Exhibit 10.1
Amendment Xx. 0
Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 0 ("Amendment") dated as of June 30, 2000 to
the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 1997 (the "Credit Agreement")
among Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation, Time Warner Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Xxxxxx Broadcasting System, Inc., a Georgia corporation,
TWI Cable Inc., a Delaware corporation, Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Xxxxxxxx
Partnership, a New York general partnership, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party thereto from time to time.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.2(b) of the Credit Agreement,
the Required Lenders hereby agree to amend and waive certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in mutual consideration of the waivers and
agreements herein and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended as follows:
(a) The following definitions shall be added:
"Amendment No. 1" shall mean Amendment No. 1
dated as of June , 2000 to this Agreement.
"AOL" shall mean America Online, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
"AOL Guarantee" shall mean a guarantee by
AOL Time Warner and AOL of all of the Obligations
(other than the Obligations of TWE Entities),
substantially in the form of Exhibit B to Amendment
No. 1.
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"AOL Time Warner" shall mean AOL Time Warner
Inc., the Delaware corporation that is referred to as
"Holdco" in the Merger Agreement and will own all of
the capital stock of AOL and TWI following the
Mergers.
"Assumption Agreement" shall mean an
agreement pursuant to which AOL Time Warner becomes
party to this Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to Amendment No. 1.
"EMI Agreement" shall mean the Restated
Combination Agreement dated as of January 23, 2000
between TWI and EMI Group plc, as such agreement is
in effect on the date of Amendment No. 1 or
thereafter amended in accordance with Section 6.10.
"Merger Agreement" shall mean the agreement
and plan of merger dated as of January 10, 2000
between TWI and AOL, as such agreement is in effect
on the date of Amendment No. 1 or thereafter amended
in accordance with Section 6.10.
"Mergers" shall mean the mergers of Time
Warner Merger Sub (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) with and into TWI and of America Online
Merger Sub (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with
and into AOL pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
"New Diamond Implementation" shall mean the
satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set
forth in Sections 4.4 and 4.5.
"New Diamond Implementation Date" shall mean
the date and time at which the New Diamond
Implementation occurs.
"Warner EMI Music" shall mean the joint
venture between EMI Group plc and TWI formed pursuant
to the EMI Agreement.
(b) Definitions of the following terms shall be amended as
follows:
"Acquired Indebtedness": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Test Party".
"Adjusted Financial Statements": The
following shall be added before the period:
";provided that so long as Warner EMI Music is (i)
consolidated with such Person in such Person's
Financial Statements in accordance with the proviso
of the definition of 'Financial Statements' or (ii)
an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Warner EMI Music shall be
excluded from Adjusted Financial Statements".
"Agreement": The following shall be added
before the period: "and Amendment No. 1".
"Cash Balance": Each reference to "Borrower"
shall be replaced with "Person".
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"Change of Control": The following shall be
added before the period: "; provided, further, that
following the New Diamond Implementation Date, (x)
the references above to 'TWI' shall be deemed to be
to 'AOL Time Warner' and (y) AOL or TWI ceasing to be
a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of AOL
Time Warner shall also constitute a Change of
Control".
"Copyright Liens": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Test Party".
"Coverage Ratio": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Person".
"Credit Event": The words "or (iv)" shall be
replaced with ", (iv) the New Diamond Implementation
or (v)".
"Credit Parties": The words "and after the
Mergers, AOL Time Warner" shall be added before ";".
"Financial Statements": The following shall
be added before the period: "; provided that so long
as Warner EMI Music is consolidated with such Person
in accordance with GAAP notwithstanding that it is
not a Subsidiary, Warner EMI Music may be
consolidated with such Person in such financial
statements".
"Foreign Subsidiary": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Test Party".
"Guarantees": After the phrase "(viii) the
Diamond Guarantee", the following shall be added "and
(ix) at and after the New Diamond Implementation
Date, the AOL Guarantee".
"Guarantors": After the phrase "the Diamond
Guarantee", the following shall be added "and (ix) at
and after the New Diamond Implementation Date, AOL
Time Warner and AOL in their capacity as guarantors
under the AOL Guarantee".
"Material Adverse Effect": Clause (i) shall
be replaced in its entirety with the following: "(i)
the condition (financial or other), business, results
of operations, properties or liabilities of (x) any
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, each taken as a whole,
or (y) following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,".
"Maximum Permitted Indebtedness": Each
reference to "Borrower" shall be replaced with
"Person".
