Liens
described in Section 5.02(a)(xi), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth
at any time outstanding.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01. Events
of Default.
If
any of
the following events ("Events
of Default")
shall
occur and be continuing:
(a)
Any
Borrower shall fail to pay when due (or, if any such failure is due solely
to
technical or administrative difficulties relating to the transfer of such
amounts, within two Business Days after its due date) any principal of any
Advance; or any Borrower shall fail to pay when due any interest on any Advance,
any fee (other than the fees referenced in Section 2.03) or any other amount
payable by it hereunder or under any Note and five (5) days shall have elapsed
from the date such interest, fees or other amounts were due; or with respect
to
the fees payable pursuant to Section 2.03, any Borrower shall fail to pay
any such fee when due and two Business Days shall have elapsed from the
Company's receipt of notice of such nonpayment from the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender; or
(b)
Any
representation or warranty made by any Borrower herein or pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation in any
certificate of such Borrower delivered pursuant hereto) shall prove to have
been
incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
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(c)
The
Company or any other Borrower, as applicable, shall fail to perform any term,
covenant or agreement contained in the first sentence of Section 2.07(b),
Section 5.01(a)(iv), 5.01(f) or 5.02 on its part to be performed or observed;
or
(d)
Any
Borrower shall fail to perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in
this
Agreement (except those described in clauses (a) and (c) above) and such failure
shall continue for 30 days; or
(e)
A
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of any Borrower or any Principal Subsidiary in an involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Borrower or such
Principal Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f)
Any
Borrower or any Principal Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case under
any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or shall consent to the entry of any order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of such Borrower or such Principal Subsidiary or for any
substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for
the
benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due, or shall take any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
or
(g)
(A)
Any Borrower or any Principal Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment in
respect of Indebtedness when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration or otherwise) if the aggregate amount of such payment
is $25,000,000 or more, or (B) any breach, default or event of default shall
occur and be continuing (and applicable grace and notice periods shall have
expired) under any agreement or indenture relating to any Indebtedness of such
Borrower or such Principal Subsidiary in an aggregate amount of $25,000,000
or
more, and, except in the case of financial covenant defaults, the maturity
of
any such Indebtedness has been accelerated in accordance with the terms thereof;
or
(h)
(A)
Any Termination Event shall occur, or (B) any Plan shall incur an "accumulated
funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA), whether or not waived, or (C) the Company or any member of its ERISA
Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount which it shall have become
liable to pay to the PBGC, any Plan or a trust established under Title IV of
ERISA, or (D) a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be
entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that an ERISA Plan must be terminated
or have a trustee appointed to administer any ERISA Plan, or (E) the Company
or
a member of its ERISA Controlled Group suffers a partial or complete withdrawal
from a Multiemployer Plan or is in "default" (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5)
of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan, or (F) a proceeding
shall be instituted against the Company or any member of its ERISA Controlled
Group to enforce Section 515 of ERISA, or (G) any other event or condition
shall
occur or exist with respect to any Plan, if such events, transactions or
conditions set forth in clauses (A) through (G) above could singly or in the
aggregate be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
or
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(i)
If
there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more
than 30 days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against the any
Borrower or any Principal Subsidiary which, when added to any other outstanding
final judgments which remain undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed for more
than 30 days against such Borrower or any such Principal Subsidiary, exceeds
$25,000,000;
then,
and
in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may
with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, declare
the
obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the
same
shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, declare all
Advances, the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under
this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon all Advances, the
Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith
due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any
kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; provided,
however,
that in
the case of any of the Events of Default specified in clauses (e) or (f) above
with respect to any Borrower, (A) the obligation of each Lender to make Advances
shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Advances, the Notes, all such
interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which
are
hereby expressly waived by each Borrower.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION
7.01. Appointment
and Authority.
Each
Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Citibank to act on its behalf as the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise
such
powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or
thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this Article (other than the provisions of Section
7.07) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
and neither the Company nor any other Borrower shall have rights as a third
party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
SECTION
7.02. Administrative
Agent Individually. (a)
The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise
the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other
advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the
Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were
not
the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor
to
the Lenders.
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(b) Each
Lender understands that the Person serving as Administrative Agent, acting
in
its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the "Agent’s
Group")
are
engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including
investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment
banking and research) (such services and businesses are collectively referred
to
in this Section 7.02 as "Activities")
and
may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the Borrowers
or their respective Affiliates. Furthermore, the Agent’s Group may, in
undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial products or undertake
other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of others
(including the Borrowers and their Affiliates and including holding, for its
own
account or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in the
Company, another Borrower or their respective Affiliates), including trading
in
or holding long, short or derivative positions in securities, loans or other
financial products of one or more of the Borrowers or their Affiliates. Each
Lender understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, the Agent’s
Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Borrowers
or
their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Borrowers
to perform their respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents) which information may not be available to any of the Lenders that
are
not members of the Agent’s Group. None of the Administrative Agent or any member
of the Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender or use on
behalf of the Lenders, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose
or
use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or
otherwise (including any information concerning the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of
any
Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower) or to account for any revenue or
profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that the
Administrative Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender
such documents as are expressly required by any Loan Document to be transmitted
by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders.
(c)
Each
Lender further understands that there may be situations where members of the
Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Borrowers and their
Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions
that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders
(including the interests of the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents). Each Lender agrees that no member of the Agent’s Group is or shall
be required to restrict its activities as a result of the Person serving as
Administrative Agent being a member of the Agent’s Group, and that each member
of the Agent’s Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation
with or notification to any Lender. None of (i) this Agreement or any other
Loan
Document, (ii) the receipt by the Agent’s Group of information (including
Information) concerning the Borrowers or their Affiliates (including information
concerning the ability of the Borrowers to perform their respective Obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) or (iii) any other matter shall
give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without
limitation any duty of trust or confidence) owing by the Administrative Agent
or
any member of the Agent’s Group to any Lender including any such duty that would
prevent or restrict the Agent’s Group from acting on behalf of customers
(including the Borrowers or their Affiliates) or for its own account.
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SECTION
7.03. Duties
of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions.
(a)
The
Administrative Agent's duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are
solely ministerial and administrative in nature and the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein
and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required
to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the written direction of the Required Lenders
(or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided
that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent
or
any of its Affiliates to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document
or
applicable law.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under
the
circumstances as provided in Sections 8.01 or 8.03) or (ii) in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative
Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
or the event or events that give or may give rise to any Default or Event of
Default unless and until the Company or any Lender shall have given notice
to
the Administrative Agent describing such Default or Event of Default and such
event or events.
(c) Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agent’s Group shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty, representation or other information made or supplied in
or
in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Information
Memorandum, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or
the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the information contained therein,
(iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or
other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of
any
Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
(v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 3 or elsewhere
herein, other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt
of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Nothing
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the Administrative
Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any "know your customer" or
other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender
confirms to the Administrative Agent that it is solely responsible for any
such
checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement
in
relation to such checks made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related
Parties.
SECTION
7.04. Reliance
by Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed
by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by
the
proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made
to
it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Borrowing that by
its
terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative
Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless
an
officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender
prior to the making of such Loan, and such Lender shall not have made available
to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for
the
Company or any other Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
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SECTION
7.05. Indemnification.
The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Company), ratably according to the respective principal
amounts of their Commitments, as then or most recently in effect, from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against
the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement
and
the Notes, or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under
this
Agreement and the Notes, provided
that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
that are found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the Administrative Agent's gross negligence
or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees
to reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable
share
of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect
of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the
Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the
Company.
SECTION
7.06. Delegation
of Duties.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through
any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise
its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. Each
such
sub-agent and the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and each such
sub-agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article
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and Section 8.04 (as
though such sub-agents were the "Administrative Agent" under the Loan Documents)
as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION
7.07. Resignation
of Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to
appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, or an
Affiliate of any such bank with an office in New York, and which successor
shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Company. If no such successor shall have been
so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation (such 30-day period, the "Lender
Appointment Period"),
then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above.
In
addition and without any obligation on the part of the retiring Administrative
Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent,
the retiring Administrative Agent may at any time upon or after the end of
the
Lender Appointment Period notify the Company and the Lenders that no qualifying
Person has accepted appointment as successor Administrative Agent and the
effective date of such retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation. Upon the
resignation effective date established in such notice and regardless of whether
a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed and accepted such
appointment, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless
become effective and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder
and
under the other Loan Documents and (ii) all payments, communications and
determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent
shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above
in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative
Agent of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations
as Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not
already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees
payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company
and
such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section
8.04 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent.
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SECTION
7.08. Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent and Other Parties.
(a)
Each
Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent, each other Lender and each of
their
respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its
Related Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that it is capable, without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits
and
risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial
matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, (y) making Loans and other
extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (z) taking
or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to
bear
such risks and (iii) has determined that entering into this Agreement and making
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each
Lender acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in
connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and
investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into, this Agreement based on such documents and information,
as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any of their
respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its
own
appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with,
and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not take action under,
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents based on such documents and information
as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each
case:
(i) the
financial condition, status and capitalization of the Company and each other
Borrower;
(ii) the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement
and each other Loan Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with
any Loan Document;
(iii) determining
compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of
a
Loan and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with
establishing the satisfaction of each such condition; and
(iv) the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and any
other information delivered by the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or
by
any of their respective Related Parties under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made
or
executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan Document.
SECTION
7.09. No
Other Duties, Etc. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as
Bookrunners, Lead Arrangers or Syndication Agent listed on the cover page hereof
shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any
of
the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the
Administrative Agent or as a Lender hereunder.
ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
8.01. Amendments,
Etc.
