Exhibit (b)
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XXXXXXXX CHANCE LLP |
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EXECUTION COPY |
dated 20 February 2007
for
SHIRE PLC
arranged by
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
with
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
acting as Facility Agent
acting as Euro Swingline Agent
acting as Dollar Swingline Agent
MULTICURRENCY TERM AND REVOLVING FACILITIES
AGREEMENT
CONTENTS
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CLAUSE |
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Definitions and Interpretations
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2.
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The Facilities
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Purpose
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4.
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Conditions of Utilisation
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Utilisation — Procedure
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Utilisation — Swingline Loans
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Swingline Loans
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Selection of currencies
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Amount of optional currencies
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10.
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Repayment
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Illegality, Voluntary Prepayment and cancellation
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12.
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Mandatory Prepayment
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13.
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Restrictions
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14.
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Extension of Facility B
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15.
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Interest
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Interest Periods
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Changes to the calculation of interest
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18.
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Fees
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Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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Increased costs
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Other indemnities
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Mitigation by the Lenders
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Costs and expenses
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Guarantee and indemnity
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Representations
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26.
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Information undertakings
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Financial covenants
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General undertakings
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29.
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Events of Xxxxxxx
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Changes to the Lenders
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Changes to the Obligors
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Role of the Agent and the Arranger
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Conduct of business by the Finance Parties
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Sharing among the Finance parties
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Payment mechanics
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Set-off
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Notices
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Calculations and certificates
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Partial invalidity
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Remedies and waivers
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Amendments and waivers
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Counterparts
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Governing law
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Enforcement
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SCHEDULE 1 The Original Parties |
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Part I The Original Obligors
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Part II The Original Term Lenders
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Part III The Original Revolving Lenders
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Part IV The Original Dollar Swingline Lenders
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Part V The Original Euro Swingline Lenders
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SCHEDULE 2 Conditions Precedent |
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Part I Conditions precedent to initial Utilisation
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Part II Conditions precedent to Certain Funds Utilisation
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Part III Conditions precedent required to be delivered by an Additional Obligor
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SCHEDULE 3 Requests |
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Part I Utilisation Request - Term Loans and Revolving Loan
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Part II Utilisation Request - Swingline Loan
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SCHEDULE 4 Mandatory Cost formulae |
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SCHEDULE 5 Form of Transfer Certificate |
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SCHEDULE 6 Form of Accession Letter |
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SCHEDULE 7 Form of Resignation Letter |
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SCHEDULE 8 Form of Compliance Certificate |
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SCHEDULE 9 Existing Security |
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SCHEDULE 10 Existing Loans |
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SCHEDULE 11 Existing Financial Indebtedness |
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SCHEDULE 12 Form of Confidentiality Undertaking |
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SCHEDULE 13 Timetables |
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 20 February 2007 and made between:
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SHIRE PLC (the “Company”); |
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THE SUBSIDIARIES of the Company, together with the Company, listed in Part I of
Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) as original borrowers (the “Original Borrowers”); |
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SHIRE PLC (the “Original Guarantor”); |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., BARCLAYS CAPITAL, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED AND THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC as mandated lead arrangers (whether acting individually or together, the
“Arrangers”); |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part II of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) as
term lenders (the “Original Term Lenders”); |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part III of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) as
revolving lenders (the “Original Revolving Lenders”). |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part IV of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) as
dollar swingline lenders (the “Original Dollar Swingline Lenders”); |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part V of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) as
euro swingline lenders (the “Original Euro Swingline Lenders”); |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC as facility agent of the other Finance Parties (in this capacity,
the “Facility Agent”); |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC as euro swingline agent of the other Finance Parties (in this
capacity, the “Euro Swingline Agent”); and |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC as dollar swingline agent of the other Finance Parties (in this
capacity, the “Dollar Swingline Agent”). |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS |
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1.1 |
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Definitions |
In this Agreement:
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2005 Agreement” means the multicurrency revolving
facilities agreement dated 15 June 2005
made between, among others, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Limited (formerly known as Shire
Pharmaceuticals Group plc), ABN Amro Bank N.V., Barclays Capital, Citigroup Global Markets
Limited, HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
“Acceptance Date” shall have the meaning set out in the Acquisition Agreement.
“Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of
Accession Letter).
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“Acquisition” means the transaction pursuant to which a member of the Group becomes the owner
of record of all of the issued share capital of New River by a two step merger (involving a
tender offer followed by a merger).
“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreement and the Offer Documents (as such term
is defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
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Acquisition Agreement” means the agreement of merger dated on or around the date of this
Agreement between the Company,
Shuttle Corporation and New River.
“Acquisition Proceeds” means the proceeds of a claim (a “Recovery Claim”) made by any member
of the Group in relation to the Acquisition Document except for Excluded Acquisition Proceeds
and after deducting:
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any reasonable expenses or costs which are incurred by any member of the Group
to persons who are not members of the Group; and |
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any Tax incurred and required to be paid by a member of the Group in connection
with such claim (as reasonably determined by the relevant member of the Group on the
basis of existing rates taking into account any available credit, deduction or
allowance), |
in each case to be reimbursed out of such Recovery Claim.
“Acquisition Purpose” means any of the purposes set out in sub-clause 3.1.1 and sub-clauses
3.1.2(a) and (d) of Clause 3.1 (Purpose).
“Additional Borrower” means a company which becomes an Additional Borrower in accordance with
Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Additional Cost Rate” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).
“Additional Guarantor” means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance
with Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Additional Obligor” means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.
“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding
Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
“Agents” means the Dollar Swingline Agent, the Euro Swingline Agent, the Agent and the
Facility Agent, and “Agent” means, as the context may require, any of them.
“New River Convertible Bond” means the 3.5 per cent convertible subordinated notes due 2013,
issued by New River.
“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption,
filing, notarisation or registration.
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“Availability Period” means:
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in relation to Facility A, the period from and including the date of this
Agreement to and including the date which is the earlier of (i) 9 Months after the date
of this Agreement and (ii) 4 Months after the Walk-Away Date; and |
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in relation to Facility B, the period from and including the date of this
Agreement to and including the date which is the earlier of (i) 9 Months after the date
of this Agreement and (ii) 4 Months after the Walk-Away Date; and |
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in relation to the Revolving Facility, the period from and including the date
of this Agreement to the date which is one week prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity
Date. |
“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and |
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in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount of its
participation in any Loans that are due to be made under that Facility on or before the
proposed Utilisation Date, |
other than, in either case, a Revolving Lender’s participation in any Revolving Loans that
are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
“Available Facility” means, in relation to a Facility, the aggregate for the time being of
each Lender’s Available Commitment in respect of that Facility.
“Base Currency” means US Dollars.
“Base Currency Amount” means, in relation to a Loan, the amount specified in the Utilisation
Request delivered by a Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) for that Loan (or,
if the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that amount converted into
the Base Currency at the Facility Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is, subject
as otherwise provided, three Business Days before the Utilisation Date or, if later, on the
date the Facility Agent receives the Utilisation Request) adjusted to reflect any repayment,
prepayment, consolidation or division of the Loan.
“Basel II Implementation Date” means the date on which Basel II (as defined in sub-clause
20.3.1(f) of Clause 20.3 (Exceptions) is deemed to apply to the Finance Parties being 1
January 2007.
“Borrower” means an Original Borrower or an Additional Borrower unless it has ceased to be a
Borrower in accordance with Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:
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the interest excluding the Margin which a Lender should have received for the
period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or
Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or
Unpaid Sum, |
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had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of
that Interest Period;
exceeds:
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the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal
to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in
the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following
receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. |
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in London and:
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency other than euro)
the principal financial centre of the country of that currency; or |
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) any TARGET Day. |
“Certain Funds Period” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending
on the date which is the earlier of (i) five Business Days after the Acceptance Date and (ii)
the Walk-Away Date.
“Certain Funds Utilisation” means a Term Loan or Revolving Loan made or to be made under a
Facility during the Certain Funds Period where such Loan is to be made solely for an
Acquisition Purpose.
“Code” means, at any date, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder as in effect at such date.
“Commitment” means a Facility A Commitment, a Facility B Commitment, a Revolving Facility
Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8
(Form of Compliance Certificate).
“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form
as set out in Schedule 12 (Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) or in any other form agreed
between the Company and the Facility Agent.
“Debt Proceeds” means the cash proceeds receivable by any member of the Group upon the
incurrence by any member of the Group of any Financial Indebtedness falling within the terms
of paragraphs (e) and (i) of sub-clause 28.8.2, after, in each case, deducting expenses
incurred by any member of the Group with respect to that incurrence.
“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 29
(Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the
making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the
foregoing with an event or circumstance specified in Clause 29 (Events of Default)) be an
Event of Default.
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“Disposal” means a sale, lease, licence, transfer, loan or other disposal by a person of any
asset, undertaking or business (whether by a voluntary or involuntary single transaction or
series of transactions).
“Disposal Proceeds” means the cash consideration receivable by any member of the Group
(including any amount receivable in repayment of intercompany debt) for any disposal under
sub-clause 28.4.2(k) of Clause 28.4 (Disposals) made by any member of the Group except for
Excluded Disposal Proceeds and after deducting
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expenses and provisions for liability incurred by any member of the Group with
respect to that disposal; and |
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any Tax incurred and required to be paid by any member of the Group in
connection with that disposal (as reasonably determined by that member of the Group, on
the basis of existing rates and taking account of any available credit, deduction or
allowance). |
“Dollar Swingline Facility” means the dollar swingline facility as described in sub-clause
7.1.1 of Clause 7.1 (Swingline).
“Dollar Swingline Lender” means:
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an Original Dollar Swingline Lender listed in Part IV of Schedule 1 (The
Original Parties) as a dollar swingline lender; or |
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any other person that becomes a Dollar Swingline Lender after the date of this
Agreement in accordance with Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders), |
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Dollar Swingline Loan” means a loan to be made under the Dollar Swingline Facility or the
principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Employee Plan” means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, and in respect of which a U.S. Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined
in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ERISA” means, at any date, the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued under it, all as the same may be in effect
at such date.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any person that for purposes of Title I and Title IV of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer with a
Obligor, pursuant to Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
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“ERISA Event” means:
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any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to an
Employee Plan, as to which PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of Section
4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified of such event; |
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the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Employee Plan, if such
termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a
standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under
Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Employee Plan or the
termination of any Employee Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA; |
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the institution of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA by the PBGC for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Employee Plan; |
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the failure to make a required contribution to any Employee Plan that would
result in the imposition of an encumbrance under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA securing an amount in excess of US$50,000,000 or the filing of any request for
a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Employee Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; |
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an engagement in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA; |
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the complete or partial withdrawal of any U.S. Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Multiemployer Plan; and |
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an Obligor or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any liability under Title IV of
ERISA with respect to any Employee Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent
under Section 4007 of ERISA). |
“Euro Swingline Facility” means the euro swingline facility as described in sub-clause 7.1.2
of Clause 7.1 (Swingline).
“Euro Swingline Lender” means:
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an Original Euro Swingline Lender listed in Part V of Schedule 1 (The Original
Parties) as a euro swingline lender; or |
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any other person that becomes a Euro Swingline Lender after the date of this
Agreement in accordance with Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders), |
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Euro Swingline Loan” means a loan to be made under the Euro Swingline Facility or the
principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 29 (Events of
Default).
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“Excluded Acquisition Proceeds” means any proceeds of a Recovery Claim which the Company
notifies the Facility Agent are, or are to be, applied:
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in payment of amounts payable pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement by way of
adjustment to the purchase price in respect of the Acquisition (except to the extent
relating to a working capital adjustment); |
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to satisfy (or reimburse a member of the Group which has discharged) any
liability, charge or claim upon a member of the Group by a person which is not a member
of the Group; or |
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in the replacement, reinstatement and/or repair of assets of members of the
Group which have been lost, destroyed or damaged, |
in each case as a result of the events or circumstances giving rise to that Recovery Claim,
if those proceeds are so applied as soon as possible (but in any event within 365 days, or
such longer period as the Majority Lenders may agree) after receipt.
“Excluded Disposal Proceeds” means:
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any Disposal Proceeds which are within 365 days of the date of the relevant
Disposal applied in or towards the purchase of assets used in the business of the Group
(including, without limitation, all milestone payments and similar payments under any
new or existing agreement relating to the in-licensing co-development or other
acquisition of intellectual property or other assets or products); and |
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any other Disposal Proceeds to the extent that, when aggregated with all other
Disposal Proceeds receivable by the Group in the same financial year, they do not exceed
US$100,000,000. |
“Existing Financial Indebtedness” means the existing Financial Indebtedness listed in
Schedule 11 (Existing Financial Indebtedness).
“Existing Loans” means the existing loans listed in Schedule 10 (Existing Loans).
“Existing Security” means the existing Security listed in Schedule 9 (Existing Security).
“Facility” means a Term Facility, the Revolving Facility or the Swingline Facility.
“Facility A” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in
Clause 2.1 (Grant of Facility A).
“Facility A Commitment” means:
(c) |
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in relation to an Original Term Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set
opposite its name under the heading “Facility A Commitment” in Part II of Schedule 1
(The Original Parties) and the amount of any other Facility A Commitment transferred to
it under this Agreement; and |
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(d) |
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in relation to any other Term Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any
Facility A Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, |
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to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
“Facility A Lender” means a Term Lender under Facility A.
“Facility A Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Facility A or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Facility A Maturity Date” means the date which is the fifth anniversary of the date of this
Agreement.
“Facility A Repayment Date” means each of the dates specified in sub-clause 10.1.1 of Clause
10.1 (Repayment of Term Loans).
“Facility Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange” means the Facility Agent’s spot rate of exchange for
the purchase of the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the London foreign exchange
market at or about 11:00 a.m. on a particular day.
“Facility B” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in
Clause 2.2 (Grant of Facility B).
“Facility B Commitment” means:
(a) |
|
in relation to an Original Term Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set
opposite its name under the heading “Facility B Commitment” in Part II of Schedule 1
(The Original Parties) and the amount of any other Facility B Commitment transferred to
it under this Agreement; and |
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(b) |
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in relation to any other Term Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any
Facility B Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
“Facility B Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Facility B or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Facility B Maturity Date” means the date which is 364 days after the date of this Agreement
subject to an extension pursuant to Clause 14 (Extension of Facility B).
“Facility Office” means:
(a) |
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in relation to a Revolving Lender, the office identified as such opposite such
Lender’s name in Part III of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) (or in the case of a
transferee, at the end of the Transfer Certificate to which it is a party as transferee)
or such other office as it may from time to time select; |
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(b) |
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in relation to a Dollar Swingline Lender, the office identified as such
opposite such Swingline Lender’s name in Part IV of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties)
(or in the case of a transferee, at the end of the Transfer Certificate to which it is a
party as transferee) or such other office in the United States of America (in the same
time zone as New York City) as it may from time to time select; and |
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(c) |
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in relation to a Euro Swingline Lender, the office identified as such opposite
such Swingline Lender’s name in Part V of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) (or in the
case of a transferee, at the end of the Transfer Certificate to which it is a party as
transferee) or such other office as it may from time to time select. |
“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between
the Arranger and the Company (or an Agent and the Company) setting out any of the fees
referred to in Clause 18 (Fees).
“Finance Document” means this Agreement, the Mandate Letter, any Fee Letter, any Accession
Letter, any Resignation Letter, any Utilisation Request and any other document designated as
such by the Facility Agent and the Company.
“Finance Party” means any Agent, the Arranger or a Lender.
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
(a) |
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moneys borrowed; |
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(b) |
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any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or
dematerialised equivalent; |
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(c) |
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any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds,
notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; |
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(d) |
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the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract
which would, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; |
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(e) |
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receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they
are sold on a non-recourse basis); |
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(f) |
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any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing; |
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(g) |
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any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against
or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any
derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account); |
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(h) |
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any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond,
standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or
financial institution; |
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(i) |
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any amount raised by the issue of redeemable shares which are redeemable prior
to the fifth anniversary of the date of the Agreement other than redeemable shares
issued by a Subsidiary of the Company where such redeemable shares are acquired by
another member of the Group as consideration for, or in connection with, an issue by a
member of the Group of equity securities or, to the extent not so acquired, are redeemed
within 30 days after the date of their issue; |
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(j) |
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any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if
one of the primary reasons behind the entry into this agreement is to raise finance; and |
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(without double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any
guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above. |
“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries for the time being, including after closing of
the Acquisition, New River and its Subsidiaries.
“Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to
be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or
corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
“Information Memorandum” means the document that is to be prepared in relation to this
transaction, approved by the Company and distributed by the Arrangers in connection with the
syndication of the Facilities.
“Information Memorandum Date” means the date on which the Information Memorandum is approved
by the Company for distribution.
“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan (not being a Swingline Loan), each period
determined in accordance with Clause 16 (Interest Periods), in relation to an Unpaid Sum,
each period determined in accordance with Clause 15.3 (Default interest), and in relation to
a Swingline Loan, the period determined in accordance with sub-clause 6.3.1 of Clause 6.3
(Completion of a Utilisation Request for Swingline Loans).
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor.
“Lender” means a Swingline Lender and/or a Revolving Lender and/or a Term Lender, as the
context requires.
“LIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan:
(a) |
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the applicable Screen Rate; or |
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(b) |
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(if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period of that
Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as
supplied to
the Facility Agent at its request quoted by three Reference Banks to leading banks
in the London interbank market, |
as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of
that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that Loan.
“Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Swingline Loan or a Term Loan.
“Major Event of Default” means:
(a) |
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with respect to any Obligor, any circumstances constituting an Event of Default
under Clause 29.1 (Non-payment), Clause 29.3 (Other Obligations) (but only with respect
to failure to comply with Clauses 28.3 (Negative Pledge), 28.4 (Disposals), 28.5 (Change
of Business), 28.7 (Loans and Guarantees), 28.8 (Financial Indebtedness) and, for the
purpose of this definition only, any reference in each such clause to the Group or a
member of the Group shall be deemed not to include New River and its |
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subsidiaries),
Clause 29.4 (Misrepresentation) (but only insofar as it relates to a Major
Representation), Clause 29.10 (Unlawfulness) or Clause 29.11 (Repudiation); and
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any circumstances constituting a Default under Clause 29.6 (Insolvency) or
Clause 29.7 (Insolvency Proceedings). |
“Major Representation” means a representation or warranty with respect to any Obligor other
than New River under Clauses 25.2 (Status) to 25.6 (Validity and admissibility in evidence)
inclusive except that, for the purpose of this definition, all references in such Clauses to
a “Subsidiary” or the “Subsidiaries” of any Obligors in sub-clauses 25.2.2 of Clause 25.2
(Status) and 25.4.2 of Clause 25.4 (Non-conflict with other obligations) shall be deemed to
refer only to Material Companies.
“Majority Lenders” means:
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(a) |
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if there are no Loans then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments
aggregate not less than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments
(or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated not less than
662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the
reduction); or |
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(b) |
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at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans then
outstanding aggregate not less than 662/3 per cent. of all the
Loans then outstanding. |
“Mandate Letter” means the letter dated on or about the date hereof between the Company and
the Arrangers.
“Mandatory Cost” means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Facility Agent in
accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).
“Margin” means:
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(a) |
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in the case of the Revolving Facility and Facility A: |
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(i) |
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0.80 per cent. per annum prior to receipt by the Facility Agent of the
Compliance Certificate delivered in respect of the year ending 31 December
2007, pursuant to Clause 26 (Information Undertakings); and |
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at all other times if the ratio of Net Debt to EBITDA in respect of
the most recently completed financial year or financial half year is within the
range set out below, then the Margin will be the rate set out opposite such
range in the table below: |
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Ratio of Net Debt to EBITDA |
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Margin (per cent. per annum) |
Greater than 3.0:1 |
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0.80 |
Greater than 2.5:1 but less than or equal to
3.0:1 |
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0.65 |
Greater than 2.0:1 but less than or equal to
2.5:1 |
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0.55 |
Greater than 1.5:1 but less than or equal to
2.0:1 |
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0.45 |
Less than or equal to 1.5:1 |
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0.40 |
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and any reduction or increase in the Margin in the table above shall take effect five
Business Days after receipt by the Facility Agent of the Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Clause 26 (Information Undertakings). For the purpose of determining the Margin, “Net Debt”
and “EBITDA” shall be determined in accordance with Clause 27.1 (Financial definitions).