"Net Total Debt": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Person".
"Permitted Intercompany Indebtedness": Each
reference to "TWI" shall be replaced by "(x) prior to
the New Diamond Implementation Date, TWI and (y)
following the New Diamond Implementation Date, AOL
Time Warner".
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"Restricted Payments": The following shall
be added before the period: "; provided that in the
case of AOL Time Warner the reference to Closing Date
in this clause (b) shall be deemed to be to the New
Diamond Implementation Date".
"Restricted Subsidiaries": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Person".
"Test Party": The reference to "TWI" shall
be replaced with "prior to the New Diamond
Implementation Date, TWI, and at and after the New
Diamond Implementation Date, AOL Time Warner".
"Unrestricted Subsidiary": Each reference to
"Borrower" shall be replaced with "Person".
SECTION 1.02. Representations and Warranties. Article III of the Credit
Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) The lead-in to Article III of the Credit Agreement shall
be replaced with the following: "Each of the Borrowers and, following the
Mergers, AOL Time Warner represents and warrants (as to itself and its
Subsidiaries) to the Lenders that:".
(b) Section 3.4(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the following after the first sentence:
The Borrowers have furnished to the Lenders AOL's
audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1999, as set forth in Exhibit 99 to
AOL's Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on May 17, 2000,
and AOL's unaudited Financial Statements for each of
AOL's fiscal quarters ended September 30, 1999,
December 31, 1999, and March 31, 2000.
(c) Section 3.4(d) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
to add the following before the period:
; provided that the foregoing shall not apply after
the New Diamond Implementation other than with
respect to TWE and its Subsidiaries and TWEAN and its
Subsidiaries. Since December 31, 1999, there has been
no material adverse change in the business, assets,
operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of
AOL Time Warner and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole (such change to be determined after assuming
the Mergers had occurred on December 31, 1999);
provided that the foregoing shall not apply before
the New Diamond Implementation.
(d) The following shall be added as Section 3.4(e):
(e) Each of the pro forma Financial
Statements of AOL Time Warner giving effect to the
Mergers contained in any filing with the SEC or
provided to the Lenders in connection with Amendment
No. 1 (including the notes thereto) (i) complies as
to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of Regulation S-X
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promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) has been
prepared in accordance with the SEC rules and
guidelines with respect to pro forma financial
statements, and (iii) has been properly computed on
the bases described therein, except that, in the case
of clauses (i) and (ii), the pro forma Financial
Statements not filed with the SEC exclude Warner EMI
Group. The assumptions used in the preparation of
such pro forma Financial Statements were reasonable
when made and the adjustments used therein were
appropriate to give effect to the transactions or
circumstances referred to therein.
(e) Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace each reference to "TWI" with ", following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner".
(f) Section 3.6 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add "or, following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner" after each reference to
"Borrowers" or "Borrower".
(g) Section 3.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the following after the second sentence:
As of the date of Amendment No. 1, all information
heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on
behalf of any Company, when taken together with the
reports and other filings with the SEC made under the
Exchange Act by TWI, TWE, TWIC and AOL after June 30,
1999 and prior to the date of Amendment No. 1, is,
and all other such information hereafter furnished,
including all information contained in any of the
Documents, including any annexes or schedules
thereto, by or on behalf of any Company to or on
behalf of any Lender is and will be (as of their
respective dates and the effective date of Amendment
No. 1), true and accurate in all material respects
and not incomplete by omitting to state a material
fact necessary to make such information not
misleading at such time. There is no fact of which
any Borrower or, after the Mergers, AOL Time Warner
is aware which has not been disclosed to the Lenders
in writing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
prior to the date of Amendment No. 1 and which,
singly or in the aggregate with all such other facts
of which such Borrower or, after the Mergers, AOL
Time Warner is aware, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 1.03. Conditions. Article IV of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended as follows:
(a) The word "Borrowing" in the last sentence of Section 4.4
of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced with the words "Credit Event".
(b) The following shall be added as Section 4.5 of the Credit
Agreement:
Section 4.5. New Diamond Implementation. The
effectiveness of the New Diamond Implementation is
subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Guarantees. The AOL Guarantee and each
Guarantee required by Section 5.13 shall have been
duly executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
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(b) Corporate Proceedings. All corporate,
partnership, legal and other proceedings in
connection with the authorization, execution and
delivery of the Guarantees referred to in Section
4.5(a) and the transactions to occur at the New
Diamond Implementation shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
have received all information and copies of all
certificates, documents and papers, including records
of corporate, partnership and other proceedings and
governmental approvals, if any, which the
Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested in
connection therewith, such documents and papers where
appropriate to be certified by proper corporate or
partnership authorities or Governmental Authorities.
