EXHIBIT 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 27, 2003,
Among
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.,
THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
as Co-Syndication Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Documentation Agent
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON and
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ........................................................6
SECTION 1.01. DEFINED TERMS..........................................6
SECTION 1.02. TERMS GENERALLY.......................................87
SECTION 1.03. EXCHANGE RATES........................................88
SECTION 1.04. REDENOMINATION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN CURRENCIES..........89
SECTION 1.05. EFFECTUATION OF TRANSFERS.............................90
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS ......................................................91
SECTION 2.01. COMMITMENTS...........................................91
SECTION 2.02. LOANS AND BORROWINGS..................................92
SECTION 2.03. REQUESTS FOR BORROWINGS...............................94
SECTION 2.04. SWINGLINE LOANS.......................................96
SECTION 2.05. LETTERS OF CREDIT....................................100
SECTION 2.06. FUNDING OF BORROWINGS................................111
SECTION 2.07. INTEREST ELECTIONS...................................112
SECTION 2.08. TERMINATION AND REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS.............114
SECTION 2.09. REPAYMENT OF LOANS; EVIDENCE OF DEBT.................116
SECTION 2.10. REPAYMENT OF TERM LOANS AND REVOLVING LOANS..........117
SECTION 2.11. PREPAYMENT OF LOANS..................................121
SECTION 2.12. FEES.................................................124
SECTION 2.13. INTEREST.............................................126
SECTION 2.14. ALTERNATE RATE OF INTEREST...........................127
SECTION 2.15. INCREASED COSTS......................................128
SECTION 2.16. BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS...............................131
SECTION 2.17. TAXES................................................132
SECTION 2.18. PAYMENTS GENERALLY; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF
SET-OFFS.............................................134
SECTION 2.19. MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.......137
SECTION 2.20. FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES......................139
SECTION 2.21. ADDITIONAL RESERVE COSTS.............................140
SECTION 1.1. ANCILLARY FACILITIES...................................141
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..................................147
SECTION 3.01. ORGANIZATION; POWERS.................................148
SECTION 3.02. AUTHORIZATION........................................149
SECTION 3.03. ENFORCEABILITY.......................................150
SECTION 3.04. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS...............................150
SECTION 3.05. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.................................151
SECTION 3.06. NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE OR MATERIAL ADVERSE
EFFECT...............................................152
SECTION 3.07. TITLE TO PROPERTIES; POSSESSION UNDER LEASES.........152
SECTION 3.08. SUBSIDIARIES.........................................154
SECTION 3.09. LITIGATION; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.....................154
SECTION 3.10. FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS..........................155
SECTION 3.11. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT..........................................155
SECTION 3.12. USE OF PROCEEDS......................................156
SECTION 3.13. TAX RETURNS..........................................157
SECTION 3.14. NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS............................158
SECTION 3.15. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS...............................159
SECTION 3.16. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS................................160
SECTION 3.17. SECURITY DOCUMENTS...................................161
SECTION 3.18. LOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY AND LEASED PREMISES........163
SECTION 3.19. SOLVENCY.............................................164
SECTION 3.20. LABOR MATTERS........................................165
SECTION 3.21. INSURANCE............................................165
SECTION 3.22. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IN PURCHASE AGREEMENT.166
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF LENDING............................................166
SECTION 4.01. ALL CREDIT EVENTS....................................166
SECTION 4.02. FIRST CREDIT EVENT...................................167
SECTION 4.03. CREDIT EVENTS RELATING TO FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY
BORROWERS............................................174
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.............................................175
SECTION 5.01. EXISTENCE; BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES.................176
SECTION 5.02. INSURANCE............................................177
SECTION 5.03. TAXES................................................180
SECTION 5.04. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS, ETC...................180
SECTION 5.05. LITIGATION AND OTHER NOTICES.........................184
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws.................................185
SECTION 5.07. MAINTAINING RECORDS; ACCESS TO PROPERTIES AND
INSPECTIONS..........................................186
SECTION 5.08. USE OF PROCEEDS......................................186
SECTION 5.09. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS...................187
SECTION 5.10. FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL MORTGAGES.............187
SECTION 5.11. FISCAL YEAR; ACCOUNTING..............................190
SECTION 5.12. INTEREST RATE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS..................191
SECTION 1.2. PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN DISPOSITIONS.......................191
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS...............................................192
SECTION 6.01. INDEBTEDNESS.........................................192
SECTION 6.02. LIENS................................................197
SECTION 6.03. SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS.....................202
SECTION 6.04. INVESTMENTS, LOANS AND ADVANCES......................203
SECTION 6.05. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, SALES OF ASSETS AND
ACQUISITIONS.........................................207
SECTION 6.06. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS..........................210
SECTION 6.07. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.........................212
SECTION 6.08. BUSINESS OF HOLDINGS, INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, THE
U.S. BORROWER AND THE SUBSIDIARIES...................215
SECTION 6.09. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATIONS OF INDEBTEDNESS;
MODIFICATIONS OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION,
BY-LAWS AND CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS; ETC............216
SECTION 6.10. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.................................218
SECTION 6.11. INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO..............................219
SECTION 6.12. LEVERAGE RATIO.......................................220
SECTION 6.13. SWAP AGREEMENTS......................................220
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT...............................................221
SECTION 7.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT....................................221
SECTION 1.3. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries...................227
SECTION 7.03. U.S. BORROWER'S RIGHT TO CURE........................227
ARTICLE VIII THE AGENTS ....................................................229
SECTION 8.01. APPOINTMENT..........................................230
SECTION 8.02. NATURE OF DUTIES.....................................232
SECTION 8.03. RESIGNATION BY THE AGENTS............................233
SECTION 8.04. EACH AGENT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY................233
SECTION 8.05. INDEMNIFICATION......................................234
SECTION 8.06. LACK OF RELIANCE ON AGENTS...........................235
SECTION 1.4. DESIGNATION OF AFFILIATES FOR FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS...235
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................236
SECTION 9.01. NOTICES..............................................236
SECTION 9.02. SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT................................238
SECTION 9.03. BINDING EFFECT.......................................238
SECTION 9.04. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS...............................239
SECTION 9.05. EXPENSES; INDEMNITY..................................245
SECTION 9.06. RIGHT OF SET-OFF.....................................248
SECTION 9.07. APPLICABLE LAW.......................................248
SECTION 9.08. WAIVERS; AMENDMENT...................................249
SECTION 9.09. INTEREST RATE LIMITATION.............................251
SECTION 9.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.....................................251
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.................................252
SECTION 9.12. SEVERABILITY.........................................252
SECTION 9.13. COUNTERPARTS.........................................252
SECTION 9.14. HEADINGS.............................................252
SECTION 9.15. JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS..........253
SECTION 9.16. CONFIDENTIALITY......................................254
SECTION 9.17. CONVERSION OF CURRENCIES.............................255
SECTION 1.5. PRE-FUNDING ESCROW ARRANGEMENTS........................256
ARTICLE X ANCILLARY FACILITY ADJUSTMENTS....................................262
SECTION 1.6. EXCHANGE OF INTERESTS IN ANCILLARY FACILITIES..........262
ARTICLE XI COLLECTION ALLOCATION MECHANISM..................................264
SECTION 11.01. IMPLEMENTATION OF CAM...............................265
SECTION 11.02. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND UNFUNDED
ANCILLARY CREDIT EXTENSIONS.........................268
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
EXHIBIT A FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
EXHIBIT C-1 FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
EXHIBIT C-2 FORM OF SWINGLINE BORROWING REQUEST
EXHIBIT D FORM OF U.S. MORTGAGE
EXHIBIT E FORM OF U.S. COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT F FORM OF FOREIGN GUARANTEE
EXHIBIT G FORM OF XXXXX GUARANTEE
EXHIBIT H FORM OF SELLER NOTE
EXHIBIT I FORM OF XXXXX NOTE
EXHIBIT J FORMS OF FOREIGN ACQUIROR NOTES
EXHIBIT K-1 FORM OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT K-2 FORM OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER TERMINATION
EXHIBIT L RESERVE COSTS FOR MANDATORY COSTS RATE
EXHIBIT M FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXXX XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
EXHIBIT N FORM OF LOCAL COUNSEL OPINION
EXHIBIT O FORM OF NEWCO UK NOTE
EXHIBIT P FORM OF ACCEPTABLE LETTER OF CREDIT
SCHEDULE 1.01(A) ACQUIRED FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 1.01(B) FOREIGN ACQUIRORS, FOREIGN ACQUIROR EQUITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND
FOREIGN ACQUIROR LOANS
SCHEDULE 1.01(C) CLOSING DATE ANCILLARY FACILITIES
SCHEDULE 1.01(D) FOREIGN PLEDGE AGREEMENTS
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SCHEDULE 1.01(E) FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES
SCHEDULE 1.01(F) ANCILLARY FACILITY LIMITS
SCHEDULE 1.01(G) COLLATERAL AND GUARANTEE REQUIREMENT
SCHEDULE 1.01(H) CERTAIN U.S. SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 1.01(I) CLOSING DATE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER AGREEMENTS
SCHEDULE 2.01 COMMITMENTS
SCHEDULE 2.04(A) SWINGLINE DOLLAR COMMITMENTS
SCHEDULE 2.04(B) SWINGLINE FOREIGN CURRENCY COMMITMENTS
SCHEDULE 2.05(A) EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
SCHEDULE 3.01 ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING
SCHEDULE 3.04 GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS
SCHEDULE 3.05 SPECIFIED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
SCHEDULE 3.08(B) SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 3.08(C) SUBSCRIPTIONS
SCHEDULE 3.09 LITIGATION
SCHEDULE 3.13 TAXES
SCHEDULE 3.18 MORTGAGED PROPERTIES
SCHEDULE 3.20 LABOR MATTERS
SCHEDULE 3.21 INSURANCE
SCHEDULE 5.10(G) CERTAIN FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 6.01 INDEBTEDNESS
SCHEDULE 6.02 LIENS
SCHEDULE 6.04 INVESTMENTS
SCHEDULE 6.07 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 27, 2003 (this
"Agreement"), among TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware
corporation ("Holdings"), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS
CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Intermediate Holdings"), TRW
AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "U.S.
Borrower"), the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS party hereto, the
LENDERS party hereto from time to time, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"), and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Agent") for the Lenders, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER
INC., and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., each as co-syndication
agent (in such capacity, a "Co-Syndication Agent"), and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as documentation agent (in such capacity, the
"Documentation Agent").
Pursuant to or in connection with the Purchase Agreement (with such
term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble
having the meaning assigned thereto in Article I), (a) the Equity Contributions
will be made, (b) the financing transactions described in this preamble will be
consummated, (c) the Xxxxx Equity Contribution, the Xxxxx Loan, the Newco UK
Equity Contribution, the Newco UK Loan, the Foreign Acquiror Equity
Contributions and the Foreign Acquiror Loans will be consummated, (d) the Stock
Purchases will be consummated, and (e) fees and expenses (the "Transaction
Costs") incurred in connection with the Transactions will be paid.
On the Closing Date, (a) Automotive Investors L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company and a Fund
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Affiliate, the Management Group and the Management Equity Vehicle together, will
contribute not less than $500,000,000 in cash to Holdings in exchange for not
less than 500,000 shares of Holdings Common Stock (the "Holdings Equity
Contribution"), (b) Holdings will contribute (i) the proceeds of the Holdings
Equity Contribution and (ii) a number of shares of Holdings Common Stock (the
"Stock Consideration"), that taken together with the shares issued pursuant to
the Holdings Equity Contribution has an implied value of not less than
$868,000,000, to Intermediate Holdings, in exchange for all the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings (the "Intermediate
Holdings Equity Contribution"), (c) Intermediate Holdings will contribute to the
U.S. Borrower in exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
the U.S. Borrower (i) the cash proceeds of the Intermediate Holdings Equity
Contribution, (ii) the Stock Consideration and (iii) 62.7% shares of LucasVarity
Holdings purchased by Intermediate Holdings from a subsidiary of Northrop Space
and Mission in exchange for the Seller Note and (d) the U.S. Borrower will
contribute $10,000,000 in cash to Automotive (LV) Corp. in exchange for all the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Automotive (LV) Corp. (the steps
described in clauses (a)-(d) of this paragraph together, the "Equity
Contributions").
On February 18, 2003, the U.S. Borrower issued and sold in offerings
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act")
and Regulation S under the Securities Act (a) Senior Notes having an aggregate
principal amount of $925,000,000, (b) Senior Notes having an aggregate principal
amount of _200,000,000, (c) Senior Subordinated Notes having an aggregate
principal amount of $300,000,000 and (d) Senior Subordinated Notes having an
aggregate principal amount of _125,000,000.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Equity Contributions, (a)
the U.S. Borrower will obtain, and make Borrowings in an aggregate amount the
Dollar Equivalent of which is not in excess of $1,544,000,000 under, the senior
secured credit facilities provided for by
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this Agreement, (b) the U.S. Borrower will make the Management Equity Loan and
(c) the U.S. Borrower and certain of the Subsidiaries will obtain $150,000,000
in proceeds under the Permitted Receivables Financing.
Prior to the consummation of the transactions described in the
immediately preceding sentence, the U.S. Borrower will contribute _12,500 in
cash to Xxxxx in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
of Xxxxx (the "Xxxxx Equity Contributions"). Concurrently with the consummation
of the transactions described in the immediately preceding paragraph, (a) the
U.S. Borrower will (i) make the Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and the
Xxxxx Loan and (ii) contribute no more than $12,000,000 to Automotive Holdings
(UK), Ltd. ("Newco UK") in exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of Newco UK (the "Newco UK Equity Contribution") and make the Newco UK
Loan, (b) Xxxxx will use the proceeds of the Xxxxx Loan to make the Foreign
Acquiror Loans, (c) the U.S. Borrower will purchase from a subsidiary of
Northrop Space and Mission all the issued and outstanding shares of LucasVarity
Holdings not purchased by Intermediate Holdings (as described above) for
$356,510,000 in cash, (d) (i) the Foreign Acquirors will use the proceeds of the
Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and the Foreign Acquiror Loans to purchase
from subsidiaries of Northrop Space and Mission all the Equity Interests of the
Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries and (ii) Newco UK will use the proceeds of the
Newco UK Equity Contribution and the Newco UK Loan to acquire 80.4% of the
issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares and all the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests in TRW UK Ltd and all the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of TRW INO Ltd., (e) Automotive Holdings (France) S.A.S. will purchase
no less than 90% of the Equity Interests of TRW France Holdings SAS from Xxxxx
Investments, Limited in exchange for a subordinated note of Automotive Holdings
(France) S.A.S. in an aggregate principal amount of up to $542,000,000, (f)
Automotive (LV) Corp. will purchase from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and
Mission 1% of the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares for $10,000,000 in
cash, (g) the U.S. Borrower will purchase from a subsidiary of Northrop Space
and Mission (i) all the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares not purchased
by Automotive
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(LV) Corp. or Newco UK, and (ii) all the issued and outstanding shares of TRW
Steering & Suspension Co. Ltd., TRW Vehicle Safety Systems and TRW Automotive JV
LLC for $280,000,000 in cash and the Stock Consideration, (h) the U.S. Borrower
will purchase from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission all the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of TRW Auto Holdings Inc. and TRW Automotive U.S.
LLC for $1,126,000,000 in cash (the steps described in clauses (c)-(h) of this
paragraph together, the "Stock Purchases"). As soon as reasonably practicable
after consummation of the Stock Purchases, (i) the U.S. Borrower will contribute
to LucasVarity 1% of the Equity Interests of Xxxxx acquired by the U.S. Borrower
as described in clause (a) above, (j) the U.S. Borrower will contribute the
Equity Interests of TRW Steering & Suspension Co. Ltd. and the Foreign Acquirors
(other than Spanish Acquiror) to Dutch Holdco in exchange for the remaining
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Dutch Holdco, (k) the U.S. Borrower
will contribute the Equity Interests of Dutch Holdco to Spanish Acquiror in
exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Spanish
Acquiror, (l) Spanish Acquiror will form U.S. Serviceco, and U.S. Serviceco will
enter into management contracts with certain of the Subsidiaries and (m) the
U.S. Borrower will contribute to Newco UK all the LucasVarity shares purchased
by U.S. Borrower (as described in clause (g) above) in exchange for 18.6% of the
issued and outstanding shares of Newco UK.
The Borrowers have requested the Lenders to extend credit, subject to
the terms and conditions herein, in the form of (a) Tranche A Term Loans on the
Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $410,000,000,
(b) Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount
not in excess of $1,030,000,000, (c) Tranche B-2 Term Loans on the Closing Date
in an aggregate principal amount in Euros not in excess of _64,814,815, (d)
Global Revolving Facility Loans to the U.S. Borrower and the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers and Swingline Foreign Currency Loans to the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period and (e) U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans to the U.S. Borrower from time to time during the
Availability Period. In addition, Global Revolving
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Facility Lenders may agree to make available from time to time Ancillary
Facilities to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers during the Availability Period.
The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans
will be used by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date,
together with (a) the Equity Contributions, (b) up to $12,000,000 in proceeds of
U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, (c) the proceeds of the offering and sale of the
Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes and (d) the proceeds of the
initial sale on the Closing Date of accounts receivable and related assets under
the Permitted Receivables Financing, solely (v) to make the Management Equity
Loan, (w) to make the Xxxxx Loan, (x) to make the Foreign Acquiror Loans and the
Newco UK Loan, (y) to make the Stock Purchases and (z) to pay the Transaction
Costs. The proceeds of Revolving Loans (except as described in clause (a) above)
and Swingline Loans will be used by the applicable Borrower solely for general
corporate purposes. Letters of Credit will be used by the U.S. Borrower and the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers solely for general corporate purposes.
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The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers and each
Issuing Bank is willing to issue Letters of Credit for the account of each of
the Borrowers, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings specified below:
"ABR Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
"ABR Loan" shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan or
Swingline Dollar Loan.
"ABR Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR
Revolving Loans.
"ABR Revolving Loan" shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article II.
"ABR Term Loan" shall mean any Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche B-1 Term
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
"Acceptable Letter of Credit" shall mean a letter of credit that (a) is
issued to Xxxxx by a commercial bank
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whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company's long-term debt, is rated
A (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally
recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the
Securities Act), (b) has a face amount not less than the outstanding principal
amount of the Xxxxx Notes on the date of issuance of such letter of credit, (c)
is in substantially the form of Exhibit P and (d) provides for drawing upon the
earlier to occur of (i) the date on which Xxxxx is required by a judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction to pay amounts in respect of principal due under
the Xxxxx Notes and (ii) 10 Business Days prior to the stated termination date
of such letter of credit if such letter of credit has not been replaced with a
substantially identical letter of credit.
"Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries" shall mean the Subsidiaries specified
on Schedule 1.01(a).
"Additional Mortgage" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.10(c).
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency
Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate
in effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves applicable to such
Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Administrative Agent Fees" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.12(c).
"Administrative Questionnaire" shall mean an Administrative
Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B.
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"Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person,
another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person
specified.
"Agents" shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean the aggregate amount
of the Lenders' Revolving Credit Exposures and the Ancillary Facility Exposures.
"Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Agreement Currency" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
"Alternate Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal
to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. If for any reason the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, including the failure of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York to publish rates or the inability of the Administrative Agent to obtain
quotations in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall
be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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"Ancillary Commitment" shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary
Lender, the maximum amount that such Ancillary Lender has agreed to make
available from time to time during the Availability Period under Ancillary
Facilities created pursuant to Section 2.22 by such Ancillary Lender; provided
that at no time shall (a) the sum of (i) the Ancillary Commitment of such
Ancillary Lender and (ii) the Available Unused Commitment of such Ancillary
Lender exceed (b) the Global Revolving Facility Commitment of such Ancillary
Lender.
"Ancillary Commitment Limit" shall mean $100,000,000; provided that the
Ancillary Commitments with respect to the Ancillary Facilities in the
jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 1.01(f) shall be limited to the amounts set
forth opposite such jurisdictions on such Schedule.
"Ancillary Credit Extensions" shall mean Funded Ancillary Credit
Extensions and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions.
"Ancillary Facility" shall mean any facility or financial accommodation
(including any revolving, overdraft, foreign exchange, guarantee, letter of
credit, bonding, credit card or automated payments facility) made available to a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by a Global Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to
Section 2.22.
"Ancillary Facility Document" shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary
Facility, the agreements between the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
the Ancillary Lender thereunder providing for such Ancillary Facility.
"Ancillary Facility Exposure" shall mean, at any time with respect to
an Ancillary Facility made available by an Ancillary Lender, the sum of the
Dollar Equivalents at such time of each of the following amounts (as
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calculated by such Ancillary Lender using the relevant Exchange Rate at such
time):
(a) the aggregate principal amount under any overdraft, check drawing
or other account facilities, determined on the same basis as that for
determining any limit on such facilities imposed by the terms of such
Ancillary Facility;
(b) the maximum potential liability (excluding amounts representing
interest, fees and similar amounts) under all letters of credit, guarantees
and bonds then outstanding under such Ancillary Facility;
(c) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding thereunder; and
(d) in the case of any other facility or financial accommodation, such
other amount as fairly represents the aggregate exposure of such Ancillary
Lender under such facility or financial accommodation, as reasonably
determined by such Ancillary Lender from time to time in accordance with
its usual banking practice for facilities or accommodations of such type.
"Ancillary Facility Repayment Amount" shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.22(e)(ii).
"Ancillary Facility Termination Date" shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.22(e)(i).
"Ancillary Lender" shall mean, with respect to an Ancillary Facility,
the Global Revolving Facility Lender that has made such Ancillary Facility
available pursuant to Section 2.22.
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"Ancillary Replacement Borrowing" shall mean a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing made by an Eligible Borrower upon the termination of an
Ancillary Facility pursuant to clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section
2.22(e).
"Applicable Agent" shall mean (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Dollars or with respect to any payment that does not relate to
any Loan or Borrowing, the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to a Loan
or Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, the Administrative Agent or an
Affiliate thereof designated pursuant to Section 8.07.
"Applicable Creditor" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
"Applicable Margin" shall mean, for any day with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan that is a Term Loan or a Revolving Loan and any ABR Loan that
is a Term Loan or a Revolving Loan, the applicable margin per annum set forth
below under the caption "Revolving Loan ABR Spread", "Revolving Loan
Eurocurrency Spread", "Tranche A Term Loan ABR Spread", "Tranche A Term Loan
Eurocurrency Spread", "Tranche B Term Loan ABR Spread" or "Tranche B Term Loan
Eurocurrency Spread", as applicable, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the
most recent determination date.
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Revolving Tranche B-1
Loan Tranche A and Tranche
Revolving Euro- Tranche A Term Loan Tranche B-1 B-2 Term Loan
Loan ABR currency Term Loan Eurocurrency Term Loan Eurocurrency
Leverage Ratio: Spread Spread ABR Spread Spread ABR Spread Spread
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Category 1
Greater than
4.375 to 1.00 3.25% 4.25% 3.25% 4.25% 3.75% 4.75%
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Category 2 2.50% 3.50% 2.50% 3.50% 3.00% 4.00%
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Revolving Tranche B-1
Loan Tranche A and Tranche
Revolving Euro- Tranche A Term Loan Tranche B-1 B-2 Term Loan
Loan ABR currency Term Loan Eurocurrency Term Loan Eurocurrency
Leverage Ratio: Spread Spread ABR Spread Spread ABR Spread Spread
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Less than or
equal to 4.375
to 1.00 but
greater than
3.00 to 1.00
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Category 3
Less than or
equal to 3.00 to
1.00 but greater
than 2.50 to 1.00 2.00% 3.00% 2.00% 3.00% 3.00% 4.00%
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Category 4
Less than or
equal to 2.50 to
1.00 but greater
than 2.00 to 1.00 1.50% 2.50% 1.50% 2.50% 3.00% 4.00%
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Category 5
Less than or
equal to 2.00 to
1.00 1.25% 2.25% 1.25% 2.25% 3.00% 4.00%
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of
the end of each fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower's fiscal year based upon the
consolidated financial information of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b) and (b) each change in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the first Business Day
after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated
financial information indicating such change and ending on the date immediately
preceding the
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effective date of the next such change; provided that until the delivery of
financial statements for the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2003, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in
Category 2; provided, further, that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in
Category 1 (i) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request
of the Required Lenders, if the U.S. Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated
financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or
(b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof
until such consolidated financial information is delivered.
"Applicant Party" shall mean, with respect to a Letter of Credit, the
Borrower that requested such Letter of Credit.
"Approved Fund" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(b).
"Asset Disposition" shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition
by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries to any person other than a Borrower or
any Subsidiary Loan Party of any asset or group of related assets in one or a
series of related transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed $50,000,000.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative
Agent and the U.S. Borrower, in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as
shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Automotive (LV) Corp." shall mean Automotive (LV) Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
"Availability Period" shall mean the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding the earlier
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of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (a) in the case of each of Global
Revolving Facility Loans, Global Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline
Foreign Currency Loans and Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowings, the date of
termination of the Global Revolving Facility Commitments and (b) in the case of
each of U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowings,
Swingline Dollar Borrowings and Letters of Credit, the date of termination of
the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
"Available Investment Basket Amount" shall mean, on any date of
determination, an amount equal to (a) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow
Amount on such date minus (b) any amounts used to make investments pursuant to
clause (y) of Section 6.04(a), clause (ii) of Section 6.04(j) and/or clause (ii)
of Section 6.04(k) after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date, minus
(c) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made after the Closing Date and
on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.10(c).
"Available Unused Commitment" shall mean, with respect to a Global
Revolving Facility Lender at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which
(a) the Global Revolving Facility Commitment of such Global Revolving Facility
Lender at such time exceeds (b) the sum of (x) the Global Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at such time and (y)
the Ancillary Commitment (if any) of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at
such time. For purposes of calculating a Global Revolving Facility Lender's
Available Unused Commitment in connection with an Ancillary Replacement
Borrowing, the amount of the Ancillary Commitment of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender shall be reduced by the amount of the Ancillary Commitment being
terminated.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States of America.
"Borrowers" shall mean the U.S. Borrower and the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers.
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"Borrowing" shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type under a single
Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Minimum" shall mean (a) in the case of an ABR Revolving
Borrowing, $5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, $5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of
such Foreign Currency that is a multiple of 1,000,000 units of such Foreign
Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $5,000,000, (d) in the case of
a Swingline Dollar Borrowing, $500,000 and (e) in the case of a Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing, the smallest amount of such Foreign Currency that is
a multiple of 500,000 units of such Foreign Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent
in excess of $1,000,000.
"Borrowing Multiple" shall mean (a) in the case of a Revolving
Borrowing denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Swingline
Dollar Borrowing, $500,000 and (c) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, 100,000 units of such Foreign Currency.
"Borrowing Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower in accordance
with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a
Eurocurrency Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the
London interbank market and (b) when used in connection with a Loan denominated
in Euros, the term "Business Day" shall also
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exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the
settlement of payments in Euro.
"Calculation Date" shall mean (a) the last Business Day of each
calendar month, (b) each date (with such date to be reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of (i) a Borrowing Request or
an Interest Election Request with respect to any Global Revolving Facility Loan
denominated in a Foreign Currency, (ii) the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit or (iii) a request for a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any Business Day as determined by the Administrative Agent in
its sole discretion.
"CAM" shall mean the mechanism for the allocation and exchange of
interests in the Loans and extensions of credit under Ancillary Facilities,
participations in Letters of Credit and collections thereunder established under
Article XI.
"CAM Dollar Lender" shall mean each Lender other than a CAM Euro
Lender.
"CAM Euro Lender" shall mean a Lender that has made or holds only
Tranche B-2 Loans.
"CAM Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the Lenders' interests
provided for in Section 11.01.
"CAM Exchange Date" shall mean the first date after the Closing Date on
which there shall occur (a) any event described in paragraph (h) or (i) of
Section 7.01 with respect to any Borrower or (b) an acceleration of Loans
pursuant to Section 7.01.
