FOUR-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT Dated as of [ ], 2011 among EXELIS INC. THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent BARCLAYS BANK PLC...
Exhibit 10.6
FOUR-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING
Dated as of [ ], 2011
among
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
_________________________
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. and
XXXXX FARGO BANK N.A.,
as Documentation Agents
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
RBS SECURITIES INC. and
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES LLC,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally |
27 | |||
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP |
28 | |||
ARTICLE II |
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THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments |
28 | |||
SECTION 2.02. Loans |
29 | |||
SECTION 2.03. Competitive Bid Procedure |
31 | |||
SECTION 2.04. Revolving Borrowing Procedure |
33 | |||
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit |
33 | |||
SECTION 2.06. Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans |
38 | |||
SECTION 2.07. Fees |
39 | |||
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
40 | |||
SECTION 2.09. Interest on Loans |
41 | |||
SECTION 2.10. Default Interest |
42 | |||
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest |
42 | |||
SECTION 2.12. Termination, Reduction, Extension and Increase of Commitments |
42 | |||
SECTION 2.13. Prepayment |
45 | |||
SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances |
45 | |||
SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality |
46 | |||
SECTION 2.16. Indemnity |
47 | |||
SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment |
48 | |||
SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs |
48 | |||
SECTION 2.19. Payments |
49 | |||
SECTION 2.20. Taxes |
50 | |||
SECTION 2.21. Duty to Mitigate; Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances |
53 | |||
SECTION 2.22. Defaulting Lenders |
54 | |||
ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers |
56 | |||
SECTION 3.02. Authorization |
56 | |||
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability |
57 | |||
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals |
57 | |||
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements and Projections |
57 |
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation; Compliance with Laws |
57 | |||
SECTION 3.07. Federal Reserve Regulations |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Act |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.09. Use of Proceeds |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.10. Full Disclosure; No Material Misstatements |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.11. Taxes |
59 | |||
SECTION 3.12. Employee Pension Benefit Plans |
59 | |||
SECTION 3.13. OFAC |
59 | |||
ARTICLE IV |
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CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
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SECTION 4.01. All Extensions of Credit |
60 | |||
SECTION 4.02. Effective Date |
60 | |||
SECTION 4.03. First Borrowing by Each Borrowing Subsidiary |
63 | |||
ARTICLE V |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5.01. Existence |
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SECTION 5.02. Business and Properties |
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SECTION 5.03. Financial Statements, Reports, etc |
64 | |||
SECTION 5.04. Insurance |
65 | |||
SECTION 5.05. Obligations and Taxes |
65 | |||
SECTION 5.06. Litigation and Other Notices |
65 | |||
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.09. Distribution Agreement and Related Agreements |
66 | |||
ARTICLE VI |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.01. Priority Indebtedness |
66 | |||
SECTION 6.02. Liens |
67 | |||
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
68 | |||
SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes |
69 | |||
SECTION 6.05. Restrictive Agreements |
69 | |||
SECTION 6.06. Leverage Ratio |
70 | |||
ARTICLE VII |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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GUARANTEE |
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ARTICLE IX |
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 10.01. Notices |
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SECTION 10.02. Survival of Agreement |
78 | |||
SECTION 10.03. Binding Effect |
78 | |||
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns |
78 | |||
SECTION 10.05. Expenses; Indemnity |
82 | |||
SECTION 10.06. APPLICABLE LAW |
83 | |||
SECTION 10.07. Waivers; Amendment |
83 | |||
SECTION 10.08. Entire Agreement |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.09. Severability |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.10. Counterparts |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.11. Headings |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.12. Right of Setoff |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.13. JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS |
84 | |||
SECTION 10.14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
85 | |||
SECTION 10.15. Borrowing Subsidiaries |
86 | |||
SECTION 10.16. Conversion of Currencies |
86 | |||
SECTION 10.17. USA PATRIOT Act |
87 | |||
SECTION 10.18. No Fiduciary Relationship |
87 | |||
SECTION 10.19. Non-Public Information |
87 |
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EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A-1
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Form of Competitive Bid Request | |
Exhibit A-2
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Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Request | |
Exhibit A-3
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Form of Competitive Bid | |
Exhibit A-4
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Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter | |
Exhibit A-5
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Form of Revolving Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
Exhibit C-1
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Form of Opinion of Xxxxx & XxXxxxx, Counsel for Exelis Inc. | |
Exhibit C-2
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Form of Opinion of Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, General Counsel of Exelis Inc. | |
Exhibit D-1
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Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement | |
Exhibit D-2
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Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination | |
Exhibit E
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Form of Issuing Bank Agreement | |
Exhibit F
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Form of Note | |
Exhibit G
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Form of US Tax Certificate | |
SCHEDULES | ||
Schedule 2.01
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Commitments | |
Schedule 6.01
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Existing Indebtedness | |
Schedule 6.02
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Existing Liens | |
Schedule 6.05
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Existing Restrictive Agreements |
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FOUR-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
(as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Agreement”) dated as of [ ], 2011, among EXELIS INC., an Indiana
corporation (the “Company”); each Borrowing Subsidiary party hereto; the
lenders listed in Schedule 2.01 (together with their successors and
permitted assigns, the “Lenders”); and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”).
The Lenders have been requested to extend credit to the Borrowers (such term and each other
capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article
I) to enable the Borrowers (a) to borrow on a standby revolving credit basis on and after the date
hereof and at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date a principal amount not in
excess of $600,000,000 at any time outstanding and (b) to request the issuance of Letters of Credit
for the accounts of the Borrowers in a face amount not in excess of $100,000,000 at any time
outstanding. The Lenders have also been requested to provide procedures pursuant to which the
Borrowers may invite the Lenders to bid on an uncommitted basis on short-term borrowings by the
Borrowers. The proceeds of such borrowings are to be used for working capital and other general
corporate purposes (including, without limitation, commercial paper backup). The Letters of Credit
shall support payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrowers.
The Lenders are willing to extend credit on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set
forth.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified below:
“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Revolving Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Accession Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).
“Administrative Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(b).
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing (including any notional
Eurocurrency Borrowing of one month referred to in the definition of the term “Alternate Base
Rate”) for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the
Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form supplied
by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person
specified.
“Aggregate Credit Exposure” shall mean the aggregate amount of all the Lenders’ Credit
Exposures.
“Agreement Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.16(b).
“Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted
LIBO Rate (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the Applicable Percentage with
respect to Eurocurrency Loans) on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day) for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1%. For
purposes hereof, “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New
York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly
announced as effective. “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as released on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so released for any day which is a
Business Day, the arithmetic average (rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%), as determined by
the Administrative Agent, of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If
for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate
for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient
quotations in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined
without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances
giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be
effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
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“Applicable Percentage” shall mean on any date, with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans,
the Facility Fee or the L/C Participation Fee, as the case may be, the applicable percentage set
forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread,” “Alternate Base Rate Spread”, “Facility Fee
Percentage” or “L/C Participation Fee Percentage,” as the case may be, based upon the Ratings in
effect on such date:
Eurocurrency | Alternate Base Rate | Facility Fee | L/C Participation | |||||||||||||
Spread | Spread | Percentage | Fee Percentage | |||||||||||||
Category 1 |
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A3 or higher by Xxxxx’x; |
0.900 | % | 0.000 | % | 0.1000 | % | 0.900 | % | ||||||||
A- or higher by S&P; A- or higher by Fitch |
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Category 2 |
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Baa1 or higher by Xxxxx’x; |
1.000 | % | 0.000 | % | 0.1250 | % | 1.000 | % | ||||||||
BBB+ or higher by S&P; BBB+ or higher by Fitch |
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Category 3 |
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Baa2 by Xxxxx’x; |
1.100 | % | 0.100 | % | 0.150 | % | 1.100 | % | ||||||||
BBB by S&P; BBB by Fitch |
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Category 4 |
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Baa3 by Xxxxx’x; |
1.300 | % | 0.300 | % | 0.200 | % | 1.300 | % | ||||||||
BBB- by S&P; BBB- by Fitch |
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Category 5 |
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Lower than Baa3 by Xxxxx’x; |
1.475 | % | 0.475 | % | 0.275 | % | 1.475 | % | ||||||||
Lower than BBB- by S&P; Lower than BBB- by Fitch |
For purposes of the foregoing: (a) if any Rating Agency shall merge with or into or be
acquired by another Rating Agency, or shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt
obligations, or shall otherwise cease to have a Rating in effect notwithstanding the Company’s use
of commercially reasonable efforts to cause such a Rating to be maintained in effect, then the
Eurocurrency Spread, Alternate Base Rate Spread, Facility Fee Percentage and L/C Participation Fee
Percentage shall be determined by reference to the Rating or Ratings remaining available or deemed
to be available as provided below; (b) if any Rating Agency shall not have a Rating in effect for a
reason other than one of the reasons set forth in the preceding clause (a), such Rating Agency
shall be deemed to have a Rating available and such Rating shall be deemed to be in Category 5; (c)
if the Ratings available or deemed to be available shall fall in different Categories, then (i) if
Ratings are available or deemed to be available from all three Rating Agencies, the Eurocurrency
Spread, Alternate Base Rate Spread, Facility Fee Percentage and L/C Participation Fee Percentage
shall be determined by reference to the highest Category achieved or exceeded by at least two of
the three Ratings, (ii) if Ratings are available or deemed to be available from only two Rating
Agencies, the Eurocurrency
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Spread, Alternate Base Rate Spread, Facility Fee Percentage and L/C Participation Fee Percentage
shall be determined by reference to the higher of the two Ratings or, if the Ratings differ by more
than one Category, the Category one level below that corresponding to the higher of the two Ratings
and (iii) if a Rating is available or deemed to be available from only one Rating Agency, the
Eurocurrency Spread, Alternate Base Rate Spread, Facility Fee Percentage and L/C Participation Fee
Percentage shall be determined by reference to that Rating; and (d) if any Rating shall be changed
(other than as a result of a change in the rating system of the applicable Rating Agency), such
change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the Rating Agency making
such change. Each change in the Applicable Percentage shall apply to all outstanding Eurocurrency
Loans and ABR Loans and to L/C Participation Fees and Facility Fees accruing during the period
commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the
effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of any Rating Agency shall change,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to amend the references to specific ratings in
this definition to reflect such changed rating system and, pending the effectiveness of any such
amendment, the Applicable Percentage shall be determined by reference to the Rating most recently
in effect from such Rating Agency prior to such change.
“Applicable Share” of any Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of the Total Commitment
represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 2.22 when a
Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Share” shall mean the percentage of the Total
Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s
Commitment. If the Commitments shall be terminated pursuant to Article VII, the Applicable Shares
of the Lenders shall be based upon the Commitments in effect, giving effect to any assignments and
to any Revolving Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender
or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee in the form of Exhibit B.
“Bankruptcy Event” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the
reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or in the good faith judgment of
the Administrative Agent has consented to, approved of, or acquiesced in any such proceeding or
appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of (a) any
ownership interest or the acquisition of any ownership interest in, or the exercise of control
over, such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof or (b) in the case of a
solvent Lender organized under the laws of The Netherlands, the precautionary appointment of an
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administrator, guardian, custodian or other similar official by a Governmental Authority or
instrumentality thereof, under or based on the law of the country where such Lender is subject to
home jurisdiction supervision, if applicable law requires that such appointment not be publicly
disclosed, provided, further, in each such case, that such ownership interest or such action, as
applicable, does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts
within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets
or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate,
disavow or disaffirm its obligations hereunder.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of a Borrower or any duly authorized
committee thereof.
“Borrower” shall mean the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Borrowing” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders (or, in the case
of a Competitive Borrowing, by the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids have been accepted
pursuant to Section 2.03) on a single date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Date” shall mean any date on which a Borrowing is made or a Letter of Credit issued
hereunder.
“Borrowing Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary which shall have become a Borrowing
Subsidiary as provided in Section 10.15, other than any Subsidiary that shall have ceased to be a
Borrowing Subsidiary as provided in Section 10.15.
“Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement” shall mean an agreement in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto
duly executed by the Company and a Subsidiary.
“Borrowing Subsidiary Termination” shall mean an agreement in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto
duly executed by the Company and a Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Business Day” shall mean any day (other than a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday in the State of New York) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided,
however, that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in
the London interbank market, and, when used in connection with determining any date on which any
amount is to be paid or made available in a Non-US Currency, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are not open for business in
the principal financial center in the country of such Non-US Currency or Frankfurt, Germany if such
Non-US Currency is the Euro.
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“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person shall mean the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP; the amount of such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP, and the
final maturity of such obligations shall be the date of the last payment of such or any other
amounts due under such lease (or other arrangement) prior to the first date on which such lease (or
other arrangement) may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a premium or a penalty.
“CFC” shall mean (a) each Person that is a “controlled foreign corporation” for purposes of
the Code and (b) each subsidiary of any such controlled foreign corporation.
A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any Person or group of Persons
shall have acquired beneficial ownership of more than 30% of the outstanding Voting Shares of the
Company (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules
and regulations thereunder), or (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, commencing after
the Effective Date, individuals who on the first day of such period were directors of the Company
(together with any replacement or additional directors who were nominated or elected by a majority
of directors then in office) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any change in
applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation, promulgation, implementation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof (whether or not having the force of law); provided that, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and
(ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International
Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or
the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be
deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date on which executed counterparts of this Agreement shall have
been delivered by the parties hereto. In the event such executed counterparts shall be held under
any escrow arrangement pending the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Closing Date shall be the
date on which this Agreement, fully executed by the parties hereto, shall be delivered by the
escrow or similar agent to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender hereunder
as set forth in Schedule 2.01 under the heading “Commitment” or in an Assignment and Assumption
delivered by such Lender under Section 10.04, as such Commitment may be permanently terminated,
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.12 or pursuant to one or more
assignments under Section 10.04. The Commitment of each Lender shall automatically and permanently
terminate on the Maturity Date if not terminated earlier pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Competitive Bid” shall mean an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan pursuant to
Section 2.03.
“Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter” shall mean a notification made by a Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.03(d) in the form of Exhibit A-4.
“Competitive Bid Rate” shall mean, as to any Competitive Bid, (i) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Loan, the Margin, and (ii) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of
interest offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
“Competitive Bid Request” shall mean a request made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) in the form of
Exhibit A-1.
“Competitive Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing consisting of a Competitive Loan or concurrent
Competitive Loans from the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids for such Borrowing have been
accepted under the bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.
“Competitive Loan” shall mean a Loan made pursuant to the bidding procedure described in
Section 2.03. Each Competitive Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan
and will be denominated in either Dollars or a Non-US Currency.
“Competitive Loan Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a)
the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Competitive Loans denominated in Dollars made by
such Lender and (b) the sum of the Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of all outstanding
Competitive Loans denominated in Non-US Currencies made by such Lender, determined on the basis of
the applicable Exchange Rates in effect on the respective dates of the Competitive Bid Requests
pursuant to which such Competitive Loans were made.
“Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated
July 2011 related to the credit facilities established by this Agreement, the ITT Corporation
Credit Agreement and the Xylem Credit Agreement.
“Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).
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“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period,
plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated
Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income
tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation for such period and
amortization of intangible and capitalized assets for such period, (iv) any losses during such
period attributable to the disposition of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (v)
any other extraordinary non-cash charges for such period, (vi) any non-cash expenses for such
period resulting from the grant of stock options or other equity-based incentives to any director,
officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, (vii) any losses attributable to early
extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedging Agreement, in each case other than
in connection with the Spin-Offs or the Transactions, (viii) any unrealized non-cash losses for
such period attributable to accounting in respect of Hedging Agreements, (ix) the cumulative effect
of changes in accounting principles and (x) any fees and expenses for such period relating to the
Transactions or to the Spin-Offs, in an aggregate after tax amount for all periods not to exceed
$50,000,000 and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income, (i) any gains during such period attributable to the disposition of
assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any other extraordinary non-cash gains
for such period, (iii) any gains attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or
obligations under any Hedging Agreement, (iv) any unrealized non-cash gains for such period
attributable to accounting in respect of Hedging Agreements, (v) the cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles and (vi) any cash payments made during such period with respect to noncash
items added back (or that would have been added back had this Agreement been in effect) in
computing Consolidated EBITDA for any prior period. For purposes of calculating Consolidated
EBITDA for any period to determine the Leverage Ratio, if during such period the Company or any
Subsidiary shall have consummated a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition, Consolidated
EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with
Section 1.03(b).