No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, nor consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in
any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the relevant Designated Borrower, if applicable, and the Required Lenders,
or in the case of Section 2.13 and any Uncommitted Note, the Company and the
Lender to which such Note is payable, and then such waiver or consent shall
be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given; provided
that the
written consent of the Company and all the Lenders shall be required in order
to
amend or waive any provision of the Agreement or the Notes other than Section
2.13 which would have the effect of (a) a reduction in principal, interest
or
fees payable to the Lenders under this Agreement or the Committed Notes, (b)
the
postponement of any date fixed for the payment of any principal, interest or
fees under this Agreement or the Committed Notes (excluding any such
postponement pursuant to Section 2.01(d)), (c) an increase in the
Commitments (excluding any such increases pursuant to Section 2.01(c)), (d)
amending or waiving compliance with the last sentence of Section 2.01(a),
Section 2.08, Section 8.05 or this Section 8.01, (e) amending the definition
of
Required Lenders or (f) any release or modification of the Company’s
guarantee under Article IX; and provided,
further,
that no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such
action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement, and provided,
further,
that
the Commitment of any Lender shall not be extended without the prior written
consent of such Lender.
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SECTION
8.02. Notices,
Communications and Treatment of Information.
(a)
Notices.
(i) All
notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications provided for
in
this Agreement shall be given in writing, or by any telecommunication device
capable of creating a written record (including electronic mail), and addressed
to the party to be notified as follows:
(1) |
if
to the Company or any other Borrower,
|
Xxxxxxx
Works
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention
of:
Telecopier
No.:
E-Mail
Address:
(2) |
if
to the Administrative Agent
|
Citibank,
N.A.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention
of:
Telecopier
No.:
E-Mail
Address:
(3) if
to any
Lender, to it at its address (or telecopier number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire
or
at
such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case of the
Company and the Administrative Agent, to the other parties and (y) in the
case of all other parties, to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(ii) All
notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications described in
clause (i) shall be effective (1) if delivered by hand, including any
overnight courier service, upon personal delivery, (2) if delivered by
mail, when deposited in the mails, (3) if delivered by posting to an
Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet website or a similar telecommunication
device requiring that a user have prior access to such Approved Electronic
Platform, website or other device (to the extent permitted by Section
8.02(b) to
be
delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other
communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved
Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar device to the class of Person
being notified (regardless of whether any such Person must accomplish, and
whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action prior to
obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact
information, compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty
of
confidentiality) and such Person has been notified in respect of such posting
that a communication has been posted to the Approved Electronic
Platform and
(4) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications device,
when transmitted to an electronic mail address (or by another means of
electronic delivery) as provided in clause (i); provided,
however, that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to
Article 7 shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.
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(iii) Notwithstanding
clauses (i) and (ii) (unless the Administrative Agent requests that the
provisions of clause (i) and (ii) be followed) and any other provision in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document providing for the delivery of any
Approved Electronic Communication by any other means, the Borrowers shall
deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the Administrative Agent
by
properly transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an
electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
or such
other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic delivery) as
the
Administrative Agent may notify to the Company. Nothing in this
clause (iii) shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to deliver any Approved Electronic Communication to any Borrower in
any
manner authorized in this Agreement or to request that the Company effect
delivery in such manner.
(b)
Posting
of Approved Electronic Communications.
(i)
Each of the Lenders and each Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent
may,
but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications
available to the Lenders by posting such Approved Electronic Communications
on
IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the
Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system
(the
"Approved
Electronic Platform").
(ii) Although
the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with
generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified
by
the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date,
a
dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved
Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization
method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on
a
deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and each Borrower acknowledges and
agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not
necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated
with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits
afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided
hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each
of
the Lenders and each Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Approved
Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(iii) THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". NONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY
OTHER MEMBER OF THE AGENT’S GROUP WARRANTS THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM EXCEPT FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE
AGENT’S GROUP. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM
VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH
THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM.
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(iv) Each
of
the Lenders and each Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but
(except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store
the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform
in
accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document
retention procedures and policies.
(c)
Confidentiality.
Each of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to maintain the confidentiality
of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed
(a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective managers,
administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents,
advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to
whom
such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to
the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction
over it or its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as
the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent
required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal
process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the
exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or
the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section,
to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or
Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
(ii) any actual or prospective party and direct or indirect counterparty
(or its managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and other representatives) to any swap, derivative
or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the
Company and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (iii) any
rating agency, or (iv) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization,
(g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such
Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a
breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than the Company.
For
purposes of this Section, "Information"
means
all information received from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating
to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses,
other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries, provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of
delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality
of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
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(d)
Treatment
of Information.
(i)
Certain of the Lenders may enter into this Agreement and take or not take action
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the basis of information that
does not contain material non-public information with respect to any of the
Borrowers or their securities ("Restricting
Information").
Other
Lenders may enter into this Agreement and take or not take action hereunder
or
under the other Loan Documents on the basis of information that may contain
Restricting Information. Each Lender acknowledges that United States federal
and
state securities laws prohibit any person from purchasing or selling securities
on the basis of material, non-public information concerning the issuer of such
securities or, subject to certain limited exceptions, from communicating such
information to any other Person. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of
its
Related Parties shall, by making any Communications (including Restricting
Information) available to a Lender, by participating in any conversations or
other interactions with a Lender or otherwise, make or be deemed to make any
statement with regard to or otherwise warrant that any such information or
Communication does or does not contain Restricting Information nor shall the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties be responsible or liable
in
any way for any decision a Lender may make to limit or to not limit its access
to Restricting Information. In particular, none of the Administrative Agent
or
any of its Related Parties (i) shall have, and the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of itself and each of its Related Parties, hereby disclaims, any duty
to
ascertain or inquire as to whether or not a Lender has or has not limited its
access to Restricting Information, such Lender’s policies or procedures
regarding the safeguarding of material, nonpublic information or such Lender’s
compliance with applicable laws related thereto or (ii) shall have, or incur,
any liability to any Borrower or Lender or any of their respective Related
Parties arising out of or relating to the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties providing or not providing Restricting Information to any
Lender.
(ii) Each
Borrower agrees that (i) all Communications it provides to the Administrative
Agent intended for delivery to the Lenders whether by posting to the Approved
Electronic Platform or otherwise shall be clearly and conspicuously marked
"PUBLIC" if such Communications do not contain Restricting Information which,
at
a minimum, shall mean that the word "PUBLIC" shall appear prominently on the
first page thereof, (ii) by marking Communications "PUBLIC," each Borrower
shall
be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat
such Communications as either publicly available information or not material
information (although, in this latter case, such Communications may contain
sensitive business information and, therefore, remain subject to the
confidentiality undertakings of Section 8.02(c)) with respect to such Borrower
or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities
laws, (iii) all Communications marked "PUBLIC" may be delivered to all Lenders
and may be made available through a portion of the Approved Electronic Platform
designated "Public Side Information," and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall
be
entitled to treat any Communications that are not marked "PUBLIC" as Restricting
Information and may post such Communications to a portion of the Approved
Electronic Platform not designated "Public Side Information." Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates shall be responsible for any
statement or other designation by a Borrower regarding whether a Communication
contains or does not contain material non-public information with respect to
any
of the Borrowers or their securities nor shall the Administrative Agent or
any
of its Affiliates incur any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other
Person for any action taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates
based upon such statement or designation, including any action as a result
of
which Restricting Information is provided to a Lender that may decide not to
take access to Restricting Information. Nothing in this clause (ii) shall modify
or limit a Lender’s obligations under Section 8.02(b) with regard to
Communications and the maintenance of the confidentiality of or other treatment
of Information.
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(iii) Each
Lender acknowledges that circumstances may arise that require it to refer to
Communications that might contain Restricting Information. Accordingly, each
Lender agrees that it will nominate at least one designee to receive
Communications (including Restricting Information) on its behalf and identify
such designee (including such designee’s contact information) on such Lender’s
Administrative Questionnaire. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative
Agent from time to time of such Lender’s designee’s e-mail address to which
notice of the availability of Restricting Information may be sent by electronic
transmission.
(iv)
Each
Lender acknowledges that Communications delivered hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents may contain Restricting Information and that such Communications
are available to all Lenders generally. Each Lender that elects not to take
access to Restricting Information does so voluntarily and, by such election,
acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and other Lenders may
have
access to Restricting Information that is not available to such electing Lender.
None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender with access to Restricting
Information shall have any duty to disclose such Restricting Information to
such
electing Lender or to use such Restricting Information on behalf of such
electing Lender, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or
use,
such Restricting Information.
(v) The
provisions of the foregoing clauses of this subsection (d) are designed to
assist the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers, in complying
with their respective contractual obligations and applicable law in
circumstances where certain Lenders express a desire not to receive Restricting
Information notwithstanding that certain Communications hereunder or under
the
other Loan Documents or other information provided to the Lenders hereunder
or
thereunder may contain Restricting Information. Neither the Administrative
Agent
nor any of its Related Parties warrants or makes any other statement with
respect to the adequacy of such provisions to achieve such purpose nor does
the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties warrant or make any other
statement to the effect that any Borrower's or Lender’s adherence to such
provisions will be sufficient to ensure compliance by such Borrower or Lender
with its contractual obligations or its duties under applicable law in respect
of Restricting Information and each of the Lenders and each Borrower assumes
the
risks associated therewith.
SECTION
8.03. No
Waiver; Remedies.
No
failure on the part of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise,
and
no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate
as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law.
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SECTION
8.04. Costs
and Expenses; Breakage Indemnification.