If the Company is in default of its obligations under Clause 26 (Information Undertakings) to
provide a Compliance Certificate or relevant financial statements and the Company has failed
to remedy the default within 5 Business Days following notification by the Facility Agent,
the Margin will be 0.80 per cent. per annum for so long as such default continues.
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(b) |
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in the case of Facility B the Margin will be the rate set out opposite the time
period in the table below: |
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Months from the date of this Agreement |
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Margin (per cent. per annum) |
0-6 months |
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0.50 |
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7-12 months |
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0.75 |
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after 12 months and thereafter |
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1.00 |
Any increase in the Margin under the terms of paragraph (b) shall take effect from the last
day of the last month in each period specified above.
“Margin Stock” means margin stock or “margin security” within the meaning of Regulations U
and X.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a:
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material adverse change in the business, operations, assets or financial
condition of the Group taken as a whole which is likely to have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Obligors taken as a whole or the Company to perform their
respective payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
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(b) |
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material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of the Finance
Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under the Finance Documents. |
“Material Company” means, at any time:
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(a) |
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an Obligor; or |
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(b) |
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a Subsidiary of the Company which has EBITDA (as defined in Clause 27.1
(Financial definitions) but calculated as though it applied to it) representing 10 per
cent. or more of the EBITDA of the Group. |
Compliance with such conditions shall be determined by reference to the most recent
Compliance Certificate supplied by the Company and/or the latest audited financial statements
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of that Subsidiary (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries)
and the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group.
A report by the auditors of the Company that a Subsidiary is or is not a Material Company
(determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph) shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
“Maturity Date” means, as applicable, the Facility A Maturity Date, the Facility B Maturity
Date, or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.
“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
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(a) |
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(subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a
Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in
which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately
preceding Business Day; |
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(b) |
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if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which
that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar
month; and |
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(c) |
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if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that
Interest Period is to end. |
The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section (3)(37) of ERISA)
contributed to for any employees of a U.S. Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate.
“New River” means New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
“NRP 104 Milestone Payment” means the milestone payment payable under the agreement between
the Company, inter alia, and New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. dated 31 January 2005 triggered
by various events, such as filing, receiving U.S. marketing approval with certain
characteristics, and achieving certain sales targets.
“Obligor” means a Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Optional Currency” means a currency (other than the Base Currency) which complies with the
conditions set out in Clause 4.4 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies).
“Original Financial Statements” means in relation to the Company, the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2005.
“Original Obligor” means an Original Borrower or an Original Guarantor.
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Communities that adopts
or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European
Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
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“Party” means a party to this Agreement.
“PBGC” means the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any entity succeeding to all
or any of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Securitisation” means any arrangements forming part of a transaction involving the
securitisation or other financing of assets or cash flows (or both) relating to royalty
income provided that, while the aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Facility Commitments
of all the Revolving Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility is greater than
US$500,000,000 or there is any amount outstanding under or in respect of Facility A or
Facility B, the Company provides a certificate to the Facility Agent signed by two directors
(one of which is the finance director of the Company) confirming that the proceeds of that
securitisation or other financing are to be applied such that there will be a permanent
reduction of the Facilities of an amount equivalent to the net amount anticipated to be
received by the Group from such securitisation or other financings.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 19 (Tax gross-up and indemnities).
“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be
determined:
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(a) |
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(if the currency is sterling) the first day of that period; |
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(b) |
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(if the currency is euro) two TARGET Days before the first day of that period; or |
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(c) |
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(for any other currency) two Business Days before the first day of that period, |
unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for a currency, in which case
the Quotation Day for that currency will be determined by the Facility Agent in accordance
with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be
given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation
Day will be the last of those days).
“Reference Banks” means, in relation to LIBOR the principal London offices of Citibank
International plc, Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc or such other banks
as may be appointed by the Facility Agent in consultation with the Company.
“Regulations U and X” means, respectively, Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor) as now and from time to
time in effect from the date of this Agreement.
“Relevant Interbank Market” means in relation to euros, the European Interbank Market and, in
relation to any other currency, the London interbank market.
“Repayment Instalment” means the amount to be repaid on each Facility A Repayment Date.
“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 25.2
(Status) to 25.7 (Governing law and enforcement), Clause 25.10 (No default), Clause 25.13
(Pari passu ranking), and Clause 25.14 (ERISA and Multiemployer Plans) to Clause 25.16
(Investment Companies).
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“Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of
Resignation Letter).
“Revolving Facility” means the revolving facility made available under this Agreement as
described in Clause 2.3 (Grant of Revolving Facility).
“Revolving Facility Commitment” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to an Original Revolving Lender, the amount in the Base Currency
set opposite its name under the heading “Revolving Commitment” in Part III of Schedule 1
(The Original Parties) and the amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitment
transferred to it under this Agreement; and |
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(b) |
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in relation to any other Revolving Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of
any Revolving Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” means the date which is the fifth anniversary of the date
of this Agreement.
“Revolving Lender” means:
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(a) |
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any Original Revolving Lender; and |
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(b) |
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any bank or financial institution which has become a Revolving Lender in
accordance with Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders), which in each case has not ceased to
be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
“Revolving Loan” means a loan to be made under the Revolving Facility or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being under that loan.
“Rollover Loan” means one or more Revolving Loans (other than Swingline Loans):
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(a) |
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made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Revolving Loan is due to be
repaid; |
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(b) |
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the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Revolving
Loan; |
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(c) |
|
in the same currency as the maturing Revolving Loan (unless it arose as a
result of the operation of Clause 8.3 (Revocation of currency)); and |
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(d) |
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made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing a
maturing Revolving Loan. |
“Screen Rate” means in relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period displayed on the appropriate page of
the Telerate screen. If the agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the
Facility Agent may specify a reasonable alternative page or service displaying the
appropriate rate after consultation with the Company and the Lenders.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
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“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any
obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
“Specified Time” means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 13 (Timetables).
“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Xxx 0000.
“Swingline Agent” means the Dollar Swingline Agent or the Euro Swingline Agent.
“Swingline Commitment” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to a Swingline Lender on the date of this Agreement, the amount in
the Base Currency set opposite its name under the heading “Swingline Commitment” in Part
III and/or Part IV of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) and the amount of any other
Swingline Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; or |
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(b) |
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in relation to any other Swingline Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of
any Swingline Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
“Swingline Facility” means the swingline facility made available under this Agreement
comprising the Dollar Swingline Facility, and the Euro Swingline Facility.
“Swingline Lender” means a Dollar Swingline Lender or a Euro Swingline Lender.
“Swingline Loan” means a Dollar Swingline Loan or a Euro Swingline Loan.
“Syndication Date” means the date on which the Arrangers confirm that primary syndication has
been completed.
“TARGET” means Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment
system.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature
(including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay
in paying any of the same).
“Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Xxx 0000.
“Tender and Support Agreement” means the tender and support agreement dated on or around the
date of this Agreement between the Shareholders of New River referred to therein and the
Company.
“Term Facility” means Facility A or Facility B.
“Term Lender” means:
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(a) |
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any Original Term Lender; and |
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(b) |
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any bank or financial institution which has become a Term Lender in accordance
with Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders) which, in each case, has not ceased to be a
Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
“Term Loan” means a Facility A Loan or a Facility B Loan.
“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Total Facility A Commitments, the Total
Facility B Commitments and the Total Revolving Facility Commitments, being US$2,300,000,000
at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Facility A Commitments” means the aggregate of the Facility A Commitments, being
US$1,000,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Facility B Commitments” means the aggregate of the Facility B Commitments, being
US$300,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Revolving Facility Commitments” means the aggregate of the Revolving Facility
Commitments, being US$1,000,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5
(Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the
Company.
“Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:
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(a) |
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the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and |
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(b) |
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the date on which the Facility Agent executes the Transfer Certificate. |
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of an Employee Plan’s benefit liabilities under
Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that plan’s assets, determined in
accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of
the Code for the applicable plan year.
“U.S.” and “United States” means the United States of America, its territories, possessions
and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
“U.S. Borrower” means a Borrower whose jurisdiction of organisation is a state of the United
States of America or the District of Columbia.
“U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“U.S. Guarantor” means a Guarantor whose jurisdiction of organisation is a state of the
United States of America or the District of Columbia.
“U.S. Obligor” means a U.S. Borrower or a U.S. Guarantor.
“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance
Documents.
“Utilisation” means a utilisation of a Facility.
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“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan
is to be made.
“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part I (Utilisation
Request — Term Loans and Revolving Loan) or Part II (Utilisation Request — Swingline Loan) of
Schedule 3 (Requests).
“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 or any
regulations promulgated thereunder and any other tax of a similar nature.
“Walk-Away Date” has the meaning set out in the Acquisition Agreement.
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1.2.1 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears any reference in this Agreement to: |
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(a) |
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the “Agent”, the “Facility Agent”, the “Euro Swingline Agent”, the
“Dollar Swingline Agent”, the “Arrangers”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”,
any “Obligor” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its
successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; |
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(b) |
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“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights
of every description; |
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(c) |
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a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a
reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended
or novated; |
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(d) |
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“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal
or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future,
actual or contingent; |
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(e) |
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a “person” includes any person, firm, company, corporation,
government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust or partnership
(whether or not having separate legal personality) of two or more of the
foregoing; |
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(f) |
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a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force
of law being of a type which any person to which it applies is accustomed to
comply) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other similar authority or
organisation; |
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(g) |
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a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted; |
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(h) |
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a time of day is a reference to London time; and |
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(i) |
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a reference to Barclays Capital means the investment banking division
of Barclays Bank PLC. |
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1.2.2 |
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Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. |
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1.2.3 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance
Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the
same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
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1.2.4 |
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A Default or an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied
or waived. |
1.3 |
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Currency Symbols and Definitions |
“$” and “dollars”, “US Dollars” and “US$” denote lawful currency of the United States of
America.
“EUR” and “euro” means the single currency unit of the Participating Member States.
“£” and “sterling” denote lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
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1.4.1 |
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Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who
is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 (the
“Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
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1.4.2 |
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Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person
who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITIES
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Facility A Lenders make available to the
Borrowers a term loan facility in the Base Currency in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Facility A Commitments.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Facility B Lenders make available to the
Borrowers a term loan facility in the Base Currency in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Facility B Commitments.
2.3 |
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Grant of Revolving Facility |
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Lenders make available to the
Borrowers a multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Revolving Facility Commitments. The Revolving Facility incorporates the Swingline Facility
as set out in Clause 6 (Utilisation — Swingline Loans) and Clause 7 (Swingline Loans).
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Finance Parties’ rights and obligations |
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2.4.1 |
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The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several.
Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does
not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance
Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance
Documents. |
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2.4.2 |
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The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance
Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance
Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt. |
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2.4.3 |
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A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents. |
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3.1.1 |
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Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under a Term Facility
towards: |
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financing the purchase price payable in respect of the Acquisition
including related fees, and transaction costs; and |
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(b) |
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refinancing any existing indebtedness of New River and its
Subsidiaries. |
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3.1.2 |
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Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Revolving
Facility towards: |
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financing the balance of the consideration payable in respect of the
Acquisition after the application of amounts drawn under the Term Loans,
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costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs
and expenses (plus amounts in respect of any VAT thereon) incurred in relation
to this Agreement and related documentation and any fees payable by the
Borrower under this Agreement) and syndication costs;
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the making of certain milestone payments; |
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refinancing indebtedness outstanding under the 2005 Agreement; |
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refinancing existing indebtedness of New River and its Subsidiaries; |
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financing the general corporate purposes of the Group. |
No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed
pursuant to this Agreement.
4. |
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CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
4.1 |
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Initial conditions precedent |
No Borrower (nor the Company) may deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Facility
Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2
(Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent acting
reasonably. The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being
so satisfied.
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Certain Funds Utilisation conditions precedent |
No Borrower (nor the Company) may deliver a Utilisation Request in respect of a Certain
Funds Utilisation unless the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Facility Agent acting reasonably. The Facility Agent shall notify the
Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
4.3 |
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Further conditions precedent |
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4.3.1 |
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The Lenders will be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation)
in relation to a Loan (other than one to which Clause 4.7 (Loans during the Certain
Funds Period) applies) only if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the
proposed Utilisation Date: |
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in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any
other Loan, no Default is continuing or will result from the
proposed Loan; and |
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the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in
all material respects. |
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4.4 |
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Conditions relating to Optional Currencies |
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4.4.1 |
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A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a Revolving
Loan if it is sterling or euro or it is: |
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readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into
the Base Currency in the Relevant Interbank Market on the Quotation Day and the
Utilisation Date for that Revolving Loan; and |
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a currency which has been approved by the Facility Agent (acting on
the instructions of all the Revolving Lenders acting reasonably) on or prior to
receipt by the Facility Agent of the relevant Utilisation Request for that
Revolving Loan. |
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4.4.2 |
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If the Facility Agent has received a written request from the Company for a
currency to be approved under sub-clause 4.3.1 above, the Facility Agent will confirm to
the Company by the Specified Time: |
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whether or not the Revolving Lenders have granted their approval; and |
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if approval has been granted, the minimum amount for any subsequent
Utilisation in that currency which will be an amount equivalent to
US$10,000,000 (rounded to the nearest 1,000,000). |
4.5 |
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Maximum number of Loans |
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4.5.1 |
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A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the
proposed Utilisation 16 or more Loans would be outstanding unless otherwise agreed by
the Company and the Facility Agent. |
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4.5.2 |
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Any Loan made by a single Lender under Clause 8.3 (Revocation of Currency)
shall not be taken into account in this Clause 4.5. |
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Maximum number of currencies |
A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed
Utilisation Loans denominated in 7 or more currencies would be outstanding unless otherwise
agreed by the Company and the Facility Agent.
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Utilisations during the Certain Funds Period |
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4.7.1 |
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Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) (other than in respect of
3 (g) of Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent)), during the Certain Funds Period,
the Lenders shall be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) in
relation to a Certain Funds Utilisation, unless on the date of the Utilisation Request
and on the proposed Utilisation Date: |
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a Major Event of Default is continuing or would result from the
proposed Utilisation; |
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a Major Representation is untrue or misleading; and |
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a change of control (as described in Clause 12.1 (Mandatory Prepayment
on Change of Control) has occurred. |
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4.7.2 |
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During the Certain Funds Period (save in circumstances where, pursuant to
sub-clause 4.7.1 above, a Lender is not obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’
participation) and subject as provided in Clause 11.1 (Illegality)), none of the Finance
Parties shall be entitled to: |
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cancel any of its Commitments to the extent to do so would prevent or
limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation; |
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rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or any of the Facilities
or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the
Finance Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the
making of a Certain Funds Utilisation; |
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refuse to participate in the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation; |
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exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of a
Utilisation to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a
Certain Funds Utilisation; or |
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cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts
owing hereunder or under any other Finance Document to the extent to do so
would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation, |
provided that, immediately upon the expiry of the Certain Funds Period, all such
rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Finance Parties
notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during
the Certain Funds Period.
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SECTION 3
UTILISATION
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UTILISATION — PROCEDURE |
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Delivery of a Utilisation Request |
A Borrower may utilise a Facility (other than for the purpose of drawing Swingline Loans
which may be drawn in accordance with Clause 6.2 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request for
Swingline Loans)) by delivery by it (or the Company on behalf of the Borrower) to the
Facility Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
5.2 |
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Completion of a Utilisation Request |
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5.2.1 |
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Each Utilisation Request delivered to the Facility Agent pursuant to Clause
5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request) is irrevocable and will not be regarded as
having been duly completed unless: |
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it identifies the Facility to be utilised; |
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the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the
Availability Period applicable to that Facility; |
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the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3
(Currency and amount); and |
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the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 16 (Interest
Periods). |
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5.2.2 |
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Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request delivered to the
Facility Agent pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request). |
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5.3.1 |
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The currency specified in a Utilisation Request delivered to the Facility
Agent pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request) for the purpose of
drawing Loans must be the Base Currency or, in the case of the Revolving Facility only,
the Base Currency or an Optional Currency. |
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5.3.2 |
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The amount of the proposed Loan must be: |
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an amount equal to US$10,000,000 for Facility A or, if less, the
Available Facility; or |
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an amount equal to US$10,000,000 for Facility B or, if less, the
Available Facility; or |
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for the Revolving Facility: |
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if the currency selected is the Base Currency, a minimum of
US$10,000,000 or, if less, the Available Facility; or |
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if the currency selected is euro, a minimum of the euro
equivalent of US$10,000,000 (rounded to the nearest 1,000,000), or if the
currency selected is sterling, a minimum of the sterling equivalent of
US$10,000,000 (rounded to the nearest 1,000,000), or if the currency |
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selected is another an Optional Currency other than euro or sterling,
the minimum amount specified by the Agent pursuant to sub-clause
4.4.2(b) of Clause 4.4 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies) or,
if less, the Available Facility.
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Lenders’ participation |
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5.4.1 |
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If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall
make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its
Facility Office. |
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5.4.2 |
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Subject to Clause 8.3 (Revocation of Currency), the amount of each Lender’s
participation in each Loan (not being a Swingline Loan) will be equal to the proportion
borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making
the Loan. |
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The Facility Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Revolving
Loan which is to be made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each Revolving Lender
of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of each Revolving Loan and the
amount of its participation in that Revolving Loan, in each case by the Specified Time. |
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UTILISATION — SWINGLINE LOANS |
6.1 General
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6.1.1 |
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In this Clause and Clause 7 (Swingline Loans): |
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“Available Swingline Commitment” of a Swingline Lender means (but
without limiting sub-clause 6.4.5 of Clause 6.4 (Swingline Lenders’
participation) and Clause 6.5 (Relationship with Revolving Facility)) that
Lender’s Swingline Commitment minus: |
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding
Swingline Loans; and |
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in relation to any proposed Utilisation under the Swingline
Facility, the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any Swingline
Loans that are due to be made under the Swingline Facility on or before
the proposed Utilisation Date, |
other than that Lender’s participation in any Swingline Loans that are due to
be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
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“Available Swingline Facility” means the aggregate for the time being
of each Swingline Lender’s Available Swingline Commitment. |
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“Euro Swingline Business Day” means any TARGET Day which is also a
Business Day. |
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“Euro Swingline Rate” means, in relation to a Euro Swingline Loan, the
percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of: |
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the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal
places) as supplied to the Euro Swingline Agent at its request quoted by
the Reference Banks to leading banks in the European interbank market as
at the time the Euro Swingline Agent notifies the relevant Swingline
Lenders of details of the participation of the relevant Swingline Lender
in accordance with sub-clause 6.4.4 of Clause 6.4 (Swingline Lenders’
participation) on the Utilisation Date for that Euro Swingline Loan for
the offering of deposits in euro for a period comparable to the Interest
Period for the relevant Euro Swingline Loan and for settlement on that
day; |
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the Margin; and |
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Mandatory Cost (if any). |
For the purposes of this Clause, the Reference Banks are the principal offices
in London of Citibank International plc, Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank
of Scotland plc or such other banks as may be appointed by the Euro Swingline
Agent in consultation with the Company.