"CAM Percentage" shall mean, as to each Lender, a fraction, expressed
as a decimal, of which (a) the numerator shall be the sum of (i) the Dollar
Equivalent,
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determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the CAM Exchange Date, of
the aggregate Obligations owed to such Lender, (ii) the Revolving L/C Exposure,
if any, of such Lender, (iii) the Swingline Exposure, if any, of such Lender,
and (iv) the Ancillary Facility Exposure, if any, of such Lender, in each case
immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date, and (b) the denominator shall be the
sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated
as of the CAM Exchange Date, of the aggregate Obligations owed to all the
Lenders, (ii) the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure of all the Lenders and (iii)
the Ancillary Facility Exposures of all Lenders, in each case immediately prior
to the CAM Exchange Date; provided that, for purposes of clause (a) above, the
Obligations owed to a Swingline Lender will be deemed not to include any
Swingline Loans except to the extent provided in clause (a)(iii) above.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean, for any person in respect of any
period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such
period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in "additions to
property, plant or equipment" or similar items reflected in the statement of
cash flows of such person, provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not include (a) expenditures to the
extent they are made with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of
Holdings after the Closing Date or with funds that would have constituted Net
Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term "Net Proceeds" (but that
will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first proviso to such clause
(a)), (b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards
and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned
assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to
replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment
or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct,
improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries within 12 months of receipt of such proceeds,
(c) interest capitalized during such period, (d) expenditures that are accounted
for as capital expenditures of such person and
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that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings or any
subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings nor any subsidiary thereof
has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any
consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether
before, during or after such period), (e) the book value of any asset owned by
such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is
included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person
reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a
corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period, provided
that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused
shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such
expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been included
in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired, (f) the
purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the
consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus
equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a
concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business, (g) investments in respect of a Permitted Business
Acquisition, (h) one-time capital expenditures made in 2003 related to the
Transactions in an aggregate amount not in excess of $10,000,000 or (i)
investments or expenditures made prior to the 12-month anniversary of the
Closing Date that reduce the Koyo JV Purchase Amount.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any person shall mean the obligations of
such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP
and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be
the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
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basis for any period, Interest Expense
for such period, less the sum of (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense, (b) to the
extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid
by, or on behalf of, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including
such fees paid in connection with the Transactions (including any such fees paid
by Holdings from the proceeds of distributions from the U.S. Borrower) and (c)
the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap
Agreements; provided that Cash Interest Expense shall be deemed to be (x) for
the four fiscal quarter period ended June 30, 2003, the Cash Interest Expense
for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003, multiplied by four, (y) for the four
fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2003, the Cash Interest Expense for
the two fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2003, multiplied by two and
(z) for the four fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2003, the Cash
Interest Expense for the three fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2003,
multiplied by 4/3.
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time, (i) Holdings shall fail to own directly, beneficially
and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings, (ii) Intermediate Holdings shall fail to own
directly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, (iii) a majority of the seats (other
than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings shall at any time
be occupied by persons who were neither (A) nominated by the board of
directors of Holdings or a Permitted Holder nor (B) appointed by directors
so nominated or (iv) a "Change in Control" shall occur under the Senior
Notes Indentures or the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures;
(b) at any time prior to an initial public offering of Equity Interests
of Holdings, the Permitted Holders or any combination of Permitted Holders
shall fail to own beneficially, directly or
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indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing at least 51% of
(i) the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings and (ii) the common economic
interest represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
Holdings; or
(c) at any time from and after an initial public offering of Equity
Interests of Holdings, (i) the Permitted Holders or any combination of
Permitted Holders shall fail to own beneficially, directly or indirectly,
in the aggregate Equity Interests representing at least 51% of the
aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of Holdings (such 51% to be reduced by the percentage of
such voting power represented by the Equity Interests sold by the Permitted
Holders in the initial public offering, or any subsequent public offering,
of Equity Interests of Holdings or by the dilution suffered by the
Permitted Holders in such public offering, but in any event not to a
percentage below 25%) or (ii) any person or group (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date
hereof), other than the Permitted Holders or any combination of the
Permitted Holders, shall own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate Equity Interests representing at least 35% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of Holdings and the Permitted Holders own beneficially, directly
or indirectly, a smaller percentage of such ordinary voting power at such
time than the Equity Interests owned by such other person or group.
"Change in Law" shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in law, rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or
Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender's or Issuing Bank's holding
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company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
"Charges" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
"Closing" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.
"Closing Date" shall mean February 28, 2003.
"Closing Date Ancillary Facility" shall mean each Ancillary Facility
made available on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).
"Closing Date Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement" shall mean a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement listed on Schedule 1.01(i) entered into by
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers listed on such schedule on the Closing Date.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"Collateral" shall mean all the "Collateral" as defined in any Security
Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning given such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
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"Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" shall mean the requirement that:
(a) on the Closing Date (except as provided in Section 4.02(e)), the
Collateral Agent shall have received (i) from Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, a
counterpart of the U.S. Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such person, (ii) from each Subsidiary listed on Schedule
1.01(d), a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to the
amount of the Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary listed opposite
such Subsidiary on such Schedule, duly executed and delivered on behalf of
such party, (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(g), from each
Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party a counterpart of a Foreign Security Agreement
and a Foreign Mortgage, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such
Foreign Subsidiary, (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(g), from each
Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party a counterpart of the Foreign Guarantee, duly
executed and delivered on behalf of each such person, (v) from Xxxxx, a
counterpart of the Xxxxx Guarantee and Foreign Pledge Agreements, with
respect to its interest in certain of the Foreign Acquiror Notes, in each
case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of Xxxxx and (vi) from the U.S.
Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party party thereto a
counterpart of the First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement, duly executed
and delivered on behalf of each such person;
(b) in the case of any person that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from
such subsidiary (i) a supplement to the U.S. Collateral Agreement, in the
form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) if such Subsidiary owns Equity
Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that, as a result the law of the
jurisdiction or organization of such Foreign Subsidiary, cannot be pledged
to the Collateral Agent under the U.S. Collateral Agreement,
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a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to such Equity
Interests (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than Xxxxx,
be pledged to secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary and (iii) a supplement to the
First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as
applicable, with respect to the portion that is not being pledged pursuant
to clause (ii) above of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary owned
by it, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary;
(c) in the case of any person that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Loan
Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i)
from such person (x) subject to clause (iii) of Section 5.10(f), a
counterpart of a Foreign Security Agreement and (if applicable) a Foreign
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (y) a
supplement to the Foreign Guarantee, in the form specified therein, duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (ii) from the parent of
such Foreign Subsidiary, a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge Agreement duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such parent;
(d) all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests (i) of (A)
Intermediate Holdings, (B) the U.S. Borrower, (C) each Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Party, (D) each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, (E) each Wholly Owned
Subsidiary directly owned by or on behalf of (1) the U.S. Borrower, (2) a
Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(e), (3) any Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party or (4) subject to clause (iii) of Section 5.10(f), any person that
becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, (ii) of any
other person owned on the Closing Date directly by or on behalf by any Loan
Party, except to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests would
violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding
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upon such Equity Interests as of the Closing Date and for so long as such
restriction exists and (iii) subject to Section 5.10(h), that are acquired
by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to
the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable
(provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than Xxxxx,
be pledged to secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), and the Collateral
Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any)
representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other
instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(e) all Indebtedness of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and each Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount that has
a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $10,000,000 (other than intercompany
current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the cash management operations of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries) that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a
promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to
the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable,
and the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or
instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer
with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(f) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens
intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including
any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by,
and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been
filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for
filing,
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registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the
execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(g) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each
Mortgage to be entered into on the Closing Date with respect to each
Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such
Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance, paid for
by the U.S. Borrower, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance
company insuring the Lien of each U.S. Mortgage specified on Schedule 3.18
to be entered into on the Closing Date as a valid first Lien on the
Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as
permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens arising by operation of law, together
with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request, and (iii) such legal opinions and other documents
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such
Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; and
(h) each Loan Party shall have obtained (i) all consents and approvals
required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the execution and
delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is
a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder, (B) in the case of
each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, the performance of its obligations
thereunder and (C) in the case of each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, the
performance of its obligations under the Foreign Guarantee and (ii) in the
case of a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, all material consents and
approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the performance
by it of its obligations under the Security Documents (other than the
Foreign Guarantee).
"Commitment Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(a).
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"Commitments" shall mean, (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender's
Global Revolving Facility Commitment, U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment,
Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment and Tranche B-2
Term Loan Commitment and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline
Dollar Commitment or Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment, as applicable.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that (i) any net
after-tax extraordinary gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto) shall be excluded, (ii) any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal
of discontinued operations shall be excluded, (iii) any net after-tax gains or
losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset
dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in
good faith by the U.S. Borrower) shall be excluded, (iv) the Net Income for such
period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in
cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a
subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, (v) the Net Income for such period
of any subsidiary of such person shall be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such subsidiary
of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any
prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation
applicable to that subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with
respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally
waived, (vi) in the case of the U.S. Borrower, Consolidated Net Income for such
period shall be decreased by the amount of all payments made during such period
pursuant to Section 6.06(b) and used by Holdings or Intermediate Holdings to
make payments that reduce the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings or
Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, for such period and
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(vii) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles during such period.
"Consolidated Total Assets" shall mean, as of any date, the total
assets of the U.S. Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in
accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S.
Borrower as of such date.
"Consolidated Total Debt" at any date shall mean the sum of (without
duplication), (a) all Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations,
Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis on such date plus (b) the "Aggregate
Principal Balance" (as defined in the Receivables Loan Agreement) or any
analogous term in any replacement or amendment of the Receivables Loan
Agreement.
"Control" shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and "Controlling" and "Controlled" shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
"Co-Syndication Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Credit Event" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article
IV.
"Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount" shall mean, at any date,
an amount, not less than zero, determined on cumulative basis equal to the
amount of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the
Closing Date that is not (and, in the case of any Excess Cash Flow Period where
the respective required date
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of prepayment has not yet occurred pursuant to Section 2.11(d), will not on such
date of required prepayment be) required to be applied in accordance with
Section 2.11(d).
"Cure Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.03.
"Cure Right" shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.03.
"Current Assets" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of
(a) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash
equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a
consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current
assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or
deferred Taxes based on income or profits (including the Michigan Single
Business Tax and similar Taxes) and (b) in the event that the Permitted
Receivables Financing is accounted for off-balance sheet, (x) gross accounts
receivable sold by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted
Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to
clause (x).
"Current Liabilities" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all
liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated
balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities
at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any debt or
Capital lease Obligations, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest
Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes
based on income or profits (including the Michigan Single Business Tax and
similar Taxes), (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the
Transactions,
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(e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of
employees prior to the date hereof or (ii) bonuses, pension and other
post-retirement benefit obligations, (f) the current portion of the obligations
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries under the Trust Agreement between
Xxxxx and Fidelity Management Trust dated as of October 1, 1995, with respect to
the Varity Automotive Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and the Varity Automotive
Inc. Deferred Compensation Trust Agreement dated as of November 1, 1997, with
respect to the Varity Automotive Supplemental Compensation and Deferred
Compensation Plan and (g) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses
(a)(v) through (a)(x) of the definition of such term.
"Debt Service" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for
such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Total Debt for
such period (whether or not such payments are made).
"Default" shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" shall mean any Lender or Ancillary Lender with
respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
"Delivered Dollar Funds" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.18.
"Delivered Euro Funds" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.18.
"Delivered Funds" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.18.
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"Documentation Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
"Dollars" or "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Dollar Equivalent" shall mean, on any date of determination (a) with
respect to any amount in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any
amount in any Foreign Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount,
determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.03(b) using the
Exchange Rate with respect to such Foreign Currency at the time in effect under
the provisions of such Section.
"Dollar Investment Earnings" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.18.
"Dollar Letter of Credit" shall mean a Letter of Credit denominated in
Dollars.
"Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean each Wholly Owned
Subsidiary that is not (a) a Foreign Subsidiary, (b) the Receivables Subsidiary,
(c) the Transferor, (d) U.S. Serviceco or (e) listed on Schedule 1.01(h).
"Dutch Holdco" shall mean Roadster Automotive B.V., a company organized
under the laws of The Netherlands.
"EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period
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plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent
the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (x) of this
clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period
for which EBITDA is being determined) (i) provision for Taxes based on
income or profits of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including the
Michigan Single Business Tax and similar Taxes) for such period and
provision for Taxes based on income or profits of Holdings and Intermediate
Holdings during such period to the extent paid using the proceeds of
dividends made by the U.S. Borrower in accordance with Section 6.06(b),
(ii) Interest Expense of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such
period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense of the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries for such period, (iv) any fees, expenses or charges
related to any equity offering, any investment or acquisition permitted
hereunder or occurring prior to the Closing Date, any recapitalization
permitted hereunder or any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder
(whether or not successful) and fees, expenses, charges or change of
control payments related to the Transactions (including fees to the Fund
and Fund Affiliates) or the acquisition by Northrop Grumman Corporation of
TRW Inc., (v) the amount of any cash restructuring or other nonrecurring
charges incurred not in excess of (A) $30,000,000 in fiscal years 2003 and
2004 or (B) $50,000,000 in any fiscal year thereafter, (vi) any other
noncash charges, including increases in costs of sales resulting from
purchase accounting, in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition
(but excluding any such charge which requires an accrual of a cash reserve
for anticipated cash charges for any future period), (vii) the amount of
any minority interest expense, (viii) noncash exchange, translation or
performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or
currency fluctuations, (ix) the amount of management, consulting,
monitoring and advisory fees paid to the Fund and/or Fund Affiliates (or
any accruals related to such fees) during such period not to exceed
$7,500,000 during any four quarter period and (x) any expense relating to
defined benefits pension or
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post-retirement benefit plans (provided that, for purposes of subclauses
(vi) and (viii) of this clause (a), any noncash charges or losses shall be
treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which
cash disbursements attributable thereto are made),
minus (b) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the
extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (iii) and
(v) of this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the
respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) (i) the amount of
any minority interest income, (ii) noncash exchange, translation or
performance gains relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or
currency fluctuations, (iii) any income relating to defined benefits
pension or post-retirement benefit plans, (iv) any cash payment relating to
defined benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans net of any
amounts receivable from Northrop Grumman Corporation pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement for post-retirement benefits plans (provided that any
such amounts calculated pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be reduced by
$25,000,000 with respect to fiscal year 2003, $35,000,000 with respect to
fiscal year 2004, and $20,000,000 with respect to fiscal year 2005) and (v)
noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in
respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in
a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or
cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA (i) shall be
deemed to be $239,000,000 and $276,000,000, respectively, for the fiscal
quarters ended September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2002 and (ii) for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2003, shall be (x) increased by the amount of corporate
allocations (including segment allocations) deducted in determining Consolidated
Net Income for such fiscal quarter, and (y) decreased by
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$126,027 multiplied by the number of days from and including January 1, 2003 to
and including the Closing Date.
"Eligible Borrower" shall mean the U.S. Borrower or any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower that has been designated under Section 2.20 to make
Borrowings under the Global Revolving Facility.
"EMU Legislation" shall mean the legislative measures of the European
Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or
more member states of the European Union.
"environment" shall mean ambient air, surface water and groundwater
(including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or
subsurface strata, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental
Law.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all applicable laws (including common
law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or
threatened release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to health and
safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous
Materials).
"Environmental Liability" shall mean any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) a violation of any Environmental
Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage,
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treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous
Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
"Equity Contributions" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble to this Agreement.
"Equity Interests" of any person shall mean any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such person,
including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and
any limited liability company membership interest.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or a Subsidiary is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412
of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" shall mean (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence
with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower,
a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA
with
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respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section
4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to
the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g)
the receipt by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan
from Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
"Euro" or "_" shall mean the single currency of the European Union as
constituted by the treaty establishing the European Community being the Treaty
of Rome, as amended from time to time and as referred to in the EMU Legislation.
"Euro Affiliate" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.18.
"Euro Equivalent" shall mean, on any date of determination, (a) with
respect to any amount in Euros, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount
in Dollars or any Foreign Currency other than Euros, the equivalent in Euros of
such amount or determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
1.03(b) using the Exchange Rate with respect to such currency of the time in
effect under the provisions of such Section.
"Euro Investment Earnings" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.18.
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"Eurocurrency Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Loans.
"Eurocurrency Loan" shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
"Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
"Eurocurrency Revolving Loan" shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in
accordance with the provisions of Article II.
"Eurocurrency Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
"Eurocurrency Tranche B-2 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
"Eurocurrency Term Loan" shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article II.
"European Purchaser" shall mean TRW Automotive Europe Receivables
Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
7.01.
"Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA
of the U.S.
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Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow
Period,
minus, without duplication, (a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (b) (i) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, (ii) any permanent voluntary reductions during such
Excess Cash Flow Period of Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent that
an equal amount of Revolving Loans was simultaneously repaid and (iii) any
voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such
Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent not financed, or intended to be
financed, using the proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness, so long as
the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service, (c)
(i) Capital Expenditures by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding Capital
Expenditures made in such Excess Cash Flow Period where a certificate in
the form contemplated by the following clause (d) was previously delivered)
that are paid in cash, (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during
such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions
and other investments permitted hereunder (less any amounts received in
respect thereof as a return of capital) and (iii) one-time capital
expenditures made in 2003 related to the Transactions in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $10,000,000, (d) Capital Expenditures that the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
become obligated to make but that are not made during such Excess Cash Flow
Period, provided that the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the
Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Excess
Cash Flow Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower and
certifying that such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related
equipment will be made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, (e) Taxes
paid in cash by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six
months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period (provided
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that any amount so deducted that will be paid after the close of such
Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess
Cash Flow Period) and for which reserves have been established, including
income tax expense and withholding tax expense incurred in connection with
cross-border transactions involving the Foreign Subsidiaries, (f) an amount
equal to any increase in Working Capital of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (g) to the extent not
deducted in determining EBITDA, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees
paid to the Fund and Fund Affiliates during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(h) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA
or Interest Expense, (i) permitted dividends or distributions or
repurchases of its Equity Interests paid in cash by Holdings during such
Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted dividends paid by the U.S. Borrower
on by any Subsidiary to any person other than the U.S. Borrower or any of
the other Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in
accordance with Section 6.06, (j) amounts paid in cash during such Excess
Cash Flow Period on account of (x) items that were accounted for as noncash
reductions of the Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (y) reserves or
accruals established in purchase accounting, (k) extraordinary special
charges or any nonrecurring loss paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (l) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds
in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto,
the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together
with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually
paid) in connection therewith, (m) the amount, if any, by which
consolidated deferred revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
decreased during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (n) the amount related to
items that were added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to
the extent such items represented a cash payment, or an accrual for a cash
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payment, by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (o) amounts not deducted from
Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow
Period by operation of the proviso to clause (b)(iv) of the definition of
the term "EBITDA" and (p) the amount of minority interest expense added to
Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow
Period,
plus, without duplication, (q) an amount equal to any decrease in
Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (r) all proceeds received
during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Capital Lease Obligations, purchase
money Indebtedness, Sale and Lease-Back Transactions pursuant to Section
6.03 and any other Indebtedness, in each case to the extent used to finance
any Capital Expenditure (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement to
the extent there is no corresponding deduction to Excess Cash Flow above in
respect of the use of such Borrowings), (s) all amounts referred to in
clause (c) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance of
Equity Interests of, or capital contributions to, Holdings after the
Closing Date (to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness
(other than Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), make any investment or
capital expenditure or otherwise for any purpose resulting in a deduction
to Excess Cash Flow in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period) or any amount
that would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition
of the term "Net Proceeds" if not so spent, in each case to the extent
there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above, (t) to the
extent any permitted Capital Expenditures and the corresponding delivery of
equipment referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess Cash
Flow Period of the U.S. Borrower specified in the certificate of the U.S.
Borrower provided pursuant to clause (d) above, the amount of such Capital
Expenditures that were not so made in the Excess Cash Flow Period of the
U.S. Borrower specified in such certificates, (u) cash payments received in
respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash
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Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or
(ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense, (v) any
extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash
Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds
subject to Section 2.11(c)), (w) to the extent deducted in the computation
of EBITDA, interest income, (x) the amount, if any, by which consolidated
deferred revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries increased
during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (y) the amount related to items that
were deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the
extent such items represented cash received by the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(z) the amount of minority interest income deducted from Consolidated Net
Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period and (aa)
expenditures and investments that reduce the Koyo JV Purchase Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, items (f) and (q) of the foregoing definition
shall be excluded for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for the Excess
Cash Flow Period ending December 31, 2003.
"Excess Cash Flow Period" shall mean (i) the period taken as one
accounting period beginning on July 1, 2003 and ending on December 31, 2003, and
(ii) each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower ended thereafter.
"Exchange Rate" shall mean on any day, for purposes of determining the
Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent of any other currency, the rate at which
such other currency may be exchanged into Dollars or Euros (as applicable), as
set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters
World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not
appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined
by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange
rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the U.S.
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Borrower, or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall
instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the
Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange
operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about
10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars or Euros (as
applicable) for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time
of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted,
the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
"Excluded Taxes" shall mean, with respect to the Agents, any Lender,
any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of a Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes
imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which
its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under Section
2.19(b)), any withholding tax (other than a withholding tax levied upon any
amounts payable to such Foreign Lender in respect of any interest in any Loan or
Ancillary Credit Extension acquired by such Foreign Lender pursuant to Section
11.01) that is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement
(or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's
failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign
Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a
new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a
Borrower with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
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"Existing Letter of Credit" shall mean each letter of credit previously
issued for the account of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary that is (a)
outstanding on the Closing Date and (b) listed on Schedule 2.05(a).
"Facility" shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized
in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of
the Closing Date there are five Facilities, i.e., the Tranche A Facility, the
Tranche B-1 Facility, the Tranche B-2 Facility, the Global Revolving Facility
and the U.S. Revolving Facility.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, the weighted
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day which is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fees" shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the
Issuing Bank Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.
"Financial Officer" of any person shall mean the Chief Financial
Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or
Controller of such person.
"Financial Performance Covenants" shall mean the covenants of the U.S.
Borrower set forth in Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
"Xxxxx" shall mean TRW Automotive Finance (Luxembourg) S.A X.X., a
company organized under the laws of Luxembourg and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
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"Xxxxx Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Xxxxx Guarantee" shall mean the Xxxxx Guarantee Agreement, in the form
of Exhibit G, between Xxxxx and the Collateral Agent
"Xxxxx Loan" shall mean the loan from the U.S. Borrower to Xxxxx on the
Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to approximately
$681,501,000 out of the proceeds of Loans made to the U.S. Borrower on the
Closing Date, which loan shall be evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit I.
"First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement" shall mean the First-Tier
Subsidiary Pledge Agreement among the Subsidiaries party thereto and the
Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions" shall mean direct or indirect
equity contributions from the U.S. Borrower to each Foreign Acquiror on the
Closing Date in the respective amount set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) in exchange
for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Acquiror.
"Foreign Acquiror Loans" shall mean loans from Xxxxx to the Foreign
Acquirors on the Closing Date in the respective principal amounts set forth on
Schedule 1.01(b) out of the proceeds of the Xxxxx Loan, which loans shall be
evidenced by notes in the form of Exhibit J or other instruments reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Acquirors" shall mean the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries set forth
on Schedule 1.01(b).
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"Foreign Currency" shall mean (a) with respect to an Ancillary
Facility, any currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that is
freely available, freely transferrable and freely convertible into Dollars and
(b) otherwise, Euros and Sterling.
"Foreign Currency Letter of Credit" shall mean a Letter of Credit
denominated in a Foreign Currency.
"Foreign Guarantee" shall mean the Foreign Guarantee Agreement, in the
form of Exhibit F, among the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Collateral
Agent.
"Foreign Lender" shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than that in which the U.S. Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
"Foreign Mortgages" shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, charges,
assignments of leases and rents and other security documents delivered on the
Closing Date with respect to Mortgaged Properties located outside the United
States of America or pursuant to Section 5.10, each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate with respect
to a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party in the form approved by the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Pledge Agreement" shall mean a pledge agreement with respect
to the Pledged Collateral with respect to a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party or
Foreign Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Security Agreement" shall mean one or more security
agreements, charges, mortgages or pledges
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with respect to the Collateral (other than Pledged Collateral or Collateral that
is subject to a Foreign Mortgage) of a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower" shall mean, at any time, each Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Party that (a) enters into a Closing Date Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower Agreement or (b) has been designated as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, other than a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower that has ceased to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower as provided in
Section 2.20.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement" shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination" shall mean a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2.
"Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean (a) each Foreign Subsidiary
that is set forth on Schedule 1.01(e) and (b) each Wholly Owned Foreign
Subsidiary that has met the requirements of Section 5.10(f) after the Closing
Date.
"Fund" shall mean Blackstone Capital Partners IV Merchant Banking Fund
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
"Fund Affiliate" shall mean (i) each Affiliate of the Fund that is
neither an operating company nor a company controlled by an operating company
and (ii) each general
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partner of the Fund or any Fund Affiliate who is a partner or employee of the
Blackstone Group L.P.
"Funded Ancillary Credit Extension" shall mean, at any time, an
extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in respect of which the
applicable Ancillary Lender has advanced funds to, or on behalf of, the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower thereunder.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect
from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis.
"Global Lending Office" shall mean, as to any Global Revolving Facility
Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender designated by such Global Revolving Facility Lender to make
Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency.
"Global Revolving Facility" shall mean the Global Revolving Facility
Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Global Revolving
Facility Lenders.
"Global Revolving Facility Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised
of Global Revolving Facility Loans.
"Global Revolving Facility Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
Global Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender to make Global Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section
2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount
of such Global Revolving Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant
to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04. The initial amount of
each Global Revolving Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Commitment is
set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in
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the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Global Revolving Facility
Lender shall have assumed its Global Revolving Facility Commitment, as
applicable. The aggregate amount of the Global Revolving Facility Commitments on
the date hereof is $325,000,000.
"Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure" shall mean, at any time,
the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Global Revolving Facility
Loans denominated in Dollars outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate principal amount of the Global Revolving Facility Loans
denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding at such time and (c) the Swingline
Foreign Currency Exposure at such time. The Global Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure of any Global Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Global Revolving Facility Lender's
Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in Dollars outstanding at such time,
(b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Global Revolving
Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in a Foreign
Currency outstanding at such time and (c) such Global Revolving Facility
Lender's ratable share (based on Available Unused Commitments) of the Swingline
Foreign Currency Exposure at such time.
"Global Revolving Facility Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Global Revolving Facility
Loans.
"Global Revolving Facility Loan" shall mean a Loan made by a Global
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each Global Revolving
Facility Loan denominated in Dollars shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR
Loan, and each Global Revolving Facility Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency
shall be a Eurocurrency Loan.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any federal, state, local or
foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
body.
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"Guarantee" of or by any person (the "guarantor") shall mean (a) any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to
advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or
liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring
in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the
payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in
whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit
or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation,
or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any
existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be
secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or
other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, that the term
"Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either
case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity
obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any
acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.
"Hazardous Materials" shall mean all explosive or radioactive
substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic
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substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Holdings" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Holdings Common Stock" shall mean common stock issued by Holdings.
"Holdings Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Indebtedness" of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d)
all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (e) all
obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than current trade liabilities and current
intercompany liabilities (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals or
replacements thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing
within 365 days after the incurrence thereof), (f) all Guarantees by such person
of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (h)
all payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early
termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in
respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (i) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit
and (j) all obligations of such person in respect of bankers' acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in
which such
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person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or
agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such
person in respect thereof.
"Indemnified Taxes" shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.05(b).
"Information Memorandum" shall mean the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated January 2003, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing
Date.
"Initial Dollar Loan Amount" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.18.
"Initial Euro Loan Amount" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.18.
"Initial Lenders" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit Suisse First
Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.,
Deutsche Bank A.G., Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank A.G., New York Branch,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Bank of America, N.A. and Banc of America
Bridge LLC.
"Initial Loan Amounts" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.18.
"Installment Date" shall mean a Tranche A Installment Date or a Tranche
B Installment Date, as applicable.
"Intercreditor Agreement" shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated
as of February 28, 2003, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, the
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Receivables Subsidiary, the U.S. Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
"Interest Coverage Ratio" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 6.11.
"Interest Election Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower to
convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.07.
"Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any person for any
period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on
a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the
amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements)
payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included
in interest expense, (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect
to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and (iv) commissions,
discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with the
Permitted Receivables Financing which are payable to any person other than the
U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party and (b) capitalized interest of such
person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be
determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean, (a) with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day
that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of
three months' duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the
date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing
of a different Type, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
calendar quarter, (c) with respect to any Swingline Dollar
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Loan, the day that such Swingline Dollar Loan is required to be repaid pursuant
to Section 2.09(a) and (d) with respect to any Swingline Foreign Currency Loan,
the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Swingline Foreign
Currency Loan or any day otherwise agreed to by the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders.