“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the interest expense (including
imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP. Consolidated Interest Expense for any period during which the Company or any Subsidiary
shall have consummated a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition shall be calculated after
giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with Section 1.03(b).
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” shall mean at any time the total of all assets appearing on
the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered under
Section 5.03(a) or (b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such
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balance sheet, the most recent pro forma balance sheet referred to in Section 3.05(c)), less
the sum of the following items as shown on such consolidated balance sheet:
(i) the book amount of all segregated intangible assets, including such items as good
will, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights, patents,
patent rights and licenses and unamortized debt discount and expense less unamortized debt
premium;
(ii) all depreciation, valuation and other reserves;
(iii) current liabilities;
(iv) any minority interest in the shares of stock (other than Preferred Stock) and
surplus of Subsidiaries;
(v) the total indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred in any manner
to finance or recover the cost to the Company or any Subsidiary of any physical property,
real or personal, which prior to or simultaneously with the creation of such indebtedness
shall have been leased by the Company or a Subsidiary to the United States of America or a
department or agency thereof at an aggregate rental, payable during that portion of the
initial term of such lease (without giving effect to any options of renewal or extension)
which shall be unexpired at the date of the creation of such indebtedness, sufficient
(taken together with any amounts required to be paid by the lessee to the lessor upon any
termination of such lease) to pay in full at the stated maturity date or dates thereof the
principal of and the interest on such indebtedness; and
(vi) deferred income and deferred liabilities.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for purposes of this definition, the
term “Indebtedness” shall not include contingent obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary as an
account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty to the extent such letter of
credit or letter of guaranty does not support Indebtedness.
“Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of
the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Loans of such Lender, plus the
aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s L/C Exposure.
“Credit Party” shall mean the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender.
“Declining Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).
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“Default” shall mean any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed, within three Business Days of
the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion
of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies
the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith
determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the
particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or, in the case of clause (iii), such payment is
the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has notified the Company, any other Borrower or any Credit
Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect
to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public
statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a
condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to
funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in
which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the
Administrative Agent made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized
officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and
participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, unless such Lender has
notified the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good
faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including
the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, provided that such Lender shall cease to be
a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such
certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, or (d) has become the subject of
a Bankruptcy Event.
“Distribution Agreement” shall mean the Distribution Agreement dated as of [ ], 2011,
among the Company, ITT Corporation and Xylem Inc., pursuant to which ITT Corporation shall effect
the Spin-Offs.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, on any date of determination, with respect to any amount in
any Non-US Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined using the Exchange Rate
with respect to such Non-US Currency on such date.
“Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of
the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other than any
Subsidiary that is a CFC.
“Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4.02
are satisfied.
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“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and
(d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person, the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company.
“Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or
interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code,
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan other than events for which the 30 days’
notice period has been waived; (b) a failure by any Plan to meet the minimum funding standards (as
defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each
instance, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section
302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination
of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates
from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the
PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans
or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, that Withdrawal Liability is being imposed or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the
Code or Section 305 of ERISA); or (g) the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code), or with respect to which the Company or any such Subsidiary could
otherwise be liable.
“Euro” shall mean the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that have
adopted a single currency in accordance with applicable law or treaty.
“Eurocurrency Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.
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“Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing” shall mean a Competitive Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Loans.
“Eurocurrency Competitive Loan” shall mean any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Eurocurrency Loan” shall mean any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving
Loan.
“Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing” shall mean a Revolving Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency
Loans.
“Eurocurrency Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Non-US Currency on a particular date, the rate
at which such Non-US Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth on such date on the
applicable Reuters currency page. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters
currency page, the Exchange Rate with respect to such Non-US Currency shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed
upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such agreement, such
Exchange Rate shall instead be the Administrative Agent’s spot rate of exchange in the London
interbank market at or about 10:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with
such Non-US Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, however, that if at the time
of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative
Agent may use any reasonable method it deems applicable to determine such rate, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party (including any assignee of or
successor to a Credit Party and any Participant) and any other recipient of any payment to be made
by or on account of any obligation of a Borrower under this Agreement or any Loan Documents: (a)
income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income or gain (however denominated) by
the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Credit Party
(including any assignee of or successor to such Credit Party and any Participant or other
recipient) is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender,
in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the
United States of America or any similar Taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the
Company is located, (c) any backup withholding Tax imposed by the United
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States of America or any similar Taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Company
is located, (d) in the case of a Non-US Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a
Borrower under Section 2.21(b)), any US Federal withholding Taxes resulting from any law in effect
on the date such Non-US Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending
office) or is attributable to such Non-US Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(f)
(including as a result of any inaccurate or incomplete documentation), except to the extent that
such Non-US Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new
lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Borrower with respect to such
withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.20(a), and (e) any Taxes imposed with respect to the
requirements of FATCA.
“Exelis Form 10” shall mean the Form 10 Registration Statement filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2011.
“Existing Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).
“Exelis Notes” shall mean unsecured notes of the Company in an amount not to exceed
$650,000,000 issued to provide funds for a cash transfer to ITT Corporation prior to the Spin-Offs,
which notes shall not mature, and shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed,
repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more
events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an
event of default, a change in control or a similar event), prior to the date six months after the
Maturity Date and shall not have the benefit of any guarantee or other credit enhancement provided
by any Subsidiary.
“Facility Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(a).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement
(including any regulations that are issued thereunder) and any official governmental
interpretations thereof.
“Fees” shall mean the Facility Fee, the Administrative Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the
Ticking Fees and the Issuing Bank Fees.
“Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, controller, assistant controller, treasurer, associate or assistant treasurer or director
of treasury services of such Person.
“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fimilac, S.A, or any of its
successors.
“Fixed Rate Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Fixed Rate Loans.
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“Fixed Rate Loan” shall mean any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a fixed percentage rate
per annum (the “Fixed Rate”) (expressed in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal
places) specified by the Lender making such Loan in its Competitive Bid.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
” Form 10s” shall mean the Exelis Form 10 and the Xylem Form 10.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a
consistent basis.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other
nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to,
one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or
economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value,
or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by
current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or the Subsidiaries
shall be a Hedging Agreement. The “amount” or “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company
or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate
amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be
required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).
“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean all indebtedness representing money borrowed or the
deferred purchase price of property (other than trade accounts payable) or any capitalized lease
obligation, which in any case is created, assumed, incurred or guaranteed in any manner by such
Person or for which such Person is responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase
indebtedness of, or to supply funds to or invest in, others or otherwise). For the avoidance of
doubt, the term Indebtedness shall not include obligations under Hedging Agreements.
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“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to
any payment made by a Borrower under this Agreement and (b) Other Taxes.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or Fixed Rate Loan,
the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan
with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration or a Fixed Rate Loan with an Interest
Period of more than 90 days’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date for
such Loan had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration or 90 days’ duration, as the
case may be, been applicable to such Loan and (c) with respect to any Loan, the Maturity Date or
the date of any prepayment of such Loan or conversion of such Loan to a Loan of a different Type.
“Interest Period” shall mean (a) as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on
the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period
applicable to such Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the numerically corresponding day
(or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is
1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect and (b) as to any Fixed Rate
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in
the Competitive Bids in which the offers to make the Fixed Rate Loans comprising such Borrowing
were extended, which shall not be earlier than seven days after the date of such Borrowing or later
than 360 days after the date of such Borrowing; provided, however, that if any Interest Period
would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans only, such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an
Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuing Bank” shall mean (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (b) Citibank N.A. , and (c) each
Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.05(j) (other than
any Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.05(i)), each in
its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its
discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing
Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (it being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall
cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.05 with respect to such Letters
of Credit).
“Issuing Bank Agreement” shall mean an agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E.
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“Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c).
“ITT Corporation Credit Agreement” shall mean the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving
Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], 2011, among ITT Corporation, certain lenders and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.16(b).
“L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.
“L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C
Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The L/C Exposure of any Lender at
any time shall mean its Applicable Share of the aggregate L/C Exposure at such time.
“L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c).
“Lead Arrangers” shall mean X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
“Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05.
“Lender Parent” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is,
directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any time, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness at
such time to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters.
“LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rates (or on any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or any successor to
or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on
such screen, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing
quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the
event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with
respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar
deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
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comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, security interest, charge or other encumbrance on, of, or in such property or asset.
“Loan” shall mean a Competitive Loan or a Revolving Loan, whether made as a Eurocurrency Loan,
an ABR Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan, as permitted hereby.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreements, any Issuing Bank Agreements, and promissory notes, if any, issued pursuant to Section
10.04(i).
“Margin” shall mean, as to any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the margin (expressed as a
percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) to be added
to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate in order to determine the interest rate applicable to such
Loan, as specified in the Competitive Bid relating to such Loan.
“Margin Regulations” shall mean Regulations T, U and X of the Board as from time to time in
effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning given such term under Regulation U of the Board.
“Material Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if,
after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or
substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business
unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate
consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in
respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but
excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith
(including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements
representing acquisition consideration)) exceeds $100,000,000.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean an event or condition that has resulted in a material
adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, operations or financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Borrower to perform any of
its material obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the enforceability of the Lenders’ rights
under any Loan Document.
“Material Disposition” shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition of (a) all or
substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Person that
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are owned by the Company or any Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all
the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division,
product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor
(including Indebtedness assumed by the transferee in connection therewith, all obligations in
respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but
excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith
(including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements
representing acquisition consideration)) exceeds $100,000,000.
“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans, Letters of Credit and
guarantees under the Loan Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements
or Securitization Transactions, of any one or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 or more.
“Maturity Date” shall mean the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, as such date may be
extended pursuant to Section 2.12(d).
“MNPI” shall mean material information concerning the Company and the Subsidiaries and their
securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally,
within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
“Moody’s” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any of its successors.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Non-US Currency” shall mean any currency other than Dollars that is freely transferable and
convertible into Dollars in the London market and as to which an Exchange Rate and LIBO Rates may
be determined.
“Non-US Currency Loan” shall mean any Competitive Loan denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
“Non-US Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a US Person.
“Notice of Competitive Bid Request” shall mean a notification made pursuant to Section 2.03(a)
in the form of Exhibit A-2.
“Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the
Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made under this Agreement in respect of
any Letter of Credit, when and as
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due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, interest thereon and
obligations to provide cash collateral, and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Company or
any Subsidiary under this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay
fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during
the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (b) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all other obligations of each Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each
of the other Loan Documents.
“Other Taxes” shall mean any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) that arise from
any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of,
or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(f).
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.05;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like
Liens imposed by law (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or
Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Code), arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or
are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(c) pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance
with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws and (ii)
in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the
account of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting
obligations of the type set forth in the preceding clause (i);
(d) pledges and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts,
leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of
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business (but excluding obligations constituting Indebtedness) and (ii) in respect of
letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the
Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations
described in clause (i) above;
(e) pledges or Liens necessary to secure a stay of any legal or equitable process in a
proceeding to enforce a liability or obligation contested in good faith by the Company or a
Subsidiary or required in connection with the institution by the Company or a Subsidiary of
any legal or equitable proceeding to enforce a right or to obtain a remedy claimed in good
faith by the Company or a Subsidiary, or required in connection with any order or decree in
any such proceeding or in connection with any contest of any tax or other governmental
charge; or the making of any deposit with or the giving of any form of security to any
governmental agency or any body created or approved by law or governmental regulation in
order to entitle the Company or a Subsidiary to maintain self-insurance or to participate
in any fund in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age
pensions or other social security or to share in any provisions or other benefits provided
for companies participating in any such arrangement or for liability on insurance of
credits or other risks;
(f) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default
under clause (i) of Article VII;
(g) any Lien on property in favor of the United States of America, or of any agency,
department or other instrumentality thereof, to secure partial, progress or advance
payments pursuant to the provisions of any contract;
(h) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected
property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(i) banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit
accounts, securities accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions or
securities intermediaries; provided that such deposit accounts, securities accounts
or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any
Indebtedness and are not subject to restrictions on access by the Company or any Subsidiary
in excess of those required by applicable banking or other regulations;
(j) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or
similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the
Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(k) Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or
sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property subject to
any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement;
(l) any Lien affecting property of the Company or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness
of the United States of America or a State thereof (or any instrumentality or agency of
either thereof) issued in connection with a pollution control or abatement program required
in the opinion of the Company to meet environmental criteria with respect to manufacturing
or processing operations of the Company or any Subsidiary and the proceeds of which
Indebtedness have financed the cost of acquisition of such program, and renewals or
extensions of any such Lien that do not extend to additional assets or increase the amount
of the obligations secured thereby;
(m) any mortgage, pledge or other lien securing any indebtedness incurred in any
manner to finance or recover the cost to the Company or any Subsidiary of any physical
property, real or personal, which prior to or simultaneously with the creation of such
indebtedness shall have been leased by the Company or a Subsidiary to the United States of
America or a department or agency thereof at an aggregate rental, payable during that
portion of the initial term of such lease (without giving effect to any options of renewal
or extension) which shall be unexpired at the date of the creation of such indebtedness,
sufficient (taken together with any amounts required to be paid by the lessee to the lessor
upon any termination of such lease) to pay in full at the stated maturity date or dates
thereof the principal of and the interest on such indebtedness; and
(n) contractual rights of set-off not established to secure the payment of
Indebtedness.
“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject
to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA
sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Preferred Stock” shall mean any capital stock entitled by its terms to a preference (a) as to
dividends or (b) upon a distribution of assets.
“Priority Indebtedness” shall mean, without duplication, (a) all Indebtedness or obligations
in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements of any Subsidiary and (b) (i) all Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary, and all obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements,
secured by any Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) all obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiary under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to
property
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acquired by the Company or such Subsidiary (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (iii) all Capital Lease Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary,
(iv) all Securitization Transactions of the Company or any Subsidiary and (v) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by the Company or such
Subsidiary.
“Rating Agencies” shall mean Xxxxx’x, S&P and Fitch.
“Ratings” shall mean the ratings from time to time established by the Rating Agencies for
senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced long-term debt of the Company.
“Register” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 10.04(d).
“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and
of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA
Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code
Section 414).
“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Commitments representing more than
50% of the Total Commitment or, for purposes of acceleration pursuant to Article VII, Lenders
holding Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposure.
“Responsible Officer” of any Person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of
such Person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of
the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement.
“Revolving Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans from
each of the Lenders.
“Revolving Borrowing Request” shall mean a request made pursuant to Section 2.04 in the form
of Exhibit A-5.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate
principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender.
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“Revolving Loans” shall mean the revolving loans made pursuant to Section 2.01 and 2.04. Each
Revolving Loan shall be in Dollars and shall be a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or an ABR Loan.
“S&P” shall mean Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. or any of its successors.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securitization Transaction” shall mean any transfer by the Company or any Subsidiary of
accounts receivable or interests therein (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company or other entity, which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by the transferee or successor transferee of Indebtedness
or other securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash
flow derived from such accounts receivable or interests therein, or (b) directly to one or more
investors or other purchasers. The “amount” or “principal amount” of any Securitization
Transaction shall be deemed at any time to be the aggregate principal or stated amount of the
Indebtedness or other securities referred to in the first sentence of this definition or, if there
shall be no such principal or stated amount, the uncollected amount of the accounts receivable or
interests therein transferred pursuant to such Securitization Transaction, net of any such accounts
receivable or interests therein that have been written off as uncollectible.
“Significant Subsidiary” shall mean, at any time, each Borrower and each Subsidiary accounting
for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Company for the most recent period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters for which pro forma financial statements of the Company are set forth
in the Exelis Form 10 (as amended prior to the date hereof) or for the most recent period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which historical financial statements of the Company
have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(a) or 5.03(b), as applicable, or more than 5% of the
consolidated total assets of the Company at the end of such applicable period; provided that if at
the end of or for any such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters all Subsidiaries that are not
Significant Subsidiaries shall account for more than 10% of the consolidated revenues of the
Company or more than 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company, the Company shall
designate sufficient Subsidiaries as “Significant Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess (or if the
Company shall have failed to designate such Subsidiaries within 10 Business Days, Subsidiaries
shall automatically be deemed designated as Significant Subsidiaries in descending order based on
the amounts of their contributions to consolidated total assets until such excess shall have been
eliminated), and the Subsidiaries so designated or deemed designated shall for all purposes of this
Agreement constitute Significant Subsidiaries.