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“Federal Funds Rate” means, in relation to any day, the rate per annum
equal to: |
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the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the US Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for that day (or, if that day is not
a New York Business Day, for the immediately preceding New York Business
Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; or |
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if a rate is not so published for any day which is a New York
Business Day, the average of the quotations for that day on such
transactions received by the Dollar Swingline Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognised standing selected by the Dollar Swingline
Agent. |
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“New York Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday)
on which banks are open for general business in New York City. |
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“Overall Commitment” of a Lender means: |
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its Revolving Facility Commitment; or |
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in the case of a Swingline Lender which does not have a
Revolving Facility Commitment, the Revolving Facility Commitment of a
Lender which is its Affiliate. |
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“Total Swingline Commitments” means the aggregate of the Swingline
Commitments, being US$ 250,000,000 at the date of this Agreement. |
For the avoidance of doubt, the amounts set out in Part IV of Schedule 1 (The
Original Parties) aggregate to form the Total Swingline Commitments and the
amounts set out in Part V of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) aggregate to
form the Total Swingline Commitments, however amounts under both Part IV and
Part V of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) do not aggregate to form the Total
Swingline Commitments.
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Any reference in this Agreement to: |
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an “Interest Period” includes each period determined under this
Agreement by reference to which interest on a Swingline Loan is calculated; and |
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a “Lender” includes a Dollar Swingline Lender, and a Euro Swingline
Lender unless the context otherwise requires. |
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Clauses 4.3 (Further conditions precedent) and 4.4 (Conditions
relating to optional currencies); |
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Clause 5 (Utilisation — Procedure); |
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Clause 8 (Selection of currencies); |
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Clause 15 (Interest) as it applies to the calculation of interest on a
Loan but not default interest on an overdue amount; and |
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Clause 17 (Changes to the calculation of interest), |
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do not apply to Swingline Loans. |
6.2 |
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Delivery of a Utilisation Request for Swingline Loans |
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6.2.1 |
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A Borrower may utilise the Swingline Facility by delivery by it (or the
Company on behalf of a Borrower) to the relevant Swingline Agent (copied to the Facility
Agent) of a duly completed Utilisation Request in the form of Part II of Schedule 3
(Requests) not later than the Specified Time. |
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Each Utilisation Request: |
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for a Dollar Swingline Loan must be sent to the Dollar Swingline Agent
to the address in New York notified by the Dollar Swingline Agent for this
purpose; |
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for a Euro Swingline Loan must be sent to the Euro Swingline Agent to
the address in London notified by the Euro Swingline Agent for this purpose. |
6.3 |
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Completion of a Utilisation Request for Swingline Loans |
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6.3.1 |
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Each Utilisation Request for a Swingline Loan is irrevocable and will not be
regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
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it identifies the Borrower; |
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it specifies that it is for a Dollar Swingline Loan, or a Euro
Swingline Loan; |
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the proposed Utilisation Date is: |
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in relation to a Dollar Swingline Loan, is a New York Business
Day; and |
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in relation to a Euro Swingline Loan, is a Euro Swingline
Business Day; |
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within the Availability Period applicable to the Revolving Facility; |
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the Swingline Loan is: |
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in relation to a Dollar Swingline Loan denominated in U.S.
Dollars; and |
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in relation to a Euro Swingline Loan denominated in Euros; |
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the amount of the proposed Swingline Loan is an amount whose Base
Currency Amount is not more than the Available Swingline Facility and is a
minimum of US$10,000,000 or, if less, the Available Swingline Facility; and |
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the proposed Interest Period: |
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does not overrun the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; |
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is a period of not more than five New York Business Days (in
relation to a Dollar Swingline Loan) or five Euro Swingline Business Days
(in relation to a Euro Swingline Loan); and |
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ends on a New York Business Day (in relation to a Dollar
Swingline Loan) or a Euro Swingline Business Day (in relation to a Euro
Swingline Loan). |
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Only one Swingline Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request. |
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Swingline Lenders’ participation |
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6.4.1 |
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If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Swingline
Lender shall make its participation in each Swingline Loan available through its
relevant Facility Office. |
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6.4.2 |
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The Swingline Lenders will only be obliged to comply with sub-clause 6.4.1
above if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date: |
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no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed
Utilisation; and |
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the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in
all material respects. |
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6.4.3 |
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The amount of each Swingline Lender’s participation in each Swingline Loan
will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Swingline Commitment to the
Available Swingline Facility immediately prior to making the Swingline Loan, adjusted to
take account of any limit applying under Clause 6.5 (Relationship with Revolving
Facility). |
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The relevant Swingline Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each
relevant Swingline Loan and notify each relevant Swingline Lender of the amount of each
relevant Swingline Loan and its participation in that relevant Swingline Loan by the
Specified Time.
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6.4.5 |
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Utilisation by a Borrower of the Euro Swingline Facility shall reduce the
Available Swingline Commitment in respect of the Dollar Swingline Facility rateably by
an amount equivalent to the Base Currency Amount of that Utilisation, Utilisation by a
Borrower of the Dollar Swingline Facility shall reduce the Available Swingline
Commitment in respect of the Euro Swingline Facility rateably by an amount equivalent to
the Base Currency Amount of that Utilisation. |
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Relationship with Revolving Facility |
6.5.1 |
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This Clause applies when a Swingline Loan is outstanding or is to be borrowed. |
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6.5.2 |
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The Revolving Facility may be used by way of Swingline Loans. The Swingline
Facility is not independent of the Revolving Facility. |
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6.5.3 |
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Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement a Lender is only obliged to
participate in a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan to the extent that it would not
result in the Base Currency Amount of its participation and that of a Lender which is
its Affiliate in the Revolving Loans, the Dollar Swingline Loans, and the Euro Swingline
Loans exceeding its Overall Commitment. |
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Where, but for the operation of sub-clause 6.5.3 above, the Base Currency
Amount of a Lender’s participation and that of a Lender which is its Affiliate in the
Revolving Loans, the Dollar Swingline Loans, and the Euro Swingline Loans would have
exceeded its Overall Commitment, the excess will be apportioned among the other Lenders
participating in the relevant Loan pro rata according to their relevant Commitments.
This calculation will be applied as often as necessary until the Loan is apportioned
among the relevant Lenders in a manner consistent with sub-clause 6.5.3 above. |
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The amount of a proposed Dollar Swingline Loan or, as the case may be, the
Base Currency Amount of a proposed Euro Swingline Loan must not, when aggregated with
the Base Currency Amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans, exceed the Total Swingline
Commitments. |
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Swingline Lenders make available to the
Borrowers a swingline loan facility comprising: |
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7.1.1 |
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a dollar swingline loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Swingline Commitments; and |
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7.1.2 |
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a euro swingline loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the euro
equivalent of the Total Swingline Commitments. |
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Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under each of the Dollar Swingline
Facility, and the Euro Swingline Facility towards short-term general corporate borrowings. A
Swingline Loan may not be applied in repayment or prepayment of another Swingline Loan.
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7.3.1 |
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Each Borrower that has drawn a Swingline Loan shall repay that Swingline Loan
on the last day of its Interest Period. |
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7.3.2 |
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If a Swingline Loan is not repaid in full on its due date and the repayment of
which is not otherwise funded under the Revolving Facility, the relevant Swingline Agent
shall (if requested to do so in writing by any affected Swingline Lender) set a date
(the “Loss Sharing Date”) on which payments shall be made between the Lenders to
re-distribute the unpaid amount between them. The relevant Swingline Agent shall give
at last 3 Business Days notice to each affected Lender of the Loss Sharing Date and
notify it of the amounts to be paid or received by it. |
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7.3.3 |
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On the Loss Sharing Date each Lender must pay to the relevant Swingline Agent
its proportion of the Unpaid Amount minus its (or its Affiliate’s) Unpaid Swingline
Participation (if any). If this produces a negative figure for a Lender no amount need
be paid by that Lender. |
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The “Proportion” of a Lender means the proportion borne by: |
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its Revolving Facility Commitment (or, if the Total Revolving Facility
Commitments are then zero, its Revolving Facility Commitment immediately prior
to their reduction to zero) minus the Base Currency Amount of its participation
(or that of a Lender which is its Affiliate) in any outstanding Revolving Loans
(but ignoring its (or its Affiliate’s) participation in the unpaid Swingline
Loan): to |
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the Total Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Total Revolving
Facility Commitments are then zero, the Total Revolving Facility Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) minus any outstanding Revolving
Loans (but ignoring the unpaid Swingline Loan). |
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The “Unpaid Amount” means, in relation to a Swingline Loan, any principal not repaid
and/or any interest accrued but unpaid on that Swingline Loan calculated from the
Utilisation Date to the Loss Sharing Date. |
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The “Unpaid Swingline Participation” of a Lender means that part of the Unpaid
Amount (if any) owed to that Lender (or its Affiliate) (before any redistribution
under this Clause 7.3 (Repayment)). |
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7.3.4 |
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Out of the funds received by the relevant Swingline Agent pursuant to
sub-clause 7.3.3 the relevant Swingline Agent shall pay to each Swingline Lender an
amount equal to the Shortfall (if any) of that Swingline Lender where: |
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The “Shortfall” of a Swingline Lender is an amount equal to its Unpaid Swingline
Participation minus its (or its Affiliate’s) Proportion of the Unpaid Amount. |
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7.3.5 |
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If the amount actually received by the relevant Swingline Agent from the
Lenders is insufficient to pay the full amount of the Shortfall of all Dollar Swingline
Lenders or, as the case may be, all Euro Swingline Lenders then the amount actually
received will be distributed amongst the Dollar Swingline Lenders or, as the case may
be, all Euro Swingline Lenders pro rata to the Shortfall of each Dollar Swingline Lender
or, as the case may be, Euro Swingline Lender. |
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(a) |
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On a payment under this paragraph, the paying Lender will be
subrogated to the rights of the Swingline Lenders which have shared in the
payment received. |
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(b) |
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If and to the extent a paying Lender is not able to rely on its rights
under sub-paragraph (a) above, the relevant Borrower shall be liable to the
paying Lender for a debt equal to the amount the paying Lender has paid under
this paragraph. |
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(c) |
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Any payment under this paragraph does not reduce the obligations in
aggregate of any Obligor. |
7.4 |
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Voluntary Prepayment of Swingline Loans |
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7.4.1 |
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The Borrower to which a Swingline Loan has been made may prepay at any time
the whole of that Swingline Loan. |
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7.4.2 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the
Swingline Facility which is prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. |
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7.5.1 |
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The rate of interest on each Dollar Swingline Loan for any day during its
Interest Period is the higher of: |
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(a) |
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the prime commercial lending rate in U.S. Dollars announced by the
Dollar Swingline Agent at the Specified Time and in force on that day; and |
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(b) |
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0.5 per cent. per annum over the rate per annum determined by the
Dollar Swingline Agent to be the Federal Funds Rate (as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York) for that day. |
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7.5.2 |
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The rate of interest on each Euro Swingline Loan for its Interest Period is
the Euro Swingline Rate. |
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7.5.3 |
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The Dollar Swingline Agent, or as the case may be the Euro Swingline Agent,
shall promptly notify the Dollar Swingline Lenders or, as the case may be, the Euro
Swingline Lenders and the relevant Borrower of the determination of the rate of interest
under sub-clauses 7.5.1 or 7.5.2 above. |
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7.5.4 |
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If any day during an Interest Period for a Dollar Swingline Advance is not a
New York Business Day, the rate of interest on such Dollar Swingline Loan on that day
will be the rate applicable to the immediately preceding New York Business Day. |
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7.5.5 |
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Each Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Swingline Loan made to it on
the last day of its Interest Period. |
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7.6.1 |
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Each Swingline Loan has one Interest Period only. |
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7.6.2 |
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The Interest Period for a Swingline Loan must be selected in the relevant
Utilisation Request. |
7.7 |
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Dollar Swingline Agent, Euro Swingline Agent |
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7.7.1 |
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Each Swingline Agent may perform its duties in respect of the Dollar Swingline
Facility, or the Euro Swingline Facility as the case may be, through an Affiliate or
Affiliates acting as its agent. |
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7.7.2 |
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Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement and without limiting the
liability of any Obligor under the Finance Documents, each Euro Swingline Lender shall
(in proportion to its share of the Total Swingline Commitments or, if the Total
Swingline Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Swingline Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) pay to or indemnify the Euro Swingline
Agent, within three Business Days of demand, for or against any cost, loss or liability
incurred by the Euro Swingline Agent or any Affiliate of the Euro Swingline Agent (other
than by reason of the Euro Swingline Agent’s or such Affiliate’s gross negligence or
wilful misconduct) in acting as the Euro Swingline Agent (unless the Euro Swingline
Agent or such Affiliate has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to this Agreement). |
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7.7.3 |
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Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement and without limiting the
liability of any Obligor under the Finance Documents, each Dollar Swingline Lender shall
(in proportion to its share of the Total Swingline Commitments or, if the Total
Swingline Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Swingline Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) pay to or indemnify the Dollar Swingline
Agent, within three Business Days of demand, for or against any
cost, loss or liability incurred by the Dollar Swingline Agent or any Affiliate of
the Dollar Swingline Agent (other than by reason of the Dollar Swingline Agent’s or
such Affiliate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as the Dollar
Swingline Agent (unless the Dollar Swingline Agent or such Affiliate has been
reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to this Agreement). |
7.8 |
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Conditions of assignment or transfer |
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Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, each Lender shall ensure that at all
times its Overall Commitment is not less than: |
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7.8.1 |
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its Swingline Commitment; or |
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7.8.2 |
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if it does not have a Swingline Commitment, the Swingline Commitment of a
Lender which is its Affiliate. |
8. |
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SELECTION OF CURRENCIES |
8.1 |
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Availability of Optional Currencies |
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A Borrower may request that a Revolving Loan be denominated in an Optional Currency in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 4.4 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies). |
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8.2 |
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Selection |
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8.2.1 |
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A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) may select the currency of
a Revolving Loan for an Interest Period in the relevant Utilisation Request.
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8.2.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the proposed currency
or currencies of each Revolving Loan promptly after it is ascertained. |
8.3 |
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Revocation of currency |
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Notwithstanding Clause 8.1 (Availability of Optional Currencies) and without prejudice
to Clause 17.2 (Market disruption) or Clause 11.1 (Illegality), if before the Specified Time
on any Quotation Day, the Facility Agent receives notice from a Revolving Lender that: |
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8.3.1 |
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the Optional Currency (other than sterling or euro) requested is not readily
available to it in the amount required; or |
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8.3.2 |
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compliance with its obligation to participate in the Revolving Loan in the
proposed Optional Currency would contravene a law or regulation applicable to it, |
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the Facility Agent shall give notice to the relevant Borrower and to the Revolving Lenders to
that effect before the Specified Time on that day. In this event, any Revolving Lender that
gives notice pursuant to this Clause 8.3 (Revocation of currency) will be required to
participate in the Revolving Loan in the Base Currency (in an amount equal to that Revolving
Lender’s proportion of the Base Currency Amount of the Loan that is due to be made) and its
participation will be treated as a separate Revolving Loan denominated in the Base Currency
during that Interest Period. |
9. |
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AMOUNT OF OPTIONAL CURRENCIES |
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If a Revolving Loan is to be drawn down in an Optional Currency, the amount of each
Revolving Lender’s participation in that Revolving Loan will be determined by converting into
that currency the Revolving Lender’s participation in the Base Currency Amount of that
Revolving Loan. |
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The Facility Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders and the Company of Optional
Currency amounts (and the applicable Facility Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange) promptly after
they are ascertained. |
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT, CANCELLATION AND EXTENSION
10. REPAYMENT
10.1 |
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Repayment of Term Loans |
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10.1.1 |
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The Borrowers under Facility A shall repay the aggregate Facility A Loans in
instalments by repaying on each Facility A Repayment Date the amount set out opposite
that Facility A Repayment Date below: |
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Facility A Repayment Date (Months after date of this
Agreement) Repayment Instalment |
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12 months
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US$150,000,000 |
24 months
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US$150,000,000 |
36 months
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US$200,000,000 |
48 months
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US$200,000,000 |
Facility A Maturity Date
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Balance of Facility A Loan |
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10.1.2 |
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The Borrowers under Facility B shall repay the aggregate Facility B Loan in
full on the Facility B Maturity Date. |
10.2 |
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Effect of cancellation and prepayment on scheduled repayments and reductions |
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10.2.1 |
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If any of the Facility A Loans are prepaid in accordance with Clause 11.3
(Voluntary Prepayment of Loans) and the aggregate amount of the Facility A Loans made to
the Borrower exceeds the amount of the prepayments, the Company may, if it gives the
Agent not less than five Business Days’ notice (or such shorter period as the Majority
Lenders may agree) select which of those outstanding Facility A Loans and Repayment
Instalments will be wholly or partially prepaid. If the Company fails to deliver such
notice the Agent shall select the Facility A Loans and Repayment Instalments to be
wholly or partially prepaid. |
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10.2.2 |
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If any of the Facility A Loans are prepaid in accordance with Clause 12.2
(Mandatory prepayment and cancellation out of certain proceeds) then the amount of the
Repayment Instalment for each Facility A Repayment Date will reduce in inverse
chronological order by the amount of the Facility A Loan repaid. |
10.3 |
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Repayment of Revolving Loans |
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Each Borrower which has drawn a Revolving Loan shall repay that Revolving Loan on the
last day of its Interest Period. |
11. ILLEGALITY, VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its
obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any
Loan, that Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event
and shall also notify the Facility Agent that it requires either or both of the following:
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11.1.1 |
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upon the Facility Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender
will be immediately cancelled; and/or |
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11.1.2 |
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each Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to
that Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the
Facility Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender
in the notice delivered to the Facility Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any
applicable grace period permitted by law). |
11.2 |
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Voluntary cancellation |
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The Company may, if it gives the Facility Agent not less than five Business Days’ (or
such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any
part (being a minimum amount of US$10,000,000) of an Available Facility. Any cancellation
under this Clause 11.2 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the
relevant Facility. If, as a result of any cancellation of the Available Revolving Facility in
relation to the Revolving Facility, the Total Commitments in relation to the Revolving
Facility would be less than the Total Swingline Commitments then the amount of the Total
Swingline Commitments shall reduce so that they equal the Total Revolving Facility
Commitments. Any such cancellation of the Total Swingline Commitments shall reduce the
Swingline Commitments of the Lenders rateably. |
11.3 |
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Voluntary Prepayment of Loans |
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The Borrower to which a Loan has been made may, if it gives the Facility Agent not less
than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior
notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces
the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of US$10,000,000). |
11.4 |
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Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender |
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(a) |
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any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be
increased under sub-clause 19.2.4 of Clause 19.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
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(b) |
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the Company receives a demand from the Facility Agent under Clause
19.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 20.1 (Increased costs), |
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the Company may, while the circumstance under paragraph (a) above or the
circumstance giving rise to the notice under paragraph (b) above continues, give the
Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its
intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s participation in the Loans. |
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11.4.2 |
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On receipt of a notice from the Company referred to in sub-clause 11.4.1
above the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero. |
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11.4.3 |
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On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has
given notice under sub-clause 11.4.1 above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the
Company in that notice), each Borrower to which a Loan is outstanding shall repay
that Lender’s participation in that Loan.
