SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of June 19, 2007 Among CIGNA CORPORATION THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN and CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES...
Exhibit
10.1
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND
LETTER
OF
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of June 19, 2007
Among
CIGNA
CORPORATION
THE
BANKS
NAMED HEREIN
and
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
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CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
BANC
OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, and
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent
THE
BANK
OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
NEW
YORK
BRANCH and
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Co-Documentation Agents
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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SECTION
1.01.
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Certain
Defined Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Computation
of Time Periods
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11
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SECTION
1.03.
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Accounting
Terms; Terms Generally
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11
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ARTICLE
II LETTERS OF CREDIT
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12
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SECTION
2.01.
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Letters
of Credit
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12
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SECTION
2.02.
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Reimbursement
for LC Disbursements, Cover, Etc.
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14
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SECTION
2.03.
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LC
Disbursement Procedures
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16
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SECTION
2.04.
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Interest
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16
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SECTION
2.05.
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Provision
of Cover
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16
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SECTION
2.06.
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Replacement
of an Issuing Bank
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17
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ARTICLE
III ADVANCES
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18
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SECTION
3.01.
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The
Advances
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18
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SECTION
3.02.
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Making
the Advances
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18
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SECTION
3.03.
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Notes
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19
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SECTION
3.04.
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Termination,
Reduction, Extension or Increase of the Revolving Credit
Commitments
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19
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SECTION
3.05.
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Repayment
of Advances and Evidence of Indebtedness
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22
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SECTION
3.06.
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Interest
on Advances
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23
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SECTION
3.07.
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Interest
Rate Determination
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23
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SECTION
3.08.
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Optional
Conversion of Advances
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24
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SECTION
3.09.
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Optional
Prepayments of Advances
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25
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SECTION
3.10.
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Use
of Proceeds
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25
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ARTICLE
IV FEES; CERTAIN COMMON PROVISIONS
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25
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SECTION
4.01.
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Fees
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25
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SECTION
4.02.
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Increased
Costs
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26
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SECTION
4.03.
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Illegality
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26
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SECTION
4.04.
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Payments
and Computations
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27
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SECTION
4.05.
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Taxes
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28
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ARTICLE
V EFFECTIVE DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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29
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SECTION
5.01.
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Effective
Date
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29
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SECTION
5.02.
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Conditions
Precedent to Each Extension of Credit and Each Amendment of each
Letter of
Credit
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30
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ARTICLE
VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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31
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SECTION
6.01.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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31
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ARTICLE
VII COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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32
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SECTION
7.01.
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Affirmative
Covenants
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32
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SECTION
7.02.
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Negative
Covenants
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34
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ARTICLE
VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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35
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SECTION
8.01.
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Events
of Default
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35
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ARTICLE
IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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37
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SECTION
9.01.
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Authorization
and Action
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37
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SECTION
9.02.
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Administrative
Agent’s Reliance, Etc.
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37
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SECTION
9.03.
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Citibank
and Affiliates
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37
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SECTION
9.04.
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Bank
Credit Decision
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37
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SECTION
9.05.
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Indemnification
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37
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SECTION
9.06.
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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38
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SECTION
9.07.
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Joint
Lead Arrangers
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38
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SECTION
9.08.
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Trust
Indenture Act
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38
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ARTICLE
X MISCELLANEOUS
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38
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SECTION
10.01.
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Amendments,
Etc.
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38
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SECTION
10.02.
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Notices,
Etc.
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39
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SECTION
10.03.
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No
Waiver; Remedies
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41
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SECTION
10.04.
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Costs,
Expenses and Indemnification
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41
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SECTION
10.05.
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Binding
Effect
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42
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SECTION
10.06.
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Assignments
and Participations
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42
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SECTION
10.07.
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
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45
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SECTION
10.08.
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Severability
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45
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SECTION
10.09.
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Execution
in Counterparts
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45
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SECTION
10.10.
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Survival
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45
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SECTION
10.11.
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Sharing
of Set-Offs, Etc.
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45
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SECTION
10.12.
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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46
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SECTION
10.13.
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Confidentiality
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46
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SECTION
10.14.
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USA
PATRIOT Act
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46
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SCHEDULE
1
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COMMITMENTS
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SCHEDULE
2
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PRICING
SCHEDULE
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SCHEDULE
3
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EXISTING
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
A-1
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Form
of Arbor Letter of Credit
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EXHIBIT
A-2
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Form
of Notice of Issuance
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EXHIBIT
A-3
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Form
of Notice of Increase
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EXHIBIT
A-4
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Form
of Notice of Reduction
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EXHIBIT
B
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Form
of Notice of Borrowing
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EXHIBIT
C
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-
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Form
of Note
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EXHIBIT
D
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Form
of Assignment and Assumption
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EXHIBIT
E
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Form
of Opinion of Counsel of Company
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EXHIBIT
F
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Form
of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to
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Administrative
Agent
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 19, 2007 among CIGNA
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns,
the “Company”), the financial institutions (together with their
respective successors and assigns and each financial institution that becomes
a
lender pursuant to Sections 3.04(e) and 3.04(f), each a “Bank” and,
collectively, the “Banks”) listed under the heading “Banks” on the
signature pages hereof, and CITIBANK, N.A. (“Citibank”), as
administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) as herein provided.
The
Company, certain banks and
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit and Letter of Credit Agreement dated as of May 11, 2006 (the
“Existing Agreement”). The Company has requested that the
Banks amend the Existing Agreement in certain respects and, as so amended,
to
restate the Existing Agreement, and the parties are prepared to do so on the
terms and conditions hereof. Accordingly, effective on the Effective
Date as hereinafter defined, the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of
the terms defined):
“Additional
Commitment Bank” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Administrative
Agent” has the meaning set forth in the introduction hereto.
“Administrative
Agent’s Account” means the account of the Administrative Agent maintained by
the Administrative Agent at Citibank at Xxx Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, ABA#000000000, Account No. 3685 2248, Account
Name: NAIB Agency Medium Term Finance/Reference: CIGNA,
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, or such other account as may from time to
time be designated by the Administrative Agent to the Company and the Banks
in
writing.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.
“Advance”
means an advance by a Bank to the Company as part of a Borrowing and refers
to a
Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of which shall be a
“Type” of Advance).
“Affiliate”
means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person.
“Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate” means, for any Rating Level Period, the rate per annum
set forth in Schedule 2 opposite the reference to such Rating Level Period
under the heading “Applicable Commitment Fee Rate”. Each change in
the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a Rating Level Change shall
be
effective on the date of such Rating Level Change.
“Applicable
Issuing Office” means, with respect to any Bank, such office of such Bank as
such Bank may from time to time specify to the Company and the Administrative
Agent as the office at which it participates in Letters of Credit.
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“Applicable
Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, such Bank’s Domestic
Lending Office in the case of any Base Rate Advance and such Bank’s Eurodollar
Lending Office in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Advance.
“Applicable
Margin” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, for any Rating
Level Period, the rate per annum set forth in Schedule 2 opposite the
reference to such Rating Level Period under the heading “Applicable
Margin”. Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a Rating
Level Change shall be effective on the date of such Rating Level
Change.
“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Bank, at any time, the ratio,
expressed as a percentage, of (i) the aggregate amount of such Bank’s Commitment
at such time to (ii) the Total Commitments at such time.
“Arbor”
means Arbor Reinsurance Company, Limited, an indirect subsidiary of the Company
organized under the laws of Bermuda.
“Arbor
Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit (which shall be a Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit hereunder) issued hereunder in favor of Connecticut General
for
the account of Arbor, for the purpose of enabling Connecticut General to obtain
statutory reserve credit for cessions to non-admitted reinsurers, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-1.
“Assignment
and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Bank
and an Eligible Bank (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by
Section 10.06), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“Bank”
and “Banks” have the meanings set forth in the introduction hereto (and
shall include each Issuing Bank unless the context otherwise
requires).
“Base
Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect
from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the
higher of:
(a) the
rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York from
time
to time as Citibank’s base rate; and
(b) 0.50%
per annum above the Federal Funds Rate for such day.
“Base
Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in
Section 3.06(a).
“Beneficiary”
means the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit.
“Borrowing”
means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of the same Type made
by
each of the Banks pursuant to Section 3.01.
“Business
Day” means a day of the year on which commercial banks are not required or
authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business
Day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, on which dealings in foreign currencies
and exchange between banks may be carried out in the London interbank
market.
“Change
in Control” means any of the following events:
(a) the
Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with another corporation
or other Person, and as a result of such merger, consolidation or reorganization
less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the corporation or
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other
Person that is the survivor of such merger, consolidation or reorganization
immediately after such transaction is held in the aggregate by the holders
of
Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction; or
(b) the
Company sells all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation
or
other Person, and less than a majority of the combined voting power of the
then
outstanding securities of such corporation or other Person immediately after
such transaction is held in the aggregate by the holders of Voting Stock
immediately prior to such sale; or
(c) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable, except that for purposes
of this paragraph (c) such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership” of all shares that such person or group has the right to acquire,
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time)
is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3
promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more
than
30% of the aggregate voting power of all Voting Stock; or
(d) during
any period of 25 consecutive calendar months, a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company shall no longer be composed of individuals (i) who
were
members of said Board on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election
or nomination to said Board was approved by individuals referred to in
clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at
least a majority of said Board or (iii) whose election or nomination to
said Board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of said Board.
“Citibank”
means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors and
assigns.
“Collateral
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).
“Commitment”
means, at any time, for any Bank, the amount set forth opposite the name of
such
Bank on Schedule 1 (or (i) if such Bank has entered into an Assignment and
Assumption, the amount set forth for such Bank in the register maintained by
the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.06(b), or (ii) if such Bank has
become a Bank pursuant to Sections 3.04(e) or 3.04(f), the amount set forth
in
the instrument by which such Bank became a party hereto), subject to the
provisions of Sections 3.04(b) and 3.04(f) relating to reductions and
increases of the Commitments.
“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the introduction hereto.
“Confidential
Information” means information that the Company furnishes to the
Administrative Agent or any Bank in a writing designated as confidential, but
does not include any such information that is or becomes generally available
to
the public or that is or becomes rightfully available to the Administrative
Agent or such Bank from a source other than the Company.
“Confirming
Bank” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit and any Bank, any other
bank that has confirmed, by a document acceptable to the Beneficiary, the
obligations of such Bank under such Letter of Credit.
“Connecticut
General” means Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, a Connecticut
life insurance company.
“Consolidated
Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts
of which would, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
be
consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements
if such statements were prepared as of such date.
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“Continue”
and “Continuation” refers to the continuation of Eurodollar Rate Advances
from one Interest Period to the next as Eurodollar Rate Advances.
“Continuing
Banks” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Convert”,
“Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to a conversion of
Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 3.07
or
3.08.
“Cover”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).
“Debt”
of any Person means (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(b) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (c) obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, (d) obligations of such
Person as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases,
(e) Debt of others secured by a Lien on the property of such Person,
whether or not the respective Debt so secured has been assumed by such Person
(but excluding, in the case of this clause (e), involuntary Liens on the
property of such Person that are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto
are
maintained on the books of such Person), and (f) obligations of such Person
under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others
of
the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above (but excluding, in
the case of this clause (f), involuntary obligations of such Person that
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such
Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles);
provided that the term “Debt” shall exclude Non-Recourse
Debt.
“Declining
Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(g).
“Default”
means an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
Event
of Default.
“Disclosed
Litigation” means the legal actions or proceedings disclosed in the report
of the Company on form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K most recently filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission prior to the date hereof.
“Dollars”
and the sign “$” mean lawful money in the United States of
America.
“Domestic
Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank
specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” in its Administrative Questionnaire,
or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify
to
the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Effective
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Eligible
Bank” means a financial institution that meets the requirements of
Connecticut General Statutes Section 38a-87(a), as from time to time
amended to be a “qualified United States financial institution”, including the
requirement that such financial institution be an NAIC Approved Bank (it being
understood that neither the Company nor any Affiliate thereof may be an Eligible
Bank).
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
“Eurodollar
Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank
specified as its “Eurodollar Lending Office” in its Administrative Questionnaire
(or, if no such office is
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specified,
its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Bank as such Bank
may
from time to time specify to the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
“Eurodollar
Rate” means, for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Borrowing, an interest rate per annum appearing
on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on any successor or substitute page or service
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page,
as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
the date two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period as
the
rate for Dollar deposits having a term comparable to such Interest Period,
or in
the event such offered rate is not available from Reuters Page LIBOR01, the
rate
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded to the nearer
whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a multiple)
of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal
office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in
the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
date two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s Advance comprising part of
such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a
period comparable to such Interest Period.