(a)
The
Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses, if any
(including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses), of
(i) the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation,
syndication, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and the other documents delivered hereunder and (ii) the Administrative
Agent and each Lender in connection with enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Notes
and
the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation,
reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection with the enforcement of
rights under this Section 8.04(a).
(b)
If
any payment, prepayment or conversion of any Eurocurrency Rate Advance or a
Fixed Rate Advance is made by the Company or a Designated Borrower, as
applicable, to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of
the
Interest Period for such Advance, as a result of acceleration of the maturity
of
the Advances and the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason
other than in connection with Section 2.02(c), such Borrower shall, upon demand
by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay
to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required
to
compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses which it
may
reasonably incur as a result of such payment, including, without limitation,
any
loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment
of
deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such
Advance.
(c)
The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
each
Lender and each of their affiliates and their officers, directors, employees,
agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified
Party")
from
and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that
may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in
each
case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of, or in connection
with
the preparation for a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding
arising out of, related to or in connection with the actual or proposed use
of
the proceeds of the Advances, including in connection with any acquisition
or
proposed acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of another
Person or one or more businesses of another Person (whether by means of a stock
purchase, asset acquisition or otherwise), whether or not such investigation,
litigation or proceeding is brought by the Company, its directors, shareholders
or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person or any Indemnified
Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated, except to the extent such claim, damage,
loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by
a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company agrees not to assert any
claim against any Indemnified Party on any theory of liability, for
consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise
relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
the
actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances.
SECTION
8.05. Sharing
of Payments, Etc.
If
any
Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of the Committed
Advances owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.02(d), 2.06, 2.08,
2.10 or 8.04(b)) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the
Committed Advances obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith
purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Committed Advances
owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share
the
excess payment ratably with each of them; provided,
however,
that if
all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such
Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent
of
such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender's ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender's required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in
respect of the total amount so recovered. The Company agrees that any Lender
so
purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this
Section 8.05 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its
rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Company
in the amount of such participation.
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SECTION
8.06. Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, each
Designated Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their
respective successors and assigns, except that the Company shall not have the
right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder or under any Note or any
interest herein or therein (other than as permitted by Section 5.02(b)) without
the prior written consent of the Lenders.
SECTION
8.07. Assignments
and Participations.
(a)
Each
Lender may assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, and the Committed Advances owing to it and the
Committed Note or Notes held by it); provided,
however,
that
(i) each such assignment (other than assignment to an affiliate of such
Lender) shall require the prior written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and which consent of the Company
shall not be required if an Event of Default exists, (ii) each such assignment
shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than any right to make Uncommitted
Advances, Uncommitted Advances owing to it and Uncommitted Notes),
(iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately
prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of
the
assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined
as
of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment)
shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof, and (iv) the parties to each such assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and
recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance (which shall include
the
agreement of the assignee party to such assignment, for the benefit of the
Borrowers, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement to the
same
extent as if it were an original party hereto), together with any Committed
Note
subject to such assignment and the assignor or assignee shall pay to the
Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Upon such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective
date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder
shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have
been
assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights
and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case
of
an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an
assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender
shall cease to be a party hereto).
(b)
By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such
Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement
or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any
Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy
of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred
to
in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such assigning Lender or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking
or
not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee appoints and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf
and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated
to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers
and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such assignee
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed
by
it as a Lender.
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(c)
Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender
and
an assignee, together with any Committed Note or Notes subject to such
assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance
has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto,
(i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information
contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to
the Company. In the case of any Lender that holds a Committed Note, within
five
Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the relevant Borrower, at its
own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent in
simultaneous exchange for the surrendered Committed Note a new Committed Note
to
the order of such assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by
it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has
retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Committed Note to the order of the
assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder.
Such new Committed Note or Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount
equal
to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Committed Note or Notes,
shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall
otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit H-2. Such Assignment and
Acceptance shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only
to
the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Person as a Lender and
the
resulting adjustment of the Commitments, if any, arising from such assignment
of
Commitments to such Person.
(d)
The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrowers, shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.02 a copy
of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment
of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to
time
(the "Register").
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder
for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time
to
time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e)
Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other financial
institutions, or other entities engaged in making, purchasing, holding or
otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of their business, in all or a portion of its rights and/or
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes
held by it); provided
that (i)
such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
its Commitment) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the Borrowers for the performance of such obligations, (iii)
the
Borrowers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and
(iv) such participant's right to consent to any modification, waiver or release
of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be limited to the right to
consent to (A) any reduction in principal, interest or fees payable to such
Lender under this Agreement, (B) the postponement of any date fixed for the
payment of any principal, interest or fees under this Agreement and (C) any
amendments to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B).
SECTION
8.08. Limitation
on Assignments and Participations.
(a)
Any
Lender may, in connection with any actual or proposed assignment or
participation pursuant to Section 8.07, disclose to the actual or proposed
assignee or participant any information relating to any Borrower furnished
to
such Lender by or on behalf of such Borrower; provided
that the
actual or proposed assignee or participant shall have agreed prior to any such
disclosure to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information
relating to such Borrower received by it from such Lender or such Borrower.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything in Section 8.07 to the contrary, no Lender shall have
the right to assign its rights and obligations hereunder or any interest therein
or to sell participations to one or more banks or other financial institutions
in all or a portion of its rights hereunder or any interest therein where the
result of such assignment or participation would be reasonably expected to
entitle the Lender to claim additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.02(d),
2.06, 2.08, 2.10, 2.13(f) or 8.04 or would otherwise result in an increase
in
the a Borrower's obligations.
(c)
Anything in this Section 8.08 to the contrary notwithstanding, any Lender may
assign and pledge all or any portion of its rights to payment of the Advances
owing to it hereunder to any Federal Reserve Bank (and its transferees) as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any applicable Operating Circular issued by such
Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall have the effect of releasing
such
Lender from its obligations hereunder.
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SECTION
8.09. Withholding.
If
any
Lender, or any Person that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.07, is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
a
state thereof, such Person agrees that, prior to the first date on which any
payment is due to it hereunder, it will deliver to each of the Company and
the
Administrative Agent (i) two duly completed copies of United States Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI or successor applicable form, as the
case
may be, certifying in each case that such Person is entitled to receive payments
under this Agreement, without deduction or withholding of any United States
federal income taxes, and (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or
successor applicable form, as the case may be, to establish an exemption from
United States backup withholding tax. Each Person which delivers to the Company
a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI pursuant to the preceding sentence further undertakes
to
deliver to each of the Company and the Administrative Agent two further copies
of Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or successor applicable forms, or other manner of
certification, as the case may be, on or before the date that any such form
expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring
a
change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Company and
the
Administrative Agent, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably
be requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, certifying in the
case
of a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI that such Person is entitled to receive payments
under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States
federal income taxes, unless in any such case an event (including, without
limitation, any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to
the
date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all
such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Person from duly completing
and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Person advises the
Company and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving
payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income
tax, and in the case of a Form W-8BEN, establishing an exemption from United
States backup withholding tax.
SECTION
8.10. Mitigation.
In
the
event that any Lender claims any amounts under Sections 2.02(d), 2.06, 2.08,
2.10 or 8.04(b), it shall use all reasonable efforts (consistent with its
internal policies and legal and regulatory restrictions) to take actions
(including, without limitation, changing the jurisdiction of its Applicable
Lending Office) so as to eliminate such additional amounts; provided
that
such Lender shall not be required to take any action if, in its reasonable
judgment, such action would be materially disadvantageous to it.
SECTION
8.11. Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
SECTION
8.12. Execution
in Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a
signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery
of
a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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SECTION
8.13. Submission
to Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a)
Submission
to Jurisdiction. Each
Borrower hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York State
court sitting in New York City for purposes of all legal proceedings arising
out
of or relating to this Agreement and the Notes.
(b) Service
of Process.
Each
Designated Borrower agrees that service of process in any action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to CT Corporation
System (the "Process
Agent") as
agent for such Designated Borrower in New York, New York for service of process
at its address at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified in writing by such Designated Borrower; provided
that, if
the Process Agent ceases to act as such Designated Borrower's agent for service
of process, such Designated Borrower will, by an instrument reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, appoint another Person (subject to
the
approval of the Administrative Agent) in the Borough of Manhattan, New
York, New York to act as such Designated Borrower's agent for service of
process. Each other party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process
in
the manner provided for notices in Section 8.02. Nothing in this Agreement
will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner
permitted by applicable law
(c) Waiver
of Venue.
Each
Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any
such proceeding brought in such a court and a claim that such proceeding brought
in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION
8.14. Judgment
Currency.This
is
an international loan transaction in which the specification of Dollars or
an
Alternate Currency, as the case may be (the "Specified
Currency"),
and
any payment in New York City or the country of the Specified Currency, as the
case may be (the "Specified
Place"),
is of
the essence, and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Specified
Currency shall be the currency of account in all events relating to Advances
denominated in the Specified Currency. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the payment obligations of the Designated Borrowers under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be discharged by an amount
paid
in another currency or in another place, whether pursuant to a judgment or
otherwise, to the extent that the amount so paid on conversion to the Specified
Currency and transfer to the Specified Place under normal banking procedures
does not yield the amount of the Specified Currency at the Specified Place
due
hereunder. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder in the Specified Currency into another currency
(the "Second
Currency"),
the
rate of exchange which shall be applied shall be that at which in accordance
with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the
Specified Currency with the Second Currency on the Business Day next preceding
that on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of each Designated
Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender in respect of any judgment in any court shall, notwithstanding the
rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged
only
to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be due
hereunder or under the Notes in the Second Currency to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase and transfer to the Specified Place the Specified Currency
with the amount of the Second Currency so adjudged to be due; and the Company
hereby, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees
to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be,
against, and to pay the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be,
on demand in the Specified Currency, any difference between the sum originally
due to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, for such
judgment in the Specified Currency and the amount of the Specified Currency
so
purchased and transferred.