“Spin-Offs” shall mean (a) the spin off by ITT Corporation of its C4ISR (command, control,
communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) electronics and systems,
and informational and technical services businesses through the transfer of such businesses to the
Company and the distribution of all of the shares of common stock of the Company to the
shareholders of ITT
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Corporation, as described in the Exelis Form 10 and (b) the spin off by ITT Corporation of its
water infrastructure and applied water businesses, in each case through the transfer of such
businesses to Xylem Inc. and the distribution of all of the shares of common stock of Xylem Inc. to
the shareholders of ITT Corporation, as described in the Xylem Form 10.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves),
expressed as a decimal, established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such
reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.
The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.
“subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (the “parent”), any corporation,
association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power are, at the time as of which any determination is being
made, owned or controlled by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent
and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary of the Company.
“Taxes” shall mean any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Ticking Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(d).
“Total Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of Commitments of all the
Lenders, as in effect at such time.
“Transactions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.
“Type”, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to
which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes
hereof, “Rate” shall include the LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the Competitive Bid Rate and
the Fixed Rate.
“USA PATRIOT Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.13.
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“US Person” shall mean a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Code.
“US Tax Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(f)(ii)(D)(2).
“Voting Shares” shall mean, as to a particular corporation or other Person, outstanding shares
of stock or other Equity Interests of any class of such Person entitled to vote in the election of
directors, or otherwise to participate in the direction of the management and policies, of such
Person, excluding shares or Equity Interests entitled so to vote or participate only upon the
happening of some contingency.
“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete
or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle
E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” shall mean a Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Xylem Credit Agreement” shall mean the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit
Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], 2011, among Xylem Inc., certain lenders and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
“Xylem Form 10” shall mean the Form 10 Registration Statement filed by Xylem Inc. with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2011.
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms used herein shall apply equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all
statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations
thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all
judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires
otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document
(including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth
herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed
as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by
succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any
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restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority,
any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer
to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP
as in effect from time to time; provided that if the Company, by notice to the Administrative
Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such
provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, shall
request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
(b) All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any Material
Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such transaction had occurred on the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending with the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.03(a) or 5.03(b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements,
ending with the last fiscal quarter included in the pro forma financial statements referred to in
Section 3.05(b)), and, to the extent applicable, to the historical earnings and cash flows
associated with the assets acquired or disposed of and any related incurrence or reduction of
Indebtedness, (i) in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, if such
Material Acquisition or Material Disposition would be required to be given pro forma effect in
accordance with Regulation S-X for purposes of preparing the Company’s annual and quarterly reports
to the SEC, and (ii) in any event, on a reasonable basis consistent with accepted financial
practice. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma
effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date
of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any
Hedging Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Agreement has a remaining term in
excess of 12 months).
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to
make Revolving Loans in Dollars to the Borrowers, at any
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time and from time to time on and after the date hereof and until the earlier of the Maturity
Date and the termination of the Commitment of such Lender, in an amount that will not result in (a)
the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposure and the L/C Exposure of such Lender exceeding such
Lender’s Commitment or (b) the Aggregate Credit Exposure exceeding the Total Commitment then in
effect. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrowers may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow
Revolving Loans hereunder, on and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date, subject
to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein.
SECTION 2.02. Loans. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan shall not
in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood,
however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by such other Lender). Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 2.03. The Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be (i) in the
case of Competitive Loans, in an aggregate principal amount permitted under Section 2.03, and (ii)
in the case of Revolving Loans, in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of
$5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 (or an aggregate principal amount equal to the remaining
balance of the Commitments).
(b) Each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans
or Fixed Rate Loans, and each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency
Revolving Loans or ABR Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03 or
2.04, as applicable. Each Lender may at its option make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign
branch, agency or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such
option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and such branch, agency or Affiliate shall, to the extent of any
such loans made by it, have all the rights of such Lender hereunder. Borrowings of more than one
Type may be outstanding at the same time. For purposes of the foregoing, Loans having different
Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered
separate Loans.
(c) Subject to Section 2.06 and, in the case of any Borrowing denominated in a Non-US
Currency, to any alternative procedures that the applicable Borrower, the applicable Lenders and
the Administrative Agent may agree upon, each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it
hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Administrative Agent in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, and the
Administrative Agent shall by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, credit the amounts so received to the
account or accounts specified from time to time in one or more notices delivered by the Company to
the Administrative Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition
precedent herein specified shall not have been met, forthwith return the amounts so received to the
respective Lenders. Competitive Loans shall be made by the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive
Bids therefor are accepted pursuant to
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Section 2.03 in the amounts so accepted. Revolving Loans shall be made by the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with their Applicable Shares. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of
such Borrowing in accordance with this paragraph (c) and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding amount
in the required currency. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and such Borrower severally agree to repay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest
thereon in such currency, for each day from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower
until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such
Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii)
in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of
overnight funds. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount,
such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(d) If any Issuing Bank shall not have received from a Borrower the payment required to be
made by Section 2.05(e) within the time period set forth in Section 2.05(e), such Issuing Bank will
promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the L/C Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will
promptly notify each Lender of such L/C Disbursement and its Applicable Share thereof. Each Lender
shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent not later
than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or, if such Lender shall have received such
notice later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on any day, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the immediately following Business Day), an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Share of such L/C Disbursement (it being understood that such amount shall be deemed to constitute
an ABR Loan of such Lender and shall bear interest as provided herein), and the Administrative
Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The
Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts received by it from the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05(e) prior to the time that any Lender makes any payment pursuant
to this paragraph; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent thereafter will be
promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made such payments and
to the Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear. If any Lender shall not have made its
Applicable Share of such L/C Disbursement available to the Administrative Agent as provided above,
such Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and
including the date such amount is required to be paid in accordance with this paragraph to but
excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the
Borrowers, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans pursuant to Section
2.09, and (ii) in the case of such Lender, for the first such day, the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base Rate.
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SECTION 2.03. Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) In order to request Competitive Bids, a
Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Competitive Bid
Request in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, to be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the
case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, (A) four
Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing in the case of a Competitive Borrowing
denominated in Dollars and (B) five Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing in the
case of a Competitive Borrowing denominated in a Non-US Currency and (ii) in the case of a Fixed
Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, (A) one Business Day before a
proposed Competitive Borrowing in the case of a Competitive Borrowing denominated in Dollars and
(B) two Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing in the case of a Competitive
Borrowing denominated in a Non-US Currency. No ABR Loan shall be requested in, or made pursuant
to, a Competitive Bid Request. A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to
the format of Exhibit A-1 may be rejected in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower of such rejection by fax. Each
Competitive Bid Request shall refer to this Agreement and specify (A) whether the Borrowing then
being requested is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing, (B) the date of such
Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the currency of the requested Borrowing (which shall
be Dollars or a Non-US Currency), (D) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing
(which shall be an integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the applicable currency with a Dollar
Equivalent on the date of the applicable Competitive Bid Request of at least $10,000,000), and (E)
the Interest Period with respect thereto (which may not end after the Maturity Date). Promptly
after its receipt of a Competitive Bid Request that is not rejected as aforesaid, the
Administrative Agent shall fax to the Lenders a Notice of Competitive Bid Request inviting the
Lenders to bid, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Loans.
(b) Each Lender invited to bid may, in its sole discretion, make one or more Competitive Bids
to the applicable Borrower responsive to such Borrower’s Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive
Bid by a Lender must be received by the Administrative Agent by fax, in the form of Exhibit A-3
hereto, (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City
time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Fixed
Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Competitive
Borrowing. A Lender may submit multiple bids to the Administrative Agent. Competitive Bids that
do not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit A-3 may be rejected by the Administrative
Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lender making such nonconforming bid of such
rejection as soon as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall refer to this Agreement and specify
(x) the principal amount (which shall be an integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the applicable
currency and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested) of
the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate or
Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make the Competitive Loan or Loans and (z) the Interest
Period and the last day thereof. If any Lender invited to bid shall elect not to make a
Competitive Bid, such Lender shall so notify the Administrative
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Agent by fax (I) in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New
York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (II) in the case
of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed
Competitive Borrowing; provided, however, that failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not
cause such Lender to be obligated to make any Competitive Loan as part of such Competitive
Borrowing. A Competitive Bid submitted by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be
irrevocable.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall as promptly as practicable notify the applicable Borrower,
by fax, of all the Competitive Bids made, the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount of each
Competitive Loan in respect of which a Competitive Bid was made and the identity of the Lender that
made each bid. The Administrative Agent shall send a copy of all Competitive Bids to the
applicable Borrower for its records as soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process
set forth in this Section 2.03.
(d) The applicable Borrower may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject only to the
provisions of this paragraph (d), accept or reject any Competitive Bid referred to in paragraph (c)
above. The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by
fax in the form of a Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what extent it has
decided to accept or reject any or all of the bids referred to in paragraph (c) above not more than
one hour after it shall have been notified of such bids by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
such paragraph (c); provided, however, that (i) the failure of the applicable Borrower to give such
notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of all the bids referred to in paragraph (c) above, (ii)
the applicable Borrower shall not accept a bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if it has
decided to reject a bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the
Competitive Bids accepted by the applicable Borrower shall not exceed the principal amount
specified in the Competitive Bid Request, (iv) if the applicable Borrower shall accept a bid or
bids made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate but the amount of such bid or bids shall cause the
total amount of bids to be accepted to exceed the amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request,
then the applicable Borrower shall accept a portion of such bid or bids in an amount equal to the
amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request less the amount of all other Competitive Bids
accepted with respect to such Competitive Bid Request, which acceptance, in the case of multiple
bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each
such bid at such Competitive Bid Rate, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no bid shall
be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in an amount that is an integral
multiple of 1,000,000 units of the applicable currency, and in calculating the pro rata allocation
of acceptances of portions of multiple bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause
(iv) above, the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples of 1,000,000 units of the applicable
currency in a manner which shall be in the discretion of the applicable Borrower. A notice given
pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender whether or not its
Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if so, in what amount and at
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what Competitive Bid Rate) by fax, and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound,
subject to the other applicable conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which
its bid has been accepted.
(f) No Competitive Borrowing shall be requested or made hereunder if after giving effect
thereto (i) the Aggregate Credit Exposure would exceed the Total Commitment or (ii) in the event
the Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section 2.12(d), the sum of the LC
Exposures attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing Maturity Date and the
Competitive Loan Exposures attributable to Competitive Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity
Date would exceed the aggregate Commitments that have been extended to a date after the expiration
date of the last of such Letters of Credit and the maturity of the last of such Competitive Loans.
(g) If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a
Lender, it shall submit such bid directly to the applicable Borrower one quarter of an hour earlier
than the latest time at which the other Lenders are required to submit their bids to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) above.
SECTION 2.04. Revolving Borrowing Procedure. In order to request a Revolving Borrowing, a
Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Revolving Borrowing
Request in the form of Exhibit A-5 (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later
than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before such Borrowing, and (ii) in the
case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of such
Borrowing. No Fixed Rate Loan shall be requested or made pursuant to a Revolving Borrowing
Request. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case specify (A) whether the Borrowing
then being requested is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing; (B) the date
of such Revolving Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount thereof; and (C) if such
Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the applicable Borrower
shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Revolving Borrowing shall be requested if the
Interest Period with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date in effect for any Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise each of the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to
this Section 2.04 and of each Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit. (a) General. The Borrowers may request the issuance of
Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Issuing Bank, appropriately completed, for the accounts of the Borrowers, at any time and from time
to time while the Commitments remain in effect. All Letters of Credit shall be denominated in
Dollars. This Section shall not be construed to impose an obligation upon any Issuing Bank to
issue any Letter of Credit that is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. In order to
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or to amend, renew or extend an existing Letter of
Credit), the applicable Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the applicable Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of, but not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time,
five Business Days before, the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a
notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended, renewed or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the date on
which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) below), the amount
of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to prepare such Letter of Credit. Following receipt of such
notice and prior to the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit or the applicable amendment,
renewal or extension, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers, each Lender and the
applicable Issuing Bank of the amount of the Aggregate Credit Exposure after giving effect to (i)
the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the issuance or
expiration of any other Letter of Credit that is to be issued or will expire prior to the requested
date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (iii) the borrowing or repayment of any Loans that
(based upon notices delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers) are to be borrowed or
repaid prior to the requested date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall
be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant that, (i) after
giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (A) the L/C Exposure shall not
exceed $100,000,000 and (B) the Aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Total Commitment,
(ii) in the case of a Letter of Credit that will expire later than the first anniversary of such
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the applicable Borrower, the applicable Issuing Bank and
the Required Lenders shall have reached agreement on the fees to be applicable thereto as
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 2.07(c) and (iii) in the event the Maturity Date shall
have been extended as provided in Section 2.12(d), the sum of the LC Exposures attributable to
Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing Maturity Date (as defined in Section 2.12(d)) and the
Competitive Loan Exposures attributable to Competitive Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity
Date shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments that have been extended to a date after the
expiration date of the last of such Letters of Credit and the maturity of the last of such
Competitive Loans.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at the close of business on the
earlier of (x) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in
the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) or such
longer period as may be agreed to between the applicable Borrower and the Issuing Bank and (y) the
date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date, unless such Letter of Credit expires by
its terms on an earlier date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide
for renewal thereof under procedures reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank for
additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause
(y) above).
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(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit and without any further action on
the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the applicable Issuing Bank hereby grants
to each Lender, and each such Lender hereby acquires from the applicable Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Share from time to time of
the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance
of such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Share from time to time of each L/C Disbursement
made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, another
party pursuant to its obligations under any other Loan Document) by the time provided in Section
2.02(d). Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter
of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent such L/C Disbursement not
later than (i) if such Borrower shall have received notice of such L/C Disbursement prior to 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day
or (ii) otherwise, 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day next following the day on
which the Borrower shall have received notice from such Issuing Bank that payment of such draft
will be made.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers’ obligations to reimburse L/C Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be
performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under any and all circumstances
whatsoever, and irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any Loan
Document, or any term or provision therein;
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the
provisions of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document;
(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrowers,
any other party guaranteeing, or otherwise obligated with, the Borrowers, any Subsidiary or
other Affiliate thereof or any other Person may at any time have against the beneficiary
under any Letter of Credit, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any
other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other related or unrelated agreement or transaction;
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(iv) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being
untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(v) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; and
(vi) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of any Issuing Bank, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other Person or any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrowers’
obligations hereunder.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that
the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to reimburse L/C Disbursements
will not be excused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of any Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender. However, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any
Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent
permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrowers that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s gross
negligence or wilful misconduct in determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof; it is understood that each Issuing Bank may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary and, in making any payment
under any Letter of Credit (i) an Issuing Bank’s exclusive reliance on the documents presented to
it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein, including reliance on
the amount of any draft presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amount due to the
beneficiary thereunder equals the amount of such draft and whether or not any document presented
pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect, if such document on its
face appears to be in order, and whether or not any other statement or any other document presented
pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to
be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever and (ii) any noncompliance in any immaterial
respect of the documents presented under such Letter of Credit with the terms thereof shall, in
each case, be deemed not to constitute wilful misconduct or gross negligence of an Issuing Bank.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter
of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall as promptly as possible give telephonic notification, confirmed
by fax, to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower of such demand for payment and
whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve such Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse
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the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender notice thereof.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, then, unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in
full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest for
the account of such Issuing Bank, for each day from and including the date of such L/C
Disbursement, to but excluding the earlier of the date of payment or the date on which interest
shall commence to accrue on Loans made to reimburse such L/C Disbursements provided in Section
2.02(d).
(i) Resignation or Removal of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may resign at any time by
giving 180 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company, and
may be removed at any time by the Company by notice to the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders. Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, upon the acceptance of any appointment
as an Issuing Bank hereunder by a successor Issuing Bank, such successor shall succeed to and
become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank and the
retiring Issuing Bank shall be discharged from its obligations to issue additional Letters of
Credit hereunder. At the time such removal or resignation shall become effective, the Borrowers
shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(ii). The acceptance of any
appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder by a successor Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement
entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent,
and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such successor Lender shall have all
the rights and obligations of the previous Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “Issuing Bank”
shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor
and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the resignation or removal of
an Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue
to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or removal, but
shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Additional Issuing Banks. The Company may, at any time and from time to time with the
consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such
Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an issuing bank under the terms of this
Agreement. Any Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon
entering into an Issuing Bank Agreement with the Company, be deemed to be an “Issuing Bank” (in
addition to being a Lender) hereunder.