"Interest Period" shall mean, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as
applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1,
2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant
Borrowing, all Lenders make interest periods of such length available), as the
applicable Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurocurrency Borrowing is
converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or
prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11 and (b) as to any
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the day that is designated in the notice delivered
pursuant to Section 2.04 with respect to such Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, which shall not be later than the seventh day thereafter; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month,
in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day.
Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to
but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
"Intermediate Holdings" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
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"Intermediate Holdings Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Issuing Bank" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, each other Issuing Bank
designated pursuant to Section 2.05(l), in each case in its capacity as an
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as
provided in Section 2.05(i) and, solely with respect to an Existing Letter of
Credit (and any amendment, renewal or extension thereof in accordance with this
Agreement) the Lender that issued such Existing Letter of Credit. An Issuing
Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be
issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank"
shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by
such Affiliate.
"Issuing Bank Fees" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(b).
"Judgment Currency" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
"Koyo JV Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement among
Automotive Investors L.L.C., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Northrop Space and
Mission, TRW Automotive Inc. and the U.S. Borrower, dated as of February 28,
2003, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Koyo JV Purchase Amount" shall mean an amount equal to $75,000,000,
which amount shall be reduced from time to time by the portion of such amount
used to make (i) cash investments pursuant to Section 6.04(k), (ii) cash
investments pursuant to Section 6.04(s), (iii) cash expenditures to acquire,
maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the
business of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (iv) any
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purchase made using cash of assets of TRW Koyo Steering Systems Company pursuant
to Section 6.05(k), in each case as set forth in any certificate of a Financial
Officer of the U.S. Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant
Section 5.04(c).
"L/C Disbursement" shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an
Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"L/C Participation Fee" shall have the meaning assigned such term in
Section 2.12(b).
"Lender" shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01,
as well as any person that becomes a "Lender" hereunder pursuant to Section
9.04.
"Lender Default" shall mean (i) the refusal (which has not been
retracted) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing, to
acquire participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 or to fund
its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.05(e), (ii) a Lender
having notified in writing the applicable Borrower and/or the Applicable Agent
that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.04, 2.05
or 2.06 or (iii) the refusal of an Ancillary Lender to extend credit under an
Ancillary Facility other than a refusal in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Ancillary Facility Document and the terms hereof.
"Letter of Credit" shall mean any letter of credit (including each
Existing Letter of Credit) issued pursuant to Section 2.05.
"Leverage Ratio" shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Total Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended as of such date, all
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that to the
extent any Asset
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Disposition or any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant
to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) has occurred during the relevant Test Period,
EBITDA shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis
for such occurrences.
"LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for
any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Applicable Agent at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest
Period by reference to the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement
Rates for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing (as reflected on the
applicable Telerate screen page), for a period equal to such Interest Period;
provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the "LIBO Rate" shall be the
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
respective interest rates per annum at which deposits in the currency of such
Borrowing are offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London
interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period.
"Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in
or on such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
"Loan Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the
Security Documents, the Ancillary Facility Documents, the Intercreditor
Agreement and any promissory note issued under Section 2.09(e).
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"Loan Parties" shall mean Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
"Loans" shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving Loans and the
Swingline Loans.
"Local Time" shall mean (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, New York City time and (b) with respect to a Loan or
Borrowing denominated in any Foreign Currency, London time.
"London Administrative Office" shall mean the office of the
Administrative Agent at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx, Attention of
Loans Agency Division, Xxxxxxx Xxxx (Telecopy No. 011-44-207-777-2360).
"Xxxxx" shall mean Xxxxx Industries Limited, a company organized under
the Laws of England and Wales.
"Xxxxx Notes" shall mean the 10-7/8% Bonds due 2020 of Xxxxx issued
under the Trust Deed between Xxxxx and The Law Debenture Trust Corporation
p.l.c. dated January 10, 1989.
"LucasVarity" shall mean Xxxxx-Varity Unlimited, a company organized
under the laws of England and Wales.
"LucasVarity Holdings" shall mean LucasVarity Automotive Holding Co., a
Delaware corporation.
"Majority Lenders" of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders
under such Facility having Loans, Ancillary Commitments and unused Commitments
representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such
Facility, Ancillary Commitments and unused Commitments under such Facility at
such time.
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"Management Equity Loan" shall mean (a) the loan on the Closing Date by
the U.S. Borrower or Holdings to the Management Equity Vehicle in an aggregate
principal amount not in excess of $12,000,000 and (b) if applicable, the loan on
the Closing Date by the U.S. Borrower to Holdings in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the loan, if any, by Holdings to the Management Equity Vehicle
on the Closing Date.
"Management Equity Vehicle" shall mean trust accounts pursuant to
escrow agreements dated as of February 21, 2003, and as of the Closing Date.
"Management Group" shall mean the group consisting of the directors,
executive officers and other management personnel of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings
and Intermediate Holdings on the Closing Date together with (1) any new
directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for
election by the stockholders of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings, or Intermediate
Holdings, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors
of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, then
still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election
or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other
management personnel of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as
applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with
the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the U.S.
Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as applicable.
"Margin Stock" shall have the meaning given such term in Regulation U.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean the existence of events,
conditions and/or contingencies that have had or are reasonably likely to have
(a) a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets
or financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (b) a material impairment
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of the ability of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries to perform any of its material obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions or
(c) an impairment of the validity or enforceability of, or a material impairment
of the material rights, remedies or benefits available to the Lenders, any
Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under, any Loan
Document.
"Material Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans,
Ancillary Credit Extensions and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the
Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $40,000,000.
"Maximum Rate" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.09.
"Moody's" shall mean Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgaged Properties" shall mean the owned real properties of the Loan
Parties set forth on Schedule 3.18.
"Mortgages" shall mean the U.S. Mortgages and the Foreign Mortgages.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Borrower, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings
or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only
pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan
years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any person, the net income (loss)
of such person, determined in
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accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends.
"Net Proceeds" shall mean (a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually
received by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of
principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements
and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any loss, damage,
destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition
(including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real
property) to any person of any asset or assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries (other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (e),
(f), (g), (i) or (j)), net of (i) attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, investment
banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and
recording charges, transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, required
debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the
applicable asset (other than pursuant hereto or pursuant to the Senior Notes or
Senior Subordinated Notes), other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant
and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith and (ii)
Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, provided that, except in the case of
the sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset or group of related assets
resulting in Net Proceeds in excess of $150,000,000, if no Event of Default
exists and the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following
receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the U.S. Borrower's intention to use
any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve,
upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, or make investments pursuant to Section 6.04(k), in each case
within 12 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not
constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not so used within such 12-month
period, and provided, further, that (x) no proceeds realized in a single
transaction or series of
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related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such proceeds shall
exceed $5,000,000 and (y) no proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds in any
fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such proceeds in such fiscal year
shall exceed $15,000,000, and (b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence,
issuance or sale by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01), net
of all Taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs
and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or
sale. For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions
and other costs and expenses payable to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the
U.S. Borrower or any Affiliate of either of them shall be disregarded, except
for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Affiliates of
the Fund.
"Newco UK" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
to this Agreement.
"Newco UK Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Newco UK Loan" shall mean the loan from the U.S. Borrower to Newco UK
on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to $725,740,000 out
of the proceeds of Loans made to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date, which
loan shall be evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit O and pledged pursuant
to a Foreign Pledge Agreement.
"Northrop Space and Mission" shall mean Northrop Grumman Space &
Mission Systems Corp., an Ohio corporation.
"Notes Escrow Accounts" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.02(j).
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"Notice of Termination" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.22(e)(ii).
"Obligations" shall mean all amounts owing to any of the Agents, any
Lender or any Ancillary Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any
Ancillary Facility Document or any other Loan Document.
"Offering Memorandum" shall mean the Offering Memorandum, dated
February 6, 2003, in respect of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated
Notes.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents.
"Participant" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(c).
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to
and defined in ERISA.
"Perfection Certificates" shall mean the U.S. Perfection Certificate
and the Foreign Perfection Certificates.
"Permitted Business Acquisition" shall mean any acquisition of all or
substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than
directors' qualifying shares) in, a person or division or line of business of a
person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of
business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition) if (a) such
person or division is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries or a reasonable extension, development or
expansion of such line
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of business or a business ancillary to such line of business, (b) such
acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an unsolicited or
hostile offer and (c) immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in
accordance with applicable laws; (iii) the Equity Interests of any acquired or
newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other business entity are
held directly by (A) the U.S. Borrower, (B) a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (C) if such corporation, partnership,
association or other business entity is incorporated or organized under the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party and, in each case,
such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party
and all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly
formed Subsidiary Loan Party under Section 5.10 shall have been taken and
(iv)(A) the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro
Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition or formation, with the
covenants contained in Sections 6.11 and 6.12 recomputed as at the last day of
the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, and the U.S. Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower to such
effect, together with all relevant financial information for such Subsidiary or
assets, and (B) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for
any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01).
"Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period" shall mean any period
commencing on the first day on which the Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma basis is
less than 3.00 to 1.00 and ending on the first day thereafter on which the
Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma basis is greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00.
"Permitted Holder" shall mean the Fund, the Fund Affiliates and the
Management Group.
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"Permitted Cure Security" means an equity security of Holdings having
no mandatory redemption, repurchase or similar requirements prior to May 30,
2011, and upon which all dividends or distributions (if any) shall be payable
solely in additional shares of such equity security.
"Permitted Investments" shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the
United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the
United States of America or any agency thereof; (b) time deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of
the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital,
surplus and undivided profits having a Dollar Equivalent that is in excess of
$500,000,000 and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company's
long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at
least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in
Rule 436 under the Securities Act); (c) repurchase obligations with a term of
not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause
(a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in
clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after
the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of any
Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of
America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a
rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher)
according to Moody's, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P; (e) securities with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully
guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of
America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated
at least A by S&P or A by Moody's; (f) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary:
(i) direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which
such Foreign Subsidiary is
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organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof), (ii) investments of
the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (e) above of foreign
obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have
ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign
rating agencies or (iii) investments of the type and maturity described in
clauses (a) through (e) above of foreign obligors (or the parents of such
obligors), which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) are
not rated as provided in such clauses or in clause (ii) above but which are, in
the reasonable judgment of the U.S. Borrower, comparable in investment quality
to such investments and obligors (or the parents of such obligors); (g) shares
of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds'
investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Moody's and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and (i) time
deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an
aggregate face amount not in excess of 1/2 of 1% of the total assets of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the
U.S. Borrower's most recently completed fiscal year.
"Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness" shall mean any Indebtedness
of (a) the U.S. Borrower or Xxxxx issued to Refinance the Xxxxx Notes or (b)
Indebtedness of Xxxxx issued to Northrop Space and Mission upon the drawing of
an Acceptable Letter of Credit pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated as of
February 5, 2003, between Northrop Grumman Corporation and BCP Acquisition
Company LLC; provided that the proceeds of such Acceptable Letter of Credit are
applied to repay the Xxxxx Notes or are held in an escrow account reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent until such proceeds are so applied;
provided, further, that, in either case, (v) the principal amount of such
Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of
Xxxxx Notes (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), unless such
excess could be incurred under any provision of
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Section 6.01 (other than clause (a) thereof), (w) the stated maturity of such
Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than 180 days after the
Tranche B Maturity Date, (x) such Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness does
not require any scheduled amortization, principal or sinking fund payments prior
to its stated maturity, (y) such Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness shall
not be guaranteed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than, in the case
of Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness issued by the U.S. Borrower, any
Loan Party or Subsidiary that guarantees the Senior Notes at the time such
Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred) and (z) no Permitted Xxxxx
Refinancing Indebtedness shall be secured by any collateral.
"Permitted Receivables Documents" means the U.S. Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Receivables Transfer Agreement and the Receivables Loan Agreement
and all other documents and agreements relating to the Permitted Receivables
Financing.
"Permitted Receivables Financing" shall mean (a)(i) the sale by the
U.S. Borrower and certain Subsidiaries of accounts receivable to the Transferor
pursuant to the U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the sale of such
accounts receivable by the Transferor to the Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to
the Receivables Transfer Agreement, (b)(i) the sale by certain Foreign
Subsidiaries of accounts receivable to the European Purchaser pursuant to
purchase agreements to be entered into after the Closing Date, (ii) the loans
made by the Transferor to the European Purchaser pursuant to a loan agreement to
be entered into after the Closing Date to finance the purchase of such accounts
receivable and (iii) the sale of such loans by the Transferor to the Receivables
Subsidiary pursuant to the Receivables Transfer Agreement and (c) the loans made
by the lenders under the Receivables Loan Agreement to the Receivables
Subsidiary to finance the purchase of such accounts receivables and loans,
provided that the facility limit under the Receivables Loan Agreement shall not
exceed $600,000,000.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the U.S.
Borrower or a Subsidiary issued in
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exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew,
replace, defease or refund (collectively, to "Refinance"), Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.01(h) (or previous refinancings thereof constituting
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) of the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
applicable; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if
applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so
Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), (b) the average
life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or
equal to that of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the Indebtedness
being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under
this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in
right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the
Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different
obligors, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being
Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any
collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties
or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such
collateral on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
"person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or
government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Plan" shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code and in respect of which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069
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of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledged Collateral" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable.
"Pre-Funding Dollar Lender" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.18.
"Pre-Funding Euro Lender" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.18.
"Pre-Funding Requests" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.18.
"primary obligor" shall have the meaning given such term in the
definition of the term Guarantee.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate
shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
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"Pro Forma Basis" shall mean, as to any person, for any events as
described in clauses (i) and (ii) below that occur subsequent to the
commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being
calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being
made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such
events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period
last ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the "Reference Period"):
(i) in making any determination of EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be
given to any Asset Disposition and to any Permitted Business Acquisition
(or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or
consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05), in each
case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of
determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term "Permitted
Business Acquisition", occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter
and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted
Business Acquisition is consummated); and
(ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all
Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the
financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement
or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness
incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any
Permitted Receivables Financing, in each case not to finance any
acquisition) incurred or permanently repaid during the Reference Period
(or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the
term "Permitted Business Acquisition", occurring during the Reference
Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the
respective Permitted Business Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed
to have been incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period and (y)
Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any
Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being
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given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates
shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been
in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had
been actually in effect during such periods.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of Pro Forma Basis shall
be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower and,
for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of a Permitted
Business Acquisition or Asset Disposition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant
to Section 6.04 or 6.05), may include adjustments to reflect operating expense
reductions reasonably expected to result from such Permitted Business
Acquisition, Asset Disposition or other similar transaction, less the amount of
costs reasonably expected to be incurred by the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries to achieve such cost savings, to the extent that the U.S. Borrower
delivers to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Financial Officer of
the U.S. Borrower setting forth such operating expense reductions and the costs
to achieve such reductions and (ii) information and calculations supporting in
reasonable detail such estimated operating expense reductions and the costs to
achieve such reductions.
"Projections" shall mean the projections of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections
and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked
business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
by or on behalf of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Master Purchase Agreement between
BCP Acquisition Company L.L.C. and Northrop Grumman Corporation dated as of
November 18, 2002, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
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modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of
this Agreement.
"Quotation Day" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing
or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing and any Interest Period, the day on
which it is market practice in the relevant interbank market for prime banks to
give quotations for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period. If such quotations would normally be
given by prime banks on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of
such days.
"Receivables Loan Agreement" shall mean the Receivables Loan Agreement
dated as of February 28, 2003, by and among the Receivables Subsidiary, the
conduit lenders and committed lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. and
Deutsche Bank A.G., New York Branch, as funding agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
as administrative agent, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified to the extent permitted by Section 6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing
the Receivables Loan Agreement, provided that such replacing agreement contains
terms that are substantially similar to such Receivables Loan Agreement and that
are otherwise no more adverse in any material respect to the Lenders than the
applicable terms of such Receivables Loan Agreement.
"Receivables Subsidiary" shall mean TRW Auto Global Receivables, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
"Receivables Transfer Agreement" shall mean (a) the Transfer Agreement
dated as of February 28, 2003, between the Transferor and the Receivables
Subsidiary, relating to the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section
6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing such Receivables Transfer Agreement,
provided that such replacing agreement contains terms that are
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substantially similar to such Receivables Transfer Agreement and that are
otherwise no more adverse in any material respect to the Lenders than the
applicable terms of such Receivables Transfer Agreement.
"Reference Period" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term Pro Forma Basis.
"Refinance" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness", and "Refinanced" shall have
a meaning correlative thereto.
"Register" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(b).
"Regulation U" shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to
time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"Regulation X" shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to
time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified person, such
person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such person and such person's Affiliates.
"Remaining Present Value" shall mean, as of any date with respect to
any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease
payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a
market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such
lease was entered into.
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"Reportable Event" shall mean any reportable event as defined in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those
events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by
an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to
subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
"Required Issuance Date" shall mean, with respect to any claimed breach
of the terms of, or default under, the Xxxxx Notes, (a) the date that is no
later than the second Business Day prior to the expiration of any grace period
applicable to such claimed breach or default (unless the trustee under the Xxxxx
Notes has theretofore been enjoined from declaring the Xxxxx Notes to be
immediately due and payable, in which event such date shall be deferred until
the earliest of (i) the 90th day after the date of issuance of such injunction,
(ii) the second Business Day prior to the date on which Xxxxx reasonably
determines that such injunction is likely to be lifted or to expire and (iii)
two Business Days after such injunction is lifted or expires) or (b) the date
that is no later than the second Business Day after the date on which the
trustee with respect to the Xxxxx Notes delivers written notice declaring the
Xxxxx Xxxxx to be immediately due and payable without having provided Xxxxx an
opportunity to remedy such claimed breach or default.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders having (a) Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (b) Revolving L/C Exposures, (c)
Swingline Exposures, (d) unused U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments (excluding
Commitments to make Swingline Loans), (e) Available Unused Commitments and (f)
Ancillary Commitments, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum
of (u) all Loans (other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (v) Revolving L/C
Exposures, (w) Swingline Exposures, (x) unused U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments (excluding commitments to make Swingline Loans), (y) the total
Available Unused Commitments and (z) Ancillary Commitments at such time. The
Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures, Swingline Exposures, unused U.S. Revolving
Facility
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Commitment, Available Unused Commitment and Ancillary Commitment of any
Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any
time.
"Required Percentage" shall mean, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow
Period, (i) 75%, if the Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow
Period is greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00, (ii) 50%, if the Leverage Ratio
at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than or equal to 2.00 to
1.00 but less than 3.25 to 1.00 and (iii) 25%, if the Leverage Ratio at the end
of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than 2.00 to 1.00.
"Reserve Account" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.02(a).
"Reset Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
1.03(a).
"Responsible Officer" of any person shall mean any executive officer or
Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official
thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in
respect of this Agreement.
"Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving
Loans.
"Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean a Global Revolving Facility
Commitment or a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean, with respect to any Lender at
any time, the sum at such time, without duplication, of (a) such Lender's Global
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (b) such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure.
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"Revolving Credit Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Credit
Commitment.
"Revolving Credit Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2009.
"Revolving L/C Exposure" shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars
outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding at
such time, (c) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements (i) made
in Dollars that have not yet been reimbursed at such time or (ii) made in a
Foreign Currency and converted into Dollars pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or
2.05(k) and (d) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all
L/C Disbursements made in a Foreign Currency that have not yet been reimbursed
or converted into Dollars pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or 2.05(k). The Revolving
L/C Exposure of any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its
U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure at
such time.
"Revolving Loans" shall mean Global Revolving Facility Loans and U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.03.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto.
"Secured Parties" shall mean the "Secured Parties" as defined in the
U.S. Collateral Agreement.
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"Securities Act" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Security Documents" shall mean the Mortgages, the U.S. Collateral
Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the Foreign Security Agreements, the
Foreign Guarantee and each of the security agreements, mortgages and other
instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the
foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.10.
"Seller Note" shall mean the subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount of $600,000,000 issued on the Closing Date by Intermediate
Holdings and evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit H, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Note Documents" shall mean the Senior Notes and the Senior Note
Indentures.
"Senior Note Indentures" shall mean the Indentures dated as of February
18, 2003, among the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the
trustee named therein from time to time, as in effect on the Closing Date and as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Notes" shall mean the U.S. Borrower's 9.375% Senior Notes due
2013 and 10.125% Senior Notes due 2013, in each case issued pursuant to the
Senior Note Indentures and any notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange
for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Notes with substantially identical terms
as the Senior Notes.
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"Senior Subordinated Note Documents" shall mean the Senior Subordinated
Notes and the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures.
"Senior Subordinated Note Indentures" shall mean the Indentures dated
as of February 18, 2003, among the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto
and the trustee named therein from time to time, as in effect on the Closing
Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" shall mean the U.S. Borrower's 11% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 and 11.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, in
each case issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures and any
notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the
Senior Subordinated Notes with substantially identical terms as the Senior
Subordinated Notes.
"Spanish Acquiror" shall mean Automotive Holdings (Spain) S.R.L., a
company organized under the laws of Spain.
"Statutory Reserves" shall mean, with respect to any currency, any
reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental
Authority of the United States of America or of the jurisdiction of such
currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which
banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or
liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to
which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined.
"Sterling" or "(pound)" shall mean the lawful money of the United
Kingdom.
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"Stockholders Agreement" shall mean the Stockholders Agreement dated as
of February 28, 2003, among the Fund and Northrop Grumman Corporation, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Stock Consideration" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble to this Agreement.
"Stock Purchases" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Subordinated Intercompany Debt" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.01(e).
"subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to
as the "parent"), any corporation, partnership, association or other business
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination
is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that
is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent
or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent.
"Subsidiary" shall mean a subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
"Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean each Subsidiary that is (a) a
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (b) a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party.
"Swap Agreement" shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap,
forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement
involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies,
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commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or
pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or
any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, provided that
no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of
services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or
consultants of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be a Swap Agreement.
"Swingline Borrowing Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
"Swingline Dollar Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Swingline Dollar Loans.
"Swingline Dollar Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
Swingline Dollar Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Dollar Lender to make
Swingline Dollar Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The amount of each Swingline
Dollar Lender's Swingline Dollar Commitment on the date hereof is set forth on
Schedule 2.04(a). The aggregate amount of the Swingline Dollar Commitments on
the date hereof is $75,000,000.
"Swingline Dollar Exposure" shall mean at any time the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Dollar Borrowings at such time.
The Swingline Dollar Exposure of any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender at any time
shall mean its U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline
Dollar Exposure at such time.
"Swingline Dollar Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Swingline Dollar
Commitment or outstanding Swingline Dollar Loans.
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"Swingline Dollar Loans" shall mean the swingline loans denominated in
Dollars and made to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Swingline Exposure" shall mean at any time the sum of the Swingline
Dollar Exposure and the Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised
of Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment" shall mean, with respect to
each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Foreign
Currency Lender to make Swingline Foreign Currency Loans pursuant to Section
2.04. The amount of each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender's Swingline Foreign
Currency Commitment on the date hereof is set forth on Schedule 2.04(b). The
aggregate amount of the Swingline Foreign Currency Commitments on the date
hereof is $50,000,000.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure" shall mean at any time the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline
Foreign Currency Loans at such time. The Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure of
any Global Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its ratable share
(based on Available Unused Commitments) of the aggregate Swingline Foreign
Currency Exposure at such time.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Lender" shall mean a Lender with a
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Loans" shall mean the swingline loans
denominated in a Foreign Currency and made to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.04.
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"Swingline Foreign Currency Rate" shall mean with respect to any
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, (a) for an Interest Period of 1 day or 7
days, the rate per annum determined by the Applicable Agent on the Quotation Day
for such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers' Association
Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing (as
reflected on the applicable Telerate screen page), for a period equal to such
Interest Period or (b) for any other Interest Period, the average (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the respective interest rates
per annum at which deposits in the currency of such Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing are offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London
interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank, Deutsche Bank A.G. and Bank of America,
N.A. on the Quotation Day.
"Swingline Lender" shall mean (i) the Swingline Dollar Lenders, in
their respective capacities as Lenders of Swingline Dollar Loans, and (ii) the
Swingline Foreign Currency Lenders, in their respective capacities as Lenders of
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Swingline Loans" shall mean the Swingline Dollar Loans and the
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Taxes" shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad
valorem charges) or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
"Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.
"Term Loans" shall mean the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term
Loans. Each Tranche A Term Loan and each Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall be a
Eurocurrency Term Loan or an ABR Term Loan. Each Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall be
a Eurocurrency Term Loan.
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"Test Period" shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower then last ended (taken as
one accounting period).
"Total Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the total
Global Revolving Facility Commitments and the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments, as in effect at such time.
"Tranche A Facility" shall mean the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and
the Tranche A Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche A Installment Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(a).
"Tranche A Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2009.
"Tranche A Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Tranche
A Term Loans.
"Tranche A Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Tranche A Term Loans hereunder as
set forth in Section 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loan
Commitments on the date hereof is $410,000,000.
"Tranche A Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to
the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Tranche B Installment Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(b).
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"Tranche B Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2011.
"Tranche B Term Loans" shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the
Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
"Tranche B-1 Facility" shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments
and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
"Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Tranche B-1 Term Loans hereunder
as set forth in Section 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan
Commitments on the date hereof is $1,030,000,000.
"Tranche B-1 Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders
to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Tranche B-2 Facility" shall mean the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments
and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche B-2 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
"Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Tranche B-2 Term Loans hereunder
as set forth in Section 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Commitments on the date hereof is _64,814,815.
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"Tranche B-2 Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders
to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Transaction Costs" shall have the meaning given such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Transactions" shall mean all the transactions described in the
preamble to, or otherwise contemplated by, this Agreement or the Purchase
Agreement.
"Transferor" shall mean TRW Automotive Receivables, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
"Type", when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to
the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term "Rate" shall include
the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Swingline Foreign
Currency Rate.
"Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension" shall mean, at any time, an
extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in respect of which the
applicable Ancillary Lender has not previously advanced funds to, or on behalf
of, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower but in respect of which such Ancillary
Lender remains obligated so to advance funds.
"U.S. Borrower" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"U.S. Collateral Agreement" shall mean the U.S. Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party and the
Collateral Agent.
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"U.S. Lending Office" shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable
branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make
Loans in Dollars.
"U.S. Mortgages" shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments
of leases and rents and other security documents delivered on the Closing Date
with respect to Mortgaged Properties located in the United States of America or
pursuant to Section 5.10, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
"U.S. Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate in the form of
Annex I to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the
Collateral Agent.
"U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement" shall mean (a) the Receivables
Purchase Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003, among the Receivables
Subsidiary, Transferor, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries party thereto,
related to the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 6.09 and
(b) any agreement replacing such agreement, provided that such replacing
agreement contains terms that are substantially similar to the agreement being
replaced and that are otherwise no more adverse in any material respect to the
Lenders than the applicable terms of the agreement being replaced.
"U.S. Revolving Facility" shall mean the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the
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commitment of such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender to make U.S. Revolving
Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount representing the
maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The
initial amount of each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender shall have assumed its
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments on the date hereof is $175,000,000.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure" shall mean, at any time, the
sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Revolving Facility Loans
outstanding at such time, (b) the Swingline Dollar Exposure at such time and (c)
the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. The U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender's U.S. Revolving
Facility Percentage of the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Lender" shall mean a Lender with a U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Loan" shall mean a Loan made by a U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each U.S. Revolving Facility
Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments represented by such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment. If the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or
expired, the U.S. Revolving Facility
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Percentages shall be determined based upon the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant
to Section 9.04.
"U.S. Serviceco" shall mean TRW Management Co. L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company of which the Spanish Acquiror shall be the sole
member.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any person means a subsidiary of such
person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors' qualifying
shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law)
are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, all references herein to a "Wholly Owned
Subsidiary" are references to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
"Withdrawal Liability" shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as
a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
"Working Capital" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current
Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of
determination; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow,
increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to
any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any
reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as
applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase
accounting.
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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to
in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include",
"includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation". All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any
Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the U.S.
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the U.S. Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the U.S.