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SECTION
8.15. USA
PATRIOT Act.
Each
Lender hereby notifies each 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 Borrowers,
which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance
with the Act.
SECTION
8.16. No
Fiduciary Duty.
The
Administrative Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely
for
purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that
conflict with those of the Borrowers. Each of the Borrowers agree that
nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory,
fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between
the
Lenders and any Borrower, its stockholders or its affiliates. Each of the
Borrowers acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents are arm's-length commercial transactions between the Lenders,
on
the one hand, and each of the Borrowers, on the other, (ii) in connection
therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each of the Lenders
is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of any Borrower,
its management, stockholders, creditors or any other person, (iii) no Lender
has
assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Borrower with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether any Lender or any of its affiliates has advised or
is
currently advising any Borrower on other matters) or any other obligation to
any
Borrower except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and
(iv) each of the Borrowers has consulted its own legal and financial advisors
to
the extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the Borrowers further
acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for making its own independent
judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading
thereto. Each of the Borrowers agree that it will not claim that any
Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a
fiduciary or similar duty to any Borrower, in connection with such transaction
or the process leading thereto.
ARTICLE
IX
GUARANTEE
SECTION
9.01. Guarantee.
To
induce the other parties to enter into this Agreement and for other valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns the
prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or
otherwise) of the principal of and interest on the Advances to and the
Notes of each Designated Borrower and all other amounts whatsoever now or
hereafter payable or becoming payable by each Designated Borrower under this
Agreement and each other Loan Document, in each case strictly in accordance
with
the terms thereof (collectively, the "Guaranteed
Obligations").
The
Company hereby further agrees that if any Designated Borrower shall fail to
pay
in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Company will promptly pay
the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of
any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such
extension or renewal. This Section 9.01 is a continuing guarantee and is a
guarantee of payment and is not merely a guarantee of collection and shall
apply
to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
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SECTION
9.02. Acknowledgments,
Waivers and Consents.
The
Company agrees that its obligations under Section 9.01 shall be primary,
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances and
that
the guarantee therein is made with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations now
existing or in the future arising. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company
agrees that:
(a) The
occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not affect the
enforceability or effectiveness of this Article IX in accordance with its
terms or affect, limit, reduce, discharge or terminate the liability of the
Company, or the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, under this Article IX:
(i) any
modification or amendment (including by way of amendment, extension, renewal
or
waiver), or any acceleration or other change in the time for payment or
performance of the terms of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any
Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument whatsoever relating thereto,
or any modification of the Commitments;
(ii) any
release, termination, waiver, abandonment, lapse or expiration, subordination
or
enforcement of the liability of any other guarantee of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(iii) any
application of the proceeds of any other guarantee (including the obligations
of
any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) to
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations in any such manner and to such
extent as the Administrative Agent may determine;
(iv) any
release of any other Person (including any other guarantor with respect to
all
or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) from any personal liability with
respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(v) any
settlement, compromise, release, liquidation or enforcement, upon such terms
and
in such manner as the Administrative Agent may determine or as applicable law
may dictate, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
guarantee of (including any letter of credit issued with respect to) all or
any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
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(vi) the
giving of any consent to the merger or consolidation of, the sale of substantial
assets by, or other restructuring or termination of the corporate existence
of
any
Designated Borrower
or any
other Person or any disposition of any shares of the Company or any Designated
Borrower;
(vii) any
proceeding against any
Designated Borrower or
any
other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
collateral provided by any other Person or the exercise of any rights, remedies,
powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the
Loan
Documents or otherwise in such order and such manner as the Administrative
Agent
may determine, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
shall have proceeded against or exhausted any collateral, right, remedy, power
or privilege before proceeding to call upon or otherwise enforce this
Article IX;
(viii) the
entering into such other transactions or business dealings with any
Designated Borrower,
any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof or any other guarantor of all or any part of
the
Guaranteed Obligations as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may desire;
or
(ix) all
or any combination of any of the actions set forth in this
Section 9.02(a).
(b) The
enforceability and effectiveness of this Article IX and the liability of
the Company, and the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Article IX shall not be
affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated, and the Company hereby
expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any defense now or
in
the future arising, by reason of:
(i) the
illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument whatsoever
relating to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) any
disability or other defense with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, including the effect of any statute of limitations that may bar
the
enforcement of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or the obligations
of any such other guarantor;
(iii) the
illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any security for or other
guarantee (including any letter of credit) of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or
failure of the priority of any Lien on any collateral for all or any part of
the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) the
cessation, for any cause whatsoever, of the liability of any
Designated Borrower or
any
other guarantor with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations
(other than, subject to Section 9.03, by reason of the full payment of all
Guaranteed Obligations);
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(v) any
failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to marshal assets in favor
of
any
Designated Borrower or
any
other Person (including any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations), to exhaust any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, to pursue or exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege it
may
have against such
Designated Borrower or
any
other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
Person or to take any action whatsoever to mitigate or reduce such or any other
Person’s liability, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders being under no
obligation to take any such action notwithstanding the fact that all or any
part
of the Guaranteed Obligations may be due and payable and that such
Designated Borrower may
be in
default of its obligations under any Loan Document;
(vi) any
counterclaim, set-off or other claim which any
Designated Borrower or
any
other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations has or claims
with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any
counterclaim, set-off or other claim which the Company may have with respect
to
all or any part of any obligations owed to the Company by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender (other than, without prejudice to Section 9.03, any
counterclaim or other claim that the amount of such Guaranteed Obligation which
is being claimed has been finally paid in full);
(vii) any
failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Person to file
or
enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any
Person;
(viii) any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or adjustment of debts,
or
appointment of a custodian, liquidator or the like of it, or similar proceedings
commenced by or against any Person, including any discharge of, or bar or stay
against collecting, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any
interest on all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) in or as a
result of any such proceeding;
(ix) any
action taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that is authorized under
this Article IX or by any other provision of any Loan Document or any
omission to take any such action;
(x) any
law, regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction of Governmental Authority
or any event affecting any term of the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(xi) any
other
circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.
(c) To
the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Company expressly waives, for the benefit
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, all diligence, presentment, demand
for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protest,
notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of
any
kind or nature whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any
Designated Borrower under
any
Loan Document or other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein,
or
against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any
of
the Guaranteed Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this
Article IX or of the existence, creation, incurring or assumption of new or
additional Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION
9.03. Reinstatement.
The
obligations of the Company under this Article IX shall be automatically
reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf
of any
Designated Borrower in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, whether as a result
of
insolvency, any proceedings in bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization or otherwise.
SECTION
9.04. Subrogation.
The
Company hereby agrees that, until the final payment in full of all Guaranteed
Obligations, it shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of
any
performance by it of its guarantee in Section 9.01, whether by subrogation,
reimbursement, contribution or otherwise, against any
Designated Borrower or
any
other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any
of
the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION
9.05. Remedies.
The
Company agrees that, as between the Company and the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders, the obligations of any
Designated Borrower under
this Agreement or any other Loan Documents may be declared to be forthwith
due
and payable as provided in Section 6.01 (and shall be deemed to have become
automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said
Section 6.01) for purposes of Section 9.01, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such
obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against
such
Designated Borrower and
that,
in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have
become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due
and
payable by such
Designated Borrower) shall
forthwith become due and payable by such Company for purposes of
Section 9.01.
SECTION
9.06. Payments.
Each
payment by the Company under this Article IX shall be made in accordance
with Section 2.09 in the Currency in which the Guaranteed Obligations such
payment is made in respect of are denominated, without deduction, set-off or
counterclaim at the Administrative Agent’s Account and free and clear of any and
all present and future Taxes.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective signatories thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
THE
XXXXXXX WORKS
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
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CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent and as Lender
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
00
XXXXXXX
XXXX
XX XXXXXXX, N.A.
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
67
BNP
PARIBAS
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
68
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
69
UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
70
WACHOVIA
BANK, N.A.
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
00
XXX
XXXX XX XXX XXXX
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
72
BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
73
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
74
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
00
XXXXXXX
XXXXXX LLC
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
76
XXXXXXX
XXXXX BANK USA
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
00
XXXXX
XXXX XX XXXXXX
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
78
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
79
THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
|
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SCHEDULE
I
ADDRESS
AND APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
Name
of Lenders and Addresses For
Notices
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Eurocurrency
Lending Office
|
Citibank,
N.A.
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Janeira
Crewsfoster
Tel
000-000-0000
Fax
000-000-0000
|
Citibank,
N.A.
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Janeira
Crewsfoster
Tel
000-000-0000
Fax
000-000-0000
|
Citibank,
N.A.
