EXHIBIT 10.1
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$100,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
***Indicates a portion of the exhibit has been omitted based on a request for
confidential treatment submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
omitted portions have been filed separately with the Commission.
dated as of March 31, 2005,
by and among
COTT CORPORATION,
COTT BEVERAGES INC.,
COTT BEVERAGES LIMITED, and
COTT EMBOTELLADORES DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.,
as Borrowers,
the Lenders referred to herein,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Security Trustee,
BANK OF MONTREAL,
as Syndication Agent,
and
HSBC BANK CANADA,
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.,
"RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL", NEW YORK BRANCH,
each as a Documentation Agent
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as a Lead Arranger and the Sole Book Manager
BMO XXXXXXX XXXXX,
as a Lead Arranger
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS..................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1 Definitions................................................ 1
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions........................... 39
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms........................................... 40
SECTION 1.4 UCC Terms.................................................. 40
SECTION 1.5 Rounding................................................... 40
SECTION 1.6 References to Agreement and Laws........................... 40
SECTION 1.7 Times of Day............................................... 40
SECTION 1.8 Letter of Credit Amounts................................... 40
SECTION 1.9 Effectiveness of Euro Provisions........................... 41
SECTION 1.10 Amount of Obligations...................................... 41
ARTICLE II MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY........................ 41
SECTION 2.1 Revolving Loans............................................ 41
SECTION 2.2 Swingline Loans............................................ 42
SECTION 2.3 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Loans and Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans.............................. 46
SECTION 2.4 Repayment of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans........... 50
SECTION 2.5 Permanent Reduction of the Aggregate Commitment............ 55
SECTION 2.6 Termination of Multicurrency Credit Facility............... 56
SECTION 2.7 Nature of Obligations; Bankruptcy Limitations; Agreement
for Contribution........................................ 56
SECTION 2.8 Reallocation of the Cash Management Swingline Commitment
and the Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment........ 58
SECTION 2.9 Optional Increase in the Revolving Commitment.............. 58
SECTION 2.10 Terms Applicable to BA Loans............................... 60
ARTICLE III LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY..................................... 65
SECTION 3.1 L/C Commitment............................................. 65
SECTION 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit................ 66
SECTION 3.3 Commissions and Other Charges.............................. 66
SECTION 3.4 L/C Participations......................................... 67
SECTION 3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Multicurrency Borrowers.... 68
SECTION 3.6 Obligations Absolute....................................... 69
SECTION 3.7 Effect of Letter of Credit Application..................... 70
ARTICLE IV GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS........................................ 70
SECTION 4.1 Interest................................................... 70
SECTION 4.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of
Revolving Loans......................................... 74
SECTION 4.3 Fees....................................................... 76
SECTION 4.4 Manner of Payment.......................................... 76
SECTION 4.5 Evidence of Indebtedness................................... 78
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SECTION 4.6 Adjustments............................................... 79
SECTION 4.7 Nature of Obligations of Revolving Lenders Regarding
Revolving Extensions of Credit; Assumption by the
Administrative Agent................................... 79
SECTION 4.8 Redenomination of Revolving Loans......................... 80
SECTION 4.9. Regulatory Limitation..................................... 81
SECTION 4.10 Changed Circumstances..................................... 81
SECTION 4.11 Indemnity................................................. 82
SECTION 4.12 Increased Costs........................................... 83
SECTION 4.13 Taxes..................................................... 85
SECTION 4.14 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Revolving Lenders.. 89
SECTION 4.15 The Canadian Borrower as Agent for the Multicurrency
Borrowers.............................................. 90
SECTION 4.16. Rounding and Other Changes................................ 90
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL FOREIGN CURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES......... 91
SECTION 5.1 Mexican Facility.......................................... 91
SECTION 5.2 Optional Increase in Mexican Facility..................... 93
SECTION 5.3 Reallocation of the Mexican Facility Swingline
Commitment............................................. 94
SECTION 5.4 Additional Facilities..................................... 95
SECTION 5.5 General Terms of Additional Facilities; Rules of
Interpretation......................................... 96
ARTICLE VI CLOSING; CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING................... 97
SECTION 6.1 Closing................................................... 97
SECTION 6.2 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit.... 97
SECTION 6.3 Conditions to All Revolving Extensions of Credit.......... 102
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................ 103
SECTION 7.1 Representations and Warranties............................ 103
SECTION 7.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc........... 112
ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES............................ 112
SECTION 8.1 Financial Statements and Projections...................... 112
SECTION 8.2 Officer's Compliance Certificate.......................... 114
SECTION 8.3 Accountants' Certificate.................................. 114
SECTION 8.4 Other Reports............................................. 114
SECTION 8.5 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters.................... 115
SECTION 8.6 Accuracy of Information................................... 116
ARTICLE IX AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.......................................... 116
SECTION 9.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters... 116
SECTION 9.2 Maintenance of Property................................... 116
SECTION 9.3 Insurance................................................. 117
SECTION 9.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records.................. 117
SECTION 9.5 Payment and Performance of Obligations.................... 117
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SECTION 9.6 Compliance With Laws and Approvals........................ 117
SECTION 9.7 Environmental Laws........................................ 117
SECTION 9.8 Compliance with ERISA..................................... 118
SECTION 9.9 Compliance With Agreements................................ 118
SECTION 9.10 Visits and Inspections.................................... 118
SECTION 9.11 Additional Subsidiaries................................... 118
SECTION 9.12 Use of Proceeds........................................... 121
SECTION 9.13 Further Assurances........................................ 121
ARTICLE X FINANCIAL COVENANTS............................................. 121
SECTION 10.1 Maximum Total Leverage Ratio.............................. 121
SECTION 10.2 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio....................... 122
ARTICLE XI NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................ 122
SECTION 11.1 Limitations on Indebtedness............................... 122
SECTION 11.2 Limitations on Liens...................................... 124
SECTION 11.3 Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and
Acquisitions........................................... 126
SECTION 11.4 Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation.................... 129
SECTION 11.5 Limitations on Sale of Assets............................. 130
SECTION 11.6 Limitations on Dividends and Distributions................ 131
SECTION 11.7 Limitations on Exchange and Issuance of Capital Stock..... 132
SECTION 11.8 Transactions with Affiliates.............................. 132
SECTION 11.9 Certain Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents...... 132
SECTION 11.10 Amendments; Payments and Prepayments of Subordinated
Indebtedness........................................... 133
SECTION 11.11 Restrictive Agreements.................................... 133
SECTION 11.12 Nature of Business........................................ 134
ARTICLE XII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.......................................... 135
SECTION 12.1 Events of Default......................................... 135
SECTION 12.2 Remedies.................................................. 138
SECTION 12.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc........... 139
SECTION 12.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds........................ 140
SECTION 12.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim............. 141
SECTION 12.6 Judgment Currency......................................... 142
ARTICLE XIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT..................................... 143
SECTION 13.1 Appointment and Authority................................. 143
SECTION 13.2 Delegation of Duties...................................... 144
SECTION 13.3 Exculpatory Provisions.................................... 144
SECTION 13.4 Reliance by the Agents.................................... 144
SECTION 13.5 Notice of Default......................................... 145
SECTION 13.6 Non-Reliance on the Agents and Other Lenders.............. 145
SECTION 13.7 Indemnification........................................... 146
SECTION 13.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity.......................... 146
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SECTION 13.9 Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent..................... 146
SECTION 13.10 No Liability for Failure to Make Filings.................. 148
SECTION 13.11 Acceptance of Title....................................... 148
SECTION 13.12 No Obligation to Hold Title Deeds......................... 148
SECTION 13.13 Trustee Powers............................................ 149
SECTION 13.14 Declaration of Trust...................................... 149
SECTION 13.15 Hedging Counterparties.................................... 149
SECTION 13.16 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers...................... 149
SECTION 13.17 Mandatory Cost Information................................ 150
SECTION 13.18 Collateral, Guaranty and Intercreditor Matters............ 150
SECTION 13.19 Resignation of Swingline Lenders; Issuing Lender.......... 151
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS................................................. 152
SECTION 14.1 Notices................................................... 152
SECTION 14.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents.......................... 154
SECTION 14.3 Expenses; Indemnity....................................... 155
SECTION 14.4 Right of Set-off.......................................... 157
SECTION 14.5 Governing Law............................................. 158
SECTION 14.6 Waiver of Jury Trial...................................... 159
SECTION 14.7 Reversal of Payments...................................... 159
SECTION 14.8 Injunctive Relief; Punitive Damages....................... 160
SECTION 14.9 Accounting Matters........................................ 160
SECTION 14.10 Successors and Assigns; Participations.................... 160
SECTION 14.11 Confidentiality........................................... 164
SECTION 14.12 Performance of Duties..................................... 165
SECTION 14.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest.......................... 165
SECTION 14.14 Survival of Indemnities................................... 165
SECTION 14.15 Titles and Captions....................................... 165
SECTION 14.16 Severability of Provisions................................ 165
SECTION 14.17 Counterparts.............................................. 165
SECTION 14.18 Integration............................................... 165
SECTION 14.19 Term of Agreement......................................... 165
SECTION 14.20 Advice of Counsel, No Strict Construction................. 166
SECTION 14.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents; Independent Effect
of Covenants........................................... 166
SECTION 14.22 USA Patriot Act........................................... 166
SECTION 14.23 Continuity of Contract.................................... 166
SECTION 14.24 Language.................................................. 167
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit A-3 - Form of Discount Note
Exhibit B - Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Notice of Account Designation
Exhibit D - Form of Notice of Prepayment
Exhibit E - Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit F - Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate
Exhibit G - Form of Assignment and Assumption
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1(a) Permitted Currencies; Multicurrency Cash Management
Swingline Commitments; Available Rates; Multicurrency
Swingline Lenders; Operating Accounts; Payment Offices
Schedule 1.1(b) - Mandatory Cost Calculation
Schedule 1.1(c) - Applicable Designees
Schedule 1.1(d) - Applicable Margin
Schedule 1.1(e) - Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 6.4(a) - Post-Closing Revolving Credit Facility Conditions
Schedule 6.4(b) - Post-Closing Mexican Facility Conditions
Schedule 7.1(a) - Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
Schedule 7.1(b) - Subsidiaries and Capitalization
Schedule 7.1(i) - ERISA Plans
Schedule 7.1(l) - Material Contracts
Schedule 7.1(m) - Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Schedule 7.1(n) - Burdensome Provisions
Schedule 7.1(t) - Indebtedness and Guaranty Obligations
Schedule 7.1(u) - Litigation
Schedule 11.1(c) - Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 11.2 - Existing Liens
Schedule 11.3(a) - Existing Loans, Advances and Investments
Schedule 11.3(k) - Existing Loans, Advances and Investments in the Mexican
Borrower
Schedule 11.8 - Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 11.11 - Restrictive Agreements
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2005, by and among COTT
CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of Canada (the "Canadian
Borrower"), COTT BEVERAGES INC., a corporation organized under the laws of
Georgia (the "U.S. Borrower"), COTT BEVERAGES LIMITED, a company organized under
the laws of England and Wales (the "U.K. Borrower") (each of the Canadian
Borrower, the U.S. Borrower and the U.K. Borrower, a "Multicurrency Borrower",
and collectively, the "Multicurrency Borrowers"), and COTT EMBOTELLADORES de
MEXICO, S.A. de C.V., a company organized under the laws of Mexico (the "Mexican
Borrower", together with the Multicurrency Borrowers and any other Additional
Facility Borrower (as defined below), the "Borrowers" and each a "Borrower"),
the lenders who are or may become a party to this Agreement (collectively, the
"Lenders"), and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as Administrative Agent and Security Trustee for the Lenders.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Borrowers have requested, and the Lenders have agreed, to extend
certain credit facilities to the Borrowers on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement
shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
"Additional Facilities" means each additional foreign currency revolving
credit facility established pursuant to Article V (including, without
limitation, the Mexican Facility established on the Closing Date pursuant to
Article V), and "Additional Facility" means any of such Additional Facilities.
"Additional Facility Borrowers" means the collective reference to (i) with
respect to the Mexican Facility, the Mexican Borrower and (ii) with respect to
each other Additional Facility, the applicable Subsidiary entitled to request
loans under such Additional Facility, and "Additional Facility Borrower" means
any of such Additional Facility Borrowers.
"Additional Facility Extensions of Credit" means, as the context requires,
as to any Additional Facility Lender at any time, (a) an amount equal to the sum
of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Facility Loans made by
such Additional Facility Lender then outstanding, (ii) such Additional Facility
Lender's applicable share of any reimbursement or other obligations with respect
to any letters of credit issued pursuant to the applicable Additional Facility
Loan Documents and (iii) such Additional Facility Lender's applicable share of
any swingline loans then outstanding pursuant to the applicable Additional
Facility Loan Documents,
or (b) the making of any Additional Facility Loan or participations in or other
obligations with respect to swingline loans made or participation in or other
obligations with respect to letters of credit issued pursuant to the applicable
Additional Facility Loan Documents by such Additional Facility Lender.
"Additional Facility Lenders" means the collective reference to the Mexican
Facility Lenders and each other Person agreeing to make Additional Facility
Loans pursuant to the terms of Article V and each Person that hereafter becomes
a party to this Agreement as an Additional Facility Lender pursuant to the
assignment provisions herein and in the applicable Additional Facility Loan
Documents, and "Additional Facility Lender" means any of such Additional
Facility Lenders.
"Additional Facility Loan Documents" means, subject to Section 5.5, each
credit agreement, note or other document, instrument, certificate and agreement
executed and delivered by the Canadian Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in
connection with any Additional Facility (including the Mexican Facility Loan
Documents but excluding any Revolving Loan Documents), all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and
all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
"Additional Facility Loans" means the collective reference to all loans
(including any swingline loans) to any Additional Facility Borrower pursuant to
any Additional Facility Loan Documents.
"Additional Facility Obligations" means, in each case, whether now in
existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including
interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the
Additional Facility Loans and swingline loans under any Additional Facility, (b)
any letter of credit obligations under any Additional Facility, and (c) all
other fees and commissions (including attorneys' fees), charges, indebtedness,
loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties
owing by the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Secured
Parties, in each case under any Additional Facility Loan Document or otherwise,
with respect to any Additional Facility Extension of Credit of every kind,
nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or
not evidenced by any note.
"Administrative Agent" means Wachovia or any designated Affiliate thereof,
in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto
appointed pursuant to Section 13.9.
"Administrative Agent's Correspondent" means (i) Wachovia Bank, National
Association, London Branch, with respect to any Revolving Extensions of Credit
to the U.K. Borrower (or any other financial institution designated by the
Administrative Agent to act as its correspondent hereunder with respect to the
distribution and payment of Revolving Extensions of Credit to the U.K.
Borrower), (ii) Congress Financial Corporation (Canada), with respect to any
Revolving Extensions of Credit to the Canadian Borrower (or any other financial
institution designated by the Administrative Agent to act as its correspondent
hereunder with respect to the
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distribution and payment of Revolving Extensions of Credit to the Canadian
Borrower) and (iii) any other financial institution designated by the
Administrative Agent to act as its correspondent hereunder with respect to the
distribution and payment of other Alternative Currency Loans.
"Administrative Agent's Office" means the office of the Administrative
Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
14.1(c).
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an administrative questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (other than
a Subsidiary of any Borrower) which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries. The term "control" means (a) the
power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities or other equity
interests of a Person having ordinary voting power, or (b) the possession,
directly or indirectly, of any other power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agents" means the collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the
Security Trustee.
"Aggregate Additional Facility Commitment" means the aggregate amount of
the Commitments of the Additional Facility Lenders under the Additional Facility
Loan Documents, as such amount may be increased, reduced, or otherwise modified
at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the sum of (a) the
Canadian Cash Management Swingline Commitment, (b) the U.S. Cash Management
Swingline Commitment and (c) the U.K. Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
"Aggregate Commitment" means the sum of (a) the Revolving Commitment and
(b) the Aggregate Additional Facility Commitment.
"Aggregate Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the difference
between (a) the Aggregate Swingline Commitment less (b) the Aggregate Cash
Management Swingline Commitment.
"Aggregate Swingline Commitment" means the sum of (a) the Canadian
Swingline Commitment, (b) the U.S. Swingline Commitment and (c) the U.K.
Swingline Commitment.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Alternative Currency" means the collective reference to all Permitted
Currencies other than Dollars.
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"Alternative Currency Amount" means with respect to each Loan made or
continued (or to be made or continued) in an Alternative Currency, the amount of
such Alternative Currency which is equivalent to the principal amount in Dollars
of such Loan at the most favorable spot exchange rate reasonably determined by
the Administrative Agent to be available to it at approximately 11:00 a.m. two
(2) Business Days before such Loan is made or continued (or to be made or
continued). When used with respect to any other sum expressed in Dollars,
"Alternative Currency Amount" shall mean the amount of such Alternative Currency
which is equivalent to the amount so expressed in Dollars at the most favorable
spot exchange rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be
available to it at the relevant time.
"Alternative Currency Loan" means any Loan denominated in an Alternative
Currency and all such Alternative Currency Loans collectively as the context
requires.
"Applicable Cash Management Program" means the cash management or similar
program, if any, set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) beside the name of the applicable
Swingline Lender (or any successor, replacement or substitute program agreed to
by the applicable Swingline Lender and the applicable Multicurrency Borrower),
governing the terms of such Swingline Lender's Cash Management Swingline Loans
not otherwise governed by the terms of this Agreement, as such Schedule 1.1(a)
may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof.
"Applicable Designee" means any Affiliate of a Revolving Lender designated
thereby from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which
such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to fund all or any
portion of such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of Revolving
Extensions of Credit under this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the
Applicable Designees of each Revolving Lender are set forth on Schedule 1.1(c)
(which schedule may be updated from time to time upon written notice by any
Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent).
"Applicable Insolvency Laws" means all Applicable Laws governing
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, relief of debtors,
dissolution, insolvency, fraudulent transfers or conveyances or other similar
laws, whether foreign or domestic (including, without limitation, 11 U.S.C.
Sections 544, 547, 548 and 550 and other "avoidance" provisions of Title 11 of
the United States Code, as amended or supplemented).
"Applicable Law" means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses,
approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and
all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
"Applicable Margin" means the corresponding percentages per annum as set
forth on Schedule 1.1(d); provided, that with respect to each Revolving Loan
made in an Alternative Currency, the Applicable Margin shall be increased by an
amount equal to the applicable Mandatory Cost. The Applicable Margin shall be
determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a "Calculation Date") on
which the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the Borrowers, provides an Officer's
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.2 for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of the Canadian Borrower; provided, however, that (a) the
Applicable Margin shall
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be based on Pricing Level IV until the first Calculation Date occurring after
the Closing Date and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by
reference to the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter of the Canadian Borrower preceding the applicable
Calculation Date, and (b) if the Canadian Borrower fails to provide the
Officer's Compliance Certificate as required by Section 8.2 for the most
recently ended fiscal quarter of the Canadian Borrower preceding the applicable
Calculation Date, the Applicable Margin from such Calculation Date shall be
based on Pricing Level I until such time as an appropriate Officer's Compliance
Certificate is provided, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by
reference to the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter of the Canadian Borrower preceding such Calculation Date.
The Applicable Margin shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the
next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the Applicable Margin shall be
applicable to all Revolving Extensions of Credit then existing or subsequently
made or issued.
"Approved Fund" means any Person (other than a natural Person), including,
without limitation, any special purpose entity, that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business; provided,
that such Approved Fund must be administered by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or
manages a Lender.
"Asset Allocation Agreement" means the Asset Allocation Agreement of even
date among the Canadian Borrower, Cott Beverages, Inc, Cott Beverages
Wyomissing, Inc., Cott Vending, Inc., Cott USA Receivables Corporation, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an assignment and assumption entered into
by a Revolving Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party
whose consent is required by Section 14.10), and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form of EXHIBIT G or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
"Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP,
and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount or principal
amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease.
"Available Rate" means the interest rate available for a particular type of
borrowing (exclusive of the Applicable Margin) as set forth on Schedule 1.1(a).
"BA Discount Rate" means, with respect to an issue of Bankers' Acceptances
with the same maturity date, the CDOR Rate for the appropriate term.
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"BA Equivalent Loan" means a loan made to the Canadian Borrower by a Non-BA
Lender evidenced by a Discount Note.
"BA Loan" means a borrowing by the Canadian Borrower by way of the issuance
of Bankers' Acceptances and includes a BA Equivalent Loan.
"BA Proceeds" means, for any Bankers' Acceptance issued hereunder, an
amount calculated on the applicable date that such Bankers' Acceptance is
accepted by dividing:
(a) the face amount of the Bankers' Acceptance
by
(b) the sum of one plus the product of:
(i) the BA Discount Rate applicable thereto
and
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
applicable Interest Period and the denominator of which is the number
of days in the applicable year, being 365 or 366, as the case may be,
with the product being rounded up or down to the (A) second decimal place
(with .005 being rounded up) and (B) nearest whole cent with one-half of
one cent being rounded up.
"Bankers' Acceptance" means each xxxx of exchange, including a depository
xxxx issued in accordance with the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada),
denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by the Canadian Borrower and accepted by
a Revolving Lender (including, without limitation, each Discount Note).
"Base Rate" means, at any time, the greater of (a) the Prime Rate and (b)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall take
effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate
or the Federal Funds Rate, as applicable.
"Base Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan or any Swingline Loan made to the
U.S. Borrower in Dollars which bears interest at a rate based upon the Base
Rate.
"Bond Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness evidenced by a note offering of
senior unsecured notes, senior subordinated notes or subordinated notes, in any
case, pursuant to an indenture, note agreement or other documentation in form
and substance approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"Borrowers" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
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"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Applicable Laws of, or
are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent's Office with
respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR
Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any funding, disbursements, settlements
and payments in Dollars in respect of any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any other
dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect
of any such LIBOR Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in
deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR
Rate Loan denominated in euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and
payments in euro in respect of any such LIBOR Rate Loan, or any other
dealings in euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of
any such LIBOR Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR
Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or euro, means any
such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are
conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency;
(d) if such day relates to any interest rate settings or payments of
principal and interest on any Revolving Loans or any Swingline Loans
denominated in Canadian Dollars including, without limitation, any BA Loan,
means any day on which banks are open for business in Toronto, Ontario; and
(e) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements
and payments in a currency other than Dollars or euro in respect of a LIBOR
Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or euro, or any
other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or euro to be carried out
pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Rate Loan (other
than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are
open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the
country of such currency.
"Calculation Date" has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of
Applicable Margin.
"Canadian Base Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan made to the Canadian
Borrower in Dollars which bears interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate.
"Canadian Borrower" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
"Canadian Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the lesser of (a) the
amount set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto beside the name of the Canadian
Swingline Lender
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(as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof) and (b) the Canadian Swingline
Commitment.
"Canadian Dollar" or "C$" means, at any time of determination, the then
official currency of Canada.
"Canadian Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the difference
between (a) the Canadian Swingline Commitment less (b) the Canadian Cash
Management Swingline Commitment.
"Canadian Prime Rate" means, at any time, the greater of (a) the rate of
interest per annum announced by the Canadian Reference Bank from time to time
(and in effect on such day) as its prime rate for Canadian Dollar commercial
loans made in Canada, as adjusted automatically from time to time and without
notice to the Canadian Borrower upon change by the Canadian Reference Bank and
(b) one percent (1%) plus the one (1) month CDOR Rate from time to time (and in
effect on such day) as advised by the Canadian Reference Bank to the Canadian
Borrower from time to time pursuant hereto. The parties hereto acknowledge that
the rate announced publicly by the Canadian Reference Bank as its prime rate is
an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate
charged to its customers or other banks.
"Canadian Prime Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan made to the Canadian
Borrower in Canadian Dollars which bears interest based upon the Canadian Prime
Rate.
"Canadian Qualified Lender" means a Lender that:
(a) is resident in Canada for the purposes of the ITA; or
(b) is an "authorized foreign bank" for the purposes of the ITA, where any
amount paid or credited to it in respect of any Loan is paid or credited to
it in respect of its Canadian banking business, as defined in the ITA.
"Canadian Reference Bank" means the Bank of Montreal, or its successor and
assigns, or such other bank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably designate.
"Canadian Swingline Base Rate" means at any time, the greater of (a) the
rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Canadian
Swingline Lender (and in effect on such day) as its reference rate for Dollar
commercial loans made in Canada, as adjusted automatically from time to time and
without notice to the Canadian Borrower upon change by the Canadian Swingline
Lender and (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1%. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Canadian
Swingline Lender as the reference rate is an index rate or base rate and shall
not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other
banks.
"Canadian Swingline Base Rate Loan" means any Swingline Loan made to the
Canadian Borrower in Dollars which bears interest at a rate based upon the
Canadian Swingline Base Rate.
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"Canadian Swingline Commitment" means, with respect to the Canadian
Borrower, the lesser of (a) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and (b) the
Revolving Commitment.
"Canadian Swingline Lender" means the Revolving Lender identified on
Schedule 1.1(a) hereto as the Canadian Swingline Lender or any successor
appointed pursuant to Section 13.19 (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof).
"Canadian Swingline Loans" means the collective reference to all Cash
Management Swingline Loans and Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans made by the
Canadian Swingline Lender to the Canadian Borrower.
"Canadian Swingline Prime Rate" means, at any time, the greater of (a) the
rate of interest per annum announced by the Canadian Swingline Lender from time
to time (and in effect on such day) as its prime rate for Canadian Dollar
commercial loans made in Canada, as adjusted automatically from time to time and
without notice to the Canadian Borrower upon change by the Canadian Swingline
Lender and (b) one percent (1%) plus the one (1) month CDOR Rate from time to
time (and in effect on such day) as advised by the Canadian Swingline Lender to
the Canadian Borrower from time to time pursuant hereto. The parties hereto
acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Canadian Swingline Lender as
its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest
or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
"Canadian Swingline Prime Rate Loan" means any Swingline Loan made to the
Canadian Borrower in Canadian Dollars which bears interest based upon the
Canadian Swingline Prime Rate.
"Capital Asset" means, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, any asset that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and
accounted for as a capital asset on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Capital Expenditures" means with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate cost of all Capital Assets acquired
by the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined
in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Lease" means any lease of any property by the Canadian Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, as lessee, that should, in accordance with GAAP, be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a Consolidated balance sheet
of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Capital Stock" means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b)
in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general
or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership
interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
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"Cash Equivalents" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.3(d).
"Cash Management Swingline Loans" means any or all, as the context
requires, of the Swingline Loans made pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i).
"CDOR Rate" means, on any day, with respect to a particular term as
specified herein, the annual rate of discount or interest which is the
arithmetic average of the discount rates (rounded upwards to the nearest
multiple of 0.01%) for bankers' acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars for
such term and face amount identified as such on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page at
approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day, or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as adjusted by the
Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) to reflect any error in any
posted rate or in the posted average annual rate). If the rate does not appear
on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page as contemplated above, then the CDOR Rate on any
day shall be calculated as the arithmetic average of the discount rates (rounded
upwards to the nearest multiple of 0.01%) for bankers' acceptances denominated
in Canadian Dollars for such term and face amount of, and as quoted by, the
Schedule I Reference Banks, as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on that day, or if
that day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
"Change in Control" means (a) any event or series of events in which any
person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall at any time own or obtain
ownership or control in one or more series of transactions of more than forty
percent (40%) of the Capital Stock or forty percent (40%) of the voting power of
the Canadian Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board
of directors of the Canadian Borrower, (b) during any period of twelve (12)
consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
Canadian Borrower cease to be composed of Continuing Directors, or (c) there
shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any
Indebtedness in excess of $20,000,000 any "change in control" or similar term
(as defined in such indenture or other evidence of Indebtedness) obligating the
Canadian Borrower to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the
Indebtedness or Capital Stock provided for therein. For the purposes hereof,
"Continuing Directors" means, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive
months, individuals (i) who were members of the board of directors on the first
day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to the board of directors
was approved by individuals who comprised a majority of the board of directors
on the first day of such period or (iii) whose election or nomination to the
board of directors was approved by (A) individuals who were members of the board
of directors on the first day of such period or (B) individuals whose election
or nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the board
of directors on the first day of such period; provided that in each case such
individuals referenced in clause (A) and clause (B) constituted a majority of
the board of directors at the time of such election or nomination
"Change in Law" means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of
any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or
in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
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"Closing Date" means the date of this Agreement or such later Business Day
upon which each condition described in Section 6.2 shall be satisfied or waived
in all respects in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in its sole
discretion.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.
"Collateral" means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations
pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.
"Collateral Agreement" means one or more collateral agreements of even date
executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the applicable Agent for the benefit
of itself and the Secured Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Commitment" means, as to any Lender, as applicable, (a) the obligation of
such Lender to make Revolving Extensions of Credit to any Multicurrency
Borrower, in an aggregate principal or face amount at any time outstanding not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on the Register, as
the same may be reduced, increased or modified at any time or from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof and (b) the obligation of such Lender to make
Additional Facility Extensions of Credit to any Additional Facility Borrower, in
an aggregate principal or face amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the
amount set forth with respect to such Additional Facility Lender under the
applicable Additional Facility Loan Documents.
"Commitment Percentage" means, as to any Lender at any time, the ratio of
(a) the amount of the Commitment of such Lender to (b) the Aggregate Commitment.
"Consolidated" means, when used with reference to financial statements or
financial statement items of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such
statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable
principles of consolidation under GAAP.
"Contribution Share" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.7(c).
"Credit Facilities" means the collective reference to the Revolving
Facility and each of the Additional Facilities and "Credit Facility" means any
of such Credit Facilities.
"Credit Parties" means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
"CRC" means Cott USA Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
its successors and assigns.
"Default" means any of the events specified in Section 12.1 which with the
passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute
an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any
portion of the Loans, participations in Swingline Loans or participations in L/C
Obligations required to be funded by it hereunder or under any Additional
Facility Loan Document within one (1) Business
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Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed
to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date when
due, unless such amount is the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
"Discount Note" means a non-interest bearing promissory note denominated in
Canadian Dollars, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A-3, issued by the
Canadian Borrower to a Non-BA Lender to evidence a BA Equivalent Loan.
"Dollar Amount" means (a) with respect to each Extension of Credit made or
continued (or to be made or continued) or issued or extended (or to be issued or
extended), in Dollars, the principal amount thereof and (b) with respect to each
Extension of Credit made or continued (or to be made or continued) or issued or
extended (or to be issued or extended), in an Alternative Currency, the amount
of Dollars which is equivalent to the principal amount of such Extension of
Credit, at the most favorable spot exchange rate reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) two (2) Business Days before such
Extension of Credit is made or continued (or to be made or continued) or issued
or extended (or to be issued or extended). When used with respect to any other
sum expressed in an Alternative Currency, "Dollar Amount" shall mean the amount
of Dollars which is equivalent to the amount so expressed in such Alternative
Currency at the most favorable spot exchange rate reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent to be available to it at the relevant time.
"Dollars" or "$" means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful
currency of the United States.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a
Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) Net Income for such period plus (b)
the sum of the following to the extent deducted in determining Net Income: (i)
income tax expense, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) amortization, depreciation and
other one-time or extraordinary non-cash charges, and (iv) any other non-cash
charges (except to the extent that such non-cash charges may become cash charges
to be taken in the future) less (c) the sum of the following to the extent
included in determining Net Income: (i) interest income and any extraordinary
non-cash income or gains, (ii) any extraordinary cash income or gains in excess
of $10,000,000 in the aggregate during such period and (iii) any other non-cash
income or gains; provided that EBITDA for such period of any entity, division or
other assets acquired in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be
included as of the first day of such period in the EBITDA of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a pro forma, historical basis (after giving
effect to any adjustments thereto, which such adjustments have been (x)
identified in writing by the Canadian Borrower at the time of such acquisition
and (y) approved by the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that there is a change in GAAP after the Closing Date requiring the
expensing of stock options, the amount of any non-cash stock option expense
shall be added back to EBITDA.
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"Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Revolving Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a
Revolving Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a
natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) each Swingline
Lender, (iii) each Issuing Lender, and (iv) unless a Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Canadian Borrower (each such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being agreed that the Canadian Borrower
may withhold its approval if such Person cannot provide Interest Periods of nine
(9) months or twelve (12) months)); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing
or any other provision of this Agreement, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include
(A) the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) any Person
which cannot (either directly or through an Applicable Designee) lend to each
Multicurrency Borrower in each applicable Permitted Currency.
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan (1) within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to ERISA and either (a) is
maintained for employees of the Credit Parties or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has
at any time within the preceding six (6) years been maintained for the employees
of the Credit Parties or any current or former ERISA Affiliate or (2) registered
in accordance with the ITA or other Applicable Law which a Credit Party or any
ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is
obligated to make, contributions.
"EMU" means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on
European Union.
"EMU Legislation" means legislative measures of the Council of European
Union for the introduction of, change over to or operation of the euro.
"Environmental Claims" means any and all administrative, regulatory or
judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations,
allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than
internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and
not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings
relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any
Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under
any such Environmental Law, including, without limitation, any and all claims by
Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial
or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification cost recovery,
compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising
from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health or the environment.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial
and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations,
permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or
Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health (excluding
consumer protection laws) or the environment, including, but not limited to,
requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing,
permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
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"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who together with any Credit Party is
treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
"euro" means the single currency to which the Participating Member States
of the European Union have converted.
"euro Base Rate" means, at any time, the greater of:
(i) the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
the European Central Bank (and in effect on such day) as its base rate for euro
denominated commercial loans made in the United Kingdom, as adjusted
automatically from time to time and without notice to the U.K. Borrower upon
change by the European Central Bank; and
(ii) the LIBOR Rate for deposits in euro for a period of one (1) month (as
such rate may fluctuate from day to day).
The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the European
Central Bank as the euro Base Rate is an index rate or base rate and shall not
necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
"euro Base Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan made to the U.K. Borrower in
euros which bears interest at a rate based upon the euro Base Rate.
"euro Swingline Base Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest per
annum publicly announced from time to time by the U.K. Swingline Lender (and in
effect on such day) as its short term offered rate for euro denominated
commercial loans made in the United Kingdom, as adjusted automatically from time
to time and without notice to the U.K. Borrower upon change by the U.K.
Swingline Lender. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced
publicly by the U.K. Swingline Lender as the euro Swingline Base Rate is an
index rate or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate
charged to its customers or other banks.
"euro Swingline Base Rate Loans" means any Swingline Loan made to the U.K.
Borrower in euros which bears interest at a rate based upon the euro Swingline
Base Rate.
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any day with respect to any
LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, the percentage (expressed as a decimal
and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) which is in
effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve system (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency
reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of
liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.
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"Event of Default" means any of the events specified in Section 12.1;
provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any
other condition, has been satisfied.
"Excess Payment" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.7(c).
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender (including the Swingline Lenders and the Issuing Lenders) or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any
Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income
(however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income
taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the
laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is
located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is
located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located
and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the Borrowers under Section 4.14(b)), any withholding tax that is
imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is
attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure or inability (other than as a
result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 4.13(e), except to the extent
that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of
designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional
amounts from the applicable Borrower with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section 4.13(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this definition, "Excluded Taxes" shall not include any withholding tax
imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of any Borrower to any
Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document; provided
that such Lender or other recipient of payment shall have complied with the last
paragraph of Section 4.13(e).
"Existing Facilities" means, collectively, (a) the Existing U.S. Facility
and (b) the Existing U.K. Facility.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means all letters of credit described on
Schedule 1.1(e).
"Existing Subordinated Indebtedness" means the Subordinated Indebtedness
evidenced by the $275 million 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011, including,
without limitation, any additional notes, exchange notes or other replacement
notes, in each case, issued by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to the Indenture dated
as of December 21, 2001.
"Existing Subordinated Note Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of
December 21, 2001 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified)
executed in connection with the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Existing U.S. Facility" means the credit facilities made available
pursuant to the credit agreement dated as of July 19, 2001 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified) by and among the Canadian
Borrower, the U.S. Borrower, the lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx Commercial
Paper, Inc., as general administrative agent.
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"Existing U.K. Facility" means the credit facilities made available
pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated as of January 7, 2004 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified) by and between Cott
Retail Brands Limited and Lloyds TSB Bank plc.
"Extensions of Credit" means the collective reference to Revolving
Extensions of Credit and Additional Facility Extensions of Credit.
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) representing the daily effective
federal funds rate as quoted by the Administrative Agent and confirmed in
Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15 (519) or any successor or
substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent. If, for any reason,
such rate is not available, then "Federal Funds Rate" shall mean a daily rate
which is determined, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to
be the rate at which federal funds are being offered for sale in the national
federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. Rates for weekends or holidays shall be the
same as the rate for the most immediately preceding Business Day.
"Fee Letter" means the separate fee letter agreement executed by the
Canadian Borrower and the Administrative Agent and/or certain of its affiliates
dated January 14, 2005.
"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries ending on the Saturday that falls nearest to (whether before or
after) December 31.
