EXHIBIT 10.1
THE BOEING COMPANY
364-DAY
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
THE BOEING COMPANY
for itself and on behalf of its Subsidiaries,
as a Borrower
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Syndication Agent
and
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
and
CHASE SECURITIES, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
dated as of September 27, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article and Section Page
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions..........................................................1
1.2 Use of Defined Terms; References....................................18
1.3 Accounting Terms....................................................19
ARTICLE 2 AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
2.1 Committed Advances..................................................19
2.2 Making Committed Advances...........................................19
2.3 Conversion to Term Loans, Repayment.................................22
2.4 Interest Rate on Committed Advances.................................22
2.5 Bid Advances........................................................23
2.6 Lender Assignment or Sale...........................................29
2.7 Fees................................................................30
2.8 Reduction of the Commitments........................................30
2.9 Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances...........31
2.10 Eurodollar Interest Rate Determination..............................31
2.11 Voluntary Conversion of Committed Advances..........................33
2.12 Prepayments.........................................................33
2.13 Increases in Costs..................................................35
2.14 Taxes...............................................................37
2.15 Illegality..........................................................41
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2.16 Payments and Computations...........................................41
2.17 Sharing of Payments, Etc. ..........................................43
2.18 Evidence of Debt....................................................44
2.19 Alteration of Commitments and Addition of Lenders...................45
2.20 Assignments; Sales of Participations and Other Interests in
Advances...........................................................47
2.21 Extension of Termination Date.......................................52
2.22 Subsidiary Borrowers................................................54
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties by the Borrowers.....................56
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS OF TBC
4.1 Affirmative Covenants of TBC........................................59
4.2 General Negative Covenants of TBC...................................60
4.3 Financial Statement Terms...........................................63
4.4 Waivers of Covenants................................................63
ARTICLE 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing of TBC................64
5.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Committed Borrowing of TBC.............64
5.3 Conditions Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing of TBC...................65
5.4 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing of a Subsidiary
Borrower...........................................................66
5.5 Conditions Precedent to Each Committed Borrowing of a Subsidiary
Borrower...........................................................67
5.6 Conditions Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing of a Subsidiary
Borrower...........................................................67
ARTICLE 6 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
6.1 Events of Default...................................................69
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6.2 Lenders' Rights upon Borrower Default...............................70
ARTICLE 7 THE AGENT
7.1 Authorization and Action............................................71
7.2 Agent's Reliance, Etc. .............................................72
7.3 Citibank, N.A. and its Affiliates...................................72
7.4 Lender Credit Decision..............................................73
7.5 Indemnification.....................................................73
7.6 Successor Agent.....................................................74
7.7 Certain Obligations May Be Performed by Affiliates..................75
ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Modification, Consents and Waivers..................................75
8.2 Notices.............................................................76
8.3 Costs, Expenses and Taxes...........................................77
8.4 Binding Effect......................................................79
8.5 Severability........................................................79
8.6 Governing Law.......................................................79
8.7 Headings............................................................79
8.8 Execution in Counterparts...........................................79
8.9 Right of Set-Off....................................................79
8.10 Confidentiality.....................................................80
8.11 Agreement in Effect.................................................80
Exhibit A-1 - Committed Note
Exhibit A-2 - Bid Note
Exhibit B-1 - Notice of Committed Borrowing
Exhibit B-2 - Notice of Bid Borrowing
Exhibit C - Request for Alteration
Exhibit D - Borrower Subsidiary Letter
Exhibit E - Extension Request
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Exhibit F - Continuation Notice
Exhibit G - Opinion of Counsel of the Company
Exhibit H - Opinion of Counsel for Agent
Exhibit I - Opinion of in-house counsel to Subsidiary Borrower
Exhibit J - Guaranty of TBC
Exhibit K - Opinion of Counsel to TBC
Schedule I - Commitments
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 27, 2000
THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation ("TBC" or the "Company"), for itself
and on behalf of the other BORROWERS (as defined below), the LENDERS (as defined
below), XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC. and CHASE SECURITIES INC., as joint lead
arrangers and joint book managers, THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as syndication
agent, and CITIBANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the "Agent"), agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
respective meanings set out below:
"1999 Credit Agreement" means the Bank Credit Agreement, dated as of September
29, 1999, by and among TBC, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and
certain other banks as lenders.
"Advance" means a Committed Advance or a Bid Advance.
"Agent" means Citibank, N.A. acting in its capacity as administrative agent for
the Lenders, or any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to
Section 7.6.
"Agent's Account" means the account of the Agent maintained by the Agent with
Citibank, N.A., at its office at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Account 00000000, Attention: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. (For purposes of
this definition, the term "controls", "controlling", "controlled by" and
"under common control with" mean, with respect to a Person, the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 5% or more of the
Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
Voting Stock, by contract, or otherwise.)
"Agreement" means this agreement, as it may be amended or otherwise modified
from time to time, and any written additions or supplements hereto.
"Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's
Domestic Lending Office, in the case of a Base Rate Advance, and such
Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Advance, and, in the case of a Bid Advance, the office of such Lender
specified by such Lender in a notice to the Agent as its Applicable
Lending Office with respect to such Bid Advance.
"Applicable Margin" means,
(i) with respect to Base Rate Advances, 0% per annum; and
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(ii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances for any date prior to the
Termination Date, 0.11% per annum; and
(iii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances for any date after the
Termination Date, a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the then-
applicable rate set forth in the pricing grid below, depending upon
the rating of the long-term senior unsecured debt of TBC then in
effect:
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| Level | Public Debt Rating: S&P and Moody's | Applicable Margin |
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| Level I | A by S&P or A2 by Moody's or above | 0.15% |
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| Level II | less than Level I | |
| | but at least A- by S&P or A3 by Moody's | 0.20% |
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| Level III | less than Level II |
| | but at least BBB+ by S&P or Baa1 by Moody's | 0.25% |
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| Level IV | less than Level III | 0.375% |
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provided, however, that if the ratings from S&P and Moody's fall within
different levels, then the Applicable Margin shall be based on the higher
of the two ratings except that, if the lower of such ratings is more than
one level below the higher of such ratings, the Applicable Margin shall be
determined based on the level above the lower of such ratings, and
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provided further that if, at any time, no rating is available from S&P and
Moody's or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization
designated by TBC and approved in writing by the Majority Lenders, the
Applicable Margin for each Interest Period or each other period commencing
during the thirty days following such ratings becoming unavailable shall
be the Applicable Margin in effect immediately prior to such ratings
becoming unavailable. Thereafter, the rating to be used until ratings
from S&P and Moody's become available shall be as agreed between TBC and
the Agent, and TBC and the Agent shall use good faith efforts to reach
such agreement within such thirty-day period, provided, however, that if
no such agreement is reached within such thirty-day period the Applicable
Margin thereafter, until such agreement is reached, shall be (a) if any
such rating has become unavailable as a result of S&P or Moody's ceasing
its business as a rating agency, the Applicable Margin in effect
immediately prior to such cessation or (b) otherwise, the Applicable
Margin as set forth under Level IV above; and
provided further that in the event and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, the Applicable Margin shall immediately increase by 1.0% above
the Applicable Margin then in effect, and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Rate Advance, such Advance shall automatically convert to a Base Rate
Advance at the end of the Interest Period then in effect for such
Eurodollar Rate Advance.
"Available Commitments" means, as of any date of determination, (a) the
aggregate Commitments of the Lenders, as such amount may be reduced,
changed or terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
reduced by (b) the aggregate Advances outstanding on such date of
determination.
"Base Rate" means the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A.,
in New York City, from time to time, as Citibank's "base" rate.
"Base Rate Advance" means a Committed Advance which bears interest at the
Base Rate.
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"Bid Advance" means an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as part of a Bid
Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding procedure described in
Section 2.5, and refers to a Fixed Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Bid
Advance, each of which shall be a "Type" of Bid Advance.
"Bid Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Bid Advances from
each of the Lenders whose offers to make one or more Bid Advances as part
of such borrowing has been accepted by a Borrower under the auction
bidding procedure described in Section 2.5.
"Bid Note" means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to the order of a
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2, evidencing the
indebtedness of that Borrower to such Lender resulting from a Bid Advance
made by such Lender to such Borrower.
"Bid Reduction" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
"Borrower" means, individually and collectively, as the context requires, TBC
and each Subsidiary Borrower (unless and until it becomes a "Terminated
Subsidiary Borrower" pursuant to Section 2.22).
"Borrower Subsidiary Letter" means, with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower, a
letter in the form of Exhibit D, signed by such Subsidiary Borrower and
TBC.
"Borrowing" means a Committed Borrowing or a Bid Borrowing.
"Business Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, on which dealings are carried on
in the London interbank market.
"Commitment" means, for each Lender, the full amount set forth opposite the name
of such Lender in Schedule I or, if such Lender is a Replacement Lender or
a Lender that has entered into one or more assignments pursuant to Section 2.20
or Section 2.21, the amount set forth for such Lender in the Register
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maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 2.20(d), as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.3, Section 2.8 or Section 2.19 or increased
pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Committed Advance" means an advance made by a Lender to a Borrower as part of a
Committed Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate
Committed Advance, each of which is a "Type" of Committed Advance.
"Committed Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed
Advances of the same Type made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.1.
"Committed Note" means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to the order of
any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1, evidencing the
indebtedness of that Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Committed
Advances made by such Lender to that Borrower.
"Company" means The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (usually referred to
herein as "TBC").
"Confidential Information" means information that a Borrower furnishes to the
Agent or any Lender in a writing designated as confidential, but does not
include any such information that is or becomes generally available to the
public or that is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender from a
source other than a Borrower.
"Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Continuing Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
"Convert", "Conversion" and "Converted" each means a conversion of Committed
Advances of one Type into Committed Advances of another Type pursuant to
Section 2.10, 2.11 or 2.15.
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"Debt" of a Person means
(i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price
of property or services;
(ii) financial obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments,
(iii) financial obligations as lessee under leases which have been or
should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, recorded as capital leases; and
(iv) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect
of, indebtedness or financial obligations of others of the kind
referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above.
"Default" means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event
of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or
both.
"Domestic Lending Office" means with respect to any Lender, the office of such
Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite its name on
Schedule I, or in the assignment or other agreement pursuant to which it
became a Lender or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may
from time to time specify to TBC and the Agent.
"Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19.
"Eligible Assignee" means
(i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus in
excess of $3,000,000,000;
(ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country
which is a member of the OECD, or a political subdivision of any
such country, and having a combined capital and surplus in excess of
$3,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch
or agency located in either (a) the country in which it is organized
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or (b) another country which is also a member of the OECD or the
Cayman Islands;
(iii) the central bank of any country which is a member of the OECD;
(iv) any Lender;
(v) an Affiliate of any Lender; and
(vi) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any other
Person approved in writing by TBC, which approval has been
communicated in writing to the Agent, provided that neither TBC nor
an Affiliate of TBC shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder.
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from
time to time.
"Eurodollar Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, (a) the office of
such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" opposite its name
on Schedule I (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending
Office) or in the assignment or other agreement pursuant to which it
became a Lender or (b) such other office of such Lender as such Lender may
from time to time specify to TBC and the Agent.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Committed
Advance constituting part of a Committed Borrowing, and for the relevant
period specified in the applicable Notice of Bid Borrowing for a
Eurodollar Rate Bid Advance, an interest rate per annum equal to either
(a) the offered rate (rounded to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of
1% per annum, if such average is not such a multiple) for deposits
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in U.S. dollars for a period substantially equal to such Interest
Period (if a Committed Advance) or such relevant period specified in
the applicable Notice of Bid Borrowing (if a Bid Advance), appearing
on Telerate Markets Page 3750 (or any successor page or, if
unavailable for any reason by Telerate, then by reference to Reuters
Screen) as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two business days before the
first day of such Interest Period or the first day of the relevant
period specified in such Notice of Bid Borrowing; or
(b) if the foregoing rate is unavailable from Telerate or the Reuters
Screen for any reason, the average (rounded to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a
multiple) of the rates per annum are offered by the principal office
of each of the Reference Banks to prime banks in the London
interbank market at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on deposits in U.S.
dollars two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period or the first day of such relevant period specified in the
Notice of Bid Borrowing
(i) for such Eurodollar Committed Advance, on an amount
substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Eurodollar Rate
Advance constituting part of such Committed Borrowing and for a
period equal to such Interest Period, or
(ii) for such Eurodollar Rate Bid Advance, on an amount
substantially equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Bid
Borrowing which includes such Bid Advance multiplied by a
fraction equal to such Reference Bank's ratable portion of the
Commitments and for a period equal to the relevant period
specified in such Notice of Bid Borrowing.
The Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate
Committed Advance constituting part of the same Borrowing and for the
relevant period specified in a Notice of Bid Borrowing for each Eurodollar
Rate Bid Advance shall be determined by the Agent on the basis of
applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference
Banks two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period or
period, as the case may be, subject, however, to the provisions of Section
2.10.
"Eurodollar Rate Advance" means a Committed Advance (a "Eurodollar Rate
Committed Advance") or a Bid Advance (a "Eurodollar Rate Bid Advance")
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which bears interest at a rate of interest quoted as a margin (which shall
be the Applicable Margin in the case of a Committed Advance or as offered
by a Lender and accepted by a Borrower in the case of a Bid Advance) over
the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate Bid Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).
"Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage" means the reserve percentage applicable to
a Lender for any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Advance during such
Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so
applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such
Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable)
under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that
includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar
Rate Advances is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period.
"Event of Default" means any of the events described in Section 6.1.
"Extension Request" has the meaning specified in Section 2.21.
"Facility Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.7.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for each day during a period, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the fluctuating rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such
day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published
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for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fixed Rate Advance" means an Advance made by a Lender to a Borrower as part of
a Fixed Rate Borrowing.
"Fixed Rate Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).
"Guaranty" means each Guaranty Agreement executed by TBC in favor of the Agent
and the Lenders, unconditionally guaranteeing the payment of all
obligations of a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under any Notes
executed or to be executed by it.
"Indemnified Costs" has the meaning specified in Section 7.5.
"Indemnified Parties" has the meaning specified in Section 8.3(b).
"Interest Period" means, for each Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance constituting
part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Committed Advance or the date of the Conversion of a Base Rate Advance
into such a Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance and ending on the last day
of the period selected by the applicable Borrower pursuant to the
provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the
last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the
last day of the period selected by such Borrower pursuant to the
provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one,
two, three, or six months (or nine months, with the consent of all Lenders
funding those particular Advances), as the applicable Borrower may, upon
notice received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest
Period, select, provided, however, that:
(i) no Interest Period shall end on a date later than the Termination
Date (or in the case of a Committed Advance which is converted to a
Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.3, the Maturity Date);
(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Committed Advances
constituting part of the same Committed Borrowing shall be of
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the same duration; and
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur
on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest
Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business
Day, provided that, if such extension would cause the last day of
such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month,
the last day of the Interest Period shall occur on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
"Lender", subject to Section 2.20, means any of the institutions that is a
signatory hereto or that, pursuant to Section 2.13, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.21,
becomes a "Lender" hereunder.
"Majority Lenders" means Lenders having greater than 50% of the total
Commitments or, if the Commitments have been terminated in full, Lenders
holding greater than 50% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Advances.
"Maturity Date" means the Termination Date or, if the Term Loan Conversion
Option described in Section 2.3 has been exercised, the date that is the
one-year anniversary of the Termination Date.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investor Services, Inc.
"Non-Extending Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
"Note" means a Committed Note or a Bid Note.
"Notice of Bid Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).
"Notice of Borrowing" means a Notice of Committed Borrowing or a Notice of Bid
Borrowing.
"Notice of Committed Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
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"OECD" means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business
trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government
or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Property, Plant and Equipment" means any item of real property, or any interest
therein, buildings, improvements and machinery.
"Proposed Increased Commitment" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
"Reference Banks" means The Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, N.A., Bank of
America, N.A., and Deutsche Bank AG.
"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(d).
"Replacement Lenders" has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(c).
"Request for Alteration" means a document substantially in the form of Exhibit
C, duly executed by TBC, pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Required Assignment" has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(a).
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation in which more than 50% of the Voting Stock is
owned by TBC, by TBC and any one or more other Subsidiaries, or by any one
or more other Subsidiaries.
"Subsidiary Borrower" means, individually and collectively, as the context
requires, each Subsidiary that is or becomes a "Borrower" in accordance
with Section 2.22; in each case, unless and until it becomes a "Terminated
Subsidiary Borrower".
"TBC" means The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation.
"Term Loan" means a term loan resulting from the conversion of Committed
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Advances on the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.3.
"Term Loan Conversion Option" means the option under Section 2.3 for the
Borrowers to convert, as of the Termination Date, all Committed Advances
then outstanding into Term Loans.
"Terminated Subsidiary Borrower" means, individually and collectively, as the
context requires, a Subsidiary Borrower that has ceased to be a "Borrower"
in accordance with Section 2.22.
"Termination Date" means the earlier to occur of (i) September 26, 2001, as such
date may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.21, and (ii)
the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section
2.8 or Section 6.2.
"Total Capital" has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(b).
"Type", as to Committed Borrowings, means either Base Rate Advances or
Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances and, as to Bid Borrowings, means either
Fixed Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate Bid Advances.
"Voting Stock" means, as to a corporation, all the issued and outstanding
capital stock of such corporation having general voting power, under
ordinary circumstances, to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of
such corporation (irrespective of whether or not any capital stock of any
other class or classes shall or might have voting power upon the
occurrence of any contingency).
1.2 Use of Defined Terms; References. Any defined term used in the plural
preceded by the definite article encompasses all members of the relevant
class. Any defined term used in the singular preceded by "a", "an" or
"any" indicates any number of the members of the relevant class. All
references in this Agreement to a Section, Article, Schedule or Exhibit
are to a Section, Article, Schedule or Exhibit of or to this Agreement,
unless otherwise indicated.
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1.3 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.
ARTICLE 2
Amounts and Terms of the Advances
2.1 Committed Advances.
(a) Obligation to Make Committed Advances. Each Lender severally agrees, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Committed Advances
to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the date hereof until the Termination Date in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed such Lender's Commitment,
provided that the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall
be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the aggregate amount of
the Bid Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders ratably
according to their respective Commitments (such deemed use of the
aggregate amount of the Commitments being a "Bid Reduction").
(b) Amount of Committed Advances. Each Committed Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(c) Type of Committed Advances. Each Committed Borrowing shall consist of
Committed Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders
ratably according to their respective Commitments. Within the limits of
each Lender's Commitment, the Borrowers may from time to time borrow,
prepay pursuant to Section 2.12, and reborrow under this Section 2.1 and
Section 2.2.
2.2 Making Committed Advances.
(a) Notice of Committed Borrowing. Each Committed Borrowing shall be made on
notice, given by a Borrower to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the day of the proposed Committed Borrowing in the case
of a Base Rate Borrowing and on the third Business Day prior to the date
of the proposed Committed Borrowing in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
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Borrowing (a "Notice of Committed Borrowing"). Each such Notice of
Committed Borrowing shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit X-x,
specifying the requested
(i) date of such Committed Borrowing,
(ii) Type of Committed Advances constituting such Committed Borrowing,
(iii) aggregate amount of such Committed Borrowing, and
(iv) in the case of a Committed Borrowing composed of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, the initial Interest Period for each such Committed
Advance, which Interest Period may be 1, 2, 3 or 6 months, at the
option of the Borrower, or, if acceptable to all the Lenders, 9
months.
Every Notice of Committed Borrowing given by a Subsidiary Borrower must be
countersigned by an authorized representative of TBC, in order to evidence
the consent of TBC, in its sole discretion, to that proposed Committed
Borrowing. Upon receipt of a Notice of Committed Borrowing, the Agent
shall promptly give notice to each Lender thereof.
(b) Funding Committed Advances. Each Lender shall, before 1:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the date of such Committed Borrowing, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's
Account, in same day funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such
Committed Borrowing. After the Agent's receipt of such funds and upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article 5, the Agent
will make such funds available to the relevant Borrower at an account
specified by such Borrower.
(c) Irrevocable Notice. Each Notice of Committed Borrowing shall be
irrevocable and binding. In the case of any Committed Borrowing that the
related Notice of Committed Borrowing specifies is to be composed of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower requesting such Committed Borrowing
shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by
such Lender on account of any failure to fulfill on or before the date
specified for such Committed Borrowing in such Notice of Committed
Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article 5, including,
without limitation, any loss (but excluding loss of anticipated profits),
cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of
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deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Committed
Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Committed Borrowing when
such Committed Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date.
(d) Lender's Ratable Portion. Unless the Agent has received notice from a
Lender prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day of any Committed
Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such
Lender's ratable portion of such Committed Borrowing, the Agent may assume
that such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the date
of such Committed Borrowing in accordance with subsection (b) of this
Section 2.2 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the requesting Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.
If and to the extent that a Lender has not so made such ratable portion
available to the Agent, such Lender and such Borrower shall severally
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand an amount that in the aggregate
equals such corresponding amount together with interest thereon for each
day from the date such amount is made available by the Agent to such
Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the
time to Committed Advances constituting such Committed Borrowing,
and
(ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate.
If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such
amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Committed Advance as
part of such Committed Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) Independent Lender Obligations. The failure of any Lender to make the
Committed Advance to be made by it as part of any Committed Borrowing
shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to
make its Committed Advance on the date of such Committed Borrowing, but no
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Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
the Committed Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any
Committed Borrowing.
2.3 Conversion to Term Loans, Repayment. The Borrowers shall, subject to the
next succeeding sentence, repay to the Agent for the ratable account of
the Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the
Committed Advances then outstanding. The Borrowers may, upon notice given
to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
Termination Date, convert all or a part of the unpaid principal amount of
the Committed Advances outstanding as of the Termination Date into Term
Loans. If this Term Loan Conversion Option is exercised, then, on the
Termination Date, immediately prior to the time when the unpaid principal
amount of the Committed Advances would otherwise be due, the Committed
Advances shall automatically convert into Term Loans which the respective
Borrowers shall repay to the Agent for the ratable accounts of the Lenders
on the Maturity Date. The amounts so converted shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as Committed Advances except that after the
Termination Date:
(i) the Borrowers may not make any additional borrowings;
(ii) any amounts paid or prepaid may not be reborrowed;
(iii) the amount of each Lender's Commitment shall be equal at all times
to the principal amount of the Term Loans payable to such Lender
from time to time;
(iv) the provisions of Section 2.19 shall not be effective;
(v) no Lender shall have the right to assign its rights in any
outstanding Term Loan; and
(vi) no Facility Fees shall accrue or be payable after the Termination
Date.
2.4 Interest Rate on Committed Advances. Each Borrower shall pay interest on
the unpaid principal amount of each of its Committed Advances from the
date of such Committed Advance until such principal amount is paid in
full, at the following rates per annum:
(i) during each period in which such Committed Advance is a Base Rate
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Advance, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate in
effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin, payable
quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July
and October and on the Termination Date, or, if such Borrower has
exercised the Term Loan Conversion Option, the Maturity Date, and
(ii) during each period in which such Committed Advance is a Eurodollar
Rate Advance, at a rate per annum equal at all times during each
relevant Interest Period for such Committed Advance to the
Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin,
payable on the last day of each such Interest Period, and if such
Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, quarterly
on each day during such Interest Period that is three months from
either (A) the first day of such Interest Period or (B) the last
such interest payment date and on the date such Committed Advance is
Converted or paid in full.
2.5 Bid Advances.
(a) Bid Advances Impact on Commitments. The Borrowers may make Bid Borrowings
from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date
hereof until the Termination Date in the manner set forth below, provided
that, following the making of each Bid Borrowing, the aggregate amount of
the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Lenders (computed without regard to the Bid Reduction).
As provided in Section 2.1 above, the aggregate amount of the Commitments
of the Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the
aggregate amount of the Bid Advances then outstanding, and such deemed use
of the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders
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ratably according to their respective Commitments; provided, however, that
any Lender's Bid Advances shall not otherwise reduce that Lender's
obligation to lend its pro rata share of the remaining Available
Commitments.
(b) Notice of Bid Borrowing. Any Borrower may request a Bid Borrowing by
delivering to the Agent a notice of a Bid Borrowing (a "Notice of Bid
Borrowing"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2, specifying the
following:
(i) the date and aggregate amount of the proposed Bid Borrowing,
(ii) the maturity date for repayment of each Bid Advance to be made as
part of such Bid Borrowing, which maturity date
(A) may not be later than 5 Business Days prior to the Termination
Date, but may otherwise be 7 days or more from the date of
such requested Bid Advance if the Borrower specifies in the
Notice of Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be
offered by the Lenders will be fixed rates per annum (a "Fixed
Rate Borrowing"), and
(B) shall be either 1, 2, 3, 6 or 9 months from the date of such
Bid Borrowing if the Borrower specifies in the Notice of Bid
Borrowing that such Bid Borrowing is to consist of Eurodollar
Rate Bid Advances (a "Eurodollar Rate Bid Borrowing"),
(iii) the interest payment date or dates relating thereto, and
(iv) any other terms to be applicable to such Bid Borrowing.
A Borrower requesting a Bid Borrowing shall deliver a Notice of Bid
Borrowing to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (A)
at least one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Bid Borrowing
if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to be a Fixed Rate Borrowing, and (B) at
least four Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Bid Borrowing,
if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Rate Bid Borrowing.
Every Notice of Bid Borrowing given by a Subsidiary Borrower must be
countersigned by an authorized representative of TBC, in order to evidence
the consent of TBC, in its sole discretion, to that proposed Bid
Borrowing. The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each
request for a Bid Borrowing by sending such Lender a copy of the related
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Notice of Bid Borrowing.