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Janeira
Crewsfoster
Tel
000-000-0000
Fax
000-000-0000
|
Bank
of
America, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Tel:
(617)
434 -6489
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Bank
of
America, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Tel:
(617)
434 -6489
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Bank
of
America, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Tel:
(617)
434 -6489
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
BNP
Paribas
000
Xxxxx Xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Fik Durmus
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
BNP
Paribas
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
|
BNP
Paribas
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
|
UBS
Loan
Finance LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
UBS
Loan
Finance LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
UBS
Loan
Finance LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Name
of Lenders and Addresses For
Notices
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Eurocurrency
Lending Office
|
Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
The
Bank of
New York
Xxx
Xxxx Xx.,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(212)
63-6397
|
The
Bank of
New York
Xxx
Xxxx Xx.,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(212)
63-6397
|
The
Bank of
New York
Xxx
Xxxx Xx.,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(212)
63-6397
|
Barclays
Bank, PLC
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxx
Xxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Barclays
Bank, PLC
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxx
Xxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Barclays
Bank, PLC
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxx
Xxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National Association
000
Xxxxx
Xxx, 0/X
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National Association
000
Xxxxx
Xxx, 0/X
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National Association
000
Xxxxx
Xxx, 0/X
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000X
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxx 00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Ledven
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000X
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxx 00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Ledven
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Name
of Lenders and Addresses For
Notices
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Eurocurrency
Lending Office
|
Xxxxxxx
Street LLC
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxxxx
Street LLC
0
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
|
Xxxxxxx
Street LLC
0
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Bank USA
00
X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Bank USA
00
X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Bank USA
00
X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Royal
Bank of
Canada
New
York
Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000-0000
Attn:
GLA
Administrator
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Royal
Bank of
Canada
New
York
Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000-0000
Attn:
GLA
Administrator
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Royal
Bank of
Canada
New
York
Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000-0000
Attn:
GLA
Administrator
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A.
000
0xx
Xxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxx Fragen
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A.
000
0xx
Xxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxx Fragen
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A.
000
0xx
Xxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Primary
Contact: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Secondary
Contact: Xxx Fragen
Tel: (000)
000-0000
|
The
Northern
Trust Company
00
X. XxXxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
The
Northern
Trust Company
00
X. XxXxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
The
Northern
Trust Company
00
X. XxXxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Tel:
(000)
000-0000
Fax:
(000)
000-0000
|
SCHEDULE
I (cont'd)
LENDERS
AND COMMITMENTS
Lenders
|
Commitment
|
|||
Citibank,
N.A.
|
$80,000,000
|
|||
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
$80,000,000
|
|||
BNP
Paribas
|
$65,000,000
|
|||
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$65,000,000
|
|||
UBS
Loan Finance LLC
|
$65,000,000
|
|||
Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
|
$65,000,000
|
|||
The
Bank of New York
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
Barclays
Bank, PLC
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
Xxxxxxx
Street LLC
|
$50,000,000
|
|||
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Bank USA
|
$35,000,000
|
|||
Royal
Bank of Canada
|
$35,000,000
|
|||
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
$35,000,000
|
|||
The
Northern Trust Company
|
$25,000,000
|
|||
TOTAL
|
$800,000,000
|
SCHEDULE II
MANDATORY
COST RATE
Calculation
of Mandatory Cost Rate
1.
|
The
MCR Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders
for the
cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England
and/or
the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority
which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements
of the
European Central Bank.
|
2.
|
On
the first day of each Interest Period for any Advance denominated
in
Pounds Sterling or Euros (or as soon as possible thereafter) the
Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate
(the
"Additional
Cost Rate")
for each Lender participating in such Advance, in accordance with
the
paragraphs set out below. The MCR Cost will be calculated by the
Administrative Agent as a weighted average of such Lenders’ Additional
Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation
of each
such Lender in the relevant Advance) and will be expressed as a percentage
rate per annum.
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3.
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The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from an Applicable Lending
Office in a Participating Member State (as defined in Section 2.15)
will
be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Administrative Agent.
This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to
the
Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost
(expressed as a percentage of that Lender's participation in all
Advances
made from that Applicable Lending Office) of complying with the minimum
reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans
made
from that Applicable Lending
Office.
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4.
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The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from an Applicable Lending
Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative
Agent as follows:
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(a) |
in
relation to a Advance made in Pounds
Sterling:
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(b)
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in
relation to a Advance made in any Alternate Currency other than Pounds
Sterling:
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Where:
A
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is
the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess
of
any stated minimum) which such Lender is from time to time required
to
maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of
England
to comply with cash ratio
requirements.
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B
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is
the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Margin
and the
MCR Cost and, if applicable, any additional amount of interest specified
in Section 2.07(b)) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the
Advance.
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C
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is
the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which such Lender
is
required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special
Deposits with the Bank of England.
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D
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is
the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the
Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special
Deposits.
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E
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is
designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees
Rules
and is calculated by the Administrative Agent as being the average
of the
most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the
Agent
pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in Pounds Sterling per
£1,000,000;
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5. |
For
the purposes of this Schedule:
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(a) |
"Eligible
Liabilities"
has the meaning given to it from time to time under or pursuant to
the
Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of
England.
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(b) |
"Fees
Rules"
means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision
Manual
or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time
in
respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of
deposits.
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(c) |
"Fee
Tariffs"
means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity
group
A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee
required
pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable
discount
rate).
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(d) |
"Special
Deposits"
has the meaning given to it from time to time under or pursuant to
the
Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of
England.
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(e) |
"Tariff
Base"
has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance
with,
the Fees Rules.
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6.
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In
application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included
in the
formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the
formula
as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting
D from B
shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to
four
decimal places.
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7. |
If
requested by the Administrative Agent, each Reference Bank shall,
as soon
as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority,
supply to the Administrative Agent, the rate of charge payable by
that
Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the
Fees
Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial
Services
Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as
being the
average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for
that
financial year) and expressed in Pounds Sterling per £1,000,000 of the
Tariff Base of that Reference Bank.
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8. |
Each
Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative
Agent
for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular,
but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information
on or prior to the date on which it becomes a
Lender:
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(a) |
the
jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office;
and
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(b) |
any
other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such
purpose.
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Each
Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change to the
information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.
9. |
The
percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the
rates
of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall
be
determined by the Administrative Agent based upon the information
supplied
to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption
that,
unless a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent to the contrary,
each
Lender's obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special
Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction
of
incorporation with an Applicable Lending Office in the same jurisdiction
as its Applicable Lending Office.
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10. |
The
Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any person if such
determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under
compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the
information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.
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11. |
The
Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received
as a
result of the MCR to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost
Rate
for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender
and each
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8
above.
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12. |
Any
determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Schedule II in relation to a formula, the MCR, an Additional Cost
Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all
Parties.
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13. |
The
Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with
the
Company and the Lenders, determine and provide notice to the Company
and
the Lenders of any amendments which are required to be made to this
Schedule II in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or
any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England,
the
Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in
any
case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions)
and
any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding on all parties to the Credit
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
III
DESIGNATED
BORROWER JURISDICTIONS
United
Kingdom
Belgium
EXHIBIT
A-1
RATE
REQUEST
Citibank,
N.A., as Reference Bank
under
the
Credit Agreement
referred
to below
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
[________]
[Date]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, The Xxxxxxx Works, refers to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement",
the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among the
undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for said Lenders and hereby requests notification from
you
pursuant to Section 2.02(a) thereof of the Eurocurrency Rate which is applicable
to the Committed Advance to be made (or converted or continued) on
,
200
in the
principal amount of [$____] [€____] [£____] with the Interest Period of
months.
Very
truly yours,
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By_________________________
Name:
Title:
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TO
BE
COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY
REFERENCE
BANK:
The
rate
requested above,
determined
as required by
the
Credit Agreement, is
.
CITIBANK,
N.A., as Reference Bank
By_________________________________
Authorized
Officer
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EXHIBIT
A-2
NOTICE
OF
BORROWING
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
for
the
Lenders parties
to
the
Credit Agreement
referred
to below
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
[________]
[Date]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, The Xxxxxxx Works, refers to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement",
the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the
undersigned, certain Designated Borrowers, certain Lenders parties thereto,
and
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives
you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement that
the undersigned hereby requests a Committed Borrowing on the following terms
under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the
information relating to such Committed Borrowing (the "Proposed
Committed Borrowing
") as
required by Section 2.02(b) of the Credit Agreement:
(i) The
Borrower is ________________.
(ii)
The
Business Day of the Proposed Committed Borrowing is ,
200 .
(iii)
The
Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Committed Borrowing is [Base
Rate]1
[Eurocurrency Rate].
(iv)
The
aggregate amount of the Proposed Committed Borrowing is [$]2
[€]
[£] ______ .
[(v)]
The
Initial Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance made as part of
the
Proposed Committed Borrowing is
month[s]].
________________________
1
not
available for any Designated Borrower
2 not
available for any Designated Borrower
[(v)
The
proceeds of the Proposed Committed Borrowing are to be used to buy or carry
Margin Stock, and attached hereto are the certificates required pursuant to
Section 3.02(ii) of the Credit Agreement and a duly completed Form U-1 or
Form G-3.]3
The
undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the
date
hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Committed
Borrowing:
(A)
the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement
(other than the Excluded Representation) are correct in all material respects,
before and after giving effect to the Proposed Committed Borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date;
and
(B)
no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed
Committed Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which
constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an Event of Default but
for
the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
Very
truly yours,
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By____________________
Name:
Title:
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________________________
3
if
applicable
EXHIBIT
B
NOTICE
OF
CONVERSION OR CONTINUATION
[Date]
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
for
the
Lenders parties
to
the
Credit Agreement
referred
to below
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
[________]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, The Xxxxxxx Works, refers to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement",
the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the
undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives you notice, pursuant
to
Section 2.04(b) of the Credit Agreement that [the undersigned] [NAME OF
DESIGNATED BORROWER] hereby elects to [convert][continue] the Committed
Borrowing consisting of [Base Rate][Eurocurrency Rate] Advances:
(i)
which
is in the amount of $
;
(ii)
which, in the case of a Committed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, has an Interest Period of
month(s);4
and
(iii)
which was borrowed (or previously converted or continued) on ________, 200_.
________________
Omit
clause (ii) if Committed Borrowing consisted of Base Rate Advances.