(k) Issuing Bank Reports. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing
Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to each Business Day on
which such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension,
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and the aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by
it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and
whether the amount thereof shall have changed), it being understood that such Issuing Bank shall
not effect any issuance, renewal, extension or amendment resulting in an increase in the aggregate
amount of the Letters of Credit issued by it without first obtaining written confirmation from the
Administrative Agent that such increase is then permitted under this Agreement, (ii) on each
Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the date and amount of such L/C
Disbursement, (iii) on any Business Day on which a Borrower fails to reimburse an L/C Disbursement
required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount
of such L/C Disbursement and (iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank.
SECTION 2.06. Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans. Each Borrower shall have the
right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (i) not later than
10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of the conversion, to convert all or any part of any
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan into an ABR Loan, and (ii) not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City
time, three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Loan into a
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or to continue any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan as a Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan for an additional Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(a) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Borrowing shall be
converted or continued, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Borrowing converted or
continued shall be an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000;
(b) accrued interest on a Revolving Borrowing (or portion thereof) being converted shall be
paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;
(c) if any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan is converted at a time other than the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16;
(d) any portion of a Revolving Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than one
month may not be converted into or continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan;
(e) any portion of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan which cannot be continued as a Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan by reason of clause (d) above shall be automatically converted at the end of the
Interest Period in effect for such Eurocurrency Revolving Loan into an ABR Borrowing;
(f) no Interest Period may be selected for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that would end
later than the Maturity Date in effect for any Lender; and
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(g) at any time when there shall have occurred and be continuing any Default or Event of
Default, if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so notify the Company, no
Revolving Loan may be converted into or continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement
and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Revolving Borrowing to be converted or continued,
(ii) whether such Revolving Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing, (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of
such conversion (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Revolving Borrowing is to be
converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to
or continuation as a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no notice shall have been given in
accordance with this Section 2.06 to convert or continue any Revolving Borrowing, such Revolving
Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to
the terms hereof), automatically be continued into a new Interest Period as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.07. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to each Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (with the first
payment being due on September 30, 2011) and on each date on which the Commitment of such Lender
shall be terminated as provided herein (and any subsequent date on which such Lender shall cease to
have any Revolving Credit Exposure or L/C Exposure), a facility fee (a “Facility Fee”), at a rate
per annum equal to the Applicable Percentage from time to time in effect, on the amount of the
Commitment of such Lender, whether used or unused, during the preceding quarter (or other period
commencing on the Closing Date, or ending with the Maturity Date or any date on which the
Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated) or, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving
Credit Exposure or L/C Exposure after its Commitment terminates, on the daily amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure and L/C Exposure. All Facility Fees shall be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be. The
Facility Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to
accrue on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the termination of the Commitment of such Lender as
provided herein.
(b) The Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the
administrative and other fees separately agreed to by the Company and the Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Fees”).
(c) The Company agrees to pay (i) to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 and on the date on which the Commitment of such
Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an “L/C Participation Fee”) calculated on
such Lender’s average daily L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the
Effective Date or
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ending with the later of (A) the Maturity Date or the date on which the Commitment of such
Lender shall be terminated and (B) the date on which such Lender shall cease to have any L/C
Exposure) at a rate equal to the Applicable Percentage from time to time, and (ii) to each Issuing
Bank with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it the fees agreed upon by the Company and
such Issuing Bank plus, in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any Letter of
Credit or any L/C Disbursement, such Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing charges
(collectively, the “Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of any Letter of Credit that will expire later than the first
anniversary of the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension thereof, the L/C Participation Fee and
Issuing Bank Fees shall be increased by an amount to be agreed upon prior to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension by the applicable Borrower, the applicable Issuing Bank and the
Required Lenders.
(d) The Company agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on the earlier
of the Closing Date and the date on which the Commitments terminate (if such earlier date is later
than November 30, 2011), a ticking fee (the “Ticking Fee”) equal to 0.15% per annum of the daily
aggregate principal amount of the Commitment of such Lender for the period commencing on and
including November 30, 2011, and ending on but excluding the Closing Date.
(e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that the
Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Banks and the Administrative
Fees shall be paid pursuant to paragraph (b) above. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be
refundable under any circumstances in the absence of demonstrable error.
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby agrees that
the outstanding principal balance of each Revolving Loan shall be payable on the Maturity Date and
that the outstanding principal balance of each Competitive Loan shall be payable on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
balance thereof as set forth in Section 2.09.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time
to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of
each Loan made hereunder, the currency of each Loan, the Borrower of each Loan, the Type of each
Loan made and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii)
the amount of any sum
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received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from each Borrower and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence
and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender
or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner
affect the obligations of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by promissory notes. In such
event, the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes payable to
such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory
notes and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section
10.04) 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 2.09. Interest on Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, the Loans
comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of
each Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Percentage from time to time in effect, and (ii) in the case of each
Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Margin offered by the Lender making such Loan and accepted by the applicable Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.03.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall
bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366
days, as the case may be, for periods during which the Alternate Base Rate is determined by
reference to the Prime Rate and 360 days for other periods) at a rate per annum equal to the
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at a
rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days)
equal to the fixed rate of interest offered by the Lender making such Loan and accepted by the
applicable Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable to such
Loan except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate
or Alternate Base Rate for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may
be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
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SECTION 2.10. Default Interest. If a Borrower shall default in the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Loan or any other amount becoming due hereunder, whether at scheduled
maturity, by notice of prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise, such Borrower shall on demand from
time to time from the Administrative Agent pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such
defaulted amount up to (but not including) the date of actual payment (after as well as before
judgment) at a rate per annum (computed as provided in Section 2.09(b)) equal to the Alternate Base
Rate plus 2%.
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest. In the event, and on each occasion, that on the
day two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall have determined (i) that deposits in the currency and
principal amounts of the Eurocurrency Loans comprising such Borrowing are not generally available
in the London market or (ii) that reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO
Rate, the Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give fax notice of such
determination to the Borrowers and the Lenders. In the event of any such determination under
clause (i) or (ii) above, until the Administrative Agent shall have advised the Company and the
Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (x) any request by a
Borrower for a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 shall be of no force and
effect and shall be denied by the Administrative Agent, and (y) any request by a Borrower for a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04 shall be deemed to be a request for an
ABR Borrowing. In the event the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the rates at
which Dollar deposits are being offered will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans in Dollars during such Interest Period, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower of such notice and until the Required
Lenders shall have advised the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice no longer exist, any request by such Borrower for a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing shall
be deemed a request for an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the Administrative Agent hereunder
shall be made in good faith and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.12. Termination, Reduction, Extension and Increase of Commitments. (a) The
Commitments shall be automatically terminated (i) on March 31, 2012, if the Effective Date shall
not have occurred by such date, and (ii) otherwise, on the Maturity Date.
(b) Upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable fax notice to the Administrative
Agent, the Company may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to time in part
permanently reduce, the Total Commitment; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction of the
Total Commitment shall be in an integral multiple of $10,000,000 and (ii) no such termination or
reduction shall be made (A) which would reduce the Total Commitment to an amount less than the
Aggregate Credit Exposure or (B) which would reduce any Lender’s Commitment to an amount that is
less than the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure and L/C Exposure.
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(c) Each reduction in the Total Commitment hereunder shall be made ratably among the Lenders
in accordance with their respective Commitments. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, on the date of each reduction or termination of the Total
Commitment, the Facility Fees on the amount of the Commitments terminated accrued through the date
of such termination or reduction.
(d) The Company may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to any
anniversary of the date hereof, request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date and the
Commitments for an additional period of one year. Each Lender shall, by notice to the Company and
the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the Administrative
Agent’s receipt of the Company’s extension request, advise the Company whether or not it agrees to
the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension being called a “Consenting
Lender” and each Lender declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “Declining
Lender”). Any Lender that has not so advised the Company and the Administrative Agent by such day
shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining Lender. If
Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have agreed to an extension request, then the
Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the
Maturity Date theretofore in effect. The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity
Date extension shall be at the sole discretion of each Lender. The Commitment of any Declining
Lender shall terminate on the Maturity Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such extension
(such Maturity Date being called the “Existing Maturity Date”). The principal amount of any
outstanding Loans made by Declining Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any
accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the accounts of such Declining Lenders hereunder,
shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date, the
Borrowers shall also make such other prepayments of their Loans as shall be required in order that,
after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining
Lenders pursuant to this sentence, the Aggregate Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total
Commitment. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company shall have the
right, pursuant to Section 10.04, at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a
Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to a request for the
extension of the Maturity Date, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a
Consenting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to
this paragraph shall become effective unless (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received
documents consistent with those delivered with respect to the Company and the Borrowers under
Section 4.02(a) and (b) and Section 4.03(a), giving effect to such extension and (ii) on the
anniversary of the date hereof that immediately follows the date on which the Company delivers the
applicable request for extension of the Maturity Date, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b)
and (c) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to a Borrowing
being deemed to be references to such extension and without giving effect to the parenthetical in
Section 4.01(b)) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
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certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company.
(e) The Company may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Company
and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution referred to in this Section
being called an “Increasing Lender”), which may include any Lender, cause Commitments to be
extended by the Increasing Lenders (or cause the Commitments of the Increasing Lenders to be
increased, as the case may be) in an amount for each Increasing Lender set forth in such notice,
provided, however, that (a) the aggregate amount of all new Commitments and increases in existing
Commitments pursuant to this paragraph during the term of this Agreement shall in no event exceed
$200,000,000, (b) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, (x) shall have a
Commitment, immediately after the effectiveness of such increase, of at least $25,000,000, (y)
shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (z) shall become a party to this Agreement by completing
and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession agreement in a form
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company (an “Accession Agreement”) and (c) the
decision of any existing Lender to become an Increasing Lender shall be in the sole discretion of
such Lender, and no existing Lender shall be required to increase its Commitment hereunder. New
Commitments and increases in Commitments pursuant to this Section shall become effective on the
date specified in the applicable notices delivered pursuant to this Section. Upon the
effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Lender is a party, (i) such
Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled
to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations
of a Lender hereunder and (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the
Commitment of such Increasing Lender as provided in such Accession Agreement. Upon the
effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section in the Commitment of a Lender already a
party hereto, Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased
Commitment of such Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the aggregate Commitments
(or in the Commitment of any Lender) shall become effective under this Section unless, on the date
of such increase, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those
delivered with respect to the Company and the Borrowers under Section 4.02(a) and (b) and Section
4.03(a), giving effect to such increase and (ii) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c)
of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to a Borrowing being
deemed to be references to such increase and without giving effect to the parenthetical in Section
4.01(b)) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such
date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company. Following any extension of a new
Commitment or increase of a Lender’s Commitment pursuant to this paragraph, any Revolving Loans
outstanding prior to the effectiveness of such increase or extension shall continue outstanding
until the ends of the respective Interests Periods applicable thereto, and shall then be repaid or
refinanced with new Revolving Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01.
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SECTION 2.13. Prepayment. (a) Each Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to prepay any Revolving Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon giving fax notice (or
telephone notice promptly confirmed by fax) to the Administrative Agent: (i) before 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days prior to prepayment, in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving
Loans, and (ii) before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior to prepayment, in the
case of ABR Loans; provided, however, that in the case of any Revolving Borrowing, each partial
prepayment shall be in an amount which is an integral multiple of $10,000,000 and not less than
$50,000,000.
(b) On the date of any termination or reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.12,
the Borrowers shall pay or prepay so much of the Revolving Borrowings as shall be necessary in
order that the Aggregate Credit Exposure will not exceed the Total Commitment after giving effect
to such termination or reduction.
(c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of
each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the
applicable Borrower to prepay such Borrowing (or portion thereof) by the amount stated therein on
the date stated therein. All prepayments under this Section shall be subject to Section 2.16 but
otherwise without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this Section shall be accompanied by
accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of payment.
SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if after the date of this Agreement any
Change in Law shall result in the imposition, modification or applicability of any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit
extended by any Credit Party, or shall result in the imposition on any Credit Party or the London
interbank market of any other condition affecting this Agreement, such Credit Party’s Commitment or
any Eurocurrency Loan or Fixed Rate Loan made by such Credit Party or any Letter of Credit, and the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Credit Party of making or
maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or Fixed Rate Loan or of issuing or maintaining any Letter of
Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Credit Party hereunder
(whether of principal, interest or otherwise) by an amount deemed by such Credit Party to be
material, then such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Credit Party for such
additional costs or reduction will be paid by the Borrowers to such Credit Party upon demand.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party shall be entitled to request compensation under this
paragraph, (A) with respect to any Competitive Loan made by such Credit Party if the Change in Law
giving rise to such request was applicable to such Credit Party at the time of submission of the
Competitive Bid pursuant to which such Competitive Loan was made or issued, or (B) with respect to
any Change in Law in respect of costs imposed on such Lender or Issuing Bank under the Xxxx-Xxxxx
Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or Basel III (x) if the applicable Change in Law and
the resulting costs shall have become fully effective without the need for any further legislative
or regulatory action, and such increased costs shall have been determined by such Credit Party, in
each case prior to July 20, 2011, or (y) if it shall not
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be the general policy or practice of such Credit Party to seek compensation in similar
circumstances under similar provisions in comparable credit facilities, as determined in good faith
by such Credit Party.
(b) If any Credit Party shall have determined that any Change in Law regarding capital
adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Credit Party’s capital
or on the capital of such Credit Party’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, such Credit Party’s Commitment or the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued by such
Credit Party pursuant hereto to a level below that which such Credit Party or such Credit Party’s
holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Credit Party’s policies and the policies of such Credit Party’s holding company with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Credit Party to be material, then from time to time
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Credit Party for such reduction will be
paid by the Borrowers to such Credit Party.
(c) A certificate of any Credit Party setting forth such amount or amounts as shall be
necessary to compensate such Credit Party or its holding company as specified in paragraph (a) or
(b) above, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Credit Party the amount shown as due on any such
certificate delivered by it within 10 days after its receipt of the same.
(d) Failure on the part of any Credit Party to demand compensation for any increased costs or
reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital with respect to any
period shall not constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s right to demand compensation with
respect to such period or any other period; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate any Credit Party pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred
or reductions suffered more than 90 days prior to the date that such Credit Party notifies the
Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of
such Credit Party’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is
retroactive, then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof. The protection of this Section shall be available to each Credit Party
regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law
which shall have occurred or been imposed.
SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if any
change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority
charged with the administration or interpretation thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender or
any of its Affiliates to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loan or to give effect to its
obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, then, by written notice
to the Company and to the Administrative Agent, such Lender may:
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(i) declare that Eurocurrency Loans will not thereafter be made by such Lender
hereunder, whereupon such Lender shall not submit a Competitive Bid in response to a
request for a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, and any request for a Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan,
unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require that all outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars made by it
be converted to ABR Loans (which ABR Loans shall, for purposes of this Section 2.15, be
determined at a rate per annum by reference to the greater of clause (a) or (b) of the
definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”) and that all outstanding Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in the affected Non-US Currency be promptly prepaid, in which event all such
Eurocurrency Loans in Dollars shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans (at a rate per
annum as so determined) as of the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph
(b) below and all such Non-US Currency Loans shall be promptly prepaid.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) above with respect to
Eurocurrency Loans, all payments and prepayments of principal which would otherwise have been
applied to repay the Eurocurrency Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the converted
Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the ABR Loans made by such
Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such Eurocurrency Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.15, a notice by any Lender shall be effective as to each
Eurocurrency Loan, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period currently applicable to such
Eurocurrency Loan; in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt.
SECTION 2.16. Indemnity. The Borrowers shall indemnify each Lender against any out-of-pocket
loss or reasonable expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any
failure to borrow or to refinance, convert or continue any Loan hereunder after irrevocable notice
of such borrowing, refinancing, conversion or continuation has been given pursuant to Section 2.03,
2.04 or 2.06, (b) any payment, prepayment or conversion, or assignment required under Section 2.21,
of a Eurocurrency Loan required by any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise made or
deemed made on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto,
(c) any default in payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan or any part thereof or
interest accrued thereon, as and when due and payable (at the due date thereof, whether by
scheduled maturity, acceleration, irrevocable notice of prepayment or otherwise) or (d) the
occurrence of any Event of Default, including, in each such case, any loss or reasonable expense
sustained or incurred or to be sustained or incurred in liquidating or employing deposits from
third parties acquired to effect or maintain such Loan or any part thereof as a Eurocurrency Loan.