(c) Discretion as to Bid Advances. Each Lender may, in its sole discretion,
elect to irrevocably offer to make one or more Bid Advances to the
applicable Borrower as part of such proposed Bid Borrowing at a rate or
rates of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion (each
such rate of interest to be a fixed rate if the Borrower requested Fixed
Rate Advances or a margin over the Eurodollar Rate if the Borrower
requested Eurodollar Rate Bid Advances), by notifying the Agent (which
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Company and such Borrower), before
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) (A) on the date of such proposed Bid
Borrowing, if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to be a Fixed Rate Borrowing
and (B) three Business Days before the date of such proposed Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Notice of Bid Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar
Rate Bid Borrowing. In such notice the Lender shall specify the
following:
(i) the minimum amount and maximum amount of each Bid Advance which such
Lender would be willing to make as part of such proposed Bid
Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to the first proviso in this
Section 2.5(a), exceed such Lender's Commitment),
(ii) the rate or rates of interest therefor (specified as stated in this
paragraph (c)), and
(iii) such Lender's Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Bid
Advance;
provided that if the Agent in its capacity as a Lender, in its sole
discretion, elects to make any such offer, it shall notify such Borrower
and the Company of such offer before 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the
date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent by the
other Lenders. If, by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on
which notice of a Lender's election under this Section 2.5(c) is to be
made, the Agent fails to receive, at its address specified in Section 8.2,
a notice from a Lender provided for in this Section 2.5(c), the Agent
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may conclusively presume that such Lender has elected not to offer to make
any Bid Advances to such Borrower with respect to the related Notice of Bid
Borrowing.
(d) Borrower Selection of Lender Bids. The Borrower proposing the Bid
Borrowing shall, in turn, (A) before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the date of such proposed Bid Borrowing, in the case of a proposed Bid
Borrowing to be a Fixed Rate Borrowing, and (B) before 12:00 noon (New
York City time) three Business Days before the date of such proposed Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a proposed Bid Borrowing to be a Eurodollar Rate
Bid Borrowing, either:
(i) cancel such Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to that effect,
or
(ii) accept, in its sole discretion, one or more of the offers made by a
Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5(c), by giving notice to
the Agent of the amount of each Bid Advance (which amount shall be
equal to or greater than the minimum amount and equal to or less
than the maximum amount, notified to such Borrower by the Agent on
behalf of such Lender for such Bid Advance pursuant to Section
2.5(c)) to be made by each Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing, and
reject any remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to Section
2.5(c) by giving the Agent notice to that effect; provided that
offers will be accepted, if at all, in order of lowest to highest
interest rates, and, if two or more Lenders bid at the same rate,
the Bid Borrowing with respect to such rate will be allocated among
such Lenders in proportion to the amount bid by each such Lender.
If the Borrower proposing the Bid Borrowing notifies the Agent that
such Bid Borrowing is canceled pursuant to Section 2.5(d)(i), the
Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such Bid Borrowing
shall not be made.
(e) Bid Borrowing. If the Borrower proposing the Bid Borrowing accepts one
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or more of the offers made by a Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5(d)
(ii), the Agent shall in turn promptly
(i) notify each Lender that has made an offer as described in
Section 2.5(c), of the date and aggregate amount of
such Bid Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by such
Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(c) have been accepted by such Borrower,
(ii) notify each Lender that is to make a Bid Advance, as part of such Bid
Borrowing, of the amount of each Bid Advance to be made by such Lender
as part of such Bid Borrowing, and
(iii) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in 5.3 or 5.6, as
applicable, notify each Lender that is to make a Bid Advance as part
of such Bid Borrowing that the applicable conditions set forth in
Article 5 appear to have been satisfied.
When each Lender that is to make a Bid Advance as part of such Bid
Borrowing has received notice from the Agent pursuant to clause (iii) of
the preceding sentence, such Lender shall, before 1:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the date of such Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received
from the Agent pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, make
available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at
the Agent's Account such Lender's portion of such Bid Borrowing, in same
day funds. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article 5 and after receipt by the Agent of such funds, the Agent will
make such funds available to the relevant Borrower at an account specified
by such Borrower. Promptly after each Bid Borrowing the Agent shall
notify each Lender of the amount of the Bid Borrowing, the consequent Bid
Reduction, and the dates upon which such Bid Reduction commenced and will
terminate.
(f) If the Borrower proposing such Bid Borrowing notifies the Agent pursuant
to Section 2.5(d)(ii) above that it accepts one or more of the offers made
by any Lender or Lenders, such notice of acceptance shall be irrevocable
and binding on such Borrower. Such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
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against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of
any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in the related
Notice of Bid Borrowing for such Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions
set forth in Article 5, including, without limitation, any loss (but
excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason
of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Lender to fund the Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of
such Bid Borrowing when such Bid Advance, as a result of such failure, is
not made on such date.
(g) Amount of Bid Borrowings. Each Notice of Bid Borrowing shall request an
aggregate amount of Bid Advances not less than $10,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, provided that a Borrower may
accept offers aggregating less than $10,000,000 and offers which are not
an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and provided further that, as provided
in Section 2.5(a), following the making of each Bid Borrowing, the
aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders (computed without
regard to the Bid Reduction). Within the limits and on the conditions set
forth in this Section 2.5, the Borrowers may from time to time borrow
under this Section 2.5, repay pursuant to Section 2.5(g), and reborrow
under this Section 2.5, provided that a Bid Borrowing shall not be made
within three Business Days of the date of any other Bid Borrowing.
(h) Repayment of Bid Advances. On the maturity date of each Bid Advance
specified by the relevant Borrower for repayment of such Bid Advance in
the related Notice of Bid Borrowing, the Borrower shall repay to the Agent
for the account of the Lender which has made such Bid Advance the then
unpaid principal amount of such Bid Advance. The Borrowers shall have no
right to prepay any principal amount of any Bid Advance.
(i) Interest on Bid Advances; Bid Notes. The relevant Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Bid Advance, from the date
of such Bid Advance to the date the principal amount of such Bid Advance
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is repaid in full, at the fixed rate of interest specified by the Lender
making such Fixed Rate Advance in its notice with respect thereto
delivered pursuant to Section 2.5(c) or, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Bid Advance, the margin specified by the Lender making such Bid Advance in
its notice with respect thereto plus the Eurodollar Rate determined with
respect to such Bid Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10, payable on the
interest payment date or dates specified by the Borrower for such Bid
Advance in the related Notice of Bid Borrowing. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the applicable Borrower
shall pay interest on the amount of unpaid principal of and interest on
each Bid Advance owing to a Lender, payable in arrears on the date or
dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate per annum equal at all times
to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Bid
Advance under the terms of the Bid Note evidencing such Bid Advance unless
otherwise agreed in such Bid Note. The indebtedness of the applicable
Borrower resulting from each Bid Advance made to the Borrower as part of a
Bid Borrowing shall be evidenced by a separate Bid Note of such Borrower
payable to the order of the Lender making such Bid Advance, which Bid Note
shall be returned to the Borrower upon payment in full of such Bid
Advance.
2.6 Lender Assignment or Sale. Any Lender may, without the prior written
consent of the Borrowers, sell or assign all or any part of such Lender's
rights in any or all of the Bid Advances made by such Lender or in the Bid
Notes in connection with such Bid Advances as a participation, provided,
however, that
(i) any such sale or assignment shall not require any Borrower to file a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
or apply to qualify the Advances or the Notes under the blue sky
laws of any state, and the selling or assigning Lender shall
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otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws
applicable to such transaction,
(ii) no purchaser or assignee in such a transaction shall thereby become
a "Lender" for any purpose under this Agreement,
(iii) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment to the Borrowers) shall remain unchanged,
(iv) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, and
(v) the Borrowers, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement.
2.7 Fees. TBC agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a
facility fee ("Facility Fee") on such Lender's Commitment, without regard
to usage. The Facility Fee shall be payable for the periods from the date
hereof in the case of each Lender named in Schedule I, and from the
effective date on which any other Lender becomes party hereto, until the
Termination Date (or such earlier date on which such Lender ceases to be a
party hereto) at the rate of .04% per annum. Facility Fees shall be
payable in arrears on each January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 during
the term of this Agreement until and on the Termination Date. The amount
of the Facility Fee payable on October 1, 2000 and on the Termination Date
shall be prorated based on the actual number of days elapsed either since
the date hereof (in the case of the October 1, 2000 payment) or since the
date on which the last payment in respect of the Facility Fee was made (in
the case of the payment made on the Termination Date).
2.8 Reduction of the Commitments.
(a) Optional Reductions. TBC shall have the right, upon at least 3 Business
Days' notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part
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the unused portions of the Commitments, provided that each partial
reduction shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and provided further that the
aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not be reduced to an amount
which is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Bid Advances then
outstanding.
(b) Mandatory Reduction. At the close of business on the Termination Date,
the aggregate Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced,
on a pro rata basis, by an amount equal to the amount by which the
aggregate Commitments immediately prior to giving effect to such reduction
exceed the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Committed Advances
then outstanding.
2.9 Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances. Each
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender is required under
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to
maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance of such Lender to
such Borrower, from the date of such Committed Advance until such principal
amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum for each Interest
Period equal to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the Eurodollar Rate
for such Interest Period for such Committed Advance from (ii) the rate
obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus
the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest
Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Committed
Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such Lender and
notified to the relevant Borrowers through the Agent.
2.10 Eurodollar Interest Rate Determination.
(a) Methods to Determine Eurodollar Rate. The Agent shall determine the
Eurodollar Rate for each Eurodollar Rate Advance by using the methods
described in the definition of the term "Eurodollar Rate," and shall give
prompt notice to the relevant Borrowers and the Lenders of each such
Eurodollar Rate.
(b) Role of Reference Banks. In the event the Eurodollar Rate cannot
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be determined by the first method described in the definition of
"Eurodollar Rate," each Reference Bank shall furnish to the Agent timely
information for the purpose of determining the Eurodollar Rate in accordance
with the second method described therein. If any one or more of the
Reference Banks does not furnish such timely information to the Agent for the
purpose of determining a Eurodollar Rate, the Agent shall determine such
interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks. In the event the rate cannot be determined by either of the
methods described in the definition of "Eurodollar Rate," then:
(i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that
the interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurodollar Rate
Advances,
(ii) each such Advance, if a Committed Advance, will automatically, on
the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into a Base Rate Advance (or if the Borrower was attempting to
Convert a Base Rate Advance into a Eurodollar Rate Committed
Advance, such Advance will continue as a Base Rate Advance), and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Bid Advances,
or to make, or to Convert Base Rate Advances into, Eurodollar Rate
Committed Advances shall be suspended until the Agent notifies the
Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist.
(c) Inadequate Eurodollar Rate. If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate
Committed Advances, the Majority Lenders notify the Agent that the
Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for such Committed Advances will
not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority Lenders of making,
funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances
for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the relevant
Borrowers and the Lenders, whereupon
(i) each such Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance will automatically,
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on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and
(ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Base Rate
Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances shall be suspended
until the Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
(d) Absence of an Interest Period on a Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance. If
a Borrower fails to select the duration of an Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance in accordance with the provisions
contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section 1.1, the Agent
will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders and such Committed
Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest
Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances.
2.11 Voluntary Conversion of Committed Advances. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 2.10 and 2.15, any Borrower may Convert all such
Borrower's Committed Advances of one Type constituting the same Committed
Borrowing into Advances of the other Type on any Business Day, upon notice
given to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion; provided,
however, that the Conversion of a Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance into a
Base Rate Advance may be made on, and only on, the last day of an Interest
Period for such Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance. Each such notice of a
Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify
(i) the date of such Conversion,
(ii) the Committed Advances to be Converted, and
(iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances, the
duration of the Interest Period for each such Committed Advance.
2.12 Prepayments. Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from
time to time, upon prior written notice from such Borrower to the Agent,
to prepay its outstanding principal obligations with respect to its
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Committed Advances in whole or ratably in part (except as provided in
Section 2.15 or 2.19), provided that every notice of prepayment given by a
Subsidiary Borrower must be countersigned by an authorized representative
of TBC, in order to evidence the consent of TBC, in its sole discretion,
to that prepayment. Such prepaying Borrower may be obligated to make
certain prepayments of obligations with respect to one or more Committed
Advances subject to and in accordance with this Section 2.12.
(a) Base Rate Borrowings Prepayments. With respect to Base Rate Borrowings,
such prepayment shall be without premium or penalty, upon notice given to
the Agent, and shall be made not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the date of such prepayment. The Borrower shall designate in
such notice the amount and date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on
the amount so prepaid shall be payable on the first Business Day of the
calendar quarter next following the prepayment. The minimum amount of
Base Rate Borrowings which may be prepaid on any occasion shall be
$10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or, if
less, the total amount of Base Rate Advances then outstanding for that
Borrower.
(b) Eurodollar Rate Committed Borrowings Prepayments. With respect to
Eurodollar Rate Committed Borrowings, such prepayment shall be made on at
least 3 Business Days' prior written notice to the Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. (New York City time), and if such notice is given the
applicable Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the
Committed Advances constituting part of the same Committed Borrowing in
whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of
such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid. The minimum amount of
Eurodollar Rate Committed Borrowings which may be prepaid on any occasion
shall be $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof or, if less, the total amount of Eurodollar Rate Committed
Advances then outstanding for that Borrower.
(c) Additional Prepayment Payments. The prepaying Borrower shall, on the date
of the prepayment, pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender
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interest accrued to such date of prepayment on the principal amount
prepaid plus, in the case only of a prepayment on any date which is not
the last day of an applicable Eurodollar Interest Period, any amounts
which may be required to compensate such Lender for any losses or out-of-
pocket costs or expenses (including any loss, cost or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds, but
excluding loss of anticipated profits) incurred by such Lender as a result
of such prepayment, provided that such Lender shall exercise reasonable
efforts to minimize any such losses, costs and expenses.