Such
[conversion][continuation] shall become effective on ,
200 ,
at
which time such Advances shall be [converted into][continued as] [Base
Rate][Eurocurrency Rate] Advances:
(i)
which
is in the amount of $
;4
and
(ii)
which has an Interest Period of
month(s)5 .
Very
truly yours,
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By__________________
Name:
Title:
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________________
2 Omit
clause (i) if conversion or continuation is for entire amount of Committed
Borrowing.
3 Omit
clause (ii) if conversion is into Base Rate Advance.
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
QUOTE REQUEST
[Date]
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
for
the
Lenders parties
to
the
Credit Agreement
referred
to below
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
[________]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, The Xxxxxxx Works, refers to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement",
the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the
undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives you notice pursuant
to
Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests offers
to make an Uncommitted Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that
connection sets forth the terms on which such Borrowing (the "Proposed
Uncommitted Borrowing")
is
requested to be made5 :
(i)
The
Business Day of the Proposed Uncommitted Borrowing is _______, 200 .
(ii)
The
proposed aggregate amount of the Proposed Uncommitted Borrowing is $______
.
________________
4 Information
required for a Borrowing may be repeated as necessary if more than one Borrowing
is being requested in one Form of Quote Request.
(iii)
The
duration of the proposed Interest Period for the Proposed Uncommitted Borrowing
is
.
(iv)
The
Type of Proposed Uncommitted Borrowing is [Fixed Rate] [Floating
Rate].
The
undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the
date
hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Uncommitted
Borrowing:
(A)
the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement
(other than the Excluded Representation) are correct in all material respects,
before and after giving effect to the Proposed Uncommitted Borrowing on the
same
day and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and
as
of such date; and
(B)
no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed
Uncommitted Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which
constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an Event of Default but
for
the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
Very
truly yours,
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By______________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF
QUOTE
[Date]
THE
XXXXXXX WORKS
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Re:
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the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 27, 2008
among
The Xxxxxxx Works, certain Lenders parties thereto, and Citibank,
N.A., as
Administrative Agent for said Lenders (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement")
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, [Name of Lender], refers to the above referenced Credit Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby
makes [a] Quote[s] pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, in response
to the Quote Request made by the Company on ,
and in
response thereto, sets forth below the terms on which such Quote[s] [is] [are]
made:
(i)
The
principal amount of the Uncommitted Advance is $
.
(ii)
The
Type of Uncommitted Advance is [Fixed Rate] [Floating Rate].
(iii)
The
Floating Rate Margin in the case of a Floating Rate Advance,
or the
Fixed Rate in the case of a Fixed Rate Advance, is .6
The
undersigned hereby confirms that it is prepared, subject to the conditions
set
forth in the Credit Agreement, to extend credit to the Company upon acceptance
by the Company of this Quote in accordance with Section 2.13(d) of the Credit
Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME
OF LENDER]
By_____________________
Name:
Title:
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________________
5 Clauses
(i) through (iii) should be repeated as to each additional offer being
made.
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
ACCEPTANCE
[Date]
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
for
the
Lenders parties
to
the
Credit Agreement
referred
to below
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
[________]
Re:
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the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008
(as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement")
among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, and Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent for said
Lenders
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, The Xxxxxxx Works, refers to the above referenced Credit Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. In accordance with
Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreements, we have received [a] Quote/Quotes in
connection with our Quote Request, dated
,
for
[an] Uncommitted Borrowing[s] to occur on ____
,
and in
accordance with Section 2.13(d) of the Credit Agreement, we hereby accept the
following offer/offers for the Interest Period of [ ]:
Principal
Amount Fixed
Rate/Floating Rate Lender
Very
truly yours,
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
F-1
FORM
OF
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE BORROWER
February
__, 2008
To
each
of the Lenders listed on
Schedule
I hereto and to
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
For
the
Lenders
Re:
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The
$800,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among The Xxxxxxx
Works, the Lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as special counsel to The Xxxxxxx Works, a Connecticut corporation (the
“Borrower”) in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of that
certain $800,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the
date
hereof, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and
Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
the
“Administrative Agent”) (the “Credit Agreement”).
This
opinion is being delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not expressly defined herein have the
definitions specified in the Credit Agreement.
In
addition to the Credit Agreement, we have examined originals, certified copies
or copies otherwise identified as being true copies of the
following:
(a)
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the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Borrower, dated September
11,
1998, filed with the Connecticut Secretary of State’s office on September
15, 1998, certified by the Secretary of the Borrower as of the date
hereof,
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(b)
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the
Bylaws of the Borrower as in effect as of the date hereof, as certified
by
the Secretary of the Borrower as of the date
hereof;
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(c)
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the
resolutions duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the
Borrower on ___________, ____ authorizing, among other things, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit
Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby;
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(d)
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the
Certificate of Legal Existence of the Borrower as of __________,
____
issued by the Connecticut Secretary of
State;
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(e)
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the
Certificate of the General Counsel of the Borrower, dated as of the
date
hereof, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
A
(the “Borrower’s Certificate”);
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(f)
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a
copy of the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
January 1, ____ (the “Form 10-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
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With
your
concurrence, the opinions hereafter expressed, whether or not qualified by
language such as "to our knowledge", are based solely upon (1) our review of
the
Credit Agreement,
(2)
inquiry among members of our firm that have given substantive attention to
the
negotiation of the
Credit Agreement,
and (3)
such review of published sources of law as we have deemed necessary. This firm,
in rendering legal opinions, customarily makes certain assumptions which are
described in Schedule
A
hereto.
In the course of our representation of the Borrower in connection with this
transaction, nothing has come to our attention which causes us to believe
reliance upon any of those assumptions is inappropriate, and, with your
concurrence, the opinions hereafter expressed are based upon those assumptions.
Our opinions hereafter expressed are limited to the laws of the State of New
York, the corporate laws of the State of Connecticut and Federal law.
The
opinions hereafter expressed with respect to the enforceability of any
provisions of the
Credit Agreement
or any
rights or remedies granted to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under
the
Credit Agreement,
are
subject to the general qualifications that such rights and remedies may be
subject to and affected by:
(i)
applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, or assignment
for the benefit of creditors laws and other laws affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors generally, including without limitation laws regarding
fraudulent transfers, fraudulent conveyances, preferences, avoidance, automatic
stay and turn-over;
(ii) general
principles of equity, including without limitation those governing the
availability of equitable remedies, affording equitable defenses, requiring
good
faith, fair dealing and reasonableness in the performance and enforcement of
a
contract, and affording defenses based upon unconscionability, lack of notice,
impracticability or impossibility of performance;
(iii) general
rules of contract law with respect to matters such as the election of remedies,
the limits of severability, mutuality of obligations, and opportunity to cure,
limitations on the enforceability of indemnification, contribution or
exculpation provisions under applicable securities laws or otherwise and
limitations on the enforceability of provisions that are in violation of public
policy; and
(iv) determination
by the courts in which litigation may be instituted that certain provisions
of
the
Credit Agreement
pertaining to the payment of legal expenses, including attorneys' fees, the
waiving of hearings, the designation of federal and state courts as having
jurisdiction and/or venue are reasonable and comply with, or are permitted
by,
applicable constitutional provisions and by applicable laws, regulations and
rules of court.
We
express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision in the
Credit Agreement
which
purports to excuse or indemnify the Lenders or the Administrative Agent from
any
liability for negligent or intentional acts or omissions. We note that our
opinion in paragraph 1 below as to the good standing of the Borrower are limited
to the information provided in the certificate of the Secretary of State of
the
State of Connecticut to the effect that Borrower has legal
existence.
We
express no opinion concerning any provision in the
Credit Agreement
which
purports to (i) establish evidentiary standards or make determinations
conclusive, (ii) waive any rights which may not by law be waived (including
the
rights to notice and hearing), or (iii) effectuate any provision contained
in
the
Credit Agreement
which
purports to limit the Lenders’ or the Administrative Agent’s liability. The
provisions of the
Credit Agreement
regarding the declaration of a default or event of default may be subject to
enforcement of a court imposed standard of materiality in determining whether
an
actionable event of default exists.
Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The
Borrower is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Connecticut.
2. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement
and
the consummation of the transaction contemplated thereby are within the power
and authority of the Borrower and have been duly authorized by all necessary
proceedings under the organizational documents of the Borrower, and did not
and
do not (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the organizational
documents of the Borrower, (ii) violate or conflict with any law, rule or
regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Borrower, (iii)
require the Borrower to obtain any approval, consent or waiver of, or make
any
filing with, any governmental agency or body (other than approvals, consents
or
waivers already obtained or filings already made), (iv) require the consent
or
authorization of, or approval by, or notice to, any party to any material
contract or agreement of which we have knowledge to which the Borrower is a
party, except for such consents, authorizations, approvals or notices that
(assuming the power and authority of the consenting entity and the authority
and
capacity of the person signing on its behalf) have been obtained or made, or
(v)
violate or conflict with any judgment, order or decree of which we have
knowledge to which the Borrower is a party or by which any of its assets or
properties is bound.
3. The
Credit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower; and
the
Credit Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
4. The
Borrower is not an “investment
company,”
or
a
company “controlled”
by
an
“investment
company,”
within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
This
opinion is rendered to you for your benefit in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Agreement and may not be delivered to, or relied
upon
by, any other party without our prior written consent.
Very
truly yours,
XXXXX
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX ISRAELS LLP
_________________________________________
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SCHEDULE
A
XXXXX
XXXXXXX BERLACK ISRAELS LLP
STANDARD
ASSUMPTIONS
In
rendering legal opinions in third party transactions, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Israels LLP makes certain customary assumptions described below:
1. Each
natural person executing the Credit Agreement and has sufficient legal capacity
to enter into the Credit Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated
thereby.