"Fixed Charges" means, for any period, the sum of the following determined
on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) Interest Expense payable in cash, (b)
scheduled principal payments with respect to any Indebtedness and (c) cash
taxes.
"Fixed Rate Loans" means the collective reference to LIBOR Rate Loans, BA
Loans, and all other Revolving Loans provided at similar match-funded or similar
non-floating interest rates.
"Floating Rate Loans" means the collective reference to Base Rate Loans,
Canadian Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Canadian Swingline Base
Rate Loans, Canadian Swingline Prime Rate Loans, U.K. Dollar Base Rate Loans,
U.K. Swingline Dollar Base Rate Loans, U.K. Sterling Base Rate Loans, U.K.
Swingline Sterling Rate Loans, euro Base Rate Loans, euro Swingline Base Rate
Loans and all other Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans provided at floating
interest rates.
"Foreign Lender" means, with respect to any applicable Borrower, any Lender
that is (a) organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction or (b)
resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction, other than that in which such
Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed
to constitute a single jurisdiction.
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"Foreign Security Documents" means security agreements, debentures, pledge
agreements, charges and other similar documents and agreements (including,
without limitation, the Deed(s) of Hypothec, Bond(s) and Pledge(s) referred to
in Section 13.1 hereof) securing the obligations of the Credit Parties owning
Collateral located in, or subject to the laws of, any jurisdictions other than
that of the United States or any political subdivision thereof.
"Full Credit Party" means the Multicurrency Borrowers and each other
Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor that is jointly and severally liable, through
an unlimited Guaranty Agreement or otherwise, for all of the Secured
Obligations.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, as recognized by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, consistently applied and maintained on a consistent basis for
the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries throughout the period indicated and
(subject to Section 14.9) consistent with the prior financial practice of the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Governmental Approvals" means all authorizations, consents, approvals,
permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports
to, all Governmental Authorities.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom, Mexico or any other nation, or of any political subdivision
thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies
such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
"Guaranty Agreements" means, collectively, (a) the Multicurrency Borrower
Guaranty Agreement, (b) the Master Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, (c) the
Mexican Guaranty Agreement and (d) any other guaranty of the Secured Obligations
entered into by an Additional Facility Borrower, in each case, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Guaranty Obligation" means, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
any such Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly
guaranteed any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of any such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
condition or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any
other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided that the term Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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"Hazardous Materials" means any substances or materials (a) which are or
become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants,
contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any
Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable,
infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to human
health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental
Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under
any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of
which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other
Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed to constitute a nuisance or a
trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring
properties, (f) which consist of underground or aboveground storage tanks,
whether empty, filled or partially filled with any substance, or (g) which
contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived
substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
"Hedging Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any Interest Rate
Contract, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, forward foreign exchange
agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency
option agreement or other agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks
of any Person arising from fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or
commodity prices, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Hedging Obligations" means all existing or future payment and other
obligations owing by any Borrower under any Hedging Agreement (which such
Hedging Agreement is permitted hereunder) with any Person that is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement is executed.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date and without
duplication, all of the following whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money
including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments of any such Person;
(b) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services of any such Person, including, without limitation, all obligations
under non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements (except trade payables,
accrued liabilities, tax payables, non-compete and restructuring expenses, and
other similar items, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business);
(c) the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person with respect to such
Person's obligations in respect of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases
(regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d) all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset
owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other
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title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been
assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(e) all Guaranty Obligations of any such Person;
(f) all payment obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person
relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn,
including, without limitation, any Reimbursement Obligation, and banker's
acceptances issued for the account of any such Person;
(g) all cash obligations of any such Person to redeem, repurchase,
exchange, defease or otherwise make payments in respect of Capital Stock of such
Person;
(h) all Net Hedging Obligations; and
(i) the outstanding attributed principal amount under any asset
securitization program (including any Permitted Asset Securitization).
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person
is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly
made non-recourse to such Person.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes and Other Taxes, in each case other than
Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.3(b).
"Interest Expense" means, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the net interest expense (including, without
limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Leases and plus or minus
all Net Hedging Obligations) of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all
determined for such period on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in
accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Period" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.1(b).
"Interest Rate Contract" means any interest rate swap agreement, interest
rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate collar
agreement, interest rate option or any other agreement regarding the hedging of
interest rate risk exposure executed in connection with hedging the interest
rate exposure of any Person and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such
agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"ISP98" means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective
January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
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"Issuing Lender" means Wachovia, Bank of Montreal and any other Revolving
Lender designated as an Issuing Lender by the Canadian Borrower (with reasonable
prior notice of such designation by the Canadian Borrower to the Administrative
Agent).
"ITA" means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended or modified from time
to time.
"L/C Commitment" means the lesser of (a) Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000) and (b) the Revolving Commitment.
"L/C Facility" means the letter of credit facility established pursuant to
Article III.
"L/C Obligations" means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit
and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not
then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
"L/C Participants" means the collective reference to all Revolving Lenders
other than the applicable Issuing Lender.
"L/C Supporting Documentation" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.2.
"Lenders" means the collective reference to the Revolving Lenders and the
Additional Facility Lenders and "Lender" means any of such Lenders.
"Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such
Lender maintaining such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the Extensions of
Credit.
"Letter of Credit Application" means an application, in the form specified
by the applicable Issuing Lender from time to time, requesting the applicable
Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.
"Letters of Credit" means the collective reference to the standby letters
of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1 and the Existing Letters of Credit.
"LIBOR" means the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the
rate for deposits in the applicable Permitted Currency in minimum amounts of at
least $5,000,000 (or the Alternative Currency Amount thereof) for a period equal
to the applicable Interest Period which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first
day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%). If, for any reason, such rate does not appear on
Telerate Page 3750, then "LIBOR" shall be determined by the Administrative Agent
to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in the
applicable Permitted Currency in minimum amounts of at least $5,000,000 (or the
Alternative Currency Amount thereof) would be offered by first class banks in
the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of the
applicable Interest Period for a
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period equal to such Interest Period. Each calculation by the Administrative
Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
"LIBOR Rate" means:
(a) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, a rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%)
determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
LIBOR Rate = LIBOR
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1.00-Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
and
(b) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in any Alternative
Currency, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100th of 1%) equal to LIBOR.
Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of the LIBOR Rate shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
"LIBOR Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust,
leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation,
encumbrance or security arrangement of any kind in respect of such asset. For
the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a
Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other
title retention agreement relating to such asset.
"Loan Documents" means the collective reference to the Additional Facility
Loan Documents and the Revolving Loan Documents.
"Loans" means the collective reference to Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans,
Additional Facility Loans and "Loan" means any of such Loans.
"Mandatory Cost" means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Schedule 1.1(b) hereto.
"Master Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement" means the unconditional guaranty
agreement of even date executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and the Lenders, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, a material adverse effect on (a) the properties,
business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Canadian
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (b) the ability of
any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it
is a party or (c) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
against the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof of any Loan
Document to which it is a party.
"Material Contract" means any contract or agreement, written or oral, of
the Canadian Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries the failure to
comply with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
"Maturity Date" means the earliest to occur of (a) Xxxxx 00, 0000, (x) the
date of termination of the Revolving Facility by the Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of itself and the other Multicurrency Borrowers, pursuant to Section 2.5,
or (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Facility by the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to Section 12.2(a).
"Maximum Facility Amount" shall equal $250,000,000.
"Mexican Borrower" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
"Mexican Facility" means the collective reference to the Mexican revolving
credit facility, any Mexican swingline facility and any Mexican letter of credit
facility available to the Mexican Borrower and established pursuant to Article V
and the Mexican Facility Loan Documents.
"Mexican Facility Agent" means the "Mexican Agent" (as defined in the loan
agreement executed in connection with the Mexican Facility).
"Mexican Facility Commitment" means $5,000,000, as such amount may be
increased, reduced or otherwise modified at any time or from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof and the Mexican Facility Loan Documents.
"Mexican Facility Issuing Lender" means the Mexican Facility Lender
designated as the issuing lender under the Mexican Facility by the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the Mexican Borrower and approved by the
Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"Mexican Facility L/C Obligations" means, at any time, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of any then
outstanding letters of credit issued under the Mexican Facility and (b) the
aggregate amount of drawings under any letters of credit issued under the
Mexican Facility which have not then been reimbursed.
"Mexican Facility Lenders" is the collective reference to each Person
agreeing to make Mexican Facility Loans pursuant to the terms of Article V.
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"Mexican Facility Letters of Credit" means the collective reference to the
standby letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 5.1(c) and the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents.
"Mexican Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit" means the lesser of (a) Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and (b) the Mexican Facility Commitment.
"Mexican Facility Loan Documents" means:
(a) each credit agreement, note, document, instrument, certificate and
agreement executed and delivered by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof
pursuant to Section 6.4; and
(b) subject to Section 5.5, each other credit agreement, note, document,
instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by any Credit Party
or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with the Mexican Facility (excluding any
Revolving Loan Documents);
all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders and all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
"Mexican Facility Loans" means the collective reference to all revolving
credit loans (including any Mexican Facility Swingline Loans) made to the
Mexican Borrower pursuant to any Mexican Facility Loan Documents.
"Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment" means the lesser of (a) $5,000,000
and (b) the Mexican Facility Commitment, as such amount may be increased,
reduced or modified pursuant to the terms hereof and the Mexican Facility Loan
Documents.
"Mexican Facility Swingline Loans" means any swingline loan made by the
Mexican Swingline Lender to the Mexican Borrower pursuant to the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents.
"Mexican Guaranty Agreement" means the unconditional guaranty agreement of
even date executed by the Mexican Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent
and the Revolving Lenders pursuant to which the Mexican Borrower shall guaranty
the Secured Obligations (other than Secured Obligations for which the Mexican
Borrower is directly liable as a direct borrower), as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Such guaranty by the
Mexican Borrower shall be limited to the amount of all outstanding loans,
advances and other investments made on or after the Closing Date by any Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Mexican Borrower.
"Mexican Peso" means, at any time of determination, the then official
currency of Mexico.
"Mexican Swingline Lender" means the Mexican Facility Lender designated as
the swingline lender under the Mexican Facility by the Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of itself and
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the Mexican Borrower, and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"Multicurrency Borrower Guaranty Agreement" means the unconditional
guaranty agreement of even date executed by the Multicurrency Borrowers in favor
of the Administrative Agent and the Additional Facility Lenders pursuant to
which the Multicurrency Borrowers shall guaranty the Additional Facility
Obligations, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"Multicurrency Borrowers" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, that is subject to ERISA, and to which the Credit Parties
or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has
accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding six (6) years.
"Net Hedging Obligations" means, as of any date, the Termination Value of
any such Hedging Agreement on such date.
"Net Income" means, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for any period of determination, the net income (or loss) of the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be
excluded from Net Income (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than
a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Canadian
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party,
except to the extent such net income is actually paid to the Canadian Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period,
(b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes
a Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged
into or consolidated with the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
that Person's assets are acquired by the Canadian Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)
and (c) the net income (if positive) of any Subsidiary to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
to the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income is not at
the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute rule or governmental regulation
applicable to such Subsidiary.
"Non-BA Lender" means a Lender that cannot or does not as a matter of
policy issue Bankers' Acceptances.
"Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans" means any or all, as the context
requires, of the multicurrency non-cash management swingline loans made pursuant
to Section 2.2(a)(ii).
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"Note" means any of the following as the context requires: a Revolving
Note, a Swingline Note or a Discount Note and "Notes" is the collective
reference to all such notes.
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"Notice of Account Designation" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.3(b).
"Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(a).
"Notice of Conversion/Continuation" has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 4.2.
"Notice of Prepayment" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(c).
"Obligations" means the collective reference to the Revolving Obligations
and the Additional Facility Obligations.
"Officer's Compliance Certificate" means a certificate of the chief
financial officer, the controller or the treasurer of the Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
F.
"Operating Lease" means, as to any Person as determined in accordance with
GAAP, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as
lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
"Other Taxes" means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
"Participating Member State" means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
"Payment Office" means the applicable office of the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent's Correspondent and each Revolving Lender set forth on
Schedule 1.1(a) to which the applicable Multicurrency Borrower shall make
certain payments required hereunder.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
agency.
"Pension Plan" means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer
Plan, (1) which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code and which (a) is maintained for the employees of the Credit Parties
or any ERISA Affiliates or (b) has at any time within the preceding six (6)
years been maintained for the employees of the Credit Parties or any of its
current or former ERISA Affiliates or (2) registered in accordance with the ITA
or other Applicable Law which a Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates
sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is obligated to make,
contributions.
"Permitted Acquisition" means the acquisition by any Credit Party of all or
a substantial portion of the business or a line of business or division (whether
by the acquisition of Capital Stock, assets or any combination thereof) of any
other Person; provided that each acquisition meets all of the following
requirements:
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(a) such proposed acquisition is non-hostile (with evidence thereof to
be provided to the Administrative Agent upon its request);
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing both before and after giving effect to such proposed
acquisition;
(c) the business, line of business or division to be acquired shall be
a going concern and such Person shall be engaged in a business, or the
assets acquired (either directly or indirectly through the acquisition of
Capital Stock) shall be used by a Credit Party in a business, in each case
which is substantially similar to, or related to, a line of business of the
Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other
Borrowers, shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such documents
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.11
to be delivered at the time required by Section 9.11 and shall confirm that
any such Person acquired or created in connection with the proposed
acquisition is a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder except as otherwise
permitted hereunder;
(e) the Person to be acquired shall not be subject to any pending
litigation which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(f) in connection with any proposed acquisition or series of related
acquisitions with respect to which the aggregate consideration exceeds
$25,000,000, the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other
Borrowers, (i) shall have demonstrated, on or prior to the proposed closing
date of such proposed acquisition, to the Administrative Agent pro forma
compliance (as of the date of the proposed acquisition or series of
acquisitions and after giving effect thereto and any Extensions of Credit
made or to be made in connection therewith) with each covenant contained
herein (as evidenced by an Officer's Compliance Certificate), (ii) shall
have delivered, on or prior to the proposed closing date of such proposed
acquisition, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice of
such proposed acquisition, which notice shall include the proposed closing
date of such proposed acquisition and a description of the proposed
acquisition in the form customarily prepared by the Credit Parties, (iii)
shall have delivered, on or prior to the proposed closing date of such
proposed acquisition, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial
projections in respect of the Person to be acquired for the one-year period
following the consummation of such proposed acquisition and (iv) if
requested by the Administrative Agent, shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders final copies of the documentation to
be executed in connection with such proposed acquisition, including all
schedules and exhibits thereto; and
(g) the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders shall be obtained prior to the consummation of any
proposed acquisition if (i) the aggregate amount of cash consideration of
such proposed acquisition or series of related
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acquisitions exceeds $100,000,000 or (ii) the aggregate amount of cash
consideration of such proposed acquisition or series of related
acquisitions, together with all acquisitions or series of related
acquisitions consummated during the twelve-month period ending on the date
of such proposed acquisition or series of related acquisitions, exceeds
$150,000,000.
"Permitted Asset Securitization" means, with respect to the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(a) the asset securitization provided for in the Permitted Asset
Securitization Sale Agreements, the Performance Undertaking, dated on or about
March 31, 2005, between the Canadian Borrower and CRC, and the Cott Receivables
Corporation Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated on or about March 31, 2005,
among CRC, as Seller, the U.S. Borrower, as Servicer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Agent, and the other Financial Institutions referred to therein, in each case
as such agreements may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time
to time (the "Original Permitted Asset Securitization") (provided that such
asset securitization shall be subject to, and shall be in compliance with, all
of the terms, conditions and other requirements set forth in clause (b) below);
and
(b) at any time that the Original Permitted Asset Securitization is not in
effect, any pledge, sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other
disposition by any such Person as an originator of the following items (each
such Person, in its capacity as an originator, a "Receivables Originator"):
(i) accounts, contract rights, payment intangibles, promissory notes,
chattel paper, instruments, documents, investment property, financial
assets or general intangibles arising in connection with the sale of goods
or rendering of services, including, without limitation, the obligation to
pay any finance, interest, late payment or similar charges with respect
thereto (such items, the "Receivables");
(ii) all of the applicable Receivables Originator's interest in the
inventory and goods the financing or lease of which by the applicable
Receivables Originator gave rise to any such Receivable (but only to the
extent such inventory or goods consists of returned or repossessed
inventory or goods, if any), and all insurance contracts with respect
thereto;
(iii) all other security interests or liens or property subject
thereto from time to time, if any, securing or purporting to secure payment
of any such Receivable, together with all financing statements and security
agreements describing any collateral securing any such Receivable;
(iv) all guaranties, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights,
supporting obligations, insurance and other agreements or arrangements
supporting or securing payment of any such Receivable (but only to the
extent that such guaranties, letters of credit, supporting obligations,
insurance and other agreements or arrangements relate to any such
Receivable);
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(v) all service contracts and other contracts, including, but not
limited to, instruments, agreements, invoices and other writings,
associated with any such Receivable (but only to the extent that such
service contracts and other contracts relate to any such Receivable);
(vi) all purchase orders and other documents, books, records and other
information, including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes,
disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property rights,
related to any such Receivable or any other item described in items (ii)
through (v) above;
(vii) all of the Canadian Borrower's right, title and interest in, to
and under the Permitted Asset Securitization Sale Agreements;
(viii) all of the Canadian Borrower's right, title and interest in, to
and under (A) concentration accounts, depository accounts, lock-box
accounts or similar accounts in which any proceeds of any of the foregoing
are deposited (provided that such rights shall extend only on such proceeds
and not over any other proceeds, monies or other property which may be
contained in such concentration accounts, depository accounts, lock-box
accounts or similar accounts) and (B) the performance undertaking by the
Canadian Borrower;
(ix) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (all such items referenced
in clauses (i) through (ix), the "Transferred Assets");
which such pledge, sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other disposition
is funded by the recipient of such Transferred Assets in whole or in part by
borrowings or the issuance of instruments or securities that are paid
principally from the cash derived from such Transferred Assets; provided that
the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding liabilities under all such
transactions shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time; and provided further
that such pledge, sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other disposition
and any Indebtedness arising from such pledge, sale, transfer, contribution,
conveyance or other disposition shall be without recourse to the Canadian
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except with respect to (A)
reductions in the balance of such Receivable as a result of any defective or
rejected goods or set-off by the obligor of such Receivable transferred by such
Person, (B) breaches of representations or warranties by such Person in any
applicable receivables sale agreement which contains representations and
warranties which are not significantly broader in scope and obligation than the
representations and warranties contained in the Permitted Asset Securitization
Sale Agreements and (C) indemnification of the applicable Subsidiary SPE to the
extent provided in any applicable receivables sale agreement which contains
indemnification terms and provisions which are not significantly broader in
scope and obligation than the terms and provisions contained in the Permitted
Asset Securitization Sale Agreements.
"Permitted Asset Securitization Sale Agreements" means each of (i)
that certain the Receivables Sale Agreement dated on or about March 31, 2005
between CRC and Cott
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Beverages Inc., (ii) that certain Receivables Sale Agreement dated on or about
March 31, 2005 between CRC and Cott Vending Inc., and (iii) that certain
Receivables Sale Agreement dated on or about March 31, 2005 between CRC and Cott
Beverages Wyomissing Inc., as each such agreement may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Permitted Currency" means, with respect to any Borrower, the applicable
currencies permitted to be borrowed by such Borrower, as set forth on Schedule
1.1(a), as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified pursuant to the
terms hereof; provided that "Permitted Currency" shall also include such other
readily available and freely tradable and convertible foreign currencies
requested by the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the applicable
Borrower(s), and approved by the Administrative Agent and (a) the Revolving
Lenders (with respect to the Revolving Loans), (b) the Mexican Facility Lenders
(with respect to the Mexican Facility Loans), and (c) the applicable Additional
Facility Lenders (with respect to each applicable Additional Facility Loan), in
each case including the applicable swingline lenders and the applicable issuing
lender(s), such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Upon the
addition of any new Permitted Currency, Schedule 1.1(a) shall be supplemented to
reflect such addition.
"Permitted Liens" means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 11.2.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority
or other entity.
"Pounds Sterling" means, at any time of determination, the then official
currency of the United Kingdom.
"Prime Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each
change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the
day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that
the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an
index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged
to its customers or other banks.
"Ratable Share" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.7(c).
"Receivables" has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of
Permitted Asset Securitization.
"Receivables Originator" has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition
of Permitted Asset Securitization.
"Register" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.10(c).
"Reimbursement Obligation" means the obligation of the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to
Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under the applicable Letter of Credit.
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"Related Parties" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and of such Person's Affiliates.
"Required Credit Facility Lenders" means, at any date, any combination of
Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Aggregate Commitment; provided that if any Credit Facility has been terminated,
such determination shall be made on the basis of the Revolving Extensions of
Credit or Additional Facility Extensions of Credit, as applicable, held by such
Lender (with the aggregate amount of each Lender's risk participation and funded
participation in Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations (or swingline loans or
letter of credit obligations under any Additional Facility being deemed "held"
by such Lender for the purposes of this definition); provided that the
Commitment of, and the portion of the Revolving Extensions of Credit or
Additional Facility Extension of Credits, as applicable, held or deemed held by,
any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination
of Required Credit Facility Lenders.
"Required Lenders" means, at any date, any combination of Revolving Lenders
whose Revolving Commitments aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Revolving Commitment; provided that if the Revolving Facility has been
terminated, such determination shall be made on the basis of the Revolving
Extensions of Credit held by such Revolving Lender (with the aggregate amount of
each Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in Swingline
Loans and L/C Obligations being deemed "held" by such Revolving Lender for the
purposes of this definition); provided that the Revolving Commitment of, and the
portion of the Revolving Extensions of Credit, as applicable, held or deemed
held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Lenders.
"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, the president, the
chief financial officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice
president, the secretary, the controller, any treasurer of a Credit Party or any
other officer of a Credit Party reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer
of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Credit
Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted
on behalf of such Credit Party.
"Restricted Subsidiaries" means all Subsidiaries of the Canadian Borrower
that are not Unrestricted Subsidiaries and "Restricted Subsidiary" means any one
of such entities.
"Revolving Commitment" means the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders'
Commitments under this Agreement, as such amount may be increased, reduced or
otherwise modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof. On the Closing Date, the Revolving Commitment shall be Ninety-Five
Million Dollars ($95,000,000).
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"Revolving Commitment Percentage" means, as to any Revolving Lender at any
time, the ratio of (a) the amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving
Lender to (b) the Revolving Commitment of all Lenders.
"Revolving Credit Facility" means the multicurrency revolving credit
facility established pursuant to Article II.
"Revolving Extensions of Credit" means, as the context requires, as to any
Revolving Lender at any time, (a) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender
then outstanding, (ii) such Revolving Lender's Commitment Percentage of the L/C
Obligations then outstanding and (iii) such Revolving Lender's Commitment
Percentage of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, or (b) the making of any
Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan or participation in any Swingline Loan or Letter
of Credit by such Revolving Lender.
"Revolving Facility" means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit
Facility, the Swingline Facility and the L/C Facility.
"Revolving Lenders" means the collective reference to the Persons that have
agreed to make Revolving Loans pursuant to the terms of Article II (including,
without limitation, each Issuing Lender and each Swingline Lender unless the
context otherwise requires) and each Person that hereafter becomes a party to
this Agreement as a Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 14.10. Furthermore,
with respect to each provision of this Agreement relating to the following
matters:
(i) any Extension of Credit made by any Revolving Lender to the Canadian
Borrower or the U.K. Borrower;
(ii) any payment made by the Canadian Borrower or the U.K. Borrower to any
Revolving Lender; and
(iii) Sections 14.3 and 14.4;
each reference to any Revolving Lender shall be deemed to include such Revolving
Lender's Applicable Designee. Notwithstanding the designation by any Revolving
Lender of an Applicable Designee, the Multicurrency Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent shall be permitted to deal solely and directly with such
Revolving Lender in connection with such Revolving Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
"Revolving Loan" means (i) any revolving credit loan made to any
Multicurrency Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 and (ii) any BA Loan made to the
Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 2.10.
"Revolving Loan Documents" means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note,
the Letter of Credit Applications, the applicable Security Documents (including,
without limitation, the Master Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement) and each other
document, instrument, certificate and
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agreement executed and delivered by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof
in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or
contemplated hereby (excluding any Hedging Agreement and any Additional Facility
Loan Document), all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Revolving Note" means a promissory note made by the Multicurrency
Borrowers in favor of a Revolving Lender evidencing the Revolving Loans made by
such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A-1 hereto, and any
amendments, supplements and modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and
any replacements, restatements, renewals or extensions thereof, in whole or in
part.
"Revolving Obligations" means, in each case, whether now in existence or
hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Revolving
Loans and the Swingline Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations and (c) all other fees
and commissions (including attorneys' fees), charges, indebtedness, loans,
liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing
by the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Secured Parties, in
each case under any Revolving Loan Document or otherwise, with respect to any
Revolving Extension of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious,
liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note.
"Revolving Participant" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
14.10(d).
"Schedule I Lender" means any Lender named on Schedule I to the Bank Act
(Canada).
"Schedule I Reference Banks" means any bank or banks named on Schedule I to
the Bank Act (Canada) as may be agreed from time to time by the Administrative
Agent and the Canadian Borrower.
"Secured Obligations" means the collective reference to the Revolving
Obligations, the Additional Facility Obligations and the Hedging Obligations.
"Secured Parties" means the collective reference to the Agents, the Lenders
or any other holder of Secured Obligations secured by a pledge or grant of
security interest on any Collateral.
"Security Documents" means the collective reference to the Guaranty
Agreements, the Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Security Documents, the Asset
Allocation Agreement and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which any
Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof purports to pledge or grant a security
interest in any property or assets securing the Secured Obligations or any such
Person purports to guaranty the payment and/or performance of the Secured
Obligations, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
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"Security Trustee" means Wachovia, in its capacity as security trustee
under any applicable Foreign Security Document or in such other capacity as may
be provided in Section 13.1.
"Security Trustee's Office" means the office of the Security Trustee
specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1(c).
"Solvent" means, as to the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
particular date, that any such Person (a) has capital sufficient to carry on its
business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about
to engage and is able to pay its indebtedness as they mature, (b) has assets
having a value, both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value,
greater than the amount required to pay its probable liabilities (including
contingencies), and (c) does not believe that it will incur indebtedness or
liabilities beyond its ability to pay such indebtedness or liabilities as they
mature.
"Stamping Fee" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.10(k).
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means the collective reference to any
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof subordinated in
right and time of payment to the Secured Obligations and containing such other
terms and conditions, in each case as are satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
"Subsidiary" means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by or the
management is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
(irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency). Unless otherwise qualified references to "Subsidiary" or
"Subsidiaries" herein shall refer to those of the Canadian Borrower.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means all Restricted Subsidiaries of the Canadian
Borrower (other than the other Borrowers) which are or may become a party to the
Master Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 9.11.
"Subsidiary SPE" means each Subsidiary organized as a special purpose
entity solely (i) to acquire Transferred Assets from any Receivables Originator
pursuant to one or more Permitted Asset Securitizations, and (ii) to sell,
convey, pledge or otherwise transfer such assets, any interest therein and any
assets related thereto, to one or more trusts, partnerships, corporations or
other entities under such Permitted Asset Securitizations. As of the Closing
Date, CRC is the only Subsidiary SPE of the Canadian Borrower.
"Swingline Facility" means the multicurrency swingline facility established
pursuant to Section 2.2.
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"Swingline Lenders" means the collective reference to the Canadian
Swingline Lender, the U.S. Swingline Lender, and the U.K. Swingline Lender.
"Swingline Loan" means any swingline loans made to any Multicurrency
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2, and all such Swingline Loans collectively as
the context requires.
"Swingline Notes" means the collective reference to the multicurrency
swingline notes made by the applicable Multicurrency Borrower payable to the
order of the applicable Swingline Lender, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
A-2 hereto, evidencing the applicable Swingline Loan, and any amendments,
supplements and modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any
replacements, restatements, renewals or extensions thereof, in whole or in part.
"Swingline Termination Date" means, with respect to any Cash Management
Swingline Facility or any Non-Cash Management Swingline Facility, as applicable,
the earlier to occur of (a) the resignation or removal of the applicable
Swingline Lender in accordance with the terms of the Applicable Cash Management
Program, in accordance with Section 13.9 or Section 13.19, as applicable,
except, in each case, to the extent replaced with a successor Swingline Lender,
reasonably acceptable to the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the
other Borrowers, and the Administrative Agent (such approvals not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), prior to the effectiveness of such
resignation and (b) the Maturity Date.
"Synthetic Lease" means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease,
off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such
transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is
classified as an Operating Lease in accordance with GAAP.
"TARGET" shall mean Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer payment system (or, if such system ceases to be operative, such
other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a
suitable replacement and approved by the Canadian Borrower (such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed)).
"TARGET Day" means any day on which TARGET is open for the settlement of
payments in euro.
"Taxes" means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
"Termination Event" means except for any such event or condition that could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) a "Reportable
Event" described in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan for
which the notice requirement has not been waived by the PBGC, or (b) the
withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during
a plan year in which it was a "substantial employer" as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan
amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA or similar provision of
other Applicable Law, if the
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plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the
institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with
respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC or any other applicable Governmental
Authority under other Applicable Law, or (e) any other event or condition which
would constitute grounds under either Section 4042(a) of ERISA or other
Applicable Law for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to either
Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the provisions of any other
Applicable Law, or (g) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party of
any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is
asserted by such plan, or (h) any event or condition which results in the
reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 or 4245
of ERISA, or (i) any event or condition which results in the termination of a
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of
proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
"Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Hedging
Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or
after the date such Hedging Agreements have been closed out and termination
value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b)
for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s)
determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreements, as
determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which
may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
"Total Funded Indebtedness" means, as of any date of determination with
respect to the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis,
without duplication, the sum of the following calculated in accordance with
GAAP:
(a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money
including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(b) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, all obligations under non-competition, earn-out or similar
agreements (except trade payables, accrued liabilities, tax payables,
non-compete and restructuring expenses, and other similar items, in each case
arising in the ordinary course of business);
(c) the Attributable Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries with respect to the obligations of the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases (regardless of
whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d) all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset
owned or being purchased by the Canadian Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof
(including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention
agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by the
Canadian Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or is limited in recourse; and
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(e) the outstanding attributed principal amount under any asset
securitization program (including any Permitted Asset Securitization) of the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
For all purposes hereof, the Total Funded Indebtedness of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall include the Indebtedness of the type
referred to above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint
venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the
Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner or a joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Canadian Borrower and
its Subsidiaries.
"Total Leverage Ratio" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.1 (as
such ratio may be modified in accordance with Section 10.3).
"Transferred Assets" has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of
Permitted Asset Securitization.
"Treaty on European Union" means the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as
amended by the Single European Act of 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty (signed
February 7, 1992), as amended from time to time.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York, as amended or modified from time to time.
"U.K. Borrower" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
"U.K. Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means, with respect to the U.K.
Borrower, the lesser of (a) the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto
beside the name of the U.K. Swingline Lender (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be
amended, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof) and (b) the U.K. Swingline Commitment.
"U.K. Direction" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(a).
"U.K. Dollar Base Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan made to the U.K.
Borrower in Dollars which bears interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate.
"U.K. Non-Bank Lender" means a Lender which is either:
(a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax
purposes;
(b) a partnership, each member of which is a company resident in the
United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or
(c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a
trade in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency and which
brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in
computing its chargeable profit (within the meaning given by section
11(2) of the U.K. Taxes Act).
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"U.K. Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the difference
between the U.K. Swingline Commitment minus the U.K. Cash Management Swingline
Commitment.
"U.K. Qualified Lender" means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to
interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance hereunder and is
either:
(a) a Lender (i) which is a bank (as defined for the purposes of Section
349 of the U.K. Taxes Act) making an advance hereunder; or (ii) in
respect of an advance made hereunder by a Person that was a bank (as
defined for the purposes of Section 349 of the U.K. Taxes Act) at the
time that that advance was made, and which is, in each case, within
the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects payments of
interest made in respect of that advance; or
(b) a U.K. Non-Bank Lender; or
(c) a U.K. Treaty Lender.
"U.K. Sterling Base Rate" means, at any time, the greater of:
(i) the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
the Bank of England (and in effect on such day) as its reference rate for
commercial loans denominated in Pounds Sterling made in the United Kingdom, as
adjusted automatically from time to time and without notice to the U.K. Borrower
upon change by the Bank of England; and
(ii) the LIBOR Rate for deposits in Pounds Sterling for a period of one (1)
month (as such rate may fluctuate from day to day).
The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Bank of
England as the U.K. Sterling Base Rate is an index rate or base rate and shall
not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other
banks.
"U.K. Sterling Base Rate Loan" means any Revolving Loan made to the U.K.
Borrower in Pounds Sterling which bears interest based upon the U.K. Sterling
Base Rate.
"U.K. Swingline Dollar Base Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest
per annum publicly announced from time to time by the U.K. Swingline Lender as
its short term offered rate for commercial loans denominated in Dollars made in
the United Kingdom, as adjusted automatically from time to time and without
notice to the U.K. Borrower upon change by the U.K. Swingline Lender. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the U.K.
Swingline Lender as the U.K. Swingline Dollar Base Rate is an index rate or base
rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its
customers or other banks.
"U.K. Swingline Dollar Base Rate Loan" means any Swingline Loan made to the
U.K. Borrower in Dollars which bears interest at a rate based upon the U.K.
Swingline Dollar Base Rate.
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"U.K. Swingline Commitment" means, with respect to the U.K. Borrower, the
lesser of (a) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and (b) the Revolving
Commitment.
"U.K. Swingline Lender" means the Revolving Lender identified on Schedule
1.1(a) hereto as the U.K. Swingline Lender or any successor appointed pursuant
to Section 13.19 (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof).
"U.K. Swingline Loans" means the collective reference to all Cash
Management Swingline Loans and Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans made by the
U.K. Swingline Lender to the U.K. Borrower.
"U.K. Swingline Sterling Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest per
annum publicly announced from time to time by the U.K. Swingline Lender (and in
effect on such day) as its short term offered rate for commercial loans
denominated in Pounds Sterling made in the United Kingdom, as adjusted
automatically from time to time and without notice to the U.K. Borrower upon
change by the U.K. Swingline Lender. The parties hereto acknowledge that the
rate announced publicly by the U.K. Swingline Lender as the U.K. Swingline
Sterling Rate is an index rate or base rate and shall not necessarily be its
lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
"U.K. Swingline Sterling Rate Loan" means any Swingline Loan made to the
U.K. Borrower in Pounds Sterling which bears interest based upon the U.K.
Swingline Sterling Rate.
"U.K. Taxes Act" means the Income and Corporation Taxes of Xxx 0000.
"U.K. Treaty" has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of "U.K.
Treaty State".
"U.K. Treaty Lender" means a Lender which (a) is treated as a resident of a
U.K. Treaty State for the purposes of the U.K. Treaty; and (b) does not carry on
a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which
that Lender's participation in the Loan is effectively connected.
"U.K. Treaty State" means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement
(a "U.K. Treaty") with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full
exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.
"Uniform Customs" means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary
Credits (1993 Revision), effective January, 1994 International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 500.
"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
"United States" means the United States of America.
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"Unrestricted Subsidiaries, means each member of the [***], any Subsidiary
SPE created in connection with any Permitted Asset Securitization, and such
other Subsidiaries as may be designated by the Canadian Borrower as unrestricted
in accordance with Section 9.11.
"U.S. Borrower" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
"U.S. Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means, with respect to the U.S.
Borrower, the lesser of (a) the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto
beside the name of the U.S. Swingline Lender (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be
amended, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof) and (b) the U.S. Swingline Commitment.
"U.S. Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment" means the difference
between the U.S. Swingline Commitment minus the U.S. Cash Management Swingline
Commitment.
"U.S. Swingline Commitment" means, with respect to the U.S. Borrower, the
lesser of (a) Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) and (b) the Revolving
Commitment.
"U.S. Swingline Lender" means the Revolving Lender identified on Schedule
1.1(a) hereto as the U.S. Swingline Lender or any successor appointed pursuant
to Section 13.9 (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof).
"U.S. Swingline Loans" means the collective reference to all Cash
Management Swingline Loans and Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans made by the
U.S. Swingline Lender to the U.S. Borrower.
"Wachovia" means Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, and its successors.
"Wholly-Owned" means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the shares
of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or
controlled by the Canadian Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries (except for directors' qualifying shares or other shares required
by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Canadian Borrower).
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions. With reference to this
Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in
such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words "include", "includes" and "including"
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation", (d) the word
"will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
"shall", (e) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or
other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (f) any reference herein to any Person shall
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construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (g) the words
"herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (h) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement, (i) the words "asset" and "property" shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights, (j) the term "documents" includes any and all
instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or
electronic form, and (k) in the computation of periods of time from a specified
date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the
words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through"
means "to and including".