(d) Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance Prepayment Expense. If, due to the
acceleration of any of the Committed Advances pursuant to Section 6.2(b),
an assignment, repayment or prepayment under Section 2.19 or 2.20 or
otherwise, any Lender receives payment of its portion of, or is subject to
any Conversion from, any Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance on any day
other than the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such
Committed Advance, the relevant Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the
account of such Lender any amounts which may be payable to such Lender by
such Borrower by reason of payment on such day as provided in Section
2.12(c).
2.13 Increases in Costs.
(a) Costs from Law or Authorities. If, due to either
(1) the introduction of, or any change (other than, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, a change by way of imposition or an
increase of reserve requirements described in Section 2.9) in, or
new interpretation of, any law or regulation effective at any time
and from time to time on or after the date hereof, or
(2) the compliance with any guideline or the request from or by any central
bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law),there is an increase in the cost incurred by a Lender in agreeing to
make or making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance
or Eurodollar Rate Bid Advance then or at any time thereafter outstanding
(excluding for purposes of this Section 2.13 any such increased costs
resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.14 shall
govern) and (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or
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overall gross income by the United States or by the foreign jurisdiction
or state under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its
Applicable Lending Office (or any political subdivision thereof), then TBC
shall from time to time, upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such
demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender such
amounts as are required to compensate such Lender for such increased cost,
provided that such Lender shall exercise reasonable efforts (consistent
with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to
minimize any such increased cost and provided further that the Borrowers
shall not be required to pay any such compensation with respect to any
period prior to the 90th day before the date of any such demand, unless
such introduction, change, compliance or request shall have retroactive
effect to a date prior to such 90th day. A certificate as to the amount of
such increase in cost, submitted to the relevant Borrowers and the Agent
by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under
this Section 2.13(a), absent manifest error.
(b) Increased Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that compliance
with any law or regulation or any guidelines or request from any central
bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law) which is enacted, adopted or issued at any time and from time to time
after the date hereof affects or would affect the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Lender (or any corporation
controlling such Lender) and that the amount of such capital is increased
by or based upon the existence of such Lender's Commitment and other
commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), the Borrowers shall immediately pay to the
Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by
such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender in
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the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender reasonably
determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of
such Lender's Commitment, provided that such Lender shall exercise
reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to minimize any such compensation payable by the
Borrowers hereunder and provided further that the Borrowers shall not be
required to pay any such compensation with respect to any period prior to
the 90th day before the date of any such demand, unless such introduction,
change, compliance or request shall have retroactive effect to a date
prior to such 90th day. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the
relevant Borrowers and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Borrower Rights Upon Cost Increases. Upon receipt of notice from any
Lender claiming compensation pursuant to this Section 2.13 or Section 2.14
and as long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, TBC shall have
the right, on or before the 30th day after the date of receipt of any such
notice,
(i) to arrange for one or more Lenders or other commercial banks to
assume the Commitment of such Lender; subject, however, to payment
to the Agent by the assignor or the assignee of a processing and
recording fee of $3,500, in the event the assuming lender is not a
Lender; or
(ii) to arrange for the Commitment of such Lender to be terminated and
all Committed Advances owed to such Lender to be prepaid;
and, in either case, subject to payment in full of all principal,
accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts payable under this
Agreement and then owing to such Lender immediately prior to the
assignment or termination of the Commitment of such Lender.
2.14 Taxes.
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(a) Exclusion and Inclusion of Taxes. Any and all payments by each Borrower
hereunder or with respect to any Advances or under any Notes shall be made,
in accordance with Section 2.16, free and clear of and without deduction for
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the
case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes that are imposed on its overall net
income by the United States and taxes that are imposed on its overall net
income (and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof) by the state or foreign
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case
may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of
each Lender, taxes that are imposed on its overall net income ( and franchise
taxes imposed in lieu thereof) by the state or foreign jurisdiction of such
Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all
such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings
and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or with respect to any
Advances or under any Notes, hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If any
Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect to
any sum payable hereunder or with respect to any Advances or under any Note
to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) such Lender or
the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes. In addition, each Borrower shall pay any present
or future stamp, documentary, excise, property or similar taxes, charges,
or levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or with respect to
any Advances and under any Notes or from the execution, delivery or
registration of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this
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Agreement or any Notes ( "Other Taxes").
(c) Indemnification as to Taxes. Each Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
and the Agent for and hold it harmless against the full amount of Taxes
and Other Taxes, and for the full amount of taxes of any kind imposed by
any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.14, imposed on or
paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (
including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from
the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor.
(d) Evidence of or Exemption from Taxes. Within 30 days after the date of any
payment of Taxes, the Borrower which paid such Taxes shall furnish to the
Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.2, the original or a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment. In the case of any
payment hereunder or with respect to the Advances or under any Notes by or
on behalf of any Borrower through an account or branch outside the United
States or by or on behalf of any Borrower by a payor that is not a United
States person, if the Borrower determines that no taxes are payable in
respect thereof, such Borrower shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to
furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable
to the Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes
of this subsection (d) and subsection (e), the terms "United States" and
"United States person" have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Non-U.S. Lenders. Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the United States shall, on or prior to the date of its execution
and delivery of this Agreement (in the case of each Lender listed in
Schedule I), and from the date on which any other Lender becomes a party
hereto (in the case of each other Lender), and from time to time
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thereafter as requested in writing by TBC (but only so long thereafter as
such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), provide each of the Agent and
TBC with two original Internal Revenue Service forms W-8BEN or W-8EC1, as
appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, to establish that such Lender is not subject to, or is entitled
to a reduced rate of, United States withholding tax on payments pursuant
to this Agreement or with respect to any Advances or any Notes. If the
forms provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party
to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate
in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered
excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the appropriate
form certifying that a lower rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at
such lower rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods
governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at the date on which a
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled
to payments under subsection 2.14(a) in respect of United States
withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such
extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes
that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in
Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to
the Lender assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to in
this subsection 2.14(e) requires the disclosure of information, other than
information necessary to compute the tax payable and information required
on the date hereof by Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN or W-8EC1, that
the Lender reasonably considers to be confidential, the Lender shall give
notice thereof to the relevant Borrowers and shall not be obligated to
include in such form or document confidential information.
(f) Lender Failure to Provide IRS Forms. For any period with respect to which
any Lender has failed to provide TBC with the appropriate form described
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in subsection 2.14(e) (other than if such failure is due to a change in
law occurring after the date on which a form originally was required to be
provided or if such form otherwise is not required under subsection
2.14(e)), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under
subsection (a) or (c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States
by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should a Lender become
subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required
hereunder, TBC shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably
request to assist such Lender to recover such Taxes.
2.15 Illegality. If any Lender shall notify the Agent that either
(a) there is any introduction of, or change in or in the interpretation
of, any law or regulation that in the opinion of counsel for such
Lender in the relevant jurisdiction makes it unlawful, or
(b) any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is
unlawful
for such Lender to continue to fund or maintain any Eurodollar Rate
Advances or to perform its obligations hereunder with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, then, upon the issuance of such
opinion of counsel or such assertion by a central bank or other
governmental authority, the Agent shall give notice of such opinion or
assertion to the Borrowers (accompanied by such opinion, if applicable).
The Borrowers shall forthwith either
(i) prepay in full all Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances and all
Eurodollar Rate Bid Advances made by such Lender, with accrued
interest thereon or
(ii) Convert each such Eurodollar Rate Committed Advance made by such
Lender into a Base Rate Advance.
Upon such prepayment or Conversion, the obligation of such Lender to make
Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances or Eurodollar Rate Bid Advances, or to
Convert Committed Advances into Eurodollar Rate Committed Advances, shall
be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrowers that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exists.
2.16 Payments and Computations.
(a) Time and Distribution of Payments. The Borrowers shall make each payment
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hereunder and with respect to any Advances or under any Notes not later
than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars
to the Agent at the Agent's Account in same day funds. The Agent shall
promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the
payment of principal or interest or fees ratably (other than amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.9, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 or 2.19) to the
Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices,
and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any
Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in
each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
From and after the effective date of an assignment pursuant to Section
2.20, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and with respect to any
Advances or under any Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to
the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such assignment shall
make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for the periods prior to
such effective date directly between themselves.
(b) Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest based on
the Base Rate shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be. All computations of interest based on the
Eurodollar Rate or the Federal Funds Rate and of Facility Fees shall be
made by the Agent, and all computations of interest pursuant to Section
2.9 shall be made by a Lender, on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each
case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding
the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are
payable. Each determination by the Agent (or, in the case of Section 2.9,
by a Lender) of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Payment Due Dates. Whenever any payment hereunder or with respect to any
Advances or under any Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other
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than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
the computation of payment of interest or fee, as the case may be; provided,
however, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of
Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month,
such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(d) Presumption of Borrower Payment. Unless the Agent receives notice from a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to any Lenders
hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent
may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on
such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be
distributed to each such Lender on such due date an amount equal to the
amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that such Borrower has
not made such payment in full to the Agent, each such Lender shall repay
to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount
to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
2.17 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender obtains any payment
(whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-
off, or otherwise) on account of the Committed Advances made by it (other
than pursuant to Sections 2.9, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 or 2.19), in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of the Committed Advances obtained by
all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other
Lenders such participations in the Committed Advances made by them as
shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess
payment ratably with each of them, provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each other Lender shall be rescinded
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and each such other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount
equal to such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i)
the amount of such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so
recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid
or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so
recovered. The Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.17 may, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment
(including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as
fully as if such Lender were a creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of
such participation.
2.18 Evidence of Debt.
(a) Lender Records; If Notes Required. Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Committed
Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder in respect of Committed Advances. Each Borrower shall, upon
notice by any Lender to such Borrower (with a copy of such notice to the
Agent) to the effect that a Committed Note is required or appropriate in
order for such Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge,
enforcement or otherwise) the Committed Advances owing to, or to be made
by, such Lender, such Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such
Lender a Committed Note payable to the order of such Lender in a principal
amount up to the Commitment of such Lender.
(b) Record of Borrowings, Payables and Payments. The Register maintained by
the Agent pursuant to Section 2.20(d) shall include a control account, and
a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts (taken together)
shall be recorded
(i) the date and amount of each Borrowing made hereunder to each
Borrower, the Type of Advances constituting such Borrowing and,
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if appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(ii) the terms of each assignment pursuant to Section 2.20,
(iii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become
due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder, and
(iv) the amount of any sum received by the Agent from a Borrower
hereunder and each Lender's share thereof.
(c) Evidence of Payment Obligations. Entries made in good faith by the Agent
in the Register pursuant to subsection (b) above, and by each Lender in
its account or accounts pursuant to subsection (a) above, shall be prima
facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or
to become due and payable from a Borrower to, in the case of the Register,
each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender,
under this Agreement, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the
failure of the Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that
an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall
not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrowers under this
Agreement.
2.19 Alteration of Commitments and Addition of Lenders.
(a) Alter Lender Commitment. By a written agreement executed only by TBC, the
Agent and the affected Lender and any non-party lender involved,
(i) the Commitment of such affected Lender may be increased to the
amount set forth in such agreement;
(ii) such non-party lender may be added as a Lender with a Commitment as
set forth in such agreement, provided that such lender agrees to be
bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and
(iii) the unused portion of the Commitment of such affected Lender may be
reduced or terminated and the Committed Advances owing to such
Lender may be prepaid in whole or in part, all as set forth in such
agreement.
(b) Conditions to Alteration. The Agent may execute any such agreement
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without the prior consent of any Lender other than the Lender affected,
provided, however, that if at the time the Agent proposes to execute such
agreement either (A) TBC's long-term senior unsecured debt is rated lower
than A- by S&P or lower than A3 by Xxxxx'x or (B) a Default has occurred
and is continuing, then the Agent shall not execute any such agreement
unless it has first obtained the prior written consent of the Majority
Lenders, and provided further that the Agent shall not execute any such
agreement without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders if
such agreement would increase the total of the Commitments to an amount in
excess of $1,500,000,000 or, pursuant to Section 2.19(c), $1,700,000,000.
(c) Increase Total Commitment. The Company has the right, once prior to the
initial Termination Date (and, if the Termination Date is extended
pursuant to Section 2.21, once following such extension), to increase the
total of the Commitments through a Request for Alteration, in minimum
increments of $50,000,000, up to a maximum aggregate of Commitments of
$1,700,000,000, provided that, in addition to the requirements specified
in Section 2.19(b), at the time of and after giving effect to an increase,
TBC's long-term senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced debt ratings from
Xxxxx'x and S&P are better than or equal to A3 and A-, respectively. The
Company may offer the increases to
(i) the Lenders, and each Lender shall have the right, but no
obligation, to increase its Commitment, by giving notice thereof to
the Agent, to all or a portion of the proposed increase (the
"Proposed Increased Commitment"), allocations to be based on the
ratio of each Lender's Proposed Increased Commitment, if any, to the
aggregate of all Proposed Increased Commitments, and
(ii) third party financial institutions acceptable to the Agent, provided
that the minimum commitment of each such institution equals or
exceeds $50,000,000.