(c) Opinion of Counsel. The Administrative
Agent shall have received an opinion in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender and dated the date of the New
Diamond Implementation, from Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx or such other counsel for the
Credit Parties acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, which opinion shall cover such matters as the
Administrative Agent reasonably requests and shall be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, with such changes and covering
such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably agree to or request. The Credit Parties
hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinion.
SECTION 1.04. Affirmative Covenants. Article V of the Credit Agreement
shall be amended as follows:
(a) The lead-in to Article V of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended to replace "TWI (prior to the Diamond Implementation as to Sections 5.1,
5.2, 5.9 and 5.11 only) and each Borrower" with "each Borrower (for itself and
its Subsidiaries) and, following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner".
(b) Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace the lead-in "(x) Prior to the Diamond Implementation TWI and such
Borrower and (y) at or after the Diamond Implementation, each Test Party" with
"Each Test Party and, following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner".
(c) Section 5.1(f) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace "TWI or such Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries" with
"such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, following the Mergers, AOL Time
Warner or any of its Subsidiaries".
(d) Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace "TWI and such Borrower" with "such Borrower and, following the Mergers,
AOL Time Warner".
(e) Each of Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.9(b) of the
Credit Agreement shall be amended to add "and, after the New Diamond
Implementation, AOL Time Warner" after the words "Such Borrower" or "such
Borrower".
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(f) Section 5.9(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
to add the following after the period:
Except to the extent the Administrative Agent
otherwise consents in writing with respect to
Subsidiaries that (x) are not Material Subsidiaries
or (y) are Foreign Subsidiaries, within a reasonable
time after the Mergers, AOL Time Warner and its
Subsidiaries will have the same financial reporting
periods as TWI and its Subsidiaries.
(g) Section 5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced
with the following:
(a) Such Borrower and, following the New
Diamond Implementation, AOL Time Warner will cause
each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that provides
credit support with respect to any Indebtedness of
TWI or any of TWI's Subsidiaries or of AOL Time
Warner or any of AOL Time Warner's Subsidiaries (in
each case, other than Subsidiaries of such Restricted
Subsidiary) to execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guarantee,
guaranteeing the Obligations of such Borrower or,
following the New Diamond Implementation, AOL Time
Warner.
(h) Section 5.13(e) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
to replace "Section 5.13(b), (c) or (d)" with "Section 5.13(b), (c), (d) or
(g)".
(i) Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
re-letter paragraph "(g)" as "(h)" and to add the following as paragraph (g):
(g) At and following the New Diamond
Implementation, AOL Time Warner will cause its
Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guarantee,
guaranteeing the Obligations of AOL Time Warner, to
the extent necessary so that the aggregate amount of
Specified Indebtedness owed by Restricted
Subsidiaries of AOL Time Warner (other than any
Borrower and any Subsidiary of any Borrower) that are
not Guarantors does not exceed $150.0 million.
SECTION 1.05. Negative Covenants. Article VI of the Credit Agreement shall
be amended as follows:
(a) The lead-in to Article VI of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended to replace "TWI (prior to the Diamond Implementation as to Section
6.3(c) only) and each Borrower, or Test Party, as applicable (for itself and its
Subsidiaries)" with "each Borrower, Test Party or, following the Mergers, AOL
Time Warner, as applicable (for itself and its Subsidiaries)".
(b) Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the letter "(a)" immediately after the words "Changes in Business" and to
add the following as Section 6.1(b):
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(b) Following the New Diamond Implementation
Date, AOL Time Warner will not, and will not cause or
permit any of its Restricted Material Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, alter in a fundamental
and substantial manner the character or scope of the
businesses of AOL Time Warner and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole from that conducted by its
respective businesses immediately prior to the New
Diamond Implementation Date.
(c) Each of Sections 6.2(b), 6.3, 6.5, 6.8, 6.10 and 6.11 of
the Credit Agreement shall be amended to replace "Such Borrower" with "Each of
such Borrower and, following the New Diamond Implementation, AOL Time Warner".