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12. MANDATORY PREPAYMENT
12.1 |
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Mandatory Prepayment on Change of control |
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12.1.1 |
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If any person or group of persons acting in concert gains control of the Company: |
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(a) |
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the Company shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming
aware of that event; |
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(b) |
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a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a
Rollover Loan); and |
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(c) |
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if a Lender so requires, the Facility Agent shall, by not less than 30
days notice to the Company, cancel that Lender’s Available Commitments and
declare all outstanding Loans due to such Lender, together with accrued
interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately
due and payable, whereupon that Lender’s Available Commitment will be cancelled
and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately due and payable. |
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12.1.2 |
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For the purpose of sub-clause 12.1.1 above “control” means: |
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(a) |
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the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract,
agency or otherwise) to cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of
the maximum number of votes that may be cast at a general meeting of the
Company; or |
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(b) |
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the holding of more than one-half of the issued share capital of the
Company (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right
to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or
capital). |
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12.1.3 |
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For the purpose of sub clause 12.1.1 above “acting in concert” means, a group
of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal),
actively co-operate, through the acquisition by any of them, either directly or
indirectly, of shares in the Company, to obtain or consolidate control of the Company. |
12.2 |
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Mandatory prepayment and cancellation out of certain proceeds |
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12.2.1 |
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The Company shall ensure that: |
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(a) |
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all Disposal Proceeds and all Acquisition Proceeds are applied in
prepayment and cancellation of the Facilities in accordance with sub-clause
12.2.2 below; and |
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(b) |
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until such time as the Total Revolving Facility Commitments have been
reduced to US$500,000,000 and all amounts outstanding under or in respect of
Facility A and Facility B have been repaid in full, and to the extent
necessary to reduce the Total Revolving Facility Commitments to
US$500,000,000, all Debt Proceeds are applied in prepayment and cancellation
of the Facilities in accordance with sub-clause 12.2.2 below. |
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12.2.2 |
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Any amount to be applied in prepayment and cancellation of the Facilities in
accordance with sub-clause 12.2.1 above shall be applied in the following order:
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(a) |
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firstly, in cancellation of the Available Commitments under the Term
Loans (first in cancellation of any Available Commitments under Facility B and
then in cancellation of any Available Commitments under Facility A); |
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(b) |
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secondly, in prepayment of the Term Loans as contemplated in
sub-clause 12.2.3 below; |
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(c) |
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thirdly, in cancellation of Available Commitments under the Revolving
Facility (and the Available Commitments of the Revolving Lenders under the
Revolving Facility shall be cancelled rateably); and |
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(d) |
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fourthly, in prepayment of Revolving Loans and Revolving Facility
Commitments. |
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12.2.3 |
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A prepayment under sub-clause 12.2.1 shall prepay the Term Loans as follows: |
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(a) |
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in prepayment of the Facility B Loans, and, when all amounts
outstanding under Facility B have been prepaid, in prepayment of the Facility A
Loans; and |
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(b) |
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in relation to prepayment of Facility A Loans, reducing the Repayment
Instalment for each Facility A Repayment Date falling after the date of the
prepayment in inverse chronological order. |
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12.2.4 |
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If a date for prepayment of a Loan falls otherwise than on the last day of an
Interest Period, such prepayment may be made on the last day of that Loan’s then current
Interest Period. |
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12.2.5 |
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If, as a result of any cancellation of Available Commitments or Commitments
in accordance with sub-clause 12.2.2 above the Total Commitments in relation to Facility
A would be less than the Total Swingline Commitments then the amount of the Total
Swingline Commitments shall reduce so that they equal the Total Commitments in relation
to Facility A. |
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12.2.6 |
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Any cancellation of the Total Commitments in relation to any Facility shall
reduce the relevant Commitments of the Lenders participating in such Facility rateably. |
13. RESTRICTIONS
13.1 |
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Notices of Cancellation and Prepayment |
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Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 13 shall
be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the
date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of
that cancellation or prepayment. |
13.2 |
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Interest and other amounts |
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Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the
amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty. |
13.3 |
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No reborrowing of Term Loan |
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No Borrower may reborrow any part of a Term Loan which is prepaid. |
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Reborrowing of Revolving Facility |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of a Revolving Facility
which is prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
13.5 |
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Prepayment in accordance with Agreement |
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The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or
any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in
this Agreement. |
13.6 |
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No reinstatement of Commitments |
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No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently
reinstated. |
13.7 |
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Facility Agent’s receipt of Notices |
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If the Facility Agent receives a notice under this Clause 13 it shall promptly forward a
copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as appropriate. |
14. EXTENSION OF FACILITY B
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The Company shall be entitled to extend Facility B, for an additional period of 364
days. This right may be exercised by giving notice to the Facility Agent (the “Extension
Notice”) not more than 60 nor less than 30 days before the Facility B Maturity Date (in this
Clause 14, the “Original Facility B Maturity Date”). Such notice shall be made in writing, be
unconditional and binding on the Borrower. |
14.2 |
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Notification of Extension Notice |
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The Facility Agent shall forward a copy of the Extension Notice to the relevant Lenders
as soon as practicable after receipt of it. |
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Following delivery of an Extension Notice pursuant to Clause 14.1 above, the Original
Facility B Maturity Date shall be extended to the day which is 364 days from (and including)
the Original Facility B Maturity Date and the Facility B Maturity Date shall be modified
accordingly. |
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A Company may not extend the Facility B Maturity Date in accordance with this Agreement
more than once. |
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SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATION
15. INTEREST
15.1 |
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Calculation of interest |
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The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per
annum which is the aggregate of the applicable: |
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15.1.1 |
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Margin; |
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15.1.2 |
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LIBOR; and |
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15.1.3 |
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Mandatory Cost, if any. |
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The Borrower to which a Loan has been made shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on
the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months,
on the dates falling at six Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period). |
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15.3.1 |
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If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document
on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the
date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to
sub-clause 15.3.2 below, is one per cent. higher than the rate which would have been
payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan
in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a
duration selected by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing
under this Clause 15.3 shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the
Facility Agent. |
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15.3.2 |
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If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a
day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan: |
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(a) |
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the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a
duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating
to that Loan; and |
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(b) |
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the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first
Interest Period shall be one per cent. higher than the rate which would have
applied if the overdue amount had not become due. |
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15.3.3 |
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Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded
with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue
amount but will remain immediately due and payable. |
15.4 |
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Notification of rates of interest |
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The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company of the
determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement. |
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16. INTEREST PERIODS
16.1 |
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Selection of Interest Periods |
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16.1.1 |
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A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) may select an Interest
Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan. |
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16.1.2 |
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Subject to this Clause 16, a Borrower (or the Company) may select an Interest
Period of one week, one, two, three or six Months or any other period agreed between the
Company and the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders), provided
that the Borrowers (or the Company) may select a maximum of 5 one week interest periods
in aggregate per year. |
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16.1.3 |
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Prior to the Syndication Date, Interest Periods shall be one Month or such
shorter period as agreed between the Company and the Facility Agent (acting on the
instructions of the Lenders). |
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16.1.4 |
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An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date
applicable to its Facility. |
16.2 |
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Overrunning of a Maturity Date |
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If an Interest Period in respect of a Loan borrowed would otherwise overrun a Maturity
Date or a Facility A Repayment Date applicable to that Loan, it shall be shortened so that it
ends on the Maturity Date or the Facility A Repayment Date (as applicable). |
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16.3.1 |
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If an Interest Period is not a period of a number of Months and it would
otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead
end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) of the preceding
Business Day (if there is not). |
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16.3.2 |
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The Facility Agent (after prior consultation with the Lenders) and the
Company may enter into such other arrangements as they may agree for the adjustment of
Interest Periods. |
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The Facility Agent shall notify the relevant Borrower and the Lenders of the duration of
each Interest Period promptly after ascertaining its duration. |
17. CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
17.1 |
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Absence of quotations |
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Subject to Clause 17.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to
the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time on
the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of
the remaining Reference Banks. |
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17.2.1 |
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If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan (not being a
Swingline Loan) for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s
share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the rate per annum which is the sum
of: |
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(b) |
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the rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Lender as soon as
practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of
that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum
the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever
source it may reasonably select; and |
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(c) |
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the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation
in the Loan. |
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17.2.2 |
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In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means: |
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(a) |
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at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period
the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks
supplies a rate to the Facility Agent to determine LIBOR for the relevant
currency and Interest Period; or |
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(b) |
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before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the
relevant Interest Period, the Facility Agent receives notifications from a
Lender or Lenders (whose participations in a Loan exceed 50 per cent. of that
Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant
Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR. |
17.3 |
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Alternative basis of interest or funding |
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17.3.1 |
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If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Facility Agent or the Company so
requires, the Facility Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period
of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining
the rate of interest. |
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17.3.2 |
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Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to sub-clause 17.3.1 above shall, with
the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties. |
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17.4.1 |
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Each Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand by a Finance Party,
pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or
Unpaid Sum being paid by that Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum. |
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Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the
Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any
Interest Period in which they accrue. |
18. FEES
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18.1.1 |
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The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Lender)
a fee in the Base Currency computed at the rate of: |
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35 per cent. per annum of the applicable Margin on that Lender’s
Available Commitment under the Revolving Facility for the Availability Period
applicable to the Revolving Facility; and
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(b) |
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20 per cent. per annum of the applicable Margin on that Lender’s
Available Commitment under the Term Facilities for the Availability Period
applicable to each Term Facility. |
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18.1.2 |
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The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrear on the last day of
each successive period of three Months, which ends during the relevant Availability
Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the
cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is
effective. |
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The Company shall pay to the Arrangers a front end fee in the amount and at the times
agreed in a Fee Letter. |
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The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter. |
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The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Lender) an
extension fee of 0.10 per cent. of the amount of Facility B which is extended in accordance
with Clause 14 (Extension of Facility B) following the delivery of an Extension Notice. Such
fee shall be paid on the date that Facility B is extended. |
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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
19. TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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19.1.1 |
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In this Agreement: |
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“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any
liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to
a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be
received or receivable) under a Finance Document. |
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“Qualifying Lender” means: |
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with respect to a payment made by an Obligor incorporated in the
United Kingdom, |
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(i) |
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a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to
that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document and is a
Lender: |
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which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 349
of the Taxes Act) making an advance under a Finance Document; or |
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(2) |
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in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by
a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 349
of the Taxes Act) at the time that that advance was made, |
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and which is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects
any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or |
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a Treaty Lender with respect to the United Kingdom; or |
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with respect to a payment made by a U.S. Obligor, a Lender which is: |
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a “United States person” within the meaning of Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code, provided such Lender has timely delivered to the
Facility Agent for transmission to the Obligor making such payment two
original copies of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) either directly
or under cover of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form) certifying its
status as “United States person”; or |
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a Treaty Lender with respect to the United States of America,
provided such Lender has timely delivered to the Facility Agent for
transmission to the Obligor making such payment two original copies of
IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form) either directly or under cover of
IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form) certifying its entitlement to
receive such payments without any such deduction or withholdings under a
double taxation treaty; or |
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entitled to receive payments under the Finance Documents
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal Tax either
as a
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result of such payments being effectively connected with the conduct
by such Lender of a trade or business within the United States or under
the portfolio interest exemption, provided such Lender has timely
delivered to the Facility Agent for transmission to the Obligor making
such payment two original copies of either (1) IRS Form W-8ECI (or any
successor form) either directly or under cover of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any
successor form) certifying that the payments made pursuant to the Finance
Documents are effectively connected with the conduct by that Lender of a
trade or business within the United States or (2) IRS Form W-8BEN (or any
successor form) either directly or under cover of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any
successor form) claiming exemption from withholding in respect of
payments made pursuant to the Finance Documents under the portfolio
interest exemption and a statement certifying that such Lender is not a
person described in Section 871(h)(3)(B) or Section 881(c)(3) of the Code
or (3) such other applicable form prescribed by the IRS certifying as to
such Lender’s entitlement to exemption from United States withholding tax
with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender under the Finance
Documents. |
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For the purposes of this paragraph (b) above, in the case of a Lender that is
not treated as the beneficial owner of the payment (or a portion thereof)
under Chapter 3 and related provisions (including Sections 871, 881, 3406,
6401, 6405 and 6409) of the Code, the term “Lender” shall mean the person who
is so treated as the beneficial owner of the payment (or portion thereof). |
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“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission from, or repayment of any
Tax. |
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“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a
payment under a Finance Document. |
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“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance
Party under Clause 19.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 19.3 (Tax
indemnity). |
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“Treaty Lender” with respect to a jurisdiction means a Lender which is, on the date
any relevant payment falls due, entitled under the provisions of a double taxation
treaty (a “Treaty”) in force on that date to receive payments of interest from a
person resident in such jurisdiction without a Tax Deduction (subject to the
completion of any necessary procedural formalities, such as application by a Lender
to HM Revenue & Customs that payments may be made to that Lender without a Tax
Deduction). |
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19.1.2 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 19 a reference to
“determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of
the person making the determination. |
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19.2.1 |
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Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax
Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
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19.2.2 |
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The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor is required by
law to make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a
Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly. |
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19.2.3 |
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Each Lender as at the date of this Agreement confirms that it is a Qualifying
Lender. This confirmation is given as at the date of this Agreement. A Lender which
becomes party to this Agreement by means of a Transfer Certificate shall confirm therein
whether it is or is not a Qualifying Lender. Each Lender which confirmed that it was a
Qualifying Lender undertakes to notify the Facility Agent and the Company promptly upon
becoming aware of it ceasing to be a Qualifying Lender (other than as a result of any
change after it became a Lender under this Agreement, in (or in the interpretation,
administration or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or
concession of any relevant Tax authority). If the Facility Agent receives such
notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company and the relevant Obligor. |
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19.2.4 |
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If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of
the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making
any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no
Tax Deduction had been required. |
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19.2.5 |
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An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under
sub-clause 19.2.4 above for a Tax Deduction in respect of Tax imposed by the United
Kingdom or the United States from a payment of interest on a Loan, if on the date on
which the payment falls due: |
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the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax
Deduction if it was a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender), but on
that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than
as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this
Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any
law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant Tax
authority; or |
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(b) |
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the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor making the
payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the
Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations,
if any, under sub-clause 19.2.8 below. |
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19.2.6 |
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If an Obligor is required by law to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall
make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction
within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. |
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19.2.7 |
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Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment to the
relevant Tax authority required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor
making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party
entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the
Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the
relevant authority.
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19.2.8 |
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A Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty
Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing as soon as reasonably practicable any
procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that
payment without a Tax Deduction. |
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19.3.1 |
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The Company shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Facility
Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which
that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered
for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document or the
transactions occurring under such Finance Document. |
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19.3.2 |
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Sub-clause 19.3.1 above shall not apply: |
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with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party: |
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under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is
incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in
which that Finance Party is treated as resident for Tax purposes; or |
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(ii) |
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under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s
Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable
in that jurisdiction, |
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if in either such case that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to
the net income, profit or gains received or receivable (but not any sum deemed
to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party or Facility Office; or |
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to the extent a loss, liability or cost: |
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(i) |
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is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 19.2 (Tax
gross-up); |
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would have been compensated for by an increased payment under
Clause 19.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated for solely because
either or both of the exclusions in sub-clause 19.2.5 of Clause 19.2 (Tax
gross-up) applied; or |
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relates to any Tax assessed prior to the date which is 365 days
prior to the date on which the Protected Party requests such payment from
the Company, unless a determination of the amount claimed could only be
made only on or after the earlier of those dates. |
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19.3.3 |
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A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under sub-clause
19.3.1 above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the loss, liability or cost
which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent
shall reasonably promptly notify the Company. |
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19.3.4 |
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A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this
Clause 19.3, notify the Facility Agent. |
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If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that: |
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19.4.1 a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and |
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19.4.2 that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit in whole or in part, |
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the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party determines (acting reasonably) will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor. |
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The Company shall pay and, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to, all stamp duty, registration, excise and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document or the transaction occurring under any of them other than in respect of an assignment or transfer by a Lender. |
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19.6.1 |
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All consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any amounts in respect of VAT. If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT against delivery of an appropriate VAT invoice. |
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19.6.2 |
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If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance Document, and any Party (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse the Recipient in respect of that consideration), such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT. The Recipient will promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment from the relevant Tax authority which it reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply. |
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19.6.3 |
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Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that obligation shall be deemed to extend to all amounts in respect of VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that neither the Finance Party nor any other member of any group of which it is a member for VAT purposes is entitled to credit or repayment of the amount in respect of the VAT. |
19.7 |
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Survival of obligations |
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Without prejudice to the survival of any other section of this Agreement, the agreements and obligations of each Obligor and each Finance Party contained in this Clause 19 shall survive the payment in full by the Obligors of all obligations under this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement. |
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INCREASED COSTS |
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20.1 |
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Increased costs |
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20.1.1 |
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Subject to Clause 20.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within five Business
Days of a demand by the Facility Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the
amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates
as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the judicial or
generally accepted interpretation or the administration or application of) any law or
regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement. |
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20.1.2 |
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In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means: |
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a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance
Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital; |
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an additional or increased cost; or |
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a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the
extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its
Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.
20.2 |
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Increased cost claims |
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20.2.1 |
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A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Increased
costs) shall notify the Facility Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following
which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Company. |
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20.2.2 |
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Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the
Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs. |
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20.3.1 |
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Clause 20.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost
is: |
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attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an
Obligor; |
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compensated for by Clause 19.3 (Tax indemnity), Clause 19.5 (Stamp
taxes) or Clause 19.6 (VAT) (or would have been compensated for under those
clauses but was not so compensated for because any of the exclusions,
exceptions or carve-outs to such clauses applied); |
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incurred prior to the date which is 365 days prior to the date on
which the Finance Party makes a claim in accordance with Clause 20.2
(Increased cost claims), unless a determination of the amount incurred could
only be made on or after the earlier of those dates; |
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compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost; |
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attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or
its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or |
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attributable to the application of or compliance with the
International Convergence of Capital Measurement Standards published by the
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 (“Basel II”), or any
implementation or transposition thereof, as such implementation or
transposition is generally envisaged to take place as at the date of this
Agreement, whether by an EC Directive or the FSA Integrated Prudential
Sourcebook or other law or regulation, including (without limitation) any
Increased Cost attributable to Pillar 2 (The Supervisory Review Process) of
Basel II. In the event that the implementation or transposition of Basel II
substantially changes from the implementation and transposition as it is
envisaged to take place as at the date of this Agreement, the Parties
undertake to negotiate in good faith any changes to this Clause 20 (Increased
Costs) which may be necessary to reflect any Increased Costs incurred by any
Finance Parties or any of its Affiliates as a result of those changes. |
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20.3.2 |
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In this Clause 20.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning
given to the term in Clause 19.1 (Definitions). |
21. |
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OTHER INDEMNITIES |
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21.1 |
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Currency indemnity |
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21.1.1 |
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If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any
order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from
the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency
(the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of: |
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making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; |
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obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any
litigation or arbitration proceedings, |
that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of
demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss
or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any
discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the
First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange
available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.
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Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any
amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which it is expressed to be payable. |
The Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor will), within five Business Days of
demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that
Finance Party as a result of:
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21.2.1 |
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the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
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21.2.2 |
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a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its
due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result
of Clause 34 (Sharing among the Finance Parties); |
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funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan
requested by a Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) in a Utilisation
Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of
this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party
alone); or |
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21.2.4 |
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a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
prepayment given by a Borrower or the Company. |
21.3 |
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Indemnity to the Facility Agent |
The Company shall within five days of demand indemnify the Facility Agent against any
cost, loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
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21.3.1 |
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investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or |
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21.3.2 |
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entering into or performing any foreign exchange contract for the purposes of
Clause 8.3 (Revocation of Currency); or |
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21.3.3 |
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acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably
believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised. |
22. |
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MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS |
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22.1 |
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Mitigation |
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22.1.1 |
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Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all
reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in
any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of
Clause 11.1 (Illegality), Clause 19 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 20 (Increased costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and
obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
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22.1.2 |
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Sub-clause 22.1.1 above does not in any way limit the obligations of any
Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
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22.1.3 |
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Each Finance Party shall notify the Facility Agent as soon as reasonably
practicable after it becomes aware that any circumstances of the kind described in
sub-clause 22.1.1 above have arisen or may arise. The Facility Agent shall notify the
Company promptly of any such notification from a Finance Party. |
22.2 |
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Limitation of liability |
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22.2.1 |
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The Company shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause
22.1 (Mitigation). |
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22.2.2 |
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A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 22.1
(Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so
might be prejudicial to it. |
23.1 Transaction expenses
The Company shall promptly on demand pay each Agent and the Arranger reasonable
professional fees and all out of pocket expenses (including legal fees subject to any cap
referred to in a Fee Letter) properly incurred by any of them in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of:
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23.1.1 |
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this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and
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23.1.2 |
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any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. |
If (a) an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is
required pursuant to Clause 35.9 (Change of currency), the Company shall, within five
Business Days of demand, reimburse each Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses
(including legal fees) reasonably incurred by that Agent in responding to, evaluating,
negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.