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. For the purposes of
determining compliance with Section 6.01 through Section 6.10 with respect to
any amount in a currency other than Dollars, amounts shall be deemed to equal
the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as
of the Business Day on which such amounts were incurred or expended, as
applicable.
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SECTION 1.03. Exchange Rates. (a) Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (i)
determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date and (ii) give notice
thereof to the Borrowers. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become
effective on the first Business Day immediately following the relevant
Calculation Date (a "Reset Date") or other date of determination, shall remain
effective until the next succeeding Reset Date, and shall for all purposes of
this Agreement (other than any other provision expressly requiring the use of an
Exchange Rate calculated as of a specified date) be the Exchange Rates employed
in converting any amounts between Dollars and each of the Foreign Currencies.
(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Reset Date,
the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate amount of the Dollar
Equivalents of the principal amounts of the Loans denominated in Foreign
Currencies then outstanding (after giving effect to any Loans denominated in
Foreign Currencies made or repaid on such date) and the Revolving L/C Exposure
and (ii) notify the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and the Borrowers of the results
of such determination.
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SECTION 1.04. Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies. (a) Each
obligation of any party to this Agreement to make a payment denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the
Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into
Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If,
in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of
interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be
inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London Interbank Market for
the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis
shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on
which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if
any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately
prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such
Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Without prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or
rounding prescribed by any EMU Legislation and (i) without limiting the
liability of any Borrower for any amount due under this Agreement and (ii)
without increasing any Commitment of any Lender, all references in this
Agreement to minimum amounts (or integral multiples thereof) denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the
Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall, immediately upon such
adoption, be replaced by references to such minimum amounts (or integral
multiples thereof) as shall be specified herein with respect to Borrowings
denominated in Euros.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such
reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member
state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices
relating to the Euro.
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SECTION 1.05. Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations
and warranties of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers contained in
this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect
to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
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ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender agrees (a) to make a Tranche A Term Loan denominated
in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount not
exceeding such Lender's Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, (b) to make a Tranche
B-1 Term Loan denominated in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date in
a principal amount not exceeding such Lender's Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment,
(c) to make a Tranche B-2 Term Loan denominated in Euros to the U.S. Borrower on
the Closing Date in a principal amount having a Dollar Equivalent not exceeding
such Lender's Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment, (d) to make (i) Global Revolving
Facility Loans denominated in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from its U.S. Lending
Office and (ii) Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in Dollars or
Foreign Currencies to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from its Global Lending
Office, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) from time to time during the
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (A)
such Lender's Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (1) such
Lender's Global Revolving Facility Commitment minus (2) such Lender's Ancillary
Commitment or (B) the Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (1)
the total Global Revolving Facility Commitments minus (2) the total Ancillary
Commitments, and (e) to make U.S. Revolving Facility Loans denominated in
Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from its U.S. Lending Office from time to time
during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not
result in (i) such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding
such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment or (ii) the U.S. Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments; provided that Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date (x) shall be
made only to the U.S. Borrower and (y) shall not exceed $12,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part
of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type
made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments
under the applicable Facility (or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance
with their respective Swingline Dollar Commitments or Swingline Foreign Currency
Commitments, as applicable); provided, however, that Global Revolving Facility
Loans under the Global Revolving Facility shall be made by the Global Revolving
Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Available Unused
Commitments on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender
to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of
its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to
make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Borrowing denominated in Dollars
(other than a Swingline Dollar Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of ABR
Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance
herewith and (ii) each Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of
Eurocurrency Loans. Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.
Each Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR
Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate
of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option
shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be
entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21 solely in
respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral
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multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum;
provided that a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is an Ancillary
Replacement Borrowing shall be permitted to be in an amount necessary to finance
Ancillary Credit Extensions under an Ancillary Facility being terminated
pursuant to Section 2.22(e). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is
made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum;
provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is
equal to the entire unused balance of the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments or
that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing and Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of
the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of
more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the
same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i)
10 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under each of the Tranche A Facility, the
Tranche B-1 Facility and the Tranche B-2 Facility and (ii) 35 Eurocurrency
Borrowings outstanding under each of the Global Revolving Facility and the U.S.
Revolving Facility (not including Ancillary Replacement Borrowings).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (i) no
Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after
the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date or Tranche B
Maturity Date, as applicable, and (ii) the Tranche B-1 Borrowing on the Closing
Date shall be an ABR Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. Except in the case of an
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing (which shall be governed by Section 2.22(e)), to
request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall
notify the Applicable Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business
Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the
date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR
Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Local
Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form
approved by the Applicable Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrower requesting such Borrowing;
(ii) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing, U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing, Tranche A Term
Borrowing, Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing or Tranche B-2 Term Borrowing;
(iii) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing requested by
a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Foreign Currency in which such Borrowing
is to be denominated;
(iv) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing (expressed in
Dollars or the applicable Foreign Currency);
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(v) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(vi) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, whether such
Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(vii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
clause (a) of the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(viii) the location and number of the applicable Borrower's account to
which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing, unless such Global
Revolving Facility Borrowing (i) is denominated in a Foreign Currency and (ii)
is being requested by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, in which case such Global
Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be a Eurocurrency Borrowing. If no Interest
Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then
the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of
one month's duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of
the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part
of the requested Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, (i) each Swingline Dollar Lender agrees to make Swingline
Dollar Loans to the U.S. Borrower from time to time during the Availability
Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not
result in (x) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Dollar
Loans made by such Swingline Dollar Lender exceeding such Swingline Dollar
Lender's Swingline Dollar Commitment or (y) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure exceeding the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments and (ii) each
Swingline Foreign Currency Lender agrees to make Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans to the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
that will not result in (x) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by such Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender exceeding such Swingline Foreign Currency Lender's
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or (y) the sum of the Global Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure and the total Ancillary Commitments exceeding the total
Global Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that no Swingline Lender shall
be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline
Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing. Within the foregoing
limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of
such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline Borrowing Request by
telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of a proposed
Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing. Each such
notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the Borrower
requesting such Borrowing, (ii) the requested date (which shall be a Business
Day), (iii) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the Foreign
Currency in which such Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing is to be
denominated, (iv) the amount of the requested Swingline Dollar Borrowing
(expressed in Dollars) or
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Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing (expressed in the applicable Foreign
Currency), as applicable, and (v) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by clause (b) of the definition of the term "Interest Period". The
Applicable Agent shall promptly advise each Swingline Dollar Lender (in the case
of a notice relating to a Swingline Dollar Borrowing) or each Swingline Foreign
Currency Lender (in the case of a notice relating to a Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowing) of any such notice received from a Borrower and the amount
of such Swingline Lender's Swingline Loan to be made as part of the requested
Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, as
applicable. Each Swingline Dollar Lender shall make each Swingline Dollar Loan
to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the proposed
date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., Local
Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for
such purpose by notice to the Swingline Dollar Lenders. The Applicable Agent
will make such Swingline Dollar Loans available to the U.S. Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the general deposit account
of the U.S. Borrower with the Applicable Agent (or, in the case of a Swingline
Dollar Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank). Each
Swingline Foreign Currency Lender shall make each Swingline Foreign Currency
Loan to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00
p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently
designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such Swingline Foreign Currency Loans
available to the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by (i) promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the general deposit account
with the Applicable Agent of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower most
recently designated to the Applicable Agent or (ii) by wire transfer of the
amounts received in immediately available funds to the general deposit account
of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower most recently designated to the
Applicable Agent.
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(c) A Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Applicable
Agent (and to the other Swingline Dollar Lenders or Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders, as applicable) not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business
Day require (i) in the case of a Swingline Dollar Lender, the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a
portion of the outstanding Swingline Dollar Loans made by it or (ii) in the case
of a Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the Global Revolving Facility Lenders to
acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the
outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by it. Such notice shall
specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders or Global Revolving Facility Lenders, as applicable, will
participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Applicable Agent will
give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender's
U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage or such Global Revolving Facility Lender's
ratable share (based on Available Unused Commitments), as applicable, of such
Swingline Loan or Loans. Each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to
the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Swingline Dollar Lender,
such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of such
Swingline Dollar Loan or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender, such Global Revolving Facility Lender's ratable share
(based on Available Unused Commitments) of such Swingline Foreign Currency Loan
or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility Lender and each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its respective obligation to acquire
participations in Swingline Foreign Currency Loans and Swingline Dollar Loans,
as applicable, pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence
and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made
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without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each
Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by
wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender (and
Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the
Lenders), and the Applicable Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable
Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit
Lenders. The Applicable Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower of any
participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c),
and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Applicable Agent and not to the applicable Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by a Swingline Lender from the applicable Borrower (or other party on
behalf of such Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such
Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be
promptly remitted to the Applicable Agent; any such amounts received by the
Applicable Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Applicable Agent to the
Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this
paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided
that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline Lender or to
the Applicable Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is
required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. The purchase
of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not
relieve the applicable Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
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SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Upon the satisfaction of
the conditions specified in Section 4.02 on the Closing Date, each Existing
Letter of Credit will automatically, without any action on the part of any
person, be deemed to be a letter of credit issued hereunder for all purposes of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower may request the issuance of
Dollar Letters of Credit and Foreign Currency Letters of Credit for its own
account, in each case in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing
Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and prior
to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Applicant Party to, or entered
into by the Applicant Party with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal (other than an automatic renewal in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this Section) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Applicant
Party shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication,
if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank)
to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in
advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a
notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter
of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the
date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with
paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, (subject to
paragraph (n) of this Section) the currency in which such Letter of Credit is to
be denominated, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to issue, amend, renew or extend such Letter
of
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Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Applicant Party also
shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank's standard form
in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall
be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Applicant Party shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension (i) the Revolving L/C Exposure shall not exceed
$175,000,000 and (ii) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not
exceed the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to
the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of
the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or
extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided
that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the automatic
renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which, in no event, shall
extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph (c)).
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an
amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any
further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender, and each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from
such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and
in furtherance of the foregoing, each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in
Dollars, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of (i) each L/C
Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank in Dollars and
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(ii) the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of
the date such payment is required, of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing
Bank in a Foreign Currency and, in each case, not reimbursed by the U.S.
Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the U.S. Borrower for any
reason (or, if such reimbursement payment was refunded in a Foreign Currency,
the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as
of the date of such refund). Each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges
and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this
paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any L/C
Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the U.S. Borrower shall reimburse
such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to
such L/C Disbursement in Dollars or (subject to the immediately succeeding
sentence) the applicable Foreign Currency, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day immediately following the date the U.S. Borrower
receives notice under paragraph (g) of this Section of such L/C Disbursement,
provided that in the case of any L/C Disbursement made in Dollars with respect
to a Letter of Credit issued for the account of the U.S. Borrower, the U.S.
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an
ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Dollar Borrowing, as applicable, in an
equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the U.S. Borrower's obligation
to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR
Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Dollar Borrowing. If the U.S. Borrower fails to
reimburse any L/C Disbursement when due, then (i) if such payment relates to a
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, automatically and with no further action
required, the
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obligation to reimburse the applicable L/C Disbursement shall be permanently
converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent, determined
using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the date when such payment was due, of
such L/C Disbursement and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the applicable Issuing Bank and each other U.S. Revolving Facility Lender of the
applicable L/C Disbursement, the Dollar Equivalent thereof (if such L/C
Disbursement relates to a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit), the payment then
due from the U.S. Borrower in respect thereof and, in the case of a U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage
thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars its U.S. Revolving
Facility Percentage of the payment then due from the U.S. Borrower (determined
as provided in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, if such payment
relates to a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit), in the same manner as provided
in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06
shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
applicable Issuing Bank in Dollars the amounts so received by it from the U.S.
Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative
Agent of any payment from the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing
Bank or, to the extent that U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders have made payments
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders
and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing
Bank for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan
or a Swingline Dollar Borrowing as contemplated above) shall not constitute a
Loan and shall not relieve the U.S. Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
L/C Disbursement.
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(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the U.S. Borrower to
reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall
be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances
whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any
draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a
Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or
circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the U.S. Borrower's
obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any
Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, 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
sentence), 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 (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder),
any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing
shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to
an Applicant Party to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by each
Applicant Party to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by such
Applicant Party that are caused by (i) such Issuing Bank's failure to exercise
care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof or (ii) such Issuing Bank's
refusal to issue a Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence or wilful
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misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall
be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination and each refusal to
issue a Letter of Credit. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting
the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole
discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall,
promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to
represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent, the Applicant Party and the U.S.
Borrower (if the U.S. Borrower is not the Applicant Party) by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank
has made or will make a L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure
to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the U.S. Borrower of
its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the U.S. Revolving Facility
Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C
Disbursement, then, unless the U.S. Borrower shall reimburse such L/C
Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid
amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date
such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the U.S. Borrower
reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR
Revolving Loans; provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by
the U.S. Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then
Section 2.13(d) shall apply; provided, further, that, in the case of a L/C
Disbursement made under a Foreign Currency Letter of
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Credit, the amount of interest due with respect thereto shall (i) in the case of
any L/C Disbursement that is reimbursed on or before the date such L/C
Disbursement is required to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section,
(A) be payable in the applicable Foreign Currency and (B) bear interest at a
rate equal to the rate reasonably determined by the applicable Issuing Bank to
be the cost to such Issuing Bank of funding such L/C Disbursement plus the
Applicable Margin applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans at such time and
(ii) in the case of any L/C Disbursement that is reimbursed after the date such
L/C Disbursement is required to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this
Section, (A) be payable in Dollars, (B) accrue interest on the Dollar
Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the date such
L/C Disbursement was made, of such L/C Disbursement, (C) bear interest at the
rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and (D) Section 2.13(d)
shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the
account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and
after the date of payment by any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the
account of such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At
the time any such replacement shall become effective, the U.S. Borrower shall
pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.12. 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
Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
"Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the
context shall require. After the replacement
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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 such Issuing
Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior
to such replacement but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of
Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h)
or (i), on the Business Day or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default,
on the third Business Day, in each case, following the date on which the U.S.
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent (or, if the maturity of
the Loans has been accelerated, U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving
L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure)
demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the U.S.
Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name
of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in
Dollars in cash equal to the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) the portion of such
amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or L/C
Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the U.S. Borrower is not late in
reimbursing pursuant to Section 2.05(e) shall be deposited with the
Administrative Agent in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the actual amounts
of such undrawn Letters of Credit and L/C Disbursements and (ii) upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to a Borrower described in
clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become
immediately due and payable in Dollars, without demand or other notice of any
kind. The U.S. Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this
paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Each such deposit
pursuant to this paragraph or pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be held by the
Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the
obligations of the U.S. Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent
shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of
withdrawal, over such account. Other than any
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interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be
made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default
shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii) at any other time, the
U.S. Borrower, in each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and
expense of the U.S. Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in
such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each
Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been
reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction
of the reimbursement obligations of the U.S. Borrower for the Revolving L/C
Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but
subject to the consent of U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving L/C
Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure), be
applied to satisfy other obligations of the U.S. Borrower under this Agreement.
If the U.S. Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral
hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to
the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the U.S. Borrower
within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or
waived. If the U.S. Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral
hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as
aforesaid) shall be returned to the U.S. Borrower as and to the extent that,
after giving effect to such return, the U.S. Borrower would remain in compliance
with Section 2.11(b) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(k) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and
payable on any date pursuant to Section 7.01, all amounts (i) that the U.S.
Borrower is at such time or thereafter become required to reimburse or otherwise
pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of L/C Disbursements made under any
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of which the
U.S. Borrower has deposited cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j), if such
cash collateral was deposited in the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent
so deposited or applied), (ii) that the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders
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are at the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent
and the Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to
distribute to an Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in
respect of unreimbursed L/C Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter
of Credit and (iii) that constitute each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's
participation in any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit under which a L/C
Disbursement has been made, in each case, shall, automatically and with no
further action required, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, determined
using the Exchange Rates calculated as of such date (or in the case of any L/C
Disbursement made after such date, on the date such L/C Disbursement is made),
of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to
an Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the Obligations described
in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise
applicable hereunder.
(l) Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the U.S. Borrower may
by notice to the Administrative Agent designate up to three Lenders (in addition
to JPMorgan Chase Bank) that agree (in their sole discretion) to act in such
capacity and are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as Issuing
Banks. Each such additional Issuing Bank shall execute a counterpart of this
Agreement upon the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld) and shall thereafter be an Issuing Bank hereunder
for all purposes.
(m) Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent,
each Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the
first Business Day of each week and the first Business Day of each fiscal
quarter, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued by it and
outstanding as of the last Business Day of the preceding week or the preceding
fiscal quarter, as applicable, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which
such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit,
the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the
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aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or
extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on
each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the
date of such L/C Disbursement and the amount of such L/C Disbursement and (iv)
on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request.
(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if, after
the date hereof, any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for an Issuing Bank to
issue Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, then by prompt
written notice thereof to the Borrowers and to the Administrative Agent (which
notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), such
Issuing Bank may declare that Letters of Credit will not thereafter be issued by
it in the affected Foreign Currency or Foreign Currencies, whereupon the
affected Foreign Currency or Foreign Currencies shall be deemed (for the
duration of such declaration) not to constitute a Foreign Currency for purposes
of the issuance of Letters of Credit by such Issuing Bank.
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SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each
Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the
Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section
2.04. The Applicable Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable
Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an
account of the applicable Borrower maintained with the Applicable Agent (i) in
New York City, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) in London,
in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency and designated by the
applicable Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR
Revolving Loans and Swingline Dollar Borrowings made to finance the
reimbursement of a L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section
2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing
Bank.
(b) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a
Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender's share of such Borrowing,
the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Applicable Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of
payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, (x) the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation (in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or (y) the rate
reasonably determined by the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of
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funding such amount (in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign
Currency) or (ii) in the case of the applicable Borrower, the interest rate
applicable to ABR Loans (in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or
the rate reasonably determined by the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of
funding such amount (in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign
Currency). If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then such
amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in
such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert
such Borrowing to a different Type, in the case of Borrowings denominated in
Dollars, or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.
The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different
portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing,
and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowings
or Swingling Dollar Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable
Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by telephone by the
time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such
Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type and denominated in the Foreign
Currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable
and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Applicable
Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the
Applicable Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower.
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(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify
the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and,
if different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
(in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii)
and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurocurrency Borrowing; provided that the resulting Borrowing is required
to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a
Foreign Currency; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by clause (a) of the
definition of the term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to
have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election
Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender's portion of each
resulting Borrowing.
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(e) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest
Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of
the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing (unless such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign
Currency, in which case such Borrowing shall be continued as a Eurocurrency
Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month's duration commencing on the last
day of such Interest Period). Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the
Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, so long as an Event
of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or
continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency
Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the
end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each
Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be continued as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month's duration.
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless
previously terminated, (i) the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments shall terminate
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, (ii) the Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Closing Date, (iii) the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at
5:00 p.m., London time, on the Closing Date, (iv) the Global Revolving Facility
Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (v) the
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date.
(b) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and all Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers) may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the
Commitments under any Facility; provided that (i) each reduction of the
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Commitments under any Facility shall be in an amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments) and (ii) the U.S. Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect to
any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section
2.11, (x) the Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure plus the total Ancillary
Facility Commitments would exceed the total Global Revolving Facility
Commitments or (y) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the
total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
(c) The U.S. Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any
election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments under paragraph
(b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of
such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice
delivered by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable;
provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments
delivered by the U.S. Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon
the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the U.S. Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any
termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction
of the Commitments under any Facility shall be made ratably among the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitments under such Facility.
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SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The U.S.
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for
the account of each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each U.S. Revolving Facility Loan to the U.S. Borrower on the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) to the Applicable Agent for the account of
each Global Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid amount of each Global
Revolving Facility Loan to the U.S. Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date, (iii) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section
2.10 and (iv) to the Swingline Dollar Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Swingline Dollar Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
and the first date after such Swingline Dollar Loan is made that is the 15th or
last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such
Swingline Dollar Loan is made; provided that on each date that a U.S. Revolving
Facility Borrowing is made by the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower shall repay
all Swingline Dollar Loans then outstanding. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for the
account of each Global Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Global Revolving Facility Loan to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (ii) to each Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline
Foreign Currency Loan made by such Lender on the earlier of the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date and the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) Each Applicable Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof
and the
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Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each
Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by such Applicable Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
Lender or an Applicable Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein
shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute
and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender
(or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and
in a form approved by the Applicable Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Loans. (a) Subject
to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, the U.S. Borrower shall
repay Tranche A Term Borrowings on each date set forth below in the aggregate
principal amount set forth opposite such date (each such date being referred to
as a "Tranche A Installment Date"):
Date Amount
March 31, 2004 $10,250,000
June 30, 2004 $7,687,500
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Date Amount
September 30, 2004 $7,687,500
December 31, 2004 $7,687,500
March 31, 2005 $7,687,500
June 30, 2005 $20,500,000
September 30, 2005 $20,500,000
December 31, 2005 $20,500,000
March 31, 2006 $20,500,000
June 30, 2006 $23,062,500
September 30, 2006 $23,062,500
December 31, 2006 $23,062,500
March 31, 2007 $23,062,500
June 30, 2007 $23,062,500
September 30, 2007 $23,062,500
December 31, 2007 $23,062,500
March 31, 2008 $23,062,500
June 30, 2008 $25,625,000
September 30, 2008 $25,625,000
December 31, 2008 $25,625,000
Tranche A Maturity Date $25,625,000
(b) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section,
the U.S. Borrower shall repay Tranche B Term Borrowings on each date set forth
below in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date (each such
date being referred to as a "Tranche B Installment Date"):
Amount of Amount of
Tranche B-1 Term Tranche B-2
Borrowings Term Borrowings
Date to be Repaid to be Repaid
---- ------------ ------------
June 30, 2004 $2,575,000 _162,037
September 30, 2004 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2004 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2005 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2005 $2,575,000 _162,037
September 30, 2005 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2005 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2006 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2006 $2,575,000 _162,037
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September 30, 2006 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2006 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2007 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2007 $2,575,000 _162,037
September 30, 2007 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2007 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2008 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2008 $2,575,000 _162,037
September 30, 2008 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2008 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2009 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2009 $2,575,000 _162,037
September 30, 2009 $2,575,000 _162,037
December 31, 2009 $2,575,000 _162,037
March 31, 2010 $2,575,000 _162,037
June 30, 2010 $2,250,000 _162,037
September 30, 2010 $481,850,000 _30,300,926
December 31, 2010 $ 2,250,000 _162,037
Tranche B Maturity Date $481,850,000 _30,300,926
(c) To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans
shall be due and payable on the Tranche A Maturity Date and (ii) all Tranche B
Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche B Maturity Date.
(d) Except as set forth in paragraph (e) below:
(i) all Net Proceeds to be applied at any time to prepay Term
Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied to the Tranche A
Term Borrowings, Tranche B-1 Term Borrowings and Tranche B-2 Term
Borrowings ratably in accordance with the respective principal amounts
outstanding thereof;
(ii) Excess Cash Flow to be applied at any time to prepay Term
Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(d) shall be applied to the Term
Borrowings as directed by the U.S. Borrower;
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(iii) each prepayment of principal of the Term Borrowings pursuant to
Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the Term Borrowings as directed by the
U.S. Borrower; and
(iv) any portion of the Koyo JV Purchase Amount to be applied to prepay
Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be applied to the Tranche
A Term Borrowings, Tranche B-1 Term Borrowings and Tranche B-2 Term
Borrowings ratably in accordance with the respective principal amounts
outstanding thereof.
Prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11 shall be applied to each Term
Borrowing, (A) in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or
Section 2.11(d), to reduce scheduled amortization payments under paragraphs (a)
and (b) above as directed by the U.S. Borrower and (B) in the case of
prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(e), (1) to reduce
in order of maturity the scheduled amortization payments under paragraphs (a)
and (b) above occurring within the 12-month period after the date of such
payment in respect of such Term Borrowing and (2) thereafter, to reduce on a pro
rata basis (based on the amount of such amortization payments) the remaining
scheduled amortization payments in respect of such Term Borrowing. For purposes
of determining any allocation made ratably or on a pro rata basis contemplated
under this paragraph at any time, the amount of any Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall
be the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount thereof, determined using the
Exchange Rate calculated as of the date of such prepayment. For purposes of
determining the amount of any prepayment of Tranche B-2 Term Borrowings pursuant
to Section 2.11(c), 2.11(d) or 2.11(e), the applicable Exchange Rate on the date
such prepayment is to be made shall be used.
(e) Any Lender holding Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-2 Term Loans
may, elect on not less than two Business Days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent with respect to any mandatory prepayment made pursuant to
Section 2.11(c), 2.11(d) or 2.11(e), not to have such prepayment applied to such
Lender's Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-2 Term Loans, as applicable, in
which case (i) so long as Tranche A Term Borrowings are
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outstanding (A) an amount equal to 50% of the amount not so applied shall be
applied to prepay Tranche A Term Borrowings, and shall reduce scheduled payments
under Section 2.10(a) after the date of any prepayment on the same basis as is
provided for the respective types of payments pursuant to Section 2.10(d) and
(B) 50% of the amount not so applied shall be retained by the U.S. Borrower and
(ii) once all Tranche A Term Borrowings have been repaid in full, the amount not
so applied shall be retained by the U.S. Borrower.
(f) Prior to any repayment of any Borrowing under any Facility
hereunder, the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, as
applicable, shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the applicable
Facility to be repaid and shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time,
(i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date
of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, three
Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a
Borrowing (x) in the case of the Global Revolving Facility, shall be applied to
the Global Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that
each Global Revolving Facility Lender receives its ratable share of such
repayment (based upon the respective Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposures
of the Global Revolving Facility Lenders at the time of such repayment) and (y)
in all other cases, shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid
Borrowing. Repayments of Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on
the amount repaid.
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The applicable Borrower shall
have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in
an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing
Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount
outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(f).
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(b) In the event and on such occasion that (i) (A) the sum of (1) the
Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (2) the total Ancillary
Commitments exceeds (B) (x) 105% of the total Global Revolving Facility
Commitments solely as a result of currency fluctuations or (y) the total Global
Revolving Facility Commitments (other than as a result of currency
fluctuations), the Borrowers under the Global Revolving Facility shall prepay
Global Revolving Facility Borrowings or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowings
made to such Borrowers, or reduce total Ancillary Commitments, in an aggregate
amount equal to the amount by which (A) the sum of (1) the Global Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure and (2) the total Ancillary Commitments exceeds (B) the
total Global Revolving Facility Commitments or (ii) the U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure exceeds (A) 105% of the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments solely as a result of currency fluctuations or (B) the total U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments (other than as a result of currency
fluctuations), the U.S. Borrower shall prepay U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowings
or Swingline Dollar Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding,
deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the U.S.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments.
(c) The U.S. Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon
receipt thereof to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d)
through (f) of Section 2.10.
(d) Not later than 90 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow
Period, the U.S. Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash
Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to the Required Percentage of such
Excess Cash Flow to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d)
through (f) of Section 2.10. Not later than the date on which the U.S. Borrower
is required to deliver financial statements with respect to the end of each
Excess Cash Flow Period under Section 5.04(a), the U.S. Borrower will deliver to
the Administrative Agent a
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certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth the
amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and the calculation
thereof in reasonable detail.
(e) Not later than the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the
U.S. Borrower shall apply an amount equal to the Koyo JV Purchase Amount at such
time to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d) through (f) of
Section 2.10.
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SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) agrees to pay to each Lender (other than any
Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, 10 Business Days after the
last day of March, June, September and December in each year, and three Business
Days after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders
shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a "Commitment Fee") on
the sum of (a) the daily unused amount of the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment, (b) the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment and (c) the
daily unused amount of the Ancillary Commitment of such Lender during the
preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending
with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be
terminated) at a rate equal to (x) 0.75% per annum in respect of each day on
which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Swingline
Exposures) is less than or equal to 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment
or the Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.25 to 1.00, (y) 0.50% per annum in
respect of each day on which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding
the Swingline Exposures) represents more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment or the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00 but
greater than 2.00 to 1.00 and (z) 0.375%, if the Leverage Ratio is less than or
equal to 2.00 to 1.00 (without regard to the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposure). All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any
Lender's Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for
which such Lender's Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The
Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date
and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of
such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.