Such loss or reasonable expense shall include an amount equal to the excess, if any, as reasonably
determined by such Lender, of (i) its cost of obtaining the funds for the Loan being paid, prepaid,
refinanced or not borrowed (assumed to be the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable thereto) for the period
from
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the date of such payment, prepayment, refinancing or failure to borrow or refinance to the
last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow or refinance
the Interest Period for such Loan which would have commenced on the date of such failure) over (ii)
the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would be realized by such
Lender in reemploying the funds so paid, prepaid or not borrowed or refinanced for such period or
Interest Period, as the case may be. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or
amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section as a result of any loss
shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that
any expenses related to any such loss that are incurred by such Lender and reported under such
certificate shall be required to be reasonably documented.
SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment. Except as required under Sections 2.15 and 2.21, each
payment of the Facility Fees and each reduction of the Commitments shall be allocated pro rata
among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall
have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their
outstanding Revolving Loans). Except as required under Section 2.15, each payment or repayment of
principal of any Revolving Borrowing and each refinancing or conversion of any Revolving Borrowing
shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts
of their outstanding Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, and each payment of interest on any
Revolving Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective
amounts of accrued and unpaid interest on their outstanding Revolving Loans comprising such
Borrowing. Each payment of principal of any Competitive Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata
among the Lenders participating in such Borrowing in accordance with the respective principal
amounts of their outstanding Competitive Loans comprising such Borrowing. Each payment of interest
on any Competitive Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders participating in such
Borrowing in accordance with the respective amounts of accrued and unpaid interest on their
outstanding Competitive Loans comprising such Borrowing. For purposes of determining the
Commitments of the Lenders at any time, each outstanding Competitive Borrowing shall be deemed to
have utilized the Commitments of the Lenders (including those Lenders which shall not have made
Loans as part of such Competitive Borrowing) pro rata in accordance with their respective
Commitments. Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be
made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of
such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole Dollar amount.
SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise
of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section
506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu
of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means (other than pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.16
or 2.20), obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Revolving Loans or amounts
owed to it in respect of L/C Disbursements as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its
Revolving Loans
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and the amounts owed to it in respect of L/C Disbursements shall be proportionately
less than the unpaid principal portion of the Revolving Loans and amounts owed in respect of L/C
Disbursements of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such
other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a
participation in the Revolving Loans and amounts owed in respect of L/C Disbursements of such other
Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans and participations in
the Revolving Loans and amounts owed in respect of L/C Disbursements of each Lender shall be in the
same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans and amounts owed in
respect of L/C Disbursements then outstanding as the principal amount of its Revolving Loans and
the amounts owed to it in respect of L/C Disbursements prior to such exercise of banker’s lien,
setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount of all Revolving Loans and
amounts owed in respect of L/C Disbursements outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien,
setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that, if any such purchase or purchases
or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.18 and the payment giving rise thereto
shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the
extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest.
Any Lender holding a participation in a Revolving Loan or amount owed in respect of an L/C
Disbursement deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien,
setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing to such Lender by reason thereof as
fully as if such Lender had made a Revolving Loan in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.19. Payments. (a) Except to the extent that any Tax is required to be withheld or
deducted under applicable law or regulation, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.20, the
Borrowers shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any L/C
Disbursement and any Fees or other amounts) hereunder without deduction, counter-claim or setoff in
immediately available funds from an account in the United States not later than 12:00 noon, local
time at the place of payment, on the date when due in immediately available funds to the
Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx. Each such payment
(other than principal of and interest on Non-US Currency Loans, which shall be made in the
applicable Non-US Currencies) shall be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
distribute all payments for the accounts of the Lenders received by it to the Lenders.
(b) Whenever any payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or
other amounts) hereunder shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a
Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of
time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or Fees, if applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if any Lender shall fail to make any
payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or
any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, until such time as all such
unsatisfied obligations of such Lender have been
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fully paid, (i) apply any amounts received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank to
satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under each such Section and/or (ii) hold any such amounts
in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and for application to, any future obligations of
such Lender under any such Section, in each case in any order as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.20. Taxes. (a) Each payment by each applicable Borrower under this Agreement
shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any law.
If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so
required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely pay the
full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by the applicable Borrower shall
be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable
to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Credit Party receives the amount
it would have received had no such withholding been made.
(b) Each applicable Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by any Borrower to a
Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment or other
evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Each Borrower shall indemnify each Credit Party for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or
payable by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement (including amounts paid or payable
under this Section 2.20(d)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority, except to the extent that such Borrower has paid additional amounts with
respect to such Taxes pursuant to Section 2.20(a) of this Agreement. The indemnity under this
Section 2.20(d) shall be paid within 10 days after the Credit Party delivers to the applicable
Borrower a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or payable by such
Credit Party. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest
error. Such Credit Party shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the
case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the Borrowers have not already indemnified
the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of any
Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent
in connection with this Agreement and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
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Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.20(e) shall be paid
within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating
the amount of Taxes or expenses so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate
shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f) (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable
withholding Tax with respect to any payments under this Agreement or the Loan Documents shall
deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date such Lender becomes
a party to this Agreement and at the time or times reasonably requested by any Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by
such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a
reduced rate of, withholding. In addition, any Lender shall, on or prior to the date such Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement and at the time or times reasonably requested by any Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably
requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements. Upon the reasonable request of any Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered
pursuant to this Section 2.20(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to
this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender,
such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or
inaccuracy) notify such Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration,
obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Borrower is a US Person,
any Lender with respect to such Borrower shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver
to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably
requested by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which
such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the
following is applicable (including any applicable substitute or successor forms):
(A) in the case of a Lender that is a US Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying
that such Lender is exempt from US Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of
interest under this Agreement, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from,
or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article
of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under
this Agreement or the Loan Documents, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption
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from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business
profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a Non-US Lender for whom payments under this Agreement
constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a
trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption
for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form
W-8BEN and (2) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G (a “US Tax
Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank” within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of
such Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code (c) a
“controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code
and (d) conducting a trade or business in the United States with which the
relevant interest payments are effectively connected;
(E) in the case of a Non-US Lender that is not the beneficial owner of
payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating
Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms
prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that
would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership
if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided, however, that if
the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the
exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender
may provide a US Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption
from, or a reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax together with such
supplementary documentation necessary to enable such Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to
be withheld.
(iii) Each Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times
prescribed by law (including as prescribed as a result of any change in law or the taking
effect of any law occurring after the date hereof) and at such time or times reasonably
requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law
(including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code and as prescribed by any
change in law or the taking effect of any law occurring after the date hereof) and such
additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary
for the Withholding Agent (A) to comply with its obligations under FATCA, (B) to determine
that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and (C) to
determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. For purposes
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of this Section
2.20(f)(iii), FATCA shall include any regulations or official interpretations thereof.
(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has
received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20
(including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying
party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made and
additional amounts paid under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such
indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus
any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the
event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
Section 2.20(g) shall not be construed to require any party to make available its Tax returns (or
any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to any other party or any
other Person.
(h) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Borrower for any
Taxes incurred or asserted against the Administrative Agent or such Borrower by any Governmental
Authority and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom as a result of the failure by such Lender
to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation
required to be delivered by such Lender to the Administrative Agent or such Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.20(f). The indemnity under this Section 2.20(h) shall be paid within 10 days after the
Administrative Agent or such Borrower delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the
amount of Taxes or expenses so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent or such Borrower. Such
certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(i) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.20 shall survive any assignment of rights
by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under this Agreement.
(j) For purposes of Sections 2.20(e), (f), (h) and (i), the term “Lender” includes any (i)
Issuing Bank and (ii) assignee and Participant under Section 10.04.
SECTION 2.21. Duty to Mitigate; Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances. (a)
Any Lender (including any assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a Participant) or Issuing Bank
claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.20 or exercising its
rights under Section 2.15 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to file any certificate or document requested by the Company or to change the
jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if the making of such a filing or change would avoid
the need for or reduce the amount of any such additional amounts which may thereafter accrue or
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avoid the circumstances giving rise to such exercise and would not, in the sole determination of
such Lender (including any assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a Participant) or Issuing Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender (including any
assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a Participant) or Issuing Bank.
(b) In the event that any Lender (including any assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a
Participant) or Issuing Bank shall have delivered a notice or certificate pursuant to Section 2.14
or 2.15, or any Borrower shall be required to make additional payments to any Lender (including any
assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a Participant) or Issuing Bank under Section 2.20, the
Company shall have the right, at its own expense, upon notice to such Lender (including any
assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a Participant) or Issuing Bank and the Administrative
Agent, to require such Lender (including any assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a
Participant) or Issuing Bank to transfer and assign without recourse, representation or warranty
(in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04) all interests,
rights and obligations contained hereunder to another financial institution approved by the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) which shall assume such
obligations; provided that (i) no such assignment shall conflict with any law, rule or regulation
or order of any Governmental Authority and (ii) the assignee or the Company, as the case may be,
shall pay to the affected Lender (including any assignee and any Lender for the benefit of a
Participant) or Issuing Bank in immediately available funds on the date of such assignment the
principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment on the Loans and L/C Disbursements made by
it hereunder and all other amounts accrued for its account or owed to it hereunder and shall cause
all Letters of Credit issued by it to be canceled on such date.
SECTION 2.22. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for
so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) Facility Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such
Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(a);
(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be
included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder
(including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.07);
provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an
amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender
affected thereby;
(c) if any L/C Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all
or any part of the L/C Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the
non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Shares, but only to
the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’
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Revolving Credit Exposures plus such
Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’
Commitments;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially,
be effected, each Borrower shall within two Business Days following notice by the
Administrative Agent cash collateralize for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank only
such Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure (after
giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Article VII for so long as such L/C Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if a Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C
Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, such Borrower shall not be required to pay any L/C
Participation Fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(c) with respect to
such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C
Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) if the L/C Exposure of the Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to clause
(i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07(a) and Section
2.07(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable
Shares; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure is neither
reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without
prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Issuing Bank or any other Lender
hereunder, all Facility Fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting
Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was
utilized by such L/C Exposure) and L/C Participation Fees payable under Section 2.07(c)
with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure shall be payable to such Issuing Bank
until and to the extent that such L/C Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized;
and
(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, each Issuing Bank shall not be required to
issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and
the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding L/C Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of
the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the applicable Borrowers in
accordance with Section 2.22(c), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased
Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with
Section 2.22(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent of any Lender shall occur following
the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) any Issuing Bank has a good
faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other
agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Issuing Bank shall not be required
to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into
arrangements with the applicable
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Borrowers or such Lender satisfactory to such Issuing Bank to
defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and each Issuing Bank each agree
that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a
Defaulting Lender, then the L/C Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the
inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of
the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Competitive Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall
determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its
Applicable Share.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders as follows (it being agreed that
each Borrower other than the Company makes the following representations only as to itself, but
that the Company makes such representations as to all the Borrowers):
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each Borrower and each of the Significant Subsidiaries
(a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and
assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (c) is
qualified to do business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where
the failure so to qualify would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) in the case of
each Borrower, has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents and to borrow hereunder and thereunder.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of
each Loan Document to which it is or will be a party and the Borrowings hereunder (collectively,
the “Transactions”) (i) have been or, upon execution and delivery thereof, will be duly authorized
by all requisite corporate action and (ii) will not (A) violate (x) any provision of any law,
statute, rule or regulation (including the Margin Regulations) or of the certificate of
incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of such Borrower, (y) any order of any
Governmental Authority or (z) any provision of any indenture, material agreement or other
instrument to which any Borrower is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be
bound, where such violation is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) be in
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both)
a default under any such indenture, material agreement or other instrument, where such default is
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (C) result in the creation or
imposition of any lien upon any property or assets of any Borrower.
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SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which any
Borrower is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower enforceable
in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or
filing with or other action by any Governmental Authority, other than those which have been taken,
given or made, as the case may be, is or will be required with respect to any Borrower in
connection with the Transactions.
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements and Projections. (a) The Company has heretofore
furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders copies of its consolidated balance sheet and
statements of income, cash flow and retained earnings as of and for the year ended December 31,
2010, and the three months ended March 31, 2011, and June 30, 2011. Such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition and the results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance
with GAAP.
(b) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its unaudited pro forma consolidated
balance sheet and statements of income, cash flow and retained earnings as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2010, and the three months ended March 31, 2011, and June 30, 2011, prepared
giving effect to the Spin-Offs and the Transactions as if the Spin-Offs and the Transactions had
occurred, with respect to each such balance sheet, on the date thereof and, with respect to such
other financial statements for each period, on the first day of such period. Such unaudited pro
forma financial statements, and any other pro forma financial statements contained in the Exelis
Form 10 (as amended prior to the date hereof) (i) have been prepared by the Company in good faith,
based on the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma consolidated financial statements included
in the Confidential Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by the Company on the
date hereof to be reasonable), (ii) are based on the best information available to the Company as
of the date of delivery thereof after due inquiry and (iii) subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above,
(A) accurately reflect all adjustments necessary to give effect to the Spin-Offs and the
Transactions and (B) present fairly, in all material respects, subject to the qualifications
described therein and in the accompanying notes, the pro forma financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for
such period as if the Spin-Offs and the Transactions had occurred on each such date or at the
beginning of each such period, as the case may be.
(c) There has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole from the financial condition reported in the pro
forma financial statements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.
SECTION 3.06. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) There are no actions, proceedings or
investigations filed or (to the knowledge of any Borrower) threatened or affecting any Borrower or
any Subsidiary in any court or before any
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Governmental Authority or arbitration board or tribunal
which question the validity or legality of this Agreement, the Transactions or any action taken or
to be taken pursuant to this Agreement and no order or judgment has been issued or entered
restraining or enjoining any Borrower or any Subsidiary from the execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement nor is there any other action, proceeding or investigation filed or (to the
knowledge of any Borrower or any Subsidiary) threatened against any Borrower or any Subsidiary in
any court or before any Governmental Authority or arbitration board or tribunal which would be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially restrict the ability of any
Borrower to comply with its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(b) Neither any Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any law, rule or regulation
(including any law, rule or regulation relating to the protection of the environment or to employee
health or safety), or in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any
Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company or any
Subsidiary has received notice of any claim with respect to or is otherwise aware of any
environmental liability to which it is or is reasonably likely to become subject.
SECTION 3.07. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) Neither any Borrower nor any Subsidiary that
will receive proceeds of the Loans hereunder is engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin
Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to refund
indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or for any other purpose which entails a
violation of, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Margin Regulations.
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Act. No Borrower is an “investment company” as defined in,
or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
SECTION 3.09. Use of Proceeds. All proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used
for the purposes referred to in the recitals to this Agreement and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.07.
SECTION 3.10. Full Disclosure; No Material Misstatements. None of the representations or
warranties made by any Borrower in connection with this Agreement as of the date such
representations and warranties are made or deemed made, and neither the Confidential Information
Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information
furnished by or on behalf of any
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Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or
in connection with this Agreement or the credit facilities established hereby, contains or will
contain any material misstatement of fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
or will be made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to forecasts or projected financial
information contained in the documents referred to above, the Company represents only that such
information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at
the time made and at the time so furnished and as of the date hereof (it being understood that such
forecasts and projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material).
SECTION 3.11. Taxes. Each Borrower and each of the Significant Subsidiaries has filed or
caused to be filed all Federal, state and local tax returns which are required to be filed by it,
and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any
assessments received by it, other than any taxes or assessments the validity of which is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which appropriate
accounting reserves have to the extent required by GAAP been set aside.
SECTION 3.12. Employee Pension Benefit Plans. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events for which liability is
reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions
used for purposes of FASB ASC Topic 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an
amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the present
value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions
used for purposes of FASB ASC Topic 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such
underfunded Plans by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.13. OFAC. None of the Borrowers, nor any of their respective Affiliates, is in
violation of (i) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive
order relating thereto, (ii) Executive Order No. 13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the
President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with
Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism) or (iii) the anti-money laundering
provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56) (the “USA PATRIOT Act”) amending
the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq and any other laws relating to terrorism or
money laundering.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder are subject to the Closing Date having occurred and the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
SECTION 4.01. All Extensions of Credit. On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of
each issuance of a Letter of Credit:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by
Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, as applicable, or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit,
the applicable Issuing Bank shall have been requested to issue such Letter of Credit as
contemplated by Section 2.05.