“Eurodollar
Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section
3.06(b).
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introduction
hereto.
“Existing
Letter of Credit” means each letter of credit described on Schedule
3.
“Existing
Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Extension
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Extension
Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Federal
Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published
by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day,
and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day as provided in clause (i), the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
the average rate quoted to the Person serving as Administrative Agent on such
day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Final
Maturity Date” means the last day of the Revolving Credit Availability
Period.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Fitch
Rating” means, at any time, the rating of the Index Debt then most recently
announced by Fitch.
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“Fronted
Letter of Credit” means (i) any letter of credit issued by an Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(1)(ii) and (ii) each of the Existing Letters of
Credit, and in each case any Replacement Letter of Credit therefor.
“Increase
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(f).
“Index
Debt” means long-term senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced indebtedness of
the Company for borrowed money.
“Initial
Banks” means each of the financial institutions and other institutional
lenders listed on the signature pages hereof.
“Insurance
Regulatory Authority” means, as to any Material Insurance Subsidiary, the
insurance department or similar administrative authority or agency located
in
the state in which such Material Insurance Subsidiary is domiciled.
“Interest
Period” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance
or
the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate
Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Company
pursuant to the provisions below and thereafter each subsequent period
commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and
ending on the last day of the period selected by the Company pursuant to the
provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be
one, two, three or six months, as the Company may, upon notice received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select;
provided that:
(1) any
Interest Period that would otherwise begin before and end after the Final
Maturity Date shall end on the Final Maturity Date;
(2) Interest
Periods commencing on the same date for Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising
part
of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(3) whenever
the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than
a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to fall
on
the next succeeding Business Day, except that if such extension would cause
the
last day of such Interest Period to fall in the next following calendar month,
the last day of such Interest Period shall fall on the next preceding Business
Day; and
(4) whenever
the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar
month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to
the
number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on
the
last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
“Issuing
Bank” means each Bank designated as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder that has
agreed to such designation and has been approved as an “Issuing Bank” by the
Administrative Agent and the Company in their reasonable discretion, each in
its
capacity as the issuer of Fronted Letters of Credit hereunder, and its
successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06. Each
Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Fronted Letters
of
Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term
“Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Fronted Letters
of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Each Bank identified on
Schedule 3 as the Issuing Bank in respect of an Existing Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be an Issuing Bank.
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“LC
Disbursement” means each payment made by a Bank or an Issuing Bank pursuant
to a Letter of Credit.
“LC
Expiry Date” means, at any time for any Letter of Credit, the expiry date of
such Letter of Credit.
“LC
Exposure” means, at any time, for any Bank, the sum of (i) such Bank’s
Applicable Percentage of the undrawn portion of the Maximum Amount of all
Letters of Credit at such time plus (ii) such Bank’s Applicable
Percentage of the aggregate amount of any and all LC Disbursements that
have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such
time.
“LC
Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Company under
Section 2.02 to reimburse to each Bank the amount of each LC Disbursement
by such Bank.
“LC
Sublimit” means $1,250,000,000.
“Letter
of Credit” means any Multi-Bank Letter of Credit or Fronted Letter of
Credit, including any Replacement Letter of Credit.
“Leverage
Ratio” means, at any time, the ratio of (i) Total Consolidated Debt
to (ii) Total Consolidated Capitalization; provided that
the Leverage Ratio shall be computed without taking into account (x) “Net
unrealized appreciation, fixed maturities” as determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the consolidated balance sheets
of
the Company or (y) “Postretirement pension benefits liability adjustment” as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
consolidated balance sheets of the Company.
“Lien”
means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind,
or
any other type of preferential arrangement, including the lien or retained
security title of a conditional vendor.
“Majority
Banks” means, at any time, Banks having more than 51% of the sum of the then
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposures and LC
Exposures.
“Margin
Stock” means margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as from time to time
amended.
“Material
Adverse Change” or “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse
change in or a material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial
or otherwise), operations, performance or properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes.
“Material
Insurance Subsidiary” means a Material Subsidiary that is licensed to do a
life insurance business.
“Material
Subsidiary” means:
(a) Connecticut
General; and
(b) each
other Subsidiary of the Company (i) whose assets constitute 10% or more of
the total assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (determined
on
a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles) or (ii) whose revenues constituted 10% or more of
the total revenues of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (determined
on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles) during the most recently concluded fiscal year
of the Company.
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“Maximum
Amount” of any Letter of Credit means the amount specified in such Letter of
Credit as the maximum aggregate amount that may be drawn
thereunder.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Xxxxx’x
Rating” means, at any time, the rating of the Index Debt then most recently
announced by Moody’s.
“Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued by the Banks pursuant to
Section 2.01(a)(1)(i) (including any Replacement Letter of Credit
therefor).
“NAIC”
means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and any successor
thereto.
“NAIC
Approved Bank” means (a) any Bank that is a bank listed on the most current
Bank List (the “NAIC Bank List”) of banks determined by the Securities
Valuation Office of the NAIC and approved by the NAIC as banks whose letters
of
credit will be acceptable to the NAIC or (b) any Bank as to which its Confirming
Bank is a bank listed on the NAIC Bank List.
“New/Increasing
Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(f).
“Non-Extending
Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Non-Recourse
Debt” means any
Debt of the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any consolidated
variable interest entities shown on a separate line of the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet as “non-recourse obligations” if, and so long as,
such Debt meets the requirements of clause (a) or clause (b) below,
provided that Debt will not fail to qualify as Non-Recourse Debt or be
considered an indirect liability of the company solely because a Company
Subsidiary has indemnified any lender in respect of such Debt against damages
resulting from exceptions to non-recourse liability in general usage in the
relevant industry at the time such Debt is incurred (such as fraud, waste,
misapplication of funds, failure to maintain insurance coverage, and
environmental liability):
(a) (i)
the instruments governing such Debt limit the recourse (whether direct or
indirect) of the holder or holders thereof against the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the payment of such Debt to the property securing such Debt
and
(ii) if such Debt is incurred after the date hereof by the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof, the property securing such Debt is not material to the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined at the time such
Debt is incurred; or
(b) (i)
the sole obligors of
such Debt are (x) a corporation or other entity (such obligor, a “Specified
Entity”) formed solely for the purpose of owning (or owning and operating)
property which is (or may be) subject to Lien securing such Debt and (y) other
entities that are not Company Subsidiaries or other entities in which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary holds a direct or indirect ownership or other
beneficial interest, (ii) such Specified Entity owns no other material
property, (iii) the sole collateral security provided by the Company and its
Subsidiaries with respect to such Debt (if any) consists of property owned
by
such Specified Entity and/or the capital stock of (or equivalent ownership
interests in) such Specified Entity and (iv) neither the Company nor any of
its
other Subsidiaries has any liability, direct or indirect, in respect of such
Debt other than indemnification obligations to any lender in respect of such
Debt against damages resulting from exceptions to nonrecourse liability in
general usage in the relevant industry at the time such Debt is incurred such
as
fraud, waste, misapplication of funds, failure to maintain insurance coverage,
and environmental liability).
“Note”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
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“Notice
of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).
“Notice
of Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(e).
“Notice
of Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(e).
“Notice
of Reduction” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(e).
“OECD”
means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
“Other
Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
“Outside
Expiry Date” means the date ten Business Days prior to the Termination
Date.
“Permitted
Investments” means securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the
Government of the United States of America or any agency thereof and securities
issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the central government of any country
that is a member of the OECD, rated AA or better (or the
equivalent).
“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust),
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“Quarterly
Dates” means the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December in each year, the first of which shall be the first such day after
the date hereof.
“Rating”
means the Xxxxx’x Rating, the S&P Rating or the Fitch Rating, as the case
may be.
“Rating
Level Change” means a change in the Xxxxx’x Rating, the S&P Rating, or
the Fitch Rating, that results in a change from one Rating Level Period to
another, which Rating Level Change shall be deemed to take effect on the date
on
which the relevant change in rating is first announced by Xxxxx’x, S&P or
Fitch.
“Rating
Level Period” means a Rating Level 1 Period, a Rating Level 2
Period, a Rating Level 3 Period, a Rating Level 4 Period, a Rating
Level 5 Period or a Rating Level 6 Period; provided
that:
(i)
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“Rating
Level 1 Period” means a period during which the Xxxxx’x Rating is at
or above A2, the S&P Rating is at or above A or the Fitch Rating is at
or above A;
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“Rating
Level 2 Period” means a period that is not a Rating Level 1
Period, during which the Xxxxx’x Rating is at or above A3, the S&P
Rating is at or above A- or the Fitch Rating is at or above
A-;
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“Rating
Level 3 Period” means a period that is not a Rating Level 1
Period or a Rating Level 2 Period, during which the Xxxxx’x Rating is at
or above Baa1, the S&P Rating is at or above BBB+ or the Fitch Rating
is at or above BBB+;
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“Rating
Level 4 Period” means a period that is not a Rating Level 1
Period, a Rating Level 2 Period or a Rating Level 3 Period, during
which
the Xxxxx’x Rating is at or above Baa2, the S&P Rating is at or above
BBB or the Fitch Rating is at or above
BBB;
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“Rating
Level 5 Period” means a period that is not a Rating Level 1
Period, a Rating Level 2 Period, a Rating Level 3 Period or a Rating
Level
4 Period, during which the Xxxxx’x Rating is at or above Baa3, the S&P
Rating is at or above BBB- or the Fitch Rating is at or above BBB-;
and
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“Rating
Level 6 Period” means a period that is not a Rating Level 1
Period, a Rating Level 2 Period, a Rating Level 3 Period, a
Rating Level 4 Period or a Rating Level 5
Period;
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provided
further that (a) if the Xxxxx’x Rating, the S&P Rating
and the Fitch Rating differ by one Rating Level, then the applicable Rating
Level shall be the highest of such Ratings and (b) if the Xxxxx’x Rating,
the S&P Rating and the Fitch Rating differ by more than one Rating Level,
then the applicable Rating Level Period shall be the lower Rating Level of
the
two highest Rating Levels (for purposes of the foregoing, Rating Level 1 is
the
highest and Rating Level 6 is the lowest); and providedfurther
that any period during which there is no Rating shall be a Rating Level 6
Period.
“Reference
Banks” means Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank
(and any successors thereof).
“Replacement
Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued in accordance with the
provisions of 10.06(b)(v), in replacement of and in the same form as the
relevant replaced Letter of Credit.
“Responsible
Officer” of the Company means the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or
any Assistant Treasurer of the Company or any Vice President of the Company
in
the finance department.
“Revolving
Credit Availability Period” means the period from the Effective Date until
the Termination Date.
“Revolving
Credit Commitment” means, for any Bank, at any time, (i) such Bank’s
Commitment, minus (ii) such Bank’s Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate Maximum Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such
time.
“Revolving
Credit Exposure” means, at any time, for any Bank, the sum of (i) the
unused amount of such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment plus
(ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances by such
Bank.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and any successor
thereto.
“S&P
Rating” means, at any time, the rating of the Index Debt then most recently
announced by S&P.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of
the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities
(including contingent liabilities) of such Person, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of such Person is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as
they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and
does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s
ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (d) such Person is
not engaged in a business and is not about to engage in a business for which
such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small
capital.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities
or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
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persons
performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities
or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation,
partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason
of
the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned
or
controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by
such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Taxes”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
“Termination
Date” means the date five years after the Effective Date, subject to
extension (in the case of each Bank consenting thereto) as provided in Section
3.04(e); provided that if such day is not a Business Day the
Termination Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Total
Commitments” means $1,750,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 3.04(b) or increased pursuant to Section 3.04(f).
“Total
Consolidated
Capitalization” means, at any time, the sum of (i) Total Consolidated Debt
plus (ii) the total amount of shareholder’s equity of the
Company.
“Total
Consolidated Debt” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries of the kinds
referred to in clause (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of “Debt” in this
Section 1.01, or of the kinds referred to in clause (e) or (f) thereof
to the extent relating to Debt of the kinds referred to in said clause (a),
(b) or (d), all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
“Type”
has the meaning specified in the definition of “Advance.”
“VADBe
Hedge” means the program implemented by Connecticut General in 2002, as
refined and revised from time to time at Connecticut General’s sole discretion,
to substantially reduce the equity market exposures related to variable annuity
death benefit reinsurance contracts.