(b) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers) from time to time agrees to pay (i) to each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, 10
Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each
year and three Business Days
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after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders
shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an "L/C Participation Fee") on
such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate
Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements), during the preceding quarter (or shorter period
commencing with the date hereof or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date or the date on which the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments shall be
terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings effective for each day in such period minus
the amount of Issuing Bank Fees (as defined below) set forth in clause (ii)(x)
below and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, (x) three Business
Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and
three Business Days after the date on which the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a
fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for
the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to
and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal
to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the daily average stated amount of such Letter of
Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any
such Letter of Credit or any L/C Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank's
customary documentary and processing charges (collectively, "Issuing Bank
Fees"). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a
per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in a year of 360 days.
(c) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the Administrative Agent, the fees set forth in the
Administrative Agent Fee Letter dated as of November 15, 2002, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times
specified therein (the "Administrative Agent Fees").
(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent
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for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Issuing
Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Banks. Once paid,
none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing
(including each Swingline Dollar Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) The Swingline Foreign Currency Loans comprising each Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Swingline Foreign Currency
Rate plus 1.50% per annum plus the Applicable Margin then in effect for
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on
any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the applicable Borrower
hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of
any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the
preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount (x)
payable in Dollars, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section or (y) payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate set
forth in clause (i) of this sentence; provided that this paragraph (d) shall not
apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to
Section 9.08.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on
each Interest Payment Date for
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such Loan, (ii) in the case of Global Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination
of the Global Revolving Facility Commitments, (iii) in the case of U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments, (iv) in the case of the Tranche A Term Loans, on the Tranche A
Maturity Date and (v) in the case of the Tranche B Term Loans, on the Tranche B
Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of
this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior
to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount
repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment
and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the
end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall
be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that (i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling and
(ii) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the
Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be
payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate
or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any currency:
(a) the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as
applicable, for such Interest Period; or
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(b) the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders or the
Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest
Period;
then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Applicable Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in such
currency shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to or
continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (A) if
such Borrowing is denominated in Dollars, an ABR Borrowing or (B) if such
Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, as a Borrowing bearing interest
at such rate as the Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility and the
applicable Borrower shall agree adequately reflects the costs to the Global
Revolving Facility Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans, and (ii) if any
Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in such currency, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing (if such Borrowing is requested to
be made in Dollars) or shall be made as a Borrowing bearing interest at such
rate as the Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility shall agree
adequately reflects the costs to the Global Revolving Facility Lenders of making
the Loans comprising such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such
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reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate or those for which
payment has been requested pursuant to Section 2.21) or Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank
market any other condition affecting this Agreement, Eurocurrency Loans or
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of
Credit or participation therein (except those for which payment has been
requested pursuant to Section 2.21);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or Swingline Foreign
Currency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to
increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or
the U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) will pay to such Lender or
Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender's or Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital of such
Lender's or Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by,
such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level
below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender's or such
Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's policies and the
policies of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to
capital adequacy), then
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from time to time the applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or the U.S.
Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) shall pay to such Lender or such
Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender's or such Issuing
Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its
holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or
the U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or the
U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) shall pay such Lender or
Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Promptly after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that
it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15,
such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the applicable Borrower thereof.
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender's or Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided that a
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable,
notifies such Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions and of such Lender's or Issuing Bank's intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise
to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
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SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment
of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan or Swingline Foreign Currency Loan
other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including
as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any
Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto as a result of a request by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then,
in any such event, such Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost
and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan or
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall
be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any,
of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount
of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would
have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to
the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a
failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that
would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of
interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of
such period, for deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency of a comparable
amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of
any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to
receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
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SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of any Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if a Borrower
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) any Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as
applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Each Borrower shall indemnify the Agents, each Lender and each
Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount
of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by such Agent, Lender or Issuing
Bank, as applicable, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any
obligation of such Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered
to such Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent
on its own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender or an
Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes by a Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall
deliver to the
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Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to such Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by such Borrower as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) If an Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by a Borrower or with respect to which such Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund
to such Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect
to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to
such refund); provided that such Borrower, upon the request of such Agent or
such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender
is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section
shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its
Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrowers or any other person.
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SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs. (a) Unless otherwise specified, each Borrower shall make each payment
required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or
reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15,
2.16, 2.17 or 2.21, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date
when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Applicable Agent to the applicable account designated to
the U.S. Borrower by each Applicable Agent, except payments to be made directly
to the applicable Issuing Bank or the applicable Swingline Lender as expressly
provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17,
2.21 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The
Applicable Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the
account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. 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. All payments
hereunder of (i) principal or interest in respect of any Loan shall be made in
the currency in which such Loan is denominated, (ii) reimbursement obligations
shall, subject to Sections 2.05(e) and 2.05(k), be made in the currency in which
the Letter of Credit in respect of which such reimbursement obligation exists is
denominated or (iii) any other amount due hereunder or under another Loan
Document (other than an Ancillary Facility Document) shall be made in Dollars.
Any payment required to be made by an Applicable Agent hereunder shall be deemed
to have been made by the time required if such Applicable Agent shall, at or
before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in
accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or
settlement system used by such Applicable Agent to make such payment. Any amount
payable by any Applicable Agent to one or more Lenders in the national currency
of a member state of the
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European Union that has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency shall be paid in
Euros.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to
the Applicable Agent from any Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal,
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, interest and fees then due from such Borrower
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest
and fees then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to
such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed L/C
Disbursements then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed
L/C Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Loans or participations in L/C
Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a
greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Loans
and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and participations in L/C
Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so
that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Term Loans, Revolving Loans and participations in L/C
Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations
are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment
made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance
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with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant,
other than to such Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which
the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the
foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable
law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Applicable Agent
for the account of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder that
such Borrower will not make such payment, the Applicable Agent may assume that
such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable
Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has
not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable
Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Applicable Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at (i) the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation (in the case of an amount denominated in Dollars) and
(ii) the rate reasonably determined by the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it
of funding such amount (in the case of an amount denominated in a Foreign
Currency).
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by
it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the
Applicable
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Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof),
apply any amounts thereafter received by the Applicable Agent for the account of
such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under such Sections until all
such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or 2.21, or if a Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21, as
applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender in any material respect. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or 2.21, or
if a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17,
or is a Defaulting Lender, then such Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such
Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided that (i) such Borrower shall have received the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its
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Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued
interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder,
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or such Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii)
in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.15 or 2.21 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.
Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that any
Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.
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SECTION 2.20. Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties. On or after the Closing
Date, the U.S. Borrower may designate any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement executed by such
Foreign Subsidiary and the U.S. Borrower. Each such designation shall specify
whether such Foreign Subsidiary shall be entitled (i) to make Borrowings under
the Global Revolving Facility and request Letters of Credit under the U.S.
Revolving Facility and/or (ii) to request the creation of Ancillary Facilities
under Section 2.22, and each such designation shall be subject to the consent of
the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld).
Upon the execution by the U.S. Borrower and delivery to the Administrative Agent
of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination with respect to any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, such Foreign Subsidiary shall cease to be a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement; provided that no Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Termination will become effective as to any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower (other than to terminate such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower's
right to make further Borrowings under this Agreement) at a time when any
principal of or interest on any Loan to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or any
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit for the account of such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder or any Ancillary Facility under which
Ancillary Credit Extensions may be made available to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower has not been previously terminated. Promptly following receipt of any
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement or Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Termination, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each
Revolving Credit Lender. The U.S. Borrower shall be entitled to designate any
Foreign Subsidiary that complies with the requirements described in Section
5.10(f) as a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party.
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SECTION 2.21. Additional Reserve Costs. (a) For so long as any Lender
is required to make special deposits with the Bank of England or comply with
reserve assets, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of the Bank of
England, to maintain reserve asset ratios or to pay fees, in each case in
respect of such Lender's Eurocurrency Loans or Swingline Foreign Currency Loans,
such Lender shall be entitled to require the applicable Borrower to pay,
contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Loans,
additional interest on such Loan at a rate per annum equal to the Mandatory
Costs Rate calculated in accordance with the formula and in the manner set forth
in Exhibit L hereto.
(b) For so long as any Lender is required to comply with reserve
assets, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of any monetary or other
authority (including any such requirement imposed by the European Central Bank
or the European System of Central Banks, but excluding requirements reflected in
the Statutory Reserves or the Mandatory Costs Rate) in respect of any of such
Lender's Eurocurrency Loans Swingline Foreign Currency Loans, such Lender shall
be entitled to require the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with
each payment of interest on each of such Lender's Loans subject to such
requirements, additional interest on such Loan at a rate per annum specified by
such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in
relation to such Loan.
(c) Any additional interest owed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above
shall be determined by the applicable Lender, which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and notified to the applicable Borrower (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least five Business Days before each date
on which interest is payable for the applicable Loan, and such additional
interest so notified to the applicable Borrower by such Lender shall be payable
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender on each date on which
interest is payable for such Loan.
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Ancillary Facilities. (a) General. If a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
a Global Revolving Facility Lender agree, subject to (i) compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section 2.22 and (ii) such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower having complied with Sections 2.20 and 4.03, such Global Revolving
Facility Lender shall be permitted to provide an Ancillary Facility on a
bilateral basis to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The total Ancillary
Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Ancillary Commitment Limit.
(b) Creation of Ancillary Facilities. To request the creation of an
Ancillary Facility, a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the first date on
which such Ancillary Facility is proposed to be made available:
(i) a notice in writing specifying:
(A) the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to which extensions of credit
will be made available thereunder;
(B) the first date on which such Ancillary Facility shall be made
available and the expiration date of such Ancillary Facility (which
shall be no later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date);
(C) the type of Ancillary Facility being provided;
(D) the identity of the Ancillary Lender; and
(E) the amount of the Ancillary Commitment with respect to such
Ancillary Facility (which shall be expressed in Dollars and shall not
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(x) exceed the Available Unused Commitment of such Ancillary Lender on
the first date on which such Ancillary Facility shall be made available
or (y) when combined with all Ancillary Commitments of the Ancillary
Lenders, exceed the Ancillary Commitment Limit) and the Foreign
Currencies in which such Ancillary Facilities shall be made available.
(ii) a copy of the Ancillary Facility Document with respect to such
Ancillary Facility (which shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), together with a certificate of a Responsible Officer
certifying that the terms of such Ancillary Facility satisfy the
requirements set forth in clauses (i)(B) and (i)(E) above and in paragraph
(d) of this Section; and
(iii) such other information that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request in connection with such Ancillary Facility.
The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Global Revolving Facility
Lender of such matters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the 10
Business Day notice period specified in the first sentence of this paragraph
shall not apply to any Closing Date Ancillary Facility.
(c) Amendment of Ancillary Facilities. To request an amendment of an
Ancillary Facility, the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent, not later than five Business Days prior to the
effective date of such amendment, (i) a notice in writing (A) identifying the
Ancillary Facility to be amended, (B) the effective date of such Amendment and
(C) the documentation relating to such proposed amendment (which shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) a certificate of a
Responsible Officer certifying that the terms of such Ancillary Facility, after
giving effect to such proposed amendment, satisfy the requirements set forth in
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clauses (i)(B) and (i)(E) of paragraph (b) of this Section and in paragraph (d)
of this Section. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Global
Revolving Facility Lender of such matters.
(d) Terms of Ancillary Facility. Each Ancillary Facility shall contain
terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Ancillary Lender and the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower thereunder; provided that such terms
shall at all times: (i) be based upon normal commercial terms at the time of the
creation of such Ancillary Facility pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section;
(ii) permit extensions of credit thereunder to be made only to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower; (iii) provide that the Ancillary Commitment of the
applicable Ancillary Lender under such Ancillary Facility shall not exceed such
Ancillary Lender's Available Unused Commitment and that, in the event and on
such occasion that such Ancillary Commitment exceeds such Available Unused
Commitment, such Ancillary Commitment shall be automatically reduced by the
amount of such excess; (iv) provide that the Ancillary Commitment under such
Ancillary Facility be canceled, and that all extensions of credit under such
Ancillary Facility be repaid, not later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date;
(v) provide that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be conditions to
each extension of credit under such Ancillary Facility; and (vi) not provide for
the payment of commitment fees in respect of the Ancillary Commitment for such
Ancillary Facility.
(e) Termination and Demand for Repayment.
(i) Any Ancillary Facility shall be permitted to be terminated by the
applicable Ancillary Lender in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary
Facility and, upon the effective date of such termination (an "Ancillary
Facility Termination Date"), all Ancillary Credit Extensions under such
Ancillary Facility shall be refinanced with the proceeds of an Ancillary
Replacement Borrowing as set forth below, unless the Loans shall have been
accelerated pursuant to Section 7.01.
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(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the
Ancillary Facility Document relating to the Ancillary Facility to be
terminated, the Ancillary Lender seeking to terminate an Ancillary Facility
shall deliver to the Applicable Agent, with a copy to the applicable
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, a written notice of termination (a "Notice of
Termination") not later than five Business Days prior to the Ancillary
Facility Termination Date specified in such Notice of Termination for such
Ancillary Facility. Each such Notice of Termination shall specify:
(A) the names of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
Ancillary Lender;
(B) the aggregate amount of Ancillary Credit Extensions under the
applicable Ancillary Facility (which shall not exceed the Ancillary
Commitment in respect of such Ancillary Facility) (the "Ancillary
Facility Repayment Amount"); and
(C) the applicable Ancillary Facility Termination Date.
(iii) Following receipt of a Notice of Termination with respect to an
Ancillary Facility, the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall
deliver to the Applicable Agent a written notice not later than 2:00 p.m.,
Local Time, three Business Days prior to the Ancillary Facility Termination
Date with respect to such Ancillary Facility, which notice shall specify
the following information relating to an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing:
(A) the name of the Eligible Borrower that shall make such
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing;
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(B) the currency in which such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing is
to be denominated (which shall be Dollars, Euros or Sterling);
(C) the initial Interest Period to be applicable to such
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated
by clause (a) of the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(D) the location and number of the applicable Eligible Borrower's
account to which funds are to be disbursed.
(iv) On the Ancillary Facility Termination Date for an Ancillary
Facility, the Global Revolving Facility Lenders shall make Loans composing
an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the Ancillary Facility Repayment amount in accordance with Sections 2.02
and 2.06.
(v) The Eligible Borrower to which such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing
is made shall use the proceeds of such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing
solely (i) to repay to the applicable Ancillary Lender all Funded Ancillary
Credit Extensions under such terminated Ancillary Facility and (ii) to
deposit cash collateral with such Ancillary Lender in respect of all
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions under such terminated Ancillary
Facility. Each deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph shall
be held by the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lender as collateral
for the payment and performance of the obligations of the applicable
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower in respect of Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extensions under such terminated Ancillary Facility. Such Global Revolving
Facility Lender shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the
exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account; provided that, on the CAM
Exchange Date, the
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Administrative Agent shall assume exclusive dominion and control, including
the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any
interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall
be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of
Default shall be continuing, the applicable Global Revolving Facility
Lender and (ii) at any other time, the applicable Eligible Borrower, in
each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of such
Eligible Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.
Moneys in such account shall be applied by the applicable Global Revolving
Facility Lender to offset amounts payable in respect of Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extensions made under such terminated Ancillary Facility. In the
event that after the ancillary Facility Termination Date for an ancillary
Facility but prior to the CAM Exchange Date, an Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension made under such terminated Ancillary Facility shall expire
without requiring payment, the portion of the cash collateral deposited
hereunder with respect to such expired Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension
shall be distributed to the applicable Eligible Borrower.
(f) Cancelation by Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower to which an Ancillary Facility has been made available shall be
permitted at any time to request the cancelation of all or a portion of such
Ancillary Facility by delivery of a notice in writing to the Administrative
Agent and the applicable Ancillary Lender, specifying the Ancillary Facility to
be canceled and the proposed cancelation date. Such notice shall be delivered
not less than five Business Days prior to the proposed cancelation date. Such
cancelation shall be effective as of the proposed cancelation date unless the
Ancillary Facility Exposure under such Ancillary Facility has not been reduced
to zero as of such date.
(g) Additional Information. Each Ancillary Lender shall report in
writing to the Administrative Agent
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on the first Business Day of each fiscal quarter (i) the Ancillary Facility
Exposure for each day during the preceding fiscal quarter for each Ancillary
Facility under which it is an Ancillary Lender and (ii) the portion (expressed
in Dollars) of its Ancillary Commitment that was unused on each day during the
preceding fiscal quarter for each Ancillary Facility under which it is an
Ancillary Lender. In addition, each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to which an
Ancillary Facility has been made available and each Ancillary Lender shall, upon
request by the Administrative Agent, promptly supply the Administrative Agent
with any information relating to the operation of such Ancillary Facility
(including the Ancillary Facility Exposure) as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(h) Conflict with Loan Documents. In the event of any conflict between
the terms of an Ancillary Facility Document and any other Loan Document (other
than an Ancillary Facility Document), the terms of such other Loan Document
shall govern.
(i) Termination and Expiration of Ancillary Commitments. On each date
on which an Ancillary Facility expires, is terminated or is canceled (in whole
or in part), the Available Unused Commitment of the Ancillary Lender under such
Ancillary Facility shall be increased by an amount equal to the portion of such
Ancillary Facility that has expired or been canceled, unless the Global
Revolving Facility Commitments shall have been previously terminated.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
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Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers represents
and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.01, each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each of the
Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign
jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of
organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property
and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where
the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other
agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party
and, in the case of each Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit
hereunder.
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, and each of the Subsidiaries
of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings
hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been
duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, limited liability company or
partnership action required to be obtained by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower and such Subsidiaries and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any
provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles
of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary, (B) any
applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any
Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of
designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary is a
party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii)
be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in
any cancelation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any
payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture,
certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument,
where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i)
or (ii) of this Section 3.02, could reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now
owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any such Subsidiary, other than the Liens created by the Loan
Documents.
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SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and each Borrower and constitutes,
and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that
is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii)
implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval
of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental
Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, except for
(a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, (b) filings with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in
foreign jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been
made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents
and approvals the failure to be obtained or made which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions
listed on Schedule 3.04.
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SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements. (a) The U.S. Borrower has
heretofore furnished to the Lenders combined balance sheets and combined
statements of income, cash flows and owners' equity of TRW Automotive Inc. and
subsidiaries (i) as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1999,
December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001, audited by and accompanied by the
opinion of Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum and (ii) as of and for the nine-month period ended September
30, 2002, reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP pursuant to Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 71, as set forth in the Offering Memorandum. Such combined
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries as of
such dates and for such periods. None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has or shall have as of the Closing
Date any Guarantee, contingent liability or liability for Taxes, or any
long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including any
interest rate or foreign currency hedging transaction, that individually is
material and is not reflected in the foregoing statements or the notes thereto,
other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and except pursuant to the documents
relating to the Transactions set forth on Schedule 3.05 to this Agreement. Such
financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of clause
(ii) above).
(b) The U.S. Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its pro
forma consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2002, prepared giving
effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date.
Such pro forma consolidated balance sheet (i) has been prepared in good faith
based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements
included in the Offering Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by the U.S.
Borrower to have been reasonable at the time made and to be reasonable as of the
Closing Date (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith
estimates with respect to certain items and that the actual amounts of such
items on the Closing Date is subject to variation)), (ii) subject to the
assumptions and
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qualifications described in the Offering Memorandum, accurately reflects all
adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iii) subject to
the assumptions and qualifications described in the Offering Memorandum presents
fairly, in all material respects, the pro forma financial position of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2002, as if the Transactions
had occurred on such date.
SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect.
Since December 31, 2001, there has been no material adverse change (or
occurrence that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse change) in the
business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, it being understood that prior
to the Closing Date, the assets and liabilities of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries constituted all the assets and liabilities of TRW Automotive Inc.
and subsidiaries as reflected in the combined financial statements described in
Section 3.05(a).
SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has good
and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other
limited property interests in, all its properties and assets (including all
Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere
with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize
such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the
failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties
and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by
Section 6.02 or arising by operation of law.
(b) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a
party, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, and all such leases are in full force and
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effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and
effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each of the
Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases,
other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and
undisturbed possession could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or could obtain ownership or possession of, on
terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary for
the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights
of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions, except where such
conflicts and restrictions could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) As of the Closing Date, none of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has received any notice of any pending or
contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any of the Mortgaged Properties
or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains
unresolved as of the Closing Date.
(e) None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date under any right of first refusal,
option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any
Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted under Section
6.02 or 6.05.
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SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries. (a) As of the Closing Date, and after
giving effect to the Transactions, Holdings will have no subsidiaries other than
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
(b) Schedule 3.08(b) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and
jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each such
Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the U.S.
Borrower or by any such Subsidiary.
(c) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than
stock options granted to employees or directors and directors' qualifying
shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except under the Loan
Documents, rights of employees to purchase Equity Interests of Holdings in
connection with the Transactions or as set forth on Schedule 3.08(c).
SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.09, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity
or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending or, to
the knowledge of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower, threatened in writing against or
affecting Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person (i) that
involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) as to which an adverse
determination is reasonably probable and which could reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or materially
adversely affect the Transactions.
(b) None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor
will the continued operation of their material properties and assets
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as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any
zoning, building, Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building
permit) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged
Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or
decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to
purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally
incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of,
or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board,
including Regulation U or Regulation X.
SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company
Act. None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) a
"holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
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SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of
the Loans and will request the issuance of Letters of Credit only for the
purposes specified in the preamble to this Agreement and, in the case of
Revolving Loans, for general corporate purposes.
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SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns. Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be timely filed
all federal, and all material state and local, Tax returns (and, in the case of
a Foreign Subsidiary, except as provided in Schedule 3.13, all material Tax
returns required to be filed in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign
Subsidiary is organized) required to have been filed by it and has paid or
caused to be paid all material Taxes shown thereon to be due and payable by it
and all material assessments, except Taxes or assessments that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section
5.03 and for which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves. Each of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has paid in full
or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all
Taxes due with respect to all periods ending on or before the Closing Date,
which Taxes, if not paid or adequately provided for, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except, in the case of clauses (b)
and (c), as set forth on Schedule 3.13, as of the Closing Date, with respect to
each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
(a) no material claims are being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes,
(b) no presently effective waivers or extensions of statutes of limitation with
respect to Taxes have been given or requested, (c) no Tax returns are being
examined by, and no written notification of intention to examine has been
received from, the Internal Revenue Service or, with respect to any material
potential Tax liability, any other Taxing authority and (d) except as are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section
5.03 and for which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves, no currently pending
issues have been raised in writing by the Internal Revenue Service or, with
respect to any material potential Tax liability, any other taxing authority.
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SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements. (a) All written information
(other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic
nature) (the "Information") concerning Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions
contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared
by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to
any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or
the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, were true and
correct in all material respects as of the date thereof, as of the date such
Information was furnished to the Initial Lenders and as of the Closing Date and
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made.
(b) The Projections and estimates prepared by or on behalf of the U.S.
Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any
Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the
other transactions contemplated hereby have been prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed by the U.S. Borrower to be reasonable as of the date
thereof, as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the
Initial Lenders and as of the Closing Date.
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SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Each of the Borrowers,
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates is in
compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the
Code relating to Plans and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder and any similar applicable non-U.S. law, except for such
noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which
the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that
have been filed and reports the failure of which to file could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the excess
of the present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan of the
Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Subsidiaries and the ERISA
Affiliates (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), as of the last
annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation is available,
over the value of the assets of such Plan could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and the excess of the present value of all
benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on those assumptions used to
fund each such Plan) as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto
for which valuations are available, over the value of the assets of all such
underfunded Plans could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Subsidiaries
and the ERISA Affiliates has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur
any Withdrawal Liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that
any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is
reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, where such
reorganization or termination has had or could reasonably be expected to have,
through increases in the contributions required to be made to such Plan or
otherwise, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all
applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to
any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the
laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of
any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters. Except for the matters that could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the U.S. Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply
with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law,
(ii) is subject to, or responsible for, any Environmental Liability, (iii) has
received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv)
knows of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result
in any Environmental Liability.
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SECTION 3.17. Security Documents. (a) The U.S. Collateral Agreement is
effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Collateral described in the U.S. Collateral Agreement, when certificates or
promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral
described in the U.S. Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property
(as defined in the U.S. Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and
other filings specified on Schedule 3 of the U.S. Perfection Certificate in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5 of the U.S.
Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to
Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as
security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged
Collateral, Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a) and Liens having
priority by operation of law).
(b) When the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest
cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing
statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
thereunder in the Intellectual Property, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office
may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents,
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trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the
grantors after the date hereof).
(c) Each Foreign Pledge Agreement and each Foreign Security Agreement
is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Collateral described in a Foreign Pledge Agreement, when certificates or
promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and, in the case of the Collateral described
in a Foreign Security Agreement, when filings are made in the appropriate
offices in each relevant jurisdiction and the other actions, if any, specified
on such Schedule are taken, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the
proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and
superior in right to any other person (except, in the case of Collateral other
than Pledged Collateral, Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a) and Liens
having priority by operation of law).
(d) The Mortgages entered into after the Effective Date pursuant to
Section 5.10 shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for
the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all
of the Loan Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property
thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or
recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, the Collateral
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section
9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior
and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights
of a Person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by
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Section 6.02(a) and Liens having priority by operation of law.
SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises. (a)
Schedule 2B to the U.S. Perfection Certificate and each Foreign Perfection
Certificate lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all material
real property owned by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date,
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries own in
fee all the real property set forth as being owned by them on such Schedules.
(b) Schedule 2B to the U.S. Perfection Certificate lists completely and
correctly as of the Closing Date all material real property leased by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Parties have valid leases in all the real property set forth as being leased by
them on such Schedules.
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SECTION 3.19. Solvency. (a) Immediately after giving effect to the
Transactions (i) the fair value of the assets of each Borrower (individually)
and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair
valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, of each Borrower (individually) and the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively; (ii) the present
fair saleable value of the property of each Borrower (individually) and the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of each Borrower
(individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
matured; (iii) each Borrower (individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and
liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) each Borrower (individually)
and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they
are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be
conducted following the Closing Date.
(b) None of Holdings or the Borrowers intend to, and does not believe
that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to
be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to
be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such
subsidiary.
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SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters. There are no strikes pending or threatened
against Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The hours worked and payments made
to employees of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair
Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters. All
material payments due from Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account
of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been
paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.20, consummation of the Transactions will not give rise
to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union
under any collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a
party or by which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound, other than collective bargaining
agreements that, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.21. Insurance. Schedule 3.21 sets forth a true, complete and
correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries as of the
Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect. The
U.S. Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries is
adequate.
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SECTION 3.22. Representations and Warranties in Purchase Agreement. All
representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Purchase
Agreement were true and correct in all material respects as of the time such
representations and warranties were made and shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and
warranties were made on and as of such date, unless stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
The obligations of (a) the Lenders (including the Swingline Lenders) to
make Loans and (b) any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit or increase the
stated amounts of Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a "Credit Event") are
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing (other
than an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing) and on the date of each issuance,
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a
Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing
Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph
of Section 2.03) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the
applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by
Section 2.05(b).
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(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of
Credit (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit
without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as
applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance,
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than an
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase
in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of
Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing (other than an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing) and each
issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable Borrower (in the
case of a Borrowing) and each Applicant Party (in the case of a Letter of
Credit) on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal
as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. First Credit Event. On the Closing Date:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself,
the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and each Issuing Bank on the Closing
Date, a favorable written opinion of (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx,
special counsel for Holdings and the U.S. Borrower, substantially to the
effect set forth in
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Exhibit M and (ii) local counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B)
addressed to each Issuing Bank on the Closing Date, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and (C) substantially in the
form of Exhibit N and covering such other matters relating to the Loan
Documents and the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request, and each of Holdings and the U.S. Borrower hereby instructs its
counsel to deliver such opinions.
(b) All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the borrowings and
extensions of credit hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the Lenders and to
each Issuing Bank on the Closing Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each
Loan Party each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) below: (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation,
partnership agreement or limited liability agreement, including all
amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a corporation,
certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar
official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, and a certificate as to
the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists
under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent
date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official) or (B) in the
case of a partnership of or limited liability company, certified by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party; (ii) a
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party
dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true
and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited
liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of
such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a
date
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prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B)
that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly
adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such
Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing
the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such
person is a party and, in the case of a Borrower, the borrowings hereunder,
and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and
are in full force and effect on the Closing Date, (C) that the certificate
or articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or limited liability
agreement of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the
last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above, (D) as to
the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan
Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf
of such Loan Party and (E) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for
the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of
such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party; (iii) a
certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant
to clause (ii) above; and (iv) such other documents as the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and any Issuing Bank on the Closing Date may reasonably
request.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower, dated the Closing Date,
confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs
(b) and (c) of Section 4.01 and paragraph (q) of this Section 4.02.