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof (except those contained
in Sections 3.05(c) and 3.06(a)) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the date of such Borrowing or issuance of a Letter of Credit with the same effect as though made on
and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to
an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date.
(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance of a Letter of Credit no
Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation
and warranty by each Borrower on the date of such Borrowing or issuance of a Letter of Credit as to
the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Effective Date. On the Effective Date:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions of (i) Xxxxx &
XxXxxxx, counsel for the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-1 hereto and (ii) Xxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, General Counsel of the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-2 hereto, each dated
the Effective Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and
satisfactory to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate of
incorporation, including all amendments thereto, of the Company, certified as of a recent date by
the Secretary of State of its state of incorporation, and a certificate as to the existence of the
Company as of a recent date from such Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company dated the Effective Date and certifying (A) that attached
thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws of
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the Company as in effect on the Effective
Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in (B) below, (B)
that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents
to which the Company is a party and the Borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not
been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the certificate of
incorporation referred to in clause (i) above has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of existence furnished pursuant to
such clause (i) and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this
Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) a certificate of another officer of the Company as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to (ii) above.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and
signed by a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent
set forth in paragraph (e), the second sentence of paragraph (g) and paragraphs (h), (i), (k), (l),
(m), (n) and (o) of this Section and in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 (without giving
effect to the parenthetical in such paragraph (b)).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all Fees and other amounts due and payable
for the accounts of the Lenders or for its own account on or prior to the Effective Date and, to
the extent invoiced prior to the Effective Date, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
that the Borrowers have agreed to pay or reimburse.
(e) The Credit Parties shall have received all documentation and other information required by
bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules
and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
(f) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received (by inclusion in amendments
to the Exelis Form 10 prior to the date hereof, or otherwise) the historical and pro forma
financial statements and projections referred to in Section 3.05, as well as unaudited consolidated
balance sheets and related statements of income and cash flows of the Company and the subsidiaries
for each fiscal quarter (if any) ended after June 30, 2011, but at least 60 days before the
Effective Date, which financial statements shall not be materially inconsistent with the pro forma
financial statements or projections previously provided to the Lenders or included in the Exelis
Form 10.
(g) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received true and complete copies of
the Distribution Agreement and all other material agreements required to be delivered thereunder or
in connection therewith. The terms of the Distribution Agreement shall be consistent in all
material respects with the information set forth in the Form 10s, and no term or condition of the
Distribution Agreement or any related agreement shall have been waived, amended or otherwise
modified in a manner material
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and adverse to the rights or interests of the Lenders, except as
previously approved by the Lead Arrangers.
(h) All conditions to the Spin-Offs set forth in the Form 10s shall have been satisfied, and
the Spin-Offs and all related transactions shall have been consummated on terms consistent with
applicable law and, except for changes not materially detrimental to the creditworthiness of the
Company and the Subsidiaries or to the rights of the Lenders, with the information set forth in the Form 10s and the pro forma
financial information and projections delivered to the Lenders.
(i) There shall not have been any material payments by the Company to ITT Corporation in
connection with the Spin-Offs other than the payment of a cash dividend to ITT Corporation, which
shall have been determined in a manner heretofore disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, and the assets, liabilities and capitalization of the Company after giving effect to such
dividend and all related transactions shall be consistent in all material respects with the
historical and pro forma financial statements and projections referred to in Section 3.05.
(j) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received copies of, and the Lead
Arrangers shall have been reasonably satisfied with, (i) the solvency opinion delivered to the
Board of Directors of ITT Corporation and (ii) the legal opinion and any private letter ruling
delivered to or obtained by ITT Corporation as to the tax-free nature of the Spin-Offs.
(k) Other than as set forth in the Exelis Form 10, after giving effect to the Spin-Offs and
the Transactions, the Company and the Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness,
committed credit facilities, guarantees or other material contingent obligations, letters of
credit, preferred stock or contingent obligations other than (a) the Commitments, Loans and Letters
of Credit, (b) the Exelis Notes, (c) commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course
of business and (d) other Indebtedness and contingent obligations of the Company (i) set forth in
the Exelis Form 10 as being outstanding after giving effect to the Spin-Offs and (ii) to the extent
not set forth in the Exelis Form 10, in an aggregate amount not greater than $50,000,000.
(l) All conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the ITT Corporation Credit Agreement and
the Xylem Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied.
(m) There shall not have occurred since December 31, 2010, any event, condition or
circumstance that has had or could be reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the business, results of operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(n) There shall be no litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Spin-Offs or on the business, results of
operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
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(o) All requisite Governmental Authorities and material third parties shall have approved or
consented to the Spin-Offs and the Transactions to the extent required, all applicable notice or
appeal periods shall have expired and there shall be no governmental or judicial action, actual or
threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions
on the Spin-Offs or the Transactions.
SECTION 4.03. First Borrowing by Each Borrowing Subsidiary. On or prior to the first date on
which Loans are made to or Letters of Credit are issued for the benefit of any Borrowing
Subsidiary:
(a) The Credit Parties shall have received the favorable written opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Credit Parties and satisfactory to the
Credit Parties and to Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, addressing
such legal issues as the Administrative Agent or such counsel may reasonably request.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
executed by such Borrowing Subsidiary.
(c) It shall not be unlawful for such Subsidiary to become a Borrower hereunder or for any
Lender to make Loans or otherwise extend credit to such Subsidiary as provided herein or for any
Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit for the account of such Subsidiary.
(d) The Credit Parties shall have received (i) all documentation and other information
required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and (ii) such documents and
certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and good standing of such Borrowing Subsidiary, the authorization of the
Transactions insofar as they relate to such Borrowing Subsidiary and any other legal matters
relating to such Borrowing Subsidiary, its Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement or such Transactions, all
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agent that so long
as this Agreement shall remain in effect or the principal of or interest on any Loan, any Fees or
any other amounts payable hereunder shall be unpaid or any Letters of Credit have not been canceled
or have not expired or any amounts drawn thereunder have not been reimbursed in full, unless the
Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, it will, and will cause each of the
Significant Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.01. Existence. Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises,
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except as expressly permitted
under Section 6.01; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the abandonment
or termination of the existence, rights or franchises of any Significant Subsidiary or any rights
or franchises of any Borrower if such abandonment or termination is in the best interests of the
Borrowers and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders.
SECTION 5.02. Business and Properties. Comply in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including any of the foregoing
relating to the protection of the environment or to employee health and safety), whether now in
effect or hereafter enacted; and at all times maintain and preserve all property material to the
conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from
time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions,
improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly conducted at all times.
SECTION 5.03. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. In the case of the Company, furnish to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheet and the
related consolidated statements of income and cash flows showing its consolidated financial
condition as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during
such year, all audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP or another independent registered public accounting
firm of recognized national standing selected by the Company and accompanied by an opinion of such
accountants (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated
financial statements fairly present its financial condition and results of operations on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being agreed that the requirements of this paragraph
may be satisfied by the delivery pursuant to paragraph (d) below of an annual report on Form 10-K
containing the foregoing);
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of income, cash flow and
stockholders’ equity, showing its consolidated financial condition as of the close of such fiscal
quarter and the consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as fairly
presenting its financial condition and results of operations on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments (it being agreed that the requirements of
this paragraph may be satisfied by the delivery pursuant to paragraph (d) below of a quarterly
report on Form 10-Q containing the foregoing);
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying that, to the best of such Financial Officer’s
knowledge, no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default
has occurred, specifying the nature and extent
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thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed
to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating compliance with Section 6.06;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all reports on forms 10-K,
10-Q and 8-K filed by it with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of or all the functions of the SEC, or, in the case of the
Company, copies of all reports distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be; and
(e) promptly, from time to time, such other information as any Lender shall reasonably request
through the Administrative Agent.
Information required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 5.03
shall be deemed to have been distributed to the Lenders if such information, or one or more annual
or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative
Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be
available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx (and a
confirming electronic correspondence shall have been delivered or caused to be delivered to the
Lenders providing notice of such posting or availability). Information required to be delivered
pursuant to this Section 5.03 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.04. Insurance. Keep its insurable properties adequately insured at all times by
financially sound and reputable insurers, and maintain such other insurance, to such extent and
against such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is
customary with companies similarly situated and in the same or similar businesses (it being
understood that the Borrowers and the Significant Subsidiaries may self-insure to the extent
customary with companies similarly situated and in the same or similar businesses).
SECTION 5.05. Obligations and Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of
its property, as well as all other material liabilities, in each case before the same shall become
delinquent or in default and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the
same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with
respect thereto shall, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside.
SECTION 5.06. Litigation and Other Notices. Give the Administrative Agent prompt written
notice of the following (which the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to the Lenders):
(a) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or written notice of intention of any
Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding which is reasonably likely to result in
a Material Adverse Effect;
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(b) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the action
(if any) which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto; and
(c) any change in any of the Ratings.
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain financial
records in accordance with GAAP and, upon reasonable notice, at all reasonable times, permit any authorized representative designated by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect the properties of the Company and of any
Significant Subsidiary and to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Company and any
Significant Subsidiary with a Financial Officer of the Company and such other officers as the
Company shall deem appropriate.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans only for the purposes set forth
in the recitals to this Agreement.
SECTION 5.09. Distribution Agreement and Related Agreements. Comply with all its obligations
under the Distribution Agreement and all other agreements with ITT Corporation, Xylem Inc. or their
subsidiaries entered into pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agent that so long
as this Agreement shall remain in effect or the principal of or interest on any Loan, any Fees or
any other amounts payable hereunder shall be unpaid or any Letters of Credit have not been canceled
or have not expired or any amounts drawn thereunder have not been reimbursed in full, unless the
Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, it will not, and will not cause or permit any
of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01. Priority Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Priority
Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.01, and extensions,
renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof; provided that no additional Subsidiaries will be added as obligors or guarantors in
respect of any Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b) and no such Indebtedness shall be
secured by any additional assets (other than as a result of any Lien covering after-acquired
property in effect on the date hereof);
(c) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary, or Indebtedness of
the Company to any Subsidiary; provided that no such
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Indebtedness shall be assigned to, or
subjected to any Lien in favor of, a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary;
(d) Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and obligations under conditional sale
or other title retention agreements) incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or
improvement of, and secured only by, any fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved
by the Company or any Subsidiary, and extensions, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof or add additional Subsidiaries as obligors or guarantors in
respect thereof and that are not secured by any additional assets; provided that such Indebtedness
is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement and does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving
such fixed or capital assets;
(e) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that
such Indebtedness and any Liens securing the same exist at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary and are not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a
Subsidiary, and any such Liens do not extend to additional assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
and extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the Indebtedness referred to above in this
clause that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or add additional Subsidiaries
as obligors or guarantors in respect thereof and that are not secured by any additional assets;
(f) Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary incurred after the date hereof, the net proceeds of
which are promptly dividended to the Company or one or more Domestic Subsidiaries; provided that
such Indebtedness is not secured by assets of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary; and
(g) other Priority Indebtedness to the extent the sum, without duplication, of (i) the
aggregate amount thereof outstanding at any time and (ii) the aggregate sales price for the assets
transferred in all sale and lease-back arrangements permitted under Section 6.03 and in effect at
any time shall not exceed the greater of (i) $150,000,000 and (ii) 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or
asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including
accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02, and extensions or
renewals of any such Liens that do not extend to additional assets or increase the amount of the
obligations secured thereby;
(c) any Lien securing indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or another Subsidiary or of
the Company to a Subsidiary, provided that in the case of any sale or other disposition of such
indebtedness by the Company or a Subsidiary, such sale
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or other disposition shall be deemed to
constitute the creation of another Lien not permitted by this clause (c);
(d) Liens deemed to exist in connection with sale and lease-back transactions permitted under
Section 6.03;
(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure only Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations and obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements) permitted
by Section 6.01(d) and obligations relating thereto not constituting Indebtedness and (ii) such
Liens shall not extend to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the proceeds
and products thereof); provided further that in the event purchase money
obligations are owed to any Person with respect to financing of more than one purchase of any fixed
or capital assets, such Liens may secure all such purchase money obligations and may apply to all
such fixed or capital assets financed by such Person;
(f) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any
Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not
previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction
permitted hereunder) after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or
is so merged or consolidated); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation
of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or
consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not extend to any other asset of the Company or any Subsidiary
and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date of such
acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and any
extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(g) sales of accounts receivable and interests therein pursuant to Securitization Transactions
constituting Priority Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01; and
(h) Liens securing other Priority Indebtedness to the extent such Priority Indebtedness and
such Liens are permitted under Section 6.01.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its
business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or
other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the
property being sold or transferred, except (a) any such arrangement entered into with respect to a
property within 180 days after the acquisition thereof and (b) other such arrangements to the
extent the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate sales price for the assets transferred in
all such arrangements in effect at any time and (b) the aggregate amount of Priority Indebtedness
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permitted under Section 6.01(g) and outstanding at such time shall not exceed the greater of (i)
$150,000,000 and (ii) 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes. (a) In the case of the Company or any other Borrower,
merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a
series of transactions and including by means of any merger or sale of capital stock or otherwise) all or substantially all of its assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and
immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result from such transaction, (a) the Company or any Borrower may merge or
consolidate with any Person if (i) in the case of any such merger involving the Company, the
Company is the surviving Person and (ii) in the case of any other such Merger, a Borrower is the
surviving Person and (b) any Borrower other than the Company may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or liquidate or dissolve into, the Company.
(b) Remain engaged primarily in businesses of the type conducted by the Company and the
Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
SECTION 6.05. Restrictive Agreements. Directly or indirectly enter into, incur or permit to
exist any agreement or other arrangement that restricts the ability of any Subsidiary to pay
dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or
advances to the Company or any Subsidiary or to guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions on and conditions to
the assignment of agreements between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority
or amounts owed under such agreements, including those restrictions and conditions imposed by 31
USCS § 3727 and FAR Subpart 32.8 and any such assignments shall be in full compliance with 31 USCS
§ 3727 and FAR Subpart 32.8 or any successor law or regulation, (B) other restrictions and
conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, (C) restrictions and conditions existing on the
date hereof identified on Schedule 6.05 (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding
the scope of any such restriction or condition), (D) in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a
wholly-owned Subsidiary, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any
related joint venture or similar agreement, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply
only to such Subsidiary and to any Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, (E) customary restrictions
and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of any asset, provided that such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the asset that is to be sold, (F) restrictions and
conditions imposed by agreements relating to Indebtedness of any Subsidiary in existence at the
time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (but shall apply to any amendment or modification
expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), provided that such restrictions and
conditions apply only to such Subsidiary or (G) restrictions and conditions imposed by agreements
relating to Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.01, provided that such
restrictions and conditions apply only to Foreign Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 6.06. Leverage Ratio. At any time permit the Leverage Ratio to be greater than 3.50
to 1.00.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
In case of the happening of any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the Borrowings or issuances of Letters of Credit hereunder shall
prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or
furnished;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement
with respect to any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or
otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement or
any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (b) above) due
hereunder, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of five days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in Section 5.01 or Article VI;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any covenant, condition or
agreement contained herein or in any other Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses
(b), (c) or (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after
notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company;
(f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless
of amount, due in respect of any Material Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided
in the agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) fail to observe
or perform any other term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing any Material Indebtedness, or any other event shall occur or
condition shall exist, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in such agreement or instrument
referred to in this clause (ii), if the effect of any failure referred to in this clause (ii) is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or a trustee on its or
their behalf or the applicable counterparty to cause, an acceleration of the maturity of such
Indebtedness or a termination or similar event in respect thereof;
(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in
a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of
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the Company, or of a substantial
part of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary with assets having gross book value
in excess of $25,000,000, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter
amended, or any other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or for
a substantial part of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary with assets having
gross book value in excess of $25,000,000 or (iii) the winding up or liquidation of the Company;
and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree
approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) the Company or any Subsidiary with assets having a gross book value in excess of
$25,000,000 shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under
Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition
described in (g) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or for a substantial part
of the property or assets of the Company, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of
a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts
as they become due or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(i) one or more final judgments shall be entered by any court against the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 and such
judgment or judgments shall not have been paid, covered by insurance, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days, or a warrant of attachment or execution or similar process shall have been
issued or levied against property of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to enforce any such
judgment or judgments;
(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when
taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(k) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in
paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the
Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Company, take
any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the
Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in
part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued
hereunder, shall become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived anything contained herein to the contrary
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notwithstanding, (iii) require the Borrowers to deposit with the Administrative Agent cash
collateral in an amount equal to the aggregate L/C Exposures to secure the Borrowers’ reimbursement
obligations under Section 2.05; and, in the case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the Commitments shall
automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued
interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued
hereunder shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, and the Borrowers shall deposit with the Administrative Agent cash
collateral in an amount equal to the aggregate L/C Exposure to secure the Borrowers’ reimbursement
obligations under Section 2.05.