(d) Request for Alteration. The Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of
any such agreement becoming effective. All requests for Lender consent
under the provisions of this Section 2.19 shall specify the date upon
which any such increase, addition, reduction, termination, or prepayment
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shall become effective (the "Effective Date") and shall be made by means
of a Request for Alteration substantially in the form as set forth in
Exhibit C. On the Effective Date on which the Commitment of any Lender is
increased, decreased, terminated or created or on which prepayment is
made, all as described in such Request for Alteration, the Borrowers or
such Lender, as the case may be, shall make available to the Agent not
later than 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, in same day
funds, the amount, if any, which may be required (and the Agent shall
distribute such funds received by it to the Borrowers or to such Lenders,
as the case may be) so that at the close of business on such date the sum
of the Committed Advances of each Lender then outstanding shall be in the
same proportion to the total of the Committed Advances of all the Lenders
then outstanding as the Commitment of such Lender is to the total of the
Commitments. The Agent shall give each Lender notice of the amount to be
made available by, or to be distributed to, such Lender at least 3
Business Days before such payment is made.
2.20 Assignments; Sales of Participations and Other Interests in
Advances.
(a) Assignment of Lender Obligations. From time to time each Lender may, with
the prior written consent of TBC and subject to the qualifications set
forth below, assign to one or more Lenders or an Eligible Assignee all or
any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Committed
Advances owing to it and the Committed Note, if any, held by it) and will,
at any time, if arranged by the Company pursuant to clause (i)(A) below
upon at least 30 days' notice to such Lender and the Agent, assign to one
or more Eligible Assignees all of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including without limitation, all of its Commitment, the
Committed Advances owing to it and the Committed Note, if any, held by
it); subject to the following:
(i) If such Lender notifies TBC and the Agent of its intent to request
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the consent of TBC to an assignment, TBC shall have the right, for
30 days after receipt of such notice and so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, in its sole discretion
either (A) to arrange for one or more Eligible Assignees to accept
such assignment (a "Required Assignment") or (B) to arrange for the
rights and obligations of such Lender (including, without
limitation, such Lender's Commitment), and the total Commitments, to
be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such Lender's
Commitment proposed to be assigned and, in connection with such
reduction, to prepay that portion of the Committed Advances owing to
such Lender which it proposes to assign;
(ii) If TBC fails to notify such Lender within 30 days of TBC's receipt
of such Lender's request for consent to assignment that TBC has
arranged for an assumption or reduction of the portion of Commitment
to be assigned, the Borrowers shall be deemed to consent to the
proposed assignment;
(iii) Any such assignment shall not require any Borrower to file a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
or apply to qualify the interests in the Committed Advances under
the blue sky laws of any state and the assigning Lender shall
otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws
applicable to such assignment;
(iv) The amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned
pursuant to any such assignment (determined as of the date of the
assignment) shall either (A) equal 50% of all such rights and
obligations (or 100% in the case of a Required Assignment) or (B)
not be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof;
(v) The aggregate amount of the Commitment assigned pursuant to all such
assignments of such Lender (after giving effect to such assignment)
shall in no event exceed 50% (except in the case of a Required
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Assignment) of all such Lender's Commitment (as set forth in
Schedule I, in the case of each Lender that is a party hereto as of
September 27, 2000, or as set forth in the Register as the aggregate
Commitment assigned to such Lender pursuant to one or more
assignments, in the case of any assignee); and
(vi) No Lender shall be obligated to make a Required Assignment unless
such Lender has received payments in an aggregate amount at least
equal to the outstanding principal amount of all Committed Advances
being assigned, together with accrued interest thereon to the date
of payment of such principal amount and all other amounts payable to
such Lender under this Agreement (including without limitation
Section 2.12(b), provided that such Lender shall receive its pro
rata share of the Facility Fee on the next date on which the
Facility Fee is payable).
(b) Effect of Lender Assignment. From and after the effective date of any
assignment pursuant to Section 2.20(a), (i) the assignee thereunder shall
be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been assigned to it pursuant to such assignment, it shall have the
rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder except that such assignee may
not elect to assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
acquired by such assignment for a period of nine months following the
effective date specified in such assignment and (ii) the Lender assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have
been assigned by it pursuant to such assignment, relinquish its rights
(other than its rights under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.19 to the extent any
claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and
be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of
an assignment 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).
(c) Security Interest; Assignment to Lender Affiliate. Notwithstanding any
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other provision in this Agreement, any Lender may, upon prior or
contemporaneous notice to TBC and the Agent, at any time (i) create a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including without limitation, the Advances owing to it and the Notes held
by it, if any) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with
Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and
(ii) assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its
Commitment, the Committed Advances owing to it and the Committed Note held
by it, if any) to an Affiliate of such Lender unless the result of such an
assignment would be to increase the cost to any Borrowers of requesting,
borrowing, continuing, maintaining, paying or converting any Advances.
(d) Agent's Register. The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in
Section 8.2 a copy of each assignment delivered to and accepted by it and
a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders
and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Committed Advances of
each Borrower owing to, each Lender from time to time (the "Register").
The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent and the
Lenders may treat each entity whose name is recorded in the Register as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall
be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Upon
receipt by the Agent from the assigning Lender of an assignment in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent executed by an assigning Lender
and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together
with evidence of each Committed Advance subject to such assignment, and a
processing and recording fee of $3,500 (payable by either the assignor or
the assignee), the Agent shall, if such assignment is a Required
Assignment or has been consented to by the Borrowers to the extent
required by Section 2.20(a) or has been effected pursuant to Section
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2.21(c), (i) accept such assignment, (ii) record the information contained
therein in the Register, and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to TBC.
(e) Lender Sale of Participations. Each Lender may sell participations in all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments, the
Advances owing to it and the Notes held by it, if any) to one or more
Affiliates of such Lender or to one or more other commercial banks;
provided, however, that
(i) any such participation shall not require any Borrowers to file a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
or apply to qualify any interests in the Advances or any Notes under
the blue sky laws of any state and the Lender selling or granting
such participation shall otherwise comply with all federal and state
securities laws applicable to such transaction,
(ii) no purchaser of such a participation shall be considered to be a
"Lender" for any purpose under the Agreement,
(iii) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment to the Borrowers) shall remain unchanged,
(iv) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations,
(v) such Lender shall remain the holder of any Notes issued with respect
to its Advances for all purposes of this Agreement, and
(vi) the Borrowers, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Confidential Borrower Information. Any Lender may, in connection with any
assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation
pursuant to this Section 2.20, disclose to the assignee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the
Borrowers furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers;
provided, however, that, prior to any such disclosure of Confidential
Information, such Lender shall obtain the written consent of the
Borrowers, and the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any such
Confidential Information received by it from such Lender except as
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disclosure may be required or appropriate to governmental authorities,
pursuant to legal process, or by law or governmental regulation or
authority.
2.21 Extension of Termination Date.
(a) Extension Request. TBC may, on behalf of itself and the Subsidiary
Borrowers, by written notice to the Agent in the form of Exhibit E (each
such notice being an "Extension Request") given no earlier than 60 days
and no later than 45 days prior to the then applicable Termination Date,
request that the then applicable Termination Date be extended to a date
364 days after the then applicable Termination Date; provided, however,
that the Borrowers shall not have exercised the Term Loan Conversion
Option for Committed Advances outstanding on such Termination Date prior
to such time. Such extension shall be effective with respect to each
Lender which, by a written notice in the form of Exhibit F (a
"Continuation Notice") to TBC and the Agent given no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 20 days prior to the then applicable Termination Date,
consents, in its sole discretion, to such extension (each Lender giving a
Continuation Notice being referred to sometimes as a "Continuing Lender"
and each Lender other than a Continuing Lender being a "Non-Extending
Lender"), provided, however, that such extension shall be effective only
if the aggregate Commitments of the Continuing Lenders are not less than
51% of the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders on the date of the
Extension Request. No Lender shall have any obligation to consent to any
such extension of the Termination Date. The Agent shall notify each
Lender of the receipt of an Extension Request within three (3) Business
Days after receipt thereof. The Agent shall notify the Company and the
Lenders no later than 15 days prior to the then applicable Termination
Date whether the Agent has received Continuation Notices from Lenders
holding at least 51% of the aggregate Commitments on the date of the
Extension Request.
(b) Non-Extending Lenders. The Commitment of each Non-Extending Lender shall
terminate at the close of business on the Termination Date in effect prior
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to the delivery of such Extension Request without giving any effect to
such proposed extension, and on such Termination Date TBC shall take one
of the following three actions:
(i) Replace the Non-Extending Lenders pursuant to Section 2.21(c); or
(ii) Pay or cause to be paid to the Agent, for the account of the Non-
Extending Lenders, an amount equal to the Non-Extending Lenders'
Committed Advances, together with accrued but unpaid interest and
fees thereon and all other amounts then payable hereunder to the
Non-Extending Lenders; or
(iii) By giving notice to the Agent no later than three days prior to the
Termination Date in effect prior to the delivery of such Extension
Request, elect not to extend the Termination Date beyond the then
applicable Termination Date, and in this event the Borrowers may in
their sole discretion repay any amount of the Committed Advances
then outstanding or exercise the Term Loan Conversion Option with
respect to the Committed Advances outstanding on the Termination
Date in accordance with Section 2.3.
(c) Replacement Lenders. A Non-Extending Lender shall be obligated, at the
request of TBC, to assign at any time prior to the close of business on
the Termination Date applicable to such Non-Extending Lender all of its
rights (other than rights that would survive the termination of the
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.3) and obligations hereunder to one or
more Lenders or other commercial banks nominated by TBC and willing to
become Lenders in place of such Non-Extending Lender (the "Replacement
Lenders"). In order to qualify as a Replacement Lender, a Lender or
lender must satisfy all of the requirements of this Agreement (including
without limitation the terms of Section 2.20 relating to Required
Assignments). Such obligation of each Non-Extending Lenders is subject to
such Non-Extending Lender's receiving (i) payment in full from the
Replacement Lenders of the principal amount of all Advances owing to such
Non-Extending Lender immediately prior to an assignment to the Replacement
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Lenders and (ii) payment in full from the relevant Borrowers of all
accrued interest and fees and other amounts payable hereunder and then
owing to such Non-Extending Lender immediately prior to the assignment to
the Replacement Lenders. Upon such assignment, the Non-Extending Lender
shall no longer be a Lender, such Replacement Lender shall become a
Continuing Lender, and the Agent shall make appropriate entries in the
Register to reflect the foregoing.
2.22 Subsidiary Borrowers.
(a) Subsidiary Borrower Designation. TBC may at any time, and from time to
time, by delivery to the Agent of a Borrower Subsidiary Letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, duly executed by TBC and the
respective Subsidiary, designate such Subsidiary as a "Subsidiary
Borrower" for purposes of this Agreement, and such Subsidiary shall
thereupon become a "Subsidiary Borrower" for purposes of this Agreement
and, as such, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Borrower
hereunder. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each such
designation by TBC and the identity of the designated Subsidiary.
(b) TBC Consent to Subsidiary Borrower Borrowings and Notices. No Advances
shall be made to a Subsidiary Borrower, and no Conversion of any Advances
at the request of a Subsidiary Borrower shall be effective, without, in
each and every instance, the prior consent of TBC, in its sole discretion,
which shall be evidenced by the countersignature of TBC to the relevant
Notice of Borrowing or notice of Conversion. In addition, no notices
which are to be delivered by a Borrower hereunder shall be effective, with
respect to any Subsidiary Borrower, unless the notice is countersigned by
TBC.
(c) Subsidiary Borrower Termination Event. The occurrence of any of the
following events with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower shall constitute
a "Subsidiary Borrower Termination Event" with respect to such Subsidiary
Borrower:
(i) such Subsidiary Borrower ceases to be a Subsidiary;
(ii) such Subsidiary Borrower is liquidated or dissolved;
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(iii) such Subsidiary Borrower fails to preserve and maintain its
existence or makes any material change in the nature of its business
as carried out on the date such Subsidiary Borrower became a
Borrower hereunder;
(iv) such Subsidiary Borrower merges or consolidates with or into another
Person, or conveys, transfers, leases, or otherwise disposes of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired) to any Person (except that a Subsidiary Borrower may merge
into or dispose of assets to another Borrower);
(v) any of the "Events of Default" described in Section 6.1(a) through
(f) occurs to or with respect to such Subsidiary Borrower as if such
Subsidiary Borrower were "TBC"; or
(vi) the Guaranty with respect to such Subsidiary Borrower ceases, for
any reason, to be valid and binding on TBC or TBC so states in
writing.
(d) Terminated Subsidiary Borrower. Upon the occurrence of a Subsidiary
Borrower Termination Event with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower, such
Subsidiary Borrower (a "Terminated Subsidiary Borrower") shall cease to be
a Borrower for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer be entitled
to request or borrow Advances hereunder. All outstanding Advances of a
Terminated Subsidiary Borrower shall be automatically due and payable as
of the date on which the Subsidiary Borrower Termination Event of such
Terminated Subsidiary Borrower occurred, together with accrued interest
thereon and any other amounts then due and payable by that Borrower
hereunder, unless, in the case of a Subsidiary Borrower Termination Event
described in paragraph (iv) of Section 2.22(c), the other Person party to
the transaction is a Borrower and such other Borrower has assumed in
writing all of the outstanding Advances and other obligations under this
Agreement and under the Notes, if any, of the Terminated Subsidiary
Borrower.