(d) The following shall be added as Section 6.2(e):
(e) After the Mergers and prior to the New
Diamond Implementation, AOL Time Warner will not
enter into a transaction of consolidation or merger
unless (i) AOL Time Warner shall survive the
consolidation or merger or (ii) such consolidation or
merger is with any Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary of any Borrower and the survivor of such
consolidation or merger enters into an assumption
agreement substantially similar to the Assumption
Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. After the New Diamond
Implementation, AOL Time Warner will not enter into a
transaction of consolidation or merger unless (i)
before and after giving effect on a pro forma basis
to such consolidation or merger, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and (ii) AOL Time
Warner shall survive the consolidation or merger,
unless such consolidation or merger is with any
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower
and the survivor of such consolidation or merger
assumes all of the Obligations of AOL Time Warner on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(e) Section 6.3(b) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
(I) to replace each reference to "Borrower" in clause (ii) with "Test Party",
(II) to add at the end of clause (iii) the following:
and Liens securing Indebtedness of AOL Time Warner or
any Subsidiary of AOL Time Warner to AOL Time Warner
or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of AOL
Time Warner;
and (III) to add before the period the following:
; and
(ix) any Lien securing assets of AOL or any
of its Subsidiaries; provided that such Lien shall be
outstanding at the time of the Mergers, shall not be
created in contemplation of or in connection with the
Mergers and shall not be, directly or indirectly,
recourse (including by way of setoff) to any Company
or any asset thereof other than to AOL or any of its
Subsidiaries and the assets thereof
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and (IV) to replace each reference to "TWI" with "(x) prior to the Mergers, TWI
and (y) after the Mergers, AOL Time Warner".
(f) Section 6.3(c) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
(I) to add "Before the Mergers," before the first sentence, (II) to add the
following after the first sentence:
After the Mergers, AOL Time Warner will not cause or
permit any Capital Stock owned by it or any of its
Subsidiaries in any Borrower to be subject to any
Lien.
and (III) to replace each reference in the last two sentences to "Borrower" with
"Test Party".
(g) Section 6.4(II) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
(I) to replace in the lead-in "(other than a Borrower)" with "(other than a
Borrower or AOL)" and (II) to add before the period the following:
; or
(x) with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries
of AOL, Indebtedness of up to $350.0 million in the
aggregate at any time outstanding
(h) Section 6.4 (III) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
to replace "TWI, TWCI or TBS or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries"
with "any Test Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Test Party".
(i) Section 6.6(b) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
(I) to replace the reference in the first paragraph to "TWI" with the following:
(i) prior to Mergers and the New Diamond
Implementation, TWI, (ii) after the Mergers and prior
to the New Diamond Implementation, AOL Time Warner or
any of its Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries of
TWI and (iii) after the New Diamond Implementation,
AOL Time Warner
and (II) to replace "(ii) in the case of TWI or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries" with the following:
(ii) prior to the New Diamond Implementation, in the
case of TWI or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
and after the New Diamond Implementation, in the case
of AOL Time Warner or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries
and (III) to add after each other reference to "TWI" with "or AOL Time Warner,
as applicable".
(j) Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the following before the period:
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and (v) after the Mergers, transactions between or
among AOL, TWI and/or one or more of their respective
Subsidiaries existing at the time of the Mergers or
of the type existing at the time of the Mergers and
consistent with past practice; provided, further,
that after the New Diamond Implementation, each
reference in this Section 6.7 to "Such Borrower" and
"such Borrower" shall be deemed to be to "AOL Time
Warner"
(k) Section 6.9(II) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
to replace each reference to "TWI" with "prior to the New Diamond
Implementation, TWI, and after the New Diamond Implementation, AOL Time Warner".
(l) Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the following after the period:
TWI will not cause or permit to be amended, modified
or waived, in any respect that would be materially
adverse to the Lenders, any provision of the Merger
Agreement or the EMI Agreement without the consent of
the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(m) Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in
its entirety by "[Intentionally Omitted.]".
(n) Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended (I)
to replace in the second sentence of paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) "Such
Borrower" with "Each of such Borrower and, after the New Diamond Implementation,
AOL Time Warner" and (II) to add before ";" in clause (i) of paragraph (a) the
following: "or, in the case of any Subsidiary of AOL, within 90 days after the
closing of the Mergers".
SECTION 1.06. Events of Default. Article VII shall be amended as
follows:
(a) Section 7.3 shall be amended to add "or, after the
Mergers, AOL Time Warner" after the words "Any Borrower".