2. Each
person other than the Borrower has all requisite power and authority and has
taken all necessary corporate or other action to enter into the Credit
Agreement, to the extent necessary to make the Credit Agreement enforceable
against it.
3. Each
person other than the Borrower has complied with all legal requirements
pertaining to its status as such status relates to its rights to enforce the
Credit Agreement against the Borrower.
4. All
documents examined by us in connection with rendering this opinion are accurate,
complete and authentic, each original is authentic, each copy conforms to an
authentic original and (other than signatures on behalf of the Borrower) all
signatures are genuine.
5. All
official public records are accurate, complete and properly indexed and
filed.
6. There
has
not been any mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding, fraud, duress, or
undue
influence by or among any of the parties to the Credit Agreement.
7. The
conduct of the parties to the Credit Agreement has complied in the past and
will
comply in the future with any requirement of good faith, fair dealing and
conscionability.
8. Each
person other than the Borrower has acted in good faith and without notice of
any
defense against the enforcement of any rights created by, or adverse claim
to
any property or security interest transferred or created as part of, the
Transaction.
9. There
are
no agreements or understandings among the parties to or bound by the Credit
Agreement, and there is no usage of trade or course of prior dealing among
such
parties, that would define, modify, waive, or qualify the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
10. The
Borrower will not in the future take any discretionary action (including a
decision not to act) permitted under the Credit Agreement that would result
in a
violation of law or constitute a breach or default under the Credit Agreement
or
court or administrative orders, writs, judgments and decrees that name the
Borrower.
11. The
Borrower will obtain all permits and governmental approvals not required at
the
time of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement
but
which are subsequently required, and will take all actions similarly required,
relevant to subsequent consummation of the transactions or performance of the
Credit Agreement.
12. All
parties to or bound by the Credit Agreement will act in accordance with, and
will refrain from taking any action that is forbidden by, the terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement.
BORROWER’S
CERTIFICATE
I,
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx, am the General Counsel of The Xxxxxxx Works (the “Borrower”). I
understand that, pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Credit Agreement”),
among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Citibank,
N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Berlack Israels
LLP
is relying upon this certificate and the statements made herein in rendering
certain legal opinions. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
With
regard to the foregoing, on behalf of the Borrower, I certify that, as of the
date hereof:
1. Based
solely and exclusively on conversations with Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Treasurer of
the
Borrower:
a. The
value
of all securities owned by the Borrower (excluding those by majority-owned
Subsidiaries of the Borrower) does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the value
of
the Borrower’s total assets;
b. Less
than
twenty-five percent (25%) of the assets of the Borrower on a consolidated basis
and on an unconsolidated basis consist of the margin stock (as such term is
defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System); and
c. The
Borrower is primarily engaged, directly or through a wholly-owned Subsidiary
or
Subsidiaries, in a business of businesses other than that of investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and is not engaged and
does not propose to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning,
holding or trading in securities, and does not own or propose to acquire
investment securities having a value exceeding forty percent (40%) of the value
of the Borrower’s total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash
items) on an unconsolidated basis.
2. Based
solely and exclusively on interviews of the officers of the Borrower responsible
for its financing activities and the lawyers under my supervision, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of any of its obligations
under the Credit Agreement does not and will not require the Borrower to obtain
any approval, consent or waiver of, or make any filing with, any governmental
agency or body (other than approvals, consents or waivers already obtained
or
filings already made), require the consent or authorization of, or approval
by,
or notice to, any party to any material contract or agreement to which the
Borrower is a party, except for such consents, authorizations, approvals or
notices that (assuming the power and authority of the consenting entity and
the
authority and capacity of the person signing on its behalf) have been obtained
or made, or violate or conflict with any judgment, order or decree to which
the
Borrower is a party or by which any of its assets or properties is
bound.
In
Witness Whereof, I have executed this certificate as of February __,
2008.
By: ______________________________
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
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EXHIBIT
F-2
FORM
OF OPINION OF SPECIAL NEW YORK COUNSEL TO
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
February
27, 2008
To
the
Lenders that are parties to the
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement referred
to
below
and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
for
such Lenders (the "Administrative
Agent")
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent in connection
with
the $800,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February
27,
2008 (the "Credit
Agreement")
between The Xxxxxxx Works, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"),
the
financial institutions referred to as "Lenders" in the Credit Agreement (the
"Lenders")
and
the Administrative Agent, amending and restating the $550,000,000 Credit
Agreement dated as of December, 1 2005 (the "Existing
Credit Agreement").
Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement have the same respective defined meanings when
used herein.
In
rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined an executed counterpart
of the Credit Agreement. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness
of
all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted
to us as copies. When relevant facts were not independently established, we
have
relied upon representations made in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or
in
certificates delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant thereto. We
have
also assumed that the Credit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and (except, to the extent set forth below, as to the Company
and
the Designated Borrowers) constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of, all of the parties thereto, that all signatories thereto have
been duly authorized and that all such parties are duly organized and validly
existing and have the power and authority (corporate or other) to execute,
deliver and perform the same, and that all authorizations, approvals or consents
of (including without limitation all foreign exchange control approvals), and
all filings or registrations with, any governmental or regulatory authority
or
agency of any Designated Borrower's jurisdiction of organization (including
the
central bank of any such jurisdiction, if applicable) required for the making
and performance by such Designated Borrower of the Credit Agreement shall have
been obtained or made and shall be in effect at the time of any Borrowing by
such Designated Borrower.
In
addition, we have assumed that (i) all Persons that are, immediately before
the
Effective Date, parties to the Existing Credit Agreement have executed and
delivered the Credit Agreement, and (ii) notice by the Administrative Agent
to
the Company confirming the occurrence of the Effective Date is being given
contemporaneously with the delivery of this opinion.
Based
upon and subject to the foregoing and subject also to the comments and
qualifications set forth below, and having considered such questions of law
as
we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below, we are
of
the opinion that the Credit Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company and each Designated Borrower, enforceable against
the
Company and such Designated Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance
or
transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
of creditors generally, and, with respect to the Designated Borrowers, to the
possible judicial application of foreign laws or governmental action affecting
the rights of creditors generally, and except as the enforceability of the
Credit Agreement is subject to the application of general principles of equity
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
including without limitation (i) the possible unavailability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (ii) concepts
of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.
The
foregoing opinions are also subject to the following comments and
qualifications:
(A)
The
enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement to the effect that terms
may not be waived or modified except in writing may be limited under certain
circumstances.
(B)
The
enforceability of Section 8.04(c) of the Credit Agreement may be limited by
laws limiting the enforceability of provisions exculpating or exempting a party
from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action
or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence,
recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct.
(C)
We
express no opinion as to (i) the effect of the laws of any jurisdiction in
which
any Lender is located (other than New York) that limits the interest, fees
or
other charges it may impose for the loan or use of money or other credit, (ii)
Section 2.09(b) of the Credit Agreement, (iii) the last sentence of
Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement,
(iv) Section 8.13(a) of the Credit Agreement insofar as such
sentence relates to the subject-matter jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York to adjudicate any
controversy related to the Credit Agreement, (iv) the waiver of inconvenient
forum set forth in Section 8.13(c) of the Credit Agreement with respect to
proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New
York, and (v) Section 8.14 of the Credit Agreement.
(D)
We
wish to point out with reference to obligations stated to be payable in a
currency other than Dollars that (i) a New York statute provides that a judgment
rendered by a court of the State of New York in respect of an obligation
denominated in such other currency would be rendered in such other currency
and
would be converted into Dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date
of entry of the judgment and (ii) a judgment rendered by a Federal court sitting
in the State of New York in respect of an obligation denominated in such other
currency may be expressed in Dollars, but we express no opinion as to the rate
of exchange such Federal court would apply.
(E)
We
express no opinion as to the last paragraph of any Designation Letter delivered
pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement to the extent it relates
to immunity acquired after the date of execution and delivery of such
Designation Letter.
(F)
Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement may not be enforceable to the extent
that the Guaranteed Obligations as defined therein are materially
modified.
The
foregoing opinions are limited to matters involving the Federal laws of the
United States and the law of the State of New York, and we do not express any
opinion as to the law of any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing,
we do not hold ourselves out as experts on, or purport to advise on, the laws
of
the jurisdiction of organization of any Designated Borrower
This
opinion letter is provided to you by us as special New York counsel to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Credit Agreement
and may not be relied upon by any other person or for any purpose other than
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement without
our prior written consent in each instance.
Very truly yours, |
EKM/BMT
EXHIBIT
G
ASSIGNMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference
is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 27,
2008 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement")
among
The Xxxxxxx Works, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"),
the
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative
Agent").
Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same
meaning.
The
"Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule I hereto agree as
follows:
1.
The
Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor's
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof (other
than in respect of Uncommitted Advances and Uncommitted Notes) equal to the
percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of all outstanding rights
and
obligations under the Credit Agreement (other than in respect of Uncommitted
Advances and Uncommitted Notes). After giving effect to such sale and
assignment, the Assignee's Commitment and the amount of the Committed Advances
owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on Schedule 1
hereto.
2.
The
Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest
is
free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the
performance or observance by the Company of any of its obligations under the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
and (iv) attaches the Committed Note held by the Assignor and requests that
the Administrative
Agent
exchange
such Committed Note for a new Committed Note payable to the order of the
Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant
hereto or new Committed Notes payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount
equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto and the Assignor
in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by the Assignor under the Credit
Agreement, respectively, as specified on Schedule 1 hereto.
3.
The
Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Assignor 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 the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms
of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; (v)
agrees, for the benefit of the Company, that it will be bound by the terms
and
provisions of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original
party thereto; and (vi) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms
required under Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement.