“Voting
Stock” means, at any time, the outstanding securities of the Company
entitled to vote generally in an election of directors of the
Company.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which all of the
equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of
a
corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
SECTION
1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In
this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a
later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words
“to” and “until” mean “to but excluding”.
SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms; Terms Generally. All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in
Section 6.01(e). The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The
words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase “without limitation”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) 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 and (b) any reference to any law or
regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
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ARTICLE
II
LETTERS
OF CREDIT
SECTION
2.01. Letters of Credit.
(a) Letters
of Credit. (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, (i) the Banks severally agree, at the request of the
Company, to issue one or more standby letters of credit hereunder on a several
liability basis (as from time to time amended, each a “Multi-Bank Letter of
Credit”) on any Business Day on or before the Outside Expiry Date,
(ii) each Issuing Bank agrees, at the request of the Company, to issue one
or more standby letters of credit hereunder (as from time to time amended,
each
a “Fronted Letter of Credit”) on any Business Day on or before the
Outside Expiry Date and (iii) the Banks severally agree, in the case of
each Multi-Bank Letter of Credit, and each Issuing Bank agrees, in the case
of
each Fronted Letter of Credit (and the Banks hereby irrevocably authorize such
Issuing Bank to agree), to increase the Maximum Amount of any such Letter of
Credit from time to time on or before the Outside Expiry Date; provided
that each such issuance of, or increase in the Maximum Amount of, any Letter
of
Credit shall be subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 2.01(a)(4).
(2) Each
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Banks and the Company (and shall in any event contain
language substantially similar to the last paragraph of Exhibit A-1), each
Fronted Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Issuing Bank and the Company, and the Arbor Letter of Credit shall be
in
substantially the form of
Exhibit
A-1.
(3) Each
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit shall be issued by all of the Banks as a single
multi-bank letter of credit; provided that the obligation of each Bank
thereunder shall be several, and not joint, to the extent of such Bank’s
Applicable Percentage of the Maximum Amount; and each Fronted Letter of Credit
shall be issued by an Issuing Bank as sole issuer, and the Banks shall be deemed
to acquire participations therein on the terms and conditions of
Section 2.01(b).
(4) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the sum of
(x) the aggregate amount of the LC Exposures of all of the Banks
plus (y) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposures of
all of the Banks may not at any time exceed the Total Commitments, (ii) the
aggregate Maximum Amount of all Letters of Credit may not at any time exceed
the
LC Sublimit, and (iii) no Letter of Credit may provide for an
LC Expiry Date later than the Outside Expiry Date. Subject to
clause (iii), any Letter of Credit shall, if requested by the Company,
include customary evergreen provisions (including appropriate language allowing
the relevant Issuing Bank to exercise non-renewal rights).
(b) Participations
in Fronted Letters of Credit. (1) Upon the issuance by
an Issuing Bank of a Fronted Letter of Credit (and any amendment to a Fronted
Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) in accordance herewith, and
without any further action on the part of such Issuing Bank or any Bank, such
Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Bank, and each Bank hereby acquires from
such
Issuing Bank, a participation in such Fronted Letter of Credit equal to such
Bank’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under
such Fronted Letter of Credit. Each Bank acknowledges and agrees that
its acquisition of participations pursuant to this Section 2.01(b) in
respect of each Fronted Letter of Credit shall be automatic, absolute and
unconditional irrespective of the occurrence or continuance of any Default,
or
any reduction or termination of the Commitments, or any other circumstance
whatsoever.
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(2) In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Bank severally agrees
to
pay to the Administrative Agent, for account of each Issuing Bank, such Bank’s
Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank
under a Fronted Letter of Credit promptly upon the request of such Issuing
Bank,
through the Administrative Agent, at any time from the time of such
LC Disbursement until such LC Disbursement is reimbursed by the
Company in full or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required
to be
refunded to the Company for any reason.
(3) The
obligation of each Bank to make payments under clause (2) shall be absolute
and unconditional irrespective of any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Fronted Letter of Credit, the occurrence or continuance of any Default, any
reduction or termination of the Commitments, any circumstance referred to in
Section 2.02(b), or any other circumstance whatsoever. Each such
payment shall be made without setoff, counterclaim, abatement, withholding
or
reduction whatsoever and shall be made in the manner provided in
Section 3.02 with respect to Advances made by such Bank, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so
received by it from the Banks. Promptly following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph,
the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the relevant Issuing
Bank or, to the extent that the Banks have made payments pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Banks and such Issuing
Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Bank
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any
LC Disbursement shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to
reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(c) Arbor
Letter of Credit. The Arbor Letter of Credit shall be a
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit. The initial LC Expiry Date of the Arbor
Letter of Credit shall be the date one year after the issuance thereof, subject
to automatic extension to the extent provided in such Letter of
Credit. The Administrative Agent will give the notification of
non-extension contemplated by the fifth paragraph of the Arbor Letter of Credit
if requested to do so by written notice to the Administrative Agent, received
by
the Administrative Agent not more than 60 days and not less than 45 days prior
to the then effective LC Expiry Date thereof, from (i) the Majority Banks or
(ii) the Company or (iii) Arbor; provided that the Administrative Agent
shall, if requested to do so by any Bank, give such notification of
non-extension at such time as is required to assure that the LC Expiry Date
does
not fall beyond the Outside Expiry Date.
(d) Existing
Letters of Credit. Effective on the Effective Date, each Existing
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a Fronted Letter of Credit issued and
outstanding under this Agreement (and without limiting the foregoing, effective
from and after the Effective Date, Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to apply
thereto as if each such Existing Letter of Credit, for this purpose, were issued
on the Effective Date).
(e) Notices
of Issuance, Increase, Reduction of Letters of Credit. To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit or an increase in the Maximum Amount of
a
Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.01(a), the Company shall hand-deliver
or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing
so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent
(if by hand delivery or telecopy, not later than noon New York City time on
the
Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment, and if by
approved electronic communication, not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City
time on the requested date of issuance or amendment) a notice in substantially
the form of Exhibit A-2 (the “Notice of Issuance”) or
Exhibit A-3 (a “Notice of Increase”), as the case may be,
identifying the relevant Letter of Credit and specifying, in the case of the
Notice of Issuance, the date of issuance and the initial Maximum Amount thereof,
and, in the case of a Notice of Increase, the proposed effective date of the
amendment effecting the increase in the Maximum Amount thereof and the
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increased
Maximum Amount. In addition, the Company may from time to time, by
giving notice to the Administrative Agent in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-4 (a “Notice of Reduction”) by the times provided for
notices in the preceding sentence, and with the prior written consent of the
Beneficiary of the relevant Letter of Credit, elect to reduce the Maximum Amount
of such Letter of Credit in increments of $1,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining
undrawn amount thereof). The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Banks of its receipt of any such notice. The
Administrative Agent (in the case of a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit) or the
relevant Issuing Bank (in the case of a Fronted Letter of Credit) shall, in
the
case of any such increase or reduction and subject in the case of a reduction,
to its receipt of any required consent from the Beneficiary of such Letter
of
Credit in form and substance satisfactory to it, promptly execute and deliver
an
amendment to such Letter of Credit effecting such increase or reduction, and
notify the Banks, the Administrative Agent (in the case of a Fronted Letter
of
Credit) and the Company of such increase or reduction (confirming the effective
date thereof). If an Issuing Bank has received, at its office
specified herein, written notice from the Company, a Bank or the Administrative
Agent at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or
amendment of a Fronted Letter of Credit, that a condition set forth in
Section 5.02(a) or (b) to such issuance or amendment has not been
satisfied, such Issuing Bank shall not proceed with such issuance or
amendment.
(f) Notices
of Non-Extension. In the case of any Letter of Credit that
contains evergreen provisions (other than the Arbor Letter of Credit, which
is
provided for in Section 2.01(c)), the Administrative Agent (in the case of
any Multi-Bank Letter of Credit) and the Issuing Bank (in the case of any
Fronted Letter of Credit) shall comply with the instructions of the Majority
Banks given pursuant to any provisions for non-extension of the expiry date
thereof.
(g) Representation. Each
Bank represents and warrants as of the date of issuance of each Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit that it is an Eligible Bank (or, if such Bank is not an
Eligible Bank at such time, that such Bank’s obligations under such Letter of
Credit are confirmed, at the expense of such Bank, by a bank that meets the
requirements of an Eligible Bank).
(h) Issuance
and Administration of Multi-Bank Letters of Credit. Any
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit, any amendment thereto and any Replacement Letter
of
Credit for a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit shall be executed and delivered by
the
Administrative Agent in the name and on behalf of, and as attorney-in-fact
for,
each of the Banks, and the Administrative Agent shall act under each Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit as the agent of each Bank to (i) receive drafts presented
by the Beneficiary thereunder, (ii) determine whether such drafts are in
compliance with the terms and conditions of such Multi-Bank Letter of Credit,
(iii) notify each Bank and the Company that a valid drawing has been made and
the date that the related LC Disbursements are to be made, and (iv) receive
and
implement any request for amendment of such Multi-Bank Letter of Credit as
provided herein; provided that anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such, shall have
no obligation or liability whatsoever to make any payment under any Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit. Each Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and
designates the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact, which appointment
is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, acting through any duly authorized
officer of the Person that is serving as the Administrative Agent, to execute
and deliver in the name and on behalf of such Bank any Multi-Bank Letter of
Credit, any such amendment thereto and any Replacement Letter of Credit of
a
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit, in each case in accordance with the terms
hereof.
SECTION
2.02. Reimbursement for LC Disbursements, Cover,
Etc.
(a) Reimbursement. The
Company agrees to reimburse (1) each Bank for the full amount of each LC
Disbursement under a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit by such Bank and (2) each
Issuing Bank for the full amount of each LC Disbursement under a Fronted Letter
of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, each such reimbursement to be made by
paying to the
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Administrative
Agent an amount equal to the amount of such LC Disbursement (i) not later
than noon, New York City time, on the Business Day that the Company receives
notice of such LC Disbursement if such notice is received by it prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, or (ii) not later than the Business
Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if
such
notice is received by it on a day which is not a Business Day or is not received
prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day. If
the Company fails to make such payment when due with respect to a Fronted Letter
of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Bank of the applicable
LC
Disbursement under such Fronted Letter of Credit, the payment then due from
the
Company in respect thereof and such Bank’s Applicable Percentage
thereof. Reimbursements under this Section 2.02(a) may be made
with the Company’s funds or, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, with the proceeds of a Borrowing.
(b) LC
Reimbursement Obligations Absolute.
(1) The
obligation of the Company to reimburse the Banks for LC Disbursements with
respect to Multi-Bank Letters of Credit or the Issuing Banks with respect to
Fronted Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.02(a) shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the
following: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit, or of any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under the relevant Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or
inaccurate in any respect, or (iii) payment under the relevant Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(2) The
Company shall be obligated to make the reimbursements provided for in this
Section 2.02 in respect of each Letter of Credit regardless of the identity
of the account party on such Letter of Credit.
(3) Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Bank nor any Issuing Bank nor any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or representatives shall have any
liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance
or
transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding clause), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in
transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under
or
relating to any Letter of Credit, any error in interpretation of technical
terms
or any consequence arising from causes beyond their control; provided
that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Administrative Agent
or
a Bank or an Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any
direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which
are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law)
suffered by the Company that are caused by the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Bank or such Issuing Bank, as
the
case may be, or in the case of any Bank, its failure to make an LC Disbursement
in respect of any drawing made in accordance with the terms and conditions
of
the relevant Letter of Credit and this Agreement. The parties
expressly agree that:
(A) the
Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear
on
their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of the relevant Letter
of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation
of
documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
terms of the relevant Letter of Credit;
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(B) the
Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to make
such payment if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms
of
the relevant Letter of Credit; and
(C) without
prejudice to Section 9.02, this sentence shall establish the standard of care
to
be exercised by the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank, as the case may
be,
when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under any Letter
of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive,
to
the extent permitted by applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with
the foregoing).
SECTION
2.03. LC Disbursement Procedures. The
Administrative Agent (in the case of a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit) and each
Issuing Bank (in the case of a Fronted Letter of Credit) shall, within a
reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine any draft submitted
by
the Beneficiary under a Letter of Credit and promptly after such examination
(i) notify the Company and, in the case of a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit,
each Bank by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of receipt of such draft and
(ii) deliver to the Company and each Bank, in the case of a Multi-Bank
Letter of Credit, a copy thereof. With respect to any drawing
properly made under any Multi-Bank Letter of Credit, each Bank will make an
LC
Disbursement in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount
of
such drawing, such LC Disbursement to be made to the Administrative Agent’s
Account not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified
in such notification from the Administrative Agent (which shall be at least
one
Business Day after the date of such notification). The Administrative
Agent (in the case of a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit) and the Issuing Bank (in
the case of a Fronted Letter of Credit) will make the proceeds of each such
LC
Disbursement available to the relevant Beneficiary by promptly crediting the
amounts so received, in like funds, to such account as such Beneficiary shall
direct. Promptly following the making of any LC Disbursement, the
Administrative Agent will notify the Banks and the Company thereof;
provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall
not relieve such Company of any of its obligations hereunder.