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations)
required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
conformity with, GAAP, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
SECTION 1.4 UCC Terms. Terms defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined
herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided
by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term "UCC" refers, as of any
date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.
SECTION 1.5 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall be
calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component,
carrying the result to one decimal place more than the number of decimal places
by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to
the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.6 References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to formation documents, governing documents,
agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments
shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions,
supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such
amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are
not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law
shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
SECTION 1.7 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein
to times of day shall be references to Eastern time in the United States
(daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.8 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be
deemed to mean the maximum
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face amount of such Letter of Credit that is available to be drawn at such time
as such maximum face amount that is available to be drawn may be increased or
reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
provided that, for any purpose of determining the total amount of L/C
Obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document with respect to
borrowing availability under any credit facility provided for in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall
be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving
effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
Letter of Credit Application therefor, whether or not such maximum face amount
is in effect at such time (as such amount may be reduced by any amount drawn,
reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).
SECTION 1.9 Effectiveness of Euro Provisions. With respect to any state (or
the currency of such state) that is not a Participating Member State on the date
of this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 4.1(f), 4.8 and 4.16 shall become
effective in relation to such state (and the currency of such state) at and from
the date on which such state becomes a Participating Member State.
SECTION 1.10 Amount of Obligations. Unless otherwise specified, for
purposes of this Agreement, any determination of the amount of any outstanding
Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans, L/C Obligations or other Secured Obligations,
or the amount of the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment, shall be
based upon the Dollar Amount of such outstanding Secured Obligations or the
Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
ARTICLE II
MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
SECTION 2.1 Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI and, with respect to any BA
Loan, Section 2.10), and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set
forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans in
the applicable Permitted Currency to each of the Canadian Borrower, the U.S.
Borrower and the U.K. Borrower, as applicable, from time to time from the
Closing Date to, but not including, the Maturity Date as requested by the
Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself or any other Multicurrency Borrower, in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.3; provided that:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans
(after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed the
Revolving Commitment less the sum of (i) all outstanding Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans and (ii) the Aggregate Cash Management
Swingline Commitment and (iii) all outstanding L/C Obligations; and
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans from
any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment less the sum of such Revolving Lender's
Revolving
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Commitment Percentage of each of the following: (i) all outstanding
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans, (ii) the Aggregate Cash
Management Swingline Commitment and (iii) all outstanding L/C
Obligations.
Each Revolving Loan shall be funded by each Revolving Lender in a principal
amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans requested on such occasion in the
applicable requested Permitted Currency. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Multicurrency Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving
Loans hereunder until the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.2 Swingline Loans.
(a) Availability.
(i) Cash Management Swingline Loans.
(A) To the Canadian Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Canadian Swingline
Lender severally agrees to make Cash Management Swingline Loans in the
applicable Permitted Currency to the Canadian Borrower, from time to time from
the Closing Date to, but not including, the applicable Swingline Termination
Date, in accordance with the terms of the Applicable Cash Management Program
agreed to by the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Swingline Lender and
approved by the Administrative Agent (which such approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld); provided that, the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Cash Management Swingline Loans made to the Canadian Borrower (after
giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed the lesser of:
(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans and (3) Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment (excluding the Canadian Cash Management Swingline
Commitment) and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the Canadian Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
(B) To the U.S. Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, the U.S. Swingline Lender
severally agrees to make Cash Management Swingline Loans in the applicable
Permitted Currency to the U.S. Borrower, from time to time from the Closing Date
to, but not including, the applicable Swingline Termination Date, in accordance
with the terms of the Applicable Cash Management Program agreed to by the U.S.
Borrower and the U.S. Swingline Lender and approved by the Administrative Agent
(which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided that, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Cash Management Swingline Loans
made to the U.S. Borrower (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall
not exceed the lesser of:
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(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans and (3) Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment (excluding the U.S. Cash Management Swingline
Commitment) and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the U.S. Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
(C) To the U.K. Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, the U.K. Swingline Lender
severally agrees to make Cash Management Swingline Loans in the applicable
Permitted Currency to the U.K. Borrower, from time to time from the Closing Date
to, but not including, the applicable Swingline Termination Date, in accordance
with the terms of the Applicable Cash Management Program agreed to by the U.K.
Borrower and the U.K. Swingline Lender and approved by the Administrative Agent
(which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided that, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Cash Management Swingline Loans
made to the U.K. Borrower (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall
not exceed the lesser of:
(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans and (3) Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment (excluding the U.K. Cash Management Swingline
Commitment) and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the U.K. Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
(ii) Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans.
(A) To the Canadian Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Canadian Swingline
Lender agrees to make Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans in the applicable
Permitted Currency to the Canadian Borrower from time to time from the Closing
Date to, but not including, the Swingline Termination Date; provided that, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline
Loans made to the Canadian Borrower (after giving effect to any amount
requested) shall not exceed the lesser of:
(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans made to Multicurrency Borrowers other than the
Canadian Borrower and (3) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the Canadian Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
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Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Canadian Borrower may borrow,
repay and reborrow Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans hereunder until the
Swingline Termination Date.
(B) To the U.S. Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, the U.S. Swingline Lender
agrees to make Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans in the applicable Permitted
Currency to the U.S. Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but
not including, the Swingline Termination Date; provided that, the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans made to
the U.S. Borrower (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed
the lesser of:
(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans made to Multicurrency Borrowers other than the
U.S. Borrower and (3) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the U.S. Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the U.S. Borrower may borrow, repay
and reborrow Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans hereunder until the Swingline
Termination Date.
(C) To the U.K. Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, the U.K. Swingline Lender
agrees to make Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans in the applicable Permitted
Currency to the U.K. Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but
not including, the Swingline Termination Date; provided that, the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans made to
the U.K. Borrower (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed
the lesser of:
(I) the Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) all outstanding
Revolving Loans and (2) all outstanding Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans made to Multicurrency Borrowers other than the
U.K. Borrower and (3) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment and (4) all L/C Obligations; and
(II) the U.K. Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the U.K. Borrower may borrow, repay
and reborrow Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans hereunder until the Swingline
Termination Date.
(iii) Payment of Swingline Loans by the Multicurrency Borrowers.
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(A) The applicable Multicurrency Borrower shall pay the applicable
Cash Management Swingline Loans (including all applicable interest thereon) to
the applicable Swingline Lender in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Applicable Cash Management Program without any deduction, set-off or
counterclaim whatsoever.
(B) The applicable Multicurrency Borrower shall pay the applicable
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans (including all applicable interest thereon)
to the applicable Swingline Lender (with notice of such payment to the
Administrative Agent) at any time on or before the Swingline Termination Date,
without any deduction, set-off or counterclaim whatsoever. In addition, each
Multicurrency Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge any
account maintained by such Multicurrency Borrower with the applicable Swingline
Lender or any Affiliate thereof (up to the amount available therein) in order to
immediately pay the applicable Swingline Lender the amount of such Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.2(b) are not sufficient to repay in full the
outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans requested or required to be
refunded pursuant to the terms of such Section. If any portion of any such
amount paid to a Swingline Lender shall be recovered by or on behalf of the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower from the applicable Swingline Lender in
bankruptcy or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably
shared among all the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective
Revolving Commitment Percentages.
(C) Unless sooner paid pursuant to the provisions hereof or the
provisions of the Applicable Cash Management Program, the principal of all
Swingline Loans shall be paid in full, together with accrued interest thereon,
on the applicable Swingline Termination Date.
(b) Refunding of Swingline Loans by the Revolving Lenders.
(i) Swingline Loans shall be refunded by the Revolving Lenders on
demand by the applicable Swingline Lender with notice to the Administrative
Agent. Such refundings shall be made by the Revolving Lenders in accordance with
their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages and shall thereafter be
reflected as Revolving Loans of the Revolving Lenders on the books and records
of the Administrative Agent (which Revolving Loans shall bear interest based
upon the Floating Rate in the same Permitted Currency as the applicable
Swingline Loan without regard to the minimum and multiples specified herein for
the principal amount of Floating Rate Loans). Each Revolving Lender shall fund
its respective Revolving Commitment Percentage of Revolving Loans as required to
repay Swingline Loans outstanding to the applicable Swingline Lender upon demand
by such Swingline Lender but in no event later than 1:00 p.m. on the next
succeeding Business Day after such demand is made. No Revolving Lender's
obligation to fund its respective Revolving Commitment Percentage of a Swingline
Loan shall be affected by any other Revolving Lender's failure to fund its
Revolving Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan, nor shall any Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage be increased as a result of any such
failure of any other Revolving Lender to fund its Revolving Commitment
Percentage of a Swingline Loan.
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(ii) Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to refund Swingline Loans in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.2(b) is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Article VI. Further, each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees
that if prior to the refunding of any outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.2, one of the Events of Default described in Sections 12.1(i) or
(j) shall have occurred, each Revolving Lender will, on the date the applicable
Revolving Loan would have been made, purchase an undivided participating
interest in each Swingline Loan to be refunded in an amount equal to its
Revolving Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loan.
Each Revolving Lender will immediately transfer to the applicable Swingline
Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon
receipt thereof the applicable Swingline Lender will deliver to such Revolving
Lender a certificate evidencing such participation dated the date of receipt of
such funds and for such amount. Whenever, at any time after the applicable
Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender's
participating interest in a Swingline Loan, the applicable Swingline Lender
receives any payment on account thereof, the applicable Swingline Lender will
distribute to such Revolving Lender its participating interest in such amount
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Revolving Lender's participating interest was
outstanding and funded).
(iii) In the event that any Revolving Lender fails to make payment to
the applicable Swingline Lender of any amount due under this Section, the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable Swingline Lender, shall be
entitled to receive, retain and apply against such obligation the principal and
interest otherwise payable to such Revolving Lender hereunder until the
applicable Swingline Lender receives such payment from such Revolving Lender or
such obligation is otherwise fully satisfied (with notice thereof to the
Administrative Agent). In addition to the foregoing, if for any reason any
Revolving Lender fails to make payment to the applicable Swingline Lender of any
amount due under this Section, such Revolving Lender shall be deemed, at the
option of the Administrative Agent, to have unconditionally and irrevocably
purchased from the applicable Swingline Lender, without recourse or warranty, an
undivided interest and participation in the applicable Swingline Loan, and such
interest and participation may be recovered from such Revolving Lender together
with interest thereon at the rate applicable to Floating Rate Loans denominated
in the same Permitted Currency as the applicable Swingline Loan for each day
during the period commencing on the date of demand and ending on the date such
amount is received.
SECTION 2.3 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Loans and Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans.
(a) Requests for Borrowing. The Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower, shall give irrevocable prior written notice
substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B (a "Notice of Borrowing")
of a request for a Revolving Loan or Non-Cash Management Swingline Loan:
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(i) to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of any Revolving Loans
requested to be made to the U.K. Borrower or the Canadian Borrower,
the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent, not later than:
(A) with respect to the Canadian Borrower, (1) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern
time) on the same Business Day as each Floating Rate Loan (other
than each Swingline Loan); (2) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least
one Business Day before each BA Loan; and (3) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern
time) at least three (3) Business Days before each LIBOR Rate
Loan;
(B) with respect to the U.S. Borrower, (1) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
on the same Business Day as each Floating Rate Loan (other than
each Swingline Loan) and (2) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least
three (3) Business Days before each Fixed Rate Loan; and
(C) with respect to the U.K. Borrower, (1) 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
at least one (1) Business Day before each Floating Rate Loan
(other than each Swingline Loan); (2) 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
at least one (1) Business Day before each Fixed Rate Loan
denominated in Pounds Sterling; and (3) 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
at least three (3) Business Days before each Fixed Rate Loan
denominated in a Permitted Currency other than Pounds Sterling;
and
(ii) to the applicable Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 11:00 a.m. (the local time of the applicable Swingline
Lender) on the same Business Day as each Non-Cash Management Swingline
Loan of its intention to borrow;
in each case specifying the following:
(I) the applicable Multicurrency Borrower;
(II) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(III) whether such Loan is to be a Revolving Loan or a Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loan (including, if such Loan is to be a
Revolving Loan, if such Loan is to be a BA Loan);
(IV) the applicable Permitted Currency of such Loan;
(V) the requested Available Rate for such Loan;
(VI) the amount of such borrowing (which shall be an amount in
accordance with the minimum borrowing amounts and increments set
forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto); and
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(VIII) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the duration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
A Notice of Borrowing received after the times set forth above shall be deemed
received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Revolving Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Disbursement of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans.
(i) (A) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent) on the proposed borrowing date for any Revolving Loan
denominated in Dollars made to the Canadian Borrower, each Revolving Lender will
make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Canadian
Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, in Dollars
in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Loans to be made on
such borrowing date.
(B) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent) on the proposed borrowing date for any Revolving Loan
denominated in Dollars made to the U.S. Borrower, each Revolving Lender will
make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the U.S.
Borrower, at the Administrative Agent's Office, in Dollars in funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Loans to be made on such borrowing date.
(C) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) on the proposed borrowing date for any
Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars made to the U.K. Borrower, each Revolving
Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
U.K. Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, in
Dollars in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such
Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Loans to be
made on such borrowing date.
(ii) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent) on or before the proposed borrowing date for any
Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency (including any BA Loan)
made to a Multicurrency Borrower, each Revolving Lender will make available to
the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Multicurrency
Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent's Correspondent in the
requested Alternative Currency in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent, such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of
the Revolving Loan (including any BA Loan) to be made on such borrowing date;
provided that, in addition to and without limiting the generality of this clause
(ii), BA Loans shall be subject to all applicable disbursement provisions of
Section 2.10.
(iii) (A) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) on the proposed borrowing date for any
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars made to the Canadian
Borrower, the Canadian
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Swingline Lender will make available to the Canadian Borrower, at the office of
the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, in Dollars in funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent, the Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans
to be made on such borrowing date.
(B) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent) on the proposed borrowing date for any Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars made to the U.S. Borrower, the U.S.
Swingline Lender will make available to the U.S. Borrower, at the Administrative
Agent's Office, in Dollars in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent, the Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing
date.
(C) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) on the proposed borrowing date for any
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars made to the U.K.
Borrower, the U.K. Swingline Lender will make available to the U.K. Borrower, at
the office of the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, in Dollars in funds
immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date.
(iv) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent) on the proposed borrowing date for any Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency made to a
Multicurrency Borrower, the applicable Swingline Lender will make available to
the requesting Multicurrency Borrower, at the office of the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent, in the requested Alternative Currency in funds
immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date.
(v) The applicable Swingline Lender shall make Cash Management
Swingline Loans available to the applicable Multicurrency Borrower in accordance
with Section 2.2(a)(i) and the terms of the Applicable Cash Management Program.
(vi) The Multicurrency Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize the
Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested
pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) in immediately available funds by crediting or
wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the applicable Multicurrency
Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT C hereto (a "Notice of Account Designation") delivered by the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Multicurrency Borrowers, to the
Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, and the Administrative
Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 4.7, the Administrative Agent shall
not be obligated (nor shall any applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent
be obligated) to disburse any amount with respect to any Revolving Loan
requested pursuant to this Section 2.3 to the extent that any Revolving Lender
has not made available to the Administrative Agent, or the applicable
Administrative Agent's Correspondent, its Revolving Commitment Percentage of
such Revolving Loan.
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(vii) Revolving Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding
Swingline Loans shall be made by the Revolving Lenders as provided in Section
2.2(b).
SECTION 2.4 Repayment of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans.
(a) Repayment on Maturity Date. The Multicurrency Borrowers agree to repay
the outstanding principal amount of (i) all Revolving Loans in full in the
Permitted Currency in which the Revolving Loan was initially funded on the
Maturity Date, together, in each case, with all accrued but unpaid interest
thereon and (ii) all Swingline Loans in full in the Permitted Currency in which
such Swingline Loan was funded in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(iii) or, if
earlier, on the Swingline Termination Date, together, in each case, with all
accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b) Mandatory Repayment of Revolving Loans.
(i) Revolving Commitment. If at any time (as determined by the
Administrative Agent under Section 2.4(b)(iv), which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error):
(A) solely because of currency fluctuation, the outstanding principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans exceeds one hundred and
five percent (105%) of the Revolving Commitment less the sum of
(I) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment, (II) all
outstanding L/C Obligations and (III) all outstanding Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans; or
(B) for any other reason, the outstanding principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans exceeds the Revolving Commitment less
the sum of (I) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline
Commitment, (II) all outstanding L/C Obligations and (III) all
outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans;
then, in each such case, the Multicurrency Borrowers shall (1) first, if (and to
the extent) necessary to eliminate such excess, immediately repay outstanding
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans (and/or reduce any pending request for a
borrowing of such Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans submitted in respect of
such Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans on such day) by the Dollar Amount of
such excess, (2) second, if (and to the extent) necessary to eliminate such
excess, immediately repay outstanding Revolving Loans which are Floating Rate
Loans (and/or reduce any pending requests for a borrowing or continuation or
conversion of such Revolving Loans submitted in respect of such Revolving Loans
on such day) by the Dollar Amount of such excess, (3) third, if (and to the
extent) necessary to eliminate such excess, immediately repay outstanding
Revolving Loans which are Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Dollars (and/or reduce
any pending requests for a borrowing or continuation or conversion of such
Revolving Loans submitted in respect of such Revolving Loans on such day) by the
Dollar Amount of such excess, (4) fourth, if (and to the extent) necessary to
eliminate such excess, immediately repay outstanding Revolving Loans which are
Fixed Rate Loans
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denominated in Alternative Currencies (and/or reduce any pending requests for a
borrowing or continuation or conversion of such Revolving Loans submitted in
respect of such Revolving Loans on such day) by the Dollar Amount of such excess
in the Permitted Currency in which such Fixed Rate Loans are denominated, (5)
fifth, with respect to any Letters of Credit then outstanding, make a payment of
cash collateral into a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to the
aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit (such cash
collateral to be applied in accordance with Section 12.2(b)) and (6) sixth, if
(and to the extent) necessary to eliminate such excess, immediately repay
outstanding Cash Management Swingline Loans by the Dollar Amount of such excess.
(ii) Swingline Commitments.
(A) Canadian Swingline Commitment. If at any time (as determined by
the Administrative Agent under Section 2.4(b)(iv) or as otherwise
determined by the Canadian Swingline Lender with notice to the
Administrative Agent, in each case which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error), and for any reason, the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of all (1) Cash Management
Swingline Loans that are Canadian Swingline Loans exceeds the
Canadian Cash Management Swingline Commitment or (2) Non-Cash
Management Swingline Loans that are Canadian Swingline Loans
exceeds the Canadian Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment,
then, as applicable, such excess shall be immediately repaid by
the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Swingline Lender (with
notice to the Administrative Agent) for the account of such
Canadian Swingline Lender, in the Permitted Currency in which the
applicable Canadian Swingline Loan was made.
(B) U.S. Swingline Commitment. If at any time (as determined by the
Administrative Agent or as otherwise determined by the U.S.
Swingline Lender with notice to the Administrative Agent under
Section 2.4(b)(iv)), in each case which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error), and for any reason, the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of all (1) Cash Management
Swingline Loans that are U.S. Swingline Loans exceeds the U.S.
Cash Management Swingline Commitment, or (2) Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans that are U.S. Swingline Loans exceeds the U.S.
Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment then, as applicable,
such excess shall be immediately repaid by the U.S. Borrower to
the U.S. Swingline Lender (with notice to the Administrative
Agent) for the account of such U.S. Swingline Lender, in the
Permitted Currency in which the applicable U.S. Swingline Loan
was made.
(C) U.K. Swingline Commitment. If at any time (as determined by the
Administrative Agent or as otherwise determined by the U.K.
Swingline Lender with notice to the Administrative Agent under
Section 2.4(b)(iv)), in each case which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest
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error), and for any reason, the outstanding aggregate principal
amount of all (1) Cash Management Swingline Loans that are U.K.
Swingline Loans exceeds the U.K. Cash Management Swingline
Commitment or (2) Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans that are
U.K. Swingline Loans exceeds the U.K. Non-Cash Management
Swingline Commitment, then, as applicable, such excess shall be
immediately repaid by the U.K. Borrower to the U.K. Swingline
Lender (with notice to the Administrative Agent) for the account
of such U.K. Swingline Lender, in the Permitted Currency in which
the applicable U.K. Swingline Loan was made.
(iii) Excess L/C Obligations. If at any time (as determined by the
Administrative Agent under Section 2.4(b)(iv), which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) and for any reason (other than set forth in
the proviso to this clause (iii)), the outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations
exceeds the L/C Commitment, then, in each such case, the applicable Borrower
shall make a payment of cash collateral into a cash collateral account opened by
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Revolving Lenders,
in an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such
Letters of Credit (such cash collateral to be applied in accordance with Section
12.2(b)); provided that if such excess is solely as a result of currency
fluctuations, the applicable Borrower shall only be required to make such
payment of cash collateral to the extent that the outstanding amount of all L/C
Obligations exceeds one hundred and five percent (105%) of the L/C Commitment.
(iv) Compliance and Payments. The Multicurrency Borrowers' compliance
with this Section 2.4(b) shall be tested from time to time by the Administrative
Agent at its sole discretion, but in any event shall be tested on the date on
which (A) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the applicable Multicurrency
Borrower, requests that the Revolving Lenders or any Swingline Lender make a
Revolving Loan or Non-Cash Management Swingline Loan, or (B) the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of the applicable Multicurrency Borrower, requests that an
Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit. Each such repayment pursuant to this
Section 2.4(b) shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant
to Section 4.11; provided that amounts otherwise due under Section 4.11 shall
not be required for prepayments under this Section 2.4(b) that are due based
solely upon currency fluctuation.
(c) Optional Prepayments. The Multicurrency Borrowers may at any time and
from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans (in the same
Permitted Currency in which the applicable Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan was
funded), in whole or in part:
(i) with respect to the U.S. Borrower, (A) upon irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, by 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least three (3)
Business Days prior to such prepayment (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may agree to) with respect to Fixed Rate Loans,
(B) upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, by 11:00 a.m.
(Eastern time) on the same Business Day as such prepayment with
respect to Floating Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) and (C)
upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent and the U.S.
Swingline Lender by 11:00 a.m. (the local time of the U.S. Swingline
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Lender) on the same Business Day as such prepayment with respect to
Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans;
(ii) with respect to the Canadian Borrower, (A) upon irrevocable notice to
the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent's Correspondent,
by 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least three (3) Business Days prior to
such prepayment (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent
may agree to) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, (B) upon irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent's
Correspondent, by 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least one (1) Business
Day prior to such prepayment (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may agree to) with respect to BA Loans, (C) upon
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent, by 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the same
Business Day as such prepayment with respect to Floating Rate Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) and (D) upon irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Canadian Swingline Lender by 11:00 a.m.
(the local time of the Canadian Swingline Lender) on the same Business
Day as such prepayment with respect to Non-Cash Management Swingline
Loans; and
(iii) with respect to the U.K. Borrower, (A) upon irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, by
10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least three (3) Business Days prior to
such prepayment (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent
may agree to) with respect to Fixed Rate Loans denominated in euros or
Dollars, (B) upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent and
the Administrative Agent's Correspondent, by 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
at least one (1) Business Day prior to such prepayment (or such
shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to) with respect
to Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, (C) upon
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative
Agent's Correspondent, by 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at least one (1)
Business Day prior to such prepayment (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may agree to) with respect to Floating Rate Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) and (D) upon irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent and the U.K. Swingline Lender by 11:00 a.m. (the
local time of the U.K. Swingline Lender) on the same Business Day as
such prepayment with respect to Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans;
and
(iv) with respect to Cash Management Swingline Loans made to any
Multicurrency Borrower, pursuant to the terms of the Applicable Cash
Management Program;
such notice pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) above to be substantially
in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT D (a "Notice of Prepayment"),
specifying:
(1) the date of prepayment;
(2) the amount of prepayment;
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(3) the applicable Multicurrency Borrower making such prepayment;
(4) the applicable Permitted Currency in which such prepayment is
denominated;
(5) whether the prepayment is of Revolving Loans, Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a
combination thereof, the amount allocable to each; and
(6) whether the prepayment is of Fixed Rate Loans (including the
applicable type of Fixed Rate Loans), Floating Rate Loans
(including the applicable type of Floating Rate Loans) or a
combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount
allocable to each.
Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Revolving Lender and/or the applicable Swingline Lender. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
set forth in such notice. Partial prepayments shall be in amounts set forth on
Schedule 1.1(a). Cash-Management Swingline Loans may be prepaid in accordance
with the terms of the Applicable Cash Management Program (or as otherwise agreed
to by the applicable Swingline Lender and the applicable Multicurrency
Borrower). A Notice of Prepayment received after the applicable time set forth
above shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such prepayment
shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.11.
(d) Limitation on Prepayment of Fixed Rate Loans.
(i) Except for any mandatory prepayment that is based on currency
fluctuations under Section 2.4(b) above and any repayment under Section 2.9(i),
the Multicurrency Borrowers may not prepay any Fixed Rate Loan (other than any
BA Loan as set forth in clause (ii) below) on any day other than on the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless such prepayment is accompanied
by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.11.
(ii) The Multicurrency Borrowers may not prepay any BA Loan on any day
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if
at any time any Bankers' Acceptances are prepaid prior to their maturity, the
Canadian Borrower shall be required to deposit the amount of such prepayment in
a cash collateral account with the Administrative Agent until the date of
maturity of such Bankers' Acceptances. Such cash collateral account shall be
under the sole control of the Administrative Agent. Except as contemplated
hereby, neither the Canadian Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of the
Canadian Borrower shall have any right to any of the cash in such cash
collateral account. The Administrative Agent shall apply the cash held in such
cash collateral account to the face amount of such Bankers' Acceptances at
maturity whereupon any cash remaining in such cash collateral account shall be
released by the Administrative Agent to the Canadian Borrower.
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(e) Payment of Interest. Each repayment pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall
be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid.
(f) Hedging Agreements. All Hedging Agreements, if any, between any Credit
Party and a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender are
independent agreements governed by the written provisions of such Hedging
Agreements which will remain in full force and effect, unaffected by any
repayment, prepayment, acceleration, reduction, increase or change in the terms
of this Agreement or the other Revolving Loan Documents, except as may be
otherwise provided in such Hedging Agreement, and any payoff statement from the
Administrative Agent relating to the Credit Facility shall not apply to such
Hedging Agreements except as otherwise expressly provided in such payoff
statement.
SECTION 2.5 Permanent Reduction of the Aggregate Commitment.
(a) Voluntary Reduction. The Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the
Multicurrency Borrowers, shall have the right at any time and from time to time,
upon at least four (4) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent, to permanently reduce, without premium or penalty, (i) the entire
Revolving Commitment at any time or (ii) portions of the Revolving Commitment,
from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not less than $5,000,000 or
any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided that the Revolving
Commitment may not be permanently reduced below an amount equal to the Aggregate
Cash Management Swingline Commitment without the consent of the applicable
Swingline Lenders. Any reduction of the Revolving Commitment shall be applied to
permanently reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender according
to its Revolving Commitment Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective
date of any termination of the Revolving Commitment shall be paid on the
effective date of such termination.
(b) Corresponding Payment. Each permanent reduction permitted pursuant to
this Section 2.5 shall be accompanied by a payment of principal sufficient to
reduce (i) the aggregate Dollar Amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans,
Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations, as applicable, after such reduction to the
Revolving Commitment as so reduced. If the Revolving Commitment as so reduced is
less than the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the
applicable Borrower shall be required to deposit cash collateral in a cash
collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to one
hundred and five percent (105%) of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired
amount of such Letters of Credit. Such cash collateral shall be applied in
accordance with Section 12.2(b). Any reduction of the Revolving Commitment to
zero shall be accompanied by payment of all outstanding Revolving Loans and
Swingline Loans (and furnishing of cash collateral satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent for all L/C Obligations) and shall result in the
termination of the Revolving Commitment, the Aggregate Non-Cash Management
Swingline Commitment and the Revolving Facility. Such cash collateral shall be
applied in accordance with Section 12.2(b). If the reduction of the Revolving
Commitment requires the repayment of any Fixed Rate Loan, such repayment shall
be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.11.
SECTION 2.6 Termination of the Revolving Facility. The Revolving Facility
shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
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SECTION 2.7 Nature of Obligations; Bankruptcy Limitations; Agreement for
Contribution.
(a) Nature of Obligations. All of the Multicurrency Borrowers shall be
jointly and severally liable for the Revolving Obligations, however incurred. No
Additional Facility Borrower (including, without limitation, the Mexican
Borrower) shall be liable for the Revolving Obligations (except to the extent of
any guaranty of the Revolving Obligations made by such Person).
(b) Bankruptcy Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, it is the intention of each Multicurrency Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders that, in any proceeding
involving the bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts,
relief of debtors, dissolution or insolvency or any similar proceeding with
respect to any Multicurrency Borrower or its assets, the amount of such
Multicurrency Borrower's obligations with respect to the Revolving Obligations
shall be equal to, but not in excess of, the maximum amount thereof not subject
to avoidance or recovery by operation of Applicable Insolvency Laws after giving
effect to Section 2.7(c). To that end, but only in the event and to the extent
that after giving effect to Section 2.7(c), such Multicurrency Borrower's
obligations with respect to the Revolving Obligations or any payment made
pursuant to such Revolving Obligations would, but for the operation of the first
sentence of this Section 2.7(b), be subject to avoidance or recovery in any such
proceeding under Applicable Insolvency Laws after giving effect to Section
2.7(c), the amount of such Multicurrency Borrower's obligations with respect to
the Revolving Obligations shall be limited to the largest amount which, after
giving effect thereto, would not, under Applicable Insolvency Laws, render such
Multicurrency Borrower's obligations with respect to the Revolving Obligations
unenforceable or avoidable or otherwise subject to recovery under Applicable
Insolvency Laws. To the extent any payment actually made pursuant to the
Revolving Obligations exceeds the limitation of the first sentence of this
Section 2.7(b) and is otherwise subject to avoidance and recovery in any such
proceeding under Applicable Insolvency Laws, the amount subject to avoidance
shall in all events be limited to the amount by which such actual payment
exceeds such limitation and the Revolving Obligations as limited by the first
sentence of this Section 2.7(b) shall in all events remain in full force and
effect and be fully enforceable against such Multicurrency Borrower. The first
sentence of this Section 2.7(b) is intended solely to preserve the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder against such Multicurrency
Borrower in such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable
Insolvency Laws and neither such Multicurrency Borrower, any Subsidiary
Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under such sentence
that would not otherwise be available under Applicable Insolvency Laws in such
proceeding.
(c) Agreement for Contribution. The Multicurrency Borrowers hereby agree
among themselves that, if any Multicurrency Borrower shall make an Excess
Payment (as defined below), such Multicurrency Borrower shall have a right of
contribution from each other Multicurrency Borrower in an amount equal to such
other Multicurrency Borrower's Contribution Share (as defined below) of such
Excess Payment. The payment obligations of any Multicurrency Borrower under this
Section 2.7(c) shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
Revolving
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Obligations until such time as the Revolving Obligations have been paid in full,
and none of the Multicurrency Borrowers shall exercise any right or remedy under
this Section 2.7(c) against any other Multicurrency Borrower until such
Revolving Obligations have been paid in full. For purposes of this Section
2.7(c), (i) "Excess Payment" shall mean the amount paid by any Multicurrency
Borrower in excess of its Ratable Share of any Revolving Obligations; (ii)
"Ratable Share" shall mean, for any Multicurrency Borrower in respect of any
payment of Revolving Obligations, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of
the date of such payment of Revolving Obligations of (A) the amount by which the
aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties exceeds
the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Multicurrency Borrower
(including probable contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated
liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Multicurrency Borrower
hereunder) to (B) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value
of all assets and other properties of all of the Multicurrency Borrowers exceeds
the amount of all of the debts and liabilities (including probable contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the
obligations of the Multicurrency Borrowers hereunder) of the Multicurrency
Borrowers; provided, however, that, for purposes of calculating the Ratable
Shares of the Multicurrency Borrowers in respect of any payment of Revolving
Obligations, any Multicurrency Borrower that became a Multicurrency Borrower
subsequent to the date of any such payment shall be deemed to have been a
Multicurrency Borrower on the date of such payment and the financial information
for such Multicurrency Borrower as of the date such Multicurrency Borrower
became a Multicurrency Borrower shall be utilized for such Multicurrency
Borrower in connection with such payment; and (iii) "Contribution Share" shall
mean, for any Multicurrency Borrower in respect of any Excess Payment made by
any other Multicurrency Borrower, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of
the date of such Excess Payment of (A) the amount by which the aggregate present
fair salable value of all of its assets and properties exceeds the amount of all
debts and liabilities of such Multicurrency Borrower (including probable
contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding
the obligations of such Multicurrency Borrower hereunder) to (B) the amount by
which the aggregate present fair salable value of all assets and other
properties of the Multicurrency Borrowers other than the maker of such Excess
Payment exceeds the amount of all of the debts and liabilities (including
probable contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but
excluding the obligations of the Multicurrency Borrowers) of the Multicurrency
Borrowers other than the maker of such Excess Payment; provided, however, that,
for purposes of calculating the Contribution Shares of the Multicurrency
Borrowers in respect of any Excess Payment, any Multicurrency Borrower that
became a Multicurrency Borrower subsequent to the date of any such Excess
Payment shall be deemed to have been a Multicurrency Borrower on the date of
such Excess Payment and the financial information for such Multicurrency
Borrower as of the date such Multicurrency Borrower became a Multicurrency
Borrower shall be utilized for such Multicurrency Borrower in connection with
such Excess Payment. Each of the Multicurrency Borrowers recognizes and
acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute
an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution. No Multicurrency
Borrower shall have any right of subrogation, indemnity or reimbursement under
Applicable Law in respect of any payment of Revolving Obligations (other than
the contribution rights set forth in this Section 2.7(c)) against any other
Multicurrency Borrower. No Person other than a Lender or Multicurrency Borrower
may rely on the provisions of this Section 2.7(c).
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SECTION 2.8 Reallocation of the Cash Management Swingline Commitment and
the Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment. Upon two (2) Business Days prior
notice to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Swingline Lender, the
Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and any applicable Multicurrency
Borrower, may elect to reallocate the Cash Management Swingline Commitment and
the Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment; provided that:
(a) the Canadian Borrower may request reallocations pursuant to this
Section 2.8 on no more than (i) four (4) occasions during any Fiscal Year with
respect to the Canadian Cash Management Swingline Commitment, (ii) eight (8)
occasions during any Fiscal Year with respect to the U.S. Cash Management
Swingline Commitment and (iii) four (4) occasions during any Fiscal Year with
respect to the U.K. Cash Management Swingline Commitment;
(b) after giving effect to any requested reallocation, (i) the sum of (A)
the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment and (B) the Aggregate
Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment shall not exceed the Aggregate
Swingline Commitment, (ii) the sum of (A) the Canadian Cash Management Swingline
Commitment and (B) the Canadian Non-Cash Management Swingline Commitment shall
not exceed the Canadian Swingline Commitment, (iii) the sum of (A) the U.S. Cash
Management Swingline Commitment and (B) the U.S. Non-Cash Management Swingline
Commitment shall not exceed the U.S. Swingline Commitment, and (iv) the sum of
(A) the U.K. Cash Management Swingline Commitment and (B) the U.K. Non-Cash
Management Swingline Commitment shall not exceed the U.K. Swingline Commitment;
(c) such reallocation of the applicable Cash Management Swingline
Commitment shall not be effective until the Administrative Agent has received
evidence from the applicable Swingline Lender confirming that such reallocation
has been effected by such Swingline Lender; and
(d) the Administrative Agent, upon receiving the confirmation required by
Section 2.8(c) above, shall amend Schedule 1.1(a) to reflect such increase or
reduction and so notify the Canadian Borrower.