ARTICLE VIII
GUARANTEE
The Company unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual payment and
performance, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, of the Obligations. The Company further agrees that the Obligations may
be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that
it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
Obligations.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company waives presentment to, demand
of payment from and protest to the Borrowing Subsidiaries of any of the Obligations, and also
waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be affected
by (a) the failure of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim
or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against the Borrowing Subsidiaries under
the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; or (b) any rescission, waiver, amendment or
modification of, or any release from, any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document, any
guarantee or any other agreement.
The Company further agrees that its guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and
not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any of the security, if any, held for payment of the
Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in favor of the Borrowing Subsidiaries or any other Person.
Except to the extent that any Tax is required to be withheld or deducted under applicable law
or regulation, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.20, the obligations of the Company
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any
reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the
Obligations, and shall not be subject to
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any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the
Company hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under
any Loan Document, any guarantee or any other agreement, by any law or regulation of any
jurisdiction or any other event affecting any term of the Obligations, by any waiver or
modification of any provision thereof, by any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in
the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission which may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Company or that would otherwise operate as a discharge
of the Company as a matter of law or equity.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company waives any defense based on or
arising out of any defense available to the Borrowing Subsidiaries, including any defense based on
or arising out of any disability of the Borrowing Subsidiaries, or the unenforceability of the
Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of
the Borrowing Subsidiaries or any other circumstances that might constitute a defense of any of the
Borrowing Subsidiaries, other than final and indefeasible payment in full in cash of the
Obligations. The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may, at their election,
foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or non-judicial
sales, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with any of
the Borrowing Subsidiaries or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the
Borrowing Subsidiaries, or any security without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of
the Company hereunder except to the extent the Obligations have been fully, finally and
indefeasibly paid in cash. Pursuant to applicable law, the Company waives any defense arising out
of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or
to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of the Company
against the Borrowing Subsidiaries or any security.
The Company further agrees that its guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any
Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Lender upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Borrowing Subsidiary or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have at law or in equity against the
Company by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any Borrowing Subsidiary to pay any Obligation when
and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment
or otherwise, the Company hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the
Administrative Agent, forthwith pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent in cash the
amount of such unpaid Obligation.
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The Company hereby irrevocably waives and releases any and all rights of subrogation,
indemnification, reimbursement and similar rights which it may have against or in respect of the
Borrowing Subsidiaries at any time relating to the Obligations, including all rights that would result in its being deemed a “creditor” of the Borrowing
Subsidiaries under the United States Code as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any comparable
provision of any successor statute.
ARTICLE IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent
as its agent 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 of the Loan
Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Any bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise
the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank 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 it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is
required to exercise in writing by 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 to be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose
the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and
(c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating
to the Company or any Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not
be liable for any action taken or not taken by it 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 to be necessary, under the circumstances as
provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct,
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-
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appealable judgment. The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written
notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank,
and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or
representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any
Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt
of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for
relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing 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 be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability
for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel
for the Company), 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.
The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all 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 of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their
respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by
notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks 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. If no 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and
the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender with an office
in the United States of America, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, or
an Affiliate of any such Lender. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged
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from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents. The fees payable by the Company to the successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this
Article and Section 10.02, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions
set forth in any other Loan Document, 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 it was acting as Administrative Agent or as
sub-agent, as the case may be.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any
of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or
any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based
on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make
its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the
Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession
Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have
acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document
required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders on the Effective Date.
No Lender or Issuing Bank shall have any right individually to enforce any guarantee of the
Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan
Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the
Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank will be
deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the guarantees of the Obligations provided under the
Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Lead Arrangers nor any Person
named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent, a Documentation Agent or a Joint
Bookrunner shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall
have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. Notices. (a)Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax or by electronic
communication, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to Exelis Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer (Fax No. 000-000-0000;
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx), as agent for such Borrower;
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency
Services Group, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxx
(Fax No. 000-000-0000; E-mail: xxxxxx.x.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (Fax
No. 000-000-0000; E-mail: xxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan
and Agency Group (London) at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Attention of Loan and Agency London (Fax No. x00 000 000 0000; Email:
Xxxx_xxx_Xxxxxx_Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx) Re: Exelis Inc.; and
(iii) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or fax number or e-mail address)
most recently specified by it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Company (or, in the absence of any such notice, to the address (or fax number or e-mail
address) set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire of the Lender that is serving as
such Issuing Bank or is an Affiliate thereof);
(iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number or e-mail address)
set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail,
shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been
given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be
deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient);
and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in this clause (a)
and paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet
websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices under Article
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II to any Lender or Issuing Bank if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified
the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. Any notices or other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Company may
be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or
rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.
SECTION 10.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Borrowers herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans
and issuance of Letters of Credit regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or the
Issuing Banks or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or the Commitments have
not been terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 10.05 shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans, the
expiration of any Letter of Credit, the expiration of the Commitments, the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, or any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
SECTION 10.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date
and when it shall have been executed by the Company and the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof (telecopied or otherwise) which, when taken
together, bear the signature of each Lender, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the
Borrowers shall not have the right to assign any rights hereunder or any interest herein without
the prior consent of all the Lenders.
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties
hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such
party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any party that are contained
in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.
(b) Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such assignment
shall be subject to the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of: (1)
the Company, unless (x) the assignee is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, or
(y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided that the Company shall be deemed
to have consented to any such
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assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within
10 Business Days after having received notice thereof, (2) the Administrative Agent, and (3) each
Issuing Bank, (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500,
(iii) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire, (iv) the amount of the Commitment assigned (determined as of the date
the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000, except in the event that the amount of the Commitment of
such assigning Lender remaining after such assignment shall be zero and (v) without providing (1)
prior notice to the Administrative Agent and (2) information reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent so that it may comply with information reporting requirements under the Code,
no assignment shall be made to a prospective assignee that bears a relationship to any Borrower
described in Section 108(e)(4) of the Code. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph
(e) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption,
which effective date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution thereof, (A) the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and (B)
the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto (but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 10.05, as well as to any Fees
accrued for its account hereunder and not yet paid)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender
assigning its rights and obligations under this Agreement may retain any Competitive Loans made by
it outstanding at such time, and in such case shall retain its rights hereunder in respect of any
Loans so retained until such Loans have been repaid in full in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other
parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, (ii) except as
set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in
connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto or the financial condition of the Borrowers or the performance or observance by the
Borrowers of any obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter
into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.03 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (v) such assignee will
independently and
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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; (vi) such assignee
appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms
of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a
copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the
names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and the principal amount of the Loans
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error and the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of
this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by each party hereto, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee together with an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the
assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in paragraph (b) above and the written consent of the Company to such assignment
(if required under paragraph (a) above), the Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such Assignment
and Assumption and (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register. Each assignee,
by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented
to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.
(f) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each, a
"Participant”) in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in
Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were the selling Lender (and limited to
the amount that could have been claimed by the selling Lender had it continued to hold the interest
of such Participant), except that all claims made pursuant to such Sections shall be made through
such selling Lender, (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such selling Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v) without providing (1) prior notice to
the Administrative Agent and (2) information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent so
that it may comply with information reporting
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requirements under the Code, no participation shall be made to a prospective Participant that
bears a relationship to any Borrower described in Section 108(e)(4) of the Code. In no event shall
a Lender that sells a participation agree with the Participant to take or refrain from taking any
action hereunder except that such Lender may agree with the Participant that it will not, without
the consent of the Participant, agree to (i) increase or extend the term of such Lender’s
Commitment, or extend the time or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination, of such
Lender’s Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on the
related Loans or any portion of any fee hereunder payable to the Participant, (iii) reduce the
amount of any such payment of principal or (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable
thereon, or any fee hereunder payable to the Participant, to a level below the rate at which the
Participant is entitled to receive such interest or fee. Each Lender that sells a participation
shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers (solely for tax
purposes), maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the
principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other
obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have
any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including
the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any
Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the
extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit
or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury
Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and
such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner
of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
(g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment or participation or
proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section, disclose to the assignee or
participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the Borrowers furnished
to such Lender; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, each such assignee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant shall execute an agreement for the benefit of the Company whereby
such assignee or participant shall agree (subject to customary exceptions) to preserve the
confidentiality of any such information.
(h) The Borrowers shall not assign or delegate any rights and duties hereunder without the
prior written consent of all Lenders.
(i) Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to
a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank; provided that no such pledge shall release any Lender
from its obligations hereunder or substitute any such Bank for such Lender as a party hereto. In
order to facilitate such an assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, each Borrower shall, at the
request of the assigning Lender, duly execute and deliver to the assigning Lender a promissory note
or notes evidencing the Loans made to such Borrower by the assigning Lender hereunder in the form
of Exhibit F.
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SECTION 10.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint
Bookrunners named on the cover of this Agreement and their Affiliates in connection with the
arrangement and syndication of the credit facility established hereby and the preparation,
negotiation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents (and all related commitment or fee
letters) or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or
thereof, or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the
administration, enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with the Loan Documents
(including all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during any workout or restructuring) or in
connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and each Lead Arranger and Joint
Bookrunner or, in the case of enforcement or protection of their rights, the Lenders (which, in the
case of preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents, but
not the enforcement or protection of rights thereunder, shall be limited to a single counsel for
the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners).
(b) The Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent and the Joint Bookrunners named on the cover page of this Agreement, the Issuing
Banks, each Lender, each of their Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees and agents of
the foregoing (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable expenses,
including reasonable counsel fees and expenses, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of (i) the arrangement and syndication of the credit facility established hereby and
the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents (and all related
commitment or fee letters) or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) the use
of the proceeds of the Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether initiated by
any third party or by any Borrower and whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful
misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) The provisions of this Section shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans, the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any investigation made
by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or any Lender. All amounts due
under this Section shall be payable on written demand therefor.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision, this Section 10.05 shall not apply with respect to
any matters, liabilities or obligations relating to Taxes.
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SECTION 10.06. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF
OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.
SECTION 10.07. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Banks or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or consent to any departure therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Borrower or any
Subsidiary in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required
Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment or L/C Exposure of any
Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or
L/C Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the date of any
scheduled payment of the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Disbursement, or any interest thereon,
or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.17, or change any other provision of any Loan
Document in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without
the written consent of each Lender, (v) change Section 10.04(h), (vi) limit or release the
guarantee set forth in Article VIII, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) change
any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other
provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify
any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise
affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in
writing entered into by the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent (and, if
its rights or obligations are affected thereby, the Issuing Bank) if (i) by the terms of such
agreement the Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall
terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes
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effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and
interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its
account under this Agreement.
SECTION 10.08. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the agreements referenced in Section
2.07(b) constitute the entire contract among the parties relative to the subject matter hereof.
Any previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by
this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any
party other than the parties hereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by
reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.09. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in
this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 10.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute
but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 10.03.
SECTION 10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein
are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.12. Right of 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) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such
Lender to or for the credit or obligations of the Company and any Borrowing Subsidiary now or
hereafter existing under any Loan Document held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such
Lender shall have made any demand thereunder and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent after such setoff and
application made by such Lender, but the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 10.13. JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. (A) EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT OR
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COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY LETTER OF CREDIT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE
JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
(B) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR THEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY NEW
YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(C) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER
PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.01. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
SECTION 10.14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY
HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATION
IN THIS SECTION.
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SECTION 10.15. Borrowing Subsidiaries. Within two Business Days after the receipt by the
Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by a Subsidiary and the Company,
the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender a notice of such request to become a
Borrowing Subsidiary under this Agreement. If the designation of such Borrowing Subsidiary
obligates the Administrative Agent or a Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar
identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available
to it, the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall deliver to the Company, (a) within five
Business Days after the receipt of such a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement in respect of a Domestic
Subsidiary or (b) within 10 Business Days after the receipt of such a Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement in respect of a Foreign Subsidiary, a request to that effect, and the Company shall,
promptly upon receipt of such request, supply such documentation and other evidence as is
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in order for the Administrative
Agent or such Lender to carry out and comply with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act or any
other applicable laws and regulations, and, unless the results of such inquiry conflict with the
requirements of such laws and regulations, or if no such request by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender is made within the time period set forth above, such Borrowing Subsidiary shall become a
party hereto and a Borrower hereunder with the same effect as if it had been an original party to
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary shall become a Borrower Subsidiary if
it shall be unlawful for such Subsidiary to become a Borrower hereunder or for any Lender to make
Loans or otherwise extend credit to such Subsidiary as provided herein or for any Issuing Bank to
issue Letters of Credit for the account of such Subsidiary. Upon the execution by the Company and
a Borrowing Subsidiary and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary
Termination with respect to such Borrowing Subsidiary, such Borrowing Subsidiary shall cease to be
a Borrowing Subsidiary hereunder; provided that no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become
effective as to any Borrowing Subsidiary (other than to terminate such Borrowing Subsidiary’s right
to obtain further Loans or Letters of Credit under this Agreement) at a time when any principal of
or interest on any Loan to such Borrowing Subsidiary or any Letter of Credit issued for the account
of such Borrowing Subsidiary shall be outstanding hereunder. Promptly following receipt of any
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each
Lender.
SECTION 10.16. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in
any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency,
each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of
exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant
jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day
immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligations of the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any
holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum is
stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement
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Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by
the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable
Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the
Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased
is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the
Borrowers agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section
10.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing
hereunder.
SECTION 10.17. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to
the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information
that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and
other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance with its
requirements.
SECTION 10.18. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company, on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby
and any communications in connection therewith, the Company, the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates,
on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates,
on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or
otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing
Banks or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any
such transactions or communications.
SECTION 10.19. Non-Public Information. Each Lender acknowledges that all non-public
information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this
Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender hereby advises
the Company and the Administrative Agent that (a) it has developed compliance procedures regarding
the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law,
including Federal, state and foreign securities laws, and (b) it has identified in its
Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in
accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, state and foreign
securities laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
EXELIS INC., as Borrower, |
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by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Exelis Inc. Credit Agreement Signature Page]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, |
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by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Exelis Inc. Credit Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO EXELIS INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF , 2011 Lender: __________________________, |
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by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
For any Lender requiring a second signature line: |
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by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Exelis Inc. Credit Agreement Signature Page]
EXHIBIT A-1
[FORM OF]
COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Date]
Attention: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, ________________ (the “Borrower”), refers to the Four-Year Competitive
Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc.,
the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Credit
Agreement that it requests a Competitive Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that
connection sets forth below the terms on which such Competitive Borrowing is requested to be made:
(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing (which is a Business Day) |
__________ | |||
(B) Currency of Competitive Borrowing1 |
__________ | |||
(C) Principal amount of Competitive Borrowing2 |
__________ | |||
(D) Interest rate basis3 |
__________ | |||
(E) Interest Period and the last day thereof4 |
__________ |
1 | Dollar or a Non-US Currency. | |
2 | An integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the applicable currency with a Dollar Equivalent of at least $10,000,000 but not greater than the Total Commitment then available. | |
3 | A Eurocurrency Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing. | |
4 | Shall be subject to the definition of the term “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date. |
Upon acceptance of any or all of the Loans offered by the Lenders in response to this request,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions to lending
specified in Section 4.01(b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[NAME OF BORROWER], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: [Financial Officer] |
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EXHIBIT A-2
[FORM OF]
NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST
[Name of Lender]
[Address]
[Address]
[Date]
Attention: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. _____________ (the “Borrower”) made a
Competitive Bid Request on , 20[ ], pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Credit
Agreement, and in that connection you are invited to submit a Competitive Bid by
[Date]/[Time].1 Your Competitive Bid must comply with Section 2.03(b) of the Credit
Agreement and the terms set forth below on which the Competitive Bid Request was made:
(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing |
_____________ | |||
(B) Currency of Competitive Borrowing |
_____________ | |||
(C) Principal amount of Competitive Borrowing |
_____________ | |||
(D) Interest rate basis |
_____________ | |||
(E) Interest Period and the last day thereof. |
_____________ |
1 | The Competitive Bid must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (ii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Competitive Borrowing. |
Very truly yours, | ||||||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||||||
as Administrative Agent, | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT A-3
[FORM OF]
COMPETITIVE BID
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Date]
Attention: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, [Name of Lender], refers to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving
Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries
party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. 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 Competitive Bid pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, in response to
the Competitive Bid Request made by ___________ (the “Borrower”) on , 20[ ], and
in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Competitive Bid is made:
(A) Principal Amount 1 |
_________ | |||
(B) Competitive Bid Rate 2 |
_________ | |||
(C) Interest Period and last day thereof |
_________ |
The undersigned hereby confirms that it is prepared, subject to the conditions set forth in
the Credit Agreement, to extend credit to the Borrower upon acceptance by the Borrower of this bid
in accordance with Section 2.03(d) of the Credit Agreement.