SECTION
2.04. Interest. Without
prejudice to the obligations of the Company under Section 2.02, if the
Company does not reimburse (a) the Banks for the full amount of an LC
Disbursement under a Multi-Bank Letter of Credit or (b) the relevant
Issuing Bank for the full amount of an LC Disbursement under a Fronted Letter
of
Credit on the date such LC Disbursement is made (without regard for when notice
thereof is given), the Company agrees to pay interest on the LC Reimbursement
Obligation relating to such LC Disbursement, for each day from the date such
LC
Disbursement is made until the date that the Company reimburses such LC
Disbursement in full, at a rate per annum equal to 2% per annum plus
the Base Rate from time to time, such interest to be payable on
demand.
SECTION
2.05. Provision of Cover.
(a) If
there shall occur an Event of Default and the Company is as a result thereof
required pursuant to Section 8.01 to provide cover for the Letters of Credit,
the Administrative Agent will forthwith establish a separate collateral account
(the “Collateral Account”) at Citibank, which shall be a “securities
account” (as defined in Section 8-501 of the UCC) in respect of which the
Administrative Agent is the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section
8-102(a)(7) of the UCC), into which there shall be deposited from time to time
the amounts paid to the Administrative Agent as cover.
(b) As
collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all LC
Reimbursement Obligations (whether now existing or hereafter from time to time
arising), all interest thereon, and all other present and future obligations
of
the Company to the Banks or the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent
hereunder, the Company hereby grants to the
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Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Banks and the Issuing Banks and the Administrative
Agent, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under the Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the
Collateral Account (including any and all securities and other financial assets
from time to time carried therein) and any and all proceeds thereof (all such
collateral being herein collectively called the “Cover”). The
balances from time to time in the Collateral Account shall not constitute
payment of any obligation of the Company until applied by the Administrative
Agent as provided herein. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, funds held in the Collateral Account shall be subject to
withdrawal only as provided in this Section 2.05.
(c) Amounts
on deposit in the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested by the
Administrative Agent in such Permitted Investments as the Administrative Agent
shall determine in its sole discretion. All such investments and
reinvestments and proceeds shall be held in the name and be under the sole
dominion and control of the Administrative Agent and shall be credited to the
Collateral Account.
(d) At
any time and from time to time while an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall have the rights and remedies of
a
secured party under the UCC and, without limiting the foregoing, shall, if
so
instructed by the Majority Banks, liquidate the Cover and credit the proceeds
thereof to the Collateral Account and apply or cause to be applied such proceeds
and any other balances in the Collateral Account to the payment of the
obligations secured thereby.
(e) When
all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall have been
paid
in full and each Letter of Credit has expired or been terminated and no
Commitments remain in effect, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver
to
the Company against receipt, but without recourse, warranty or representation
whatsoever, the balances remaining in the Collateral Account.
(f) The
Company recognizes that, by reason of prohibitions contained in the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws, the
Administrative Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any
part of the Cover, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other
things, to acquire the same for their own account for investment and not with
a
view to the distribution or resale thereof. The Company acknowledges
that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to
the
Administrative Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such
restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such
private sale shall be deemed to the extent permitted by applicable law to have
been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Administrative Agent
shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay
the sale thereof for the period of time necessary to permit the Company to
register it for public sale.
SECTION
2.06. Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An
Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement between the
Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor
Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks of any
such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement
shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for
account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 4.01(b). From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and
obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to
Fronted Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references
herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such successor or
any previous Issuing Bank, or such successor and all previous Issuing Banks,
as
the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank
hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall
continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Fronted Letters of Credit issued by it prior to
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such
replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Fronted Letters
of
Credit. If an Issuing Bank is to be replaced with respect to an
outstanding Fronted Letter of Credit that is issued by it, such replacement
may
be accomplished by (i) cancellation of the relevant outstanding Letter of
Credit with the consent of the Beneficiary and simultaneous replacement thereof
by the successor Issuing Bank or (ii) making other arrangements
satisfactory to the replaced Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations
of the replaced Issuing Bank with respect to such Fronted Letter of Credit
and
the replaced Issuing Bank shall to the extent thereof be released from its
obligations as Issuing Bank with respect to such Fronted Letter of
Credit.
ARTICLE
III
ADVANCES
SECTION
3.01. The Advances.
(a) Each
Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to
make Advances to the Company from time to time on any Business Day during the
Revolving Credit Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at
any
one time outstanding such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment.
(b) Each
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate amount of the unused
Revolving Credit Commitments) and shall consist of Advances of the same Type
made on the same day by the Banks ratably according to their respective
Commitments.
(c) Within
the limits of each Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment, the Company may borrow
under this Section 3.01, prepay pursuant to Section 3.09 and reborrow under
this
Section 3.01.
(d) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the sum of (i) the
aggregate amount of the LC Exposures of all Banks plus (ii) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all Banks may not at
any
time exceed the Total Commitments.
SECTION
3.02. Making the Advances.
(a) Each
Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances,
or
the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Base
Rate Advances, by the Company to the Administrative Agent, which shall give
to
each Bank prompt notice thereof by telecopier or telex. Each such
notice of a Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be by telecopier or
telex, confirmed promptly in writing, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such
Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing,
(iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing and (iv) in the case of a
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial Interest Period for
each such Advance. Each Bank shall, before 11:00 a.m. (New York
City time), in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances,
or before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), in the case of a Borrowing
consisting of Base Rate Advances, on the date of such Borrowing, make
available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative
Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Bank’s
ratable portion of such Borrowing. After the Administrative Agent’s
receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such same day
funds available to the Company at the Company’s account at the Administrative
Agent’s address referred to in Section 9.02; provided that
Advances made to finance an LC Reimbursement Obligation as provided in Section
2.02 shall be remitted
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the
Administrative Agent to the respective Issuing Bank or the Banks as their
interests may appear.
(b) Anything
in Section 3.02(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the Company may not
select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Borrowing if the aggregate amount of
such Borrowing is less than $10,000,000 or if the obligation of the Banks to
make Eurodollar Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 3.07
and (ii) the Eurodollar Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more
than three separate Borrowings.
(c) Each
Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Company.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the
date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Bank’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made such portion available
to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance
Section 3.02(a) and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Company on such date a corresponding
amount. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made
such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Bank and the
Company severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from
the
date such amount is made available to the Company until the date such amount
is
repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Company, the
interest rate applicable at the time to Advances comprising such Borrowing
and
(ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Bank
shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount
so repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for
purposes of this Agreement and shall be made available in same day funds to
the
Company’s account at the Administrative Agent’s address referred to in
Section 9.02.
(e) The
failure of any Bank to make any LC Disbursement or any payment under
Section 2.01(b)(2) or the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing
shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make
its LC Disbursement or payment or its Advance, but no Bank shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Bank to make such LC Disbursement or payment or
the
Advance to be made by such other Bank.
SECTION
3.03. Notes. Any
Bank may request that the Advances made or to be made by it be evidenced by
a
promissory note of the Company. In such event, the Company shall
promptly prepare, execute and deliver to such Bank a promissory note payable
to
the order of such Bank, in substantially the form of Exhibit C (a
“Note”), in an amount equal to the Commitment of such Bank and dated the
date hereof.
SECTION
3.04. Termination, Reduction, Extension or Increase of the
Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the
last
day of the Revolving Credit Availability Period.
(b) The
Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce ratably in part,
the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) any reduction
of the Commitments shall be in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the Company
shall not terminate or reduce the aggregate amount of the Commitments if, after
giving effect thereto, the sum of the aggregate LC Exposures plus the
aggregate principal amount of the Advances then outstanding would exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments. No termination or reduction of
any of the Commitments shall in any way reduce
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or
otherwise alter the obligations of any Issuing Bank under an outstanding Letter
of Credit or the obligations of any of the Banks under or in connection with
any
outstanding Letter of Credit.
(c) The
Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate
or
reduce the Commitments under Section 3.04(b) at least three Business Days
prior to the effective date of each such termination or reduction, specifying
such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Banks of the
contents thereof.
(d) Each
termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.
(e) The
Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify
the Banks) not more than 45 Business Days and not less than 30 Business Days
prior to each anniversary of the Effective Date (such anniversary date, the
“Extension Date”), request (each, an “Extension Request”) that the
Banks extend the Termination Date then in effect (the “Existing Termination
Date”) for an additional one year. Each Bank, acting in its sole
discretion, shall, by notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent given
at least 15 Business Days (or such day as shall be acceptable to the Company)
prior to the relevant Extension Date, advise the Company whether or not such
Bank agrees to such extension; provided that any Bank that does not so
advise the Company shall be deemed to have rejected such Extension
Request. The election of any Bank to agree to such extension shall
not obligate any other Bank to so agree.
The
Company shall have the right at any time on or prior to the relevant Extension
Date to replace any non-extending Bank (a “Non-Extending Bank”) with, and
otherwise add to this Agreement, one or more other banks (which may include
any
Bank) each of which shall be an Eligible Bank (each an “Additional Commitment
Bank”; each Additional Commitment Bank, together with any Bank that extends
its Commitment, being collectively called the “Continuing Banks”), in
each case with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank
(each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). Each Additional
Commitment Bank which has been so approved shall enter into an agreement in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent pursuant
to which such Additional Commitment Bank shall, effective as of the relevant
Extension Date, undertake a Commitment and (if not already a Bank under this
Agreement) become a Bank hereunder (and, if such Additional Commitment Bank
is
already a Bank, agree to increase its Commitment hereunder) in the agreed
amount. With respect to any Non-Extending Bank that shall not be
replaced by an Additional Commitment Bank on the relevant Extension Date, the
Existing Termination Date for such Non-Extending Bank shall remain unchanged
(and the Loans made by such Bank shall be repayable on such date).