SECTION 2.9 Optional Increase in the Revolving Commitment. At any time
following the Closing Date, the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the
other Multicurrency Borrowers, shall have the right, in consultation with the
Administrative Agent, from time to time and upon not less than five (5) days
prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall not obligate the
Multicurrency Borrowers to increase the Revolving Commitment) to increase the
Revolving Commitment; provided that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result from any such requested increase or borrowings thereunder;
(b) the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall provide the
Administrative Agent with an Officer's Compliance Certificate demonstrating pro
forma compliance with each of the covenants contained in Article X after giving
effect to such proposed increase and any borrowings thereunder;
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(c) each increase in the Revolving Commitment shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of at least $20,000,000 or a whole multiple of $20,000,000 in
excess thereof, or in each case if less, the remaining principal amount of
increases to the Revolving Commitment that are available under this Section 2.9;
(d) the aggregate amount of all increases made pursuant to this Section 2.9
shall not cause the Aggregate Commitment (after giving effect to all prior
increases under this Section 2.9, all increases under Section 5.2, the proposed
increase, and the amount of any Additional Facilities effectuated after the
Closing Date) to exceed the Maximum Facility Amount;
(e) increases in the Revolving Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.9
shall not increase or otherwise affect the L/C Commitment, the Canadian
Swingline Commitment, the U.S. Swingline Commitment or the U.K. Swingline
Commitment;
(f) the Revolving Commitment of any Revolving Lender shall not be increased
without the approval of such Revolving Lender;
(g) in connection with each proposed increase, the Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of itself and the other Multicurrency Borrowers, may solicit commitments
from (i) any Revolving Lender (provided that no Revolving Lender shall have an
obligation to commit to all or a portion of the proposed increase) or (ii) any
third party financial institutions that are Eligible Assignees that are
reasonably acceptable to both the Administrative Agent and the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Multicurrency Borrowers;
(h) each increase to the Revolving Facility, as applicable, pursuant to
this section (i) will rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the
Revolving Facility and each Additional Facility, and (B) shall have the same
pricing and tenor as the Revolving Facility;
(i) in the event that any existing Revolving Lender or any new lender
commits to such requested increase, (i) any new lender will execute an accession
agreement to this Agreement, (ii) the Revolving Commitment of any existing
Revolving Lender which has committed to provide any of the requested increase
shall be increased, (iii) the Revolving Commitment Percentages of the Revolving
Lenders shall be adjusted, (iv) the Multicurrency Borrowers shall make such
borrowings and repayments as shall be necessary to effect the reallocation of
the Revolving Commitments (provided that, such borrowings and repayments may be
made without any liability for any breakage costs), and (v) other changes shall
be made to the Revolving Loan Documents as may be necessary to reflect the
aggregate amount, if any, by which the Revolving Lenders have agreed to increase
their respective Revolving Commitments or make new commitments in response to
the Canadian Borrower's request for an increase pursuant to this Section 2.9 and
which other changes do not adversely affect the rights of those Revolving
Lenders not participating in the increase; and
(j) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers,
shall provide the Administrative Agent with written certification to the effect
that, after giving effect to such proposed increase, the Secured Obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
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is permitted by the Existing Subordinated Notes (including the Existing
Subordinated Note Indenture and any other agreement executed in connection
therewith).
SECTION 2.10 Terms Applicable to BA Loans.
(a) Commitment for BA Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Canadian Borrower shall be entitled to receive the BA Proceeds of Bankers'
Acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars in accordance with the provisions of
Article II (including, without limitation, this Section 2.10); provided that:
(A) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding BA Loans
(after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed the
Revolving Commitment less the sum of (i) all outstanding Revolving Loans
(other than BA Loans), (ii) all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline
Loans, (iii) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment and (iv)
all outstanding L/C Obligations; and
(B) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding BA Loans
from any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment less the sum of (1) such Revolving Lender's
Revolving Loans (other than BA Loans) and (2) such Revolving Lender's
Revolving Commitment Percentage of each of the following: (x) all
outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans, (y) the Aggregate Cash
Management Swingline Commitment and (z) all outstanding L/C Obligations.
Each BA Loan shall be funded in Canadian Dollars by each Revolving Lender in a
principal amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of BA Loans requested on such occasion. Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, the Canadian Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow BA Loans hereunder until the Maturity Date.
(ii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the full face amount of
Bankers' Acceptances, without discount, shall be used when calculations are made
to determine the amount of Revolving Loans outstanding. Each determination by
the Administrative Agent of the Stamping Fee, the BA Discount Rate and the BA
Proceeds shall, in the absence of manifest error, be presumed correct.
(b) Term. Each Bankers' Acceptance shall have an Interest Period as
determined pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (subject to availability).
(c) Discount Rate. On each borrowing date on which Bankers' Acceptances are
to be accepted, the Administrative Agent, or the applicable Administrative
Agent's Correspondent, shall advise the Canadian Borrower as to its
determination of the applicable BA Discount Rate for the Bankers' Acceptances
which the Revolving Lenders have agreed to purchase.
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(d) Purchase of Bankers' Acceptances. Each Revolving Lender agrees to
purchase a Bankers' Acceptance accepted by it. The Canadian Borrower shall sell,
and such Revolving Lender shall purchase, the Bankers' Acceptance at the
applicable BA Discount Rate. Each Revolving Lender shall provide, to the account
of the Administrative Agent, the BA Proceeds less the Stamping Fee payable by
the Canadian Borrower with respect to the Bankers' Acceptance. The
Administrative Agent, or the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent,
shall make available to the Canadian Borrower, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.3, the BA Proceeds less the applicable Stamping Fee with respect to
each Bankers' Acceptance purchased and each BA Equivalent Loan advanced by a
Revolving Lender on the date of such acceptance. Each Revolving Lender may from
time to time hold, sell, rediscount, trade or otherwise dispose of any or all
Bankers' Acceptances accepted and purchased by it.
(e) Execution of Bankers' Acceptances. Drafts drawn by the Canadian
Borrower to be accepted as Bankers' Acceptances shall be signed by a duly
authorized officer or officers of the Canadian Borrower or by its attorneys,
including attorneys appointed pursuant to Section 2.10(f). Notwithstanding that
any Person whose signature appears on any Bankers' Acceptance may no longer be
an authorized signatory for the Canadian Borrower at the time of issuance of a
Bankers' Acceptance, that signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient
for all purposes as if the authority had remained in force at the time of
issuance and any Bankers' Acceptance so signed shall be binding on the Canadian
Borrower.
(f) Power of Attorney for the Execution of Bankers' Acceptances. To
facilitate availment of the BA Loans, the Canadian Borrower hereby appoints each
Revolving Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf, in
handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary
by such Revolving Lender, blank forms of Bankers' Acceptances. In this respect,
it is each Revolving Lender's responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of
blank forms of Bankers' Acceptances for acceptance under this Agreement. Each
Revolving Lender shall exercise the same degree of care in the custody and
safekeeping of signed blank forms of Bankers' Acceptance as it exercises in
respect of its own bearer securities. The Canadian Borrower recognizes and
agrees that all Bankers' Acceptances signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by a
Revolving Lender shall bind the Canadian Borrower as fully and effectually as if
signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of
the Canadian Borrower. Each Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to issue such
Bankers' Acceptances endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined
by such Revolving Lender; provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to
the aggregate amount of Bankers' Acceptances required to be accepted and
purchased by such Revolving Lender. No Revolving Lender shall be liable for any
damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any
such instrument except the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the
Revolving Lender or its officers, employees, agents or representatives. On the
repayment in full of all Revolving Obligations or on request by the Canadian
Borrower, each Revolving Lender shall cancel all forms of Bankers' Acceptances
which have been pre-signed or pre-endorsed by or on behalf of the Canadian
Borrower and which are held by such Revolving Lender and have not yet been
issued in accordance herewith. Each Revolving Lender shall maintain a record
with respect to Bankers' Acceptances held by it in blank hereunder, voided by it
for any reason, accepted and purchased by it hereunder, and cancelled at their
respective maturities. Each
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Revolving Lender agrees to provide such records to the Canadian Borrower at the
Canadian Borrower's expense upon request.
To facilitate the acceptance of Bankers' Acceptances hereunder, the
Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes the Revolving Lenders and irrevocably
appoints each of the Revolving Lenders as its attorney, respectively:
(i) to complete and sign on the Canadian Borrower's behalf, either
manually or by facsimile or mechanical signature, the drafts to create
the Bankers' Acceptances (with, in each Revolving Lender's discretion,
the inscription "This is a depository xxxx subject to the Depository
Bills and Notes Act (Canada)");
(ii) after the acceptance thereof by any Revolving Lender, to endorse on
the Canadian Borrower's behalf, either manually or by facsimile or
mechanical signature, such Bankers' Acceptances in favor of the
applicable purchaser or endorsee thereof including, in such Revolving
Lender's discretion, such Revolving Lender or a clearing house (as
defined by the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada));
(iii) to deliver such Bankers' Acceptances to such purchaser or to deposit
such Bankers' Acceptances with such clearing house; and
(iv) to comply with the procedures and requirements established from time
to time by such Revolving Lender or such clearing house in respect of
the delivery, transfer and collection of bankers' acceptances and
depository bills.
All Bankers' Acceptances so completed, signed, endorsed, delivered or deposited
by a Revolving Lender on behalf of the Canadian Borrower shall be binding upon
the Canadian Borrower as if completed, signed, endorsed, delivered or deposited
by it. The records of the Revolving Lenders and such clearing houses shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusively binding on the Canadian Borrower.
None of the Revolving Lenders shall be liable for any claim arising by reason of
any loss or improper use of such Drafts or Bankers' Acceptances except for
damages suffered by the Canadian Borrower caused by the willful misconduct or
gross negligence of such Revolving Lender.
(g) Disbursement of BA Loans. The Administrative Agent, or the applicable
Administrative Agent's Correspondent, promptly following receipt of a Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion Continuation in respect of Bankers'
Acceptances, shall advise the Revolving Lenders of the notice and shall advise
each Revolving Lender of the face amount of Bankers' Acceptances to be accepted
by it on the applicable borrowing date and the applicable Interest Period (which
shall be identical for all Revolving Lenders). The aggregate face amount of
Bankers' Acceptances to be accepted by a Revolving Lender shall be determined by
the Administrative Agent by reference to such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Commitment Percentage of the Bankers' Acceptances to be made on the applicable
borrowing date, except that, if the face amount of a Bankers' Acceptance which
would otherwise be accepted by a Revolving Lender would not be C$100,000, or a
whole multiple thereof, the face amount shall be increased or reduced by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion to C$100,000, or the
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nearest whole multiple of that amount, as appropriate; provided that after such
issuance, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding BA Loans from any
Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Commitment less the sum of (1) such Revolving Lender's Revolving Loans (other
than BA Loans) and (2) such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage
of each of the following: (x) all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline
Loans, (y) the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment and (z) all
outstanding L/C Obligations.
(h) Waiver of Presentment and Other Conditions. The Canadian Borrower
waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of any amounts
due to a Revolving Lender in respect of a Bankers' Acceptance accepted and
purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of
the Bankers' Acceptance being held, at the maturity thereof, by the Revolving
Lender in its own right and the Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days
of grace if the Revolving Lender as holder sues the Canadian Borrower on the
Bankers' Acceptance for payment of the amount payable by the Canadian Borrower
thereunder. On the specified maturity date of a Bankers' Acceptance or the date
of any prepayment thereof in accordance with this Agreement, if earlier, the
Canadian Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Lender that has accepted such
Bankers' Acceptance the full face amount of such Bankers' Acceptance and after
such payment, the Canadian Borrower shall have no further liability in respect
of such Bankers' Acceptance (except to the extent that any such payment is
rescinded or reclaimed by operation of law or otherwise) and such Revolving
Lender shall be entitled to all benefits of, and be responsible for all payments
due to third parties under, such Bankers' Acceptance.
(i) BA Equivalent Loans by Non-BA Lenders. Whenever the Canadian Borrower
requests a BA Loan or conversion to a BA Loan or continuation of a BA Loan under
this Agreement, each Non-BA Lender shall, in lieu of accepting a Bankers'
Acceptance, make a BA Equivalent Loan in an amount equal to the Non-BA Lender's
Revolving Commitment Percentage of the BA Loan to be made on the applicable
borrowing date.
(j) Terms Applicable to Discount Notes. As set out in the definition of
"Bankers' Acceptances", that term includes Discount Notes and all terms of this
Agreement applicable to Bankers' Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount
Notes evidencing BA Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context be
necessary. For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) the term of a Discount Note shall be the same as the Interest
Period for Bankers' Acceptances accepted and purchased on the same date in
respect of the same BA Loan;
(ii) a stamping fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and
shall be calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the Stamping
Fee in respect of a Bankers' Acceptance; and
(iii) the BA Discount Rate applicable to a Discount Note shall be the
BA Discount Rate applicable to Bankers' Acceptances accepted by the
Administrative Agent (or its designee), as Revolving Lender, on the same
date, in respect of the same BA Loan.
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(k) Stamping Fees on Bankers' Acceptance. The Canadian Borrower shall pay,
in respect of each draft accepted by the Revolving Lenders as a Bankers'
Acceptance, a per annum stamping fee (the "Stamping Fee") equal to (i) the
Applicable Margin for Fixed Rate Loans, changing when and as such Applicable
Margin for Fixed Rate Loans shall change, multiplied by (ii) the face amount of
such Bankers' Acceptance, and calculated based on the number of days to maturity
of such Bankers' Acceptance divided by the number of days in the applicable
year, being 365 or 366, as the case may be. Such Stamping Fee shall be payable
in advance on the date of issuance of the Bankers' Acceptance. The Canadian
Borrower authorizes and directs the Revolving Lenders to deduct from the BA
Proceeds of Bankers' Acceptances purchased by such Revolving Lender for its own
account, the amount of each such Stamping Fee upon the issue of each Bankers'
Acceptance.
(l) Depository Bills and Notes Act. At the option of the Canadian Borrower
and any Revolving Lender, Bankers' Acceptances under this Agreement to be
accepted by such Revolving Lender may be issued in the form of depository bills
for deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited pursuant to the
Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada). All depository bills so issued shall be
governed by the provisions of this Agreement.
(m) Circumstances Making Bankers' Acceptances Unavailable. If the
Administrative Agent determines in good faith, which determination shall
constitute prima facie evidence thereof, and notifies the Canadian Borrower
that, by reason of circumstances affecting the money market, there is no market
for Bankers' Acceptances, then:
(i) the right of the Canadian Borrower to request a BA Loan (or
continuation or conversion thereof) shall be suspended until the
Administrative Agent determines that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist and the Administrative Agent so notifies the
Canadian Borrower; and
(ii) any notice relating to a BA Loan (or continuation or conversion
thereof) which is outstanding at such time shall be deemed to be a notice
requesting Canadian Prime Rate Loans (or continuation or conversion
thereof).
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Canadian Borrower and the
Revolving Lenders of the suspension in accordance with this Section 2.10(m) of
the Canadian Borrower's right to request a BA Loan (or continuation or
conversion thereof) and of the termination of any such suspension.
(n) Prepayment. As provided in Section 2.4, the Canadian Borrower may pay
the full face amount of a Bankers' Acceptances to the Administrative Agent, or
the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent, to be held by the
Administrative Agent, or the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent, in
a non-interest (unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent or the
applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent) bearing account as collateral
security for the Canadian Borrower's obligations with respect to those Bankers'
Acceptances and after such payment, the Canadian Borrower shall have no further
liability in respect of such Bankers' Acceptance (except to the extent that any
such payment is rescinded or
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reclaimed by operation of law or otherwise) and the Revolving Lender that
accepted such Bankers' Acceptance shall be entitled to all benefits of, and be
responsible for all payments due to third parties under, such Bankers'
Acceptance.
(o) Default. Immediately upon termination of the Commitments under Section
12.2, the Canadian Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Revolving Lenders the full face amount of all Bankers' Acceptances which
have not matured; provided that, at the Administrative Agent's sole discretion,
such amounts may be paid to the Revolving Lenders in full and absolute
satisfaction of the Canadian Borrower's reimbursement obligation in respect of
such Banker's Acceptances, or, alternatively, such amounts may be held by the
Administrative Agent in a non-interest bearing (unless otherwise agreed to by
the Administrative Agent) account as collateral security for the Canadian
Borrower's obligations with respect to those Bankers' Acceptances.
ARTICLE III
LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
SECTION 3.1 L/C Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Issuing Lenders, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, and in reliance on the
agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agree to
issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Multicurrency Borrowers on any
Business Day from the Closing Date through but not including the date which is
five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date in such form as may be
approved from time to time by the applicable Issuing Lender; provided that no
Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after
giving effect to such issuance, the aggregate amount of all outstanding L/C
Obligations would exceed the lesser of (i) the L/C Commitment or (ii) the
Revolving Commitment less the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans, all outstanding Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans
and the Aggregate Cash Management Swingline Commitment. Each Letter of Credit
(other than the Existing Letters of Credit) shall (i) be denominated in a
Permitted Currency in a minimum amount acceptable to the applicable Issuing
Lender, (ii) be a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the
Credit Parties, contingent or otherwise, incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (iii) expire on a date satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender
and the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earlier of
(A) five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date and (B) one year after its
date of issuance; provided that any such Letter of Credit may, (I) by its terms
and otherwise consistent with this Agreement, provide for automatic annual
renewals and (II) expire on a date that is after the Maturity Date with the
prior written consent of each of the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Issuing Lender, in each such Person's sole discretion; provided that all L/C
Obligations associated with any such Letter of Credit are cash collateralized in
a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing
Lender on or prior to the Maturity Date, and (iv) be subject to the Uniform
Customs and/or ISP98, as set forth in the Letter of Credit Application or as
determined by the applicable Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent
therewith, the laws of the State of New York. As of the Closing Date, each of
the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this
Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents, a Letter of
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Credit issued and outstanding hereunder. No Issuing Lender shall at any time be
obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would
conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any
limits imposed by, any Applicable Law. References herein to "issue" and
derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include
extensions or modifications of any existing Letters of Credit, unless the
context otherwise requires.
SECTION 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Credit Parties, may from time to
time request that the applicable Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by
delivering to the applicable Issuing Lender at such Issuing Lender's Lending
Office a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of
the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information ("L/C Supporting Documentation") as such Issuing Lender and the
Administrative Agent may request (which information shall include the Permitted
Currency in which the Letter of Credit shall be denominated). The applicable
Multicurrency Borrower will contemporaneously deliver to the Administrative
Agent, at the Administrative Agent's Office, a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application and L/C Supporting Documentation. Upon receipt of any Letter of
Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Lender shall process such Letter of
Credit Application and the L/C Supporting Documentation delivered to it in
connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall,
after approving the same and receiving confirmation from the Administrative
Agent that sufficient availability exists under the Revolving Facility for the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, subject to Section 3.1 and Article VI,
promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall
such Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than four
(4) Business Days (or such lesser time period as agreed to by the applicable
Issuing Lender and the applicable Multicurrency Borrower) after its receipt of
the Letter of Credit Application therefor and all L/C Supporting Documentation
relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the
beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the applicable Issuing
Lender and the applicable Multicurrency Borrower. The applicable Issuing Lender
shall promptly furnish to such Multicurrency Borrower and the Administrative
Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit.
SECTION 3.3 Commissions and Other Charges.
(a) Letter of Credit Commissions. The applicable Multicurrency Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing
Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit commission with respect to
each Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the face amount of such Letter of
Credit multiplied by the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Loans that
are Fixed Rate Loans (determined on a per annum basis). Such commission shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter,
on the Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute
to the applicable Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants all commissions
received pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) in accordance with their respective
Revolving Commitment Percentages.
(b) Issuance Fee. In addition to the foregoing commission, the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower shall pay to the applicable Issuing Lender, an issuance
fee with respect
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to each Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the face amount of such Letter of
Credit multiplied by one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum. Such issuance
fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
calendar quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance
of such Letter of Credit, on the Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the
applicable Issuing Lender to the Canadian Borrower on behalf of the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower. The applicable Issuing Lender may debit an account of
the applicable Multicurrency Borrower for the payment of such fee if agreed to
between the applicable Issuing Lender and the applicable Multicurrency Borrower.
(c) Other Costs. In addition to the foregoing fees and commissions, the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for
such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such
Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise
administering any Letter of Credit.
(d) Payments. The commissions, fees, charges, costs and expenses payable
pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be payable in the Permitted Currency in which
the applicable Letter of Credit is denominated.
SECTION 3.4 L/C Participations.
(a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to
each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase
and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant's own account and risk
an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant's Revolving Commitment
Percentage in such Issuing Lender's obligations and rights under and in respect
of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by
such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any
Letter of Credit for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower through a Revolving Loan or otherwise in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to
such Issuing Lender in the applicable Permitted Currency upon demand at such
Issuing Lender's address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such
L/C Participant's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft,
or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed.
(b) Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any L/C
Participant to the applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in
respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender
under any Letter of Credit, such Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative
Agent and each L/C Participant of the amount and due date of such required
payment and such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender in the
applicable Permitted Currency the amount specified on the applicable due date.
If any such amount is paid to such Issuing Lender after the date such payment is
due, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender in the applicable
Permitted Currency on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i)
such amount, times (ii) the daily average Floating Rate (as applicable to such
Permitted Currency) as determined by the Administrative Agent during the
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period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and
the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of such Issuing Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this Section 3.4 shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to any Issuing Lender of the
unreimbursed amounts described in this Section 3.4, if the L/C Participants
receive notice that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. (the local
time of the applicable Issuing Lender) on any Business Day, such payment shall
be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
applicable Issuing Lender) on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the
following Business Day.
(c) Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under
any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its Revolving
Commitment Percentage of such payment in accordance with this Section 3.4, such
Issuing Lender receives any payment (except in respect of payments under Section
3.3(b) and (c)) related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower or otherwise), or any payment of interest on
account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its
pro rata share thereof; provided that in the event that any such payment
received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing
Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion
thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
SECTION 3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Multicurrency Borrowers.
(a) Reimbursement Obligation. In the event of any drawing under any Letter
of Credit, the applicable Multicurrency Borrower agrees to reimburse (either
with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan as provided for in this Section 3.5 or
with funds from other sources), in same day funds in the applicable Permitted
Currency in which the Letter of Credit was denominated, the applicable Issuing
Lender on each date on which such Issuing Lender notifies the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower of the date and amount of a draft paid under any Letter
of Credit for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred
to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such
payment. The applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly deliver written notice of
any drawing under a Letter of Credit to the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower. Unless the applicable Multicurrency Borrower
shall immediately notify such Issuing Lender that it intends to reimburse such
Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds, such Multicurrency
Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the
Administrative Agent requesting that the Revolving Lenders make a Revolving Loan
bearing interest based upon the Floating Rate in the same Permitted Currency as
the applicable Letter of Credit on such date in the amount of (a) such draft so
paid and (b) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by such Issuing
Lender in connection with such payment (including without limitation, any and
all costs, fees and other expenses incurred by such Issuing Lender in effecting
the payment of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency), and
the Revolving Lenders shall make such requested Revolving Loan, the proceeds of
which shall be applied to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender for the amount
of the related drawing and costs and expenses. Each Revolving Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund a Revolving Loan in
accordance with
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this Section 3.5(a) to reimburse the Issuing Lenders for any draft paid under a
Letter of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 3.1 or Article VI. If the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower has elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds
from other sources and shall fail to reimburse any Issuing Lender as provided
above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at the rate
which would be payable on any outstanding Floating Rate Loans in the same
Permitted Currency as the applicable Letters of Credit which were then overdue
from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full.
(b) Exchange Indemnification and Increased Costs. The applicable
Multicurrency Borrower shall, upon demand from any Issuing Lender or L/C
Participant, pay to such Issuing Lender or such L/C Participant, the amount of
(i) any loss or cost or increased cost incurred by such Issuing Lender or such
L/C Participant, (ii) any reduction in any amount payable to or in the effective
return on the capital to such Issuing Lender or such L/C Participant and (iii)
any currency exchange loss, in each case that such Issuing Lender or such L/C
Participant sustains as a result of the applicable Multicurrency Borrower's
repayment in any Permitted Currency other than the Permitted Currency in which
the applicable Letter of Credit was initially denominated. A certificate of such
Issuing Lender or such L/C Participant setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis for determining such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate
such Issuing Lender or such L/C Participant shall be conclusively presumed to be
correct save for manifest error.
SECTION 3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Multicurrency Borrowers' obligations
under this Article III (including, without limitation, the Reimbursement
Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances
and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which the
Multicurrency Borrowers may have or have had against the applicable Issuing
Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The
Multicurrency Borrowers also agree that the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and the
Multicurrency Borrowers' Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.5 shall not be
affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of
any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be
invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among any Multicurrency
Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which
such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of such
Multicurrency Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any
such transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission,
interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or
advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for
errors or omissions caused by such Issuing Lender's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Multicurrency Borrowers agree that any action taken or omitted
by the Issuing Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with
any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on each
Multicurrency Borrower and shall not result in any liability of any Issuing
Lender, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Participant to any Multicurrency
Borrower. The responsibility of the Issuing Lenders to the Multicurrency
Borrowers in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of
Credit shall, in addition to
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any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be
limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under
such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity with
such Letter of Credit.
SECTION 3.7 Effect of Letter of Credit Application. To the extent that any
provision of any Letter of Credit Application related to any Letter of Credit is
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III, the provisions of this
Article III shall apply.
ARTICLE IV
GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
SECTION 4.1 Interest.
(a) Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.1,
at the election of the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower, Revolving Loans and Non-Cash Management Swingline Loans
shall bear interest at the Available Rates provided on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto
plus the Applicable Margin; provided that no Fixed Rate Loan shall be available
until after the Closing Date upon the delivery of a Notice of Borrowing
delivered in accordance with, and at the applicable time required by, Section
2.3 (it being understood that the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the applicable
Multicurrency Borrower, may give a Notice of Conversion/Continuation in
accordance with, and at the applicable time required by, Section 4.2 such that
any applicable Floating Rate Loan funded on the Closing Date will be converted
to a Fixed Rate Loan after the Closing Date); provided further that Bankers'
Acceptances shall be discounted, and shall otherwise be subject to such other
terms and conditions, set forth in Section 2.10. The Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of the applicable Multicurrency Borrower, shall select the rate of
interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to any Revolving Loan at the
time a Notice of Borrowing is given pursuant to Section 2.3 or at the time a
Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 4.2; provided
that (i) any Revolving Loan or any portion thereof as to which the Canadian
Borrower has not duly specified the applicable Multicurrency Borrower (A) in its
Notice of Borrowing as provided herein shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan
requested by the U.S. Borrower and (B) in its Notice of Conversion/Continuation
as provided herein shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan requested by the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower converting or continuing such Revolving Loan,
(ii) any Revolving Loan or any portion thereof as to which the Canadian Borrower
has not duly specified the applicable Permitted Currency (A) in its Notice of
Borrowing as provided herein shall be deemed to be a request for a Revolving
Loan denominated in Dollars or (B) in its Notice of Conversion/Continuation as
provided herein shall be deemed to be a request for a Revolving Loan denominated
in the same Permitted Currency as the Revolving Loan which is being converted or
continued, (iii) any Revolving Loan or any portion thereof as to which the
Canadian Borrower has not duly specified an interest rate (excluding Revolving
Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency) in its Notice of Borrowing or
Notice of Conversion/Continuation (as applicable) as provided herein shall be
deemed to be a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars bearing interest at the
applicable Floating Rate set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto with respect to the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower and (iv) requests for Revolving Loans
denominated in an
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Alternative Currency as to which the Canadian Borrower has not duly specified an
interest rate and interest period in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation (as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan
denominated in the applicable Alternative Currency bearing interest at the
applicable Floating Rate set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto with respect to the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower. Each Cash Management Swingline Loan will bear
interest at the same interest rate that is applicable to any Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loan made to the same applicable Borrower which is denominated in the
same Permitted Currency as such Cash Management Swingline Loan plus the
Applicable Margin applicable to such Non-Cash Management Swingline Loan as
provided on Schedule 1.1(d).
(b) Interest Periods. In connection with each Fixed Rate Loan, the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself or the applicable Multicurrency Borrower, by
giving notice at the times described in Section 2.3 or 4.2, as applicable, shall
elect an interest period (each, an "Interest Period") to be applicable to such
Fixed Rate Loan, which Interest Period shall be a period of one (1) month, two
(2) months, three (3) months, six (6) months, or, if made available by each of
the Revolving Lenders in its sole discretion, nine (9) months or twelve (12)
months; provided that:
(i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or
conversion to, any Fixed Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately
successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence
on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next
succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period with respect
to a Fixed Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business
Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in
such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding
Business Day;
(iii) any Interest Period with respect to a Fixed Rate Loan that
begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end
of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(iv) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and
(v) there shall be no more than eight (8) Interest Periods for
Revolving Loans in effect at any time.
(c) Default Rate. (i) Automatically upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under Sections 12.1(a), (b), (i) and (j) and
(ii) subject to Section 12.3, at the election of the Required Lenders, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (A) the
Multicurrency Borrowers shall no longer have the option to request Alternative
Currency Loans, Fixed Rate Loans (including BA Loans), Non-Cash Management
Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, (B) all outstanding Fixed Rate Loans shall
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bear interest at a rate per annum of two percent (2%) in excess of the rate then
applicable to such Revolving Loans until the end of the applicable Interest
Period and thereafter at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of
the Floating Rate then applicable to such Revolving Loans, (C) all outstanding
Floating Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of two percent (2%)
in excess of the Floating Rate then applicable to such Floating Rate Loans, and
(D) all other outstanding Obligations arising under this Agreement or under any
other Revolving Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
two percent (2%) in excess of the rate then applicable to Floating Rate Loans
with respect to the Permitted Currency in which such other Obligation is
denominated; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent, in its discretion or at the direction of the Required
Lenders, may require that:
(i) with respect to any Alternative Currency Loan that is a Fixed Rate
Loan, such Alternative Currency Loan shall be (A) repaid immediately or (B)
redenominated into Dollars in the Dollar Amount thereof on the last day of the
then current Interest Period with respect thereto and shall bear interest at the
applicable Floating Rate; or
(ii) with respect to any Alternative Currency Loan that is a Floating Rate
Loan, such Alternative Currency Loan shall be redenominated into Dollars in the
Dollar Amount thereof and shall bear interest at the applicable Floating Rate.
Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or
against any Multicurrency Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in
bankruptcy or under any act or law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief,
whether state, federal or foreign. The interest accrued pursuant to this Section
4.1(c) shall be payable by the applicable Multicurrency Borrower on demand of
the Administrative Agent.
(d) Interest Payment and Computation.
(i) Interest on each Floating Rate Loan shall be due and payable in
arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing June
30, 2005 and interest on each Fixed Rate Loan shall be due and payable on
the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and if such
Interest Period extends over three (3) months, at the end of each three (3)
month interval during such Interest Period. Interest on Fixed Rate Loans
(except for (A) Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling which shall
be computed on the basis of a 365 day year and (B) BA Loans, which shall be
computed on the basis of a 365 or 366 day year, as the case may be) and all
fees (except for Stamping Fees, which shall be computed on the basis of a
365 or 366 day year, as the case may be) payable hereunder shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and assessed for the actual number
of days elapsed and interest on Floating Rate Loans shall be computed on
the basis of a 365/366-day year and assessed for the actual number of days
elapsed.
(ii) For greater certainty, whenever any amount is payable under this
Agreement or any other Revolving Loan Document by the Canadian Borrower as
interest or as a fee which requires the calculation of an amount using a
percentage per annum, each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees
that such amount shall be
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calculated as of the date payment is due without application of the "deemed
reinvestment principle" or the "effective yield method" (e.g. when interest
is calculated and payable monthly, the rate of interest payable per month
is 1/12 of the stated rate of interest per annum).
(e) Maximum Rate.
(i) In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest under this Agreement or any other Revolving Loan
Document charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
any other Revolving Loan Document exceed the highest rate permissible under
any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a
final determination, deem applicable hereto.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.1 or any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Revolving Loan Document, in no
event shall the aggregate "interest" (as such term is defined in Section
347 of the Criminal Code (Canada)) exceed the effective annual rate of
interest on the "credit advanced" (as such term is defined in Section 347
of the Criminal Code (Canada)) lawfully permitted under Section 347 of the
Criminal Code (Canada). The effective annual rate of interest shall be
determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and
principles over the term of the applicable Loan, and in the event of a
dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
qualified for a period of ten (10) years and appointed by the
Administrative Agent, or the applicable Administrative Agent's
Correspondent, will be conclusive for the purposes of such determination. A
certificate of an authorized signing officer of the Administrative Agent,
or the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent, as applicable, as
to each amount and/or each rate of interest payable hereunder from time to
time shall be conclusive evidence of such amount and of such rate, absent
manifest error.
(iii) In the event that such a court determines that the Revolving
Lenders have charged or received interest hereunder or under any other
Revolving Loan Document in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate
in effect hereunder or under such Revolving Loan Document shall
automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law
and the Revolving Lenders shall at the Administrative Agent's option (A)
promptly refund to the applicable Multicurrency Borrower any interest
received by the Revolving Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or
(B) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations arising
solely under this Agreement or under any other Revolving Loan Document (and
excluding any Obligation arising in whole or in part under any Additional
Facility Loan Document) on a pro rata basis. It is the intent hereof that
the Multicurrency Borrowers not pay or contract to pay, and that neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Revolving Lender receive or contract to
receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in
excess of that which may be paid by the Borrowers under Applicable Law.
(f) Basis of Accrual. Subject to Section 1.9, with respect to the currency
of any state that becomes a Participating Member State, the accrual of interest
or fees expressed in this
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Agreement with respect to such currency shall be based upon the applicable
convention or practice in the London Interbank Market for the basis of accrual
of interest or fees in respect of the euro, which such convention or practice
shall replace such expressed basis effective as of and from the date on which
such state becomes a Participating Member State; provided that if any Revolving
Loan in the currency of such state is outstanding immediately prior to such
date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Revolving Loan,
at the end of the then current Interest Period.
SECTION 4.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Revolving
Loans.
(a) Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, the Multicurrency Borrowers shall have the option to:
(i) convert all or any portion of any outstanding Floating Rate Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) in the minimum amounts set forth on Schedule
1.1(a) hereto into Fixed Rate Loans in the same Permitted Currency at any
time following:
(A) the third (3rd) Business Day after the Closing Date with
respect to any Revolving Loan (other than a BA Loan) made to the
Canadian Borrower or the U.S. Borrower;
(B) the first (1st) Business Day after the Closing Date with
respect to (1) any BA Loan to be made to the Canadian Borrower or (2)
any Revolving Loan made to the U.K. Borrower in Pounds Sterling; or
(C) the third (3rd) Business Day after the Closing Date with
respect to any Revolving Loan to be made to the U.K. Borrower in
Dollars or euros; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period,
(A) convert all or any part of its outstanding Fixed Rate Loans
in the minimum amounts set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto into
Floating Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) in the same Permitted
Currency; or
(B) continue any Fixed Rate Loan denominated in any Permitted
Currency in the minimum amounts set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto as
Fixed Rate Loans in the same Permitted Currency;
provided that (x) with respect to any BA Loan, any conversion of a BA Loan shall
be made on, and only on, the maturity date applicable thereto; (y) with respect
to any BA Loan, in the event that a BA Loan is to be continued as a BA Loan, the
BA Proceeds arising from the continued BA Loan shall be retained by the relevant
Revolving Lender to be applied by it to the face amount of the Bankers'
Acceptance maturing on the date of such advance, and the Canadian Borrower shall
pay to each Revolving Lender, on such date, an amount equal to the difference
between the face amount at maturity of the maturing Bankers' Acceptance and the
BA Proceeds of the Bankers'
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Acceptance to be issued; and (z) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, if the
Canadian Borrower fails to provide a Notice of Conversion/Continuation with
respect to such Fixed Rate Loan or any portion thereof prior to the time period
required below, such Fixed Rate Loan shall be converted into a Floating Rate
Loan made to the same Multicurrency Borrower and denominated in the same
Permitted Currency applicable to such Fixed Rate Loan or any portion thereof.
(b) Whenever a Multicurrency Borrower desires to convert or continue
Revolving Loans as provided above, the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of such
Multicurrency Borrower, shall give the Administrative Agent, and in the case of
any applicable Revolving Loans made to the U.K. Borrower or the Canadian
Borrower, the applicable Administrative Agent's Correspondent, irrevocable prior
written notice in the form attached as EXHIBIT E (a "Notice of
Conversion/Continuation") not later than:
(i) with respect to Revolving Loans made to the U.S. Borrower, (A) 11:00
a.m. (Eastern time) three (3) Business Days before the day on which
such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be
effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan that is to be converted
or continued as a Fixed Rate Loan) and (B) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
on the same Business Day as the day on which such proposed conversion
or continuation of such Loan is to be effective (with respect to any
Revolving Loan that is to be converted or continued as a Floating Rate
Loan);
(ii) with respect to Revolving Loans made to the Canadian Borrower, (A)
11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) three (3) Business Days before the day on
which such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be
effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan that is to be converted
or continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan); (B) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) one
(1) Business Day before the day on which such proposed conversion or
continuation of such Loan is to be effective (with respect to any
Revolving Loan that is to be converted or continued as a BA Loan) and
(C) 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) the same Business Day as the day on
which such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be
effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan that is to be converted
or continued as a Floating Rate Loan); and
(iii) with respect to Revolving Loans made to the U.K. Borrower, (A) 10:00
a.m. (Eastern time) three (3) Business Days before the day on which
such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be
effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars
or euros that is to be converted or continued as a Fixed Rate Loan),
(B) 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) one (1) Business Day before the day on
which such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be
effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in Pounds
Sterling that is to be converted or continued as a Fixed Rate Loan)
and (C) 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) one (1) Business Day before the day
on which such proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to
be effective (with respect to any Revolving Loan that is to be
converted or continued as a Floating Rate Loan).