1 | An integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the applicable currency and may be equal to the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested. Multiple bids will be accepted by the Administrative Agent. | |
2 | i.e., LIBO Rate + or %, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, or %, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans. |
Very truly yours, | ||||
[NAME OF LENDER], | ||||
by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT A-4
[FORM OF]
COMPETITIVE BID ACCEPT/REJECT LETTER
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
for the Lenders referred to below
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Date]
Attention: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, ______________________, refers to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing
Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. 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 2.03(c) of the Credit Agreement, we have received a summary of bids
in connection with our Competitive Bid Request dated , and in accordance with
Section 2.03(d) of the Credit Agreement, we hereby accept the following bids for maturity on
[date]:
Principal Amount | Currency | Fixed Rate/Margin | Lender | |||
[%]/[+/-. %] |
We hereby reject the following bids:
Principal Amount | Currency | Fixed Rate/Margin | Lender | |||
[%]/[+/-. %] |
The Competitive Loans should be deposited in JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. account number [ ] on [date].
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[NAME OF BORROWER], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT A-5
[FORM OF]
REVOLVING BORROWING REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Date]
Attention: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, ____________________________ (the “Borrower”), refers to the Four-Year
Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among
Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Credit
Agreement that it requests a Revolving Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection
sets forth below the terms on which such Revolving Borrowing is requested to be made:
(A) Date of Revolving Borrowing (which is a Business Day) |
_______ | |||
(B) Principal amount of Revolving Borrowing1 |
_______ | |||
(C) Interest rate basis2 |
_______ | |||
(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof 3 |
_______ |
Upon acceptance of any or all of the Loans made by the Lenders in response to this request,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions to lending
specified in Section 4.01(b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
1 | An integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 (or an aggregate principal amount equal to the Total Commitment then available) but not greater than the Total Commitment then available. | |
2 | Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or ABR Loan. | |
3 | Shall be subject to the definition of the term “Interest Period.” |
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[NAME OF BORROWER], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: [Financial Officer] |
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF]
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective
Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the
Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and Assumption and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Four-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing
Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged
by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby
agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as
if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the
Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any
other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and
percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the
Assignor under the facility identified below (including any Competitive Loans or Letters of Credit
included in such facility) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law,
all claims, suits, causes of action and any other rights of the Assignor (in its capacity as a
Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan
transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including,
but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all
other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant
to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment
is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. | Assignor (the “Assignor”): | ||
2. | Assignee (the “Assignee”): |
Assignee is an Affiliate of: [Name of Lender]
3. | Borrowers: | ||
4. | Administrative Agent: | ||
5. | Assigned Interest: |
Aggregate Amount | Percentage | |||||||||||
of | Amount of | Assigned of | ||||||||||
Commitment/Loans | Commitment/Loans | Commitment/ | ||||||||||
of all Lenders | Assigned | Loans1 | ||||||||||
Commitment Assigned |
$ | $ | % | |||||||||
Revolving Loans |
$ | $ | % | |||||||||
Competitive Loans |
$ | $ | % |
Effective Date: , 200[ ] [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR].
1 | Set forth, to at least nine decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
2
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as | ||||||
Assignor, | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as | ||||||
Assignee, | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
Consented to:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent,
as Administrative Agent,
by |
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Title: |
Consented to:
[ ], as Issuing Bank,
[ ], as Issuing Bank,
by |
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Title: |
[Consented to:
Exelis Inc.,
as the Company,
as the Company,
by |
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Title:]2 |
2 | No consent of the Company shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee. |
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Annex I
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii)
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit
Agreement, (iii) the financial condition of the Company, the Borrowing Subsidiaries, or any of
their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement
or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, the Borrowing Subsidiaries, or any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under the
Credit Agreement.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a
Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date under the Assignment and Assumption, it shall be
bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the
Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy
of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.03 thereof (or, prior to the first such delivery, the financial statements
referred to in Section 3.05 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
Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis
and decision independently and without reliance on any agent or any other Lender, and (v) if the
Assignee is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, attached to this
Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section
2.20 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i)
it will, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, any agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to or on or after the
Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments
by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making
of this assignment directly between themselves.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and
Assumption shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York
without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof other than Section 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the
New York General Obligations Law.
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EXHIBIT C-1
[FORM OF]
OPINION OF XXXXX & XXXXXXX, COUNSEL FOR EXELIS INC.
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
1 The execution, delivery and performance by Exelis Inc. of the Loan Documents1,
and the borrowings of Exelis Inc. under the Credit Agreement will not violate any provision of law,
statute, rule or regulation (including without limitation, the Margin Regulations) of the United
States of America or the State of New York.
2. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Exelis Inc.
enforceable against Exelis Inc. in accordance with its terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other similar laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights from time to time
in effect, and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such principles are
considered in any proceeding in equity or at law.
1 | For opinion purposes, Loan Documents will be defined as those Loan Documents to be executed and delivered as of the Effective Date. |
EXHIBIT C-2
[FORM OF]
OPINION OF XXX X. XXXXXXXX, GENERAL COUNSEL FOR EXELIS INC.
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
1. Exelis Inc. (i) is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
[State of Indiana], (ii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its property and
assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (iii) is qualified to do business in every
jurisdiction within the United States where such qualification is required, except where the
failure so to qualify would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, and to borrow funds thereunder.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by Exelis Inc. of the Loan Documents, and the
borrowings of Exelis Inc. under the Credit Agreement, (collectively, the “Transactions”) (i) have
been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and (ii) will not (a) violate (1) any
provision of law, statute, rule or regulation of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, or of the
articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Exelis Inc., (2) any order
known to me of any governmental authority or (3) any provision of any indenture, material agreement
or other material instrument to which Exelis Inc. is a party or by which it or its property is or
may be bound, (b) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or
lapse of time or both) a default under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument or (c)
result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any property or assets of Exelis Inc., other
than pursuant to the Loan Documents.
3. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by Exelis Inc.
4. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
government authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, except such as
have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.
5. Neither Exelis Inc. nor any of its subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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EXHIBIT D-1
[FORM OF]
BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT
BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], [ ], among
EXELIS INC., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), [Name of Subsidiary], a
[ ] corporation (the “Subsidiary”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the lenders (the
“Lenders”) party to the Credit Agreement referred to below.
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions therein set forth, to make competitive advance and revolving credit loans to, and to
issue Letters of Credit for the account of, the Company and its subsidiaries that execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement in the form hereof. The
Company represents that the Subsidiary is a subsidiary of the Company and that the guarantee of the
Company contained in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement applies to the obligations of the
Subsidiary. In consideration of being permitted to borrow, and to have Letters of Credit issued
for its account, under the Credit Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein, the Subsidiary agrees that from and after the date of this Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
it will be, and will be liable for the observance and performance of all the obligations of, a
Borrowing Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if it had been one of the
original parties to the Credit Agreement and that it will furnish to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders copies of its financial statements on an annual basis.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Subsidiary have caused this Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.
EXELIS INC., | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
[NAME OF SUBSIDIARY], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
Accepted as of the date first appearing above:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
as Administrative Agent,
by |
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Title: |
EXHIBIT D-2
[FORM OF]
BORROWER TERMINATION AGREEMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[ ], 20[ ]
Re: | Borrower Termination Agreement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Exelis Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), the
Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.
The Company hereby terminates the status of [NAME OF TERMINATED BORROWING SUBSIDIARY] (the
"Terminated Borrower”) as a “Borrower” under the Credit Agreement. [The Company represents and
warrants that all Loans made to the Terminated Borrower have been repaid, all Letters of Credit
issued for the account of the Terminated Borrower have been drawn in full or have expired and all
amounts payable by the Terminated Borrower in respect of any drawings under any Letter of Credit
issued for the account of such Terminated Borrower, interest and/or fees (and, to the extent
notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit
Agreement by the Terminated Borrower) have been paid in full on or prior to the date hereof.][The
Company and the Terminated Borrower acknowledge that the Terminated Borrower shall continue to be a
Borrower until such time as all Loans made to the Terminated Borrower have been repaid, all Letters
of Credit issued for the account of the Terminated Borrower have been drawn in full or have expired
and all amounts payable by the Terminated Borrower in respect of any drawings under any Letter of
Credit issued for the account of such Terminated Borrower, interest and/or fees (and, to the extent
notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit
Agreement by the Terminated Borrower) have been paid in full.] The execution and delivery of this
Borrower Termination Agreement shall be immediately effective to terminate the right of the
Terminated Borrower to request or receive further extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement.
THIS INSTRUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
EXELIS INC., | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF]
ISSUING BANK AGREEMENT
ISSUING BANK AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], [ ] (this
“Agreement”), between EXELIS INC., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”)
and the financial institution identified on Schedule I hereto as the Issuing
Bank (the “Issuing Bank”).
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The rules of construction
set forth in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2. Letter of Credit Commitment. The Issuing Bank hereby agrees to be an “Issuing
Bank” under, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Credit Agreement, to issue
Letters of Credit under, the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that Letters of Credit issued by
the Issuing Bank hereunder shall be subject to the limitations, if any, set forth on Schedule I
hereto, in addition to the limitations set forth in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. Issuance Procedure. In order to request the issuance of a Letter of Credit
hereunder, the applicable Borrower (or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) shall hand
deliver or fax a notice (specifying the information required by Section 2.05(b) of the Credit
Agreement) to the Issuing Bank, at its address or fax number specified on Schedule I hereto (or
such other address or fax number as the Issuing Bank may specify by notice to the Company), not
later than the time of day (local time at such address) specified on Schedule I hereto prior to the
proposed date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. A copy of such notice shall be sent,
concurrently, by the applicable Borrower (or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) to
the Administrative Agent in the manner specified for Borrowing Requests under the Credit Agreement.
Upon receipt of such notice, the Issuing Bank shall consult the Administrative Agent by telephone
in order to determine (i) whether the conditions specified in the last sentence of Section 2.05(b)
of the Credit Agreement will be satisfied in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit
and (ii) whether the requested expiration date for such Letter of Credit complies with the proviso
to Section 2.05(c) of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. Issuing Bank Fees, Interest and Payments. The Issuing Bank Fees payable to the
Issuing Bank in respect of Letters of Credit issued hereunder are specified on Schedule I hereto
(and such fees shall be in addition to the Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing
charges in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any Letter of Credit issued
hereunder). Each payment of Issuing Bank Fees payable hereunder shall be made not later than 12:00
(noon), local time at the place of payment, on the date when
due, in immediately available funds, to the account of the Issuing Bank specified on Schedule
I hereto (or to such other account of the Issuing Bank as it may specify by notice to the Company).
SECTION 5. Credit Agreement Terms. Notwithstanding any provision hereof which may be
construed to the contrary, it is expressly understood and agreed that (a) this Agreement is
supplemental to the Credit Agreement and is intended to constitute an Issuing Bank Agreement, as
defined therein (and, as such, constitutes an integral part of the Credit Agreement as though the
terms of this Agreement were set forth in the Credit Agreement), (b) each Letter of Credit issued
hereunder and each and every L/C Disbursement made under any such Letter of Credit shall constitute
a “Letter of Credit” and an “L/C Disbursement”, respectively, for all purposes of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (c) the Issuing Bank’s commitment to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder and each and every Letter of Credit requested or issued hereunder shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and entitled to the benefits of the Loan
Documents and (d) the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated herein
as though set forth herein in full and shall supersede any contrary provisions hereof.
SECTION 6. Assignment. The Issuing Bank may not assign its commitment to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder without the consent of the Company and prior notice to the Administrative Agent.
In the event of an assignment by the Issuing Bank of all its other interests, rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement, then the Issuing Bank’s commitment to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder shall terminate unless the Issuing Bank, the Company and the Administrative Agent
otherwise agree.
SECTION 7. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall not be effective until counterparts hereof
executed on behalf of each of the Company and the Issuing Bank have been delivered to and accepted
by the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
EXELIS INC., | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
[ISSUING BANK], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., as
Administrative Agent,
Administrative Agent,
by |
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Title: |
SCHEDULE I to
Issuing Bank Agreement
Issuing Bank Agreement
A. Issuing Bank: |
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B. Issuing Bank’s Address and
Telecopy Number for Notices: |
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C. Time of Day by Which Notices Must
be Received
|
A notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit must be received by the Issuing Bank by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) not less than five Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance. | |
D. Special Terms:
|
The aggregate L/C Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed $[ ]. | |
E. Issuing Bank Fronting Fee:
|
[ ]% per annum on the average daily undrawn amount of the Letters of Credit, payable on the same dates that L/C Participation Fees are payable under the Credit Agreement. | |
F. Issuing Bank’s Account for
Payment of Issuing Bank Fees: |
EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF]
PROMISSORY NOTE
New York, New York
[Date]
[Date]
For value received, [NAME OF BORROWER], a [ ] corporation (the “Borrower”),
promises to pay to the order of [name of Lender] (the “Lender”) (i) the unpaid principal amount of
each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement referred to below, when and
as due and payable under the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each such Loan on the dates and at the rate or rates provided for in the Credit
Agreement. All such payments of principal and interest shall be made in the currencies and to the
accounts specified in the Credit Agreement, in immediately available funds.
All Loans made by the Lender, and all repayments of the principal thereof, shall be recorded
by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing
information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding shall be endorsed by the Lender on the
schedule attached hereto, or on a continuation of such schedule attached hereto and made a part
hereof; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall
not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
This note is one of the promissory notes issued pursuant to the Four-Year Competitive Advance
and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc.,
the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and
Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement for provisions for
the mandatory and optional prepayment hereof and the acceleration of the maturity hereof.
[NAME OF BORROWER], | ||||||
by | ||||||
Title: |
SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Amount of Principal | Unpaid | Notations | ||||||
Date | Amount of Loan | Repaid | Principal Balance | Made By | ||||
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EXHIBIT G-1
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any
Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is
not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent
shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not
a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of
the Code and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the
undersigned’s conduct of U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of
its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned
agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall
promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at
all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and
currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to
the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By: |
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Title: | ||||
Date:
|
________ __, 20[ ] |
EXHIBIT G-2
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing
such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are
the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)
with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement, neither the undersigned
nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered
into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled
foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and
(vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY
accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest
exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information
provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the
calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two
calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By: |
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Title: | ||||
Date:
|
________ __, 20[ ] |
EXHIBIT G-3
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are
Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of
which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation
related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest
payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade
or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S.
person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if
the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such
Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a
properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such
payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By: |
||||
Title: | ||||
Date:
|
________ __, 20[ ] |
EXHIBIT G-4
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Four-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement
dated as of [ ], [2011] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Exelis Inc., the Borrowing Subsidiaries party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is
providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such
participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its
partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the
ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code,
(iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning
of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the
interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an
IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By
executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this
certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned
shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or
in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By: |
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Title: | ||||
Date:
|
________ __, 20[ ] |
SCHEDULE 2.01
Commitments
Lender | Commitment | |||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 65,000,000 | ||
Citibank, N.A. |
$ | 65,000,000 | ||
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
$ | 65,000,000 | ||
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. |
$ | 65,000,000 | ||
Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
Société Générale |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
U.S. Bank National Association |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
BNP Paribas |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
Mizuho Corporate Bank (USA) |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
The Northern Trust Company |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
UBS Loan Finance LLC |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 600,000,000 |
Exelis — SCHEDULE 6.01
Existing Indebtedness
None.
Exelis — SCHEDULE 6.02
Existing Liens
None
Exelis — SCHEDULE 6.05
Existing Restrictive Agreements
None