If
(and
only if) the total of the Commitments of the Continuing Banks shall be at least
50% of the total Commitments in effect immediately prior to the relevant
Extension Date, then, effective as of such Extension Date, (i) the Termination
Date (with respect to the Commitment of each Bank that has agreed to so extend
its Commitment and of each Additional Commitment Bank) shall be extended to
the
date falling one year after the Existing Termination Date and each Additional
Commitment Bank shall thereupon become a “Bank” for all purposes of this
Agreement and (ii) the Commitment of each Non-Extending Bank that is to be
replaced by an Additional Commitment Bank on such Extension Date shall be
terminated.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the extension of the Existing Termination Date shall not be
effective with respect to any Continuing Bank unless:
(i) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
relevant Extension Date and after giving effect to such extension;
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(ii) the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct
on and as of the relevant Extension Date and after giving effect to such
extension as though made on and as of such date, provided that, for
purposes of the foregoing, each date set forth in the last sentence of Section
6.01(e) shall be deemed to be December 31 of the year for which the Company
shall most recently have delivered the annual audited financial statements
referenced in Section 7.01(f)(ii);
(iii) if
any Advances or Fronted Letters of Credit shall be outstanding on the relevant
Extension Date (to the extent that there are Additional Commitment Banks on
such
Extension Date) or on the relevant Existing Termination Date (to the extent
that
there are Non-Extending Banks whose Commitment is terminating on such Existing
Termination Date), the Company shall have borrowed from each of the Continuing
Banks, and the Continuing Banks shall have made Advances to the Company (in
the
case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, with Interest Period(s) ending on the date(s)
of any then outstanding Interest Period(s)) and shall be deemed to have acquired
the participations of any Non-Extending Bank whose Commitment is terminating
on
either such date in any outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit, and
(notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.04(g) requiring that
borrowings and prepayments be made ratably in accordance with the principal
amounts of the Advances held by the Banks) the Company shall have paid in full
the principal of and interest on all of the Advances made by such Non-Extending
Bank to the Company hereunder, together with any other amounts payable hereunder
to such Non-Extending Bank (including any amounts owing pursuant to
Section 10.04(c) as a result of such payment), so that after giving effect
to such Advances, purchases and prepayments, the Advances (and Interest
Period(s) of Eurodollar Rate Advance(s)) and LC Exposure in respect of all
outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit shall be held by the Continuing Banks
ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of their Commitments (as
modified on the either such date) and, in that connection, the Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have released such Non-Extending Bank on either such date
if
such Non-Extending Bank’s Commitment is to be terminated on such date;
and
(iv) if
any Multi-Bank Letters of Credit shall be outstanding on the relevant Extension
Date (to the extent that there are Additional Commitment Banks on such Extension
Date) or on the relevant Existing Termination Date (to the extent that there
are
Non-Extending Banks whose Commitment is terminating on such Existing Termination
Date), the Company shall have cancelled such Multi-Bank Letter of Credit and
the
Continuing Banks shall have simultaneously reissued a new Multi-Bank Letter
of
Credit on a pro rata basis in accordance with their Applicable
Percentages (as modified on the either such date) and in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
(f) The
Company shall have the right, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, without the consent of any Bank (except as
described in clause (i) below) but with the consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Issuing Bank (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld),
at any time but no more than once a year, to increase the aggregate amount
of
the Commitments by requesting any Bank or Banks to increase its (or their)
Commitment (or Commitments) and/or, if any such Bank or Banks shall decline
to
increase its (or their) Revolving Credit Commitment (or Revolving Credit
Commitments), adding one or more banks hereto each of which shall be an Eligible
Bank (each such bank to thereupon become a “Bank” hereunder) (any such new or
increasing Bank, a “New/Increasing Bank”); provided
that:
(i) in
no event shall any Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment be increased without the
consent of such Bank;
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(ii) if
any Advances or Fronted Letters of Credit shall be outstanding on the date
that
any such increase is to be come effective (an “Increase Date”), the
Company shall have borrowed from each New/Increasing Bank, and each
New/Increasing Bank shall have made Advances to the Company (in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, with Interest Period(s) ending on the date(s) of
any
then outstanding Interest Period(s)) and shall be deemed to have acquired the
participations of certain Banks in any outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit,
and (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.04(g) requiring that
borrowings and prepayments be made ratably in accordance with the principal
amounts of the Advances held by the Banks) the Company shall have repaid
principal of and interest on the Advances made by certain Banks to the Company
hereunder, together with any other amounts payable hereunder to such other
Banks
(including any amounts owing pursuant to Section 10.04(c) as a result of
such payment), so that after giving effect to such Advances and prepayments,
the
Advances (and Interest Period(s) of Eurodollar Rate Advance(s)) and LC Exposure
in respect of all outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit shall be held by the
Banks ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of their Commitments
(as
modified on such Increase Date) and, in that connection, the Issuing Bank shall
be deemed to have released each relevant Bank on such Increase Date to the
extent required to effect the foregoing;
(iii) if
any Multi-Bank Letters of Credit shall be outstanding on the relevant Increase
Date, the Company shall have cancelled such Multi-Bank Letter of Credit and
the
Banks (including each New/Increasing Bank) shall have simultaneously reissued
a
new Multi-Bank Letter of Credit on a pro rata basis in accordance with
their Applicable Percentages (as modified on the such Increase Date) and in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(iv) any
such increase shall be in an integral multiple of $10,000,000 and in no event
shall any such increase result in the Total Commitments exceeding
$2,000,000,000;
(v) the
Company, the Administrative Agent and, as applicable, each Bank increasing
its
Commitment and each new bank being added as a party hereto shall have executed
and delivered to the Administrative Agent an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to each such Person; and
(vi) the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it (including
without limitation a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors
of
the Company and an appropriate legal opinion of counsel to the Company) that
such increase in the Commitments, and borrowings thereunder, have been duly
authorized and that all the representations and warranties contained in
Section 6.01 are true and correct on and as of the relevant Increase Date
is to be effective as though made on and as of such Increase Date,
provided that, for purposes of the foregoing, each date set forth in
the last sentence of Section 6.01(e) shall be deemed to be December 31 of the
year for which the Company shall most recently have delivered the annual audited
financial statements referenced in Section 7.01(f)(ii).
SECTION
3.05. Repayment of Advances and Evidence of
Indebtedness.
(a) The
Company shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of
the
Banks on the Final Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of the Advances
then outstanding.
(b) Each
Bank shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Company to such Bank resulting
from
each Advance
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by
such Bank, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid
to
such Bank from time to time hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall
maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Advance
made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period, if any, applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to
become due and payable from the Company to each Bank hereunder and
(iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Banks and each Bank’s share thereof. The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to this Section shall be
prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations
recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Bank or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not
in
any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay the Advances in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.06. Interest on Advances. The
Company shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance,
from
the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full,
at
the following rates per annum:
(a) Base
Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate
Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate in effect from
time to time, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June,
September and December and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted
or paid in full.
(b) Eurodollar
Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each
Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for
such
Interest Period for such Advance plus (y) the Applicable Margin,
payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest
Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that occurs during
such Interest Period every three months from the first day of such Interest
Period and on the date such Advance shall be Converted or paid in
full.
(c) Default
Interest. Notwithstanding Sections 3.06(a) and 3.06(b), upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall
pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Advance, and on the
unpaid amount of all interest, fees and other amounts payable by the Company
hereunder, such interest to be paid in arrears on the date such amount shall
be
paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to
(i) in the case of any amount of principal, 2% per annum above the rate per
annum required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above, as the
case may be and (ii) in the case of all other amounts, 2% per annum above
the Base Rate from time to time.
SECTION
3.07. Interest Rate Determination.
(a) If
the Eurodollar Rate does not appear on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or any successor
page), each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent timely
information for the purpose of determining each Eurodollar Rate. If
the Eurodollar Rate does not appear on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or any successor
page), and if any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such
timely information to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of determining
any such interest rate, the Administrative Agent shall determine such interest
rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference
Banks. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the
Company and the Banks of the applicable interest rate determined by the
Administrative Agent for purposes of Section 3.06(b), and the rate, if any,
furnished by each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest
rate under Section 3.06(b).
(b) If,
with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Majority Banks notify the
Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for such
Advances will not
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reflect the cost to such Majority Banks of making, funding or maintaining their
respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Administrative
Agent shall forthwith so notify the Company and the Banks, whereupon
(i) such Eurodollar Rate Advances will automatically, on the last day of
the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances,
and
(ii) the obligation of the Banks to make, or to Convert Advances into,
Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent
shall
notify the Company and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension
no longer exist.
(c) If
the Company shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the
definition of “Interest Period” in Section 1.01, the Administrative Agent will
forthwith so notify the Company and the Banks and the Company will be deemed
to
have selected an Interest Period of one month.
(d) If
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising
any
Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less
than
$10,000,000, such Advances shall automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances
on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(e) If
the Eurodollar Rate does not appear on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or any successor
page) and fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the
Administrative Agent for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar
Rate
Advances,
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the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith notify the Company and the Banks
that
the interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurodollar Rate
Advances,
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each
such Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance (or if
such
Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate
Advance), and
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the
obligation of the Banks to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar
Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall
notify the Company and the Banks that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist.
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(f) Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority
Banks, so notifies the Company, then, so long as such Event of Default is
continuing (i) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Rate Advance will
automatically, on the final day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Banks to
Convert Base Rate Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be
suspended.
SECTION
3.08. Optional Conversion of Advances. The
Company may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Administrative Agent
not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day
prior to the date of the proposed Conversion, Convert all Advances of one Type
comprising the same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type or Continue
Eurodollar Rate Advances (and in the absence of timely notice of Continuation,
such Eurodollar Rate Advances shall Convert to Base Rate Advances on the last
day of the then current Interest Period); provided that any Conversion
of Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the
last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances, any Conversion
of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in an amount not
less than the minimum amount specified in Section 3.02(b) and no Conversion
of
any Advances shall result in more separate Borrowings than permitted under
Section 3.02(b). Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii)
the
Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar
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Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for such
Advances. Each notice of Conversion or Continuation shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Company.
SECTION
3.09. Optional Prepayments of Advances. The
Company may, upon same day notice not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time), in the case of Base Rate Advances, and upon not less than two Business
Days’ notice, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, to the
Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount
of
the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Company shall, prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the
date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided that
(x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y)
in
the event of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Company
shall
be obligated to reimburse the Banks in respect thereof pursuant to Section
10.04(c).
SECTION
3.10. Use of Proceeds. The
proceeds of the Advances shall be available (and the Company agrees that such
proceeds shall be used) for general corporate purposes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including commercial paper backstop and including for the payment
of LC Reimbursement Obligations.
ARTICLE
IV
FEES;
CERTAIN COMMON PROVISIONS
SECTION
4.01. Fees.
(a) Commitment
Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of each Bank a commitment fee at the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate
on
the daily average unused amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such
Bank
during the period from the date of this Agreement until the last day of the
Revolving Credit Availability Period, payable in arrears on each Quarterly
Date
and on the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees. The Company shall pay (i) to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Bank a letter of credit commission
at a
rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin on the average daily aggregate
undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit during the period from the date of
issuance thereof until the date on which such Bank ceases to have any
LC Exposure, and (ii) directly to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which
shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between
the
Company and such Issuing Bank, on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure
with respect to outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from
and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of termination
of
the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as
well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Fronted Letter of Credit or processing
of
drawings thereunder. Letter of credit commission and fronting fees
accrued through and including each Quarterly Date shall be payable on the third
Business Day following such Quarterly Date, commencing on the first such date
to
occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be
payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees
accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable
on
demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this
paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All
participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year
of
360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) Agent’s
Fee. The Company shall pay, on demand, to the Administrative
Agent for its own account (i) all commissions, charges and expenses with respect
to the issuance, amendment,
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and extension of any Letter of Credit and drawings and other transactions
relating thereto in amounts customarily charged from time to time in like
circumstances by the Person that is serving as Administrative Agent and (ii)
all
fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between
the
Company and the Administrative Agent with respect to the performance of its
agency duties hereunder.
(d) Payment
of Fees. All commitment fees and letter of credit commissions
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment
fees and letter of credit commissions, to the Banks entitled
thereto. Fees paid hereunder shall not be refundable under any
circumstances.
SECTION
4.02. Increased Costs.
(a) If,
due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation
or
in the interpretation or administration of any law or regulation by any
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank
or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), there
shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of agreeing to make or making,
funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances by an amount deemed by such
Bank
to be material, then the Company shall from time to time, upon demand by such
Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient
to compensate such Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to
the amount of such increased cost submitted to the Company and the
Administrative Agent by such Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If
any Bank determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline
or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or
not
having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of capital required
or expected to be maintained by such Bank or any company controlling such Bank
and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence
of such Bank’s Commitment or the Letters of Credit or the Advances, then, upon
demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent),
the Company shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
such Bank, from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Bank or such corporation in the light of such
circumstances, to the extent that such Bank reasonably determines such increase
in capital to be allocable to the existence thereof. A certificate as
to such amounts submitted to the Company and the Administrative Agent by such
Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
SECTION
4.03. Illegality. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if any Bank shall notify the
Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central
bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such
Bank
or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make
Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances
hereunder, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Bank will automatically,
upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation
of
such Bank to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall
be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and such
Bank that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and such
Bank shall make the Base Rate Advances in the amount and on the dates that
it
would have been requested to make Eurodollar Rate Advances had no such
suspension been in effect.
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SECTION
4.04. Payments and Computations.
(a) The
Company shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether
of
principal of, or interest on, the Advances, fees, LC Reimbursement Obligations
or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m. New York City time, on the day when due,
in Dollars and immediately available funds, without set-off or
counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may,
in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received
on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest
thereon.
(b) All
such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent’s Account, except that payments pursuant to Section 10.04 shall be made
directly to the Persons entitled thereto and except payments to be made directly
to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein. The Administrative
Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for account of any
other
Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt
thereof.
(c) If
any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the
date
for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the
case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for
the
period of such extension.
(d) Upon
its acceptance of an Assignment and Assumption and recording of the information
contained therein in the register maintained by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 9.06(b), from and after the effective date specified in
such
Assignment and Assumption, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
hereunder in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Bank assignee
thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Assumption shall make all
appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective
date directly between themselves.
(e) If
at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts then due hereunder, such funds
shall be applied (i) first, to pay costs and expenses, if any, of the
Administrative Agent required to be reimbursed hereunder, (ii) second, to pay
interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to them, and
(iii) third, to pay principal of Advances and unreimbursed LC Disbursements
then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance
with the amounts of Advances and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, respectively,
then due to them.