23.3 Enforcement costs
The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the
amount of all:
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23.3.1 |
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reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance
Party in connection with the preservation; and |
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23.3.2 |
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costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in
connection with the enforcement, |
of any rights under, any Finance Document.
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SECTION 7
GUARANTEE
24. |
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GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
24.1 |
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Guarantee and indemnity |
Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
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24.1.1 |
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guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of all
that Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents; |
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24.1.2 |
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undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any
amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall
immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and |
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24.1.3 |
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indemnifies each Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss
or liability suffered by that Finance Party if any obligation guaranteed by it is or
becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability
shall be equal to the amount which that Finance Party would otherwise have been
entitled to recover. |
24.2 |
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Continuing guarantee |
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This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of
sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate
payment or discharge in whole or in part. |
If any payment by an Obligor or any discharge given by a Finance Party (whether in
respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or
otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any similar event:
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24.3.1 |
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the liability of each Obligor shall continue as if the payment, discharge,
avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and |
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24.3.2 |
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each Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of that
security or payment from each Obligor, as if the payment, discharge, avoidance or
reduction had not occurred. |
The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 24 will not be affected by an act,
omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any
of its obligations under this Clause 24 (without limitation and whether or not known to it
or any Finance Party) including:
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24.4.1 |
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any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or
other person; |
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24.4.2 |
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the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any
composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
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24.4.3 |
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the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over
assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any
formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise
the full value of any security; |
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24.4.4 |
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any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person; |
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24.4.5 |
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any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance Document or
any other document or security; |
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24.4.6 |
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any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any
person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
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24.4.7 |
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any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or
any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or
security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this
Clause 24. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance
Document to the contrary.
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection
with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
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24.6.1 |
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refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of
those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit
(whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the
benefit of the same; and |
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24.6.2 |
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hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any
Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 24. |
24.7 |
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Deferral of Guarantors’ rights |
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection
with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Facility Agent
otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of
performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents:
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24.7.1 |
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to be indemnified by an Obligor; |
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24.7.2 |
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to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s
obligations under the Finance Documents; and/or |
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24.7.3 |
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to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or
otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any |
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other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance
Documents by any Finance Party.
24.8 |
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Release of Guarantor’s right of contribution |
If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with
the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that
Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:
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24.8.1 |
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that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any
liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a
contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other
Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and |
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24.8.2 |
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each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the
performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in
whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the
Finance Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to,
or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted
by or in relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor. |
This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.
24.10 |
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Limitation on U.S. Guarantors |
Any term or provision of this Clause 24 or any other term in this Agreement or any
Finance Document notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations for which
any U.S. Guarantor shall be liable under this Agreement shall in no event exceed an amount
equal to the largest amount that would not render such U.S. Guarantor’s obligations under
this Agreement subject to avoidance under applicable United States federal or state
fraudulent conveyance laws.
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SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
25.1 |
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Time of Representations |
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25.1.1 |
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Subject to sub-clause 25.1.2, each Obligor makes the representations and
warranties set out in this Clause 25 to each Finance Party on the date of this
Agreement. |
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25.1.2 |
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The representation given at Clause 25.11.3 of Clause 25.11 (No misleading
information) below is made on the Information Memorandum Date and on the Syndication
Date only, provided that, in relation to the representation to be given on the
Syndication Date, such representation shall be qualified by any matters disclosed by
the Company in writing to the Facility Agent in the period from the day after the
Information Memorandum Date to the day before the Syndication Date. |
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25.2.1 |
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It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of
its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
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25.2.2 |
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It and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on
its business as it is being conducted. |
The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to
laws or legal procedures affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and any
other reservations set out in the legal opinions listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions
precedent), legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
25.4 |
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Non-conflict with other obligations |
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the
Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:
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24.4.1 |
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any law or regulation applicable to it; |
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24.4.2 |
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its or any of its Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or |
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24.4.3 |
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any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets which conflict would reasonably be likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect. |
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action
to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it
is a party and the transactions contemplated for it by those Finance Documents.
25.6 |
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Validity and admissibility in evidence |
All Authorisations required:
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25.6.1 |
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to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and |
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25.6.2 |
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to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence
in its jurisdiction of incorporation, |
(other than as disclosed in a legal opinion delivered to the Facility Agent pursuant to Part
I of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent)) have been obtained or effected and are in full force
and effect.
25.7 |
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Governing law and enforcement |
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25.7.1 |
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The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will
be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
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25.7.2 |
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Any judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be
recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
It is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it
may make under any Finance Document to a Qualifying Lender falling within sub-clause
19.1.1(a)(i) of Clause 19.1 (Definitions).
25.9 |
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No filing or stamp taxes |
Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance
Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that
jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar Tax be paid in such jurisdiction on
or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents.
No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the
making of any Utilisation.
25.11 |
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No misleading information |
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25.11.1 |
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Any factual information, including any information which discloses evidence
of material litigation which is pending or threatened, provided by any member of the
Group to any of the Finance Parties prior to the date of this Agreement in connection
with its entry into this Agreement was true and accurate in all material respects as at
the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated. |
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25.11.2 |
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No information has been given or withheld that results in the information
referred to in sub-clause 25.11.1 above being untrue or misleading in any material
respect. |
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25.11.3 |
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Any factual information relating to the Group or New River contained in the
Information Memorandum was true and accurate and complete in all material respects as
at the date of the Information Memorandum or (as the case may be) as at the date the
information is expressed to be given and nothing has occurred or been omitted which
would result in the information being inaccurate or misleading in any material respect. |
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25.11.4 |
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The copy of the Acquisition Agreement provided to the Agent by the Company
pursuant to Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is true, accurate, and complete. |
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25.11.5 |
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As of the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the business
or the consolidated financial condition of the Group since the date of its last audited
financial statements that would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
25.12 Financial statements
In the case of the Company only:
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25.12.1 |
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Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP
consistently applied. |
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25.12.2 |
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Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition
and operations (consolidated) during the relevant financial year. |
Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the
claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations
mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
25.14 |
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ERISA and Multiemployer Plans |
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25.14.1 |
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Each Employee Plan is in compliance in form and operation with ERISA and the
Code and all other applicable laws and regulations save where any failure to comply
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.2 |
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Each Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified or is in the process of
being submitted to the IRS for approval or will be so submitted during the applicable
remedial amendment period, and, nothing has occurred since the date of such
determination that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect such determination
(or, in the case of an Employee Plan with no determination, nothing has occurred that
would materially adversely affect such qualification) except, in each case, to the
extent the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.3 |
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There exists no Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Employee
Plan, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.4 |
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Neither the U.S. Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred a complete or
partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, and if each of the U.S. Obligors and
each ERISA Affiliate were to withdraw in a complete withdrawal as of the date hereof,
the aggregate withdrawal liability that would be incurred would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.5 |
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There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving an
Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any U.S. Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, threatened, which would reasonably be
expected to be asserted successfully against any Employee Plan and, if so asserted
successfully, would reasonably be expected either singly or in the aggregate to have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.6 |
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Each U.S. Obligor and any ERISA Affiliate has made all material
contributions to or under each such Employee Plan required by law within the applicable
time limits prescribed thereby, the terms of such Employee Plan, or any contract or
agreement requiring contributions to an Employee Plan save where any failure to comply
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.7 |
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Neither any U.S. Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has ceased operations at a
facility so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4068(a) of ERISA,
withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of
Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Employee Plan subject to
Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made contributions except, in each case, to the
extent the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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25.14.8 |
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Neither any U.S. Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably
expects to incur any liability to PBGC save for any liability for premiums due in the
ordinary course or other liability which would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
25.15 |
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Federal Reserve Regulations |
None of the proceeds of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement
will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of Regulation U or Regulation X.
25.16 |
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Investment Companies |
No Obligor or Subsidiary of an Obligor is required to be registered as an “investment
company” under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor (by reference to
the facts and circumstances then existing) on:
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25.17.1 |
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the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest
Period; and |
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25.17.2 |
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in the case of an Additional Obligor, the day on which the company becomes
(or it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional Obligor. |
26. |
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INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
The undertakings in this Clause 26 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for
so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in
force.
26.1 |
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Financial statements |
The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent in sufficient copies for all the
Lenders:
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26.1.1 |
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as soon as the same are made public, but in any event within 120 days after
the end of each of its financial years its audited consolidated financial statements
for that financial year; and |
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26.1.2 |
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as soon as the same are made public, but in any event within 90 days after
the end of each half of each of its financial years its unaudited consolidated
financial statements for that financial half year. |
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26.2 |
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Compliance Certificate |
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26.2.1 |
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The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent, with each set of financial
statements delivered pursuant to sub-clauses 26.1.1 and 26.1.2 of Clause 26.1
(Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail)
computations as to compliance with Clause 27 (Financial covenants) as at the date as at
which those financial statements were drawn up. The first such Compliance Certificate
shall be delivered for the financial year ending 31 December 2007. |
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26.2.2 |
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Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two directors (one of which is
the finance director) of the Company. |
26.3 |
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Requirements as to financial statements |
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26.3.1 |
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The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 26.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using U.S. GAAP. |
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26.3.2 |
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The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 26.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using U.S. GAAP, and
accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in
the preparation of the Original Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of
financial statements, it notifies the Facility Agent that there has been a change in
U.S. GAAP, or the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors deliver to
the Facility Agent: |
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(i) |
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a description of any change necessary for those financial
statements to reflect the U.S. GAAP, accounting practices and reference
periods upon which those Original Financial Statements were prepared;
and |
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(ii) |
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sufficient information, in form and substance as may be
reasonably required by the Facility Agent, to enable the Lenders to
determine whether Clause 27 (Financial Covenants) has been complied with
and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated
in those financial statements and those Original Financial Statements. |
Any reference in this Agreement to those financial statements shall be construed as
a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon
which the Original Financial Statements were prepared.
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26.3.3 |
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If the Company notifies the Facility Agent of a change in accordance with
sub-clause 26.3.2 above then the Company and Facility Agent shall enter into
negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing: |
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(i) |
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whether or not the change might result in any material
alteration in the commercial effect of any of the terms of this
Agreement; and |
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(ii) |
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if so, any amendments to this Agreement which may be necessary
to ensure that the change does not result in any material alteration in
the commercial effect of those terms, |
and if any amendments are agreed they shall take effect and be binding on each of
the Parties in accordance with their terms.
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26.4 |
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Information: miscellaneous |
The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the
Lenders, if the Facility Agent so requests):
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26.4.1 |
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all documents dispatched by the Company to its shareholders (or any class of
them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched; |
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26.4.2 |
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copies of any public announcement made by the Company which discloses the
details of any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are
current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group; and |
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26.4.3 |
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promptly, such further information as any Finance Party (through the Facility
Agent) may reasonably request at reasonable times and at reasonable intervals. |
26.5 |
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Notification of default |
Each Obligor shall notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any,
being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that
Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor).
26.6 |
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“Know your customer” checks |
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(a) |
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the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation,
administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of
this Agreement; |
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(b) |
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any change in the status of an Obligor or the composition of the
shareholders of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or |
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(c) |
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a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender (which
would be permitted under Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders)) prior to such
assignment or transfer, |
obliges an Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (c) above, any
prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer” or similar
identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not
already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of any Agent
or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other
evidence as is within that Obligor’s possession or control reasonably requested by
that Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in
the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, on behalf of any
prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the
event described in paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and
be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other
similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the
transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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26.6.2 |
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Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of an Agent supply, or procure
the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the
Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied |
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with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks required under all
applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the
Finance Documents.
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26.6.3 |
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The Company shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to
the Agent, notify the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention
to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Obligor pursuant to
Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors). |
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26.6.4 |
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Following the giving of any notice pursuant to sub-clause 26.6.3 above, if
the accession of such Additional Obligor obliges an Agent or any Lender to comply with
“know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the
necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of that Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply
of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent
(for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of
any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent or such Lender or any
prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with the
results of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all
applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to
this Agreement as an Additional Obligor. |
26.7 |
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“Know your customer” confirmation |
Each Lender confirms as at the date of this Agreement that, under “know your customer”
requirements in existence as at the date of this Agreement, it does not require financial
statements for Obligors other than the Company.
27.1 Financial definitions
In this Clause 27:
“Borrowings” means, at any time, any indebtedness in respect of:
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(a) |
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the principal amount of moneys borrowed and any net debit balances at banks
after application of applicable account pooling arrangements; |
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(b) |
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the principal amount raised under acceptance credit facilities other than
acceptances relating to the purchase or sale of goods in the ordinary course of
trading; |
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(c) |
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the principal amount of any debenture, bond, note, loan stock, commercial paper or
other securities; |
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(d) |
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the capitalised element of indebtedness under finance leases or capital leases
entered into primarily as a method of raising finance or financing the acquisition
of the asset leased; |
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(e) |
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receivables sold or discounted other than receivables sold or discounted in the
ordinary course of trading or on non-recourse terms; |
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(f) |
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indebtedness arising from deferred payment agreements except in the ordinary course
of trading; |
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(g) |
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any fixed or minimum premium payable on repayment of any debt instrument; |
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(h) |
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principal amounts raised under any other transaction having the commercial effect
of a borrowing; or |
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(i) |
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(without double counting) any guarantee, indemnity or similar assurance for any of
the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above. |
“Cash” means, at any time:
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(a) |
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cash at bank denominated in sterling, dollars, euro or other currency freely
convertible into the Base Currency and freely transferable and credited to an account
in the name of a member of the Group with a reputable financial institution and to
which a member of the Group is alone beneficially entitled and for so long as that cash
is repayable on demand; (i) repayment of that cash is not contingent on the prior
discharge of any other indebtedness of any Group member or of any other person
whatsoever or on the satisfaction of any other condition; (ii) there is no Security
over that cash except Security created or constituted pursuant to a Finance Document or
Security securing obligations of a member of the Group granted in favour of another
member of the Group; and (iii) such cash is freely and immediately available and
convertible into the Base Currency to be applied in repayment or prepayment of the
Borrowings; and |
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(b) |
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to the extent the relevant indebtedness is included in Borrowings, cash collateral
provided for such indebtedness up to a maximum amount equal to the principal amount
of such indebtedness. |
“Cash Equivalent Investments” means:
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(a) |
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debt securities denominated in sterling, dollars, euro or other currency
freely convertible into the Base Currency issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by
the United Kingdom or the United States of America or other which are not convertible
into any other form of security and having not more than three months to final
maturity; |
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(b) |
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debt securities denominated in sterling, dollars or euro or other currency freely
convertible into the Base Currency which are not convertible into any other form of
security, and having not more than three months to final maturity, at all times
rated P-1 (Xxxxx’x Investor Services Inc.) or A-1 (Standard & Poors’ Corporation)
and which are not issued or guaranteed by any member of the Group; |
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(c) |
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certificates of deposit denominated in sterling, dollars or euro or other currency
freely convertible into the Base Currency issued by, and acceptances by, banking
institutions authorised under applicable legislation of the United Kingdom rated
P-1 (Xxxxx’x Investor Services Inc.) or A-1 (Standard & Poor’s Corporation); and |
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(d) |
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other securities (if any) approved in writing by the Facility Agent, |
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provided that:
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(a) |
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there is no Security over the investments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d)
above except Security created or constituted pursuant to a Finance Document or Security
securing obligations of a member of the Group granted in favour of another member of
the Group; and |
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(b) |
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cash proceeds of the investments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) above are
freely and immediately available and convertible into the Base Currency to be
applied in repayment or prepayment of the Borrowings. |
“EBITDA” means in respect of any Relevant Period, consolidated operating income for such
period (after giving effect to the following adjustments, if applicable):
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(a) |
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before deducting any corporation tax or other taxes on income, profits or
gains; |
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(b) |
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before deducting interest payable and before adding interest receivable; |
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(c) |
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before deducting unusual or non-recurring losses or charges, provided that: |
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(i) |
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to the extent such charges include a current or future period cash
component, such amounts shall be deducted from EBITDA when paid, except for: |
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(A) |
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any fees and expenses relating to the Acquisition (and any
other acquisition which occurs within 12 months from the date of this
Agreement), including financial and investment banking fees, in an
aggregate amount not in excess of US$50,000,000 paid prior to the
Facility A Maturity Date; |
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(B) |
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integration and reorganisation costs or claims relating to the
Acquisition or the acquisition of Transkaryotic (as defined in the 2005
Agreement) (and any other acquisition which occurs within 12 months from
the date of this Agreement), and US reorganisation costs, in an
aggregate amount not in excess of US$100,000,000 paid prior to the
Facility A Maturity Date; |
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(C) |
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NRP 104 Milestone Payments; and |
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(D) |
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other up-front milestone and licensing payments, not in excess
of US$100,000,000 paid prior to the Facility A Maturity Date, |
provided that the aggregate amount of costs in relation to
sub-paragraphs (A), (B) and (D) above must not exceed US$100,000,000 in any
12 month period; and
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(ii) |
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any accruals or reserves in the ordinary course of business shall be
excluded; |
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(d) |
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before adding extraordinary gains and non-cash gains; |
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(e) |
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after deducting the amount of net profit (or adding back the amount of net loss) of
any Group company (other than the Company) which is attributable to any third party
(other than another Group company) which is a shareholder in that Group company; |
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(f) |
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after adding back the amount of any loss and after deducting
the amount of any gain against book value arising on a disposal of
any asset (other than stock disposed of in the ordinary course of
trading); |
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(g) |
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before taking into account any unrealised exchange gains and
losses; |
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(h) |
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after deducting any income (to the extent not received in cash) and adding back
any loss from any associate or joint venture or any other companies in which a Group
company has a minority interest; |
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(i) |
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before deducting any depreciation or amortisation; |
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(j) |
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before deducting any distributions; and |
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(k) |
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before deducting any non-cash write-offs of in-process research and
development, goodwill, non-cash stock compensation charges, non-cash stock revaluation
charges arising on an acquisition and non-cash write-offs of any investments,
intellectual property or fixed assets. |
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For the purposes of sub-clause 27.2.1 of Clause 27.2 (Financial condition) only, EBITDA shall
be adjusted, at any time, on a pro-forma basis to include businesses or assets acquired in
the period and exclude businesses or assets disposed of in the period (and for the avoidance
of doubt, EBITDA in respect of the business of New River and its Subsidiaries shall be
calculated by annualising the figures for any Relevant Period during which New River and its
subsidiaries are owned by the Group). |
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“Liquid Investments” means at any time: |
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any investment in marketable debt obligations for which a recognised trading
market exists and not convertible or exchangeable to any other security provided that: |
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each obligation has a credit rating of either A+ or A-1 or higher by
Standard & Poor’s Corporation (or in each case the equivalent rating including
the equivalent money market fund rating by Standard & Poor’s Corporation) or A1
or P-1 or higher by Xxxxx’x Investor Services Inc. (or in each case the
equivalent rating including the equivalent money market fund rating by Xxxxx’x
Investor Services Inc.) and further provided that no more than 25 per cent. of
all such investments shall be rated A+ and A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Corporation
(and in each case the equivalent rating including the equivalent money market