(b) Section 7.4 shall be amended to add "or AOL Time Warner"
after the words "any Borrower".
(c) Each of Sections 7.5 and 7.7 and the paragraph beginning
"THEN" shall be amended to replace each reference to "TWI" with "AOL Time Warner
(after the Mergers only)".
(d) Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
delete "(x) any Borrower from Incurring or repaying Indebtedness or (y)".
(e) The following shall be added at the end of Section 7.12
of the Credit Agreement:
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or
SECTION 7.13. Assumption Agreement. AOL Time
Warner shall not have executed and delivered the
Assumption Agreement to the Administrative Agent
substantially simultaneously with the consummation of
the Mergers; or
SECTION 7.14. New Diamond Implementation.
The New Diamond Implementation shall not be effected
at or prior to the date and time at which AOL Time
Warner or any of its Subsidiaries (other than TWI and
its Subsidiaries) shall guarantee any issue or series
of long-term debt securities of TWI or any of its
Subsidiaries;
SECTION 1.07. Miscellaneous.
(a) Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace the word "Borrower" with "Credit Party".
(b) Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
replace "by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or by the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders" with the
following:
(x) by the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and,
following the Mergers, AOL Time Warner, or (y) by the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent with the consent
of the Required Lenders and, following the Mergers,
AOL Time Warner
(c) Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add "or AOL Time Warner" after each reference to "Borrowers".
(d) Section 9.16 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
add the following before the end of the first sentence: "and (z) in the case of
AOL Time Warner, the pro forma Financial Statements for the year ended December
31, 1999".
(e) Schedule A to the Credit Agreement shall be amended and
restated in the form attached to this Amendment as Exhibit C.
ARTICLE TWO
WAIVERS
SECTION 2.01. Change of Control. The Lenders hereby waive the Event of
Default under Section 7.8 of the Credit Agreement that would occur by reason of
consummation of the Mergers.
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SECTION 2.02. EMI Joint Venture. The Lenders hereby expressly consent
to the contribution of TWI's Warner Music Group to the joint venture to be
formed between TWI and EMI Group plc pursuant to the EMI Agreement, and waive
any Event of Default that would occur as a result of a breach of Section 6.2 by
reason of such contribution.
ARTICLE THREE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties in Credit Agreement. Each
of the representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement, as in effect on
the date hereof, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
date hereof as if made on the date hereof, except to the extent it expressly
relates to another date. As of the date of the New Diamond Implementation, each
of the representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement, as proposed to be
amended by this Amendment, will be true and correct in all material respects on
and as of such date as if made on such date, except to the extent it expressly
relates to another date.
SECTION 3.02. Schedule A to Credit Agreement. Exhibit C hereto sets
forth a true and complete list of (i) all Guarantors on the date hereof and (ii)
all Persons that are required as a result of the New Diamond Implementation to
become Guarantors under the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
SECTION 3.03. Merger Documents; EMI Documents. The Borrowers have
delivered to the Administrative Agent true and complete copies of the Merger
Agreement, the EMI Agreement and all schedules, annexes, exhibits and other
attachments to each of them and all amendments or supplements to each of them
entered into on or prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE FOUR
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above
written when, and only when, each of the following conditions have been
satisfied:
SECTION 4.01. Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall have
received counterparts of this Amendment executed by each Borrower and the
Required Lenders.
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SECTION 4.02. No Default. Before and after giving effect to this
Amendment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received an Officers' Certificate to that effect
and to the effect that the representations and warranties in Article III of this
Amendment are true and correct in all material respects.
SECTION 4.03. Payment of Consent Fee. The Borrower shall have delivered
to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender that
executes and delivers a counterpart of this Amendment on or prior to the later
of (x) 3:00 pm (New York time) on June 30, 2000 and (y) the date on which the
Required Lenders have executed and delivered a counterpart of this Amendment to
the Administrative Agent (collectively, the "Consenting Lenders"), a consent fee
equal to 0.03% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Consenting
Lenders. Such fee shall be paid in immediately available funds to the account
specified by the Administrative Agent for payments under the Credit Agreement.
All fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including fees and expenses
of its counsel) in connection with this Amendment shall have been paid.
SECTION 4.04. Opinion of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have
received an opinion in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and
dated the date hereof, from Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx or such
other counsel for the Credit Parties acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
which opinion shall cover such matters as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers hereby request such counsel to deliver
such opinion.