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In each case, the Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall specify:
(I) the applicable Multicurrency Borrower;
(II) the Revolving Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of
any Fixed Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the
Interest Period therefor;
(III) the Permitted Currency in which such Revolving Loan is denominated;
(IV) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be
a Business Day);
(V) the principal amount of such Revolving Loans to be converted or
continued;
(VI) the applicable Available Rate for each Revolving Loan; and
(VII) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued
Fixed Rate Loan.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving Lenders of such
Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
SECTION 4.3 Fees.
(a) Facility Fee. Commencing on the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, a non-refundable
facility fee at a rate per annum corresponding to the Applicable Margin set
forth in the table in the definition of Applicable Margin, on the full amount of
the average daily Aggregate Commitment, regardless of usage. The facility fee
shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter
during the term of this Agreement commencing March 31, 2005, and ending on the
Maturity Date. Such facility fee shall be distributed by the Administrative
Agent to the Revolving Lenders and each agent under each Additional Facility
(for the account of the applicable Lenders under such Additional Facility) pro
rata in accordance with the Lenders' respective Commitment Percentages.
(b) Administrative Agent's and Other Fees. In order to compensate the
Administrative Agent for structuring and syndicating the Loans and for its
obligations hereunder, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
and its affiliates, for their own account, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.
SECTION 4.4 Manner of Payment.
(a) Payments. Each payment by the Multicurrency Borrowers on account of the
principal of or interest on any Revolving Extension of Credit or of any fee,
commission or other
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amounts (including the Reimbursement Obligation with respect to any Letter of
Credit) payable to the Revolving Lenders under this Agreement or any Revolving
Note shall be made (i) to the Administrative Agent (or the applicable
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) at its applicable Payment Office for the
account of the Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective
Revolving Commitment Percentages except as provided in Section 2.9(i) (with
respect to repayments necessary to effect the reallocation of Commitments), or
(ii) with respect to any payment payable solely for the account of a Swingline
Lender or an Issuing Lender, to the applicable Swingline Lender or the
applicable Issuing Lender (it being agreed that the applicable Multicurrency
Borrower shall provide prompt notice of such payment to the Administrative
Agent, except in the case of payments made with respect to Cash Management
Swingline Loans), in each case, in immediately available funds in the applicable
Permitted Currency not later than 1:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent, or, if applicable, the applicable Administrative Agent's
Correspondent or the applicable Swingline Lender or applicable Issuing Lender)
on the date specified for payment under this Agreement and shall be made without
any set-off, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever; provided that:
(A) with respect to each Letter of Credit, each payment of the
applicable Issuing Lender's fees or the L/C Participants' commissions shall
be made in like manner, but for the account of the applicable Issuing
Lender or the L/C Participants, as the case may be;
(B) with respect to each Swingline Loan, each payment (including,
without limitation, all fees and expenses payable to the applicable
Swingline Lender) shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the
applicable Swingline Lender; and
(C) with respect to the fees and the expenses of the Administrative
Agent, each payment shall be made in like manner, but for the account of
the Administrative Agent.
Any payment received after such time but before 4:00 p.m. (the local time of the
Administrative Agent or, if applicable, the applicable Administrative Agent's
Correspondent or the applicable Swingline Lender or applicable Issuing Lender)
on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section
12.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next
succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 4:00 p.m. (the local time of
the applicable Payment Office) shall be deemed to have been made on the next
succeeding Business Day for all purposes.
(b) General Payment Provisions. Except as set forth below, upon receipt by
the Administrative Agent (or the applicable Administrative Agent's
Correspondent) of any payment, the Administrative Agent (or the applicable
Administrative Agent's Correspondent) shall distribute to each Revolving Lender
at its applicable Payment Office (or as otherwise specified by such Revolving
Lender) its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage and shall wire advice of the amount of
such credit to such Revolving Lender; provided that:
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(i) each payment with respect to any Issuing Lender's fees or the L/C
Participants' commissions shall be distributed to the applicable Payment
Office of the applicable Issuing Lender or the L/C Participants, as the
case may be;
(ii) each payment with respect to any Swingline Loans (including,
without limitation, all fees and expenses payable to the applicable
Swingline Lender) shall be distributed to the applicable Payment Office of
the applicable Swingline Lender; and
(iii) each payment with respect to any fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent shall be distributed to the applicable Payment Office
of the Administrative Agent.
Furthermore, any amount payable to any Revolving Lender under Sections 4.11,
4.12, 4.13 or 14.3 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the applicable Revolving Lender. Subject to Section 4.1(b)(ii) if any payment
under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a
Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business
Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any
interest if payable along with such payment.
SECTION 4.5 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) Revolving Extensions of Credit. The Revolving Extensions of Credit made
by each Revolving Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records
maintained by such Revolving Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and each Revolving Lender shall be conclusive absent
manifest error of the amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit made by the
Revolving Lenders to the Multicurrency Borrowers and the interest and payments
thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however,
limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Multicurrency Borrowers
hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Revolving Obligations. In
the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Revolving Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in
respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent
shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any
Revolving Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Multicurrency
Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Revolving Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) Notes which shall evidence such Revolving Lender's
Revolving Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Revolving Lender
may attach schedules to its Notes and endorse thereon the date, amount and
maturity of its Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto but the
failure to do so shall not affect the validity of such Notes.
(b) Participations. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in
subsection (a), each Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing
the purchases and sales by such Revolving Lender of participations in Swingline
Loans and Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records
of any Revolving Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of
the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
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SECTION 4.6 Adjustments. If any Revolving Lender shall, by exercising any
right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any
principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Extensions of Credit or other
obligations hereunder resulting in such Revolving Lender's receiving payment of
a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Extensions of Credit and
accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to
Sections 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 or 14.3) greater than its pro rata share thereof as
provided herein, then the Revolving Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for
cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and such other
obligations of the other Revolving Lenders, or make such other adjustments as
shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by
the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Extensions of
Credit and other amounts owing them; provided that
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this Section 4.6 shall not be construed to
apply to (x) any payment made by the Multicurrency Borrowers pursuant to
and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any
payment obtained by a Revolving Lender as consideration for the assignment
of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit to any assignee or
participant, other than to a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof (as to
which the provisions of this Section 4.6 shall apply).
Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Revolving Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each
Credit Party rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Revolving Lender were a direct creditor of
each Credit Party in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 4.7 Nature of Obligations of Revolving Lenders Regarding Revolving
Extensions of Credit; Assumption by the Administrative Agent. The obligations of
the Revolving Lenders under this Agreement to make, to issue or to participate
in Revolving Extensions of Credit, are several and are not joint or joint and
several. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Revolving Lender prior to a proposed borrowing date that such Revolving Lender
will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Revolving Lender's
ratable portion of the amount to be borrowed on such date (which notice shall
not release such Revolving Lender of its obligations hereunder), the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Revolving Lender has made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent on the proposed borrowing date in
accordance with Sections 2.3(b), and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Multicurrency Borrowers on such date
a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative
Agent on a date after such borrowing date, such Revolving Lender shall pay to
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Administrative Agent on demand an amount, until paid, equal to (a) with respect
to any Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars the product of (i) the amount not
made available by such Revolving Lender in accordance with the terms hereof,
times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate during such period as determined
by the Administrative Agent, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days that elapse from and including such borrowing date to the
date on which such amount not made available by such Revolving Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof shall have become immediately available to the
Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360 and (b) with respect to
any Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the amount not made
available by such Revolving Lender in accordance with the terms hereof and
interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Administrative Agent's
aggregate marginal cost (including the cost of maintaining any required reserves
or deposit insurance and of any fees, penalties, overdraft charges or other
costs or expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent as a result of the
failure to deliver funds hereunder) of carrying such amount. A certificate of
the Administrative Agent with respect to any amounts owing under this Section
4.7 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Revolving Lender's
Revolving Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Revolving Lender within three (3) Business Days
after such borrowing date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover
such amount made available by the Administrative Agent with interest thereon at
the rate per annum applicable to Floating Rate Loans hereunder made to the
applicable Multicurrency Borrower in the applicable Permitted Currency, on
demand, from the Multicurrency Borrower. The failure of any Revolving Lender to
make available its Revolving Commitment Percentage of any Revolving Loan
requested by the Multicurrency Borrowers shall not relieve it or any other
Revolving Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving
Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Loan available on the borrowing date,
but no Revolving Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Revolving Lender to make its Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Revolving
Loan available on the borrowing date. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein
to the contrary, any Revolving Lender that fails to make available its Revolving
Commitment Percentage of any Revolving Loan shall not (a) have any voting or
consent rights under or with respect to any Revolving Loan Document (except that
the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender may not be increased or
extended without the consent of such Revolving Lender) or (b) constitute a
"Revolving Lender" (or be included in the calculation of Required Lenders or
Required Credit Facility Lenders hereunder) for any voting or consent rights
under or with respect to any Loan Document.
SECTION 4.8 Redenomination of Revolving Loans.
(a) Redenomination of Revolving Loans. Subject to Section 1.9, any
Revolving Loan to be denominated in the currency of the applicable Participating
Member State shall be made in the euro.
(b) Redenomination of Obligations. Subject to Section 1.9, any obligation
of any party under this Agreement or any other Revolving Loan Document which has
been denominated in the currency of a Participating Member State shall be
redenominated into the euro.
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(c) Further Assurances. The terms and provisions of this Agreement will be
subject to such reasonable changes of construction as determined by the
Administrative Agent to reflect the implementation of the EMU in any
Participating Member State or any market conventions relating to the fixing
and/or calculation of interest being changed or replaced and to reflect market
practice at that time, and subject thereto, to put the Administrative Agent, the
Revolving Lenders and the Multicurrency Borrowers in the same position, so far
as possible, that they would have been if such implementation had not occurred.
In connection therewith, the Multicurrency Borrowers agree, at the request of
the Administrative Agent, at the time of or at any time following the
implementation of the EMU in any Participating Member State or any market
conventions relating to the fixing and/or calculation of interest being changed
or replaced, to enter into an agreement amending this Agreement in such manner
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
SECTION 4.9. Regulatory Limitation. In the event, as a result of increases
in the value of Alternative Currencies against the Dollar or for any other
reason, the obligation of any of the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans
(taking into account the Dollar Amount of the Secured Obligations and all other
indebtedness required to be aggregated under 12 U.S.C.A. Section 84, as amended,
the regulations promulgated thereunder and any other Applicable Law) is
determined by such Revolving Lender to exceed its then applicable legal lending
limit under 12 U.S.C.A. Section 84, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any other Applicable Law, the amount of additional Revolving
Extensions of Credit such Lender shall be obligated to make or issue or
participate in hereunder shall immediately be reduced to the maximum amount
which such Revolving Lender may legally advance (as determined by such Revolving
Lender), the obligation of each of the remaining Revolving Lenders hereunder
shall be proportionately reduced, based on their applicable Revolving Commitment
Percentages and, to the extent necessary under such laws and regulations (as
determined by each of the Revolving Lenders, with respect to the applicability
of such laws and regulations to itself), and the Multicurrency Borrowers shall
reduce, or cause to be reduced, complying to the extent practicable with the
remaining provisions hereof, the Secured Obligations outstanding hereunder by an
amount sufficient to comply with such maximum amounts.
SECTION 4.10 Changed Circumstances.
(a) Circumstances Affecting Fixed Rate Loans and Alternative Currency
Availability. If, with respect to any Interest Period for any Fixed Rate Loan,
the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Lender (after consultation with the
Administrative Agent) shall determine that (i) by reason of circumstances
affecting the foreign exchange and interbank markets generally, deposits in
eurodollars or an Alternative Currency in the applicable amounts are not being
quoted via Telerate Page Screen 3750 or the applicable Reuters Screen Page or
offered to the Administrative Agent or such Revolving Lender for such Interest
Period, (ii) a fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange or
interbank markets with respect to any Alternative Currency (including, without
limitation, changes in national or international financial, political or
economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls) or (iii) it
has become otherwise materially impractical for the Administrative Agent or the
Revolving Lenders to make such Revolving Loan in an Alternative Currency, then
the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the
Multicurrency Borrowers. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent
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notifies the Multicurrency Borrowers that such circumstances no longer exist,
the obligation of the Revolving Lenders to make such Fixed Rate Loans or
Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable, and the right of the Multicurrency
Borrowers to convert any Revolving Loan to or continue any Revolving Loan as a
Fixed Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan, as applicable, shall be
suspended, and the Multicurrency Borrowers shall repay in full (or cause to be
repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such Fixed Rate
Loan or Alternative Currency Loan, as applicable, together with accrued interest
thereon, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such
Fixed Rate Loan or Alternative Currency Loan, as applicable, or convert the then
outstanding principal amount of each such Fixed Rate Loan or Alternative
Currency Loan, as applicable, to a Floating Rate Loan in the applicable
Permitted Currency as of the last day of such Interest Period.
(b) Laws Affecting Fixed Rates and Alternative Currency Availability. If,
after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law
or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Revolving
Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or
impossible for any of the Revolving Lenders (or any of their respective Lending
Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any Fixed Rate
Loan or any Alternative Currency Loan, such Revolving Lender shall promptly give
notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly give notice to the Multicurrency Borrowers and the other Revolving
Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Multicurrency
Borrowers that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the
Revolving Lenders to make Fixed Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, as
applicable, and the right of the Multicurrency Borrowers to convert any
Revolving Loan or continue any Revolving Loan as a Fixed Rate Loan or an
Alternative Currency Loan, as applicable, shall be suspended and thereafter the
Multicurrency Borrowers may select only Floating Rate Loans or Loans denominated
in Dollars, as applicable, hereunder, and (ii) if any of the Revolving Lenders
may not lawfully continue to maintain a Fixed Rate Loan or an Alternative
Currency Loan, as applicable, to the end of the then current Interest Period
applicable thereto as a Fixed Rate Loan or Alternative Currency Loan, as
applicable, the applicable Fixed Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan, as
applicable, shall immediately be converted to a Floating Rate Loan in the
applicable Permitted Currency or a Loan denominated in Dollars, as applicable,
for the remainder of such Interest Period.
SECTION 4.11 Indemnity. Each Multicurrency Borrower hereby indemnifies each
of the Revolving Lenders against any loss or expense (including, without
limitation, any foreign exchange costs but excluding the loss of the Applicable
Margin) which may arise or be attributable to each Revolving Lender's obtaining,
liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or
maintain any Revolving Loan (a) as a consequence of any failure by any
Multicurrency Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder
in connection with a Fixed Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of any
Multicurrency Borrower to borrow, continue or convert on a date specified
therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or (c)
due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any
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Fixed Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period
therefor. The amount of such loss or expense shall be determined, in the
applicable Revolving Lender's sole discretion, based upon the assumption that
such Revolving Lender funded its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Fixed
Rate Loans in the London interbank or other applicable market and using any
reasonable attribution or averaging methods which such Revolving Lender deems
appropriate and practical. A certificate of such Revolving Lender setting forth
the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such
Revolving Lender shall be forwarded to the Canadian Borrower through the
Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for
manifest error.
SECTION 4.12 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit
extended or participated in by, any Revolving Lender (except any reserve
requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate) or any Issuing Lender (or any of
their respective Lending Offices);
(ii) subject any Revolving Lender or any Issuing Lender to any tax of
any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit,
any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Fixed Rate Loan made by it,
or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Revolving Lender or
such Issuing Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes covered by Section 4.13 and the imposition of, or any change in
the rate of any Excluded Taxes payable by such Revolving Lender or such
Issuing Lender); or
(iii) impose on any Revolving Lender or any Issuing Lender (or any of
their respective Lending Offices) or the London interbank or other
applicable market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or
any Fixed Rate Loan made by it;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender of making, converting into or
maintaining any Fixed Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any
such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Revolving Lender or any Issuing
Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of
maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit),
or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Revolving
Lender or such Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any
other amount) then, upon request of such Revolving Lender or such Issuing
Lender, the Multicurrency Borrowers shall promptly pay to any such Revolving
Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the
case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Revolving Lender or Issuing Lender
determines that any Change in Law affecting such Revolving Lender or Issuing
Lender or any lending office of
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such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Revolving Lender's or such
Issuing Lender's holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Revolving Lender's
or such Issuing Lender's capital or on the capital of such Revolving Lender's or
such Issuing Lender's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Revolving Commitments of such Revolving Lender or such Issuing
Lender or the Revolving Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit
held by, such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender or the Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Revolving Lender
or such Issuing Lender or such Revolving Lender's or such Issuing Lender's
holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Revolving Lender's or such Issuing Lender's policies and the
policies of such Revolving Lender's or such Issuing Lender's holding company
with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Multicurrency
Borrowers shall promptly pay to such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender, as
the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Revolving Lender's or such
Issuing Lender's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Revolving Lender or
an Issuing Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of determining
the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Revolving Lender or such
Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 4.12 and delivered to the Multicurrency
Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Multicurrency Borrowers
shall pay such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt
thereof.
(d) Exchange Indemnification and Increased Costs. The Multicurrency
Borrowers shall, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, pay to the
Administrative Agent or any applicable Revolving Lender, the amount of (i) any
loss or cost or increased cost incurred by the Administrative Agent or any
applicable Revolving Lender, (ii) any reduction in any amount payable to or in
the effective return on the capital to the Administrative Agent or any
applicable Revolving Lender, (iii) any interest or any other return, including
principal, foregone by the Administrative Agent or any applicable Revolving
Lender as a result of the introduction of, change over to or operation of the
euro, or (iv) any currency exchange loss, that Administrative Agent or any
Revolving Lender sustains as a result of any payment being made by a
Multicurrency Borrower in a currency other than that originally extended to such
Multicurrency Borrower or as a result of any other currency exchange loss
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any applicable Revolving Lender under
this Agreement. A certificate of the Administrative Agent setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for determining such additional amount or amounts
necessary to compensate the Administrative Agent or the applicable Revolving
Lender shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error.
(e) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Revolving Lender
or any Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall
not constitute a waiver of such Revolving Lender's or such Issuing Lender's
right to demand such compensation; provided that the Multicurrency Borrowers
shall not be required to compensate a Revolving Lender or an Issuing Lender
pursuant to this Section 4.12 for any increased costs incurred or
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reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that such
Revolving Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the
Multicurrency Borrowers of the Change in Law or other events or conditions
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Revolving Lender's
or such Issuing Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor (except that,
if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
SECTION 4.13 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be
made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if any Borrower shall be required by
Applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 4.13) the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders (including, without limitation, the applicable Swingline Lender or the
applicable Issuing Lender, 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 timely pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
Applicable Law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrower shall not be required to pay any
additional amounts in respect of:
(i) withholding tax under Part XIII of the ITA applicable to any
amount payable with respect to any Loan, or any portion thereof, pursuant
to this Section 4.13 to any Lender that is not a Canadian Qualified Lender
unless such outstanding credit or portion was assigned, participated, or
transferred to such Lender at the request of such Borrower; provided,
however, that such Borrower shall at all times ensure that, in such case,
such Borrower withholds and remits the minimum amount then allowed by the
ITA as reduced by any applicable tax treaty, including, without limitation,
the Canada - United States Tax Convention, if applicable; and
(ii) amounts referred to under this paragraph (a) for a tax deduction
in respect of tax imposed by the United Kingdom from a payment of interest
on a Loan, if on the date on which the payment falls due:
(A) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender
without a tax deduction if it was a U.K. Qualified Lender, but on
that date that Lender is not or is ceased to be a U.K. Qualified
Lender (other than as a result of any change after the date it
became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the
interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or
U.K. Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any
relevant taxing authority);
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(B) (1) the relevant Lender is a U.K. Non-Bank Lender; (2) the
Board of the Inland Revenue has given (and not revoked) a
direction (a "U.K. Direction") under Section 349C of the U.K.
Taxes Act (as that provision has effect on the date on which the
relevant U.K. Non-Bank Lender became a Lender under this
Agreement) which relates to that payment and such Lender has
received from such Borrower a certified copy of that U.K.
Direction; and (3) the payment could have been made to such
Lender without any tax deduction in the absence of that U.K.
Direction; or
(C) the relevant Lender is a U.K. Treaty Lender and the Borrower
making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could
have been made to such Lender without the tax deduction had such
Lender co-operated in completing any procedural formalities
necessary for such Borrower to obtain authorization to make
payment without a tax deduction under the relevant U.K. Treaty
including, but not limited to, making an application for
provisional treaty relief.
provided that (x) if a Borrower is required to make a tax deduction,
such Borrower shall make that tax deduction and any payment required
in connection with that tax deduction within the time allowed and in
the minimum amount required by law and (y) within thirty (30) days of
making either a tax deduction or any payment required in connection
with that tax deduction, such Borrower making that tax deduction shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent for the Lender entitled to the
payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Lender that the tax
deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment
paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation of any Additional Facility
Borrower to pay any additional amounts described in this Section 4.13(a) shall
be subject to the exceptions, limitations and qualifications, if any, with
respect to such obligation contained in the applicable Additional Facility Loan
Documents for such Additional Facility Borrower.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrowers shall timely pay any Other
Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, each Lender (including, without limitation, each Swingline
Lender and each Issuing Lender) within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable
under this Section 4.13) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such
Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties,
interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to
the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Canadian Borrower by a
Lender, a Swingline Lender or an Issuing Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its
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own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, a Swingline Lender or an Issuing Lender,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority,
such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption
from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which
a Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall deliver to the applicable Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or
reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law
as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate
of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by applicable Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by
Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the
Administrative Agent as will enable the applicable Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, in the event that the applicable Borrower is a
resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver
to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of
copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which
such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the request of the applicable Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever
of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN
claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party;
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a
certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a "bank"
within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a "10 percent
shareholder" of the applicable Multicurrency Borrower within the meaning of
section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a "controlled foreign corporation"
described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies
of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN; or
(iv) any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for
claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding
tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by Applicable
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Law to permit applicable Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction
required to be made.
Without limiting the obligations of the Lenders set forth above regarding
delivery of certain forms and documents to establish each Lender's status for
U.S. withholding tax purposes, each Lender agrees promptly to deliver to the
Administrative Agent or the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other
Borrowers, as the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of
itself and the other Borrowers, shall reasonably request, on or prior to the
Closing Date, and in a timely fashion thereafter, such other documents and forms
required by any relevant taxing authorities under the Applicable Laws of any
other jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by such Lender, as are required
under such Applicable Laws to confirm such Lender's entitlement to any available
exemption from, or reduction of, applicable withholding taxes in respect of all
payments to be made to such Lender outside of the United States by the Borrowers
pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or otherwise to establish
such Lender's status for withholding tax purposes in such other jurisdiction.
Each Lender shall promptly (i) notify the Administrative Agent of any change in
circumstances which would modify or render invalid any such claimed exemption or
reduction, and (ii) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous
to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably
necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any
requirement of Applicable Laws of any such jurisdiction that any Borrower make
any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.
Additionally, each Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall reasonably
request, on or prior to the Closing Date, and in a timely fashion thereafter,
such documents and forms required by any relevant taxing authorities under the
Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by such
Borrower, as are required to be furnished by such Lender or the Administrative
Agent under such Applicable Laws in connection with any payment by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of Taxes or Other Taxes, or otherwise in
connection with the Loan Documents, with respect to such jurisdiction.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(including, without limitation, any Swingline Lender or any Issuing Lender)
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes
or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with
respect to which such Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 4.13, it shall pay to such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but
only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by
such Borrower under this Section 4.13 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender,
as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the
applicable Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender,
such Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender, agree to repay the amount paid
over to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by
the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender,
such Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender in the event the Administrative
Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender is required to
repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be
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construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Swingline Lender
or any Issuing Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other
information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrowers
or any other Person.
(g) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
the Borrowers hereunder or any other Loan Document, the agreements and
obligations of the Multicurrency Borrowers contained in this Section 4.13 shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the
Commitments.
SECTION 4.14 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Revolving Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If:
(i) any Revolving Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10 as a
result of any condition specified in Section 4.10 that affects less than
all of the Lenders;
(ii) any Revolving Lender requests compensation under Section 4.12; or
(iii) requires the Multicurrency Borrowers to pay any additional
amount to any Revolving Lender or any Governmental Authority for the
account of any Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 4.13,
then such Revolving Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different
lending office for funding or booking its Revolving Loans hereunder or to assign
its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Revolving Lender, such
designation or assignment (x) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 4.10, Section 4.12 or Section 4.13, as the case may be, in the future
and (y) would not subject such Revolving Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Revolving Lender. The
Multicurrency Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Revolving Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(b) Replacement of Revolving Lenders. If any Revolving Lender requests
compensation under Section 4.12, or if the Multicurrency Borrowers are required
to pay any additional amount to any Revolving Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 4.13, or
if any Revolving Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Revolving Loans
hereunder, then the Multicurrency Borrowers may, at their sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent,
require such Revolving Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents
required by, Section 14.10), all of its interests, rights and obligations under
this Agreement and the related Revolving Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Revolving
Lender, if such Revolving Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) the Multicurrency Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative
Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 14.10;
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(ii) such Revolving Lender shall have received payment of an amount
equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Loans and funded
participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and
under the other Revolving Loan Documents (including any amounts under
Section 4.11) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Multicurrency Borrowers (in
the case of all other amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 4.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 4.13, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law.
A Revolving Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or
delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Revolving Lender
or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Multicurrency Borrowers to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 4.15 The Canadian Borrower as Agent for the Multicurrency
Borrowers. Each Multicurrency Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and
authorizes the Canadian Borrower (a) to provide the Administrative Agent with
all notices with respect to Revolving Extensions of Credit obtained for the
benefit of such Multicurrency Borrower and all other notices and instructions
under this Agreement, (b) to take such action on behalf of the Multicurrency
Borrowers as the Canadian Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain
Revolving Extensions of Credit and to exercise such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and
(c) to act as its agent for service of process and notices required to be
delivered under this Agreement or the other Revolving Loan Documents, it being
understood and agreed that receipt by the Canadian Borrower of any summons,
notice or other similar item shall be deemed effective receipt by the
Multicurrency Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.16. Rounding and Other Changes. Subject to Section 1.9, without
prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or rounding prescribed by
any EMU Legislation and without prejudice to the respective obligations of the
Multicurrency Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders
and the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders to the Multicurrency
Borrowers under or pursuant to this Agreement, except as expressly provided in
this Agreement, each provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the right to combine currencies to effect a set-off, shall be subject to such
reasonable changes of interpretation as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the introduction of or
change over to the euro in Participating Member States.
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ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN CURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES
SECTION 5.1 Mexican Facility.
(a) Mexican Facility Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Mexican Facility Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, each Mexican Facility Lender
severally agrees to make Mexican Facility Loans in the applicable Permitted
Currency to the Mexican Borrower, from time to time from the Closing Date to,
but not including, the Maturity Date as requested by the Mexican Borrower, in
accordance with the terms of the Mexican Facility loan agreement and the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents as agreed to by the Mexican Borrower and the Mexican
Facility Lenders and approved by the Administrative Agent (which such approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Mexican Facility Loans (after giving effect
to any amount requested) shall not exceed the Mexican Facility Commitment less
the sum of (i) all outstanding Mexican Facility Swingline Loans (and the unused
commitment amount of the Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment to the extent
linked to any cash management program provided pursuant to the Mexican Loan
Documents) plus (ii) all Mexican Facility L/C Obligations. Each Mexican Facility
Loan shall be funded by each Mexican Facility Lender in accordance with the
terms of the Mexican Facility Loan Documents.
(b) Mexican Facility Swingline Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the Mexican Facility Loan Documents, and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein, the applicable Mexican
Swingline Lender agrees to make Mexican Facility Swingline Loans (which such
Mexican Facility Swingline Loans may be made in connection with, or pursuant to,
a cash management system provided pursuant to the Mexican Loan Documents) in the
applicable Permitted Currency to the Mexican Borrower, from time to time from
the Closing Date to, but not including, the Swingline Termination Date as
requested by the Mexican Borrower, in accordance with the terms of the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents; provided that, the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Mexican Facility Swingline Loans (after giving effect to any amount
requested) shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Mexican Facility Swingline
Commitment (less the unused commitment amount of the Mexican Facility Swingline
Commitment to the extent linked to any cash management program provided pursuant
to the Mexican Loan Documents) and (ii) the Mexican Facility Commitment less the
sum of (i) all outstanding Mexican Facility Swingline Loans (and the unused
commitment amount of the Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment to the extent
linked to any Mexican cash management program) plus (ii) all Mexican Facility
L/C Obligations. Each Mexican Facility Loan shall be funded by each Mexican
Facility Lender in accordance with the terms of the Mexican Facility Loan
Documents.
(c) Mexican Facility Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the Mexican Facility Loan Documents, and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein, the applicable Mexican
Facility Issuing Lender agrees to issue Mexican Facility Letters of Credit
denominated in the applicable Permitted Currency for the
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account of the Mexican Borrower, from time to time from the Closing Date through
the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the Maturity Date as requested by the
Mexican Borrower, in accordance with the terms of the Mexican Facility Loan
Documents; provided that, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Mexican Facility Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any Mexican Facility
Letters of Credit requested) shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Mexican
Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit and (ii) the Mexican Facility Commitment less
the sum of all outstanding Mexican Facility Loans and Mexican Facility Swingline
Loans (and the unused commitment amount of the Mexican Facility Swingline
Commitment to the extent linked to any cash management program provided pursuant
to the Mexican Loan Documents). Each Mexican Facility Loan shall be issued by
Mexican Facility Issuing Lender in accordance with the terms of the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents.
(d) Payment of Interest; Repayment on Maturity Date.
(i) The Mexican Facility Loans shall bear interest at the rate or
rates (including, if applicable, default interest rates), as determined in
accordance with the terms of the Mexican Facility Loan Documents. Interest
payments on the Mexican Facility Loans shall be calculated in accordance
with, and on the basis of interest periods determined pursuant to, the
terms and conditions of the Mexican Facility Loan Documents. All interest
payments on the Mexican Facility Loans, shall be made in the manner and at
the times required pursuant to the Mexican Facility Loan Documents. The
Mexican Borrower shall pay all fees and expenses required pursuant to the
Mexican Facility Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof.
(ii) The Mexican Borrower agrees to repay the outstanding principal
amount of all Mexican Facility Loans in full in the Permitted Currency in
which the Mexican Facility Loans were initially funded on the Maturity
Date, together, in each case, with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon;
provided that all Mexican Facility Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full
in accordance with the Mexican Facility Loan Documents or, if earlier, on
the Swingline Termination Date, together, in each case, with all accrued
but unpaid interest thereon.
(e) Mexican Loan Borrowing and Funding Protocols. The procedures for
advances and disbursements of the Mexican Facility Loans (including for purposes
of refunding Mexican Facility Swingline Loans, whether related to a cash
management program or otherwise), repayment of principal and interest on Mexican
Facility Loans (including the repayment and refunding of Mexican Facility
Swingline Loans), and voluntary permanent reductions in the Mexican Facility
Commitment shall be accomplished in accordance with the terms of the Mexican
Facility Loan Documents.
(f) Voluntary Reduction. The Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the
Mexican Borrower, shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon
at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent
and the Mexican Facility Lenders, to permanently reduce or terminate, without
premium or penalty, the Mexican Facility Commitment in such amounts and with
such corresponding payments as set forth in the Mexican Facility Loan Documents.
Upon termination of the Mexican Facility, the Mexican Borrower
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shall cease to be a Borrower but shall remain a Restricted Subsidiary and be
subject to the requirements set forth in this Agreement for Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(g) Termination of Mexican Facility. The Mexican Facility shall terminate
on the Maturity Date.
SECTION 5.2 Optional Increase in Mexican Facility. At any time following
the Closing Date, the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the Mexican Borrower,
shall have the right, in consultation with the Administrative Agent, from time
to time and upon not less than five (5) days prior notice to the Administrative
Agent (which notice shall not obligate the Mexican Borrower to increase the
Mexican Facility Commitment), to increase the Mexican Facility Commitment;
provided that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result from any such requested increase or borrowings thereunder;
(b) the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall provide the
Administrative Agent with an Officer's Compliance Certificate demonstrating pro
forma compliance with each of the covenants contained in Article X after giving
effect to such proposed increase and any borrowings thereunder;
(c) each increase in the Mexican Facility Commitment shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$5,000,000 in excess thereof, or in each case if less, the remaining principal
amount of increases to the Mexican Facility Commitment that are available under
this Section 5.2;
(d) the aggregate amount of all increases made pursuant to this Section 5.2
shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the difference of (i) $30,000,000 less (ii)
the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Facilities closed after the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.4 and (b) the difference of (i) the Maximum
Facility Amount less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all
Additional Facilities closed after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.4, (B)
any prior increases to the Revolving Commitment made pursuant to Section 2.9 and
(C) any prior increases to the Mexican Facility Commitment made pursuant to this
Section 5.2;
(e) increases in the Mexican Facility Commitment pursuant to this Section
5.2 shall not increase or otherwise affect the Mexican Facility Letter of Credit
Sublimit or the Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment, in either case, if
applicable, unless otherwise agreed to by the Mexican Facility Lenders
(including, without limitation, the Mexican Facility Swingline Lender and the
Mexican Facility Issuing Lender);
(f) the amount of the Mexican Facility Commitment shall not be increased
(i) to the extent that the amount of the Mexican Facility Commitment after such
increase is equal to or less than $10,000,000, without the approval of the
Mexican Facility Lenders participating in such increase (subject to notification
of such increase to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) to the extent that the
amount of the Mexican Facility Commitment after such increase is greater than
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$10,000,000, without the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Required
Lenders and the requisite number of Mexican Facility Lenders.
(g) in connection with each proposed increase, the Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of the Mexican Borrower, may solicit commitments from (i) any Mexican
Facility Lender (provided that no Mexican Facility Lender shall have an
obligation to commit to all or a portion of the proposed increase) or (ii) any
third party, financial institutions that are Eligible Assignees or that are
otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers;
(h) each increase to the Mexican Facility, as applicable, pursuant to this
Section 5.2 (i) will rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the
Mexican Facility, and (ii) shall have the same pricing and tenor as the Mexican
Facility;
(i) in the event that any new lenders commit to such requested increase,
such new lenders shall have delivered such additional documents, instruments and
other agreements as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to
evidence such new lender's agreement to be bound by and subject to the
applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other applicable Loan
Documents; and
(j) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers,
shall provide the Administrative Agent with written certification to the effect
that, after giving effect to such proposed increase, the Secured Obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents is permitted by the Existing
Subordinated Notes (including the Existing Subordinated Note Indenture and any
other agreement executed in connection therewith).
SECTION 5.3 Reallocation of the Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment. In
the event that the Mexican Borrower utilizes a cash management program offered
by the Mexican Swingline Lender, the Mexican Borrower may upon two (2) Business
Days prior notice to the Mexican Swingline Lender, elect to reallocate the
Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment between the cash management swingline and
its non-cash management swingline. The terms of such cash management swingline
and non-cash management swingline shall be set forth in the Mexican Facility
Loan Documents in a manner consistent with the applicable provisions of Article
II of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis; provided that:
(a) the Mexican Borrower may request reallocations pursuant to this
Section 5.3 on no more than four (4) occasions during any Fiscal Year;
(b) after giving effect to any requested reallocation, the aggregate
amount of the cash management swingline commitment and the non-cash
management swingline commitment provided pursuant to the Mexican Loan
Documents shall not exceed the Mexican Facility Swingline Commitment
(c) such reallocation of the applicable Mexican Facility Swingline
Commitment shall not be effective until the Administrative Agent has
received evidence from the
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Mexican Swingline Lender confirming that such reallocation has been
effected by the Mexican Swingline Lender; and
(d) the Administrative Agent, upon receiving the confirmation required
by subsection (c) above, shall amend Schedule 1.1(a) to reflect such
increase or reduction.
SECTION 5.4 Additional Facilities. At any time following the Closing Date,
the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, may, on no
more than three (3) occasions, designate certain additional Subsidiaries of the
Canadian Borrower (except for any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico or any political subdivision
of any of the foregoing) as an Additional Facility Borrower in connection with
the establishment of Additional Facilities in an aggregate amount over the term
of the Credit Facility not to exceed the lesser of (a) the difference of (i)
$30,000,000 less (ii) the amount of any increase in the Mexican Facility after
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.2 and (b) the difference of (i) the
Maximum Facility Amount less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount
of all other Additional Facilities requested pursuant to this Section 5.4, (B)
any prior increases to the Revolving Commitment made pursuant to Section 2.9 and
(C) any prior increases to the Mexican Facility Commitment made pursuant to
Section 5.2; provided that at the time of such designation:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result from any such requested Additional Facility or borrowings
thereunder;
(ii) the Canadian Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall provide
the Administrative Agent with an Officer's Compliance Certificate demonstrating
pro forma compliance with each of the covenants contained in Article X after
giving effect to such proposed Additional Facility and any Additional Facility
Extensions of Credit thereunder;
(iii) each Additional Facility shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
at least $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, or in
each case, if less, the remaining principal amount of Additional Facilities that
are available under this Section 5.4;
(iv) the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have consented
to the establishment of such Additional Facility;
(v) the Canadian Borrower and its applicable Subsidiaries shall have
complied with the applicable provisions of Section 9.11;
(vi) in connection with each proposed Additional Facility, the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, may solicit commitments
from (A) any Lender (provided that no Lender shall have an obligation to commit
to all or a portion of the proposed increase) or (B) any third party, financial
institutions that are Eligible Assignees or that are otherwise reasonably
acceptable to both the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Borrower;
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(vii) each new Additional Facility Lender shall have delivered such
additional documents, instruments and other agreements as are reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to evidence such new Additional Facility
Lender's agreement to be bound by and subject to the applicable terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the other applicable Loan Documents; and
(viii) subject to Section 5.5, the terms and conditions of each Additional
Facility Loan Document (including, without limitation, the ranking, the pricing,
the tenor, the availability of swingline loans or letters of credit, and
collateral and guaranty matters) executed in connection with the establishment
of such requested Additional Facility (which documents must be duly authorized,
executed and delivered prior to giving effect thereto) shall (A) be subject to
the terms and conditions of Section 5.1 (mutatis mutandis to refer to such new
Additional Facility rather than the Mexican Facility), (B) include such other
terms as such Additional Facility Lenders deem reasonably necessary (to the
extent such terms and conditions are not otherwise inconsistent with the terms
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents) and (C) be subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld).