fund rating by Standard & Poor’s Corporation) and A1 and P-1 by Xxxxx’x
Investor Services Inc. (and in each case the equivalent rating including the
equivalent money market fund rating by Xxxxx’x Investor Services Inc.); |
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each obligation is beneficially owned by a member of the Group; |
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(iii) |
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no obligation is issued by or guaranteed by a member of the Group;
and |
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there is no Security over such obligation save pursuant to the Finance
Documents or Security securing obligations of a member of the Group granted in
favour of another member of the Group; and |
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any investment accessible within 30 days in money market funds which have a
credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (or in each case
the equivalent rating including the equivalent money market fund rating by Standard &
Poor’s Corporation) or P-1 or higher by Xxxxx’x Investor Services Inc. (or in each case
the equivalent rating including the equivalent money market fund rating by Xxxxx’x
Investor Services Inc.) or Rule 2a7 Money Market Funds as defined in the US Investment
Company Act 1940 provided that: |
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such investment is beneficially owned by a member of the Group; and |
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(ii) |
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there is no Security over such investment save pursuant to the Finance
Documents or Security securing obligations of a member of the Group granted in
favour of another member of the Group, |
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provided that the cash proceeds of the investments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b)
above, either through sale or redemption, are freely and immediately available and
convertible into the Base Currency to be applied in repayment or prepayment of the
Borrowings. |
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“Net Debt” means, at any time, the aggregate consolidated Borrowings of the Group from
sources external to the Group, less all Cash and Cash Equivalent Investments of the Group and
the then xxxx to market value of Liquid Investments. |
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“Net Interest” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the sum of (a) the amount of
interest and similar charges payable in respect of Borrowings by the Group during such period
less (b) the amount of interest received or receivable and any similar income of the Group
during such period excluding any payment or amortisation of arrangement fees payable under or
in connection with this Agreement or any Fee Letter. |
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“Relevant Period” means each period of twelve months ending on the last day of the Company’s
financial year and each period of twelve months ending on the last day of the first half of
the Company’s financial year with the first such period ending on 31 December 2007. |
27.2 |
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Financial condition |
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The Company shall ensure that: |
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27.2.1 |
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the ratio of Net Debt to EBITDA of the Group in respect of the most recently
ended Relevant Period shall not, at any time, exceed: |
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3.50:1 for the 12 month period ending 31 December 2007; |
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(b) |
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3.25:1 for the 12 month period ending 30 June 2008; and |
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(c) |
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3.00:1 for each 12 month period ending 31 December and 30 June
thereafter; and |
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27.2.2 |
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the ratio of EBITDA of the Group to Net Interest in respect of the most
recently ended Relevant Period shall not be less than 4.0:1. |
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27.3.1 |
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The financial covenants set out in Clause 27.2 (Financial condition) shall be
tested by reference to each of the financial statements and/or each Compliance
Certificate |
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delivered pursuant to Clause 26.2 (Compliance Certificate) with the first such
test to be made in respect of the Relevant Period ending on 31 December 2007. |
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27.3.2 |
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If sub-clause 26.3.3 of Clause 26.3 (Requirements as to financial statements)
applies (and for so long as no amendments to the contrary have been agreed pursuant to
sub-clause 26.3.3 of Clause 26.3 (Requirements as to financial statements)), then the
financial covenants set out in Clause 27.2 (Financial condition) shall be tested by
reference to the relevant financial statements as adjusted pursuant to sub-clause 26.3.3
of Clause 26.3 (Requirements as to financial statements) (and/or relevant Compliance
Certificate delivered in accordance with Clause 26.2 (Compliance Certificate)) to
reflect the basis upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared, and to the
extent relevant, any other information delivered to the Facility Agent in accordance
with sub-clause 26.3.3 of Clause 26.3 (Requirements as to financial statements). |
28. |
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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
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The undertakings in this Clause 28 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for
so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in
force. |
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28.1 |
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Authorisations |
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Each Obligor shall promptly obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain
in full force and effect any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its
jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence
in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document subject to any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium and other similar laws or legal procedures
affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and any other reservations set
out in any of the legal opinions listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
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28.2 |
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Compliance with laws |
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Each Obligor shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if
failure so to comply would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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28.3 |
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Negative pledge |
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28.3.1 |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the
Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
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28.3.2 |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the
Group will): |
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sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms
whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other
member of the Group; |
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(b) |
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sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on
recourse terms; |
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(c) |
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enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank
or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of
accounts; or |
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(d) |
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enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
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in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a
method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an
asset. |
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28.3.3 |
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Sub-clauses 28.3.1 and 28.3.2 above do not apply to: |
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(a) |
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any Security (or transaction (“Quasi-Security”) described in
sub-clause 28.3.2 above) created with the prior written consent of the Majority
Lenders; |
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(b) |
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any Security or Quasi-Security listed in Schedule 9 (Existing
Security) except to the extent the principal amount secured by that Security
exceeds the amount stated in that Schedule; |
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(c) |
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any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the
Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of
netting or setting-off debit and credit balances; |
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(d) |
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any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of
trading and not as a result of any default or omission by any member of the
Group; |
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(e) |
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any future title retention provisions to which a member of the Group
is subject entered into in the ordinary course of trading; |
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(f) |
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any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the
Group under any treasury transaction entered into in the ordinary course of
business; |
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(g) |
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any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by
a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if: |
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(i) |
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the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation
of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; |
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(ii) |
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the principal amount secured has not been increased in
contemplation of, or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of
the Group; and |
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(iii) |
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the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within
six months of the date of acquisition of such asset; |
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(h) |
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any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any
company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement,
where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which that
company becomes a member of the Group, if: |
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(i) |
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the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation
of the acquisition of that company; |
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(ii) |
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the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation
of or since the acquisition of that company; and |
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(iii) |
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the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within
six months of that company becoming a member of the Group; |
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(i) |
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any Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document; |
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(j) |
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any Security or Quasi-Security created in connection with a Permitted
Securitisation; or |
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(k) |
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any Security or Quasi-Security securing indebtedness the principal
amount of which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other
indebtedness which has the benefit of Security or Quasi-Security given by any
member of the Group other than any permitted under paragraphs (a) to (h) above)
does not exceed at any time US$200,000,000 (or its equivalent in another
currency or currencies). |
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28.3.4 |
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Sub-clause 28.3.2 above does not apply to any Quasi-Security granted by a
member of the Group or to any Security granted by a member of the Group in favour of
another wholly owned member of the Group but only in respect of liabilities owing to the
Group. |
28.4 Disposals
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28.4.1 |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the
Group will), enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether
related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer, dispose
by way of de-merger or otherwise dispose of any asset. |
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28.4.2 |
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Sub-clause 28.4.1 above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other
disposal: |
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(a) |
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made in the ordinary course of business of the disposing entity; |
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(b) |
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of assets in exchange for other assets which are comparable or
superior as to value; |
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(c) |
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in the form of out-licensing arrangements entered into by a member of
the Group in the ordinary course of trading; |
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(d) |
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of obsolete assets on normal commercial terms; |
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(e) |
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of assets by one member of the Group to another member of the Group; |
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(f) |
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of cash for any purpose permitted under the Finance Documents; |
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(g) |
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of assets held by any member of the Group if such member of the Group
has already contracted to dispose of such assets at the time such member of the
Group is acquired; |
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(h) |
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made with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; |
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(i) |
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of cash by the payment of dividends and other distributions in respect
of share capital which are not contrary to law; |
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(j) |
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made in connection with a Permitted Securitisation; or |
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(k) |
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at market value and on arm’s length terms where (i) the higher of the
market value and consideration receivable (when aggregated with the higher of
the |
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market value and consideration receivable for any other sale, lease, transfer or
other disposal by the Group, other than any permitted under paragraphs (a) to
(j) above) does not exceed US$500,000,000 (or its equivalent in another
currency or currencies) in any financial year or an aggregate of
US$1,500,000,000 until the date which is the Facility A Maturity Date or, to
the extent that it does exceed such capped amounts, the Disposal Proceeds
(which, for the purposes of these excess amounts only, shall not take into
account any Excluded Disposal Proceeds) are applied in mandatory prepayment of
the Facilities in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause 12.2.1 to 12.2.4
of Clause 12.2 (Mandatory Prepayment and Cancellation out of certain proceeds);
or (ii) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposal is of assets of New River
(other than NRP 104) or of other assets acquired after the date of this
Agreement), |
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provided that no sale, lease, transfer or other disposal which would otherwise be
permitted pursuant to the terms of paragraphs (a) to (k) (inclusive) above which
would be deemed to be a class 1 transaction under the Listing Rules of the Financial
Services Authority shall be permitted without the consent of the Majority Lenders. |
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For the purpose of this Clause 28.4, “ordinary course of business” means the ordinary course
of trading of the relevant entity or made as part of the day-to-day operation of the
relevant entity as carried on at the date hereof or as part of any activities ancillary to
the ordinary course of trading. |
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28.5 |
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Change of business |
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The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of
the business of the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement. |
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28.6 |
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Insurance |
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Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Group will)
maintain material insurances on and in relation to its business and assets against those
risks and to the extent as is usual for companies carrying on the same or substantially
similar business (and each member of the Group may maintain insurances with a captive insurer
for this purpose). |
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28.7 |
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Loans and Guarantees |
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28.7.1 |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no member of the Group
will) make any loans or grant any credit. |
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28.7.2 |
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Sub-clause 28.7.1 above does not apply to: |
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(a) |
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loans existing at the date of this Agreement and listed in Schedule 10
(Existing Loans) to the Agreement except to the extent the principal amount of
the loans exceeds the amount stated in that Schedule; |
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(b) |
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trade credit in the ordinary course of trading; |
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(c) |
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loans to directors or employees in the ordinary course of business not
exceeding US$10,000,000 in aggregate; |
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(d) |
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loans or credit made by one member of the Group to another member of
the Group; |
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(e) |
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loans entered into pursuant to any Finance Documents; |
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(f) |
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loans or credit made with the consent of the Majority Lenders; and |
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(g) |
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loans or credit the principal amount of which (when aggregated with
the principal amount of any other loans given by any member of the Group other
than any permitted under paragraphs (a) to (f) above) does not exceed
US$100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies). |
28.8 |
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Financial Indebtedness |
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28.8.1 |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no member of the Group
will) incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness. |
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28.8.2 |
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Sub-clause 28.8.1 above does not apply to: |
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(a) |
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any Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents; |
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(b) |
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any Existing Financial Indebtedness and any refinancing thereof (to
the extent the aggregate amount outstanding is not increased as a result of or
pursuant to the refinancing); |
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(c) |
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trade credit in the ordinary course of trading; |
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(d) |
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Financial Indebtedness to the extent owed by one member of the Group
to another member of the Group; |
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(e) |
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any Financial Indebtedness not otherwise described in this sub-clause
28.8.2 to the extent it is (i) required to be applied in prepayment and
cancellation of the Facilities pursuant to sub-clause 12.2.1 to 12.2.4
inclusive of Clause 12.2 (Mandatory prepayment and Cancellation out of certain
proceeds) or (ii) is applied in voluntary prepayment and cancellation of the
Facilities pursuant to Clause 11 (Illegality, Voluntary Prepayment and
Cancellation); |
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(f) |
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a derivative transaction entered into in the ordinary course of
treasury operations and not for speculative purposes; |
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(g) |
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Financial Indebtedness incurred with the consent of the Majority
Lenders; |
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(h) |
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any Financial Indebtedness of New River or its Subsidiaries existing
at the time of the Acquisition (and any refinancing thereof (to the extent that
the aggregate amount outstanding is not increased as a result of or pursuant to
the refinancing)) if that Financial Indebtedness was not created in
contemplation of the Acquisition and (other than in relation to the New River
Convertible Bond), if that Financial Indebtedness is repaid within six months
of the Acquisition; |
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any Permitted Securitisation; |
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(j) |
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unsecured loan notes issued by any member of the Group (including
unsecured loan notes guaranteed by the Company and issued by another member of
the |
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Group) pursuant to a loan note alternative to an offer which complies
with all of the following conditions: (i) the offer is an offer made by or on
behalf of a member of the Group to acquire (inter alia) all
the ordinary shares in a public company which are not owned by the offeror or by any member
of the Group, or a scheme of arrangement proposed by such a public company for
a corresponding purpose; (ii) the offer is for cash consideration or includes
a cash alternative; and (iii) the offer is subject to and complies with the UK
Takeover Code or any law or regulation which replaces it provided that such
loan notes will only fall within this sub-paragraph (j) to the extent that the
aggregate principal amount outstanding of such loan notes at any time does not
exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of the Available Commitments of all
the Revolving Facility Lenders under the Revolving Facility at such time; |
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until such time as (i) all amounts outstanding under or in respect of
Facility A and Facility B have been repaid in full and (ii) to the extent that
the Total Revolving Facility Commitments have been reduced to US$500,000,000 in
accordance with subclause 12.2 (Mandatory prepayment and cancellation out of
certain proceeds) other Financial Indebtedness, the principal amount of which
(when aggregated with the principal amount of any other Financial Indebtedness
incurred by any member of the Group other than any permitted under paragraphs
(a) to (j) above) does not, at any time, exceed US$200,000,000 (or its
equivalent in another currency or currencies); and |
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following (i) the repayment in full of all amounts outstanding under
Facility A and Facility B and (ii) the reduction of the Total Revolving
Facility Commitments to US$500,000,000 (in accordance with subclause 12.2
(Mandatory prepayment and cancellation out of certain proceeds), subclause
11.2 (Voluntary Cancellation) or subclause 11.3 (Voluntary Prepayment of
Loans)) other Financial Indebtedness, the principal amount of which (when
aggregated with the principal amount of any other Financial Indebtedness
incurred by any member of the Group other than any permitted under paragraphs
(a) to (j) above) does not, at any time, exceed US$500,000,000 (or its
equivalent in another currency or currencies). |
28.9 |
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Compliance with ERISA |
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No Obligor shall: |
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28.9.1 |
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allow, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to allow, (i) any Employee Plan
with respect to which any Obligor or any of its ERISA Affiliates may have any liability
to be voluntarily terminated, (ii) any Obligor or ERISA Affiliates to withdraw from any
Employee Plan, (iii) any ERISA Event to occur with respect to any Employee Plan, or (iv)
any unwaived Accumulated Funding Deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code) to exist involving any of its Employee Plans; to the extent
that any of the events described in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), singly or in the
aggregate, could have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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28.9.2 |
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allow, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to allow the aggregate amount of
any Unfunded Pension Liabilities among all Employee Plans (taking into account only |
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Employee Plans with Unfunded Pension Liabilities existing at the time) at any
time to exceed an amount which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect; |
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28.9.3 |
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fail, or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to fail, to comply in any
material respect with ERISA or the related provisions of the Code, if any such
non-compliance, singly or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or |
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28.9.4 |
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establish or become part of a Multiemployer Plan. |
28.10 |
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Conduct of the Acquisition |
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28.10.1 |
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The Company shall ensure that no material amendments (including, without
limitation, any amendments to, or waivers of, any of the conditions to the Offer (as
defined in the Acquisition Agreement)) are made to the Acquisition Documents without the
prior consent of the Arrangers, unless such changes are required by applicable law or
regulations. |
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28.10.2 |
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The Company shall comply with all material obligations under the terms of
the Acquisition Documents. |
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29. |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 29 is an Event of Default
(subject to, in the case of an Events of Default relating to the Acquisition of New River and
its Subsidiaries, the remedy period referred to in Clause 29.14 (Clean up period)). |
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29.1 |
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Non-payment |
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An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable
pursuant to a Finance Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless: |
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29.1.1 |
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its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error; and |
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29.1.2 |
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payment is made within five Business Days of its due date. |
29.2 |
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Financial covenants |
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Any requirement of Clause 27 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied. |
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29.3 |
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Other obligations |
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29.3.1 |
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An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other
than those referred to in Clause 29.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 29.2 (Financial
covenants)). |
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29.3.2 |
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No Event of Default under sub-clause 29.3.1 above will occur if the failure
to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 20 Business Days of the Facility
Agent giving notice to the Company or the Company becoming aware of the failure to
comply. |
29.4 |
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Misrepresentation |
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Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance
Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made
or deemed to be made and which, if the circumstances giving rise to the |
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misrepresentation or the misrepresentation are capable of remedy, are not remedied within 20 Business Days of the
Facility Agent giving notice to the Company or the Company becoming aware of the
misrepresentation.
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29.5.1 |
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Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due
nor within any originally applicable grace period. |
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29.5.2 |
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Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or
otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an
event of default (however described). |
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29.5.3 |
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Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is
cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event
of default (however described). |
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29.5.4 |
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Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any
Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified
maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
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29.5.5 |
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No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 29.5 if the aggregate amount
of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within
sub-clauses 29.5.1 to 29.5.4 above is less than US$50,000,000 (or its equivalent in any
other currency or currencies). |
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29.6.1 |
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A Material Company is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they
fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or
anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its
creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. |
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29.6.2 |
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The value of the assets of any Material Company is less than its liabilities
(taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities). |
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29.6.3 |
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A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Material
Company. |
29.7 |
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Insolvency proceedings |
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29.7.1 |
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Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken
in relation to: |
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the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness,
winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary
arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Material Company other
than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Company which is
not an Obligor; |
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a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor
of any Material Company; |
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(c) |
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the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent
liquidation of a Material Company which is not an Obligor), receiver,
administrative receiver, |
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administrator, compulsory manager or other similar
officer in respect of any Material Company or any of its assets; or |
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(d) |
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enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Material Company, |
or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
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29.7.2 |
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Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (d) above, an Event of Default will occur
under this Clause 29.7 only if in the case of a petition being presented or an
application made for the appointment of a liquidator or administrator, it is not
discharged within 21 days. |
29.8 |
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Creditors’ process |
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Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or
assets of a Material Company which has an aggregate value of not less than US$10,000,000. |
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29.9 |
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Ownership of the Obligors |
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An Obligor (other than a Company) is not or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company. |
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29.10 |
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Unlawfulness |
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It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the
Finance Documents. |
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29.11 |
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Repudiation |
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An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a
Finance Document. |
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29.12 |
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Material adverse change |
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29.12.1 |
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A material adverse change in the business, operations, assets or financial
condition of the Group, considered as a whole, which is likely to have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Obligors, taken as a whole, or the Company to meet
their respective payment obligations under this Agreement. |
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29.12.2 |
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For the purpose of a determination in respect of sub-clause 29.12.1 above,
the following events and information will be considered not to have a material adverse
effect described under sub-clause 29.12.1 above: |
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(a) |
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any litigation, arbitration, administrative or regulatory proceedings
disclosed in the 10-Q and 10-K statements of the Company or New River most
recently filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement; or |
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(b) |
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completion of the Acquisition, |
and for the avoidance of doubt, a product coming off patent or orphan designation in
the normal course of its life cycle (including the financial effects thereof) shall
not constitute a material adverse change under this Clause 29.12.
29.13 |
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Employee Plans |
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Any ERISA Event shall have occurred or Clause 28.9 (Compliance with ERISA) shall be
breached, and the liability of a U.S. Obligor or its ERISA Affiliates, either individually or
in the aggregate, related to such ERISA Event or breaches, individually or when aggregated
with |
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all other ERISA Events and all such breaches, would have or would be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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29.14 |
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Clean up period |
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29.14.1 |
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For a period of 4 Months from (and including) the date on which a member of
the Group becomes the owner of record of the shares or other assets the subject of the
Acquisition, an event which would otherwise constitute a Default or an Event of Default
but for this Clause 29.14 (Clean up period) will not constitute an Event of Default,
provided that: |
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(a) |
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it is an event which is capable of remedy; and |
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(b) |
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that event relates to New River and/or its Subsidiaries. |
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29.14.2 |
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For a period of 3 months from (and including) the date on which a member of
the Group becomes the owner of record of the shares or other assets which are the
subject of a subsequent acquisition, an event which would otherwise constitute a Default
or an Event of Default but for this Clause 29.14 (Clean up period) will not constitute
an Event of Default, provided that: |
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(a) |
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it is an event which is capable of remedy; and |
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(b) |
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that event relates to the target company or target undertaking of that
further acquisition, or the Subsidiaries of such target company or target
undertaking. |
29.15 |
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Acceleration |
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On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing but
subject to the terms of Clause 4.7 (Utilisations during the Certain Funds Period) the
Facility Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the
Company: |
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29.15.1 |
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cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled; |
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29.15.2 |
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declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and
all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due
and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
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29.15.3 |
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declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they
shall immediately become payable on demand by the Facility Agent on the instructions of
the Majority Lenders. |
If an Event of Default under Clause 29.7 (Insolvency Proceedings) shall occur in respect of
any U.S. Obligor as a result of the filing by or against such U.S. Obligor of a petition for
relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, then without notice to such U.S. Obligor or
any other act by the Facility Agent or any other person, the Loans to such U.S. Obligor,
interest thereon and all other amounts owed by such U.S. Obligor under the Finance Documents
shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of
any kind, all of which are expressly waived.