(e) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied
and the Administrative Agent shall have received completed Perfection
Certificates dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of
the U.S. Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby,
including the
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results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings
made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by
the Perfection Certificates and copies of the financing statements (or
similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such
financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted by Section 6.02
or have been released; provided that to the extent that it is not
practicable (w) for the Loan Parties specified on Schedule 5.10(g) to
satisfy paragraph (e) of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with
respect to intercompany Indebtedness, (x) for the Foreign Subsidiaries set
forth on Schedule 5.10(g) to satisfy any of paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and
(g) of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (y) to perfect any
security interest in the Equity Interests or assets of a Foreign Subsidiary
set forth on Schedule 5.10(g) as provided in the Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement or (z) to deliver an opinion of counsel relating to clauses (x)
or (y) above, in each case prior to the Closing Date, such requirements may
be satisfied after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.10(g).
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of, or an
insurance broker's or agent's certificate as to coverage under, the
insurance policies required by Section 5.02, each of which policies shall
be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a "standard" or "New York"
lender's loss payable endorsement and to name the Collateral Agent as
additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(g) The Initial Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied with the material
terms of the Purchase Agreement and all other material agreements to be
entered into in connection with the Transactions, including any stockholder
agreement to be entered into between the stockholders of Holdings and the
Koyo Purchase Agreement, and the terms of the Stock Consideration.
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(h) The Stock Purchases shall have been consummated or shall be
consummated simultaneously with the initial Credit Event under this
Agreement in accordance with applicable law and the Purchase Agreement and
all other related documentation (without giving effect to any amendment,
waiver or other modification adverse to the Lenders not approved by the
Initial Lenders, such approval not unreasonably to be withheld).
(i) The other Transactions shall have been consummated in a manner
consistent with the sources and uses shown on the pro forma capitalization
dated February 13, 2003, provided to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date.
(j) The U.S. Borrower shall have (i) received gross cash proceeds of
$925,000,000 and _200,000,000, from the issuance of the Senior Notes and
such proceeds shall have been released from the escrow accounts (the "Notes
Escrow Accounts") established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement dated as of
February 18, 2003, by and between The Bank of New York and the U.S.
Borrower, (ii) received gross cash proceeds of $300,000,000 and
_125,000,000 from the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes and such
proceeds shall have been released from the Escrow Accounts and (iii)
entered into a Permitted Receivables Financing having a committed amount of
not less than $600,000,000.
(k) The terms and conditions of the Senior Notes, the Senior
Subordinated Notes and the Permitted Receivables Financing (in each case
including terms and conditions relating to the interest rate, fees,
amortization, maturity, subordination, covenants, defaults and remedies),
shall be as set forth in the applicable term sheet dated November 15, 2002,
or otherwise reasonably satisfactory in all respects to the Initial
Lenders.
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(l) The terms and conditions of the Seller Note (including principal
payments, interest rate, cash interest payment obligations, maturity,
subordination provisions, covenants, prepayment events, defaults and
remedies) shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to the Initial
Lenders.
(m) The Lenders shall have received the financial statements referred
to in Section 3.05.
(n) The Lenders shall have received projections of the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries through the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010,
presented on a quarterly basis through the end of 2003, which shall not be
materially and adversely inconsistent with the projections previously
provided to the Initial Lenders.
(o) After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, Holdings and its subsidiaries shall have outstanding
no Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (i) the loans and other
extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the Senior Notes, (iii) the
Senior Subordinated Notes, (iv) the Seller Note, (v) amounts outstanding in
connection with the Permitted Receivables Financing and (vi) other
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01.
(p) The Lenders shall have received a solvency letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Initial Lenders, from Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Company confirming the solvency of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions and the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
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(q) EBITDA shall be not less than $950,000,000 for the latest 12-month
period ended on December 31, 2002.
(r) The U.S. Borrower shall have ratings of at least (a) B+ and B2 from
S&P and Xxxxx'x, respectively, with respect to the Senior Subordinated
Notes, (b) B+ and B1 from S&P and Xxxxx'x, respectively, with respect to
the Senior Notes and (c) BB and Ba3 from S&P and Xxxxx'x, respectively,
with respect to the senior secured debt of the U.S. Borrower (in each case
with a stable outlook).
(s) Since December 31, 2001, there shall have been no material adverse
change (including as a result of any litigation) in the business,
operations, properties, assets, financial condition or contingent
liabilities of TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(t) All necessary material governmental and material third party
approvals and/or consents in connection with the Transactions, the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and otherwise referred to
herein shall have been obtained and remain in effect, and all applicable
appeal and waiting periods shall have expired without any action being
taken or threatened by any competent authority that restrains, prevents, or
imposes materially adverse conditions upon the consummation of the
Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or
otherwise referred to herein.
(u) All costs, fees, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) and other compensation contemplated hereby, payable to the
Lenders and the Agents or payable in respect of the Transactions, shall
have been paid to the extent due and invoiced.
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(v) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from
each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on
behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed
signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart
of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.03. Credit Events Relating to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers.
The obligations of (x) the Lenders (including the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders) to make Loans to any Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower after the Closing Date, (y) any Issuing Bank to issue
Letters of Credit for the account of any such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
(z) any Ancillary Lender to make available an Ancillary Facility to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, in each case to the extent designated in accordance with
Section 2.20, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (which
are in addition to the conditions contained in Section 4.01):
(a) With respect to the initial Loan made to, the initial Letter of
Credit issued at the request of, or the creation of an Ancillary Facility
for, such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, whichever comes first,
(i) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received
a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement with respect to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower duly executed by all parties thereto; and
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents
(including legal opinions) and certificates as the Administrative Agent
or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the formation,
existence and good standing of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the
authorization of Borrowings as they relate to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower and any other
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legal matters relating to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or its
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(b) The Administrative Agent and the applicable Ancillary Lender, if
any, shall be reasonably satisfied that Section 5.10(f) shall have been
complied with in respect of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and that the
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied with respect
to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and its subsidiaries.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers covenants and
agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect
and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest
on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been
canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed
in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers will, and will cause each of
the ERISA Affiliates and Subsidiaries to:
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SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under
Section 6.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if
the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities
are acquired by a Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower in such
liquidation or dissolution, provided that Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties may
not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and domestic
Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries.
(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) obtain,
preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits,
franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal
conduct of its business, (ii) comply in all material respects with all material
applicable laws, rules, regulations (including any zoning, building, ordinance,
code or approval or any building permits) or any restrictions of record or
agreements affecting the Mortgaged Properties and judgments, writs, injunctions,
decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or
hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property
necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good
repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be
made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and
replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in
connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each
case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).
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SECTION 5.02. Insurance. (a) Keep its insurable properties insured at
all times by financially sound and reputable insurers in such amounts as shall
be customary for similar businesses and maintain such other reasonable insurance
(including, to the extent consistent with past practices, self-insurance), of
such types, to such extent and against such risks, as is customary with
companies in the same or similar businesses and maintain such other insurance as
may be required by law or any other Loan Document.
(b) Cause all such property and casualty insurance policies with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties to be endorsed or otherwise amended to
include a "standard" or "New York" lender's loss payable endorsement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, which endorsement shall provide that, from and after the
Closing Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written notice from
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of the occurrence of an Event
of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to
the U.S. Borrower or the Loan Parties under such policies directly to the
Collateral Agent; cause all such policies to provide that neither the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other party
shall be a coinsurer thereunder and to contain a "Replacement Cost Endorsement",
without any deduction for depreciation, and such other provisions as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably (in light of a
Default or a material development in respect of the insured Mortgaged Property)
require from time to time to protect their interests; deliver original or
certified copies of all such policies or a certificate of an insurance broker to
the Collateral Agent; cause each such policy to provide that it shall not be
canceled, modified or not renewed upon less than 30 days' prior written notice
thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent;
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, prior to the
cancelation, modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy
of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy
previously delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent), or
insurance certificate with
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respect thereto, together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent of payment of the premium therefor.
(c) If at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the
Mortgages) are located is designated a "flood hazard area" in any Flood
Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any
successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably
require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set
forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from
time to time.
(d) With respect to each Mortgaged Property, carry and maintain
comprehensive general liability insurance including the "broad form CGL
endorsement" and coverage on an occurrence basis against claims made for
personal injury (including bodily injury, death and property damage) and
umbrella liability insurance against any and all claims, in each case in amounts
and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the
same or similar industry operating in the same or similar locations naming the
Collateral Agent as an additional insured, on forms reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent.
(e) Notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent promptly
whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event
of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.02 is taken out
by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries; and promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies, or an
insurance certificate with respect thereto.
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(f) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it
is understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their
respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage
insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this
Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the U.S. Borrower and the other
Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other
parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or
damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation
against the Agents, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or their agents or
employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of
subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the U.S. Borrower hereby agree, to the
extent permitted by law, to waive, and to cause each of the Subsidiaries to
waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Agents, the Lenders, any
Issuing Bank and their agents and employees; and
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage
by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.02
shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that such
insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the
protection of their properties.
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SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material
Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon
its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall
become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien
upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment
and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall
have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect
thereto and such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested
obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation.
SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which will furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) within 90 days (or such shorter period as the SEC shall specify
for the filing of Annual Reports on Form 10-K) after the end of each fiscal
year, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
cash flows and owners' equity showing the financial position of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the
consolidated results of their operations during such year, all audited by
independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of
such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect) to
the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in
all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the U.S.
Borrower of Annual Reports on Form 10-K of the U.S. Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries
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shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such
Annual Reports include the information specified herein, provided that for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, the U.S. Borrower shall furnish
(i) not later than March 31, 2003, an unaudited combined balance sheet and
related unaudited statements of income and cash flows as of the close of
such fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower
as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and
results of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries on a combined
basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and
purchase accounting) and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the Closing
Date, and in no event later than May 15, 2003, a combined balance sheet and
related statements of operations, cash flows and owners' equity showing the
financial position of the TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries as of the
close of such fiscal year and the combined results of their operations
during such year, all audited by independent public accountants of
recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be
qualified in any material respect) to the effect that such combined
financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial position and results of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and
subsidiaries on a combined basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) within 45 days (or such shorter period as the SEC shall specify
for the filing of Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) after the end of each of
the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance
sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the
financial position of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the
close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their
operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the
fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower, on
behalf of the U.S. Borrower, as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the financial position and results of operations of the
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U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes and except that purchase accounting may be reflected on a
preliminary basis in financial statements delivered for the fiscal quarters
ending in 2003) (it being understood that the delivery by the U.S. Borrower
of (i) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the U.S. Borrower and its
consolidated subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section
5.04(b) to the extent such Quarterly Reports include the information
specified herein and (ii) with respect to the fiscal quarters ending March
in 2003, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 to the extent that such
Registration Statement includes the information specified herein);
(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
(a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower
(i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such
an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and
extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30,
2003, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained
in Sections 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 and (iii) setting forth the portion of the
Koyo JV Purchase Amount used during the quarter (or the fourth quarter in
the case of annual financial statements) covered by the financial
statements to which such certificate relates to make (A) cash investments
pursuant to Section 6.04(k), (B) cash investments pursuant to Section
6.04(s), (C) cash expenditures to acquire, maintain, develop, construct,
improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (D) a purchase made using cash of assets
of TRW Koyo Steering Systems Company pursuant to Section 6.05(k) and (y)
concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under (a) above, a
certificate of the accounting firm opining on or
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certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during
the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event
of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and
disclaims responsibility for legal interpretations);
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the
extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries with the SEC, or distributed to its stockholders generally, as
applicable;
(e) if, as a result of any change in accounting principles and
policies from those as in effect on the date of this Agreement, the
consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above will differ in any
material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have
been delivered pursuant to such clauses had no such change in accounting
principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery
of financial statements pursuant to paragraph (a) and (b) above following
such change, a schedule prepared by a Financial Officer on behalf of
Holdings and the U.S. Borrower reconciling such changes to what the
financial statements would have been without such changes;
(f) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, an
operating and capital expenditure budget, in form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent prepared by the U.S. Borrower for each of the four
fiscal quarters of such fiscal year prepared in reasonable detail, of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, accompanied by the statement of a
Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower to the effect
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that, to the best of his knowledge, the budget is a reasonable estimate for
the period covered thereby;
(g) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, deliver
updated Perfection Certificates (or, to the extent such request relates to
specified information contained in the Perfection Certificates, such
information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most
recently received pursuant to this paragraph (g) or Section 5.10(e);
(h) promptly, a copy of all reports submitted to the Board of
Directors (or any committee thereof) of any of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any
material interim or special audit made by independent accountants of the
books of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary; and
(i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or
compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating
financial statements, as in each case the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly after any
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent
thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with
respect thereto;
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(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of
intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or
proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental
Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse
determination is reasonably probable and which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of
general public knowledge and that has had, or could reasonably be expected
to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event, that together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries and all ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount in excess of
$60,000,000.
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are
the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject
of Section 5.03.
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SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and
Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit
any persons designated by the Agents or, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the
financial records and the properties of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable
prior notice to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, or the U.S. Borrower, and as
often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such
financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Agents or, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon
reasonable prior notice to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S. Borrower
to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof
and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of
confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans (other
than Loans that are part of an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing) and request the
issuance of Letters of Credit only for the purposes set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement. In the case of an Eligible Borrower, use the proceeds of an
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing only for the purposes set forth in Section
2.22(e).
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SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make
reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its
properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations
and properties; and obtain and renew all material, authorizations and permits
required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties;
accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this
Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional Mortgages. (a) Execute any
and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and
take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing
statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that may be
required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and
remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the
Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of
the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any asset (including any real property or improvements thereto
or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value in an amount
having a Dollar Equivalent greater than $10,000,000 is acquired by the U.S.
Borrower or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at
the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than assets
constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the
Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof), cause such asset to be
subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and take, and cause the Subsidiary
Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions
described in
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paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject
to paragraph (h) below.
(c) In the case of the U.S. Borrower, grant and cause each of the
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security
interests and mortgages in such real property of the U.S. Borrower or any such
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by the original U.S.
Mortgages, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a value at
the time of acquisition in excess of $10,000,000 pursuant to documentation
substantially in the form of the U.S. Mortgages delivered to the Collateral
Agent on the Closing Date or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent (each, an "Additional Mortgage") and constituting valid and
enforceable perfected Liens superior to and prior to the rights of all third
persons subject to no other Liens except as are expressly permitted by Section
6.02 or arising by operation of law, at the time of perfection thereof, record
or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional
Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is
required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor
of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional
Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes,
fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to
paragraph (h) below.
(d) If any additional direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings is
formed or acquired after the Closing Date if such subsidiary is a Domestic
Subsidiary Loan Party, within five Business Days after the date such subsidiary
is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof
and, within 20 Business Days after the date such subsidiary is formed or
acquired, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with
respect to such subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or
Indebtedness of such subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party.
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(e) In the case of the U.S. Borrower, (i) furnish to the Collateral
Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party's corporate
name, (B) in any Loan Party's identity or corporate structure or (C) in any Loan
Party's organizational identification number; provided that the U.S. Borrower
shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or
will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial
Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to
continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected
security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties
and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the
Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
(f) Prior to any Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Foreign Subsidiary Loan
Party, cause (i) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with
respect to such Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) the Equity Interests and Pledged
Collateral (if any) of such Foreign Subsidiary to be pledged pursuant to a
Foreign Pledge Agreement and (iii) after giving effect to paragraph (h) below,
at least a substantial portion of the assets (as reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent) of such Foreign Subsidiary to be subject to a valid first
lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(g) In the event that any requirement set forth in Section 4.02(e)
(without giving effect to the proviso thereof) has not been satisfied in full on
or prior to the Closing Date, cause such requirement to be satisfied as promptly
as practicable after the Closing Date and, in any event, cause all such
requirements to be satisfied not later than (i) in the case of matters relating
to clause (w) of the proviso to Section 4.02(e), 30 days following the Closing
Date and (ii) in the case of matters relating to clauses (x), (y) and (z) of
such proviso, 90 days following the Closing Date.
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(h) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions
of this Section 5.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any real property
held by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary as
a lessee under a lease, (ii) any Equity Interests acquired after the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 6.04(j) if, and to the extent that, and for so long as
(A) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on
such Equity Interests and (B) such law or obligation existed at the time of the
acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests
in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Subsidiary
(provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not apply in the case of a joint
venture, including a joint venture that is a Subsidiary), (iii) any assets
acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking
such actions would violate a contractual obligation binding on such assets that
existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made
binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of
such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to Section 6.01(i) that is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to
Section 6.02(i)) or (iv) any Subsidiary or asset with respect to which the
Collateral Agent determines that the cost of the satisfaction of the Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement or the provisions of this Section 5.10 with respect
thereto exceeds the value of the security afforded thereby; provided that upon
the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, the U.S. Borrower shall, and
shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to
have waived or eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, other than those set forth in joint venture
agreements to which the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary is party.
SECTION 5.11. Fiscal Year; Accounting. In the case of the U.S.
Borrower, cause its fiscal year to end on December 31.
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SECTION 5.12. Interest Rate Protection Agreements. In the case of the
U.S. Borrower, as promptly as practicable and in any event within 90 days after
the Closing Date, enter into, and for a period of not less than three years
after the Closing Date will maintain in effect, one or more Swap Agreements with
one or more of the Lenders (or Affiliates thereof), the effect of which is that
at least 50% of Consolidated Total Debt will bear interest at a fixed rate or
the interest cost in respect of which will be fixed, in each case on terms and
conditions reasonably acceptable, taking into account current market conditions,
to the Administrative Agent.
Proceeds of Certain Dispositions. If, as a result of the receipt of any
cash proceeds by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any
sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset, including any Equity
Interest, the U.S. Borrower would be required by the terms of the Senior Note
Indentures or Senior Subordinated Note Indentures to make an offer to purchase
any Senior Notes or Senior Subordinated Notes, as applicable, then, in the case
of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary, prior to the first day on which the U.S.
Borrower would be required to commence such an offer to purchase, (i) prepay
Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 or (ii) acquire assets, Equity Interests
or other securities in a manner that is permitted by Section 6.04 or Section
6.05, in each case in a manner that will eliminate any such requirement to make
such an offer to purchase.
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers covenants and
agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect
and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest
on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or
have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full,
unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, none of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S. Borrower will, or will cause or
permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist
any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule
6.01, but not any extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness
except (i) renewals and extensions expressly provided for in the agreements
evidencing any such Indebtedness as in effect on the Closing Date, (ii)
refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness if the average life to
maturity thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being
refinanced or extended, provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
such extending, renewal or replacement Indebtedness shall not be (x)
Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the
Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced or (y) in a principal
amount that exceeds the Indebtedness being extended or refinanced (plus
unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), (iii) Permitted Xxxxx
Refinancing Indebtedness and (iv) in the case of Holdings, the Management
Equity Loan;
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(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(c) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to
Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.13;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters
of credit for the benefit of) any person providing workers' compensation,
health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or
liability insurance to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to
reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, provided that
upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement
obligations regarding workers' compensation claims, such obligations are
reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;
(e) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and any Subsidiary
to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) Indebtedness of
the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to the Borrowers and the Loan
Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(d) and (ii) Indebtedness of any
Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any other Loan Party to any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (the "Subordinated
Intercompany Debt") shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries in respect
of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion
guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary
course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and
environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and any
extension, renewal or refinancing thereof to the extent that the amount of
refinancing Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of
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Indebtedness being refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium
thereon);
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date
or a corporation merged into or consolidated with the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection
with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case, exists at
the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in
contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or
consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness, provided
that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at the time of,
and after giving effect to, such acquisition, merger or consolidation, such
assumption or such incurrence, as applicable (together with Indebtedness
outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (h), paragraph (i) of this Section
6.01 and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases permitted under
Section 6.03), would not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the
end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such
acquisition, merger or consolidation, such assumption or such incurrence,
as applicable, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 5.04;
(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money
Indebtedness incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or
within 270 days after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the
respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such
acquisition or improvement,
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and extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof, in an aggregate
principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the
incurrence thereof (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
paragraph (h) of this Section 6.01, this paragraph (i) and the Remaining
Present Value of leases permitted under Section 6.03) would not exceed 5%
of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, provided that any
such extension, renewal or refinancing Indebtedness shall not be (i)
Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the
Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced or (ii) in a principal
amount that exceeds the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced
(plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon);
(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is
permitted under Section 6.03;
(k) other Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in
an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this
paragraph (k) not in excess of $250,000,000, provided that the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries that are not Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Parties outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (k) shall not exceed
$150,000,000;
(l) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower (i) pursuant to the Senior Notes
in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of the sum of
$925,000,000 and _200,000,000 less the aggregate amount of all repayments
of the Senior Notes effective after the Closing Date and (ii) pursuant to
the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount that is not
in excess of the sum of $300,000,000 and _125,000,000 less the aggregate
amount of all
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repayments of the Senior Subordinated Notes effective after the Closing
Date;
(m) (i) Guarantees by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the
Subsidiaries of the Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower described in
paragraph (l), in each case pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes
Indenture or Senior Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, and (ii)
Guarantees by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary
expressly permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, provided that
Guarantees by the U.S. Borrower and the Loan Parties of Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section
6.04(d);
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or
similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with
the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than
Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition;
(o) in the case of Intermediate Holdings, the Seller Note;
(p) the Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) the Xxxxx Loan and the Foreign Acquiror Loans;
(r) letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit issued pursuant to
Section 2.05) having an aggregate face amount not in excess of $20,000,000;
and
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(s) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest),
fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on
obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (r) above.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) Xxxxx shall not be
permitted to incur any Indebtedness other than the Xxxxx Loan and a Guarantee
pursuant to paragraph (m)(i) of this Section 6.01 and (ii) none of the Spanish
Acquiror, Dutch Holdco and U.S. Serviceco shall be permitted to incur any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party that is evidenced
by a promissory note and pledged pursuant to a Foreign Pledge Agreement, which
Indebtedness shall be subject to Section 6.04(d)).
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person,
including any subsidiary of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S.
Borrower) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in
respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02,
provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they
secure on the date hereof (and extensions, renewals and refinancings of
such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently
apply to any other property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents or permitted in respect
of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage;
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(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.01(h), provided that such Lien (i) does not apply to
any other property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the
date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than
after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other
obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other
obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after-acquired
property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted
to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied
but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation
of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien
securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, any such Lien is permitted,
subject to compliance with clause (e) of the definition of the term
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness";
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or
levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with
Section 5.03 or for property Taxes on property that Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or one of the Subsidiaries has determined to
abandon if the sole recourse for such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or
claim is to such property;
(e) landlord's, carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect
of which, if applicable, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or the relevant Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in
accordance with GAAP;
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(f) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations;
(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations),
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental
obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, easements, trackage rights, leases (other
than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments,
rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from
the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;
(i) purchase money security interests in equipment or other property
or improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of
improvements, constructed) by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary
(including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and
title retention agreements), provided that (i) such security interests
secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i) (including any refinancing
of such Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(i)), (ii) such security
interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created,
within 270 days after such acquisition (or
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construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100%
of the cost of such equipment or other property or improvements at the time
of such acquisition (or construction), including transaction costs incurred
by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such acquisition
(or construction), (iv) such expenditures are permitted by this Agreement
and (v) such security interests do not apply to any other property or
assets of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than to accessions to
such equipment or other property or improvements), provided, further, that
individual financings of equipment provided by a single lender may be
cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided solely by
such lender;
(j) Liens arising out of capitalized or operating lease transactions
permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the
property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions
thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of
Default under Section 7.01(j);
(l) other Liens with respect to property or assets not constituting
collateral for the Obligations with an aggregate fair market value (valued
at the time of creation thereof) of not more than $75,000,000 at any time;
(m) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered pursuant
to Sections 4.02 and 5.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any
such Lien, provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall
not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such
Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal, provided, further,
that the Indebtedness and other obligations
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secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by
this Agreement;
(n) Liens in respect of the Permitted Receivables Financing;
(o) any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases
entered into by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business;
(p) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the
establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection
with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep
accounts of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of
overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to
purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the
U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provision relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
(r) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of
credit permitted under Section 6.01(r) and covering the goods (or the
documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of
credit and the proceeds and products thereof;
(s) licenses of intellectual property granted in a manner consistent
with past practice; and
(t) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure
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payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or
transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or
other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a "Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction"), provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be
permitted so long as at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered
into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such Lease, the Remaining
Present Value of such lease (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6.01 and the Remaining Present Value of
outstanding leases previously entered into under this Section 6.03) would not
exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately prior to the date such lease is entered into for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04.
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SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or
acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests,
evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any
loans or advances (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries) to or Guarantees of the obligations of,
or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other
person, except:
(a) investments (i) existing on the date hereof in the Equity
Interests of the Subsidiaries, (ii) by Holdings in the Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings, (iii) by Intermediate Holdings in the Equity
Interests of the U.S. Borrower and (iv) by any Borrower or any Subsidiary
in any Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that investments by the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to this paragraph (a) in
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties may be made in an aggregate amount
(valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any
write-downs or write-offs thereof), together with outstanding intercompany
loans permitted under Section 6.04(d)(ii) and Guarantees subject to the
proviso to Section 6.04(m) by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties, not to exceed (x) $200,000,000 (plus any return
of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of
investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (a)), plus
(y) the portion, if any, of the Available Investment Basket Amount on the
date of such election that the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this
paragraph (a);
(b) Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted
Investments when made;
(c) investments arising out of the receipt by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of noncash
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consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05;
(d) intercompany loans from the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan
Parties to (i) Borrowers or Subsidiary Loan Parties and (ii) Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount (together with
investments made pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to Section
6.04(a)(iv) and Guarantees subject to the proviso to Section 6.04(m) by
Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties),
not to exceed $200,000,000;
(e) (i) loans and advances to employees of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding
(calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof) and (ii)
advances of payroll payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary
course of business;
(f) accounts receivable arising and trade credit granted in the
ordinary course of business and any securities received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to
the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(g) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 6.13;
(h) investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
6.04;
(i) investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in
Sections 6.02(f) and (g);
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(j) other investments by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without
giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i)
$200,000,000 (plus any returns of capital actually received by the
respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it
pursuant to this paragraph (j)), plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the
Available Investment Basket Amount on the date such election is made that
the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this paragraph (j);
(k) investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions in an
aggregate amount, which shall be deemed to include the principal amount of
Indebtedness that is assumed pursuant to Section 6.01 in connection with
such Permitted Business Acquisitions, not to exceed (i) $250,000,000 (net
of any return representing return of capital in respect of any such
investment and valued at the time of the making thereof), provided that
during any Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, such amount shall
be increased to $400,000,000, plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the
Available Investment Basket Amount on the date such election is made that
the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this paragraph (k), provided, further,
that if the amount of investments constituting Permitted Business
Acquisitions in accordance with this Section 6.04(k) and outstanding at the
time a Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period ends exceeds the
amount of investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions that
would be permitted under this Section 6.04(k) immediately after the end of
such Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, then the amount of such
excess (less the amount by which investments constituting Permitted
Business Acquisitions are reduced from such time until the commencement of
the next Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, if any) shall be
deemed to be permitted under this Section 6.04(k);
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(l) additional investments may be made from time to time to the extent
made with proceeds of Equity Interests (excluding proceeds received as a
result of the exercise of Cure Rights pursuant to Section 7.03) of
Holdings, which proceeds or investments in turn are contributed to
Intermediate Holdings and in turn to the U.S. Borrower;
(m) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness of
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party
(together with investments made pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to
Section 6.04(a)(iv) and intercompany loans permitted under Section 6.04(d))
shall not exceed $200,000,000;
(n) Investments arising as a result of the Permitted Receivables
Financing;
(o) the Transactions;
(p) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with
or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary
course of business;
(q) investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of
a corporation merged into the U.S. Borrower or merged into or consolidated
with a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.05 after the Closing Date to
the extent that such investments were not made in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in
existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
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(r) Guarantees by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries of leases (other
than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not
constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business; and
(s) investments in Equity Interests of TRW Koyo Steering Systems
Company made on or prior to the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the Koyo JV Purchase Amount at the time
of such investment.
SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and
Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any
other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue,
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary or preferred equity interests of
Holdings, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other
person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of
business by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition of
any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment
or other property in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower
or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto
no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i)
the merger of any Subsidiary into a Borrower in a transaction in
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which such Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) the merger or
consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Loan Party in a
transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Loan
Party (which shall be a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party if any party to such
merger or consolidation shall be a domestic Subsidiary) and, in the case of
each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Borrower or Subsidiary
Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of
any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any other
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party or (iv) the liquidation or
dissolution of any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) if the U.S. Borrower
determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the
best interests of the U.S. Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous
to the Lenders;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the U.S.
Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise);
provided that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan
Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance
with Section 6.07;
(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e) investments expressly permitted by Section 6.04;
(f) the purchase and sale of accounts receivable and related assets
pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Financing;
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(g) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of
business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(h) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not
otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided that the aggregate gross
proceeds (including noncash proceeds) of any or all assets sold,
transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this
paragraph (h) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower,
10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the immediately preceding
fiscal year;
(i) any merger or consolidation in connection with a Permitted
Business Acquisition, provided that following any such merger or
consolidation (i) involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the surviving
corporation, (ii) involving a domestic Subsidiary, the surviving or
resulting entity shall be a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary and (iii) involving a Foreign Subsidiary, the surviving or
resulting entity shall be a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary;
(j) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any
technology or other intellectual property of the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) a purchase of a substantial portion of the assets of TRW Koyo
Steering Systems Company made on or prior to the 12-month anniversary of
the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Koyo JV Purchase
Amount at the time of such acquisition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, (i) Holdings shall at
all times own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of
Intermediate
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Holdings, (ii) Intermediate Holdings shall at all times own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, (iii) each
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and Xxxxx shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (iv)
no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this
Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to Loan
Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) thereof) unless such disposition is for fair
market value and (v) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be
permitted by paragraphs (a), (d) or (h) of this Section 6.05 unless such
disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration.
SECTION 6.06. Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay, directly or
indirectly, any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital
or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof,
with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and
distributions on Holdings Common Stock payable solely by the issuance of
additional shares of Holdings Common Stock) or directly or indirectly redeem,
purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to
purchase or acquire) any shares of any class of its Equity Interests or set
aside any amount for any such purpose; provided, however, that:
(a) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends to, repurchase its
Equity Interests from or make other distributions to the U.S. Borrower or
to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries, to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary and to each other
owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more
favorable basis from the perspective of the U.S. Borrower or such
Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) the U.S. Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other
distributions to Intermediate Holdings (which may, in turn, declare and pay
dividends or make other distributions to Holdings, in
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an amount equal to the dividends and distributions received by Intermediate
Holdings) in respect of (i) overhead, tax liabilities of Holdings and
Intermediate Holdings, legal, accounting and other professional fees and
expenses, (ii) fees and expenses related to any equity offering, investment
or acquisition permitted hereunder (whether or not successful) and (iii)
other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its existence
and its ownership of the U.S. Borrower or Intermediate Holdings, as
applicable, and in order to permit Holdings to make payments permitted by
Sections 6.07(b) and (c);
(c) Holdings may purchase or redeem (and the U.S. Borrower may declare
and pay dividends or make other distributions to Intermediate Holdings, the
proceeds of which are to be used by Intermediate Holdings to pay dividends
or make other distributions to Holdings, the proceeds of which are used so
to purchase or redeem) Equity Interests of Holdings (including related
stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or
former directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan upon such person's
death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the
terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of
stock or related rights were issued, provided that the aggregate amount of
such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in
any fiscal year $7,500,000 (plus the amount of net proceeds received by
Holdings during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of
Holdings to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection
with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements) which, if
not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar
year;
(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
exercise of stock options if such
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Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
and
(e) during the 30-day period beginning on the Closing Date, Holdings
shall be permitted to redeem up to $12,000,000 in the aggregate of Holdings
Common Stock (at a price per share equal to the price paid by the
Management Equity Vehicle on the Closing Date) from the Management Equity
Vehicle using proceeds from purchases of Holdings Common Stock by any of
the Fund, Fund Affiliates or members of the Management Group pursuant to
the TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Sell or transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or
otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any
known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock of
Holdings, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under
this Agreement (including in connection with the Permitted Receivables
Financing) and (ii) upon terms no less favorable to Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be
obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a person that is not an
Affiliate; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to (A) the payment to
the Fund of the monitoring and management fees referred to in paragraph (c)
below or fees payable on the Closing Date or (B) the indemnification of
directors of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in accordance with customary practice.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent
otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (i) any issuance of securities, or
other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to,
or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership
plans approved by the board of directors of Holdings, (ii) loans or advances to
employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
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Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e), (iii) transactions among the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and transactions among the Subsidiary
Loan Parties otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (iv) the payment of fees and
indemnities to directors, officers and employees of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, (v) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the
Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto to the
extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect,
(vi) any employment agreements entered into by any of the U.S. Borrower or any
of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vii) dividends,
redemptions and repurchases permitted under Section 6.06, (viii) any purchase by
the Fund or any Fund Affiliate of Equity Interests of Holdings or any purchase
by Intermediate Holdings of Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or any
contribution by Intermediate Holdings to the equity capital of the U.S.
Borrower, provided that any Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower purchased by
Intermediate Holdings shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Lenders pursuant to the U.S. Collateral Agreement, (ix) payments by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the Fund
or any Fund Affiliate made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting
or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities,
including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are
approved by the majority of the board of directors of Holdings, in good faith,
(x) subject to paragraph (c) below, the existence of, or the performance by
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of its obligations under
the terms of, the Purchase Agreement, or any agreement contemplated thereunder
to which it is a party as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the
existence of, or the performance by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such
existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing
Date shall only be permitted by this clause (x) to the extent that the terms of
any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the
Lenders in any material respect, (xi) transactions with Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of automotive
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goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of
business in a manner consistent with past practice, (xii) any transaction in
respect of which the U.S. Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for
delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the
U.S. Borrower or of the applicable Subsidiary from an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is
(A) in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower qualified to render
such letter and (B) satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter
states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the U.S.
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a
comparable arm's-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or
(xiii) subject to paragraph (c) below, the payment of all fees, expenses,
bonuses and awards related to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, including fees to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate.
(c) Make any payment of or on account of monitoring or management or
similar fees payable to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate in an aggregate amount in
any fiscal year in excess of $7,500,000 (plus reasonable expenses in connection
therewith).
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SECTION 6.08. Business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Engage at any time in any business or business
activity other than (a) in the case of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
(other than the Subsidiaries specified in clauses (d) through (f) below), any
business or business activity conducted by it on the Closing Date and any
business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business
or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension,
development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including the
consummation of the Transactions, (b) in the case of Intermediate Holdings, (i)
ownership of the Equity Interests in the U.S. Borrower, together with activities
directly related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in
connection with the Loan Documents, the Seller Note, the Purchase Agreement, the
Senior Note Documents and the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, (iii) actions
incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (iv) the Guarantees
permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(m) and (v) actions required by law to
maintain its existence, (c) in the case of Holdings, (i) the ownership of the
Equity Interests in Intermediate Holdings, together with activities directly
related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection
with the Loan Documents, the Purchase Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the
other agreements contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Senior Note
Documents and the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, (iii) actions incidental
to the consummation of the Transactions (including pursuant to the Management
Equity Loan), (iv) the Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(m) and (v)
actions required by law to maintain its existence, (d) in the case of the
Spanish Acquiror, (i) the ownership of the Equity Interests in Dutch Holdco and
Spanish Acquiror, together with activities directly related thereto, (ii)
performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents,
(iii) actions incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (iv)
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by it, or loans made by it to the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to Section 6.01 and (v)
actions required by law to maintain its existence, (e) in the case of Dutch
Holdco, (i) the ownership of the Equity Interests in the Foreign Acquirors and
the Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries, together with activities directly related
thereto,
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(ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan
Documents, (iii) actions incidental to the consummation of the Transactions,
(iv) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by it, or loans made by it to the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to Section 6.01 and (v)
actions required by law to maintain its existence and (f) in the case of U.S.
Serviceco, (i) entry into, and performance under, management contracts with the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) performance of its obligations under and
in connection with the Loan Documents, (iii) actions incidental to the
consummation of the Transactions, (iv) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by
it, or loans made by it to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case
pursuant to Section 6.01 and (v) actions required by law to maintain its
existence.
SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness;
Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other
Agreements; etc. (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the
Lenders, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if
such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the
articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement or
limited liability company operating agreement of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, the Purchase Agreement,
the Stockholders Agreement or the Koyo Purchase Agreement.
(b) (i) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly,
any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the Senior Notes, the
Senior Subordinated Notes, the Seller Note or the Permitted Receivables
Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of
the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Seller Note or the
Permitted Receivables Financing, except payments of regularly scheduled interest
and principal payments as and when due in respect thereof, other than payments
in respect
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of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Seller Note prohibited by the
subordination provisions thereof; or
(ii) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any
provision of the Seller Note, any Senior Note, any Senior Subordinated Note, any
Xxxxx Note, any Permitted Receivables Document, any Permitted Xxxxx Refinancing
Indebtedness or any agreement (including any Senior Notes Document or Senior
Subordinated Notes Document) relating thereto, other than amendments or
modifications that are not in any manner materially adverse to Lenders and that
do not affect the subordination provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse
to the Lenders.
(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument
that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the
making of cash advances by such Subsidiary to the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the
granting of Liens by such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each
case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case,
restrictions existing by reason of: (A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under
(x) any Senior Note Document, any Senior Subordinated Note Document, the Seller
Note or any Permitted Receivables Document or (y) any agreements related to any
permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of any Indebtedness existing on the
Closing Date that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or
restriction; (C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an
agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all
the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale
or disposition; (D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other
similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary
course of business; (E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to
secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such
restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; or
(F) customary provisions contained in
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leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 6.10. Capital Expenditures. Permit Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries to make any Capital Expenditure,
except that:
(a) During any fiscal year the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries may
make Capital Expenditures so long as the aggregate amount thereof does not
exceed the amount set forth opposite such fiscal year below:
Year Amount
---- ------
2003 $495,000,000
2004 $540,000,000
2005 $585,000,000
2006 $600,000,000
2007 $630,000,000
and thereafter
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a)
above, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower
pursuant to Section 6.10(a) is less than the amount set forth for such fiscal
year, the amount of such difference may be carried forward and used to make
Capital Expenditures in the two succeeding fiscal years, provided that in any
fiscal year, the amount permitted to be applied to make Capital Expenditures
pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall in no event exceed an amount equal to 50%
of the amount set forth in Section 6.10(a) for such fiscal year.
(c) In addition to the Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to the
preceding paragraphs (a) and (b), the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries may
make additional Capital Expenditures at any time in an amount not to exceed the
portion, if any, of the Available Investment Basket
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Amount on the date of such Capital Expenditure that the U.S. Borrower elects to
apply to this Section 6.10(c).
SECTION 6.11. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the ratio (the "Interest
Coverage Ratio") on the last day of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period
set forth below, for the four quarter period ended as of such day of (a) EBITDA
to (b) Cash Interest Expense to be less than the ratio set forth below for such
period; provided that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Permitted
Business Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions for which a
waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.05 has been
obtained) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Interest Coverage
Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis
for such occurrences:
Period: Ratio:
June 30, 2003 2.20:1.00
September 30, 2003 2.20:1.00
March 31,2004 2.20:1.00
June 30, 2004 2.20:1.00
September 30, 2004 2.20:1.00
December 31, 2004 2.20:1.00
March 31, 2005 2.20:1.00
June 30, 2005 2.50:1.00
September 30, 2005 2.50:1.00
December 31, 2005 2.50:1.00
March 31, 2006 2.50:1.00
June 30, 2006 2.75:1.00
September 30, 2006 2.75:1.00
December 31, 2006 3.00:1.00
March 31, 2007 3.00:1.00
June 30, 2007 3.25:1.00
and thereafter
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SECTION 6.12. Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio on the last day
of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period set forth below, to be in excess
of the ratio set forth below for such period:
Period: Ratio:
June 30, 2003 4.90:1.00
September 30, 2003 4.90:1.00
December 31, 2003 4.90:1.00
March 31, 2004 4.90:1.00
June 30, 2004 4.90:1.00
September 30, 2004 4.90:1.00
December 31, 2004 4.75:1.00
March 31, 2005 4.90:1.00
June 30, 2005 4.20:1.00
September 30, 2005 4.20:1.00
December 31, 2005 4.00:1.00
March 31, 2006 4.00:1.00
June 30, 2006 3.70:1.00
September 30, 2006 3.70:1.00
December 31, 2006 3.50:1.00
March 31, 2007 3.50:1.00
June 30, 2007 3.00:1.00
and thereafter
SECTION 6.13. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, other
than (a) Swap Agreements required by Section 5.12 or any Permitted Receivables
Financing, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
to hedge or mitigate risks to which the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary is
exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and
(c) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange
interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another
floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or
investment of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary.
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ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the
following events ("Events of Default"):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan
Document, or any representation, warranty, statement or information
contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other
instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document,
shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when
so made, deemed made or furnished by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan,
any Ancillary Credit Extension or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C
Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by
acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan,
any Ancillary Credit Extension or on any L/C Disbursement or in the payment
of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b)
above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due
and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of
five Business Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries of any
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covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a) (with respect
to a Borrower), 5.05(a), 5.08, 5.10(d), 5.10(g) or in Article VI;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan
Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above)
and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after
notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the U.S. Borrower;
(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or
permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or
holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or
their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to
require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior
to its scheduled maturity or (ii) any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail
to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final
maturity thereof, provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (x)
secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or
transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale
or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for
such Indebtedness or (y) a breach of the Xxxxx Notes so long as an
Acceptable Letter of Credit has been issued in respect of such breach prior
to the Required Issuance Date and such Acceptable Letter of Credit remains
in effect or has ceased to be in effect as a result of a drawing thereof;
(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
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(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary
petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i)
relief in respect of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any
of the Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries,
under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter
amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a
substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up
or liquidation of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries; and such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of
the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any
petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the
institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above,
(iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for
a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors
or (vi) become unable, admit in writing its
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inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j) the failure by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess
of $40,000,000, which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or
stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally
taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any
such judgment;
(k) (i) a Reportable Event or Reportable Events shall have occurred
with respect to any Plan or a trustee shall be appointed by a United States
district court to administer any Plan, (ii) the PBGC shall institute
proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any
Plan or Plans, (iii) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the
sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed
Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such person does not
have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not
contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner,
(iv) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or
any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a
Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is
being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (v) Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan or
(vi) any other similar event or condition shall occur or exist with respect
to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event
or condition, together with all other such
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events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party
thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security
Document and to extend to assets that are not immaterial to Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the U.S.
Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security
interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant
Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby,
except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results
from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of
certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under
the Collateral Agreements or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation
statements and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender's
title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably
satisfied with the credit of such insurer, (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to
the Security Documents by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the Subsidiary
Loan Parties of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and
effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be
asserted by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and
binding obligations or (iv) the Obligations of the Borrowers or the
Guarantees thereof by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Subsidiary
Loan Parties pursuant to the Security Documents shall cease to constitute
senior indebtedness under the subordination provisions of the Senior
Subordinated Note Documents or such subordination provisions shall be
invalidated or otherwise cease, or shall be asserted by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to be invalid or
to cease, to be legal,
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valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in
accordance with their terms; or
(m) failure of all amounts in respect of the Management Equity Loan to
be repaid in full in cash on or prior to the 30th day after the Closing
Date;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to a Borrower
described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the
Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrowers, take any or all of the
following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the
Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and
payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to
be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid
accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and
under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any
other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) demand cash
collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j); and in any event with respect to a
Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall
automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together
with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other
liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan
Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative
Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full
extent permitted under Section 2.05(j), without presentment, demand, protest or
any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purposes of
determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (h) or (i) of Section
7.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to
include any Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any
such clause that did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the U.S.
Borrower most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the
Consolidated Total Assets or 5.0% of total revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries as of such date, provided that if it is necessary to exclude more
than one Subsidiary from clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 pursuant to this
Section 7.02 in order to avoid an Event of Default thereunder, all excluded
Subsidiaries shall be considered to be a single consolidated Subsidiary for
purposes of determining whether the condition specified above is satisfied.
SECTION 7.03. U.S. Borrower's Right to Cure. (a) Financial Performance
Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01,
in the event that the U.S. Borrower fails to comply with the requirements of any
Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the 10th day subsequent
to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Performance Covenant is
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), Holdings shall have the
right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash
contributions to the capital of Holdings, and, in each case, to contribute any
such cash to the capital of Intermediate Holdings (which shall contribute all
such cash to the capital of the U.S. Borrower) (collectively, the "Cure Right"),
and upon the receipt by U.S. Borrower of such cash (the "Cure Amount") pursuant
to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right such Financial Performance
Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma
adjustments:
(i) EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the
Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this
Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and
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(ii) If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the U.S.
Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial
Performance Covenants, the U.S. Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied
the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant
date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no
failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or
default of the Financial Performance Covenants that had occurred shall be
deemed cured for this purposes of the Agreement.
(b) Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (a) in each four-fiscal-quarter period there shall be at
least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (b) in each
eight-fiscal-quarter period, there shall be a period of at least four
consecutive fiscal quarters during which the Cure Right is not exercised and (c)
in each 12-month period, the sum of all Cure Amounts contributed to the U.S.
Borrower pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall not exceed $200,000,000.
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ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
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SECTION 8.01. Appointment. (a) In order to expedite the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank is hereby appointed to
act as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an Issuing Bank, (ii) Credit
Suisse First Boston acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, Xxxxxx Commercial
Paper Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are each hereby appointed to act as
a Co-Syndication Agent and (iii) Bank of America, N.A. is hereby appointed to
act as Documentation Agent. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any such
Lender and each Ancillary Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender, assignee or
Ancillary Lender and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other
Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by
the Lenders, each Ancillary Lender and each Issuing Bank, without hereby
limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and such
Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all
payments in respect of L/C Disbursements and all other amounts due to the
Lenders and such Issuing Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each
Lender or such Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to
give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders and each of the Ancillary Lenders
of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative
Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with the performance of its
duties as Administrative Agent hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender
and each Ancillary Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other
materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by
the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents
(including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the
Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. In the event that
any party other than the Lenders and the Agents shall participate in all or any
portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, all rights and
remedies in respect of
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such Collateral shall be controlled by the Collateral Agent.
(b) Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by
any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or
be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the
contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to
ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the
Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or
agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible
to the Lenders or any Ancillary Lender for the due execution, genuineness,
validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents or other instruments or agreements. The Agents shall in all cases be
fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written
instructions signed by the Required Lenders and, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders and all the Ancillary
Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be
entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to
be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or
persons. Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall have any responsibility to any Borrower or any other
Loan Party or any other party hereto on account of the failure, delay in
performance or breach by, or as a result of information provided by, any Lender,
Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank of any of its obligations hereunder or to any
Lender, Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank on account of the failure of or delay
in performance or breach by any other Lender, Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank
or any Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of their respective obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through
agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal
counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall
not be
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liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with
the advice of such counsel.
SECTION 8.02. Nature of Duties. The Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders
hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any
discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required
Lenders. The Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders further acknowledge and agree
that so long as an Agent shall make any determination to be made by it hereunder
or under any other Loan Document in good faith, such Agent shall have no
liability in respect of such determination to any person. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender recognizes and agrees that the Co-Syndication Agents and the
Documentation Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender or Ancillary Lenders, and shall have no functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or liabilities for acting as the Co-Syndication Agents or as
a Documentation Agent hereunder.
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SECTION 8.03. Resignation by the Agents. Subject to the appointment and
acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, any Agent may resign at any
time by notifying the Lenders and the U.S. Borrower. Upon any such resignation,
the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor with the
consent of the U.S. Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no
successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by
the U.S. Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 days after
the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders with the consent of the U.S.
Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Agent
which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York and an office in
London, England (or a bank having an Affiliate with such an office) having a
combined capital and surplus having a Dollar Equivalent that is not less than
$500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed
to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions
of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as
Agent.
SECTION 8.04. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity. With respect to
the Loans made by it hereunder and Ancillary Facilities made available by it
pursuant to Section 2.22, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent
shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents and their Affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business
with any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if
it were not an Agent.
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SECTION 8.05. Indemnification. Each Lender and each Ancillary Lender
agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata
share (based on its Commitments hereunder (or if such Commitments shall have
expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts
of its applicable outstanding Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements, as
applicable)) of any reasonable expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders
and Ancillary Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of
agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders and
Ancillary Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the U.S. Borrower and
(b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share,
from and against any and all liabilities, Taxes, 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 it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or
arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or
omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to
the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the U.S. Borrower,
provided that no Lender or Ancillary Lender shall be liable to an Agent for any
portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross
negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents.
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SECTION 8.06. Lack of Reliance on Agents. Each Lender and each
Ancillary Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Agents, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Ancillary Lender
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Agents, any other Lender or any Ancillary Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder.
Designation of Affiliates for Foreign Currency Loans. The
Administrative Agent shall be permitted from time to time to designate one of
its Affiliates to perform the duties to be performed by the Administrative Agent
hereunder with respect to Loans and Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies
and Foreign Currency Letters of Credit. The provisions of this Article VIII
shall apply to any such Affiliate mutatis mutandis.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as
follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to it at TRW Automotive Inc., 00000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention of Xxxx Xxxxxxxx (Telecopy No.
(000) 000-0000), and if to Holdings, to it in care of the U.S. Borrower, in
each case with a copy to The Blackstone Group, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxx Xxxxxx (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan and Agency Services Group, One Chase Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxx
(Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (Telecopy No.
(000) 000-0000);
(iii) if to an Issuing Bank other than the Administrative Agent, to it
at the address or telecopy number set forth separately in writing;
(iv) if to any Ancillary Lender, to it at the address and telecopy
number set forth in the applicable Ancillary Facility Document; and
(v) if such notice relates to a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency, to the London Administrative Office.
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(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Applicable Agent and the applicable Lender. Each of the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent and the U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided, further, that approval of such procedures
may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service,
sent by telecopy or (to the extent permitted by paragraph (b) above) electronic
means or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or
registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly
addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with
the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this
Section 9.01.
(d) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto.
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SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the U.S. Borrower and the Loan Parties
herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments
prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders,
each Issuing Bank and each Ancillary Lender and shall survive the making by the
Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such
persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long
as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement, any
extension of credit under Ancillary Facility remains outstanding or any Fee or
any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is
outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the
Commitments have not been terminated. Without prejudice to the survival of any
other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations
contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.15, 2.18 and 9.05)
shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, the
expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or
this Agreement.
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective
when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto on the Closing Date and the Agents and when
the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken
together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the
Borrowers, each Issuing Bank, the Agents and each Lender and their respective
permitted successors and assigns.
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) 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 (including any
Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i)
other than pursuant to a merger permitted by Section 6.05(b) or 6.05(i), no
Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by a Borrower without such consent shall be null and
void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or
obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any
Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this
Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties
of each of the Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below,
any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the U.S. Borrower; provided that no consent of the U.S. Borrower
shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender,
an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
any other assignee (provided that any liability of the Borrowers to an
assignee that is an Approved Fund or Affiliate of the assigning Lender
under Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21 shall be limited to the amount, if any,
that would have been payable thereunder by such Borrower in the absence of
such assignment); and
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(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of (i) a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such
assignment, (ii) a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment to an assignee that
is a Lender with a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment immediately prior to
giving effect to such assignment or (iii) a Term Loan to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund immediately prior to giving effect
to such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional
conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date
the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $5,000,000 (or
$1,000,000 in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund), in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments,
Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars and Tranche A Term Loans, (y) the
smallest amount of the applicable Foreign Currency that is a multiple of
1,000,000 units of such Foreign Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent in
excess of $5,000,000, in the case of Tranche B-2 Term Loans and Global
Revolving Facility Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency and (z)
$1,000,000, in the case of Tranche B-1 Term Loans, unless each of the U.S.
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no
such consent of the U.S. Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default
under paragraph (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is
continuing;
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(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
(E) no assignment of Global Revolving Facility Loans or Global
Revolving Facility Commitments shall be permitted to be made to an assignee
that cannot make Global Revolving Facility Loans in Dollars and each of the
Foreign Currencies.
For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term "Approved Fund" shall
have the following meaning:
"Approved Fund" shall mean any person (other than a natural person)
that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is
administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph
(b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
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such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the
assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender
shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with
this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by
such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
the U.S. Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal
amount of the Loans and L/C Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, and the U.S. Borrower, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and
the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the U.S. Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender,
at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance
executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed
Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this
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Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this
paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the U.S. Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant") in all
or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the
Agents, each Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in Section 9.04(a)(i) or clauses (i) (disregarding for this purpose
the parenthetical contained therein), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the
first proviso to Section 9.08(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to
paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, each of the Borrowers agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is
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made with the U.S. Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be
a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.17 unless the U.S. Borrower is notified of the participation sold to
such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers,
to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of
such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including documentary Taxes) incurred by
the Agents in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, or by the Agents in connection with the syndication of the
Commitments or the administration of this Agreement (including expenses incurred
in connection with due diligence and initial and ongoing Collateral examination
to the extent incurred with the reasonable prior approval of the U.S. Borrower
and the reasonable fees, disbursements and the charges for no more than one
counsel in each jurisdiction where Collateral is located) or in connection with
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof
(whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated) or
incurred by the Agents, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender in connection with
the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made, the Ancillary
Facilities made available pursuant to Section 2.22 or the Letters of Credit
issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any other counsel (including the
reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel if a Lender elects to use
internal counsel in lieu of outside counsel) for the Agents, any Issuing Bank,
any Lender or any Ancillary Lender (but no more than one such counsel for any
Lender or any Ancillary Lender).
(b) The U.S. Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agents, each Issuing
Bank, each Lender, each Ancillary Lender and each of their respective directors,
trustees, officers, employees and agents (each such person being called an
"Indemnitee") against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable
counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan
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Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the
performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations
thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any
Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party
thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
related expenses result primarily from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct
of such Indemnitee (treating, for this purpose only, any Agent, any Issuing
Bank, any Lender, any Ancillary Lender and any of their respective Related
Parties as a single Indemnitee). Subject to and without limiting the generality
of the foregoing sentence, the U.S. Borrower agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or
consultant fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any
Environmental Claim related in any way to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence,
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on any Property or any
property owned, leased or operated by any predecessor of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
any of its Related Parties. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term
of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any
term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or
any Ancillary Lender. All
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amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.
(c) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the U.S. Borrower shall be entitled to assume the defense of any action for
which indemnification is sought hereunder with counsel of its choice at its
expense (in which case the U.S. Borrower shall not thereafter be responsible for
the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by an Indemnitee except
as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to each such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the U.S. Borrower's
election to assume the defense of such action, each Indemnitee shall have the
right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such
action, and the U.S. Borrower shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses
of such separate counsel, if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the U.S. Borrower
to represent such Indemnitee would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the U.S. Borrower and such Indemnitee and such Indemnitee
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
that are different from or additional to those available to the U.S. Borrower
(in which case the U.S. Borrower shall not have the right to assume the defense
or such action on behalf of such Indemnitee); (iii) the U.S. Borrower shall not
have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee to represent it
within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv)
the U.S. Borrower shall authorize such Indemnitee to employ separate counsel at
the U.S. Borrower's expense. The U.S. Borrower will not be liable under this
Agreement for any amount paid by an Indemnitee to settle any claims or actions
if the settlement is entered into without the U.S. Borrower's consent, which
consent may not be withheld or delayed unless such settlement is unreasonable in
light of such claims or actions against, and defenses available to, such
Indemnitee.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.05, this
Section 9.05 shall not apply to
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Taxes, it being understood that the U.S. Borrower's only obligations with
respect to Taxes shall arise under Sections 2.15 and 2.17.
SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Ancillary
Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such
Ancillary Lender to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the
obligations of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender, such Issuing Bank
or such Ancillary Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, such
Issuing Bank or such Ancillary Lender shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be
unmatured. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Ancillary
Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such
Ancillary Lender may have.