SECTION 5.5 General Terms of Additional Facilities; Rules of
Interpretation.
(a) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the terms and conditions
of the Additional Facility Loan Documents shall be limited to those terms and
conditions relating to borrowing and repayment mechanics, calculation and
payment of interest, fees and expenses, indemnification obligations (including,
as applicable, indemnification obligations relating to taxes and funding
losses), and other general mechanical and miscellaneous provisions as are deemed
reasonably necessary by the applicable Additional Facility Lenders to administer
the applicable Additional Facility. Otherwise, each such Additional Facility
shall be subject to the representations and warranties and the covenants
contained in this Agreement and the Revolving Loan Documents. In the event there
is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the Revolving Loan
Documents, on the one hand, and any Additional Facility Loan Documents, on the
other hand, the terms of this Agreement and the Revolving Loan Documents shall
control.
(b) Promptly upon the closing of any Additional Facility, the Canadian
Borrower shall deliver certified copies of the final executed versions of all
such documents. Within ten (10) days following the end of any calendar quarter
(commencing, with respect to any specific Additional Facility, with the first
full calendar quarter following the closing date of such Additional Facility),
the Additional Facility Lenders (or their applicable agent with respect to such
Additional Facility), shall deliver a statement of all Additional Facility Loans
advanced and repaid during the preceding calendar quarter, together with a
statement of all interest, fees and expenses accrued during such calendar
quarter (including all such amounts paid during such period) and a confirmation
that at no time during such period did the aggregate amount of all Additional
Facility Loans outstanding during such period exceed the maximum permitted
amount under the terms of the applicable Additional Facility Loan Documents.
(c) The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this Agreement to make,
to issue or to participate in Revolving Extensions of Credit are several and are
not joint or joint and several with the obligations of the Additional Facility
Lenders to make the applicable Additional
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Facility Extensions of Credit. In no event shall any Revolving Lender be liable
for or have any obligation with respect to the obligations of any Additional
Facility Lender under any Additional Facility Loan Document. In furtherance of
the foregoing, the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that no Additional
Facility Extension of Credit shall be subject to any mandatory refunding,
purchase or risk participation by any Revolving Lender.
(d) The Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and any Borrower under any
Additional Facility, shall have the right at any time and from time to time,
upon at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent and the applicable Additional Facility Lenders, to permanently reduce or
terminate, without premium or penalty, the applicable Additional Facility in
such amounts and with such corresponding payments as set forth in the applicable
Additional Facility Loan Documents. Upon termination of the applicable
Additional Facility, the applicable Borrower shall cease to be a Borrower but
shall remain a Restricted Subsidiary and be subject to the requirements set
forth in this Agreement for Restricted Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VI
CLOSING; CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
SECTION 6.1 Closing. The closing shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P. at 10:00 a.m. on March 31, 2005, or on such
other place, date and time as the parties hereto shall mutually agree.
SECTION 6.2 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit. The
obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loans
or issue or participate in the initial Letter(s) of Credit, if any, is subject
to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) Executed Revolving Loan Documents. The following Revolving Loan
Documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
each Revolving Lender:
(i) this Agreement;
(ii) Notes in favor of each Revolving Lender requesting a Note; and
(iii) the Security Documents,
together with any other applicable Revolving Loan Documents, shall have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the
parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of
Default shall exist thereunder, and the Credit Parties shall have delivered
original counterparts thereof to the Administrative Agent.
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(b) Closing Certificates; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received
each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent:
(i) Officer's Certificate of each Borrower. A certificate executed by
a Responsible Officer of each Borrower, on behalf of such Borrower, to the
effect that all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained
in this Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents are true, correct and
complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date (provided that any such
representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or by reference to
Material Adverse Effect shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as
of the Closing Date), except for any such representation and warranty made as of
an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true, correct
and complete in all material respects as of such earlier date (provided that any
such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or by
reference to Material Adverse Effect shall be true, correct and complete in all
respects as of such earlier date); that none of the Credit Parties is in
violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other
Revolving Loan Documents; that, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and that each of the
Credit Parties, as applicable, has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2 and Section 6.3.
(ii) Certificate of Responsible Officer of each Credit Party. A
certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party, on behalf of
such Credit Party, certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the
signature of each officer of such Credit Party executing Revolving Loan
Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true,
correct and complete copy of (A) the articles of incorporation (or equivalent
documentation) of such Credit Party and all amendments thereto (or amended and
restated articles), certified as of a recent date by the appropriate
Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, (B)
the bylaws (or equivalent documentation) of such Credit Party as in effect on
the Closing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or
equivalent governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing the transactions
contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D)
each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(iii).
(iii) Certificates of Good Standing. Certificates as of a recent date
of the good standing (or equivalent documentation to the extent that such
certificates are available under the Applicable Laws of such jurisdiction) of
each Credit Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization (to the
extent that such certificates are available under the Applicable Laws of such
jurisdiction) and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each
other jurisdiction where such Credit Party is qualified to do business.
(iv) Opinions of Counsel. Favorable opinions of counsel to the Credit
Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders with
respect to the Credit Parties, the Revolving Loan Documents and such other
matters as the Revolving Lenders shall request, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including, without
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limitation, favorable opinions of foreign counsel to the Credit Parties or such
other counsel as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Lenders).
(v) Tax Forms. Copies of each of the tax forms, exemptions and
certificates required by Section 4.13(e), including, without limitation, all
such forms issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service, the Inland
Revenue Department of the United Kingdom and the Canada Revenue Agency.
(c) Collateral.
(i) Filings and Recordings. All filings and recordations that are
necessary to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent in the
Collateral described in the Security Documents shall have been received by the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that upon such filings and recordations
such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens
therein, subject to Permitted Liens.
(ii) Pledged Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall have received
original stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the capital stock
or other ownership interests pledged pursuant to the Security Documents,
together with an undated stock power for each such certificate duly executed in
blank by the registered owner thereof.
(iii) Lien Search. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a Lien search, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, made against each of the Credit Parties under the
UCC (or applicable judicial docket) or under Applicable Law as in effect in any
state or foreign jurisdiction in which any of its assets are located (except
that, with respect to any Credit Party that was formed or created in the United
States after the enactment of Revised Article 9 of the UCC in its jurisdiction
of formation or organization, the Administrative Agent shall have received Lien
search results only in such Credit Party's jurisdiction of formation or
organization), indicating among other things that its assets are free and clear
of any Lien except for Permitted Liens.
(iv) Hazard and Liability Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall
have received certificates of property, hazard, business interruption and
liability insurance, evidence of payment of all insurance premiums for the
current policy year of each Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (naming the
Administrative Agent as additional insured on all certificates for liability
insurance and as loss payee on all certificates of personal property hazard
insurance), and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, copies (certified by
a Responsible Officer) of insurance policies in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(v) Foreign Security Interests and Filings. Notwithstanding the
provisions of the foregoing subsections (c)(i) and (c)(ii), with regard to any
Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States (or any political subdivision thereof) whose capital stock and/or assets
is to be pledged hereunder, the applicable Credit Party may evidence compliance
with such subsections by providing a perfected first priority security interest
(or the equivalent thereof pursuant to the Applicable Laws and practices of any
relevant foreign
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jurisdiction) in such capital stock and/or assets of such Subsidiary, subject to
Permitted Liens; provided, however, that such Credit Party shall cause to be
provided an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent as to the perfection, validity and binding nature of the
security interests so obtained. (Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties
hereto agree that no Capital Stock issued by BCB International Holdings, BCB
European Holdings or any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged
under this Section 6.2.)
(d) Consents; Defaults.
(i) Corporate and Third Party Approvals. The Credit Parties shall have
received all material corporate and third party consents and approvals necessary
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Revolving Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and all
applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by
any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any
material adverse conditions on any of the Credit Parties or such other
transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or
regulation shall be applicable which in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent could reasonably be expected to have such effect.
(ii) No Injunction, Etc. No action, proceeding, investigation,
regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed
before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain
substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this
Agreement or the other Revolving Loan Documents or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which, in the Administrative
Agent's sole discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Revolving Loan
Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
(iii) No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
(e) Financial Matters.
(i) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall have received the most recent audited Consolidated financial statements of
the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders and prepared
in accordance with GAAP.
(ii) Financial Projections. The Administrative Agent shall have
received financial projections with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries prepared by a Responsible Officer of the Canadian Borrower, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of balance sheets, income
statements and cash flow statements on an annual basis for the first four (4)
years following the Closing Date.
(iii) Financial Condition Certificate. The Canadian Borrower, on
behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate, in form
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and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and certified as
accurate by a Responsible Officer of the Canadian Borrower, that (A) the
Canadian Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries are each Solvent, (B)
the Canadian Borrower's and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries' payables are
current and not past due (except to the extent consistent with the past practice
of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries), (C) attached thereto
are calculations evidencing compliance on a pro forma basis with the covenants
contained in Article X, (D) the financial projections previously delivered to
the Administrative Agent represent the good faith estimates (utilizing
reasonable assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (E) attached thereto is a calculation
of the Applicable Margin.
(iv) Payment at Closing; Fee Letters. The Borrowers shall have paid to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the fees set forth or referenced in
Section 4.3, and any other accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder
(including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by
counsel to the Administrative Agent since December 10, 2004) and to any other
Person such amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection
with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the
Revolving Loan Documents.
(f) Miscellaneous.
(i) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received
a Notice of Borrowing from the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the applicable
Borrower, in accordance with Section 2.3(a) and a Notice of Account Designation
from the Canadian Borrower specifying the account or accounts to which the
proceeds of any Revolving Loans made after the Closing Date are to be disbursed.
(ii) Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have completed, to
its satisfaction, all legal and other due diligence with respect to the
business, assets, liabilities, operations and condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope and determination
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(iii) Existing Facilities. Concurrent with the initial funding
hereunder, the Existing Facilities shall be repaid in full and terminated (other
than the Existing Letters of Credit) and all collateral security therefor shall
be irrevocably and unconditionally released, and the Administrative Agent shall
have received pay-off letters in form and substance satisfactory to it
evidencing such repayment, termination, reconveyance and release.
(iv) Other Documents. All opinions, certificates and other instruments
and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all other
documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby, with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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SECTION 6.3 Conditions to All Revolving Extensions of Credit. The
obligations of the Revolving Lenders to make any Revolving Extensions of Credit
(including the initial Revolving Extension of Credit), convert or continue any
Revolving Loan and/or any Issuing Lender to issue or extend any Letter of Credit
are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the
relevant borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date:
(a) Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties contained in Article VII shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or
extension date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, except
for any representation and warranty made as of an earlier date, which
representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date (provided that any representation and warranty
that is qualified by materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect
shall be true, correct and complete in all respects on and as of such borrowing,
continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date or, if applicable, such
earlier date).
(b) No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing on the borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or
extension date with respect to such Revolving Extension of Credit or after
giving effect to the Revolving Extensions of Credit to be made, continued,
converted, issued or extended on such date.
(c) Notices. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as applicable, from the Canadian
Borrower on behalf of itself or the applicable Multicurrency Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.3(a) and Section 4.2.
(d) Compliance with Borrowing Limits. The Canadian Borrower shall have
demonstrated compliance with Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 3.1, as
applicable, on the borrowing, conversion, continuation, issuance or extension
date with respect to such Revolving Extension of Credit or after giving effect
to the Revolving Extensions of Credit to be made, converted, continued, issued
or extended on such date.
SECTION 6.4 Post-Closing Conditions.
(a) Post-Closing Revolving Credit Facility Conditions. Prior to the
applicable dates set forth on Schedule 6.4(a), as such dates may be extended by
the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, the Borrowers shall comply
with each of the terms and conditions set forth on Schedule 6.4(a).
(b) Post-Closing Mexican Facility Conditions. Prior to the applicable dates
set forth on Schedule 6.4(b), as such dates may be extended by the
Administrative Agent and the Mexican Facility Agent, each in its sole
discretion, the Borrowers shall comply with each of the terms and conditions set
forth on Schedule 6.4(b).
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ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1 Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative
Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make
Extensions of Credit, each Multicurrency Borrower hereby represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent and Lenders both before and after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated hereunder that:
(a) Organization; Power; Qualification. Each of the Canadian Borrower and
its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power
and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being
and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and authorized to
do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the
nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization, except
where the failure to be qualified or authorized, individually or in the
aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The jurisdictions in which the Canadian Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
are organized and qualified to do business as of the Closing Date are described
on Schedule 7.1(a).
(b) Ownership. Each Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower as of the Closing
Date is listed on Schedule 7.1(b) (and each Unrestricted Subsidiary and
Subsidiary SPE is designated as such on Schedule 7.1(b)). As of the Closing
Date, the capitalization of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries consists
of the number of shares (or other ownership interests), authorized, issued and
outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on
Schedule 7.1(b). All outstanding shares (or other ownership interests) have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, with no
personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof (except to the extent of
any personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof that is described on
Schedule 7.1(b)), and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The
equityholders of the Subsidiaries of the Canadian Borrower and the number of
shares owned by each as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 7.1(b). As
of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants,
subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or
nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise
provide for or permit the issuance of Capital Stock of the Canadian Borrower or
its Subsidiaries, except (i) options with respect to the Capital Stock of the
Canadian Borrower granted to employees, directors and service providers pursuant
to the option plans of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) as
described on Schedule 7.1(b).
(c) Authorization of Agreement, Loan Documents and Extensions of Credit.
The Canadian Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has the right,
power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their
respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents has been
duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers or authorized
representative of the Canadian Borrower and each
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of its Restricted Subsidiaries party thereto, and each such document constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Canadian Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar state, federal or provincial debtor relief
laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors'
rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
(d) Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Extensions of Credit with
Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Canadian Borrower and
each of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which each such
Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of
Credit hereunder and thereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby do not, and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or
otherwise, (i) require any material Governmental Approval or violate any
Applicable Law relating to the Canadian Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default
under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of
the Canadian Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Governmental
Approval relating to such Person, (iii) materially conflict with, result in a
material breach of or constitute a material default under any provision of any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by
which any of its properties may be bound, (iv) result in or require the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or
hereafter acquired by such Person other than Liens arising under the Loan
Documents or (v) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other
act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any
other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (other than (A) consents and authorizations that have been previously
obtained, (B) filings that have previously been made or (C) acts that have been
previously performed).
(e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals.
(i) Each of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i)
has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct
its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not
subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to the
best of its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) is in compliance
with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all
other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties, except
where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) has timely
filed all reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it
under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all
records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law, except
where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) (A) No Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or any
Affiliate of a Credit Party is a person named on the list of Specially
Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons
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maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control ("OFAC") available at:
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxx/xxxxx.xxxx, or
as otherwise published from time to time;
(B) No Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or any
Affiliate of a Credit Party is (1) an agency of the government of a
country, (2) an organization controlled by a country, or (3) a person
resident in a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on
the list maintained by OFAC (as such program may be applicable to such
agency, organization or person) and available at:
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxxx, or
as otherwise published from time to time; or
(ii) Neither any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party,
nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any Affiliate of any Credit
Party, does business in such country or with any such agency, organization
or person, in violation of the economic sanctions of the United States
administered by OFAC.
(f) Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Canadian Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries has duly filed or caused to be filed all material
federal, state, provincial and other tax returns required by Applicable Law to
be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all
material federal, state, provincial, local and other taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and
assets which are due and payable (other than any amount the validity of which is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided
for on the books of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and no
Lien exists (other than a Lien permitted under Section 11.2(a)). Such returns
accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for taxes of the
Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the periods covered
thereby. There is no ongoing audit or examination or, to the knowledge of any
Borrower, other investigation by any Governmental Authority of the tax liability
of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Governmental
Authority has asserted any Lien (other than a Lien permitted under Section
11.2(a)) or other claim against the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or
resolved. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Canadian
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state,
provincial, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years and portions thereof
since the organization of the Canadian Borrower and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries are, in the judgment of the Canadian Borrower adequate, and the
Canadian Borrower does not anticipate any material amount of additional taxes or
assessments for any of such years.
(g) Intellectual Property Matters. Each of the Canadian Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries owns or possesses rights to use all material franchises,
licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or
licenses, patent applications, trademarks,
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trademark rights, service xxxx, service xxxx rights, trade names, trade name
rights, copyrights and rights with respect to the foregoing which are required
to conduct its business, except where the failure to own or possess such rights,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or
lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such
rights, and neither the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary thereof is liable to
any Person for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any such rights
as a result of its business operations, except any such revocation, termination
or liability as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Environmental Matters.
(i) The properties owned, leased or operated by the Canadian Borrower
and its Subsidiaries now or in the past do not contain, and to their knowledge
have not previously contained, any Hazardous Materials in amounts or
concentrations which (A) constitute or constituted a violation of applicable
Environmental Laws or (B) could give rise to liability under applicable
Environmental Laws, except where such violation or liability could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(ii) The Credit Parties, each Subsidiary and such properties and all
operations conducted in connection therewith are in compliance, and have been in
compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no
contamination at, under or about such properties or such operations which could
interfere with the continued operation of such properties or impair the fair
saleable value thereof, except for any such noncompliance or contamination, that
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) No Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof has received any
notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential
liability regarding environmental matters, Hazardous Materials, or compliance
with Environmental Laws, nor does any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof
have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is
being threatened, except where such violation, alleged violation, noncompliance,
liability or potential liability which is the subject of such notice could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iv) Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to
or from the properties owned, leased or operated by the Canadian Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could
give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, nor have any Hazardous
Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of
such properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to
liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws, except where such violation
or liability could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action
is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to
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which the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof is or will be named as a
potentially responsible party with respect to such properties or operations
conducted in connection therewith, nor are there any consent decrees or other
decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other
administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law
with respect to the Credit Parties, any Subsidiary or such properties or such
operations; except where such proceeding, action, degree, order or other
requirement could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(vi) There has been no release, or to the best of the Credit Parties'
knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties
owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, now or in the
past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to
liability under Environmental Laws, except where such violation or liability
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(i) ERISA and Status of Pension Plans.
(i) As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate
maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation (including fiduciary,
funding, investment and administration obligations) under, any Employee Benefit
Plans or funding agreements therefor other than those identified on Schedule
7.1(i) and all such plans are duly registered (to the extent registration is
required by Applicable Law) under all Applicable Laws, including provincial
pension benefits legislation;
(ii) Each Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with
all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans subject to
ERISA except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period
as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and except where a
failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service
to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to
be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not
yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period
for submitting a determination letter has not yet expired. No liability has been
incurred by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied
for any taxes or penalties with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any
Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. All employee contributions to any Employee
Benefit Plan required to be made by way of authorized payroll deduction have
been properly withheld by each applicable Credit Party, except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and fully paid into such Employee Benefit Plan
in a timely fashion. There have been no withdrawals or applications of the
assets of any Pension Plans in material violation of Applicable Law.
(iii) As of the Closing Date, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor
has any funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code) been incurred
by a Pension Plan
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subject to ERISA (without regard to any waiver granted under Section 412 of the
Code), nor has any funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service been
received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has any Credit Party
or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts
due and owing with respect to any Pension Plan subject to ERISA as required by
Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any such Pension
Plan prior to the due dates of such contributions under Section 412 of the Code
or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure
under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension
Plan;
(iv) Except where the failure of any of the following representations
to be correct could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, no Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has: (A) with respect to an
Employee Benefit Plan subject to ERISA, engaged in a nonexempt prohibited
transaction described in Section 406 of the ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code,
(B) incurred any liability to the PBGC or similar Governmental Authority in
other jurisdictions where it maintains Employee Benefit Plans which remains
outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments
which are due and unpaid, (C) failed to make a required contribution or payment
to a Multiemployer Plan, or (D) failed to make a required installment or other
required payment under Section 412 of the Code, other Applicable Laws or its
Employee Benefit Plans;
(v) No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur; and
(vi) Except where the failure of any of the following representations
to be correct in all respects could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) no proceeding, dispute, claim (other than a
benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation
is existing or, to the best knowledge of the Canadian Borrower after due
inquiry, threatened concerning or involving any (1) Employee Benefit Plan or (2)
Multiemployer Plan or assets thereof, (B) there exists no state of facts which
after notice or lapse of time or both could reasonably be expected to give rise
to any such proceeding, dispute, claim, lawsuit and/or investigation and (C)
there has been no prohibited transaction or violations of the fiduciary
responsibility rules under Applicable Law with respect to any Pension Plan.
(vii) Except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
each Pension Plan is fully funded both on an ongoing basis and on a solvency
basis (using actuarial assumptions and methods which are consistent with the
valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authority and which are
consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles).
(j) Margin Stock. No Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is
engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" (as each
such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of
any of the Extensions of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin
stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with,
the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors.
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(k) Government Regulation. No Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company" (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended) and no Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is,
or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or the Interstate Commerce
Act, each as amended, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to
incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(l) Material Contracts. Schedule 7.1(l) sets forth a complete and accurate
list of all Material Contracts of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in effect as of the Closing Date not listed on any other Schedule
hereto; other than as set forth in Schedule 7.1(l), on the Closing Date, each
such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and
effect in accordance with the terms thereof. The Canadian Borrower and each of
its Restricted Subsidiaries have delivered to the Administrative Agent a true
and complete copy of each Material Contract required to be listed on Schedule
7.1(l) or any other Schedule hereto, except for such redactions as are
reasonably necessary to preserve customer and supplier relationships. No Credit
Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (nor, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties,
any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material
Contract, except where such breach or default, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Employee Relations. The Canadian Borrower and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has a stable work force in place and is not, as of the Closing
Date, party to any collective bargaining agreement nor has any labor union been
recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on
Schedule 7.1(m). The Credit Parties know of no pending, threatened or
contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving
its employees or those of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Burdensome Provisions. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.1(n) hereto,
neither the Canadian Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is a party
to any indenture, agreement, lease or other instrument, or subject to any
corporate or partnership restriction, Governmental Approval or Applicable Law
which is so unusual or burdensome as in the foreseeable future could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule
7.1(n) hereto, the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not
presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of
any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be
so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Financial Statements. The (i) audited Consolidated balance sheet of the
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 27, 2003 and the related
audited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal
Year then ended and (ii) unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of January 1, 2005 and related unaudited
interim statements of income and retained earnings, copies of which have
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been furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, are complete and
correct and fairly present on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and
financial position of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such
dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for
the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited
financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related
schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The
Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no indebtedness, obligation or other
unusual forward or long-term commitment which is not fairly reflected in the
foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto.
(p) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 27, 2003, there has been no
material adverse change in the properties, business, operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no
event has occurred or condition arisen that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Solvency. As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to each
Extension of Credit made hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the
Canadian Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
(r) Titles to Properties. Each of the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is
necessary to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title or legal
rights to use to all of its personal property and assets, including, but not
limited to, those reflected on the balance sheets of the Canadian Borrower and
its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(o), except where the failure
to have such title or rights, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Liens. None of the properties and assets of any Credit Party or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens. No
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any state or comparable
legislation in any other jurisdiction which names any Credit Party or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective trade names or
divisions as debtor and which has not been terminated, has been filed in any
state or other jurisdiction and no Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof has signed any such financing statement or any security agreement
authorizing any secured party thereunder to file any such financing statement,
except (i) financing statements filed to perfect Permitted Liens, (ii) financing
statements to be promptly terminated upon the satisfaction in full of any
obligation to which such financing statement relates and (iii) financing
statements filed solely to give notice of Operating Leases and not as an
indication of any Lien.
(t) Indebtedness and Guaranty Obligations. Schedule 7.1(t) is a complete
and correct listing of all Indebtedness and Guaranty Obligations of the Canadian
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date in excess of
$2,500,000.
(u) Litigation. Except for matters existing on the Closing Date and set
forth on Schedule 7.1(u), there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending
nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against or in any other
way relating adversely to or affecting any Credit
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Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties
in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any
Governmental Authority that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions provided for herein or
therein, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Absence of Defaults. No event has occurred or is continuing (i) which
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (ii) which constitutes, or
which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a
default or event of default by any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof under any Material Contract or judgment, decree or order to which any
Credit Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which any Credit
Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may
be bound or which would require any Credit Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries
to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled maturity date therefor
that, in any case under this clause (ii) could, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Senior Indebtedness Status.
(i) The Secured Obligations of the Canadian Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of
payment to all Subordinated Indebtedness of each such Person.
(ii) The Secured Obligations of the Canadian Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents constitutes "Senior Debt" under the Existing Subordinated Note
Indenture and constitutes "Senior Indebtedness", "Senior Debt" or any equivalent
term under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all
other Subordinated Indebtedness of such Person.
(iii) The Obligations of the Canadian Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents constitutes "Designated Senior Debt" under the Existing Subordinated
Note Indenture and constitutes "Designated Senior Indebtedness", "Designated
Senior Debt" or any equivalent term under all instruments and documents, now or
in the future, relating to all other Subordinated Indebtedness of such Person
(iv) The Secured Obligations of the Canadian Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents is permitted to be incurred under the Existing Subordinated Note
Indenture.
(v) This Agreement constitutes a replacement and/or refinancing of the
Existing U.S. Facility and is the "Credit Agreement" under the Existing
Subordinated Note Indenture.
(x) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All written information,
reports and other papers and data produced by or on behalf of the Credit Parties
or any Subsidiary thereof
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(other than financial projections, which shall be subject to the standard set
forth in Section 7.1(y)) and furnished to the Lenders were, at the time the same
were so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects.
(y) Disclosure. No financial statement, material report, material
certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or
orally) by or on behalf of any of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or
supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material
misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information
and other projected or estimated information, the Credit Parties represent only
that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 7.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All
representations and warranties set forth in this Article VII and all
representations and warranties contained in (a) any certificate delivered
hereunder or under any other Revolving Loan Document, or (b) any of the other
Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or
warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute
representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations
and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at
and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a
specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf
of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES
Until all the Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full and the
Commitments terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth
in Section 14.2, the Canadian Borrower will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Administrative Agent (for further delivery to the Lenders) at the
Administrative Agent's Office at the address set forth in Section 14.1 or such
other office as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time
or by posting such information on XXXXX Online:
SECTION 8.1 Financial Statements and Projections.
(a) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event
within forty-five (45) days (or, so long as the Canadian Borrower is subject to
the reporting requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, such other date as may
be required for the public filing thereof) after the end of each of the first
three (3) fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited Consolidated balance
sheet of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of the
applicable fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income,
retained
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earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of
the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable
detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end
of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by
the Canadian Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing
disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of
any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the
period, and certified by the chief financial officer, the controller or the
treasurer of the Canadian Borrower to present fairly in all material respects
the financial condition of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of
the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then
ended, subject to normal year end adjustments. Delivery by the Canadian Borrower
to the Administrative Agent of the Canadian Borrower's quarterly report to the
SEC on Form 10-Q with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter, or the
availability of such report on XXXXX Online, within the period specified above
shall be deemed to be compliance by the Canadian Borrower with this Section
8.1(a).
(b) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event
within ninety (90) days (or, so long as the Canadian Borrower is subject to the
Securities Act of 1934, such other date as may be required for the public filing
thereof) after the end of each Fiscal Year, an audited Consolidated balance
sheet of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such
Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and
cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in
reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as
of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with
GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial
position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting
principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall
be audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or another independent certified public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and
accompanied by a report thereon by such certified public accountants that is not
qualified with respect to scope limitations imposed by the Canadian Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to accounting principles followed by the
Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.
Delivery by the Canadian Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the Canadian
Borrower's annual report to the SEC on Form 10-K with respect to any fiscal
year, or the availability of such report on XXXXX Online, within the period
specified above shall be deemed to be compliance by the Canadian Borrower with
this Section 8.1(b).
(c) Annual Business Plan and Financial Projections. As soon as practicable
and in any event within forty-five (45) days after each Fiscal Year end, a
business plan of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the ensuing four
(4) fiscal quarters, such plan to be prepared in a manner consistent with past
practices and to include, on a quarterly basis, the following: a projected
income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet, accompanied by a
certificate from the chief financial officer, the controller or the treasurer of
the Canadian Borrower to the effect that, to the best of such officer's
knowledge, such projections are good faith estimates (utilizing reasonable
assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the Canadian Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such four (4) quarter period.
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(d) Unaudited Consolidating Financial Statements. If, as of any fiscal
quarter end, either:
(i) the EBITDA of [***] exceeds seven percent (7%) of the EBITDA of
the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4) consecutive
fiscal quarters then ended; or
(ii) the total assets of [***] exceeds ten percent (10%) of the
Consolidated total assets of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of the fiscal quarter then ended;
then, concurrently with the delivery of the financial information in subsection
(a) of this Section, unaudited consolidating statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of
the Fiscal Year then ended showing separately (a) [***] and (b) the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than [***], all in reasonable detail and
prepared by the Canadian Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable,
containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of
operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and
practices during the period, and certified by the chief financial officer, the
controller or the treasurer of the Canadian Borrower to present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition of the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidating basis as of their respective dates and the
results of operations of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
respective periods then ended, subject to normal year end adjustments.
SECTION 8.2 Officer's Compliance Certificate. At each time financial
statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 8.1(a) or (b) and at such other
times as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, an Officer's
Compliance Certificate.
SECTION 8.3 Accountants' Certificate. As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a certificate
of the independent public accountants certifying such financial statements and
stating that in making the examination necessary for their audit no knowledge
was obtained of any Default or Event of Default or, if such is not the case,
specifying such non-compliance and its nature and period of existence (it being
understood that such certificate shall be limited to the items that independent
certified public accountants are permitted to cover in such certificates
pursuant to their professional standards and customs of the profession).
SECTION 8.4 Other Reports.
(a) Promptly after becoming available, copies of each annual report, proxy
or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders
of the Canadian Borrower generally, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic
and special reports and registration statements which the Canadian Borrower may
file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to
the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and
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(b) Such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and
financial condition of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself or any Lender, may reasonably request.
SECTION 8.5 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Upon any officer
becoming aware of any of the following, prompt telephonic and written notice of:
(a) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any
Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before
any arbitrator against or involving any Credit Party or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses
which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any notice of any violation of any Applicable Law received by any
Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority
including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws
which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) any labor controversy that has resulted in, or threatens to result in,
a strike or other work action against any Credit Party or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof which could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate with any other labor controversy, work stoppage or slow down, have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(d) any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order in which the amount
involved exceeds $10,000,000 that may be assessed against any Credit Party or
any Subsidiary thereof;
(e) (i) any Default, (ii) any Event of Default or (iii) any event which
constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would
constitute a default or event of default under any Material Contract to which
any Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which
any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective
properties may be bound which, in the case of clause (iii), could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section
401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC's or any other Governmental
Authority's intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed
to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by any Credit Party
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the
imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA
and (iv) the Credit Parties obtaining knowledge or reason to know that any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of
intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the
meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA or otherwise;
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(g) any material notice (including, without limitation, notice of any
default or event of default) delivered to or by the Canadian Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries in connection with any Additional Facility Loan Document; and
(h) any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Section
7.1 that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications
inaccurate in any respect or any event which makes any of the representations
set forth in Section 7.1 that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse
Effect qualifications inaccurate in any material respect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Responsible Officer of the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of the Canadian
Borrower, setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and
stating what action the Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable,
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to
either clause (i) or (ii) of Section 8.5(e) shall describe with particularity
any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Revolving Loan Document
that have been breached.
SECTION 8.6 Accuracy of Information. All written information, reports,
statements and other papers and data furnished by or on behalf of any Credit
Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender whether pursuant to this Article
VIII or any other provision of this Agreement, shall, at the time the same is so
furnished, comply with the representations and warranties set forth in Section
7.1(x).
ARTICLE IX
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full and the
Commitments terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner provided
for in Section 14.2, each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 9.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except
as permitted by Section 11.4, (a) preserve and maintain its separate corporate
existence, (b) preserve and maintain all rights, franchises, licenses and
privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and (c) qualify and remain
qualified as a foreign corporation and authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction where the nature and scope of its activities require it to so
qualify under Applicable Law except as to clauses (b) and (c) where the failure
to so preserve, maintain, qualify or remain qualified could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.2 Maintenance of Property. In addition to the requirements of any
of the Security Documents, protect and preserve all properties necessary in and
material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names, service
marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and
personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs,
renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such property necessary for
the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be conducted
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in a commercially reasonable manner, except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.3 Insurance. Maintain insurance with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as are
customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by
Applicable Law and as are required by any Security Documents (including, without
limitation, hazard and business interruption insurance), and on the Closing Date
and from time to time thereafter deliver to the Administrative Agent upon its
request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance then in effect,
stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the
insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks
covered thereby.
SECTION 9.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a system of
accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be true and
complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to
permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and in
material compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.
SECTION 9.5 Payment and Performance of Obligations. Pay and perform all
Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and pay or
perform all material taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may
be levied or assessed upon it or any of its property; provided that any Borrower
or such Restricted Subsidiary may contest any item described in this Section in
good faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 9.6 Compliance With Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in
compliance with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all
Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business,
except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.7 Environmental Laws. In addition to and without limiting the
generality of Section 9.6, (a) comply with, and ensure such compliance by all
tenants and subtenants with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and
comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any,
obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals,
notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental
Laws, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and
promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental
Authority regarding Environmental Laws, except where the failure to conduct or
complete such actions, or comply with such orders or directions, could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (c) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and their respective parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates,
employees, agents, officers and directors, from and against any claims, demands,
penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of
whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out
of, or in any
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way relating to the presence of Hazardous Materials, or the violation of,
noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws applicable to the
operations of any Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, or any orders,
requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorney's and consultant's fees, investigation
and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except
to the extent that any of the foregoing directly result from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor,
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable
judgment.
SECTION 9.8 Compliance with ERISA and other Employee Benefit Laws. In
addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 9.6, (i) except where
the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) comply with all material
applicable provisions of ERISA, the ITA and applicable provincial pension
benefits legislation and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder and applicable pension plan texts and funding agreements with respect
to all Employee Benefit Plans, (B) not take any action or fail to take action
the result of which could be a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan,
(C) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil
penalty under ERISA or tax under the Code and (D) operate each Employee Benefit
Plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B
of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section
4980B of the Code and (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the
Administrative Agent's request such additional information about any Employee
Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.9 Compliance With Agreements. Comply with all leases, agreements,
contracts and other instruments, including, without limitation, Material
Contracts, except where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.10 Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such
times during normal business hours, to visit and inspect its properties;
inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files; and discuss
with its principal officers its business, assets, liabilities, financial
condition, results of operations and business prospects (it being agreed that,
unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, there shall be
no more than two (2) such visits in any Fiscal Year). Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (upon notice to the Administrative Agent) may do any of the foregoing at
any time without advance notice to the Borrowers.
SECTION 9.11 Additional Subsidiaries.