(f) All
computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall be made by the
Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case
may
be, and all computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate or the Federal
Funds Rate and of commitment fees, and of letter of credit commissions shall
be
made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each
case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the
last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or commitment fees,
or
letter of credit commissions are payable. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(g) Except
to the extent otherwise provided herein (i) each payment of principal of
Advances shall be for the pro rata account of the Banks in accordance
with the amounts of the Advances made by them, (ii) each reimbursement of
LC Disbursements shall be for the pro rata account of the Banks in
accordance with the amounts of the LC Disbursements made by them, (iii) each
payment of commitment fee and letter of credit commission shall be for the
pro rata account of the Banks, and each increase or reduction of the
Maximum Amount or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under
Section 3.04(b) shall be applied pro rata to the respective
obligations of the Banks, according to their respective Applicable Percentages;
and (iv) each
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of interest shall be made for the pro rata account of the Banks in
accordance with the amounts of interest then due and payable to
them.
(h) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Company prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for account
of
the Banks hereunder that the Company will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Company made such payment on such
date
in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute
to
the Banks the amount due. In such event, if the Company has not in
fact made such payment, then each of the Banks severally agrees to repay to
the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Bank
with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed
to
it to the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds
Rate.
SECTION
4.05. Taxes.
(a) Any
and all payments by the Company hereunder and under the Notes shall be made
free
and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Bank, each Issuing Bank and
the
Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed
on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank, such Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political
subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Bank and each Issuing Bank, taxes
imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction
of
such Bank’s or such Issuing Bank’s Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as
“Taxes”). If the Company shall be required by law to deduct
any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under the Notes
to
any Bank, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section 4.05) such Bank, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent
(as
the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had
no such deductions been made, (ii) the Company shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Company shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(b) In
addition, the Company agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which
arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and the Notes
(hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) The
Company will indemnify each Bank, and the Administrative Agent for the full
amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed
by
any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 4.05) paid by such Bank,
or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including
penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the
date such Bank, or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such Taxes and
Other Taxes, submitted to the Company and the Administrative Agent by such
Bank
shall be conclusive and binding (as between the Company, the Banks and the
Administrative Agent) for all purposes, absent manifest
error. Nothing herein shall preclude the Company from contesting the
applicability of any Taxes or Other Taxes as against any governmental entity,
and each Bank and the Administrative Agent agree to cooperate in such manner
as
the Company may reasonably request in contesting any such Taxes or Other Taxes
(provided that neither any Bank nor the Administrative Agent shall be
required to so cooperate with the Company to the extent such Bank or the
Administrative Agent believes (in its
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discretion) that (i) such Taxes or Other Taxes have been correctly asserted
or (ii) such cooperation would be disadvantageous to it in any
way).
(d) Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Company will furnish to
the
Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 10.02, the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other
proof of payment of such Taxes reasonably satisfactory to the relevant
Bank(s). If no Taxes are payable in respect of any payment hereunder
upon the request of the Administrative Agent the Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent, at such address, a statement to such effect with respect
to each jurisdiction designated by the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each
Bank organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States,
on or
prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement (in the case
of each Initial Bank) and on the date of the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which it becomes a Bank (in the case of each other Bank), and from time
to
time thereafter if requested in writing by the Company (but only so long as
such
Bank remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Company with Internal
Revenue Service form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, as appropriate, or any successor form
prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Bank is
entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States
is a
party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest or
certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States. If the form provided by a Bank at the time such Bank first
becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding
tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered
excluded from “Taxes” as defined in Section 4.05(a).
(f) For
any period with respect to which a Bank has failed to provide the Company with
the appropriate form described in Section 4.05(e) (other than if such failure
is
due to a change in law occurring subsequent to the date on which a form
originally was required to be provided, or if such form otherwise is not
required under the first sentence of subsection (e) above), such Bank shall
not be entitled to indemnification under Section 4.05(a) with respect to Taxes
imposed by the United States; provided that should a Bank become
subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder,
the Company shall take such steps as the Bank shall reasonably request to assist
the Bank to recover such Taxes.
(g) Any
Bank claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.05
shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal
and
regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending
Office(s) if the making of such a change would avoid the need for, or reduce
the
amount of, any such additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and would
not,
in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Bank.
ARTICLE
V
EFFECTIVE
DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SECTION
5.01. Effective Date. The
amendment and restatement of the Existing Agreement provided for herein shall
become effective on the date (the “Effective Date”) on which the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company that it has received, on or prior
to
June 19, 2007, the following documents, each dated (except as otherwise provided
below) the Effective Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and in sufficient copies for each Bank:
(a) Certified
copies of (x) the charter and by-laws of the Company, (y) the resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing and approving this
Agreement and the Notes, and (z) documents evidencing all other necessary
corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the
Company’s making and performance of this Agreement.
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(b) A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying
the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to
sign
this Agreement and the Notes and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder.
(c) A
certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated a date
reasonably close to the Effective Date as to the good standing of and charter
documents filed by the Company.
(d) A
favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Counsel of the Company, in substantially
the
form of Exhibit E.
(e) A
favorable opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special New York
counsel to the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
F.
(f) A
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying that (i) no
Default or Event of Default as of the date thereof has occurred and is
continuing, and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in
Section 6.01 are true and correct on and as of the date thereof as if made
on and as of such date.
(g) Evidence
of payment of all fees and other amounts due and payable under or in connection
with the Existing Agreement or this Agreement on or prior to the Effective
Date,
including payment in full of all fees and other amounts owing to each “Bank” as
defined in the Existing Agreement that is not a Bank hereunder (each a
“Declining Bank”), and including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement
or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid
by
the Company hereunder.
(h) Such
other approvals, opinions and documents relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby as the Administrative Agent or any Bank,
through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request.
The
Administrative Agent will promptly
notify the Banks of the occurrence of the Effective Date. Effective
on the Effective Date each Declining Bank shall cease to be a party hereto
and
to have any rights or obligations hereunder.
SECTION
5.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Extension of Credit and Each
Amendment of each Letter of Credit. The
obligation of (i) each Bank (a) to participate in the issuance of any
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit, (b) to make an Advance on the occasion of each
Borrowing, and (c) to amend any Letter of Credit to increase the Maximum
Amount thereof pursuant to Section 2.01 and (ii) each Issuing Bank to
issue any Fronted Letter of Credit shall be subject to the conditions precedent
that the Effective Date shall have occurred on or prior to June 19, 2007 and
on
the date of such issuance, such Borrowing or such increase the following
statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of
Issuance, Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Increase and the acceptance by the
Company of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation
and
warranty by the Company that on the date of such issuance, Borrowing or
increase, as the case may be, such statements are true):
(a) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6.01 (other than the last
sentence of Section 6.01(e) and other than Section 6.01(f)) shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such issuance,
Borrowing or increase, before and after giving effect thereto and, in the case
of a Borrowing, to the application of the proceeds thereof, as though made
on
and as of such date,
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(b) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would
result from such issuance, Borrowing or increase or, in the case of a Borrowing,
from the application of the proceeds thereof, and
(c) the
Administrative Agent shall have received the relevant Notice of Issuance or
Notice of Increase in accordance with Section 2.01(e), or the relevant Notice
of
Borrowing in accordance with Section 3.02(a).
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
6.01. Representations and Warranties of the
Company. The
Company represents and warrants to the Banks and the Administrative Agent as
follows:
(a) The
Company (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) is duly qualified and
in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which
it
owns or leases property or in which the conduct of its business requires it
to
so qualify or be licensed and where, in each case, failure so to qualify and
be
in good standing could have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its property
and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Notes are within the Company’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action, and do not (i) contravene the Company’s
charter or by-laws, (ii) contravene any contractual restriction binding on
the
Company or (iii) violate any law, rule or regulation (including the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder
and
Regulations U and X issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, each as from time to time amended), or order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Notes.
(d) This
Agreement is, and each Note when duly executed and delivered for value will
be,
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against
the
Company in accordance with its terms.
(e) The
Company has heretofore furnished to each of the Banks (i) the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2006,
and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings of
the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, with
the opinion thereon of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP and (ii) the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
March 31, 2007 and the related statements of consolidated income and
retained earnings of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the
three-month period ended on said date. All such financial statements
fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of the operations
of
the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year and
three-month period ended on such dates (subject, in the case of such financial
statements as at March 31, 2007, to normal year-end audit adjustments), all
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied. Since December 31, 2006, no Material Adverse Change has
occurred, except as may have been disclosed in the Company’s form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ending
December 31, 2006 and the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 30, 2007.
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(f) Except
for the Disclosed Litigation, there is no pending or threatened action or
proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries before
any
court, governmental agency or arbitrator which (i) is reasonably likely to
have
a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby; and since the date of this Agreement there
has
been no adverse change in the status, or financial effect on the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries, with respect to the Disclosed Litigation.
(g) The
Company is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of
buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Advance
or
other extension of credit hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for
the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying
any Margin Stock.
(h) The
Company is not an “investment company”, or a Person “controlled by” an
“investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(i) All
information that has been made available by the Company or any of its
representatives to the Administrative Agent or any Bank in connection with
the
negotiation of this Agreement was, on or as of the dates on which such
information was made available, complete and correct in all material respects
and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light
of the time and circumstances under which such statements were
made. All financial projections that have been prepared by the
Company and made available to the Administrative Agent or any Bank in connection
with the negotiation of this Agreement have been prepared in good faith based
upon reasonable assumptions (it being understood that such projections are
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond
the Company’s control, and that no assurance can be given that such projections
will be realized).
(j) The
Company is Solvent.
(k) Without
limiting the foregoing paragraphs (a) through (j), the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations
and orders binding on or applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries and all
of
their respective properties, except to the extent failure to so comply could
not
(either individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
7.01. Affirmative Covenants. So
long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any LC Exposure
or Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, and until payment in full of all other
amounts payable by the Company hereunder, the Company covenants and agrees
that,
unless the Majority Banks shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Corporate
Existence, Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Company will, and will
cause each Material Subsidiary to, maintain its corporate existence
(provided that nothing in this sentence shall prohibit any transaction
expressly permitted under Section 7.02(c)), and will comply, and will cause
each Material Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable laws, statutes, rules,
regulations and orders, such compliance to include compliance with ERISA and
applicable environmental laws and regulations, except for any non-compliance
which could not (either individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Payment
of Taxes and other Obligations. The Company will, and will cause
each of its Material Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge at or before maturity
all of their respective material obligations and liabilities (including claims
of materialmen, warehousemen and the like which if unpaid might by law give
rise
to a Lien) and pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
or levies imposed on it or on its income or profits or on any of its property
prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except for any such tax,
assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being contested in good
faith
and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being
maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or where
the failure to pay or discharge such tax, assessment, charge or levy could
not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Maintenance
and Inspection of Books and Records. The Company will, and will
cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain appropriate books
and
records in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (ii) permit
representatives of any Bank or the Administrative Agent, during normal business
hours and as often as may be desired at their own cost and expense
(provided that if a Default has occurred and is continuing the Company
shall indemnify each Bank and the Administrative Agent for such costs and
expenses that are reasonable and, where possible, documented) to examine, copy
and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its business and
affairs with its officers.
(d) Maintenance
of Property; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of
its Material Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain all of its property useful and
necessary in the business conducted by the Company and its Material Subsidiaries
in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except
where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (ii) maintain insurance with creditworthy insurance
companies, or self-insure, against such risks and in such amounts as are usually
maintained or insured against by other companies of established repute engaged
in the same or a similar business; and will furnish to the Banks, upon request
from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as
to
the insurance so maintained.
(e) Ranking. The
Company will promptly take all actions as may be necessary to ensure that the
payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes will
at
all times constitute unconditional and unsubordinated general obligations of
the
Company ranking at least paripassu in priority of payment with all
other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the
Company.