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN LETTERS OF CREDIT AND AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the
Agents, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender in exercising any
right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or
any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents, each Issuing Bank, the
Lenders and each Ancillary Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or consent to any departure by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any
Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver
or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose
for which given. No notice or demand on Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any
Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any
provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) in the
case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrowers and the Required
Lenders, (y) in the case of any Ancillary Facility Document, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and (z) in
the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by each party thereto and the Collateral Agent and
consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement
shall (i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final
maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C
Disbursement, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby, (ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the
Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without
the
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prior written consent of such Lender, (iii) extend or waive any Installment Date
or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C
Disbursement is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely
affected thereby, (iv) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.18(b) or (c)
in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments
required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely
affected thereby, (v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section or the
definition of "Required Lenders", "Majority Lenders" or any other provision
hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders or Ancillary Lenders
required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent
of each Lender or Ancillary Lender adversely affected thereby (it being
understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions
of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the
Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments
are included on the Closing Date), (vi) release all or substantially all the
Collateral or release any of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or any Subsidiary
Loan Party from its Guarantee under the U.S. Collateral Agreement or the Foreign
Guarantee, as applicable, unless, in the case of a Subsidiary Loan Party, all or
substantially all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Loan Party is sold or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement, without the
prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (vii) effect
any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the
rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any
Facility differently from those of Lenders participating in other Facilities,
without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely
affected Facility or (viii) change the relative rights in respect of payments or
collateral of the Lenders participating in different Facilities or Ancillary
Facilities without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in each
adversely affected Facility and each adversely affected Ancillary Lender;
provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise
affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
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Agent or such Issuing Bank acting as such at the effective date of such
agreement, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or
modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender
pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any assignee of such Lender.
SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all
fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law
(collectively, the "Charges"), as provided for herein or in any other document
executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received,
taken or reserved by any Lender, any Ancillary Lender or any Issuing Bank, shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") that may be contracted for,
charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all
Charges payable to such Lender, such Ancillary Lender or such Issuing Bank,
shall be limited to the Maximum Rate, provided that such excess amount shall be
paid to such Lender, such Ancillary Lender or such Issuing Bank on subsequent
payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.
SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein
constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject
matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan
Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than
the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities
under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF,
UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor
in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become
effective as provided in Section 9.03.
SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each of
Holdings and each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State
court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or
in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any
right that any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Ancillary Lender may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents against Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any Loan
Party or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of Holdings and each Borrower hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court.
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SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank,
each Ancillary Lender and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in
confidence any information relating to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the other Loan Parties furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the other Loan Parties (other than
information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as
a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by
such Lender, such Issuing Bank, such Ancillary Lender or such Agent without
violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was available to such Lender, such Issuing
Bank, such Ancillary Lender or such Agent from a third party having, to such
person's knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the
same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors
with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on
behalf of such Lender or the Ancillary Facility on behalf of such Lender (so
long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same
confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent
necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any
Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or
of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any
Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal
reporting or review procedures to Governmental Authorities or the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners, (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates
or auditors (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the
same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in order to enforce
its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (E) to any prospective
assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this
Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same
confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16) and (F) to any direct or
indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual
counterparty's professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or
professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Section. Furthermore, prior to
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the 75th day after the Closing Date, no Lender, Agent, Issuing Bank or Ancillary
Lender shall, without the prior consent of the U.S. Borrower, make any public
announcement (except to the extent required by law) concerning the Transaction
or the financing therefor.
SECTION 9.17. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of
obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing
hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto (including
any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower) agrees, to the fullest extent that it may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first
currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day
immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any
party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the "Applicable
Creditor") shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "Judgment
Currency") other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due
hereunder (the "Agreement Currency"), be discharged only to the extent that, on
the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum
adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase
the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the
Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the
Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrowers
contained in this Section 9.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
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Pre-Funding Escrow Arrangements. The U.S. Borrower currently intends
that the Closing Date will be February 28, 2003, and currently desires that (a)
the Lenders (Lenders making Loans pursuant to this clause (a), the "Pre-Funding
Dollar Lenders") make the Tranche A Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $410,000,000, Tranche B-1 Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $1,030,000,000 and Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $12,000,000 (such aggregate amount of the Loans to be made on the
Closing Date, the "Initial Dollar Loan Amount") and (b) the Lenders (Lenders
making Loans pursuant to this clause (b), the "Pre-Funding Euro Lenders") make
the Tranche B-2 Term Loans in Euros in an aggregate principal amount of
_64,814,815 (such aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Loans to be made on the
Closing Date, the "Initial Euro Loan Amount" and, together with the Initial
Dollar Loan Amount, the "Initial Loan Amounts"). In order to ensure that the
Initial Loan Amounts will be available at 8:00 a.m., New York City time, on
February 28, 2003, the U.S. Borrower (a) will deliver Borrowing Requests (the
"Pre-Funding Requests") to the Administrative Agent (i) not later than 12:00
noon, New York City time, on February 26, 2003 (in the case of Initial Dollar
Loan Amounts) and (ii) not later than 2:00 p.m., London time, on February 24,
2003 (in the case of the Initial Euro Loan Amount), and (b) desires that the
Lenders, pursuant to the Pre-Funding Requests, transfer an amount equal to (i)
the Initial Dollar Loan Amount (such funds, the "Delivered Dollar Funds") to the
account of the Administrative Agent designated pursuant to Section 2.18(a) (such
account, solely for the purposes of this Section 9.18, the "Pre-Funding Dollar
Escrow Account") on February 27, 2003, and (ii) the Initial Euro Loan Amount
(such funds, the "Delivered Euro Funds" and, together with the Delivered Dollar
Funds, the "Delivered Funds") to the account designated pursuant to Section
2.18(a) (such account, solely for the purposes of this Section 9.18, the
"Pre-Funding Euro Escrow Account") of an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent
designated pursuant to Section 8.07 (solely for the purposes of this Section
9.18, the "Euro Affiliate") on February 27, 2003. The following agreements and
understandings shall apply with respect to (a) the arrangements for the
availability of funds to enable the funding by the Lenders of the Initial Loan
Amounts upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01
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and 4.02 of this Agreement (the "Closing") and (b) the release of the Delivered
Funds as the Initial Loan Amounts upon the Closing:
(i) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Pre-Funding Dollar
Lenders, shall have sole and exclusive dominion over and control of the
Pre-Funding Dollar Escrow Account and all property from time to time
deposited therein.
(ii) The Euro Affiliate, on behalf of the Pre-Funding Euro Lenders,
shall have sole and exclusive dominion over and control of the Pre-Funding
Euro Escrow Account and all property from time to time deposited therein.
(iii) Upon receipt from the U.S. Borrower of the Pre-Funding Requests
in accordance with this Section 9.18, the Administrative Agent will provide
notice to each Lender, in the manner that would be applicable to a
Borrowing Request under Section 2.03, that such Lender should make
available to the Administrative Agent or the Euro Affiliate, as applicable,
not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on February 27, 2003, such Lender's
pro rata portion (based on the respective Commitments of the Lenders as set
forth in Schedule 2.01) of the Delivered Dollar Funds or Delivered Euro
Funds, as applicable. Each Lender shall make its pro rata portion of the
Delivered Dollar Funds or Delivered Euro Funds, as applicable, available to
the Administrative Agent or the Euro Affiliate, as applicable, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Pre-Funding Dollar Escrow
Account or Pre-Funding Euro Escrow Account, as applicable.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other document
to the contrary, (A) the Administrative Agent shall hold the Delivered
Dollar Funds for the account of the Pre-Funding Dollar Lenders pending
release of the Delivered Dollar Funds pursuant to paragraph (viii) below,
(B) the Euro
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Affiliate shall hold the Delivered Euro Funds for the account of the
Pre-Funding Euro Lenders pending release of the Delivered Euro Funds
pursuant to paragraph (viii) below and (C) the U.S. Borrower shall have no
right, title or interest in or to the Delivered Funds pending such release.
To the extent of any interest of (A) the Administrative Agent in the
Delivered Dollar Funds, the Administrative Agent hereby grants a Lien on
such interest to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Pre-Funding Dollar Lenders and (B) the Euro Affiliate in the Delivered Euro
Funds, the Euro Affiliate hereby grants a Lien on such interest to the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Pre-Funding Euro Lenders.
(v) The Administrative Agent shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to invest (in any Permitted Investment) such of the Delivered
Dollar Funds as are on deposit in the Pre-Funding Dollar Escrow Account at
2:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 27, 2003. All earnings on the
Delivered Dollar Funds (the "Dollar Investment Earnings") shall be paid
into the Pre-Funding Dollar Escrow Account. The Administrative Agent shall
not be liable to any person for any loss suffered in connection with any
investment of funds made by it in accordance with this Section 9.18.
(vi) The Euro Affiliate shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to invest (in any Permitted Investment) such of the Delivered Euro Funds as
are on deposit in the Pre-Funding Euro Escrow Account at 2:00 p.m., London
time, on February 27, 2003. All earnings on the Delivered Euro Funds (the
"Euro Investment Earnings") shall be paid into the Pre-Funding Dollar
Escrow Account. The Euro Affiliate shall not be liable to any person for
any loss suffered in connection with any investment of funds made by it in
accordance with this Section 9.18.
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(vii) The U.S. Borrower shall reimburse each Lender for its cost of
delivery of its pro rata portion of the Delivered Dollar Funds or the
Delivered Euro Funds, as applicable. Such reimbursement shall, as to each
Lender, be equal to (A) in the case of Delivered Dollar Funds, the product
of (1) such Lender's pro rata portion of the Delivered Dollar Funds, (2) a
percentage equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the margin that would be
applicable to such Lender's ABR Loans as of the Closing Date and (3) a
fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from
February 27, 2003, to the date such Delivered Dollar Funds are released
pursuant to paragraph (viii) below and the denominator of which is 365 and
(B) in the case of Delivered Euro Funds, the product of (1) such Lender's
pro rata portion of the Delivered Euro Funds, (2) a percentage equal to the
Swingline Foreign Currency Rate for an Interest Period of 1 day and (3) a
fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from
February 27, 2003, to the date such Delivered Euro Funds are released
pursuant to paragraph (viii) below and the denominator of which is 365.
Such reimbursement shall be paid by the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative
Agent or the Euro Affiliate, as applicable, for the account of the Lenders
on the first Interest Payment Date to occur after the Closing Date pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that if the Delivered
Funds are released to the Lenders (and not to the U.S. Borrower) pursuant
to paragraph (viii) below, such reimbursement amount shall be payable by
the U.S. Borrower immediately upon release of the Delivered Funds.
(viii) Upon the occurrence of the Closing on February 28, 2003, (A)
the Administrative Agent is authorized to release to and thereby make
available to the U.S. Borrower (1) the Delivered Dollar Funds as the
Initial Dollar Loan Amount and (2) all Dollar Investment Earnings and (B)
the Euro Affiliate is authorized to release to and thereby make available
to the U.S. Borrower (1) the Delivered Euro Funds as the Initial Euro Loan
Amount and (2) all Euro Investment Earnings. If the Closing has not
occurred by 11:59
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p.m., New York City time, on February 28, 2003, (A) the Delivered Dollar
Funds shall be immediately released to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to the Pre-Funding Dollar Lenders on March 3, 2003, and all
Dollar Investment Earnings shall be released to the Administrative Agent to
the extent necessary to offset amounts payable by the U.S. Borrower to the
Pre-Funding Dollar Lenders (and in the event that the amount of the Dollar
Investment Earnings exceeds the amount payable to the Pre-Funding Dollar
Lenders, the amount of such excess Dollar Investment Earnings shall be
released to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the U.S. Borrower)
and (B) the Delivered Euro Funds shall be immediately released to the Euro
Affiliate for distribution to the Pre-Funding Euro Lenders on March 3,
2003, and all Euro Investment Earnings shall be released to the Euro
Affiliate to the extent necessary to offset amounts payable by the U.S.
Borrower to the Pre-Funding Euro Lenders (and in the event that the amount
of the Euro Investment Earnings exceeds the amount payable to the
Pre-Funding Euro Lenders, the amount of such excess Euro Investment
Earnings shall be released to the Euro Affiliate for distribution to the
U.S. Borrower).
(ix) In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Euro
Affiliate to act under this Section 9.18, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Euro Affiliate and the
Lenders agree that:
(A) the duties and obligations of each of the Administrative
Agent and the Euro Affiliate under this Section 9.18 are those
specifically provided herein and no other, and neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Euro Affiliate shall incur any liability
whatsoever other than for its own wilful misconduct or gross
negligence;
(B) neither the Administrative Agent nor the Euro Affiliate shall
have any responsibility for the genuineness or validity of any
document
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or other material presented to or deposited with it pursuant to this
Section 9.18, nor any liability for any action taken, suffered or
omitted in accordance with any written instructions or certificates
given to it hereunder and believed by it to be signed by the proper
party or parties pursuant to this Section 9.18;
(C) in the event that the Administrative Agent or the Euro
Affiliate shall be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder or
shall receive instructions, claims or demands from any party hereto
that, in its opinion, conflict with any of the provisions under this
Section 9.18, the Administrative Agent or the Euro Affiliate, as
applicable, shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action and
its sole obligation shall be to keep safely all property held in
escrow until it shall be directed otherwise in writing by all the
other parties hereto or by a final order or judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction; and
(D) neither the Administrative Agent nor Euro Affiliate shall be
bound by any modification, amendment, termination, cancelation,
rescission or supersession of this Section 9.18 unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by all the other parties hereto, and, if its
rights, duties or immunities as Administrative Agent or the Euro
Affiliate are affected thereby, unless the Administrative Agent shall
have given its prior written consent thereto.
(x) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, on and
as of February 27, 2003, each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the
U.S. Borrower hereby makes only the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04 and 3.11.
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ARTICLE X
Ancillary Facility Adjustments
Exchange of Interests in Ancillary Facilities. (a) On the CAM Exchange
Date and immediately prior to the deemed exchange of interests pursuant to the
CAM Exchange as provided in Section 11.01(a)(ii):
(i) the principal amount of each Global Revolving Facility Loan
denominated in a Foreign Currency and of each Ancillary Credit Extension
shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted into
the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of
the CAM Exchange Date, of such amount and, subject to Section 11.01(a)(iv),
on and after such date all amounts accruing and owed to any Lender or any
Ancillary Lender in respect of such Obligations shall accrue and be payable
in Dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder;
(ii) in the event that on the CAM Exchange Date any Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension (in respect of which cash collateral shall not have
previously been deposited pursuant to Section 2.22(e)) shall exist, or the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall have failed to reimburse a
disbursement made by the applicable Ancillary Lender, the applicable
Ancillary Lender shall promptly pay over to the Administrative Agent, in
immediately available funds, an amount in Dollars equal to such Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extension or unreimbursed disbursement, together with
interest thereon from the CAM Exchange Date to the date on which such
amount shall be paid to the Administrative Agent at the rate that would be
applicable at the time to an ABR Revolving Loan in a principal amount equal
to such Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension or unreimbursed disbursement.
The
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Administrative Agent shall establish an account (the "Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension Account") and shall deposit all amounts received pursuant
to the previous sentence and all amounts of cash collateral previously
deposited pursuant to Section 2.22(e) in the Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension Account pending application of such amounts pursuant to Section
11.02. The Administrative Agent shall have sole dominion and control over
the Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension Account; and
(iii) there shall be a deemed buying and selling of interests (without
regard to Section 9.04) in the outstanding Global Revolving Facility Loans
and Ancillary Credit Extensions by the Global Revolving Facility Lenders
(and each Global Revolving Facility Lender shall promptly make payment
therefor to the Administrative Agent in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Global Revolving Facility
Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such payment
obligations of such Global Revolving Facility Lender) for distribution to
the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lenders) such that, after giving
effect to such deemed buying and selling of interests, each Global
Revolving Facility Lender holds its ratable share of the Global Revolving
Facility Loans (based on the respective Global Revolving Facility
Commitments of the Global Revolving Facility Lenders immediately prior to
the CAM Exchange Date) of each outstanding Global Revolving Facility Loan
and each Ancillary Credit Extension.
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ARTICLE XI
Collection Allocation Mechanism
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SECTION 11.01. Implementation of CAM. (a) On the CAM Exchange Date, (i)
the Commitments shall automatically and without further act be terminated as
provided in Section 7.01, (ii) each Global Revolving Facility Lender shall
immediately be deemed to have acquired (and shall promptly make payment therefor
to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(c)) participations in
the Swingline Loans (other than any Swingline Foreign Currency Loan in respect
of which Global Revolving Facility Lenders have funded their purchase of
participations pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) in an amount equal to such Global
Revolving Facility Lender's ratable share (based on the respective Global
Revolving Facility Commitments of the Global Revolving Facility Lenders
immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date) of each Swingline Foreign Currency
Loan outstanding on such date, (iii) each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender shall
immediately be deemed to have acquired (and shall promptly make payment therefor
to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(c)) participations in
the Swingline Dollar Loans (other than any Swingline Dollar Loan in respect of
which the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders have funded their purchase of
participations pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) in an amount equal to such U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of each Swingline
Dollar Loan outstanding on such date, (iv) simultaneously with the automatic
conversions pursuant to clause (v) below, the Lenders shall automatically and
without further act (and without regard to the provisions of Section 9.04) be
deemed to have exchanged interests in the Loans (other than the Swingline
Loans), Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions and participations in Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extensions, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit, such that in
lieu of the interest of each Lender in each Loan, Letter of Credit and Ancillary
Credit Extension in which it shall participate as of such date (including such
Lender's interest in the Obligations of each Loan Party in respect of each such
Loan, Letter of Credit and Ancillary Credit Extension), such Lender shall hold
an interest in every one of the Loans (other than the Swingline Loans) and
Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions and a participation in every one of the
Swingline Loans, Letters of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions
(including the Obligations of each Loan Party in respect of each such Loan and
Ancillary Credit Extension and each Reserve Account established
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pursuant to Section 11.02 below), whether or not such Lender shall previously
have participated therein, equal to such Lender's CAM Percentage thereof and (v)
simultaneously with the deemed exchange of interests pursuant to clause (iv)
above, (A) in the case of the CAM Euro Lenders, the interest in the Loans and
Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions denominated in a currency other than Euros to
be received in such deemed exchange shall, automatically and with no further
action required, be converted into the Euro Equivalent, determined using the
Exchange Rate calculated as of such date, of such amount and on and after such
date all amounts accruing and owed to the CAM Euro Lenders in respect of such
Obligations shall accrue and be payable in Euros at the rates otherwise
applicable hereunder and (B) in the case of the CAM Dollar Lenders, the
interests in the Loans and Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions to be received in
such deemed exchange shall, automatically and with no further action required,
be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rate
calculated as of such date, of such amount and on and after such date all
amounts accruing and owed to the CAM Dollar Lenders in respect of such
Obligation shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rate otherwise
applicable hereunder. Each Lender and each Loan Party hereby consents and agrees
to the CAM Exchange, and each Lender agrees that the CAM Exchange shall be
binding upon its successors and assigns and any person that acquires a
participation in its interests in any Loan or Ancillary Credit Extension. Each
Loan Party agrees from time to time to execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent all such promissory notes and other instruments and documents as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to evidence and confirm the
respective interests of the Lenders after giving effect to the CAM Exchange, and
each Lender agrees to surrender any promissory notes originally received by it
in connection with its Loans hereunder to the Administrative Agent against
delivery of any promissory notes evidencing its interests in the Loans and
Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions so executed and delivered; provided, however,
that the failure of any Loan Party to execute or deliver or of any Lender to
accept any such promissory note, instrument or document shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the CAM Exchange.
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(b) As a result of the CAM Exchange, upon and after the CAM Exchange
Date, each payment received by the Applicable Agent or the Collateral Agent
pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Obligations, and each
distribution made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Security Document in
respect of the Obligations, shall be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with their respective CAM Percentages. Any direct payment received by
a Lender upon or after the CAM Exchange Date, including by way of set-off, in
respect of an Obligation shall be paid over to the Applicable Agent for
distribution to the Lenders in accordance herewith.
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SECTION 11.02. Letters of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extensions. (a) In the event that on the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit
shall be outstanding and undrawn in whole or in part, or any L/C Disbursement
shall not have been reimbursed either by an Applicant Party or, in the case of
any L/C Disbursement made in Dollars, with the proceeds of a U.S. Revolving
Facility Borrowing or Swingline Dollar Borrowing, each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender shall promptly pay over to the Administrative Agent, in immediately
available funds, an amount in Dollars equal to such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of such undrawn face amount (or, in
the case of any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of such
face amount) or (to the extent it has not already done so) such unreimbursed
drawing, as applicable, together with interest thereon from the CAM Exchange
Date to the date on which such amount shall be paid to the Administrative Agent
at the rate that would be applicable at the time to an ABR Revolving Loan in a
principal amount equal to such undrawn face amount or unreimbursed drawing, as
applicable. The Administrative Agent shall establish a separate account (each, a
"Reserve Account") or accounts for each Lender for the amounts received with
respect to each such Letter of Credit pursuant to the preceding sentence The
Administrative Agent shall deposit in each Lender's Reserve Account such
Lender's CAM Percentage of (x) the amounts received from the Revolving Credit
Lenders as provided above and (y) the amounts on deposit in the Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extension Account. The Administrative Agent shall have sole
dominion and control over each Reserve Account, and the amounts deposited in
each Reserve Account shall be held in such Reserve Account until withdrawn as
provided in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) below. The Administrative Agent shall
maintain records enabling it to determine the amounts paid over to it and
deposited in the Reserve Accounts in respect of each Letter of Credit and
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension and the amounts on deposit in respect of
each Letter of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension attributable to
each Lender's CAM Percentage. The amounts held in each Lender's Reserve Account
shall be held as a reserve against the Revolving L/C Exposures and payment
obligations in respect of Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions, shall be the
property of such Lender, shall not constitute Loans to or give rise
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to any claim of or against any Loan Party and shall not give rise to any
obligation on the part of the U.S. Borrower to pay interest to such Lender, it
being agreed that the reimbursement obligations in respect of (x) Letters of
Credit shall arise only at such times as drawings are made thereunder, as
provided in Section 2.05, and (y) disbursements under any Ancillary Facility
shall arise only at such time as payments are required under such Ancillary
Facility.
(b) In the event that after the CAM Exchange Date any drawing shall be
made in respect of a Letter of Credit or any payment shall be made in respect of
an Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension, the Administrative Agent shall, at the
request of the applicable Issuing Bank or Ancillary Lender, as applicable,
withdraw from the Reserve Account of each Lender any amounts, up to the amount
of such Lender's CAM Percentage of such drawing or payment, deposited in respect
of such Letter of Credit or Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension and remaining on
deposit and deliver such amounts, in the case of a Letter of Credit, to such
Issuing Bank in satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the U.S.
Revolving Facility Lenders under Section 2.05(d) (but not of the U.S. Borrower
under Section 2.05(e)) or, in the case of an Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension, to the applicable Ancillary Lender. In the event that any U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender shall default on its obligation to pay over any amount
to the Administrative Agent as provided in this Section 11.02, the applicable
Issuing Bank shall have a claim against such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender to
the same extent as if such Lender had defaulted on its obligations under Section
2.05(d), but shall have no claim against any other Lender in respect of such
defaulted amount, notwithstanding the exchange of interests in the applicable
Borrower's reimbursement obligations pursuant to Section 11.01. Each other
Lender shall have a claim against such defaulting U.S. Revolving Facility Lender
for any damages sustained by it as a result of such default, including, in the
event that such Letter of Credit shall expire undrawn, its CAM Percentage of the
defaulted amount.
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(c) In the event that after the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit
shall expire undrawn, or an Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension shall expire
without requiring payment, the Administrative Agent shall withdraw from the
Reserve Account of each Lender the amount remaining on deposit therein in
respect of such Letter of Credit, or Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension, as
applicable, and distribute such amount to such Lender.
(d) With the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent (not to
be unreasonably withheld), any Lender may withdraw the amount held in its
Reserve Account in respect of the undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit or
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension. Any Lender making such a withdrawal shall
be unconditionally obligated, in the event there shall subsequently be a drawing
under such Letter of Credit or payment in respect of an Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension, to pay over to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Issuing Bank or Ancillary Lender, as applicable, on demand, its CAM
Percentage of such drawing or payment.
(e) Pending the withdrawal by any Lender of any amounts from its
Reserve Account as contemplated by the above paragraphs, the Administrative
Agent will, at the direction of such Lender and subject to such rules as the
Administrative Agent may prescribe for the avoidance of inconvenience, invest
such amounts in Permitted Investments. Each Lender that has not withdrawn its
amounts in its Reserve Account as provided in paragraph (d) above shall have the
right, at intervals reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent, to
withdraw the earnings on investments so made by the Administrative Agent with
amounts in its Reserve Account and to retain such earnings for its own account.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE
HOLDINGS,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Individually, as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and as
Issuing Bank,
by
/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
acting through its Cayman Islands
Branch, Individually and as
Co-Syndication Agent,
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
by
/Xxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
Individually and as Co-Syndication
Agent,
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agent,
by
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/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
Individually and as Documentation
Agent,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
A3 FUNDING LP,
by: A3 FUND MANAGMENT LLC, its
General Partner,
by
/Xxxxxxxxx X. Omsterius/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Omsterius
Title: Vice President
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA,
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by
/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
and Branch
Manager
by
/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Global
Corporate
Banking
BANK ONE, NA,
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Relationship Director
BNP PARIBAS BANK,
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by
/Xxxx Xxxxxx Phillpona/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx Phillpona
Title: Prokurent
by
/Grazyrla Melon/
--------------------------------
Name: Grazyrla Melon
Title: Prokurent
CDC IXIS,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Head of Structuring
Group
by
/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx xx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx xx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director for
Financing
Activities
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CITIGROUP INVESTMENTS CORPORATION
LOAN FUND INC.,
by: TRAVELERS ASSET MANAGMENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LLC,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: Investment Officer
COMERICA BANK,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Account Officer
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND
CAYMAN BRANCHES,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
by
/X. Xxxx/
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Name: X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
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DEUTSCHE BANK, AG, NEW YORK
BRANCH,
by
/Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
DRESDNER BANK AG, in Frankfurt am
Main,
by
/Xxxxxxx Morgenstem/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Morgenstem
Title: Senior Vice President
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Financial Service
Manager
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by
/Xxxxx Xx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xx
Title: Financial Service
Manager
FIFTH THIRD BANK - EASTERN
MICHIGAN,
by
/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
THE FOOTHILL GROUP, INC.,
by
/Xxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice
President
FOOTHILL INCOME TRUST II, L.P.,
by: FIT II GP LLC, its General
Partner,
by
/Xxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Member
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Duly Authorized
Signatory
XXXXXXXX FLOATING RATE FUND, LLC,
by
/Xxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
IKB CAPITAL CORPORATION,
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
KZH CNC LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH CRESCENT LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH CRESCENT-2 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH CRESCENT-3 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH CYPRESSTREE-1 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized Agent
KZH HIGHLAND-2 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH ING-2 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH RIVERSIDE LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
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KZH SOLEIL LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH SOLEIL-2 LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
KZH STERLING LLC,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
LAGUNA FUNDING LLC,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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LRP LANDESBANK RHEINLAND-PFALZ
GIROZENTRALE,
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
MASTER SENIOR FLOATING RATE TRUST,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL, a division
of XXXXXXX XXXXX BUSINESS
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.,
by
/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXXX XXXXXXX PRIME INCOME TRUST,
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Associate
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice
President
PINEHURST TRADING, INC.,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
PPM SHADOW CREEK FUNDING LLC,
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by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
PPM SPYLASS FUNDING TRUST,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Agent
PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: AVP
SANPAOLO IMI S.p.A.,
by
/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: CEO Americas
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SAWGRASS TRADING LLC,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
STANWICH LOAN FUNDING LLC,
by
/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SUNTRUST BANK,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
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SYNDICATED LOAN FUNDING TRUST,
by: XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Asset Manager,
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx./
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
by
/X. Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Agent
THE GOVERNOR & COMPANY OF THE BANK
OF IRELAND,
by
/Xxxx X. Xxxx/
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
by
/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: Investment Officer
TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.,
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
by
/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD., NEW
YORK AGENCY,
by
/Xxxxx Yew Xxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Yew Xxxx
Title: Agent & General
Manager
by
/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx/
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: VP & Deputy General
Manager