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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
30. |
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CHANGES TO THE LENDERS |
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30.1 |
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Assignments and transfers by the Lenders |
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Subject to this Clause 30, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may: |
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30.1.1 |
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assign any of its rights; or |
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30.1.2 |
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transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, |
to another bank or financial institution (the “New Lender”) provided that:
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30.1.3 |
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any Revolving Lender which transfers all or any part of its Revolving
Commitment shall in addition transfer or procure its Affiliate to transfer, as the case
may be, a pro rata proportion of its or its Affiliate’s Swingline Commitment (if any);
and |
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30.1.4 |
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any Swingline Lender which transfers all or any part of its Available
Swingline Commitment shall in addition transfer or procure its Affiliate to transfer, as
the case may be, a pro rata portion of its or its Affiliate’s Revolving Commitment (if
any). |
30.2 |
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Conditions of assignment or transfer |
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30.2.1 |
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A transfer of part of a Commitment or the rights and obligations under this
Agreement by the Existing Lender must be in a minimum amount of US$10,000,000. |
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30.2.2 |
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Subject to subclause 30.2.1 above, an Existing Lender may transfer a part of
each of its Facility A Commitments, Facility B Commitments and Revolving Facility
Commitments separately, and is not required to pro rate the amounts transferred across
each Facility. |
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30.2.3 |
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The consent of the Company is required for an assignment or transfer by an
Existing Lender, unless: |
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(a) |
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the assignment or transfer is to another Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender; or |
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(b) |
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at the time of the assignment or transfer, an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. |
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30.2.4 |
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The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company will be deemed to have given its consent
ten Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly
refused by the Company within that time. |
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30.2.5 |
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An assignment will be effective only on: |
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(a) |
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receipt by the Facility Agent of written confirmation from the New
Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent) that the New
Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it
would have been under if it was an Original Lender;
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(b) |
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performance by the relevant Agent of all “know your customer” or other
checks relating to any person that it is required to carry out in relation to
such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which that Agent shall
promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender; and |
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(c) |
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entry by the New Lender into a Confidentiality Undertaking with the
Company. |
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30.2.6 |
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A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 30.5
(Procedure for transfer) is complied with and if the New Lender has, prior to the
Transfer Date, entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking with the Company. |
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30.2.7 |
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If: |
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(a) |
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a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under
the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
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(b) |
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as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment,
transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment (or
increased payment) to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility
Office under Clause 19 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 20 (Increased
costs), |
then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only
entitled to receive payment (or increased payment) under those Clauses to the same
extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office
would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred provided that
(without prejudice to Clause 19.2.8 above) this sub-clause 30.2.7 shall not prevent
an Obligor from being required to pay an increased amount under Clause 19 (Tax Gross
Up and Indemnities) to a Treaty Lender which becomes a Lender on the Syndication
Date.
30.3 |
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Assignment or transfer fee |
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The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay
to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee of US$3,000. |
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30.4 |
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Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders |
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30.4.1 |
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Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for: |
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(a) |
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the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of
the Finance Documents or any other documents; |
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(b) |
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the financial condition of any Obligor; |
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(c) |
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the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under
the Finance Documents or any other documents; or |
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(d) |
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the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in
connection with any Finance Document or any other document, |
and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
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30.4.2 |
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Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties
that it: |
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(a) |
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has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent
investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each
Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this
Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by
the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and |
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(b) |
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will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the
creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is
or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in
force. |
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30.4.3 |
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Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to: |
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(a) |
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accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and
obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 30; or |
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(b) |
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support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender
by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or otherwise. |
30.5 |
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Procedure for transfer |
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30.5.1 |
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Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 30.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with sub-clause 30.5.3 below when the
Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it
by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Facility Agent shall, subject to
sub-clause 30.5.2 below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly
completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this
Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that
Transfer Certificate. |
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30.5.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate
delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is reasonably
satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar
checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New
Lender. |
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30.5.3 |
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On the Transfer Date: |
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(a) |
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to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender
seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance
Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from
further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their
respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be
cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”); |
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(b) |
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each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations
towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from
the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New
Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the
Existing Lender; |
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(c) |
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the Facility Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders
shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between
themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an
Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as
a result of the transfer and to that extent the Facility Agent, the Arranger
and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each
other under the Finance Documents; and |
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(d) |
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the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”. |
30.6 |
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Copy of Transfer Certificate to Company |
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The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a
Transfer Certificate, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate. |
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30.7 |
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Disclosure of information |
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Any Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other person: |
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30.7.1 |
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to (or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially
assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; |
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30.7.2 |
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with (or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially enter
into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which
payments are to be made by reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor; or |
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30.7.3 |
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to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by
any applicable law or regulation, |
any information about any Obligor, the Group and the Finance Documents as that Lender shall
consider appropriate if, in relation to sub-clauses 30.7.1 and 30.7.2 above, the person to
whom the information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking with that
Lender prior to the disclosure of the information the subject of the Confidentiality
Undertaking.
31. |
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CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS |
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31.1 |
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Assignment and transfers by Obligors |
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No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations
under the Finance Documents. |
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31.2 |
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Additional Borrowers |
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31.2.1 |
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Subject to compliance with the provisions of sub-clauses 26.6.3 and 26.6.4 of
Clause 26.6 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its
Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Borrower. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional
Borrower if: |
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(a) |
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all the Lenders approve the addition of that Subsidiary (which
approval is not to be unreasonably withheld) other than in the case of a
Subsidiary incorporated in the United Kingdom or the United States of America,
in which case no approval by the Lenders is required; |
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(b) |
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the Company delivers to the Facility Agent a duly completed and
executed Accession Letter; |
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(c) |
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the Company confirms that no Default is continuing or will occur as a
result of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and |
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(d) |
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the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed in Part III of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to
that Additional Borrower, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Facility Agent, acting reasonably. |
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31.2.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon
being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the
documents and other evidence listed in Part III of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
31.3 |
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Resignation of a Borrower |
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31.3.1 |
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The Company may request that a Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be
a Borrower by delivering to the Facility Agent a Resignation Letter. |
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31.3.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company
and the Lenders of its acceptance if: |
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(a) |
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no Default is continuing or will result from the acceptance of the
Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and |
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(b) |
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the Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a
Borrower under any Finance Documents, |
whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights
or obligations under the Finance Documents.
31.4 |
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Additional Guarantors |
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31.4.1 |
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Subject to compliance with the provisions of sub-clauses 26.6.3 and 26.6.4 of
Clause 26.6 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its
Subsidiaries become an Additional Guarantor. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional
Guarantor if: |
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(a) |
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the Company (or the Company, in the case of New Holdco) delivers to
the Facility Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; and |
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(b) |
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the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed in Part III of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to
that Additional Guarantor, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Facility Agent. |
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31.4.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon
being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the
documents and other evidence listed in Part III of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
31.5 |
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Repetition of Representations |
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Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary (or
New Holdco, as the case may be) that the Repeating Representations are true and correct in
relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and
circumstances then existing. |
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31.6 |
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Resignation of a Guarantor |
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31.6.1 |
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The Company may request that a Guarantor (other than the Company) ceases to
be a Guarantor by delivering to the Facility Agent a Resignation Letter. |
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31.6.2 |
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The Facility Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company
and the Lenders of its acceptance if: |
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(a) |
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no Default is continuing or will result from the acceptance of the
Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and |
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(b) |
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(other than in relation to the resignation of the Company as a
guarantor) all the Lenders have consented to the Company’s request. |
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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES
32. |
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ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE ARRANGER |
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32.1 |
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Appointment of the Agent |
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32.1.1 |
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Each other Finance Party appoints each of the Agents to act as its agent
under and in connection with the Finance Documents. |
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32.1.2 |
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Each other Finance Party authorises each Agent to exercise the rights,
powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to that Agent under or in
connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers,
authorities and discretions. |
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32.2.1 |
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An Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any
document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party. |
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32.2.2 |
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Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, an Agent is
not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it
forwards to another Party. |
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32.2.3 |
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If an Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall
promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
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32.2.4 |
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If an Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest,
commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agents or the
Arranger) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
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32.2.5 |
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Each Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and
administrative in nature. |
32.3 |
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Role of the Arranger |
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Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger has no
obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document. |
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32.4 |
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No fiduciary duties |
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32.4.1 |
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Nothing in this Agreement constitutes any Agent or the Arranger as a trustee
or fiduciary of any other person. |
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32.4.2 |
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Neither an Agent nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for
any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
32.5 |
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Business with the Group |
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An Agent and the Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage
in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group. |
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32.6 |
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Rights and discretions of the Agent |
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32.6.1 |
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An Agent may rely on: |
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(a) |
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any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine,
correct and appropriately authorised; and |
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(b) |
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any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of
any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within
his knowledge or within his power to verify. |
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32.6.2 |
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An Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its
capacity as agent for the Lenders) that: |
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(a) |
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no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default
arising under Clause 29.1 (Non-payment)); |
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(b) |
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any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the
Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and |
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(c) |
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any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation
Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the
Obligors. |
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32.6.3 |
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An Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any
lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts. |
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32.6.4 |
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An Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel
and agents. |
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32.6.5 |
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An Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably
believes it has received as agent under this Agreement. |
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32.6.6 |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary,
neither an Agent nor the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or
might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach
of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
32.7 |
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Majority Lenders’ instructions |
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32.7.1 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, each Agent shall
(i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in
accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so
instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority
or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if
it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the
Majority Lenders. |
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32.7.2 |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions
given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties. |
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32.7.3 |
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An Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received such security
as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with an amount in respect of
any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions. |
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32.7.4 |
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In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if
appropriate, the Lenders) each Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it
considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders. |
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32.7.5 |
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An Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first
obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any
Finance Document. |
32.8 |
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Responsibility for documentation |
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Neither an Agent nor the Arranger: |
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32.8.1 |
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is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any
information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Arranger, an Obligor or
any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Information
Memorandum; or |
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32.8.2 |
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is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or
enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance
Document. |
32.9 |
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Exclusion of liability |
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32.9.1 |
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Without limiting sub-clause 32.9.2 below, an Agent will not be liable for any
action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly
caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
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32.9.2 |
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No Party (other than an Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent
or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in
relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may
rely on this Clause subject to Clause 1.4 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of the
Third Parties Act. |
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32.9.3 |
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No Agent will be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by
the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable
to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or
settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose. |
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32.9.4 |
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Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige an Agent or the Arranger to carry out
any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any
Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it is solely
responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on
any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Arranger. |
32.10 |
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Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent |
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Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total
Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their
reduction to zero) indemnify each Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any
cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross |
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negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the
Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document). |
32.11 |
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Resignation of the Agent |
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32.11.1 |
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An Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving
notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company. |
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32.11.2 |
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Alternatively an Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance
Parties and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the
Company) may appoint a successor Agent. |
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32.11.3 |
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If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance
with sub-clause 32.11.2 above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the
Agent (after consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent. |
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32.11.4 |
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The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor
Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may
reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the
Finance Documents. |
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32.11.5 |
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The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment
of a successor. |
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32.11.6 |
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Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain
entitled to the benefit of this Clause 32. Its successor and each of the other Parties
shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if
such successor had been an original Party. |
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32.11.7 |
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After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to
the Agent, require it to resign in accordance with sub-clause 32.11.2 above. In this
event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with sub-clause 32.11.2 above. |
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32.12.1 |
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In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, each Agent shall be regarded as
acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any
other of its divisions or departments. |
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32.12.2 |
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If information is received by another division or department of the Agent,
it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not
be deemed to have notice of it. |
32.13 |
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Relationship with the Lenders |
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32.13.1 |
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Each Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under
this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less
than five Business Days prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. |
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32.13.2 |
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Each Lender shall supply the Facility Agent with any information required by
the Facility Agent in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule
4 (Mandatory Cost formulae). |
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32.14 |
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Credit appraisal by the Lenders |
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Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on
its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to each Agent and
the Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any
Finance Document including but not limited to: |
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32.14.1 |
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the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group; |
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32.14.2 |
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the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or
executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; |
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32.14.3 |
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whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that
recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with
any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation
of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and |
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32.14.4 |
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the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and
any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or
in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed
in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document. |
32.15 |
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Reference Banks |
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If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is
an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Facility Agent shall (in consultation with the
Company) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank. |
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32.16 |
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Agent’s Management Time |
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Any amount payable to an Agent under Clause 21.3 (Indemnity to the Facility Agent),
Clause 23 (Costs and expenses) and Clause 32.10 (Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent) shall
include the cost of utilising the Agent’s extraordinary management time or other
extraordinary resources not contemplated at the date of this Agreement (in connection with
any Default, any request for or granting of a waiver or consent, or amendment to a Finance
Document or the preservation or enforcement of any right arising under the Finance Documents)
and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may
notify to the Company and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the
Agent under Clause 18 (Fees). |
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32.17 |
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Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent |
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If any Party owes an amount to an Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after
giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to
that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and
apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of
the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted. |
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32.18 |
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USA Patriot Act |
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Each Lender hereby notifies each Obligor that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act, such Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
such Obligor, which information includes the name and address of such Obligor and other
information that will allow such Lender to identity such Obligor in accordance with the USA
Patriot Act. |
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33. |
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES |
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No provision of this Agreement will: |
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33.1.1 |
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interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (Tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
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33.1.2 |
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oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief,
remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
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33.1.3 |
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oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs
(Tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
34. |
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SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES |
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34.1 |
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Payments to Finance Parties |
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If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from
an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 35 (Payment mechanics) and applies that
amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then: |
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34.1.1 |
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the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify
details of the receipt or recovery, to the relevant Agent; |
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34.1.2 |
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that Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of
the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery
been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 35 (Payment
mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in
relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and |
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34.1.3 |
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the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by
that Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or
recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering
Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 35.5
(Partial payments). |
34.2 |
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Redistribution of payments |
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The relevant Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the
relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering
Finance Party) in accordance with Clause 35.5 (Partial payments). |
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34.3 |
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Recovering Finance Party’s rights |
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34.3.1 |
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On a distribution by an Agent under Clause 34.2 (Redistribution of payments),
the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties
which have shared in the redistribution. |
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34.3.2 |
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If and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on
its rights under sub-clause 34.3.1 above, the relevant Obligor shall be liable to the
Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment which is immediately
due and payable. |
34.4 |
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Reversal of redistribution |
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If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party
becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then: |
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34.4.1 |
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each Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment
pursuant to Clause 34.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon request of the relevant
Agent, pay to that Agent for account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to
the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is
necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest
on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay); and |
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34.4.2 |
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that Recovering Finance Party’s rights of subrogation in respect of any
reimbursement shall be cancelled and the relevant Obligor will be liable to the
reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so reimbursed. |
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34.5.1 |
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This Clause 34 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance
Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and
enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor. |
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34.5.2 |
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A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance
Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a
result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if: |
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(a) |
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it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration
proceedings; and |
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(b) |
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that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those
legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably
practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or
arbitration proceedings. |
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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION
35. |
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PAYMENT MECHANICS |
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35.1 |
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Payments to each Agent |
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35.1.1 |
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On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment
under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the
relevant Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on
the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the relevant Agent as being
customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the
place of payment. |
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35.1.2 |
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Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of
the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre
in a Participating Member State or London) with such bank as the relevant Agent
specifies. |
35.2 |
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Distributions by the Agent |
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Each payment received by an Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall,
subject to Clause 35.3 (Distributions to an Obligor), Clause 35.4 (Clawback) and Clause 32.17
(Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon as
practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this
Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account
as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank
in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro,
in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member State or London). |
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35.3 |
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Distributions to an Obligor |
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An Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 36 (Set-off))
apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in
the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance
Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied. |
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35.4 |
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Clawback |
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35.4.1 |
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Where a sum is to be paid to an Agent under the Finance Documents for another
Party, an Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or
perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its
satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. |
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35.4.2 |
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If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case
that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount
(or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand
refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of
payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost
of funds. |
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35.5.1 |
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If an Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the
amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall
apply |
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that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents
in the following order: |
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(a) |
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first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and
expenses of each Agent and the Arranger under the Finance Documents; |
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(b) |
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secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee
or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
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(c) |
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thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but
unpaid under this Agreement; and |
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(d) |
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fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but
unpaid under the Finance Documents. |
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35.5.2 |
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An Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set
out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of sub-clause 35.5.1 above. |
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35.5.3 |
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Sub-clauses 35.5.1 and 35.5.2 and above will override any appropriation made
by an Obligor. |
35.6 |
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No set-off by Obligors |
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All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated
and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim. |
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35.7 |
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Business Days |
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35.7.1 |
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Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the
preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
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35.7.2 |
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During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid
Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate
payable on the original due date. |
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35.8.1 |
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Subject to sub-clauses 35.8.2 to 35.8.5 below, the Base Currency is the
currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance
Document. |
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35.8.2 |
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A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall
be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date. |
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35.8.3 |
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Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in
respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued. |
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35.8.4 |
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Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
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35.8.5 |
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Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency
shall be paid in that other currency. |
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35.9.1 |
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Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency
unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful
currency of that country, then: |
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(a) |
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any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising
under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be
translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country
designated by the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company); and |
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(b) |
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any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be
at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the
conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down
by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably). |
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35.9.2 |
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If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the
extent the Facility Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company)
specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions
and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change
in currency. |
36. |
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SET-OFF |
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A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance
Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured
obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment,
booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different
currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in
its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. |
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37. |
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NOTICES |
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37.1 |
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Communications in writing |
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Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be
made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter. |
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37.2 |
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Addresses |
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The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention
the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made
or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is: |
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37.2.1 |
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in the case of the Company, that identified with its name below; |
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37.2.2 |
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in the case of each Lender or any other Original Obligor, that notified in
writing to the Facility Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and |
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37.2.3 |
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in the case of an Agent, that identified with its name below, |
or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to
the Facility Agent (or the Facility Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is
made by the Facility Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
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37.3.1 |
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Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
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(a) |
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if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
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(b) |
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if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or
five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an
envelope addressed to it at that address, |
and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address
details provided under Clause 37.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or
officer.