(f) Reporting
Requirements. The Company will furnish to the Banks:
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as
soon as available and in any event within five Business Days after
the
date on which the Company is required to file the quarterly report
of the
Company for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year on
Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (without giving
effect to any extension of such due date), the quarterly report of
the
Company for such fiscal quarter on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and
Exchange Commission;
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as
soon as available and in any event within five Business Days after
the
date on which the Company is required to file the annual report of
the
Company for each fiscal year on Form 10-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (without giving effect to any extension of
such
due date), the annual report of the Company for such fiscal year
on Form
10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
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as
soon as possible and in any event within five days after the occurrence
of
any Default or any Event of Default continuing on the date of such
statement, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting
forth details of such Default or Event of Default and the action
which the
Company has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto;
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contemporaneously
with the delivery of the financial statements provided for in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, a duly completed certificate, signed
by the chief accounting officer or chief financial officer or assistant
treasurer or treasurer or controller of the Company setting forth
in
reasonable detail the data and computations necessary to demonstrate
compliance with the ratio contained in Section 7.02(d)
hereof;
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promptly
after the filing thereof, copies of each Form 8-K that the Company
files
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or notice of the filing
thereof with an electronic link thereto;
and
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promptly
from time to time such other information respecting the condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries as any Bank through the Administrative Agent
may
from time to time reasonably request (provided that the Company
shall not be obligated to furnish to any Bank any information pursuant
to
this clause (vi) that the Company reasonably believes to be material
non-public information).
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(g) Change
in Nature of Business. The Company will remain primarily an
insurance and health care holding company.
(h) VADBe
Hedge. The Company will cause Connecticut General to maintain the
VADBe Hedge in effect such that the expected economic exposure over time to
stock market fluctuations is immaterial to the Company’s financial
condition. It is recognized by the Banks that the VADBe Hedge does
not address any risks associated with the variable annuity death benefit
reinsurance contracts other than those for which the VADBe Hedge was initially
implemented. Unhedged risks include mortality, lapse, statutory
reserving, volatility, and partial surrenders.
SECTION
7.02. Negative Covenants. So
long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any LC Exposure
or Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, and until payment in full of all other
amounts payable by the Company hereunder, the Company covenants and agrees
that,
without the written consent of the Majority Banks:
(a) Liens. The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to,
at
any time create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to
any
of the capital stock of any of its Material Subsidiaries.
(b) Material
Subsidiary Stock. The Company will not, and will not permit any
of its Material Subsidiaries to, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of
(whether by or pursuant to merger, consolidation or any other arrangement)
any
capital stock of any of its Material Subsidiaries (other than to the Company
or
to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company); provided that nothing in
this Section 7.02(b) shall prohibit any transaction expressly permitted under
Section 7.02(c).
(c) Mergers,
Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any Material
Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease
or
otherwise dispose of, whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions,
all or substantially all of the property (whether now
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or
hereafter acquired) of the Company or such Material Subsidiary to, any Person,
except that:
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any
such Material Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into (or
convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all the assets of
such
Material Subsidiary to) the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary
of the
Company;
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the
Company or any such Material Subsidiary may convey, transfer or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the capital stock or property
of a
Material Subsidiary to another Person for a consideration consisting
of
cash or other Property that, in the good faith determination of the
Company’s Board of Directors, is at least equal to the fair value of the
capital stock or property (as the case may be) so conveyed, transferred
or
otherwise disposed of; and
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the
Company may merge or consolidate with or into any other Person so
long as
(x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event
of
Default would exist and (y) the Company is the surviving
corporation.
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(d) Leverage
Ratio. The Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio to be at
any time greater than 0.400 to 1.00.
ARTICLE
VIII
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
8.01. Events of Default. If
any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) shall occur and
be continuing:
(a) The
Company shall fail to pay in full when due any principal of any Advance or
any
LC Reimbursement Obligation; or the Company shall fail to pay any interest
on
any Advance or LC Reimbursement Obligation, or any commitment fee or letter
of
credit commission, when due and such failure remains unremedied for three
Business Days; or the Company shall fail to pay any other amount payable
hereunder when due and such failure remains unremedied for three Business Days
after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Administrative
Agent or any Bank (through the Administrative Agent); or
(b) Any
representation or warranty made by the Company herein or by the Company (or
any
of its officers) in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c) (i)
The Company shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 7.01(c)(ii), 7.01(f)(iii), 7.01(g) or 7.02; or (ii)
the Company shall fail to perform or observe any other term or covenant of
this
Agreement on its part to be performed or observed, and such failure remains
unremedied for 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company
by the Administrative Agent or any Bank (through the Administrative Agent);
or
(d) The
Company or any Material Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal of any other
Debt of the Company or such Material Subsidiary which is outstanding in a
principal amount of at least $75,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies)
in the aggregate when the same becomes due and payable (whether at scheduled
maturity, by required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise); or any
other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable
grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect
of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration
of,
the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be
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declared
to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly
scheduled required prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer
to
prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made,
in
each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) The
Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts
as
such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
or
any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or
seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating
to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its
property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against the Company
or any of its Material Subsidiaries, such proceeding shall remain undismissed
or
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions
set
forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) In
connection with the actual or alleged insolvency of any Material Insurance
Subsidiary of the Company, any Insurance Regulatory Authority shall appoint
a
rehabilitator, receiver, custodian, trustee, conservator or liquidator or the
like (collectively, a “conservator”) for such Material Insurance
Subsidiary, or cause possession of all or any substantial portion of the
property of such Material Insurance Subsidiary to be taken by any conservator
(or any Insurance Regulatory Authority shall commence any action to effect
any
of the foregoing); or
(g) One
or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 shall be
rendered against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries and either
(i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon
any such judgment or order and such proceedings shall not have been stayed
or
(ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of any such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(h) A
Change in Control shall occur; or
(i) the
Company or any Material Subsidiary shall fail to pay when due an amount or
amounts aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 which it shall have become liable
to pay under Title IV of ERISA;
THEN,
and
in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event, the Administrative Agent shall, if requested by the Majority Banks,
by
notice to the Company take any or all of the following actions, at the same
or
different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, whereupon they
shall forthwith terminate (without prejudice to the obligations of any Bank
(including any Issuing Bank) under any Letter of Credit as then in effect),
(ii) demand provision of cover from the Company in an amount equal to the
then aggregate amount of LC Exposure of the Banks, whereupon the Company shall
forthwith pay such amount in Dollars and immediately available funds to the
Collateral Account and (iii) declare that the Advances, all interest
thereon, all fees, commissions and other obligations of the Company accrued
hereunder to be forthwith due and payable immediately, whereupon they shall
forthwith become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Company,
provided that in the case of any of the Events of Default specified in
clause (e) or (f) above, without any notice to the Company or any other act
by the Administrative Agent or the Banks, the Commitments shall thereupon
terminate (without prejudice to the obligations of the Banks under any Letters
of Credit as then in effect), and the Advances, all such interest and all such
fees, commissions and other obligations of the Company accrued hereunder,
including the obligation to provide cover as aforesaid, shall automatically
become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
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notice
of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Company.
ARTICLE
IX
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION
9.01. Authorization and Action. Each
Bank hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action
as administrative agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to
any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action,
but
shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected
in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Majority
Banks, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Banks; provided
that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which
exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary
to
this Agreement or applicable law.
SECTION
9.02. Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable to the Banks for any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it
or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their
own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (i) may
consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Company), independent
public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable
to
the Banks for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in
accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (ii) makes
no warranty or representation to any Bank and shall not be responsible to any
Bank for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or
oral)
made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) shall not have any duty
to
ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms,
covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Company or to
inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries; (iv) shall not be responsible to any Bank for the due
execution (other than its own), legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any related agreement, instrument
or
document furnished pursuant hereto; and (v) shall incur no liability to the
Banks under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, consent,
certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier,
telegram, cable or telex) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and signed
or
sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION
9.03. Citibank and Affiliates. With
respect to its Commitments Citibank shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement as any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were
not
the Administrative Agent, and the term “Bank” or “Banks” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated, include Citibank in its individual
capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind
of business with, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may
do
business with or own securities of the Company or any such Subsidiary, all
as if
Citibank were not the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account
therefor to the Banks.
SECTION
9.04. Bank Credit Decision. Each
Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Bank and based on the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.01 and such other documents and information as it
has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this
Agreement. Each Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Bank and based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement.
SECTION
9.05. Indemnification. The
Banks agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed
by the Company), ratably according to the respective amounts of their
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Commitments
as most recently in effect, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted
by
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, provided that no Bank
shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Bank agrees to
reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share
of
any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect
of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the
Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the
Company.
SECTION
9.06. Successor Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Banks and the Company and may be removed at any time with or without cause
by the Majority Banks. Upon any such resignation or removal, the
Majority Banks shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent
that, unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be
continuing, is reasonably acceptable to the Company. If no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Banks, and
shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Majority Banks’
removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative
Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent,
which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States
of America or of any State thereof and having total assets of at least
$1,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such
successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent,
the provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under
this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.07. Joint Lead Arrangers. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the book managers, arrangers,
syndication agents or documentation agents listed on the cover page hereof
shall
have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, except in
their capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Bank or an
Issuing Bank hereunder.
SECTION
9.08. Trust Indenture Act. In
the event that Citibank or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture
trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in respect of any
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company, the parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect
of any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Letter of Credit by
or
on behalf of Citibank in its capacity as the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Company hereunder or any Letter of Credit (other than Citibank
or
an Affiliate of Citibank) and which is applied in accordance herewith shall
be
deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of said Act pursuant
to
Section 311(b)(3) thereof.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.01. Amendments, Etc. No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any
departure by the Company therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless
the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Banks and (in the case
of an
amendment) the Company, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided that except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
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no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the
Banks, do any of the following: (a) waive any of the conditions
specified in Section 5.01, (b) increase the Commitment of any Bank,
increase the LC Exposure of any Bank or otherwise subject any Bank to any
additional obligations, (c) reduce the amount of, or interest on, any LC
Reimbursement Obligation of the Company to any Bank or the principal of, or
rate
of interest on, any Advance or any fees, commissions or other amounts payable
by
the Company hereunder, (d) postpone the scheduled date for any payment of
any LC Reimbursement Obligation (or interest thereon) or any principal of,
or
interest on, the Advances or any fees, commissions or other amounts payable
by
the Company hereunder, or change the Outside Expiry Date, (e) alter the
manner in which payment of LC Reimbursement Obligations or interest thereon
or
of principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees, commissions or other
amounts is to be applied as among the Banks, (f) change the definition of
“Majority Banks” or the number or percentage in interest of Banks which shall be
required for the Banks or any of them to take any action hereunder,
(g) amend this Section 10.01, (h) release any cover (except as
expressly provided in this Agreement) or (i) increase the LC Sublimit; and
providedfurther that no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks
in
addition to the Banks required above to take such action, affect the rights
or
duties of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be,
under this Agreement and the Notes. This Agreement and the Notes
constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
SECTION
10.02. Notices, Etc.
(a) All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
(including telecopier) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand:
(i) if
to the Company:
CIGNA
Corporation
Two
Liberty Place
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Telecopier
No.: 000-000-0000
(ii) if
to the Administrative Agent:
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
Address
for Notices:
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
e-mail: xxxxxxxxx.x.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx
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to any Bank, at its address (or telecopier number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire;
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as to
the Company or the Administrative Agent, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to
each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party
in
a written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent. All
such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given or
made
(A) in the case of hand deliveries, when delivered by hand, (B) in the
case of mailed notices, upon receipt if sent by certified mail, postage prepaid,
and (C) in the case of telecopier or electronic notice, when transmitted
and confirmed during normal business hours (or, if delivered after the close
of
normal business hours, at the beginning of business hours on the next Business
Day), except that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Article II, III or V shall not be effective until received by
the Administrative Agent.
(b) The
Company hereby agrees that it will provide to the Administrative Agent all
information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish
to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement, including all notices,
requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and
other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i)
relates to the payment of any LC Reimbursement Obligation or any principal
of
any Advance or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled
date
therefor, (ii) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default under this
Agreement or (iii) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition
precedent to the occurrence of the Closing Date and/or any borrowing (all such
non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as
“Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an
electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx. In addition, the Company
agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent
in
the manner otherwise specified in this Agreement but only to the extent
requested by the Administrative Agent.
(c) The
Company further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications
available to the Banks by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a
substantially similar electronic transmission system (the
“Platform”). THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS
AVAILABLE”. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER
CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS
OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF
ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, ADVISORS OR REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “AGENT PARTIES”)
HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE COMPANY, ANY BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE COMPANY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S
TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE
LIABILITY OF ANY AGENT PARTY IS FOUND IN A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY
A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY FROM SUCH AGENT
PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
(d) The
Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the
Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute
effective delivery of the
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Communications
to the Administrative Agent for purposes of this Agreement. Each Bank
agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that
the
Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective
delivery of the Communications to such Bank for purposes of this
Agreement. Each Bank agrees (i) to provide to the Administrative
Agent in writing (including by electronic communication), promptly after the
date of this Agreement, an e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may
be
sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent
to such e-mail address.