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(e) TBC as Subsidiary Borrowers' Agent. Each of the Subsidiary Borrowers
hereby appoints and authorizes TBC to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated
to TBC by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto.
(f) Subsidiaries' Several Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, each of the Subsidiary Borrowers shall be
severally liable for the liabilities and obligations of such Subsidiary
Borrower under this Agreement and its Borrowings, and Notes, if any. No
Subsidiary Borrower shall be liable for the obligations of any other
Borrower under this Agreement or any Borrowings of any other Borrower or
any other Borrower's Notes, if any. Each Subsidiary Borrower shall be
severally liable for all payments of the principal of and interest on
Advances to such Subsidiary Borrower, and any other amounts due hereunder
that are specifically allocable to such Subsidiary Borrower or the
Advances to such Subsidiary Borrower. With respect to any amounts due
hereunder, including fees, that are not specifically allocable to a
particular Borrower, each Borrower shall be liable for such amount pro
rata in the same proportion as such Borrower's outstanding Advances bear
to the total of then-outstanding Advances to all Borrowers.
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties
3.1 Representations and Warranties by the Borrowers. Each of the Borrowers
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Corporate Standing. TBC is a duly organized corporation existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Subsidiary
Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and each of TBC and each
Subsidiary Borrower is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction
where such qualification is required, except where the failure to so
qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of TBC and the Subsidiary Borrowers as a whole.
(b) Corporate Powers; Governmental Approvals. The execution and delivery and
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the performance of the terms of this Agreement are, and the execution and
delivery and the performance of the terms of any Notes and of each
Guaranty will be, within the corporate powers of each Borrower party
thereto, have been or will have been (as appropriate) duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action, have, or will have, received (as
appropriate) all necessary governmental approval, if any (which approval,
if any, remains in full force and effect), and do not contravene any law,
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of any
Borrower party thereto or any contractual restriction binding on any
Borrower party thereto.
(c) Enforceability. This Agreement and the Notes, if any, when duly executed
and delivered by each Borrower party thereto, will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of such Borrower, enforceable against such
Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, and each Guaranty,
when duly executed and delivered by TBC, will constitute a legal, valid
and binding obligation of TBC, enforceable against TBC in accordance with
its terms, subject to general equitable principles and except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general
application relating to creditors' rights.
(d) No Material Pending or Threatened Actions. In TBC's opinion, there are no
pending or threatened actions or proceedings before any court or
administrative agency that are reasonably likely to have a material
adverse affect on the financial condition or operations of the Company
which is likely to impair the ability of the Company to repay the Advances
or which would affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or the Advances.
(e) Consolidated Statements. The Consolidated statement of financial position
as of December 31, 1999 and the related Consolidated statement of earnings
and retained earnings for the year then ended (copies of which have been
furnished to each Lender) correctly set forth the Consolidated financial
condition of TBC and its Subsidiaries as of such date and the result of
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the Consolidated operations for such year. The Consolidated statement of
financial position as of June 30, 2000 and the related Consolidated
statement of earnings and retained earnings for the six month period then
ended (copies of which have been furnished to each Lender) correctly set
forth, subject to year-end audit adjustments, the Consolidated financial
condition of TBC and its Subsidiaries as of such date and the result of
the Consolidated operations for such six month period.
(f) Regulation U. No Borrower is engaged in the business of extending credit
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin
stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any margin stock. Following application of the proceeds of each Advance, not
more than 25 percent of the value of the assets (either of any Borrower only
or of each Borrower and its subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to
the provisions of Section 4.2(a) or subject to any restriction contained in
any agreement or instrument between any Borrower and any Lender or any
Affiliate of a Lender relating to Debt within the scope of Section 6.1(d)
will be margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
(g) Investment Company Act. No Borrower is an "investment company," or an
"affiliated person" of, or "promoter" or "principal underwriter" for, an
"investment company," as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. Neither the making of any Advances, nor the application
of the proceeds or repayment thereof by any Borrower, nor the consummation of
the other transactions contemplated hereby, will violate any provision of
such Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
(h) No Material Adverse Change. There has been no material adverse change in
the Company's financial condition or results of operations since December 31,
1999 that is likely to impair the ability of the Company to repay
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the Advances.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants of TBC
4.1 Affirmative Covenants of TBC. From the date of this Agreement and so long
as any amount is payable by a Borrower to any Lender hereunder or any
Commitment is outstanding, TBC will:
(a) Periodic Reports. Furnish to the Lenders:
(1) within 60 days after the close of each of the first three quarters
of each of TBC's fiscal years, a Consolidated statement of financial
position of TBC and the Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter
and a Consolidated comparative statement of earnings and retained
earnings of TBC and the Subsidiaries for the period commencing at
the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such
quarter, each certified by an authorized officer of TBC,
(2) within 120 days after the close of each of TBC's fiscal years, and
if requested by the Agent, within 60 days after the close of each of
the first three quarters thereof, a statement certified by an
authorized officer of TBC showing in detail the computations
required by the provisions of Sections 4.2(a), 4.2(b), 4.2(c) and
4.2(d), based on the figures which appear on the books of account of
TBC and the Subsidiaries at the close of such quarters,
(3) within 120 days after the close of each of TBC's fiscal years, a
copy of the annual audit report of TBC, certified by independent
public accountants of recognized standing acceptable to the Agent,
together with financial statements consisting of a Consolidated
statement of financial position of TBC and the Subsidiaries as of
the end of such fiscal year and a Consolidated statement of earnings
and retained earnings of TBC and the Subsidiaries for such fiscal
year,
(4) within 120 days after the close of each of TBC's fiscal years, a
statement certified by the independent public accountants who shall
have prepared the corresponding audit report furnished to the
Lenders pursuant to the provisions of clause (3) of this subsection
(a), to the effect that, in the course of preparing such audit
report, such accountants had obtained no knowledge, except as
specifically stated, that TBC had been in violation of the
provisions of any one of Sections 4.2(a), 4.2(b), 4.2(c) and 4.2(d),
at any time during such fiscal year,
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(5) promptly upon their becoming available, all financial statements,
reports and proxy statements which TBC sends to its stockholders,
(6) promptly upon their becoming available, all regular and periodic
financial reports which TBC or any Subsidiary files with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities
exchange,
(7) within 3 Business Days after the discovery of the occurrence of any
event which constitutes a Default, notice of such occurrence
together with a detailed statement by a responsible officer of TBC
of the steps being taken by TBC or the appropriate Subsidiary to
cure the effect of such event, and
(8) such other information respecting the financial condition and
operations of TBC or the Subsidiaries as the Agent may from time to
time reasonably request.
In lieu of furnishing the Lenders the items referred to in clauses (1),
(3), (5) and (6) above, TBC may notify the Lenders that such items are
available on TBC's website at xxx.xxxxxx.xxx or at such other website as
notified to the Agent and the Lenders.
(b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Duly pay and discharge, and cause each Subsidiary
duly to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges upon it or against its properties prior to a date
which is 5 Business Days after the date on which penalties are attached
thereto, except and to the extent only that the same shall be contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings by TBC or the appropriate
Subsidiary.
(c) Insurance. Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies or associations,
insurance of the kinds, covering the risks and in the relative
proportionate amounts usually carried by companies engaged in businesses
similar to that of TBC or such Subsidiary, except, to the extent
consistent with good business practices, such insurance may be provided by
TBC through its program of self insurance.
(d) Corporate Existence. Preserve and maintain its corporate existence.
4.2 General Negative Covenants of TBC. From the date of this Agreement and
so
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long as any amount shall be payable by TBC or any other Borrower to any
Lender hereunder or any Commitment shall be outstanding, TBC will not:
(a) Mortgages, Liens, Etc. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance
(including the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor)
upon or with respect to any of its Property, Plant and Equipment, or upon
or with respect to the Property, Plant and Equipment of any Subsidiary, or
assign or otherwise convey, or permit any Subsidiary to assign or
otherwise convey, any right to receive income from or with respect to its
Property, Plant and Equipment, except
(1) liens in connection with workmen's compensation, unemployment
insurance or other social security obligations;
(2) liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other
than for the repayment of borrowed money), leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, liens to secure progress or
partial payments made to TBC or such Subsidiary and other liens of
like nature made in the ordinary course of business;
(3) mechanics', workmen's, materialmen's or other like liens arising in
the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are
not due or which are being contested in good faith;
(4) liens for taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings by TBC or the affected Subsidiary;
(5) liens which arise in connection with the leasing of equipment in the
ordinary course of business;
(6) liens on Property, Plant and Equipment owned by TBC or any
Subsidiary of TBC existing on the date of this Agreement;
(7) liens on assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged into or consolidated with TBC or a Subsidiary of TBC or at
the time of purchase, lease, or acquisition of the property of
Voting Stock of such Person as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety by TBC or a Subsidiary of TBC, whether or not any Debt
secured by such liens is assumed by TBC or such Subsidiary, provided
that such liens are not created in anticipation of such purchase,
lease, acquisition or merger;
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(8) liens securing Debt of a Subsidiary of TBC owing to TBC or to
another Subsidiary;
(9) liens on assets existing at the time of acquisition of such property
by TBC or a Subsidiary of TBC or purchase money liens to secure the
payment of all or part of the purchase price of property upon
acquisition of such assets by TBC or such Subsidiary or to secure
any Debt incurred or guaranteed by TBC or a Subsidiary prior to, at
the time of, or within one year after the later of the acquisition,
completion or construction (including any improvements on existing
property), or commencement of full operation, of such property,
which Debt is incurred or guaranteed solely for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or
construction or improvements thereon; provided, however, that in the
case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the lien
shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by TBC or such
Subsidiary other than, in the case of such construction or
improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the
property so constructed or the improvement made is located;
(10) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements in whole or in part of any lien referred to
in the foregoing; provided, however, that the principal amount of
Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt
so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and
that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all
or any part of the property that secured the lien so extended,
renewed or replace (plus improvements and construction on such
property); and
(11) other liens, charges and encumbrances, so long as the aggregate
amount of the Consolidated Debt for which all such liens, charges
and encumbrances serve as security does not exceed 15% of
Consolidated net Property, Plant and Equipment.
(b) Consolidated Debt. Permit Consolidated Debt (subject to Section 4.3) to
be at any time more than 60% of Total Capital, where "Total Capital" means
the sum of Shareholders' Equity and Consolidated Debt.
(c) Payment in Violation of an Agreement. Make any payment, or permit any
Subsidiary to make any payment, of principal or interest, on any Debt
which payment would constitute a violation of the terms of this Agreement
or of the terms of any indenture or agreement binding on such corporation
or to which such corporation is a party except, in the case of any payment
made by a Subsidiary, to the extent such payment is not likely to impair
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the ability of TBC to repay the Advances.
(d) Merger or Consolidation. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey,
transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in
a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person except that a Borrower may
merge or consolidate with any Person so long as such Borrower is the
surviving corporation and no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result therefrom, and except that any direct or indirect Subsidiary
of TBC may merge or consolidate with or into, or dispose of assets to, TBC
or any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of TBC, provided, in each case,
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of
such proposed transaction or would result therefrom.
(e) Material Change in Business. Make any material change in the nature of
its business as carried out on the date hereof.
4.3 Financial Statement Terms. For purposes of Section 4.2(b), all
capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective
meanings used in TBC's published Consolidated financial statements and
calculated under the generally accepted accounting principles and
practices applied by TBC on the date hereof in the preparation of such
financial statements. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such
terms shall exclude amounts attributable to Boeing Capital Services
Corporation and its Subsidiaries and Boeing Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation; and (b) Total Capital shall exclude the effects of
any repurchase by TBC of its common stock and any merger-related
accounting adjustments which are attributable to the merger with or
acquisition of XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation by TBC.
4.4 Waivers of Covenants. The departure by TBC or any Subsidiary from the
requirements of any of the provisions of this Article 4 shall be permitted
only if such departure has been consented to in advance in a writing
signed by the Majority Lenders, and such writing shall be effective as a
consent only to the specific departure described in such writing. Such
departure by TBC or any Subsidiary when properly consented to by the
Majority Lenders shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section
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6.1(c).
ARTICLE 5
Conditions Precedent to Borrowings
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing of TBC. The obligation of
each Lender to make its initial Advance to TBC is subject to receipt by
the Agent on or before the day of the initial Borrowing of all of the
following, each dated as of the day hereof, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel:
(a) Documentation. Copies of all documents, certified by an officer of
TBC, evidencing necessary corporate action by TBC and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement, to the Notes, if
any, and to Guaranties to be delivered by TBC pursuant to Section
5.4(e);
(b) Officer's Certificate. A certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of TBC which certifies the names of the officers
of TBC authorized to sign the Notes, if any, and the other documents
to be delivered hereunder, together with true specimen signatures of
such officers and facsimile signatures of officers authorized to
sign by facsimile signature (on which certificate each Lender may
conclusively rely until it receives a further certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of TBC canceling or amending the
prior certificate and submitting specimen signatures of the officers
named in such further certificate);
(c) Opinion of Company Counsel. A favorable opinion of counsel for TBC
substantially in the form of Exhibit G and as to such other matters
as the Agent may reasonably request, which opinion TBC hereby
expressly instructs such counsel to prepare and deliver;
(d) Opinion of Agent's Counsel. A favorable opinion of Shearman &
Sterling, counsel for the Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H;
(e) Termination of 1999 Agreement. TBC shall have terminated in whole
the commitments of the banks parties to the 1999 Credit Agreement;
and
(f) Satisfaction of 1999 Agreement Obligations. TBC and its
Subsidiaries shall have satisfied all of their respective
obligations under the 1999 Credit Agreement including, without
limitation, the payment of all fees under such agreement.