(a) Within forty-five (45) days after (i) the redesignation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section
9.11(b) below or (ii) the creation or acquisition of any Restricted Subsidiary,
including in connection with any Permitted Acquisition (any such Restricted
Subsidiary, a "New Subsidiary"), cause to be executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent (unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent)
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(A) a duly executed joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent joining such New Subsidiary (to the
extent such New Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary) to the Master Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and any other applicable Security
Documents, (B) updated Schedules 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) reflecting the creation or
acquisition of such New Subsidiary, (C) favorable legal opinions covering such
matters consistent with opinions for this Agreement and addressed to the
Administrative Agent and Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent with respect to such joinder agreement, (D) original
stock or other certificates and stock or other transfer powers evidencing the
ownership interests of the Canadian Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, in such New Subsidiary, and (E) any other documents and certificates
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Canadian Borrower may, at any time and upon written notice to the
Administrative Agent, redesignate an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than any
Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***]) as a Restricted Subsidiary. Further,
promptly after the date on which the Canadian Borrower or the Administrative
Agent determines that:
(i) any individual Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary
SPE or any member of [***]) and its respective Subsidiaries (A) represent
five percent (5%) or more of (1) the Consolidated assets of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])) as of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter prior to such date or (2) EBITDA
(notwithstanding the definition thereof, calculated to include all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of
[***])) of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4)
consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date or (B)
are or become the obligor on any Indebtedness (notwithstanding the
definition thereof, determined by reference to such Unrestricted
Subsidiary) which is guaranteed by, credit supported by, or recourse to the
Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(ii) any individual Unrestricted Subsidiary provides a guarantee of
any permitted Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(iii) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or
any member of [***]) and their respective Subsidiaries represent ten
percent (10%) or more of (A) the Consolidated assets of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])) as of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter prior to such date or (B) EBITDA
(notwithstanding the definition thereof, calculated to include all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of
[***])) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended
prior to such date;
then, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such Unrestricted Subsidiary (other
than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***]) shall be redesignated as a
Restricted Subsidiary and in the case of clause (iii), the Canadian Borrower
shall promptly identify in writing to the Administrative Agent such Unrestricted
Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])
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to be redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries to cause such remaining
Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])
and their Subsidiaries (after giving effect to such redesignation) to represent
less than ten percent (10%) of (A) the Consolidated assets of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other
than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])) as of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter prior to such date and (B) EBITDA (notwithstanding the definition
thereof, calculated to include all Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any
Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***])) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters most recently ended prior to such date.
(c) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Canadian Borrower shall be permitted, on prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent, to redesignate any Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary (or designate any newly formed or acquired Subsidiary as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, and only if, such formation or acquisition is
otherwise permitted hereunder), so long as the following conditions have been
satisfied as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent:
(i) any such individual Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries to
be designated (or redesignated, as applicable) as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (A) represent less than five percent (5%) of (1) the
Consolidated assets of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including all Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or
any member of [***])) as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to
such date and (2) EBITDA of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(notwithstanding the definition thereof, calculated to include all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of
[***])) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended
prior to such date and (B) are not the obligors on any Indebtedness
(notwithstanding the definition thereof, determined by reference to such
Unrestricted Subsidiary) which is guaranteed by, credit supported by, or
recourse to the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(ii) any such individual Subsidiary is not a guarantor of any
permitted Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary;
and
(iii) at the time of such proposed designation (or redesignation, as
applicable), and after giving effect thereto, all Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of [***]) and their respective
Subsidiaries (including the Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries to
be designated (or redesignated, as applicable) as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary) represent less than ten percent (10%) of (A) the Consolidated
assets of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member of
[***])) as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to such date and
(B) EBITDA (notwithstanding the definition thereof, calculated to include
all Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary SPE or any member
of [***])) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended
prior to such date.
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Such designation (or redesignation, as applicable) shall have an effective
date mutually acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Borrower,
but in no event earlier than two (2) Business Days following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of such written notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower may be designated or
redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 9.12 Use of Proceeds. The Credit Parties shall use the proceeds of
the Revolving Extensions of Credit (a) to refinance the Existing Facilities, (b)
to refinance other existing indebtedness of the Multicurrency Borrowers and (c)
for working capital and general corporate requirements of the Canadian Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Permitted
Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business,
investments permitted hereunder, permitted restricted payments and the payment
of certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Credit Facility.
SECTION 9.13 Asset Sales. Make such repayments, acquisitions, expenditures,
applications or investments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.10 of the
Existing Subordinated Note Indenture such that there shall not exist any present
requirement under Section 4.10 of the Existing Subordinated Note Indenture to
repay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any notes issued under the
Existing Subordinated Note Indenture.
SECTION 9.14 Further Assurances. Make, execute and deliver all such
additional and further acts, things, deeds and instruments as the Administrative
Agent or the Required Credit Facility Lenders (through the Administrative Agent)
may reasonably require to document and consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and to vest completely in and insure the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders their respective rights under this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and
the other Loan Documents.
ARTICLE X
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full and the
Commitments terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth
in Section 14.2, the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not:
SECTION 10.1 Maximum Total Leverage Ratio. As of any fiscal quarter end,
permit the ratio of (a) Total Funded Indebtedness on such date less an amount,
not to exceed $30,000,000, of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Canadian Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is available for immediate application to
repay Obligations without any restrictions as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the
period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to
such date (such ratio, the "Total Leverage Ratio"), to exceed the corresponding
ratio set forth below:
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PERIOD RATIO
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From and including the Closing Date through [***]
and including June 30, 2006
From July 1, 2006 through and including the [***]
Maturity Date
SECTION 10.2 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of any fiscal quarter
end, permit the ratio of (a) EBITDA less Capital Expenditures for the period of
four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date
to (b) Fixed Charges for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on or immediately prior to such date to be less than the corresponding
ratio set forth below:
PERIOD RATIO
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From and including the Closing Date through [***]
and including June 30, 2006
From July 1, 2006 through and including [***]
June 30, 2007
From July 1, 2007 through and including the [***]
Maturity Date
SECTION 10.3 [***].
ARTICLE XI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full and the
Commitments terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth
in Section 14.2, the Borrowers will not and will not permit any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 11.1 Limitations on Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a) the Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations permitted pursuant to
Section 11.1(b));
(b) Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurred in connection with any Hedging Agreement which is entered into for
business and interest rate risk purposes and not for speculative purposes;
(c) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and not otherwise permitted
under this Section 11.1, as set forth on Schedule 11.1(c), and any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the principal amount
of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable
premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees (including prepayment fees)
and
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expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an
amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder;
(d) Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurred in connection with Capital Leases, including those Capital Leases
existing on the Closing Date, and purchase money Indebtedness, including all
purchase money Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $50,000,000 on any date of determination;
(e) Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurred in connection with agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment
of purchase price or similar obligations incurred or assumed in connection with
any Permitted Acquisition;
(f) Guaranty Obligations in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;
(g) Guaranty Obligations of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section;
provided that no Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower (including, without
limitation, any Subsidiary which is not a Full Credit Party) may incur any such
Guaranty Obligations except to the extent that such Subsidiary has executed all
documentation required to be executed pursuant to, and otherwise complies with,
Section 9.11(a);
(h) Indebtedness owed by any Full Credit Party to any other Full Credit
Party;
(i) endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the
ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Full Credit Party
to a Full Credit Party in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000
on any date of determination;
(k) unsecured Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of performance bonds, worker's compensation claims,
surety or appeal bonds and payment obligations in connection with self insurance
or similar obligations, in each case to the extent incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(l) Indebtedness (i) of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Canadian Borrower after the Closing Date in connection with any Permitted
Acquisition or (ii) assumed in connection with any assets acquired in connection
with any Permitted Acquisition, and the refinancing, refunding, renewal and
extension (but not the increase in the aggregate principal amount) thereof;
provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or such assets are acquired and is not created in
contemplation of, or in connection with, such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary or such assets being acquired and (B) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Canadian Borrower nor any
other Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than such Person) shall have any
liability or other obligation with respect to such Indebtedness (other than any
liability
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or other obligation of the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof permitted hereunder which existed prior to the time that such Person
became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower or asset was acquired);
(m) Indebtedness (if any) attributed to any Credit Party under any
Permitted Asset Securitization;
(n) Indebtedness owed by any Credit Party to any Subsidiary that is not a
Full Credit Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 on any date
of determination;
(o) [***];
(p) so long as the Mexican Guaranty Agreement is in full force and effect,
Indebtedness of the Mexican Borrower to the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in an aggregate outstanding amount at any time not to exceed
(i) $75,000,000 less (ii) the aggregate amount of any investments made to the
Mexican Borrower pursuant to Section 11.3(k)(ii);
(q) [***];
(r) (i) the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) other Bond
Indebtedness (which Bond Indebtedness may or may not be Subordinated
Indebtedness); provided that, with respect to clause (ii) above, (A) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document both prior to and after giving effect to the
incurrence of any such Indebtedness and (B) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of
itself and the other Borrowers, has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent (both prior to and after giving effect to the incurrence of
any such Indebtedness) pro forma compliance with the covenants contained in
Article X;
(s) Indebtedness of the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owed
to any seller in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount
not to exceed [***] on any date of determination; and
(t) other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 on
any date of determination.
SECTION 11.2 Limitations on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets or properties
(including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock), real or personal,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies
(excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or
Environmental Laws) not yet due or as to which the grace period (not to exceed
thirty (30) days), if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are
maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
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(b) the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen,
processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals and similar
types of claims incurred in the ordinary course of business, (i) which are not
overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or (ii) which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(c) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts,
liability to insurance carriers and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory
obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation),
performance bonds, contractual or warranty obligations and other obligations of
a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Liens constituting encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions,
easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property as
are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar
character, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do
not, in any case, materially detract from the value of such property or
materially impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(f) Liens securing the Secured Obligations;
(g) Liens (if any) arising in connection with any Permitted Asset
Securitization (provided that (i) such Liens shall attach solely to the
Transferred Assets sold or transferred in connection with such Permitted Asset
Securitization and (ii) with respect to any Lien on concentration accounts,
depository accounts, lock-box accounts or similar accounts in which any proceeds
of any of the Transferred Assets are deposited, such Lien shall grant control
only on such proceeds and not over any other proceeds, monies or other property
which may be contained in such concentration accounts, depository accounts,
lock-box accounts or similar accounts);
(h) Liens on assets and properties not otherwise permitted by this Section
and in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 11.2 and any
renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is
not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or
benefited thereby is permitted by Section 11.1(c);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 11.1(d); provided
that (i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the
acquisition or lease of the related asset, (ii) such Liens do not at any time
encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness,
(iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and (iv) the
principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time
exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the original purchase price or lease
payment amount of such property at the time it was acquired;
(j) Liens on tangible property or tangible assets of any Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, or
on tangible property or
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tangible assets of any Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower which are in
existence at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower is acquired
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (provided that such Liens (i) are not
incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Permitted Acquisition,
(ii) are applicable only to specific tangible property or tangible assets, (iii)
are not "blanket" or all asset Liens and (iv) do not attach to any other
property or assets of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof);
(k) (i) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of
business under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the
relevant jurisdiction and (ii) Liens of any depositary bank in connection with
statutory, common law and contractual rights of set-off and recoupment with
respect to any deposit account of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof;
(l) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an
Event of Default under Section 12.1(m) or securing appeal or other surety bonds
related to such judgments;
(m) Liens in favor of any seller in connection with a Permitted Acquisition
on tangible property or tangible assets of any Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition in connection
with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 11.1(s); provided that such
Liens (i) are not "blanket" or all asset Liens and (ii) do not attach to any
other property or assets of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof);
and
(n) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$25,000,000 at any time.
SECTION 11.3 Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and Acquisitions.
Purchase, own, invest in or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any
Capital Stock, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including, without
limitation, the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of
Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of
the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest
whatsoever in any other Person, or make or permit to exist, directly or
indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in
cash or by delivery of property in, any Person except:
(a) (i) investments existing on the Closing Date in Subsidiaries existing
on the Closing Date (other than the Mexican Borrower);
(ii) the other loans, advances or extensions of credit and investments
existing on the Closing Date (other than loans, advances, extensions of credit
and investments to, or in, the Mexican Borrower) and described on Schedule
11.3(a);
(iii) loans, advances, extensions of credit and investments made after
the Closing Date to, or in, (A) Restricted Subsidiaries formed or acquired after
the Closing Date and (B) Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date
(other than the Mexican Borrower), so
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long as, in each case, the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries comply with
the applicable provisions of Section 9.11;
(iv) loans, advances, extensions of credit and investments made after
the Closing Date to, or in, (A) Unrestricted Subsidiaries formed or acquired
after the Closing Date or (B) Unrestricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing
Date, so long as, in each case, the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries
comply with the applicable provisions of Section 9.11; and
provided that the aggregate amount of all loans, advances, extensions of credit
and investments made after the Closing Date to, or in, Unrestricted Subsidiaries
or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Full Credit Party (other than the
Mexican Borrower) made pursuant to this Section 11.3(a) shall not at any time
exceed an aggregate amount of $30,000,000 on any date of determination;
(b) investments by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
any Subsidiary SPE solely used to effect a Permitted Asset Securitization;
(c) [***];
(d) investments by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
(i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States or Canada or any agency thereof maturing within one hundred twenty
(120) days from the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing
no more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of creation thereof and
currently rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or P-2 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.,
(iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one hundred twenty (120)
days from the date of creation thereof issued by any Lender or commercial banks
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, under the
laws of Canada or any province thereof, or any country that is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, each having combined
capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having
a rating of "A" or better by a nationally recognized rating agency, (iv) time
deposits maturing no more than thirty (30) days from the date of creation
thereof with any Lender or commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan
associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which
are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of
insurance thereunder, (v) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary
course of business, (vi) investments by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are similar to the foregoing in any country outside the United
States in which such Person is organized, or (vii) money market mutual or
similar funds that invest at least 95% in assets satisfying the requirements of
clauses (i)-(vi) above (all of the foregoing investments "Cash Equivalents");
(e) investments by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the form of Permitted Acquisitions;
(f) extensions of trade credit made by the Canadian Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(g) investments by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
Hedging Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 11.1(b);
(h) purchases, leases or licenses of assets made by the Canadian Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(i) loans, advances and extensions of credit made by the Canadian Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries to employees in the ordinary course of business,
which, in the aggregate, do not exceed at any time $1,000,000;
(j) (i) loans, advances and extensions of credit in the form of
intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 11.1(h) and (n) and
(ii) investments in any Full Credit Party (including investments in any
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party (to the extent necessary to
distribute such investment to the recipient Full Credit Party); provided that
such Restricted Subsidiary must distribute the full amount of such investment to
such Full Credit Party to the extent required by Section 11.13);
(k) so long as the Mexican Guaranty Agreement is in full force and effect:
(i) the loans, advances, extensions of credit and investments existing
on the Closing Date made by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, or in, the Mexican Borrower and described on Schedule 11.3(k);
and
(ii) loans, advances, extensions of credit and investments made on or
after the Closing Date by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, or in, the Mexican Borrower (including loans, advances and extensions of
credit in the form of intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
11.1(p)) in an aggregate outstanding amount at any time not to exceed
$75,000,000; and
(l) other additional loans, advances, extensions of credit and investments
made by the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Section not exceeding in an aggregate amount during
any Fiscal Year equal to five percent (5%) of the total assets of the Canadian
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Fiscal Year; provided that the maximum amount of investments made pursuant to
this Section 11.3(l) in any Fiscal Year shall be reduced to $25,000,000 for such
Fiscal Year when the Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 2.00 to
1.00 as of the last day of the immediately prior Fiscal Year.
For the purposes of this Section 11.3, the "amount" of any loan, advance,
extension of credit or investment made by any Person or Persons (collectively,
the "Investors") in any other Person or Persons (collectively, the "Recipient")
shall be:
(i) with respect to any loans, advances or extensions of credit made
by any Investor to any Recipient, an amount equal to (A) the principal
amount of loans, advances and extensions of credit made to the Recipient,
directly or indirectly, by the Investors less
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(B) the amount of any repayments of principal of such loans, advances or
extensions of credit made, directly or indirectly, by the Recipient to the
Investors; and
(ii) with respect to any investment made by any Investor in any
Recipient, (A) the amount of capital contributions made in the Recipient,
directly or indirectly, by the Investors less (B) the amount of any
dividends and distributions made by such Recipient (directly or indirectly)
to such Investor or Investors.
SECTION 11.4 Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation. Merge, consolidate or
enter into any similar combination with any other Person or liquidate, wind-up
or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except:
(a) any Multicurrency Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into
another Multicurrency Borrower;
(b) any Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower may be merged or consolidated
with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor or a Multicurrency Borrower; provided that
in the event of a merger or consolidation involving a Multicurrency Borrower,
the Multicurrency Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person and in
the event of a merger or consolidation not involving a Multicurrency Borrower
but involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the
surviving person, provided further that in the event of a merger or
consolidation of more than one Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor that
is a Full Credit Party (if any) shall be the continuing and surviving Person);
(c) any Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise) to a Multicurrency Borrower or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Full Credit Party,
then the transferee must be a Full Credit Party; provided further that any sale,
lease, transfer or other disposition by any Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower
that is not a Credit Party to a transferee which is a Credit Party pursuant to
this subsection (c) shall not be for more than fair market value;
(d) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower (other than a
Borrower) may merge with or into any Person acquired in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall comply with Section 9.11 and (ii) the surviving Person is a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; provided further that in the event of a merger
involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the surviving
person;
(e) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower may merge or combine
with any Full Credit Party pursuant to disposition permitted by Section 11.5;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower may merge or combine
with any Person pursuant to a disposition of all of such Restricted Subsidiary's
assets pursuant to a disposition permitted by Section 11.5(g);
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(g) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower (other than a
Multicurrency Borrower) may wind up into a Full Credit Party; and
(h) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower that is not a Credit
Party may be merged into another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit
Party.
SECTION 11.5 Limitations on Sale of Assets. Convey, sell, lease, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets
(including, without limitation, the sale of any receivables and leasehold
interests and any sale-leaseback or similar transaction), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired except:
(a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale of obsolete assets or other assets no longer used or usable in
the business of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(c) the transfer of assets to a Full Credit Party not prohibited by Section
11.4; provided that such Full Credit Party shall not pay more than the fair
market value of such assets as determined at the time of such transfer unless
such payment is made to another Full Credit Party;
(d) the sale or discount without recourse of accounts receivable arising in
the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection
thereof;
(e) the disposition of any Hedging Agreement;
(f) the sale or transfer of an interest in the Transferred Assets in
connection with any Permitted Asset Securitization;
(g) additional dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted pursuant to
this Section 11.5 with a fair market value in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$40,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;
(h) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses of property or assets by
any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in the ordinary course of
business;
(i) the conveyance, sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other disposition
of vending machines, in the normal course of business or as may be reasonably
required by contract with the customer of the Canadian Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in connection with, or to promote, sales of inventory
or at the end of a relationship with a customer;
(j) dividends and distributions permitted by Section 11.6;
(k) subject to Section 11.13, sales of assets to any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Credit Party from any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit
Party; and
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(l) the transfer of assets:
(i) from a Full Credit Party to the Mexican Borrower; provided that
the Mexican Borrower shall not pay less than the fair market value of such
assets as determined at the time of such transfer; and
(ii) from the Mexican Borrower to a Full Credit Party; provided that
such Full Credit Party shall not pay more than the fair market value of
such assets as determined at the time of such transfer.
Nothing in this Section 11.5 shall prohibit any Restricted Subsidiary from
making investments permitted by Section 11.3 or using cash in a manner permitted
by this Agreement.
SECTION 11.6 Limitations on Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any
dividends upon any of its Capital Stock; purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its Capital Stock, or make any
distribution of cash, property or assets among the holders of shares of its
Capital Stock, or make any change in its capital structure which such change in
its capital structure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; provided that, except as to clause (d), so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the following:
(a) the Canadian Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay dividends in
shares of its own Capital Stock;
(b) any Restricted Subsidiary may pay dividends to, or redeem shares of its
Capital Stock owned by, (i) any Full Credit Party or (ii) any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Full Credit Party (provided that such Restricted
Subsidiary must distribute such amount to a Full Credit Party to the extent
provided for in Section 11.13);
(c) any Subsidiary which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (including the
Mexican Borrower) may pay cash dividends to, or redeem shares of its Capital
Stock owned by, in each case on a ratable basis, (i) any Full Credit Party, (ii)
any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Full Credit Party (provided that such
Restricted Subsidiary must distribute such amount to a Full Credit Party to the
extent provided for in Section 11.13) and (iii) its other owners;
(d) any Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary thereof may make cash
distributions pursuant to employee benefit plans or incentive compensation
plans, in each case to the extent such distributions constitute compensation to
executives or employees of a Borrower or of the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary;
(e) any Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary may make dividends or
distributions, or purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire its Capital
Stock pursuant to (i) a disposition permitted by Section 11.5 or (ii) any
Permitted Acquisition;
(f) the Canadian Borrower may declare and pay dividends to its shareholders
in an aggregate amount in any fiscal quarter not to exceed the following:
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(i) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the preceding
fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, an amount equal to
twenty-five percent (25%) of Net Income for the immediately preceding
fiscal quarter; or
(ii) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the preceding
fiscal quarter is less than 2.00 to 1.00, an amount equal to fifty percent
(50%) of Net Income for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter; and
(g) the Canadian Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may
repurchase its Capital Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000
during the term of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.7 Limitations on Exchange and Issuance of Capital Stock. Issue,
sell or otherwise dispose of any class or series of Capital Stock that, by its
terms or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or
exchangeable, is, or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be,
(a) convertible or exchangeable into Indebtedness or (b) required to be redeemed
or repurchased, including at the option of the holder, in whole or in part, or
has, or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would have, a
redemption or similar payment due unless such issuance, sale or disposition is
to a Full Credit Party or such Capital Stock constitutes Indebtedness permitted
by Section 11.1.
SECTION 11.8 Transactions with Affiliates. Except for (a) those
transactions described on Schedule 11.8, (b) Permitted Asset Securitizations,
(c) [***] and (d) transactions expressly permitted by Sections 11.1, 11.3 and
11.6, directly or indirectly (i) make any loan or advance to, or purchase or
assume any note or other obligation to or from, any of its officers, directors,
shareholders or other Affiliates, or to or from any member of the immediate
family of any of its officers, directors, shareholders or other Affiliates, or
subcontract any operations to any of its Affiliates or (ii) enter into, or be a
party to, any other transaction not described in clause (i) above with any of
its Affiliates, except pursuant to the reasonable requirements of its business
and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to it than it
would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not its
Affiliate.
SECTION 11.9 Certain Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents.
(a) Change its Fiscal Year end or fiscal quarter ends;
(b) Make any change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices
except (i) as required by GAAP, (ii) as required by Applicable Law (including
any required changes dictated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
United States or Canadian securities regulators) or (iii) as deemed necessary by
the external auditors of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries; or
(c) Amend, modify or change its articles of incorporation (or corporate
charter or other similar organizational documents) or amend, modify or change
its bylaws (or other similar documents) in any manner adverse in any respect to
the rights or interests of the Lenders.
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SECTION 11.10 Amendments; Payments and Prepayments of Subordinated
Indebtedness.
(a) Amend or modify (or permit the modification or amendment of) any of the
terms or provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness in any respect which would
materially adversely affect the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent
and Lenders hereunder.
(b) Cancel, forgive, make any payment or prepayment on, or redeem or
acquire for value (including, without limitation, (i) by way of depositing with
any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose
of paying when due and (ii) at the maturity thereof) any Subordinated
Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries may redeem, repurchase, repay, refinance, refund, renew, extend,
exchange or prepay (A) the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness so long as (1) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document and (2) the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself
and the other Borrowers, has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent (both prior to and after giving effect to any such
redemption, refinancing or repurchase) pro forma compliance with the covenants
contained in Article X (such evidence to be set forth in an Officer's Compliance
Certificate dated as of the date of such repayment, redemption or repurchase)
and (B) intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness owed to a Full Credit Party.
SECTION 11.11 Restrictive Agreements.
(a) Enter into any Indebtedness or other agreement which contains any
negative pledge on assets or which restricts, limits or otherwise encumbers its
ability to incur Liens on, or with respect to, any of its assets or properties,
other than:
(i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(ii) the Existing Subordinated Note Indenture or any agreement
governing any Bond Indebtedness that replaces or refinances the Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness;
(iii) legally enforceable prohibitions on the pledge or disposition of
equity in a joint venture to the extent reasonably required in agreements
with other joint venture equityholders;
(iv) any agreement governing any Permitted Lien (in which case, any
restriction, limitation or other encumbrance shall only be effective with
respect to the assets or properties subject to such Permitted Lien); or
(v) usual and customary provisions in leases and other contracts
restricting the assignment thereof.
(b) Enter into or permit to exist any agreement or instrument which
restricts, impairs limits or otherwise encumbers (by covenant or otherwise) the
ability of any direct or indirect
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Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower to make any payment to such Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in the form of dividends, intercompany
advances or otherwise) or to transfer any of its assets or properties to any
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than:
(i) any sale and disposition agreement entered into in connection with
asset sales and dispositions permitted by Section 11.5 (in which case, any
restriction, impairment, limitation or other encumbrance shall only be
effective with respect to the assets which are the subject of such sale and
disposition agreements);
(ii) any agreement governing any Permitted Lien (in which case, any
restriction, impairment, limitation or other encumbrance shall only be
effective with respect to the assets or properties subject to such
Permitted Lien);
(iii) the Existing Subordinated Note Indenture or any agreement
governing any Bond Indebtedness that replaces or refinances the Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness (provided that (i) any replacement or refinancing
agreement may not contain any restrictions, impairments, limitations or
other encumbrances which are more restrictive than the Existing
Subordinated Note Indenture and (ii) no amendment or modification to the
Existing Subordinated Note Indenture or any replacement or refinancing
agreement shall expand the scope of any such restriction, impairment,
limitation or encumbrance);
(iv) legally enforceable prohibitions on the pledge or disposition of
equity in a joint venture to the extent reasonably required in agreements
with other joint venture equityholders;
(v) usual and customary provisions in leases and other contracts
restricting the assignment thereof; and
(vi) the restrictions, impairments, limitations and encumbrances
contained in the agreements and instruments set forth on Schedule 11.11
(provided that no amendment or modification of any such agreement or
instrument shall expand the scope of any such restriction, impairment,
limitation or encumbrance).
The foregoing will not prohibit customary restrictions and conditions imposed by
any agreement relating to any Permitted Asset Securitization, including
restrictions on the transfer or encumbrance of the assets subject to any such
transaction or on dividends, distributions or other transfers by any Subsidiary
SPE used to facilitate any such transaction.
SECTION 11.12 Nature of Business. Enter into any business or line of
business, either directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary, except for those
businesses in which the Canadian Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
engaged in on the Closing Date or a similar or related line of business.
SECTION 11.13 Non-Credit Party Restricted Subsidiaries. Permit any
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party but that owns, directly or
indirectly, equity in a Credit Party
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to engage in any business, operations or activities (including, without
limitation, owning or holding any assets) other than (a) owning the Capital
Stock of its Subsidiaries and (b) holding amounts that are (i) distributed to it
to be invested in its Subsidiaries, (ii) distributed to it by way of dividends
to it to be distributed to its owners by way of dividends and (iii) necessary to
pay any required filing, registration and other fees and expenses, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during any Fiscal Year, to the extent
necessary to maintain its existence and engage in customary corporate governance
activities; provided that such Restricted Subsidiaries shall, immediately upon
the receipt of any amount referred to in clauses (b)(i) and (ii) above,
distribute such amount to its Subsidiary or owner (as applicable).
ARTICLE XII
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 12.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an
Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority or otherwise:
(a) Default in Payment of Principal of Loans and Reimbursement Obligations.
Any Multicurrency Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan
when due or in any payment of a Reimbursement Obligation when due whether at
maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise.
(b) Other Payment Default. Any Multicurrency Borrower or any other Credit
Party shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by
reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any Loan or any
Reimbursement Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation arising solely
under this Agreement or the other Revolving Loan Documents, and such default
shall continue for a period of three (3) days.
(c) Misrepresentation. Any representation, warranty, certification or
statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material
Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect
when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or
statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material
Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material
respect when made or deemed made.
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(d) Default in Performance of Certain Covenants.
(i) Any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall default in
the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in
Sections 6.4, 8.1, 8.2 or 8.5(e)(ii) or Articles X or XI (other than
Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3) of this Agreement.
(ii) Any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall default
in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in
Sections 11.1, 11.2 or 11.3 of this Agreement and such default shall
continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days thereafter.
(e) Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions. Any Credit
Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or
observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this
Agreement (other than as specifically provided for otherwise in this Section) or
any other Loan Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to the Canadian
Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(f) Hedging Agreement. Any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof
shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition
or agreement (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period) under
any Hedging Agreement with any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and such default
causes the termination of such Hedging Agreement and the Termination Value owed
by such Person as a result thereof exceeds $2,500,000.
(g) Cross-Defaults.
(i) Any "Termination Event" or any similar event under any Permitted
Asset Securitization Sale Agreement (or any other sale agreement executed
in connection with any Permitted Asset Securitization);
(ii) Any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall default
in the payment of any (A) Indebtedness (other than the Loans or any
Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which
Indebtedness is in excess of $15,000,000 or (B) obligations arising under
any Additional Facility Loan Documents, in each case, beyond the period of
grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such
Indebtedness was created (and if no grace periods are provided for therein,
then the grace periods relative to Additional Facility Loans shall be the
same as those for Revolving Loans); or
(iii) Any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall default
in the observance or performance of any (A) other agreement or condition
relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement
Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in
excess of $15,000,000 or (B) obligations arising under any Additional
Facility Loan Documents, in each case, contained in any
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instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any
other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or
other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity (any applicable
grace period having expired) (and if no grace periods are provided for
therein, then the grace periods relative to Additional Facility Loans shall
be the same as those for Revolving Loans).
(h) Change in Control. A Change in Control shall occur.
(i) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Any Credit Party or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (ii) file a petition, case or
proceeding seeking to take advantage of any other laws, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition
for adjustment of indebtedness, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely
and appropriate manner any petition, case or proceeding filed against it in an
involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other laws, (iv) apply for or
consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the
appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, administrator,
administrative receiver, custodian, trustee, liquidator, manager or similar
official of itself or for all or a substantial part of its property, domestic or
foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its indebtedness as they
become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
(vii) take any corporate or other action for the purpose of authorizing any of
the foregoing.
(j) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. (i) A case or other proceeding shall
be commenced against any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or
any petition shall be presented in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking
(A) relief under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or
under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding up or composition for adjustment of indebtedness, or (B)
the appointment of a trustee, administrator, administrative receiver, receiver,
custodian, liquidator, manager or similar official for any Credit Party or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their
respective property or assets, domestic or foreign, and such case (save in the
case of the appointment of an administrator) or proceeding or petition shall
continue without dismissal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or an
order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding or petition
(including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal
bankruptcy laws or other laws) shall be entered, (ii) any Credit Party or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries organized under the laws of England and Wales is
deemed unable to pay its indebtedness within the meaning of Section 123 of the
Insolvency Xxx 0000 or becomes unable to pay its indebtedness as they become due
or otherwise becomes insolvent or (iii) any order is made or any resolution
passed for the winding-up or administration of any Credit Party or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries except for the purposes of a solvent amalgamation or
reconstruction previously approved by the Required Lenders in writing.
(k) Failure of Agreements. Any material provision of this Agreement or any
material provision of any other Revolving Loan Document shall for any reason
cease to be valid and
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binding on any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary party thereto or any
such Person shall so state in writing.
(l) Termination Event. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i)
any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of
all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan or Section 412 of
the Code, any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as
contributions thereto, (ii) an accumulated funding deficiency in excess of
$2,000,000 occurs or exists, whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension
Plan, (iii) a Termination Event or (iv) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate
as employers under one or more Multiemployer Plans makes a complete or partial
withdrawal from any such Multiemployer Plan and the plan sponsor of such
Multiemployer Plans notifies such withdrawing employer that such employer has
incurred a withdrawal liability requiring payments in an amount exceeding
$2,500,000.
(m) Judgment. A judgment or order for the payment of money which causes the
aggregate amount of all such judgments to exceed $15,000,000 in any Fiscal Year
(to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the
insurer does not dispute coverage), shall be entered against any Credit Party or
any Restricted Subsidiary thereof by any court and such judgment or order shall
continue without having been bonded pending appeal, satisfied, discharged,
vacated, or stayed for a period of thirty (30) days after the entry thereof.
(n) Environmental. Any one or more Environmental Claims shall have been
asserted against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, but only so long as
(i) such Credit Party or such Subsidiary would be reasonably likely to incur
liability as a result thereof and (ii) such liability would be reasonably
likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 12.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, with the
consent of the Required Credit Facility Lenders, the Administrative Agent may,
or upon the request of the Required Credit Facility Lenders, the Administrative
Agent shall, by notice to the Canadian Borrower:
(a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities. Terminate the Commitments and
declare the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement
Obligations at the time outstanding, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders
and to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents (including, without limitation, all L/C Obligations, and other letter
of credit obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit or other letter of credit shall have presented or shall be
entitled to present the documents required thereunder) and all other Secured
Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations), to be forthwith due and payable,
whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived
by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to
the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of
the Borrowers to request Extensions of Credit thereunder; provided that upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 12.1(i) or (j), the
Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Secured Obligations
(other than Hedging Obligations) shall automatically
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become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in
this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) Letters of Credit.
(i) With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which
presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an
acceleration pursuant to the preceding subsection, the Borrowers shall at
such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative
Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of
such Letters of Credit (which such cash collateral shall be deposited in
the applicable Permitted Currency in which each Letter of Credit is
denominated). Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied
by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such
Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of
Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be
applied to repay the other Secured Obligations on a pro rata basis. After
all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, the
Reimbursement Obligation shall have been satisfied and all other Secured
Obligations shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash
collateral account shall be returned to the Borrowers.
(ii) With respect to all letters of credit issued under the Additional
Facilities, if any, with respect to which presentment for honor shall not
have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to the preceding
subsection, the Borrowers shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral
account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate
then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit (which such
cash collateral shall be deposited in the applicable Permitted Currency in
which each letter of credit is denominated). Amounts held in such cash
collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the
payment of drafts drawn under such letters of credit, and the unused
portion thereof after all such letters of credit shall have expired or been
fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Secured
Obligations on a pro rata basis. After all such letters of credit shall
have expired or been fully drawn upon, the reimbursement obligation with
respect to such letters of credit shall have been satisfied and all other
Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in
such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrowers.
(c) Rights of Collection. Exercise on behalf of the Lenders all of its
other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Borrowers' Secured Obligations.
SECTION 12.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc. The
enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the
exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy
shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which
shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist
at law or
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in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or
privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall
be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing
between the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their
respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge
any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to
constitute a waiver of any Event of Default. No Lender (including, without
limitation, any Lender which acts as the agent under any Additional Facility
Loan Document) shall exercise any rights or remedies following a Default or
Event of Default or default or event of default under any Additional Facility
Loan Document except pursuant to the terms of Section 12.2, this Section 12.3,
and Section 14.4.
SECTION 12.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds.
(a) Application of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that the Borrowers
shall fail to pay any of the Secured Obligations when due and the Secured
Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 12.2, all payments
received by the Agents and the Lenders (including, without limitation, any
Lender that acts as the agent under any Additional Facility Loan Document) upon
the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured
Obligations shall be applied:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable
to the Agents in their respective capacity as such and the Issuing Lender(s) in
its capacity as such (ratably among the Agents and the Issuing Lender(s) in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause First payable to
them);
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable
to the Lenders, including attorney fees (ratably among the Lenders in proportion
to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them);
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting
accrued and unpaid interest on the Extensions of Credit and any Hedging
Obligations (including any termination payments and any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon) (ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective
amounts described in this clause Third payable to them);
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting
unpaid principal of the Extensions of Credit (ratably among the Lenders in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by
them);
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender,
to cash collateralize any L/C Obligations then outstanding under this Agreement
and any letter of credit obligations then outstanding under the Additional
Facilities;
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Sixth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of any applicable
Person, to pay all of the Secured Obligations which have not otherwise been paid
in full in cash pursuant to clauses First through Fifth above; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by
Applicable Law.
(b) Payment Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in subsection (a) above, to the extent that the Administrative Agent receives
the net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations pursuant to any
Loan Document which places a limitation on the right of any Lending Group to
receive payments with respect to the Lending Group Secured Obligations payable
to such Lending Group, then the Administrative Agent first shall allocate such
net proceeds ratably among the Lending Groups in proportion to the respective
amounts of Lending Group Secured Obligations payable to each Lending Group and
then, with respect to each Lending Group, shall apply all payments to be made to
such Lending Group in accordance with subsection (a) above (provided that, with
respect to each Lending Group, such payments shall be made only to the Persons
in such Lending Group).
(c) Defined Terms. For the purpose of this Section 12.4:
(i) "Lending Group" means (i) the Revolving Lenders and (ii) each
group of Lenders under each Additional Facility.
(ii) "Lending Group Secured Obligations" means (i) with respect to the
Revolving Lenders, the Revolving Obligations and the Hedging Obligations
owed to the Revolving Lenders and their Affiliates and (ii) with respect to
each group of Lenders under each Additional Facility, the Additional
Facility Obligations under such Additional Facility and the Hedging
Obligations owed to the Additional Facility Lenders under such Additional
Facility and their Affiliates.
(iii) Each reference to "Issuing Lender(s)" in this Section 12.4 shall
be deemed to include any issuing lender with respect to any letter of
credit issued under any Additional Facility.