(e) Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Bank to
give
any notice or other communication pursuant to this Agreement in any other manner
specified herein.
SECTION
10.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No
failure on the part of any Bank or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and
no
delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The
remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law.
SECTION
10.04. Costs, Expenses and Indemnification.
(a) The
Company agrees to pay and reimburse on demand all reasonable costs and expenses
of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement and
the
other documents to be delivered hereunder, including the reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect
hereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent as to its rights
and responsibilities hereunder. The Company further agrees to pay on
demand all costs and expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks), incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank in connection with the
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of
this Agreement including reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection
with
the enforcement of rights under this Section 10.04(a). The Company
shall not be responsible to reimburse any Bank for the costs of the appointment
by such Bank of a Confirming Bank.
(b) The
Company hereby indemnifies the Administrative Agent, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, each Bank, each Issuing Bank and each
of
their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, advisors and representatives (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from
and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, penalties and
expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel), joint or several, that
may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in
each
case arising out of or in connection with or relating to any investigation,
litigation or proceeding or the preparation of any defense with respect thereto
arising out of or in connection with or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not such investigation,
litigation or proceeding is brought by the Company, any of its shareholders
or
creditors, an Indemnified Party or any other Person, or an Indemnified Party
is
otherwise a party thereto, and whether or not any of the conditions precedent
set forth in Article III are satisfied or the other transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are consummated, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss,
liability or expense results from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Company hereby further agrees that no
Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in
contract, tort or otherwise) to the Company for or in connection with or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
except to the extent such liability is found in a final, non-appealable judgment
by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified
Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided that nothing
in this paragraph shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any
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claim
the
Company may have, or to exculpate any Person from any liability that such Person
may have to the Company, for breach by such Person of its obligations under
this
Agreement. Neither any Bank, any Issuing Bank nor the
Administrative Agent shall in any event be liable for any indirect,
consequential or punitive damages.
(c) If
(i) the Company makes any payment of principal of any Eurodollar Rate Advance
on
a day other than the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, or
(ii) the Company fails to make a Borrowing or a prepayment of Eurodollar Rate
Advances after having given notice thereof pursuant to this Agreement, the
Company shall reimburse each Bank and each Issuing Bank upon demand for any
resulting loss, cost or expense incurred by such Bank, including any loss
incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third parties,
but
excluding loss of margin, for the period after such payment, failure to borrow
or failure to prepay, or certificate of such Bank or such Issuing Bank in
reasonable detail as to the amount of such loss, cost or expense to be
conclusive and binding on the Company in the absence of manifest
error.
SECTION
10.05. Binding Effect. This
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Company
and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified by each Bank that such Bank has executed it and the Effective Date
has
occurred and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, the Administrative Agent and each Bank and their respective successors
and permitted assigns, except that the Company shall not have the right to
assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the Banks.
SECTION
10.06. Assignments and Participations.
(a) Assignments
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 (i) the Company may not assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Bank (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the
Company without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Bank may assign
or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance
with this Section 10.06. 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 and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, Participants referred to in paragraph
(e)
below and the directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents of each
of
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Banks) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement.
(b) Assignments
by Banks. Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (c)
below, any Bank may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its
Commitments, its obligations under each Letter of Credit and the Advances owing
to it to any Eligible Bank (but not to any other Person), subject to the
following requirements:
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each
of the Company and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of
an
assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Credit Commitment or
any
Bank’s obligations in respect of its LC Exposure with respect to a Fronted
Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank) and, if Multi-Bank Letters of
Credit
are outstanding at the time of the assignment, the Beneficiary of
each
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit shall have consented thereto in writing,
such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, provided that no such
consent of the Company or such Beneficiary shall be required for
an
assignment to a Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank (so long as such Affiliate
is also an Eligible Bank) or, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is
continuing, any other assignee, provided further that no such
consent of
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such
assignment shall be of the same percentage of the assigning Bank’s rights
and obligations under this Agreement and its liability under or in
respect
of each Letter of Credit;
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(iii)
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except
in the case of an assignment by a Bank to one of its Affiliates or
to
another Bank, the amount of the Commitments of the assigning Bank
being
assigned (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Assumption
with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event (unless the Company
and the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such
consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing) be less than $10,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof;
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(iv)
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the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in a register
for
the recordation of the names and addresses of each of the Banks,
an
Assignment and Assumption covering such assignment, and the assignee,
if
it is not a Bank, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire;
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(v)
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if
any Multi-Bank Letter of Credit is outstanding on the date of such
assignment, either (i) the parties to such Multi-Bank Letter of Credit
(including the relevant assignee) will authorize the Administrative
Agent
to issue a Replacement Letter of Credit for such Multi-Bank Letter
of
Credit reflecting such assignment (subject to the Beneficiary of
such
Multi-Bank Letter of Credit delivering the current Letter of Credit
in
exchange therefor) or (ii) an appropriate participation agreement
or other
arrangement satisfactory to the Banks will be entered into, as a
condition
to such assignment, with the relevant assignee in order to cause
the
rights and obligations, including the LC Exposures, of all Banks,
including such assignee, with respect to such Multi-Bank Letter of
Credit
to be on a pro rata basis immediately after giving effect to the
assignment; and
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(vi)
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the
parties to each such assignment (other than the Company) shall, prior
to
the effectiveness of such assignment, deliver to the Administrative
Agent
a processing and recordation fee of
$3,500.
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Upon
such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective
date
specified in each Assignment and Assumption, (x) the assignee thereunder
shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been transferred to it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, have
the
rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder and (y) the Bank assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have
been
transferred by it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its
rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion
of an
assigning Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Bank shall
cease to be a party hereto).
(c) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the Bank assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in
such Assignment and Assumption, such assigning Bank makes no representation
or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement
or
any related agreement, instrument or document or the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability,
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genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Bank makes no representation
or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any related agreement, instrument or
document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial
statements referred to in Section 6.01 and such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such assigning
Bank or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms
that it is an Eligible Bank (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
Administrative Agent, the Company and the Beneficiaries); (vi) such assignee
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action
as administrative agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such
assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of
the
obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed
by
it as a Bank.
(d) Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Bank and
an
assignee representing that it is an Eligible Bank, subject to such assignment,
the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Assumption has been
completed (and the Company, the Beneficiaries and the Administrative Agent
shall
have consented to the relevant assignment) and is in substantially the form
of
Exhibit D hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Assumption,
(ii) record the information contained therein in the register referred to
above and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Company.
(e) Each
Bank may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to
all
or a portion of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitments and the Advances owing to it);
provided that (i) such Bank’s obligations under this Agreement
(including its Commitment) and the Letters of Credit shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Bank shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto
for
the performance of such obligations, (iii) the Company, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Banks shall continue to deal solely
and
directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, (iv) in any proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code
in respect of the Company, such Bank shall remain and be, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the sole representative with respect to the rights and
obligations held in the name of such Bank (whether such rights or obligations
are for such Bank’s own account or for the account of any participant) and (v)
no participant under any such participation agreement shall have any right
to
approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the
Letters of Credit, or to consent to any departure by the Company therefrom,
except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the
LC
Reimbursement Obligations or principal of, or interest on, the Advances or
any
fees, commissions or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent
subject to such participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of
the
LC Reimbursement Obligations or of the principal of, or interest on, the
Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the
extent subject to such participation. No sale by a Bank of any
participation shall alter the obligations of such Bank under any Letter of
Credit.
(f) Any
Bank may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 10.06, disclose to the
assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information
relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries furnished to such Bank by
or
on behalf of the Company.
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(g) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Bank may at any time,
without the consent of the Company, create a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve
Bank
in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
(h) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Bank may at any time,
without the consent of the Company, any Beneficiary or the Administrative Agent
but with notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent, assign to an
Affiliate of such Bank all or any portion of its rights (but not its
obligations) under this Agreement.
SECTION
10.07. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the
State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District
of
New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for the
purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that
it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding
brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such
a
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION
10.08. Severability.
In
case any provision in this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, such provision shall be severable from the rest of this
Agreement, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION
10.09. Execution in Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the
same agreement.
SECTION
10.10. Survival.
The
obligations of the Company under Sections 2.02(a), 4.02, 4.05, and 10.04,
and the obligations of the Banks under Section 9.05, shall survive the
repayment of the LC Reimbursement Obligations, the expiration or termination
of
the Letters of Credit, the termination of the Commitments and the payment in
full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable
hereunder. In addition, each representation and warranty made, or
deemed to be made by any Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Issuance or Notice
of
Increase, herein or pursuant hereto shall survive the making of such
representation and warranty, and no Bank shall be deemed to have waived, by
issuing a Letter of Credit or making an Advance, any Default or Event of Default
that may arise by reason of such representation or warranty proving to have
been
false or misleading, notwithstanding that such Bank, any Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent may have had notice or knowledge or reason to believe
that
such representation or warranty was false or misleading at the time such
extension of credit was made.
SECTION
10.11. Sharing of Set-Offs, Etc.
(a) Without
limiting any of the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent or the
Banks or the rights or obligations of the Company hereunder, if the Company
shall fail to pay when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) any amount payable by it hereunder, each Bank is hereby authorized
at
any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without
prior notice to the Company (which notice is expressly waived by the Company
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law), to set off and appropriate
and
apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final, in any currency, matured or unmatured) and any
other obligations at any time held or owing by such Bank or any Subsidiary,
Affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or account of the
Company. Such Bank shall promptly provide notice to the Company of
such set-off, provided that failure by such Bank to provide such notice
to the Company shall not give the Company any
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cause
of
action or right to damages or affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of each Bank under this Section are in
addition to any other rights and remedies (including any other rights of
set-off) that such Bank may have.
(b) Each
Bank agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim
or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate LC Reimbursement
Obligations or the Advances or interest due with respect thereto in excess
of
its pro rata share thereof the Bank receiving such proportionately
greater payment shall purchase such participations from the other Banks, and/or
such other adjustments shall be made, as may be required so that all such
payments shall be shared by the Banks pro rata as provided in this
Agreement; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right
of any Bank to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and
to
apply the amount thereof to the payment of indebtedness of the Company other
than its indebtedness under this Agreement. The Company agrees, to
the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
holder of a participation under this clause may exercise rights of set-off
or
counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as
if
such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the Company in the
amount of such participation.
SECTION
10.12. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH
OF THE COMPANY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE BANKS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT
TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION
10.13. Confidentiality. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Bank shall disclose any Confidential
Information to any Person without the consent of the Company, other than
(a) to the Administrative Agent’s or such Bank’s Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and to actual or prospective
assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis, (b) to
the extent required by any applicable law, rule or regulation or judicial
process, (c) to any rating agency when required by it, (d) to any other
party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder,
(f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those
of
this paragraph, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement and (g) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign
authority or examiner or self-regulatory body regulating banks or
banking.
XXXXXXX
00.00. XXX XXXXXXX Xxx. Each
Bank hereby notifies the Company 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 Company, which information includes the name
and
address of the Company and other information that will allow such Bank to
identify the Company in accordance with the Act.
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CIGNA
CORPORATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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CITIBANK,
N.A., as Administrative
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Agent
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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Banks
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CITIBANK,
N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Senior Vice President
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxx | |
Name:
Xxxx Xxx Xxx
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Title:
Executive Director
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THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
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UFJ,
LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Authorized Secretary
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DEUTSCHE
BANK AG
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NEW
YORK BRANCH
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By
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxx | |
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxx
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Title:
Vice President
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Manager
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MELLON
BANK, N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING
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CORPORATION
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By
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
General Manager
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WACHOVIA
BANK,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Director
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XXXXXXX
STREET
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CREDIT
CORPORATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Assistant Vice President
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UBS
AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
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By
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title:
Associate Director
Banking
Products
Services,
US
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Title:
Associate Director
Banking
Products
Services,
US
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FIFTH
THIRD BANK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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HSBC
BANK USA, N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Managing Director
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PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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STATE
STREET BANK
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AND
TRUST COMPANY
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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U.S.
BANK, N.A.
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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51
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COMERICA
BANK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK (USA)
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Deputy General Manager
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NATIONAL
CITY BANK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Senior Vice President
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THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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SOVEREIGN
BANK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Senior Vice President
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SUNTRUST
BANK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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52
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XXXXXXX
BANK,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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