4.
Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered
to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by the Administrative
Agent. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance (the "Effective
Date")
shall
be the date of acceptance hereof by the Administrative Agent, unless otherwise
specified on Schedule 1 hereto.
5.
Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent, as of the Effective
Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and
be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6.
Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent, from and after the
Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments under the
Credit Agreement and the Committed Notes in respect of the interest assigned
hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest
and
facility fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee
shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement
and the Committed Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between
themselves.
7.
This
Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the law of the State of New York.
8.
This
Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of
Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall be effective
as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and
Acceptance.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to
this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date specified thereon.
By__________________________
Name:
Title:
By__________________________
Name:
Title:
By__________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule
1
to
Assignment
and Acceptance
Percentage
interest assigned:
|
________%
|
Assignee's
Commitment:
|
$__________
|
Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Committed Advances
assigned:
|
$__________
|
Principal
amount of Committed Note payable
to Assignee:
|
$__________
|
Principal
amount of Committed Note payable
to Assignor:
|
$__________
|
Effective
Date6:
|
_______________,
200_
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[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR],
as
Assignor
By________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:
_______________, 200_
[NAME
OF ASSIGNEE],
as
Assignee
By_________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:
_______________, 200_
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_____________________
6 This
date
should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of this
As-signment
and Acceptance to the Agent.
Domestic
Lending Office:
[Address]
Eurocurrency
Lending Office:
[Address]
Accepted
this__________ day
of
_______________, 200_
Citibank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent
By
Name:
Title:
[Approved
this __________ day
of
_______________, 200_
The
Xxxxxxx Works
By
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
H-1
PROMISSORY
NOTE
(Committed
Advances)
[$][€][£] |
Dated:
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, [THE
XXXXXXX WORKS,
a
Connecticut corporation] [DESIGNATED BORROWER, a [________] corporation] (the
"Borrower"),
HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender")
the
principal sum of [$][€][£]
or,
if
less, the aggregate principal amount of all Committed Advances made by the
Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below
outstanding on the Termination Date, and such amount shall be paid on or prior
to the Termination Date as provided in the Credit Agreement referred to
below.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in
the
Credit Agreement referred to below.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the principal amount of each Committed
Advance from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in
full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in
the
Credit Agreement referred to below.
Both
principal of and interest on each Committed Advance are payable in the Currency
in which such Advance was denominated to Citibank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent, at the Administrative Agent's Account in the Principal Financial Center
for such Currency for the account of the Lender, in same day funds. Each
Committed Advance made by the Lender to the Borrower and the maturity thereof,
and all payments made on account of the principal amount thereof, shall be
recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid
attached hereto which is a part of this Promissory Note, which recordation
shall
be conclusive and binding absent manifest error but the failure to make such
recording shall not have any effect on the Lender's rights
hereunder.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Committed Notes referred to in, and is entitled
to
the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February
27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
"Credit
Agreement),
among
[The Xxxxxxx Works/the Borrower], certain Designated Borrowers (if any), the
Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lender and such other lenders. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Committed Advances
by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not
to
exceed at any time outstanding the Dollar amount first above mentioned, the
indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Committed Advance being
evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration
of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also
for
prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon
the
terms and conditions therein specified.
[THE
XXXXXXX WORKS]
[DESIGNATED
BORROWER]
By_____________________
Name:
Title:
By_____________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
H-2
PROMISSORY
NOTE
(Uncommitted
Advances)
[$][€][£]_________ |
Dated:
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, [THE XXXXXXX WORKS, a Connecticut
corporation,][DESIGNATED BORROWER, a [__________] corporation] (the
"Borrower"),
HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender")
the
aggregate principal amount of all Uncommitted Advances made by the Lender to
the
Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below and such amount
shall be paid in the amounts and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement
referred to below.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in
the
Credit Agreement referred to below.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the principal amount of each Uncommitted
Advance from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in
full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in
the
Credit Agreement referred to below.
Both
principal and interest are payable in the Currency in which such Advance was
denominated to Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, at the Administrative
Agent’s Account in the Principal Financial Center for such Currency for the
account of the Lender, in same day funds. Each Uncommitted Advance made by
the
Lender to the Borrower and the maturity thereof, and all payments made on
account of the principal amount thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and,
prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is
a
part of this Promissory Note, which recordation shall be conclusive and binding
absent manifest error but the failure to make such recording shall not have
any
effect on the Lender's rights hereunder.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Uncommitted Notes referred to in, and is entitled
to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
February 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
the
"Credit
Agreement"),
among
[The Xxxxxxx Works/the Borrower], certain Designated Borrowers (if any), the
Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lender and such other Lenders. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Uncommitted
Advances by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time, the indebtedness
of
the Borrower resulting from each such Uncommitted Advance being evidenced by
this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the
maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for
prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon
the
terms and conditions therein specified.
[THE
XXXXXXX WORKS]
[DESIGNATED
BORROWER]
By________________________
Name:
Title:
By________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
I
FORM
OF
DESIGNATION LETTER
[Date]
To
Citibank, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: [__________]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
make
reference to the $800,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of
February 27, 2008 (the "Credit
Agreement")
among
The Xxxxxxx Works (the "Company"),
certain Designated Borrowers (if any), the Lenders party thereto and
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
The
Company hereby designates [____________] (the "Designated
Borrower"),
a
corporation duly incorporated under the laws of [_____________] and a
Subsidiary, as a Company in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Credit
Agreement.
The
Designated Borrower hereby accepts the above designation and hereby expressly
and unconditionally accepts all of the obligations of a Borrower under the
Credit Agreement, adheres to the Credit Agreement and agrees and confirms that,
upon your execution and return to the Company of the enclosed copy of this
letter, it shall be a Borrower for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, joins
in each of the waivers, appointments and submissions in Article VIII
thereof, and will perform and comply with the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement applicable to it as if it had originally executed the Credit Agreement
as a Borrower. The Designated Borrower hereby authorizes and empowers the
Company to act as its representative and attorney-in-fact for the purposes
of
signing documents and giving and receiving notices (including notices of
Borrowing under the Credit Agreement) and other communications in connection
with the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and for
the
purposes of modifying or amending any provision of the Credit Agreement and
further agrees that the Administrative Agent and each Lender may conclusively
rely on the foregoing authorization.
The
Designated Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
each
Lender the following:
(a)
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Corporate
Existence.
The Designated Borrower is an entity duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of
formation.
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(b)
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Corporate
Authorization, Etc.
The performance of its obligations under the Credit Agreement and
the
execution, delivery and performance by the Designated Borrower of
this
Designation Letter and any Note executed by the Designated Borrower
are
within the Designated Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not contravene
(i) the
Designated Borrower’s charter documents of (ii) any law or contractual
restriction binding on or affecting the Designated
Borrower.
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(c)
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No
Approvals.
No authorization, approval or action by, and no notice to or filing
with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the
due
execution, delivery and performance by the Designated Borrower’s of this
Designation Letter and any Note executed by the Designated Borrower
or the
performance of its obligations under the Credit
Agreement.
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(d)
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Enforceability.
Each of the Credit Agreement and this Designation Letter is and,
upon
issuance and delivery thereof in accordance with the Credit Agreement,
each Note executed by the Designated Borrower will be the legal,
valid and
binding obligations of the Designated Borrower, enforceable against
the
Designated Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms.
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(e)
|
Investment
Company.
The Designated Borrower is not an "investment company" within the
meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
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(f)
|
No
Defaults.
The Designated Borrower is not in default under or with respect to
any
agreement, instrument or undertaking to which it is a party or by
which it
or any of its property is bound in any respect which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(g)
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Use
of Proceeds, Etc.
All proceeds of each Advance made to the Designated Borrower will
be used
by it only in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 of the
Credit
Agreement. It is not, nor will be, engaged in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock and no
proceeds
of any Advance will be used by it to extend credit to others for
the
purpose of buying or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making
of any
Advance to the Designated Borrower nor the use of the proceeds thereof
will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulations
U or X
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
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The
Designated Borrower agrees that the address set forth below its name at the
shall be its "Address for Notices" for all purposes of the Credit Agreement
(including Section 8.13 thereof). The Designated Borrower acknowledges its
receipt of the notice of each Lender, provided pursuant to the requirements
of
the USA PATRIOT
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), set forth
in
Section 8.15 of the Credit Agreement.
To
the
extent that the Designated Borrower or any of its Property has or hereafter
may
acquire, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time
be
commenced with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document,
any
immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or
after judgment), execution, judgment or set-off, the Designated Borrower hereby
irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such
immunity.
THE
XXXXXXX WORKS
By________________________
Name:
Title:
By________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME
OF DESIGNATED BORROWER]
By________________________
Name:
Title:
Address
for Notices:
[_________________]
[_________________]
[_________________]
Attention: [____________]
Telecopier: [____________]
Telephone: [____________]
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
By________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
J
FORM
OF
TERMINATION LETTER
[Date]
To
Citibank, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: [__________]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
make
reference to the $800,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of
February 27, 2008 (the "Credit
Agreement")
among
The Xxxxxxx Works (the "Company"),
certain Designated Borrowers (if any), the Lenders party thereto and
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
The
Company hereby terminates the status as a Designated Borrower of
[_________________], a corporation incorporated under the laws of
[_______________], in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement,
effective as of the date of receipt of this notice by the Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that all principal and interest
on any Advance of the above-referenced Designated Borrower and all other amounts
payable by such Designated Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement have been
paid in full on or prior to the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this
Termination Letter shall not affect any obligation which by the terms of the
Credit Agreement survives termination thereof.
THE
XXXXXXX WORKS
By________________________
Name:
Title:
By________________________
Name:
Title:
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