SECTION 12.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective
of whether the principal of any Extension of Credit shall then be due and
payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Extensions of Credit and all other
Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the
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reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other
amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3, 4.3 and
14.3) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event
that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 4.3 and 14.3.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured
Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent
to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTION 12.6 Judgment Currency.
(a) The obligation of the Borrowers to make payments of principal and
interest hereunder and the obligation of any such Person to make payments of any
other amounts payable hereunder or pursuant to any other Loan Document in the
currency specified for such payment shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment, which is expressed in or
converted into any other currency, except to the extent that such tender or
recovery shall result in the actual receipt by each of the Administrative Agent
and Lenders of the full amount of the particular currency expressed to be
payable pursuant to the applicable Loan Document. The Administrative Agent
shall, using all amounts obtained or received from the Borrowers pursuant to any
such tender or recovery in payment of principal of and interest on the Secured
Obligations, promptly purchase the applicable currency at the most favorable
spot exchange rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be available to it.
The obligation of the Borrowers to make payments in the applicable currency
shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action solely for
the purpose of recovering in the applicable currency the amount, if any, by
which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the currency
expressed to be payable pursuant to the applicable Loan Document.
(b) Without limiting Section 12.6(a), the Borrowers shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders
hereunder and the issuing lenders under the Additional Facilities, as
applicable, against any loss incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender,
any Issuing Lender hereunder or any issuing lender under any Additional Facility
as a result of any payment or recovery described in Section 12.6(a) and as a
result of any variation having occurred in rates of exchange between the date of
any such amount
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becoming due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the date of
actual payment thereof except for losses that are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from
such indemnified party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The foregoing
indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the
Borrowers and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such
payment or recovery.
ARTICLE XIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 13.1 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby
irrevocably designates and appoints Wachovia as Administrative Agent and
Security Trustee of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and as Security Trustee under the applicable Foreign Security
Documents, for the term hereof and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes
Wachovia, as Administrative Agent and Security Trustee for such Lender, to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and to exercise such trusts (in the case of the Security Trustee
and the Foreign Security Documents, as applicable) and powers, and perform such
duties as are expressly delegated to such Agents by the terms of this Agreement
and such other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in
this Agreement or such other Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any
duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and therein,
or any fiduciary relationship (save, in the case of the Security Trustee, to the
extent of its limited role as trustee as required under the Foreign Security
Documents) with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Agents. Any
reference to any Agent in this Article XIII shall be deemed to refer to such
Agent solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent or Security Trustee, as
applicable, and not in its capacity as a Lender.
Without prejudice to the foregoing, each of the Secured Parties hereby
irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the person
holding the power of attorney (fonde de pouvoir) of the Secured Parties as
contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, to enter into, to
take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any deed of hypothec
("Deed of Hypothec") to be executed by any of the Credit Parties granting a Lien
pursuant to the Applicable Law of the Province of Quebec and to exercise such
powers and duties which are conferred thereupon under such deed. Each of the
Secured Parties hereby additionally irrevocably designates and appoints the
Administrative Agent as agent, custodian and depository for and on behalf of the
Secured Parties (i) to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any bond
("Bond") issued under the Deed of Hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32
of the Act respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other
Applicable Law, and (ii) to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and
for their benefit, a bond pledge agreement ("Pledge") to be executed by such
Credit Party pursuant to the Applicable Law of the Province of Quebec and
creating a Lien on the Bond as security for the
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payment and performance of, inter alia, the Secured Obligations. In this
respect, (a) the Administrative Agent as agent, custodian and depository for and
on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall keep a record indicating the names and
addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness
secured by the Pledge owing to each of the Secured Parties for and on behalf of
whom the Bond is so held from time to time, and (b) each of the Secured Parties
will be entitled to the benefits of any property or assets charged under the
Deed of Hypothec and the Pledge and will participate in the proceeds of
realization of any such property or assets. The Administrative Agent, in such
aforesaid capacities shall (x) have the sole and exclusive right and authority
to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms
hereof, all rights and remedies given to the Administrative Agent with respect
to the property or assets charged under the Deed of Hypothec and Pledge, any
other Applicable Law or otherwise, and (y) benefit from and be subject to all
provisions hereof with respect to the Administrative Agent mutatis mutandis,
including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability
or responsibility to and indemnification by the Secured Parties and/or the
Credit Parties.
SECTION 13.2 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its
respective duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or
through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agents shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by any Agent with reasonable care.
SECTION 13.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates
shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it
or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents (except for actions occasioned solely by its or such Person's own
gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to any
of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made
by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or any officer thereof contained
in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, report,
statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by any
Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or
for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for any failure of
the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to perform their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any
obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrowers or
any of their Subsidiaries.
SECTION 13.4 Reliance by the Agents.
(a) The Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in
relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message,
statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine
and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to the Credit Parties), independent accountants and other
experts selected by any Agent. The
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Agents shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless it shall first receive such
advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required
hereby or by the relevant other Loan Documents, the Required Credit Facility
Lenders or all the Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and
expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take
any such action except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Required
Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby or by the relevant other Loan
Documents, the Required Credit Facility Lenders or all the Lenders), and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon all the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Section 6.2, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
SECTION 13.5 Notice of Default. The Agents shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless
it has received notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement,
describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a
"notice of default". In the event that an Agent receives such a notice, it shall
promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agents shall take such action
with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed
by the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, the Required Credit
Facility Lenders or all the Lenders); provided that unless and until the Agents
shall have received such directions, such Agent may (but shall not be obligated
to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of
the Lenders, except to the extent that other provisions of this Agreement
expressly require that any such action be taken or not be taken only with the
consent and authorization or the request of the Required Lenders, the Required
Credit Facility Lenders or all the Lenders, as applicable.
SECTION 13.6 Non-Reliance on the Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender
expressly acknowledges that no Agent nor any of its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent
hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Canadian Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that
it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender,
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Canadian Borrower and
its Subsidiaries and made its own decision to make its Loans and issue or
participate in Letters of Credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each
Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon
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the Agents 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 analysis,
appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary
to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Agents hereunder or by the other Loan Documents,
the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with
any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Canadian Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries which may come into the possession of any Agent or any
of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact,
Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
SECTION 13.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agents in
their capacity as such and (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers and
without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), ratably according to
the respective amounts of their Commitment Percentages from and against any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any
time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the
Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, or any documents, reports or other information provided to
the Agents or any Lender or contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted
by any Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no
Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements resulting solely from an Agent's bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 13.7 shall
survive the payment of the Secured Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
SECTION 13.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its
respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from
and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers as though such
Agent were not an Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. With
respect to any Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of
Credit issued by it or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same
rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms
"Lender" and "Lenders" shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
SECTION 13.9 Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent.
(a) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor as provided
below, each Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders
and the Canadian Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall
appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent or security
trustee, as applicable for the Lenders, which successor administrative agent or
security trustee shall be consented to by the Canadian
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Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, at all times other than
during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent of the Canadian
Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor
administrative agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and
shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the
applicable Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the Canadian Borrower
may appoint a successor Agent from among the Lenders to act as Agent hereunder
(subject to the acceptance of such appointment by the Lender so appointed). If
the Canadian Borrower fails to make such appointment or the designated successor
rejects such appointment or fails to accept such appointment within (30) days
after the date the Canadian Borrower was entitled to make such appointment, then
the applicable Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, after consultation with the
Canadian Borrower, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Security Trustee,
as applicable. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent
or Security Trustee hereunder by a successor, such successor Administrative
Agent or Security Trustee shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder without any
other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Agent or any other
Lender. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as such Agent, the
provisions of this Article XIII and Section 14.3 shall continue in effect for
its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was acting as Administrative Agent and/or Security Trustee, as applicable. If
no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent or Security
Trustee, as applicable, by the date which is thirty (30) days following a
retiring Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Agent's resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the
duties of such Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders
appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
(b) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Wachovia
may, (A) upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Canadian Borrower and the
Revolving Lenders, resign as an Issuing Lender and/or (B) upon thirty (30)
days' notice to the Canadian Borrower, resign as the U.S. Swingline Lender.
In the event of any such resignation as an Issuing Lender or the U.S.
Swingline Lender, the Canadian Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from
among the Lenders a successor Issuing Lender or the U.S. Swingline Lender
hereunder; provided that no failure by the Canadian Borrower to appoint any
such successor shall affect the resignation of Wachovia as an Issuing
Lender or the U.S. Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
(ii) In the event that the U.S. Swingline Lender's Commitment is less
than the U.S. Swingline Commitment, the Canadian Borrower may upon thirty
(30) days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the U.S.
Swingline Lender, request that the U.S. Swingline Lender be replaced as the
U.S. Swingline Lender under this Agreement. In the event of any such
request, the Canadian Borrower shall, at its sole expense and effort,
appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor U.S. Swingline Lender
hereunder; provided that (A) no Revolving Lender shall be required to
accept such appointment as successor U.S. Swingline Lender; (B) any
successor U.S. Swingline Lender shall be approved by the Administrative
Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (C)
until a Revolving Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent and
the current U.S. Swingline in writing that it has
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agreed to act as a successor U.S. Swingline Lender, the current U.S.
Swingline Lender shall continue as U.S. Swingline Lender hereunder. Upon
the acceptance of any appointment as U.S. Swingline Lender hereunder by a
successor, such successor U.S. Swingline Lender shall thereupon succeed to
and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
replaced U.S. Swingline Lender, and the replaced U.S. Swingline Lender
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations in its capacity as U.S.
Swingline Lender without any other or further act or deed on the part of
such replaced U.S. Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
(iii) If Wachovia resigns as an Issuing Lender, it shall retain all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to
all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its
resignation as an Issuing Lender and all L/C Obligations with respect
thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Loans
or fund risk participations for unreimbursed amounts of Letters of Credit
pursuant to Section 3.4. If Wachovia resigns or is replaced as the U.S.
Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the U.S. Swingline
Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it
and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the
right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans or fund risk
participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.2(b).
SECTION 13.10 No Liability for Failure to Make Filings. The Agents in their
capacity as trustee (in the case of the Security Trustee as referred to in
Section 13.1 above) or otherwise shall not be liable for any failure, omission
or defect in perfecting the security constituted by any Security Document or any
security created thereby.
SECTION 13.11 Acceptance of Title. The Agents in their capacity as trustee
(in the case of the Security Trustee as referred to in Section 13.1 above) or
otherwise may accept without inquiry such title as any Borrower or Subsidiary
Guarantor may have to the assets secured pursuant to the Security Documents.
SECTION 13.12 No Obligation to Hold Title Deeds. The Agents in their
capacity as trustee (in the case of the Security Trustee as referred to in
Section 13.1 above) or otherwise shall not be under any obligation to hold any
title deed, Security Document or any other documents in connection with the
Security Documents or any other documents in connection with the assets the
subject of any Security Document or any other such security in its own
possession or to take any steps to protect or preserve the same. The Agents may
permit any Person to retain all such title deeds, Security Documents and other
documents in its possession. The Agents will use all reasonable care to ensure
the safe custody of all such title deeds, Security Documents and other documents
in their respective possession but shall not be liable for the damage or
destruction of any such deeds, Security Documents or documents save where caused
by the willful default or gross negligence of such Agent or any of its
employees, servants or agents. The Agents shall be at liberty to place any Loan
Document and any other instruments, documents or deeds delivered to it pursuant
to them or in connection with them for the time being in its possession in any
safe deposit, safe or receptacle selected by such Agent, or with any bank, any
company whose business includes undertaking the safe custody of documents or any
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firm of lawyers of good repute and, in the absence of gross negligence or
willful default on the part of such Agent and such Agent shall not be
responsible for any loss thereby incurred.
SECTION 13.13 Trustee Powers. Subject as otherwise provided in any of the
Loan Documents and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, in its capacity as
trustee, the Security Trustee shall have:
(a) the benefit of all the provisions of this Article XIII;
(b) all the powers of an absolute owner of the security constituted by the
Loan Documents;
(c) the power of appointing new and/or additional trustees; and
(d) all the powers and discretions conferred on trustees by the Trustee
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SECTION 13.14 Declaration of Trust. The Security Trustee hereby declares
itself trustee of the security and other rights (including but not limited to
the benefit of the covenants contained in the Foreign Security Documents),
titles and interests constituted by the Foreign Security Documents and of all
monies, property and assets paid to the Security Trustee or to its order or held
by the Security Trustee or its nominee or received or recovered by the Security
Trustee or its nominee pursuant to or in connection with the Foreign Security
Documents with effect from the date hereof to hold the same on trust for itself,
the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders absolutely pro rata (save as
may otherwise be agreed in Section 12.4, or as otherwise agreed between the
Lenders from time to time) to the monies, obligations and liabilities of the
Borrowers to all the Lenders and the Agents (including the Security Trustee)
from time to time secured by the Foreign Security Documents.
SECTION 13.15 Hedging Counterparties. Each reference in this Article XIII
to a "Lender" includes, where the context so allows, such Lender as agent of its
Affiliate in the event that any Affiliate of it is party to a Hedging Agreement.
SECTION 13.16 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or
other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement
as a "syndication agent," "documentation agent," "co-agent," "book manager,"
"lead manager," "arranger," "lead arranger" or "co-arranger" shall have any
right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement
other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as
such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so
identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on
any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this
Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
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SECTION 13.17 Mandatory Cost Information. Each Lender shall supply the
Administrative Agent with any information required by the Administrative Agent
in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 1.1(b).
SECTION 13.18 Collateral, Guaranty and Intercreditor Matters. The Lenders
irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent (and Security Trustee, as
applicable), at its option and in its discretion:
(a) to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee, for the ratable benefit of itself
and the Revolving Lenders, under any Revolving Loan Document (i) upon repayment
of the outstanding principal of and all accrued interest on the Revolving Loans,
payment of all outstanding fees and expenses hereunder, the termination of the
Revolving Lenders' Revolving Commitments and the expiration or termination of
all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or disposed of or to be
disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition
permitted hereunder or under any other Revolving Loan Document, or (iii) subject
to Section 14.2, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required
Lenders;
(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any Guaranty
Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a
transaction permitted hereunder;
(c) in the event that any Credit Party enters into a Permitted Asset
Securitization and notifies the Administrative Agent of such transaction and the
need for an intercreditor agreement or similar arrangement, to negotiate in good
faith with the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Credit
Parties, and the Canadian Borrower agrees to negotiate in good faith with the
Administrative Agent, mutually satisfactory intercreditor agreements and other
arrangements and to execute and deliver release documents to the extent
necessary to provide for the identification and segregation of Transferred
Assets that are the subject of such Permitted Asset Securitization and the
transfer thereof, free and clear of any Liens in favor of the Administrative
Agent, to the purchasers thereof (it being agreed by each Lender that, as of the
Closing Date, (i) the Administrative Agent is authorized to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Asset Allocation
Agreement and all other documentation required to be executed in connection
therewith and (ii) the Asset Allocation Agreement is in form and substance
satisfactory thereto); and
(d) to subordinate any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such
Collateral that is permitted by Section 11.2(i); and
Upon request by the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee at any time, the
Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's or Security
Trustee's authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types
or items of property, to enter into intercreditor agreements or to release any
Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Master Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement pursuant to this Section.
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SECTION 13.19 Resignation of other Swingline Lenders and other Issuing
Lenders.
(a) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the U.K.
Swingline Lender or the Canadian Swingline Lender may, upon thirty (30)
days' notice to the Canadian Borrower, resign as the U.K. Swingline Lender
or Canadian Swingline Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such
resignation, the Canadian Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among
the Lenders a successor U.K. Swingline Lender or Canadian Swingline Lender
hereunder; provided that no failure by the Canadian Borrower to appoint any
such successor shall affect the resignation of the applicable U.K.
Swingline Lender or Canadian Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
(ii) In the event that the U.K. Swingline Lender's Commitment is less
than the U.K. Swingline Commitment, the Canadian Borrower may upon thirty
(30) days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the U.K.
Swingline Lender, request that the U.K. Swingline Lender be replaced as the
U.K. Swingline Lender under this Agreement. In the event of any such
request, the Canadian Borrower shall, at its sole expense and effort,
appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor U.K. Swingline Lender
hereunder; provided that (A) no Revolving Lender shall be required to
accept such appointment as successor U.K. Swingline Lender; (B) any
successor U.K. Swingline Lender shall be approved by the Administrative
Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (C)
until a Revolving Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent and
the current U.K. Swingline in writing that it has agreed to act as a
successor U.K. Swingline Lender, the current U.K. Swingline Lender shall
continue as U.K. Swingline Lender hereunder. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as U.K. Swingline Lender hereunder by a successor, such
successor U.K. Swingline Lender shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the replaced U.K.
Swingline Lender, and the replaced U.K. Swingline Lender shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations in its capacity as U.K.
Swingline Lender without any other or further act or deed on the part of
such replaced U.K. Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
(iii) In the event that the Canadian Swingline Lender's Commitment is
less than the Canadian Swingline Commitment, the Canadian Borrower may upon
thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Canadian Swingline Lender, request that the Canadian Swingline Lender be
replaced as the Canadian Swingline Lender under this Agreement. In the
event of any such request, the Canadian Borrower shall, at its sole expense
and effort, appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor Canadian
Swingline Lender hereunder; provided that (A) no Revolving Lender shall be
required to accept such appointment as successor Canadian Swingline Lender;
(B) any successor Canadian Swingline Lender shall be approved by the
Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed); and (C) until a Revolving Lender shall have notified the
Administrative Agent and the current Canadian Swingline Lender in writing
that it has agreed to act as a successor Canadian Swingline Lender, the
current Canadian Swingline Lender shall continue as Canadian Swingline
Lender hereunder. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Canadian
Swingline Lender hereunder by a successor, such successor Canadian
Swingline Lender
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shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the replaced Canadian Swingline Lender, and the
replaced Canadian Swingline Lender shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations in its capacity as Canadian Swingline Lender without any other
or further act or deed on the part of such replaced Canadian Swingline
Lender or any other Lender.
(iv) Any resigning or replaced Swingline Lender shall retain all the
rights of the U.K. Swingline Lender, or Canadian Swingline Lender, as
applicable, provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by
it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including
the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans or fund
risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section
2.2(b).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Issuing
Lender may, upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Canadian Borrower, resign as an
Issuing Lender hereunder. In the event of any such resignation, the Canadian
Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing
Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Canadian Borrower to appoint
any such successor shall affect the resignation of the applicable Issuing
Lender. Any resigning Issuing Lender shall retain all the rights of an Issuing
Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it and
outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to
require the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans or fund risk
participations in unreimbursed Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.4.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices.
(a) Method of Communication. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing (for
purposes hereof, the term "writing" shall include information in electronic
format such as electronic mail and internet web pages), or by telephone
subsequently confirmed in writing. Any notice shall be effective if delivered by
hand delivery or sent via electronic mail, posting on an internet web page,
telecopy, recognized overnight courier service or certified mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be presumed to be received by a party hereto (i) on the
date of delivery if delivered by hand or (ii) on the date such information is
accessible by the intended recipient if sent by electronic mail, by telecopy or
by posting on an internet web page, (iii) on the next Business Day if sent by
recognized overnight courier service and (iv) on the third (3rd) Business Day
following the date sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; provided
that no notice of default or notice of the exercise of remedies delivered by
electronic mail, by telecopy or by posting on an internet web page will be
effective until such notice is made in a manner otherwise permitted under this
Agreement. A telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent as understood by the
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Administrative Agent will be deemed to be the controlling and proper notice in
the event of a discrepancy with or failure to receive a confirming written
notice.
(b) Addresses for Notices. Notices to any party shall be sent to it at the
following addresses, or any other address as to which all the other parties are
notified in writing.
If to any Credit Party: Cott Corporation
000 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Vice President and Treasurer
Telephone No.: (416) 203-3898 ext. 15454
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to: Cott Corporation
000 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx,
General Counsel
Telephone No.: (416) 203-3898 ext. 15346
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
If to the Administrative
Agent Wachovia Bank, National Association
Charlotte Plaza, CP-8
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
If to the Security Trustee
(with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) Wachovia Bank, National Association,
London Branch
0 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 0X0X 0XX
Attn: Ms. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone No.: x00 (0) 000 000 0000
Telecopy No.: x00 (0) 000 000 0000
If to any Lender: To the address set forth on the Register
(c) Agents' Office. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Security
Trustee hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or
any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by
written notice to the Canadian Borrower and the Lenders, as the Administrative
Agent's Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to
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be made and at which Loans will be disbursed and Letters of Credit requested.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Agent shall be entitled to perform its
obligations and duties hereunder and other the other Loan Documents from any of
its respective offices. In addition to the foregoing, the Administrative Agent
shall provide the Canadian Borrower with reasonable notice of any redesignation
of any Administrative Agent's Correspondent.
SECTION 14.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Except as set forth below or
as specifically provided in any Revolving Loan Document, any term, covenant,
agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Revolving Loan
Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the
Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed
by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the
Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of
an amendment, signed by the Canadian Borrower; provided that no amendment,
waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 6.2 without the written
consent of each Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any
Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 12.2) or the amount of Loans of any
Lender without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document
for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other
amounts due to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the
written consent of such Lender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on,
any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second
proviso to this Section) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under
any other Loan Document payable to any Lender without the written consent of
such Lender; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be
necessary (i) to waive or terminate any obligation of the Borrowers to pay
interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.1(c) during the continuance of an
Event of Default, or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any
defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to
reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 4.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby without the written consent of each Revolving Lender
directly affected thereby;
(f) change Section 12.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing
of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby;
(g) change the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision
hereof specifying the number or percentage of Revolving Lenders required to
amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination
or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Revolving
Lender;
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(h) change any provision of this Section or the definition of "Revolving
Credit Facility Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the
written consent of each Lender; or
(i) release all of the Subsidiary Guarantors or release Subsidiary
Guarantors comprising substantially all of the credit support for the Secured
Obligations, in either case, from the Master Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
(other than (i) in connection with the redesignation of a Restricted Subsidiary
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 9.11(c) or (ii) as
authorized in Section 13.18), without the written consent of each Lender; or
(j) release all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than as
authorized in Section 13.18 or as otherwise specifically permitted or
contemplated in this Agreement or the applicable Security Document) without the
written consent of each Lender;
provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the applicable Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of such Issuing Lender under this
Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit
issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the applicable Swingline Lender in addition to the
Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the applicable Swingline
Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be
amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only
by the parties thereto; (v) any Letter of Credit Application or other agreement
between the applicable Borrower and the applicable Issuing Lender may be waived
or amended in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (vi) no
Additional Facility Loan Document shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (in addition to the Lenders
required pursuant to such Additional Facility Loan Document), be amended, waived
or otherwise modified in any manner that materially and adversely affects the
rights and obligations of the Revolving Lenders or the Lenders under any other
Additional Facility Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any
amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such
Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
SECTION 14.3 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers and each other Credit Party, jointly
and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Agents and their Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent incurred since December
10, 2004 (including, without limitation, any local counsel for the
Administrative Agent)), in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery and administration of this
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Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender in connection with the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand
for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Agents, any Lender or any Issuing Lender (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Agents, any Lender or any Issuing Lender
(including, without limitation, any local counsel for the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any Issuing Lender)), in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection
with the Extensions of Credit hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Extensions of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Borrowers and each other
Credit Party shall indemnify the Agents (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender
and each Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons
(each such Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims (including, without
limitation, any environmental claims and civil penalties or fines assessed by
OFAC), damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel (including local counsel) for any Indemnitee),
incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party
or by the Borrowers or any other Credit Party arising out of, in connection
with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, (ii) any Extension of Credit or the use or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Lender to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrowers or any of
their Subsidiaries, or any environmental liability related in any way to the
Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third
party or by the Borrowers or any other Credit Party, and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to
any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim
brought by the Borrowers or any other Credit Party against an Indemnitee for
breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, if the Borrowers or such Credit Party has obtained a final
and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrowers for any
reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section to be paid by
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it to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Lender or any Related
Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to each Agent
(or any such sub-agent), each Issuing Lender or such Related Party, as the case
may be, such Lender's applicable percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against the Agents (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in
their capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing
acting for the Agents (or any such sub-agent) or Issuing Lender in connection
with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are
subject to the provisions of Sections 4.7 and 5.5(c).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, the Borrowers shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim
against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages)
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Extension of Credit or the use
of the proceeds thereof.
(e) Unintended Receipt of Information. No Indemnitee referred to in
paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it
through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems
in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; except for liabilities arising
solely out of such Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable
judgment.
(f) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after demand therefor.
SECTION 14.4 Right of Set-off.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender and each of their respective
Affiliates, is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever
currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any
time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Lender, such Swingline Lender or any
such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers or any other
Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrowers or such
Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such Swingline Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such
Swingline Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrowers or such Credit
Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such
Lender, such Issuing Lender or such Swingline Lender different from the branch
or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of
each
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Lender, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender and their respective
Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, such Issuing Lender, such
Swingline Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. For avoidance of
doubt, the parties hereto agree that any Swingline Lender may, at any time,
exercise any and all rights of set-off provided for in the governing documents
for any Applicable Cash Management Program. Each Lender, each Issuing Lender and
each Swingline Lender agrees to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent promptly after any such set-off and application; provided that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.
(b) Any amount to be set-off pursuant to Section 14.4(a) shall be
denominated in Dollars and any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency
shall be in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such amount at the most
favorable spot exchange rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent
to be available to it; provided that if at the time of any such determination no
such spot exchange rate can reasonably be determined, the Administrative Agent
may use any reasonable method as it deems applicable to determine such rate, any
such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) Each Lender and any assignee or participant of such Lender in
accordance with Section 14.10 are hereby authorized by the Borrowers to combine
currencies, as deemed necessary by such Person, in order to effect any set-off
pursuant to Section 14.4(a).
SECTION 14.5 Governing Law.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Revolving Loan Documents,
unless otherwise expressly set forth therein, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, including
Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General Obligation Law of the State of
New York, without reference to any other conflicts of law principles thereof.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Borrowers and each other Credit
Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in
the Borough of Manhattan, New York and of the United States District Court
sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, and any appellate court from any
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any
judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a
final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall
affect any right that any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document against any Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties
in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(c) Waiver of Venue. Each of the Borrowers and each other Credit Party
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service
of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 14.1. Nothing in this
Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any
other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
(e) Appointment of the Canadian Borrower as Agent for the Borrowers. Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Canadian Borrower to
act as its agent for service of process and notices required to be delivered
under this Agreement or under the other Loan Documents, it being understood and
agreed that receipt by the Canadian Borrower of any summons, notice or other
similar item shall be deemed effective receipt by the Canadian Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 14.6 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 14.7 Reversal of Payments. To the extent a Borrower makes a payment
or payments to the Administrative Agent, any Administrative Agent's
Correspondent or Security Trustee for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent or any Administrative Agent's Correspondent receives any
payment or proceeds of the collateral which payments or proceeds or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential,
set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party
under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause,
then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Secured Obligations
or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent's Correspondent or the Security
Trustee, as applicable.
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SECTION 14.8 Injunctive Relief. The Credit Parties recognize that, in the
event the Credit Parties fail to perform, observe or discharge any of their
obligations or liabilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any
remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders. Therefore, the Credit Parties agree that the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case
without the necessity of proving actual damages.
SECTION 14.9 Accounting Matters. If at any time any change in GAAP or any
other change in accounting treatment or reporting practices permitted under
Section 11.9 would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement
set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrowers or the Required Lenders
shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or any other change in
accounting treatment or reporting practices permitted under Section 11.9
(subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so
amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP or the accounting treatment or reporting practices prior to
such change therein and (ii) the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and
after giving effect to such change in GAAP or the accounting treatment or
reporting practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that there is a
change in GAAP after the Closing Date requiring the expensing of stock options,
the amount of any non-cash stock option expense shall be added back to EBITDA.
SECTION 14.10 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower nor
any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except in connection
with a merger or consolidation of a Credit Party (other than a Borrower) into
another Credit Party as permitted by Section 11.4) without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and:
(i) no Revolving Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Revolving Loan Document
except: (A) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (b) of this Section, (B) by way of participation in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (C) by way of
pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
subsection (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void); and
(ii) no Additional Facility Lender may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any Additional Facility
Loan Document without the consent of the Administrative Agent and the
Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself
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and the other Borrowers (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, Revolving Participants to the extent provided in
subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby,
the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments.
(i) Assignments by Revolving Lenders. Any Revolving Lender may at any
time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving
Commitment and the Revolving Extensions of Credit at the time owing to it);
provided that
(A) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment and the
Revolving Extensions of Credit at the time owing to it or in the case of an
assignment to a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender or
an Approved Fund with respect to a Revolving Lender, the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Commitment (which for this purpose includes Revolving
Extensions of Credit outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable
Revolving Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding
balance of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the assigning Revolving
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to
the Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment
and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000,
unless (1) such assignment is made to an existing Revolving Lender, to an
Affiliate thereof, or to an Approved Fund, in which case no minimum amount
shall apply, or (2) each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, otherwise consent
(each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Revolving Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Revolving Extensions
of Credit or the Revolving Commitment assigned;
(C) any assignment of a Revolving Commitment must be approved by
the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Multicurrency
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the applicable Swingline Lenders and
the applicable Issuing Lenders (each such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; provided, notwithstanding the definition of Eligible
Assignee, that it shall not be deemed to be unreasonable for the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, to withhold consent
if the assignee is unable to provide the same type of credit, or would
incur additional taxes or expenses to do so, as the assignor) unless the
Person that is the
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proposed assignee is itself a Revolving Lender with a Revolving Commitment
(whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an
Eligible Assignee);
(D) the proposed assignee of Revolving Extensions of Credit or a
Revolving Commitment must be able to lend to each Multicurrency Borrower in
each Permitted Currency; and
(E) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the Eligible Assignee, if it
shall not be a Revolving Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a
party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Revolving Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Revolving Lender thereunder shall, to
the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Revolving Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Revolving Lender shall cease
to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 14.3 with respect to facts and circumstances
occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or
transfer by a Revolving Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Revolving Lender of a participation in such rights
and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(ii) Assignments by Additional Facility Lenders. Subject to subsection
(a)(ii) above, assignments by Additional Facility Lenders shall be governed by
the provisions of the applicable Additional Facility Loan Documents.
(c) Revolving Facility Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely
for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its
offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Revolving Lenders, and the Revolving Commitments of, and principal amounts
of the Revolving Extensions of Credit owing to, each Revolving Lender pursuant
to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, and the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and
the other Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Revolving Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other
Borrowers, and any Revolving Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the
Register that are applicable to such Revolving Lender), at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(d) Participations.
(i) Participations by Revolving Lenders.
(A) Any Revolving Lender may at any time, without the consent of,
or notice to, any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to any Person (other than a natural person or a Borrower or
any of the Borrowers' Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a "Revolving
Participant") in all or a portion of such Revolving Lender's rights and/or
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Revolving Commitment and/or the Revolving Extensions of Credit owing to
it); provided that (i) such Revolving Lender's obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Revolving Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations and (iii) the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the
other Revolving Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Revolving Lender in connection with such Revolving Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
(B) Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Revolving
Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Revolving Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Revolving
Lender will not, without the consent of the Revolving Participant, agree to
any amendment, modification or waiver or modification described in Section
14.2 that directly affects such Revolving Participant. Subject to
subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Revolving
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12
and 4.13 to the same extent as if it were a Revolving Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Revolving Participant also
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 14.4 as though it were a
Revolving Lender, provided that such Revolving Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 4.6 as though it were a Revolving Lender. All
participants shall be bound by the confidentiality provisions in Section
14.11.
(C) Limitations upon Revolving Participant Rights. A Revolving
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Sections 4.12 and 4.13 than the applicable Revolving Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Revolving Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such
Revolving Participant is made with the prior written consent of the
Canadian Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers. A Revolving
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Revolving Lender
shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.13 unless the Canadian
Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Borrowers, is notified of the
participation sold to such Revolving Participant and such Revolving
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Canadian Borrower, on behalf of
itself and the other Borrowers, to comply with Section 4.13(e) as though it
were a Revolving Lender.
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(ii) Participations by Additional Facility Lenders. Participations by
Additional Facility Lenders shall be governed by the provisions of the
applicable Additional Facility Loan Documents.
(e) Certain Pledges by Revolving Lenders. Any Revolving Lender may at any
time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights
under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Revolving Lender, including,
without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such
Revolving Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such
pledgee or assignee for such Revolving Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 14.11 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to
maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers,
employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by, or required to
be disclosed to, any rating agency, or regulatory or similar authority
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party
hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement
or under any other Loan Document (or any Hedging Agreement with a Lender or the
Administrative Agent) or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document (or any Hedging Agreement with a Lender or the
Administrative Agent) or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of
this Section, to (i) any purchasing Lender, proposed purchasing Lender,
Participant or proposed Participant or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
any Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Canadian Borrower,
(h) after the Canadian Borrower makes public disclosure of such information, to
Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to
consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such
publications, or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
from a source other than the Borrowers or (j) to governmental regulatory
authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of Wachovia or in
accordance with Wachovia's regulatory compliance policy if Wachovia deems
necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against Wachovia or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. For purposes of this Section,
"Information" means all information received from any Credit Party relating to
any Credit Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential
basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party. Any Person required to maintain
the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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SECTION 14.12 Performance of Duties. Each of the Credit Party's obligations
under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by
such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.
SECTION 14.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and
other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Agents and any Persons
designated by any Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Secured Obligations
remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the
Credit Facility has not been terminated.
SECTION 14.14 Survival of Indemnities. Notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Agents and the Lenders are entitled
under the provisions of this Article XIV and any other provision of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect
and shall protect the Agents and the Lenders against events arising after such
termination as well as before.
SECTION 14.15 Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles,
Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are
for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this
Agreement.
SECTION 14.16 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of
such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the
validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 14.17 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 shall be binding
upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 14.18 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan
Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written
or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the
provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of
supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this
Agreement.
SECTION 14.19 Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from
the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Secured
Obligations shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in
full and all Commitments have been terminated. No termination of this Agreement
shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to
such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives
such termination.
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SECTION 14.20 Advice of Counsel, No Strict Construction. Each of the
parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this
Agreement with its counsel. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or
question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed
as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 14.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents; Independent Effect of
Covenants.
(a) In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this
Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall
control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes
additional burdens on any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries or further restricts
the rights of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries or gives the Agents or
Lenders additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent
with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.
(b) The Credit Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that each covenant
contained in Articles IX, X, or XI shall be given independent effect.
Accordingly, the Credit Parties shall not engage in any transaction or other act
otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles IX, X, or XI if,
before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Credit Parties
shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles IX, X,
or XI.
XXXXXXX 00.00 XXX Xxxxxxx Xxx. The Administrative Agent and each Lender
hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address
of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify such Credit Party in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 14.23 Continuity of Contract. The parties hereto agree that the
occurrence or non-occurrence of EMU, any event or events associated with EMU
and/or the introduction of the euro in all or any part of the European Union (a)
will not result in the discharge, cancellation, rescission or termination in
whole or in part of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) will not give
any party the right to cancel, rescind, terminate or vary this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or (c) will not give rise to an Event of Default, in each
case other than as specifically provided in this Agreement.
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SECTION 14.24 Language. The parties acknowledge that they have required
that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. Les
parties reconnaissent avoir exige que la presente convention et tous les
documents connexes soient rediges en anglais.
[Signature pages to follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed under seal by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and
year first written above.
COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Treasurer
COTT BEVERAGES INC., as U.S. Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Treasurer
COTT BEVERAGES LIMITED, as U.K. Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Main
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Name: Xxxxx X. Main
Title: Director
COTT EMBOTELLADORES DE MEXICO, S.A. DE
C.V., as Mexican Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
AGENTS AND LENDERS:
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent, Security Trustee,
U.S. Swingline Lender, Issuing Lender and
Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE CANADIAN
BORROWER
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CANADA)
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
LONDON BRANCH
By: /s/ L. Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Name: L. Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
LENDER:
BANK OF MONTREAL
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.S.
BORROWER
BANK OF MONTREAL, CHICAGO BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH
By: /s/ A.L. Ebison
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Name: A.L. Ebison
Title: Director
LENDER:
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
BOERENLEENBANK BA, "RABOBANK
INTERNATIONAL", NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Director
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE CANADIAN
BORROWER
RABOBANK NEDERLAND, CANADIAN BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Director
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
BOERENLEENBANK B.A., (RABOBANK
INTERNATIONAL, LONDON BRANCH)
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxx
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Name: X.X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ Xxxxx xxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Deputy General Counsel
LENDER:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.S.
BORROWER
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., LONDON BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
LENDER:
HSBC BANK CANADA
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Global Relationship Manager
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.S.
BORROWER
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Bollington
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Name: Xxxxxx Bollington
Title: Managing Director
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
HSBC BANK PLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director, Automotives &
Multinationals CIBM
LENDER:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
APPLICABLE DESIGNEES:
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE CANADIAN
BORROWER
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING (NOVA SCOTIA)
CO.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
FOR EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT TO THE U.K.
BORROWER
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