5.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Committed Borrowing of TBC. The obligation
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of each Lender to make a Committed Advance on the occasion of each
Committed Borrowing (including the initial Borrowing) is subject to the
further conditions precedent that on the date of the request for a
Committed Borrowing and on the date of such Borrowing, the following
statements shall be true, and both the giving of the applicable Notice of
Committed Borrowing and the acceptance by TBC of the proceeds of such
Committed Borrowing shall be a representation by TBC that:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a)
through (g) of Section 3.1 are true and accurate on and as of each
such date as though made on and as of each such date (except to the
extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an
earlier date); and
(b) as of each such date no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the proposed Committed Borrowing, which
constitutes a Default.
5.3 Conditions Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing of TBC. The obligation of any
Lender to make a Bid Advance on the occasion of a Bid Borrowing (including
the initial Borrowing) is subject to the further conditions precedent
that:
(a) Notice of Bid Borrowing. The Agent shall have received the written
confirmatory Notice of Bid Borrowing with respect thereto;
(b) Bid Notes. On or before the date of such Bid Borrowing, but prior
to such Bid Borrowing, the Agent shall have received a Bid Note
payable to the order of such Lender for each of the one or more Bid
Advances to be made by such Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing, in
a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Bid Advance
to be evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed
to for such Bid Advance in accordance with Section 2.5;
(c) Periodic Reports. Each Lender intending to make a Bid Advance shall
have received the statements provided by TBC pursuant to Section
4.1(a)(1), (2) and (3) or shall have received notice that such
statements are available on TBC's website xxx.xxxxxx.xxx or any
successor website notified to the Agent and the Lenders; and
(d) Representations. On the date of such request and the date of such
Borrowing, the following statements shall be true, and each of the
giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by
TBC of the proceeds of such Bid Borrowing shall be a representation
by TBC that:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in subsections
(a) through (g) of Section 3.1 are true and accurate on and as
of each such date as though made on and as of each such date
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate solely to an earlier date);
(ii) as of each such date no event has occurred and is continuing,
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or would result from the proposed Bid Borrowing, which
constitutes a Default; and
(iii) no event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a result
of which any information concerning TBC that has been provided
by TBC to the Agent or the Lenders in connection with such Bid
Borrowing would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact or any fact necessary to
make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
5.4 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing of a Subsidiary Borrower.
The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Advance to any
particular Subsidiary Borrower is subject to the receipt by the Agent, on
or before the day of the initial Borrowing by such Subsidiary Borrower, of
all of the following, each dated on or prior to the day of the initial
Borrowing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its
counsel:
(a) Borrower Subsidiary Letter. A Borrower Subsidiary Letter,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, executed by such Subsidiary
Borrower and TBC;
(b) Documentation. Copies of all documents, certified by an officer of
the Subsidiary Borrower, evidencing necessary corporate action by
the Subsidiary Borrower and governmental approvals, if any, with
respect to this Agreement and any Notes;
(c) Officer's Certificate. A certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of TBC or the Subsidiary Borrower which
certifies the names of the officers of the Subsidiary Borrower
authorized to sign the Notes and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder, together with true specimen signatures of such officers
and facsimile signatures of officers authorized to sign by facsimile
signature (on which certificate each Lender may conclusively rely
until it receives a further certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of TBC or the Subsidiary Borrower canceling or
amending the prior certificate and submitting signatures of the
officers named in such further certificate);
(d) Opinion of Subsidiary Counsel. A favorable opinion of in-house
counsel to the Subsidiary Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit I and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request; and
(e) TBC Guaranty. A Guaranty of TBC that unconditionally guarantees the
payment of all obligations of such Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and
under the Notes of such Subsidiary Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit J, executed and delivered by TBC to the Agent; and
(f) Opinion of Subsidiary Counsel. A favorable opinion of in-house
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counsel to TBC, substantially in the form of Exhibit K and as to
such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request.
5.5 Conditions Precedent to Each Committed Borrowing of a Subsidiary Borrower.
The obligation of each Lender to make a Committed Advance to a Subsidiary
Borrower on the occasion of each Committed Borrowing (including the
initial Borrowing) is subject to the further conditions precedent that on
the date of the request for such Committed Borrowing and the date of such
Borrowing, the following statements shall be true, and each of the giving
of the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing and the acceptance by such
Subsidiary Borrower of the proceeds of such Committed Borrowing shall be
(a) a representation by such Subsidiary Borrower that:
(i) the representations and warranties of that Subsidiary Borrower
contained (A) in subsections (a) through (g) of Section 3.1 are true
and accurate on and as of each such date as though made on and as of
each such date (except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate solely to an earlier date), and (B) in its
Borrower Subsidiary Letter are true and correct on and as of the
date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such
Borrowing; and
(ii) as of each such date no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the proposed Committed Borrowing, which
constitutes a Default;
and (b) a representation by TBC that the representations and warranties of
TBC contained in subsections (a) through (g) of Section 3.1 are true and
accurate on and as of each such date as though made on and as of each such
date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date), and that, as of each such date, no event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from the proposed Committed
Borrowing, which constitutes a Default.
5.6 Conditions Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing of a Subsidiary Borrower.
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The obligation of any Lender to make a Bid Advance to any particular
Subsidiary Borrower on the occasion of each Bid Borrowing (including the
initial Borrowing) is subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a) Notice of Bid Borrowing. The Agent shall have received the written
confirmatory Notice of Bid Borrowing with respect thereto;
(b) Bid Notes. On or before the date of such Bid Borrowing, but prior
to such Bid Borrowing, the Agent shall have received a Bid Note
payable to the order of such Lender for each of the one or more Bid
Advances to be made by such Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing, in
a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Bid Advance
to be evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed
to for such Bid Advance in accordance with Section 2.5;
(c) Periodic Reports. Each Lender intending to make a Bid Advance shall
have received the statements provided by TBC pursuant to Section
4.1(a)(1), (2) and (3) or shall have received notice that such
statements are available on TBC's website; and
(d) Subsidiary Representations. On the date of such request and the
date of such Borrowing, the following statements shall be true, and
each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Bid Borrowing and the
acceptance by the Subsidiary of the proceeds of such Bid Borrowing
shall be (a) a representation by such Subsidiary Borrower that:
(i) the representations and warranties contained (A) in
subsections (a) through (g) of Section 3.1 hereof with respect
to such Subsidiary Borrower are true and accurate on and as of
each such date as though made on and as of each such date
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate solely to an earlier date), and (B) in its Borrower
Subsidiary Letter are true and correct on and as of the date
of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such
Borrowing;
(ii) as of each such date no event has occurred and is continuing,
or would result from the proposed Bid Borrowing which
constitutes a Default; and
(iii) no event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a result
of which any information concerning TBC or the Subsidiary
Borrower that has been provided by TBC or the Subsidiary
Borrower to the Agent or the Lenders in connection with such
Bid Borrowing would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact or any fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(e) TBC Representation. A representation by TBC that the
representations and warranties of TBC contained in subsections (a)
through (g) of Section 3.1 are true and accurate on and as of each
such date as though made on and as of each such date (except to the
extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an
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earlier date), and that, as of each such date, no event has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from the proposed Committed
Borrowing which constitutes a Default.
ARTICLE 6
Events of Default
6.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default:
(a) Failure by TBC to make when due any payment of principal of or interest on
any Advance or under a Guaranty when the same becomes due and payable and
such failure is not remedied within 5 Business Days thereafter;
(b) Any representation or warranty made by TBC in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Borrowings or any Guaranty,
or otherwise furnished pursuant hereto proves to have been incorrect when
made in any material respect;
(c) Failure by TBC to perform any other term, covenant or agreement contained
in this Agreement, and such failure is not remedied within 30 days after
written notice thereof has been given to TBC by the Agent, at the request,
or with the consent, of the Majority Lenders.
(d) Failure by TBC to pay when due (i) any obligation for the payment of
borrowed money on any regularly scheduled payment date or following
acceleration thereof or (ii) any other monetary obligation if the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the obligations with respect to which
such failure to pay or acceleration occurred equals or exceeds $50,000,000
and such failure is not remedied within 5 Business Days after TBC receives
notice thereof from the Agent or the creditor on such obligation.
(e) TBC or any of its Subsidiaries
(1) incurs liability with respect to any employee pension benefit plan
in excess of $150,000,000 in the aggregate under
(A) Sections 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4201 of ERISA; or
(B) otherwise under Title IV of ERISA as a result of any
reportable event within the meaning of ERISA (other than a
reportable event as to which the provision of 30 days' notice
is waived under applicable regulations);
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(2) has a lien imposed on its property and rights to property under
Section 4068 of ERISA on account of a liability in excess of
$50,000,000 in the aggregate; or
(3) incurs liability under Title IV of ERISA
(A) in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate as a result of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any Person that is a member of
the "controlled group" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(14) of
ERISA) of the Company or any Subsidiary having filed a notice
of intent to terminate any employee pension benefit plan under
the "distress termination" provision of Section 4041 of ERISA
or
(B) in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate as a result of the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation having instituted
proceedings to terminate, or to have a trustee appointed to
administer, any such plan.
(f) The happening of any of the following events, provided such event has not
then been cured or stayed:
(1) the insolvency or bankruptcy of TBC,
(2) the cessation by TBC of the payment of its Debts as they mature,
(3) the making of an assignment for the benefit of the creditors of TBC,
(4) the appointment of a trustee or receiver or liquidator for TBC or
for a substantial part of its property, or
(5) the institution of bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or similar proceedings by or against TBC under the laws
of any jurisdiction in which TBC is organized or has material
business, operations or assets.
(g) So long as any Subsidiary is a Borrower hereunder, the Guaranty with
respect to such Subsidiary Borrower for any reason ceases to be valid and
binding on TBC or TBC so states in writing.
6.2 Lenders' Rights upon Borrower Default. If an Event of Default occurs
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or is continuing, then the Agent shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to TBC,
(a) declare the obligation of each Lender to make further Advances to be
terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and
(b) declare the Advances, all interest thereon, and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable,
whereupon the Advances, all such interest, and all such other
amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, provided,
however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order
for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code (whether in connection with a voluntary or an involuntary
case), (i) the obligation of each Lender to make Advances shall
automatically be terminated and (ii) the payment obligations of the
Borrowers with respect to Advances, all such interest, and all such
amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest, or any notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.
ARTICLE 7
The Agent
7.1 Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such
powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms
hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including
without limitation, enforcement or collection of any Notes), the Agent
shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but
shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully
protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of
the Majority Lenders and such instructions shall be binding upon all
Lenders and all holders of interests in Advances; provided, however, that
the Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent
to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or applicable
law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of each notice
given to it by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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7.2 Agent's Reliance, Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this
Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent:
(a) may treat the Lender that made any Advance as the payee thereof
until the Agent receives and accepts an assignment entered into by
such Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as
provided in Section 2.20;
(b) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts
selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the
advice of such counsel, accountants or other experts;
(c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be
responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection
with this Agreement;
(d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the
performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement on the part of any Borrower or to
inspect the property (including the books and records) of any
Borrower;
(e) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; and
(f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by
acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or
writing (which may be by telecopier, cable or telex) believed by it
to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
7.3 Citibank, N.A. and its Affiliates. With respect to its Commitment, the
Advances made by it, and any Notes issued to it, Citibank, N.A. shall have
the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent hereunder; and the term
"Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include
Citibank, N.A., in its individual capacity. Citibank, N.A. and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, accept drafts drawn by,
act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind of
business with, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any person
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or entity who may do business with or own securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary, all as if Citibank, N.A. were not the Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the other Lenders.
7.4 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and
based on the financial statements referred to in Section 3.1(e) and the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon
the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement.
7.5 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent
not reimbursed by TBC or any other Borrower), ratably according to the
respective principal amounts of the Committed Advances then made by each
of them (or if no Committed Advances are at the time outstanding or if
interests in any Committed Advances are held by persons which are not
Lenders, ratably according to the respective amounts of their
Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or
arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent
under this Agreement (collectively, the "Indemnified Costs"), provided
that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs
resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the
Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket
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expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with
the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification,
amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings
or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities
under, this Agreement to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for
such expenses by TBC or any other Borrower. In the case of any
investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified
Costs, this Section 7.5 applies whether any such investigation, litigation
or proceeding is brought by the Agent, any Lender or a third party.