SECTION 4.05. Corporate Proceedings. All corporate, partnership, legal
and other proceedings shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received all
information and copies of all certificates, documents and papers, including
records of corporate, partnership and other proceedings and governmental
approvals, if any, which the Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested
in connection therewith, such documents and papers where appropriate to be
certified by proper corporate or partnership authorities or Governmental
Authorities.
ARTICLE FIVE
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 5.01. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without giving
effect to any provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law).
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SECTION 5.02. Ratification of Credit Agreement. Except as amended or
waived herein, the Credit Agreement is hereby ratified in all respects.
SECTION 5.03. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the date first
above written.
TIME WARNER INC.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
TIME WARNER COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
XXXXXX BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT-
ADVANCE/XXXXXXXX PARTNERSHIP
By: TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT
COMPANY, L.P., Its Managing Partner
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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TWI CABLE INC.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as a Lender and as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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as a Lender (please print name of institution)
By:
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Name:
Title:
if second signature is necessary:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Exhibit A
[Form of]
Assumption Agreement
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of
November 10, 1997, as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), among Time Warner Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, Time Warner Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Xxxxxx Broadcasting System, Inc., a Georgia corporation, TWI Cable Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Xxxxxxxx Partnership, a
New York general partnership, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent
(the "Administrative Agent"), and the Lenders party thereto from time to time.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
This is the Assumption Agreement referred to in the Credit
Agreement. AOL Time Warner hereby agrees to become party to the Credit Agreement
and to be bound by all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement applicable to
it. AOL Time Warner represents and warrants that all of the representations and
warranties applicable to it in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Assumption Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the
date first above written.
AOL TIME WARNER INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit B
[Form of]
AOL Guarantee
Reference is made the Credit Agreement dated as of November
10, 1997, as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), among AOL Time Warner Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation, Time Warner
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Xxxxxx Broadcasting System, Inc., a
Georgia corporation, TWI Cable Inc., a Delaware corporation, Time Warner
Entertainment Company, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Time Warner
Entertainment-Advance/Xxxxxxxx Partnership, a New York general partnership, The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent (the "Agent"), and the Lenders
party thereto from time to time (the Agent and the Lenders each, a "Guaranteed
Party" and collectively, the "Guaranteed Parties"). Capitalized terms used but
notdefined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
R E C I T A L S :
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to
make Loans to the Borrowers upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
The Guaranteed Parties have required that this Guarantee be executed
and delivered by the undersigned (the "Guarantors") in connection with the
making of the Loans by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the Guarantors
desire to make this Guarantee.
A G R E E M E N T :
In consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
Such Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance of all Obligations
(other than Obligations of any TWE Entity) when any of the same shall become due
and payable, whether at stated maturity, by required payment, declaration,
demand or otherwise (including amounts which would be paid but for the operation
of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any other
provision of bankruptcy law) and agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by
any Guaranteed Party in enforcing any rights under this Guarantee together with
any accrued but unpaid interest on such Obligations (including, without
limitation, interest which, but for the filing of a
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petition of bankruptcy, would have accrued on such Obligations) (the "Guaranteed
Obligations").
The standard provisions contained in Attachment A hereto are
incorporated herein and made a part hereto as if set forth fully herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Guarantee to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the date first
above written.
AOL TIME WARNER INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit C
[Form of Amended and Restated
Schedule A to Credit Agreement]
Guarantors
A. TWE Partner Guarantors
1. American Television and Communications Corporation
2. Warner Communications Inc.
B. Guarantor Under TWI Guarantee
1. Time Warner Inc.
C. TWEAN Holder Guarantors
1. None
D. Subsidiary Guarantors
[1. None]
E. Guarantor Under TWE Guarantee
1. TWE
F. Guarantor Under Paragon Guarantee
1. Paragon
G. Guarantors Under TWIC Guarantee
1. Time Warner Inc.
2. Time Warner Companies, Inc.
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H. Guarantors Under Diamond Guarantee
1. Time Warner Inc.
2. Time Warner Companies, Inc.
3. Xxxxxx Broadcasting System, Inc.
4. TWI Cable Inc.
I. Guarantors Under AOL Guarantee(a)
1. AOL Time Warner Inc.
2. America Online, Inc.
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(a) Not executed and delivered until New Diamond Implementation.
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