7.6 Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Lenders and TBC and may be removed at any time with
or without cause by the Majority Lenders. Upon any such resignation or
removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of
TBC (if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), which shall
not be unreasonably withheld, to appoint a successor Agent, which shall be
a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United
States of America or of any state thereof and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Agent has been so
appointed by the Majority Lenders, and has accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation
or the removal of the retiring Agent as provided herein, then the retiring
Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which meets
the requirements set out in the previous sentence. Upon the acceptance of
any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as
Agent, the provisions of this Article 7 shall inure to its benefit as to
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under
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this Agreement.
7.7 Certain Obligations May Be Performed by Affiliates. The Agent may appoint
any of its Affiliates to perform its obligations hereunder other than any
obligation requiring the Agent to receive, pay, or otherwise handle funds
or Notes, and provided that the Agent shall continue to be responsible to
the Borrowers and the Lenders for the due performance of the Agent's
obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
8.1 Modification, Consents and Waivers.
(a) Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of 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 preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power
hereunder. No notice to or demand on the Borrowers in any case shall
entitle the Borrowers to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
(b) Amendment. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or
of any Committed Notes, nor consent to any departure by the Borrowers
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless such amendment, waiver
or consent is in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders, and then such
amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however,
that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed
by all the Lenders, do any of the following:
(i) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3,
(ii) except as provided in Section 2.19 or Section 2.21, increase the
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Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any additional
obligations,
(iii) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Committed Advances or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder,
(iv) except as provided in Section 2.21, postpone any date fixed for any
payment of principal of, or interest on, the Committed Advances or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder,
(v) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Committed Advances or the number of Lenders
required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action
hereunder,
(vi) amend this Section 8.1, or
(vii) release TBC from any of its obligations under any Guaranty or limit
the liability of TBC as guarantor thereunder;
and provided further that no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required
above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent
under this Agreement or any Note.
(c) Majority Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8.1 shall
not affect the provisions of Section 4.4, "Waivers of Covenants", or
Article 6, "Events of Default".
8.2 Notices.
(a) Addresses. All communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be
in writing and mailed, telecopied, telexed or delivered and,
if to the Agent,
Citibank, N.A.
Two Penns Way, Suite _____
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Lender Loans Syndications Department
facsimile number (___) ________;
if to any Borrower,
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care of The Boeing Company
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
facsimile number (000) 000-0000
if to any Lender, to its office at the address given on the signature
pages of this Agreement; or,
as to each party, at such other address as designated by such party in a
written notice to each other party referring specifically to this
Agreement.
(b) Effectiveness of Notices. All communications and notices shall, when
mailed, telecopied, or telexed, be effective when deposited in the mail,
telecopied, or confirmed by telex answerback, respectively. Delivery by
telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any Notes or of any Exhibit to be executed
and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart thereof.
(c) Electronic Mail. Electronic mail may be used to distribute routine
communications, such as financial statements and other information, and
documents to be signed by the parties hereto; provided, however, that no
Notice of Borrowing, signature, or other notice or document intended to be
legally binding shall be effective if sent by electronic mail.
8.3 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.
(a) TBC shall pay upon written request all reasonable costs and expenses in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, modification and
amendment requested by any of the Borrowers of this Agreement, any Notes
and the Guaranties (including, without limitation, printing costs and the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent) and
costs and expenses, if any, in connection with the enforcement of this
Agreement, any Notes and the Guaranties (whether through negotiations,
legal proceedings or otherwise and including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel), as well as any
and
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all stamp and other taxes, and to save the Lenders and other holders of
interests in the Advances or any Notes harmless from any and all liabilities
with respect to or resulting from any delay by or omission of the Borrowers
to pay such taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Notes
and the Guaranties.
(b) TBC agrees to indemnify the Agent and each Lender and each of their
Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors
(each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all claims,
damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by or asserted or
awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in
connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in
connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation
of a defense in connection therewith) the Advances, this Agreement, the
Notes, any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or
proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances, except to the extent such
claim, damage, loss, liability or expense resulted from such Indemnified
Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct and except that no
Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder to the
extent such indemnification relates to relationships of, between or among
each of, or any of, the Agent, the Lenders, any assignee of a Lender or
any participant. In the case of any investigation, litigation or other
proceeding to which this Section 8.3 applies, such indemnity shall be
effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is
brought by TBC, its directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified
Party or any other Person or an Indemnified Party is otherwise a party
thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated. The Borrowers also agree not to assert any claim on any
theory of liability for special, indirect, consequential or punitive
damages against the Agent, and Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of
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their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents,
arising out of or otherwise relating to the Notes, this Agreement, any of the
transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the
proceeds of Advances.
8.4 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent, and their respective
successors and assigns, except that the Borrowers may not assign or
transfer their rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Lenders.
8.5 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.6 Governing Law. This Agreement, any Notes, the Guaranties and each
Borrower Subsidiary Letter shall be deemed to be contracts under the laws
of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of such State.
8.7 Headings. The Table of Contents and Article and Section headings used in
this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction of this Agreement.
8.8 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement
by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
8.9 Right of Set-Off. Each Lender and each of its Affiliates that is or was
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at one time a Lender hereunder is authorized at any time and from time to
time, upon
(i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
and
(ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified
by Section 6.1 to authorize the Agent to declare any Advances due
and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, without notice to any Borrower
(any such notice being expressly waived by each Borrower), 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 or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of any Borrower against any and all of the obligations to such Lender or
such Affiliate of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement and any Notes held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender
has made a demand under this Agreement or such Notes and although such
obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender shall promptly notify any
Borrower after any such setoff and application made by such Lender,
provided that 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,
without limitation, other rights of setoff) which such Lender and its
Affiliates may have.
8.10 Confidentiality. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall disclose
any Confidential Information to any other Person without the consent of a
Borrower, other than
(a) to the Agent's or such Lender's Affiliates and their officers,
directors, employees, agents and advisors and, as contemplated by
Section 2.20(f), to actual or prospective assignees and
participants, and then only on a confidential basis,
(b) as required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process, and
(c) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority
or examiner regulating banks or banking.
8.11 Agreement in Effect. This Agreement shall become effective upon
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its execution and delivery, respectively, to the Agent and TBC by TBC and the
Agent, and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Lender listed on
Schedule I that such Lender has executed it.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
THE BOEING COMPANY
By /s/ R. Xxxx Xxxx
-----------------------------------
Title: Assistant Treasurer
CITIBANK, N.A., Individually and
as Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Title: Vice President
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
Senior Managing Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXX X. XXXXX
Title: PRINCIPAL
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK AND/OR CAYMAN
ISLAND BRANCHES
By /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LIMITED
By /s/ Kosuke Iskahashi
-----------------------------------
Name: Kosuke Iskahashi
Title: Vice President & Manager
MITSUBISHI TRUST & BANKING
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Page
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Page
Title: Executive Vice President
Managing Agents
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
By /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Title: ASST. VICE PRESIDENT
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Title: JOINT GENERAL MANAGER
SUMITOMO BANK
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Manager
WACHOVIA BANK
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By /s/ C. Xxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: C. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Co-Agents
BANK ONE N.A.
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: SUP. Credit Officer
CREDIT LYONNAIS
By /s/ Philippe Soustra
-----------------------------------
Name: Philippe Soustra
Title: Senior Vice President
PNC BANK, N.A.
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
Lender
ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.
By /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXX XXXXXX
Title: VICE PRESIDENT
By /s/ Mitsoo Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Mitsoo Xxxxxxx
Title: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND BANK
By /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President, Americas
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA
By /s/ Manual Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Manual Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX XXXX BRANCH
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE VERKEHRSBANK AG
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
Title: VICE PRESIDENT
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Manager
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
By /s/ Xxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Relationship Manager
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
By /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Relationship Manager
U.S. BANKCORP
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx III
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx III
Title: Associate Director
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SCHEDULE I
APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
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| Name of Initial | Commitment | Domestic Lending | Eurodollar Lending |
| Lender | | Office | Office |
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| ABN Amro Bank, N.V. |$23,800,000 | 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx | 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx |
| | | Xxxxx 0000 | Suite 1500 |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Loan | Attn: Loan |
| | | Administration | Administration |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 312 992-5158 |
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| Australia & New |$23,800,000 | 0000 Xxxxxx of the | 1177 Avenue of the |
| Zealand Bank | | Americas | Americas |
| | | 0xx Xxxxx | 0xx Xxxxx |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya|$23,800,000 | 1345 Avenue of the | 1345 Avenue of the |
| | | Americas | Americas |
| | | 45th Floor | 45th Floor |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxxxxxx | Attn: Xxxxxxxx |
| | | Xxxxxxxxx | Xxxxxxxxx |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Bank One N.A. |$54,400,000 | One Bank One Plaza | One Bank One Plaza |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Bank of America,N.A.|$91,800,000 | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx. | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx. |
| | | CA4-707-05-11 | CA4-707-05-11 |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| The Bank of New York|$78,200,000 | One Wall Street, | One Wall Street, |
| | | 22nd Floor | 22nd Floor |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx| Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 212 635-6399 | F: 212 635-6399 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| The Bank of Tokyo- |$91,800,000 | 0000 0xx Xxxxxx | 0000 0xx Xxxxxx |
| Mitsubishi, Ltd. | | Suite 1100 | Suite 1100 |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | |Attn:KosukeTakahashi|Attn:KosukeTakahashi|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Bayerische |$23,800,000 |560 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
| Landesbank | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| Girozantrale, New | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxx | Attn: Xxxxx Xxx |
| York Branch | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| The Chase Manhattan |$115,900,000| 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx |
| Bank | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn:Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx| Attn:Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Citibank, N.A. |$115,900,000| 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx |
| | | 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxx 0 x 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxx 2 |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | |Attn:PhilippaPortnoy|Attn:PhilippaPortnoy|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Credit Lyonnais |$54,400,000 | 1301 Avenue of the | 1301 Avenue of the |
| | | Americas | Americas |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | |Attn:Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx|Attn:Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Credit Suisse First |$78,200,000 | 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| Boston | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx| Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Deutsche Bank AG |$98,600,000 | 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxxx 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxxx
| New York and/or | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| Cayman Island | |Attn:JosephGyurindak|Attn:JosephGyurindak|
| Branches | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Deutsche |$23,800,000 | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
| VerkehrsBank AG | | 10th Floor | 10th Floor |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx| Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx|
| | | T: 212 588-8864 | T: 212 588-8864 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Fleet National Bank |$78,200,000 | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| | | Mailstop: | Mailstop: |
| | | MABOS 01-10-01 | MABOS 01-10-01 |
| | | Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx| Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| The Industrial Bank |$78,200,000 | 0000 Xxxxxx of the | 1251 Avenue of the |
| of Japan, Limited | | Americas | Americas |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | |Attn:Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx|Attn:Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 212 282-4494 | F: 212 282-4494 |
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| Xxxxxx Guaranty |$23,800,000 | 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx | 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx |
| Trust Company of | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| New York | | Attn: Bob O'sieski| Attn: Bob O'sieski|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Mitsubishi Trust & |$91,800,000 | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| Banking | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxx | Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxx |
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| PNC Bank, N.A. |$54,400,000 | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| | | Two PNC Plaza, | Two PNC Plaza, |
| | | 0xx Xxxxx x 0xx Xxxxx |
| | | Xxxxxxxxxx,XX 00000x Xxxxxxxxxx,XX 00000x
| | |Attn:Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx|Attn:Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 412 768-9973 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Royal Bank of Canada|$23,800,000 | Royal Bank of | Royal Bank of |
| | | Canada Centre | Canada Centre |
| | | 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| | | Street | Street |
| | | Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX | Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
| | | Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx| Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx|
| | | T: 00 000 000-0000 | T: 00 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 00 000 000-0000 | F: 00 000 000-0000 |
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| Royal Bank of |$23,800,000 | Waterhouse Square | Waterhouse Square |
| Scotland | | 138-142 Holborn | 138-142 Holborn |
| | | London England | London England |
| | | XX0X 0XX | XX0X 0XX |
| | | Attn: Xxxxxx | Attn: Xxxxxx |
| | | Waddington | Waddington |
| | | T: 00 000 000-0000 | T: 00 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 00 000 000-0000 | F: 00 000 000-0000 |
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| Standard Chartered |$23,800,000 |7 World Trade Center|7 World Trade Center|
| Bank | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn:LarryFitzerald| Attn:LarryFitzerald|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Sumitomo Bank |$78,200,000 | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| | | Xxxxx 0000 | Suite 2600 |
| | | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA |
| | | 90017 | 90017 |
| | | Attn:Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx| Attn:Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| U.S. BankCorp |$23,800,000 | 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, | 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, |
| | | 11th Floor | 11th Floor |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx| Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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| Wachovia Bank |$78,200,000 | 191 Peachtree | 191 Peachtree |
| | | Street NE | Street NE |
| | | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
| | | Attn: Xxx Baschuite| Attn: Xxx Baschuite|
| | | T: 000 000-0000 | T: 000 000-0000 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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|Westdeutsche |$23,800,000 | 0000 Xxxxxx of the | 1211 Avenue of the |
| Landesbank | | Americas | Americas |
| | | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000x
| | | Attn: Xxxx Xxxxx | Attn: Xxxx Xxxxx |
| | | T: 212 852-6113 | T: 212 852-6113 |
| | | F: 000 000-0000 | F: 000 000-0000 |
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