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37.3.2 |
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Any communication or document to be made or delivered to an Agent will be
effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly
marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s
signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for
this purpose). |
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37.3.3 |
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All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through an Agent. |
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37.3.4 |
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Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance
with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors. |
37.4 |
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Notification of address and fax number |
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Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address
or fax number pursuant to Clause 37.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Facility Agent shall notify the other Parties. |
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37.5 |
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Electronic communication |
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37.5.1 |
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Any communication to be made between an Agent and a Lender under or in
connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic
means, if that Agent and the relevant Lender: |
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(a) |
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agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be
an accepted form of communication; |
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(b) |
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notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or
any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information
by that means; and |
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(c) |
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notify each other of any change to their address or any other such
information supplied by them. |
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37.5.2 |
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Any electronic communication made between an Agent and a Lender will be
effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic
communication made by a Lender to that Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as
the Agent shall specify for this purpose. |
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37.6.1 |
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Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in
English. |
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37.6.2 |
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All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be: |
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(a) |
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in English; or |
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(b) |
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if not in English, and if so required by the Facility Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document. |
38. |
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
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38.1 |
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Accounts |
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In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a
Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima
facie evidence of the matters to which they relate. |
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38.2 |
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Certificates and Determinations |
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Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any
Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest or proven error, prima facie evidence of the
matters to which it relates. |
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38.3 |
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Day count convention |
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Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day
to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360
days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in
accordance with that market practice. |
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39. |
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
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If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid
or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality,
validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or
enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be
affected or impaired. |
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40. |
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
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No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party,
any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or
the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
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41. |
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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41.1 |
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Required consents |
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41.1.1 |
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Subject to Clause 41.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be
amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any
such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties. |
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41.1.2 |
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The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment
or waiver permitted by this Clause. |
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41.2.1 |
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An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to: |
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(a) |
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the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); |
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(b) |
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an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents; |
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(c) |
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a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment
of principal, interest, fees or commission payable; |
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(d) |
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an increase in or an extension of any Commitment; |
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(e) |
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a change to the Borrowers or Guarantors other than in accordance with
Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors); |
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(f) |
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any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
or |
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(g) |
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Clause 2.4 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 30
(Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 41, |
shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
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41.2.2 |
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An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of an Agent
or the Arranger may not be effected without the consent of that Agent or the Arranger. |
41.3 |
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Replacement of Lender |
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41.3.1 |
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If at any time any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender (as defined in
sub-clause 41.3.3 below), then the Company may, on five Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Agent and such Lender: |
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(a) |
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cancel the Commitment of the Non-Consenting Lender at the next
interest payment or rollover date; or |
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(b) |
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require such Lender to (and such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to
Clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to another Lender (a “Replacement Lender”)
which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of
the transferring Lender (including the assumption of the transferring Lender’s
participations on the same basis as the transferring Lender) for a purchase
price in cash payable at the time of transfer equal to the outstanding
principal amount of such Lender’s participation in the outstanding Utilisations
and all accrued interest and/or Letter of Credit fees, Break Costs and other
amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents. |
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41.3.2 |
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The replacement of a Lender pursuant to this Clause shall be subject to the
following conditions: |
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(a) |
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the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent; |
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(b) |
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neither the Agent nor the Lender shall have any obligation to the
Company to find a Replacement Lender; |
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(c) |
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in the event of a replacement of a Non-Consenting Lender such
replacement must take place no later than 10 Business days after the date the
Non-Consenting Lender notifies the Company and the Agent of its failure or
refusal to agree to any consent, waiver or amendment to the Finance Documents
requested by the Company; and |
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(d) |
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in no event shall the Lender replaced under this Clause 41.3 be
required to pay or surrender to such Replacement Lender any of the fees
received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents. |
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41.3.3 |
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In the event that: |
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(a) |
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the Parent or the Agent (at the request of the Company) has requested
the Lenders to consent to a waiver or amendment of any provisions of the
Finance Documents; |
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(b) |
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the waiver or amendment in question requires the consent of all the
Lenders; and |
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(c) |
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Lenders whose Commitments aggregate 85 per cent. or more of the Total
Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated
85 per cent. or more of the Total Commitments prior to that reduction) have
consented to such waiver or amendment, |
then any Lender who has declined or failed to consent or provide approval by the
later of (i) the date nominated by the Facility Agent in the request to the Lenders
as a deadline for response, and (ii) 3 Business Days after such 85 per cent. Lender
approval or consent has been received, shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”.
42. |
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COUNTERPARTS |
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Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the
same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance
Document. |
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SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
43. |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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This Agreement is governed by English law. |
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44. |
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ENFORCEMENT |
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44.1 |
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Jurisdiction |
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44.1.1 |
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The courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the
existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”). |
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44.1.2 |
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The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the
contrary. |
44.2 |
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Service of process |
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Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each
Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales): |
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44.2.1 |
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irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for service of process in
relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance
Document; and |
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44.2.2 |
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agrees that failure by an agent for service of process to notify the relevant
Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
44.3 |
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Waiver of jury trial |
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Each of the parties to this Agreement irrevocably waives trial by jury in any action or
proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents. |
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
1
The Original Parties
Part I
The Original Obligors
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Name of Original Borrower
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Registration number
(or equivalent, if
any)
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Country / state of
incorporation |
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Shire plc
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05492592 |
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England |
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Name of Original Guarantor
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Registration number
(or equivalent, if
any)
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Country / state of
incorporation |
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Shire plc
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05492592 |
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England |
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Part II
The Original Term Lenders
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Name of Original |
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Facility A |
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Facility B |
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Term Lender |
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Commitment |
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Commitment |
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Facility Office |
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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US$250,000,000
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US$75,000,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Barclays Bank PLC
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US$250,000,000
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US$75,000,000
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0 Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00
0XX |
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Citibank, N.A., London
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US$250,000,000
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US$75,000,000
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Citigroup Centre,
25 Canada Square,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc
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US$250,000,000
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US$75,000,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX |
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Part III
The Original Revolving Lenders
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Name of Original |
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Revolving |
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Revolving Lender |
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Commitment |
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Facility Office |
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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US$250,000,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Barclays Bank PLC
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US$250,000,000
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0 Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00
0XX |
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Citibank, N.A., London
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US$250,000,000
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Citigroup Centre, 25
Canada Square,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx
X00 0XX |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
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US$250,000,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX |
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Part IV
The Original Dollar Swingline Lenders
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Name of Original Dollar |
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Swingline Lender |
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Swingline Commitment |
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Facility Office |
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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US$62,500,000
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000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Barclays Bank PLC
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US$62,500,000
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c/o Barclays Group
Inc., Client
Services Unit as US
Dollar Funding
Administrator,
00xx
Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
XXX |
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Citicorp USA, Inc.
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US$62,500,000
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0 Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx Xxxxxx XX. 00000
XXX |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
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US$62,500,000
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000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 |
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Part V
The Original Euro Swingline Lenders
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Name of Original Euro |
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Swingline Lender |
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Swingline Commitment |
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Facility Office |
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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US$62,500,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Barclays Bank PLC
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US$62,500,000
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0 Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00
0XX |
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Citibank, N.A., London
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US$62,500,000
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Citigroup Centre,
25 Canada Square,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
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US$62,500,000
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX |
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SCHEDULE
2
Conditions Precedent
Part I
Conditions precedent to initial Utilisation
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(a) |
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A copy of the constitutional documents of each Original Obligor. |
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(b) |
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A copy of a good standing certificate (including verification of tax status)
with respect to each U.S. Obligor, issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State
or other appropriate official of each U.S. Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation or
organisation. |
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(c) |
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A copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or a duly appointed committee
of the board of directors) of each Original Obligor: |
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(i) |
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approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the
Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the
Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
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(ii) |
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authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance
Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and |
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(iii) |
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authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign
and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any
Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in
connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
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(d) |
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An extract from a resolution of the board of directors of each Original Obligor
evidencing due appointment of the committee of the board of directors referred to in
paragraph (c) above. |
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(e) |
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A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (c) above. |
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(f) |
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A certificate of the Company (signed by a director or other authorised
signatory) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total
Revolving Facility Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar
limit binding on any Original Obligor to be exceeded. |
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(g) |
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A certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Original Obligor
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part I of Schedule 2
(Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no
earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
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|
(a) |
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A legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP legal advisers to the Arrangers and the
Agents in England. |
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(b) |
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If an Original Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and
Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Arrangers and Agents or the Company,
as the case may be, in the relevant jurisdiction. |
3. |
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Other documents and evidence |
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(a) |
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Duly executed Fee Letters, this Agreement and the Mandate Letter. |
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(b) |
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Evidence that any agent for service of process referred to in Clause 44.2
(Service of process), if not an Original Obligor, has accepted its appointment. |
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(c) |
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The Original Financial Statements and interim financial statements of the
Company. |
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(d) |
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Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Company pursuant
to Clause 18 (Fees) and Clause 23 (Costs and expenses) have been paid or will be paid by
the first Utilisation Date. |
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(e) |
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Any information that is requested by a Finance Party (acting reasonably) to
ensure compliance with applicable “Know Your Customer” requirements. |
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(f) |
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Evidence of cancellation of the facilities under the 2005 Agreement. |
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(g) |
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A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which
the Facility Agent considers to be reasonably necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Company accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the
transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability
of any Finance Document. |
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Part II
Conditions precedent to Certain Funds Utilisation
1. |
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Evidence that the Acceptance Date (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) has
occurred or will occur on or immediately after the first Certain Funds Utilisation. |
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2. |
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In relation to the Acquisition, projections from the combined Group financial model
substantially in the form already distributed. |
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3. |
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A copy of the Acquisition Documents, including a post Acquisition group structure
chart and a sources and uses statement in a form and substance satisfactory to the Arrangers,
acting reasonably. |
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4. |
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A copy of the shareholder circular to be sent by the Company to its shareholders
(including to the extent that the Acquisition is a Class 1 Acquisition (as defined in the
Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority), a copy of a resolution of the shareholders
of the Company approving the terms of the Acquisition, a shareholders working capital
statement issued for the purposes of the Acquisition, and a copy of the working capital
report) and a copy of the press release announcing that the Company’s shareholders have passed
the resolution(s) set out in such shareholder circular. |
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5. |
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An executed copy of the Tender and Support Agreement. |
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6. |
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An executed copy of the certificate from New River in respect of conditions 2(c), (d)
and (e) as described in Annex 1 of the Acquisition Agreement. |
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7. |
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A certificate of the Company (signed by a director or other authorised signatory)
confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not
cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any Original Obligor to be
exceeded. |
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8. |
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Evidence that the Company has completed a rights issue or other equity issuance in an
amount sufficient to raise gross proceeds of not less than £415,000,000. |
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Part III
Conditions precedent required to be
delivered by an Additional Obligor
1. |
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An Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and the Company. |
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2. |
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A copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional Obligor. |
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3. |
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A copy of a good standing certificate (including verification of tax status) with
respect to each U.S. Obligor, issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State or other
appropriate official of each U.S. Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation. |
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4. |
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A copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or a duly appointed committee of the
board of directors) of the Additional Obligor: |
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(a) |
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approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession
Letter and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute the Accession Letter; |
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(b) |
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authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Accession Letter on
its behalf; and |
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(c) |
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authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or
despatch all other documents and notices (including, in relation to an Additional
Borrower, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in
connection with the Finance Documents. |
5. |
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A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in
paragraph 4 above. |
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6. |
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A certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by a director or other authorised
signatory) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments
would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded. |
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7. |
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A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Additional Obligor certifying that
each copy document listed in this Part III of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct,
complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession
Letter. |
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8. |
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A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the
Facility Agent considers to be reasonably necessary or desirable in connection with the entry
into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Accession Letter or for the
validity and enforceability of any Finance Document. |
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9. |
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If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Obligor. |
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10. |
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A legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Arrangers and the
Agents in England. |
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11. |
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If the Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and
Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Arrangers and the Agents or the Company,
as the case may be, in the jurisdiction in which the Additional Obligor is incorporated. |
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12. |
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If the proposed Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than
England and Wales, evidence that the agent for service of process specified in Clause 44.2
(Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the
proposed Additional Obligor. |
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SCHEDULE 3
Requests
Part I
Utilisation Request — Term Loans and Revolving Loan
From: [Borrower]
To: [Facility Agent]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Shire plc – US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency Term and Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20
February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
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We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning
in this Utilisation Request. |
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2. |
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We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms: |
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Proposed Utilisation Date:
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[ ] (or, if that is not a Business
Day, the next Business Day) |
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Facility to be utilised:
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[Facility A]/[Facility B]*/Revolving Facility* |
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Currency of Loan:
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[ ] |
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Amount:
|
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[ ] or, if less, the Available Facility |
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Interest Period:
|
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[ ] |
3. |
|
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.3 (Further conditions precedent)
is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. |
|
4. |
|
[We confirm that the fees, costs and expenses due from the Company pursuant to Clause
18 (Fees) and Clause 23 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid, or if not, will be paid out of
the Amount specified in paragraph 2 above]** |
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5. |
|
The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account]. |
|
6. |
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This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. |
Yours faithfully
__________________
authorised signatory for
[name of relevant Borrower]
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* |
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delete as appropriate |
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** |
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To be included in the First Utilisation Request |
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Part II
Utilisation Request — Swingline Loan
From: [Borrower]
To: [Swingline Agent]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Shire plc — US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency Term and Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20
February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
|
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning
in this Utilisation Request. |
2. |
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We wish to borrow a Swingline Loan on the following terms: |
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Proposed Utilisation Date:
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[ ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) |
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Facility to be utilised:
|
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Swingline Facility |
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Currency of Loan:
|
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[ ] |
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Amount:
|
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[ ] or, if less, the Available Facility |
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Interest Period:
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[ ] |
3. |
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We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 6.4
(Swingline Lenders’ participation) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. |
4. |
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The proceeds of this Swingline Loan should be credited to [account]. |
5. |
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This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. |
Yours faithfully
____________________
authorised signatory for
[name of relevant Borrower]
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SCHEDULE 4
Mandatory Cost formulae
1. |
|
The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the
cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial
Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its
functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank. |
|
2. |
|
On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the
Facility Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for
each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be
calculated by the Facility Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates
(weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan)
and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. |
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3. |
|
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a
Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Facility
Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Facility Agent
to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s
participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum
reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility
Office. |
|
4. |
|
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United
Kingdom will be calculated by the Facility Agent as follows: |
|
(a) |
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in relation to a sterling Loan: |
AB
+ C(B - D) + E x 0.01 per cent. per annum
100 -
(A + C)
|
(b) |
|
in relation to a Loan in any currency other than sterling: |
E
x 0.01 per cent. per annum.
300
Where:
|
A |
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is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any
stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an
interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio
requirements. |
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B |
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is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the Mandatory Cost
and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest specified in
sub-clause 15.3.1 of Clause 15.3 (Default interest)) payable for the relevant Interest
Period on the Loan. |
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C |
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is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required
from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of
England. |
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|
D |
|
is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Facility
Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits. |
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E |
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is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is
calculated by the Facility Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge
supplied by the Reference Banks to the Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and
expressed in pounds per £1,000,000. |
5. |
|
For the purposes of this Schedule: |
|
(a) |
|
“Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them
from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be
appropriate) by the Bank of England; |
|
|
(b) |
|
“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision
Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect
of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; |
|
|
(c) |
|
“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the
activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee
required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount
rate); and |
|
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(d) |
|
“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in
accordance with, the Fees Rules. |
6. |
|
In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae
as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A
negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting
figures shall be rounded to four decimal places. |
|
7. |
|
If requested by the Facility Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable
after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Facility Agent, the rate
of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the
Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority
(calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs
applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per
£1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank. |
|
8. |
|
Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Facility Agent for the
purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each
Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a
Lender: |
|
(a) |
|
the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and |
|
|
(b) |
|
any other information that the Facility Agent may reasonably require for such
purpose. |
Each Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of any change to the information
provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.
9. |
|
The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of
charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Facility
Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on
the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Facility Agent to the contrary, each
Lender’s |
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|
|
obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as
those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the
same jurisdiction as its Facility Office. |
10. |
|
The Facility Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination
results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be
entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects. |
|
11. |
|
The Facility Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of
the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender
based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above. |
|
12. |
|
Any determination by the Facility Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a
formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall,
in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties. |
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13. |
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The Facility Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Company and the
Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are required to be made to
this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from
time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European
Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its
functions), such changes being consistent with any generally accepted conventions and market
practice in the Relevant Interbank Market, and any such determination shall, in the absence of
manifest or proven error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties. |
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SCHEDULE 5
Form of Transfer Certificate
To: [ ] as Facility Agent
From: [The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)
Dated:
Shire plc – US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20 February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
|
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning
in this Transfer Certificate. |
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2. |
|
We refer to Clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer): |
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(a) |
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The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender
transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s
Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with Clause
30.5 (Procedure for transfer). |
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(b) |
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The proposed Transfer Date is [ ]. |
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(c) |
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The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices
of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 37.2 (Addresses) are set out in the
Schedule. |
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3. |
|
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s
obligations set out in sub-clause 30.4.3 of Clause 30.4 (Limitation of responsibility of
Existing Lenders). |
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4. |
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The New Lender confirms that [it is a Qualifying Lender] [it is not a Qualifying
Lender].1 |
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5. |
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This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has
the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this
Transfer Certificate. |
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6. |
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This Transfer Certificate is governed by English law. |
THE SCHEDULE
Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for
payments,]
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[Existing Lender]
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[New Lender]
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1 Delete as applicable
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This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Facility Agent and the Transfer Date is
confirmed as [ ].
[Facility Agent]
By:
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SCHEDULE 6
Form of Accession Letter
To: [ ] as Facility Agent
From: [Subsidiary] and [Company]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Shire plc – US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency and Term Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20 February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
|
We refer to the Agreement. This is an Accession Letter. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in
this Accession Letter. |
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2. |
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[Subsidiary] agrees to become an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] and to be bound by
the terms of the Agreement as an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] pursuant to Clause [31.2
(Additional Borrowers)]/[Clause 31.4 (Additional Guarantors)] of the Agreement. [Subsidiary]
is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction]. |
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3. |
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[Subsidiary’s] administrative details are as follows: |
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Address: |
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Fax No: |
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Attention: |
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4. |
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This Accession Letter is governed by English law. |
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[This Guarantor Accession Letter is entered into by a deed.] |
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[Company] [Subsidiary]/[New Holdco] |
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SCHEDULE 7
Form of Resignation Letter
To: [ ] as Facility Agent
From: [resigning Obligor] and [Company]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Shire plc – US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency Term and Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20 February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
|
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Resignation Letter. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Resignation Letter unless given a different meaning in
this Resignation Letter. |
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2. |
|
Pursuant to [Clause 31.3 (Resignation of a Borrower)]/[Clause 31.6 (Resignation of a
Guarantor)], we request that [resigning Obligor] be released from its obligations as a
[Borrower]/[Guarantor] under the Agreement. |
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3. |
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We confirm that: |
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(a) |
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no default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request;
and |
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(b) |
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[ ] |
4. |
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This Resignation Letter is governed by English law. |
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[Company] [Subsidiary] |
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By: By: |
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SCHEDULE 8
Form of Compliance Certificate
To: [] as Facility Agent
From: [Company]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Shire plc – US$ 2,300,000,000 Multi-Currency Term and Revolving Facilities Agreement dated 20 February 2007 (the “Agreement”)
1. |
|
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a
different meaning in this Compliance Certificate. |
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2. |
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We confirm that: |
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[insert details of financial covenants and whether the Borrower is in compliance with those
covenants] |
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3. |
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[We confirm that no Default is continuing.] |
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4. |
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We confirm that the Ratio of Net Debt to EBITDA is [•]:1, and that therefore the
Facility A Margin should be [•] per cent. and the Revolving Facility Margin should be [•] per
cent.. |
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Signed: ________________
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________________ |
Director
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Director |
of
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Of |
[Company]
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[Company] |
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SCHEDULE 9
Existing Security
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Name of member of the |
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Total Principal Amount of |
Group |
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Security |
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Indebtedness Secured |
Shire LLC
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Money Market Fund
Account with STI
Classic Funds,
collateral against
equipment leases
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US$5,699,619 |
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SPG Insurance Company Ltd.
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Liquidity Fund account
with Barclays Global
Investors, collateral
against Letter of
Credit issued by
Barclays in favour of
Zurich Insurance
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US$15,264,853 |
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Shire Italy S.p.A.
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Deposit Collateral for
car leasing arrangement
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EUR201,074 |
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Shire Pharmaceuticals
Iberia SL
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Deposit Collateral
against miscellaneous
rental, lease and other
obligations
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EUR127,030 |
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Shire France S.A.
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Deposit Collateral
against office rent and
sub-contractor
obligations
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EUR132,226 |
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Shire Deutschland GmbH &
Co. KG
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Deposit Collateral
against office rent
obligations
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EUR61,804 |
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Shire Holdings AG
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Deposit Collateral
against office rent
obligations
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CHF10,699 |
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Transkaryotic or any of
its Subsidiaries
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Marketable Securities
totalling US$7,821,790
collateral for letters
of credit over lease
obligations
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US$7,821,790 |
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Shire Human Genetic
Therapies Srl
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Research Grant guarantee
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EUR 422,395.25 |
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SCHEDULE 10
Existing Loans
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Name of member of the |
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Total Principal Amount of |
Group |
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Loan |
|
Existing Loans |
Shire LLC
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Loan Facility
between Shire LLC
and ID Biomedical
Corporation
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US$43,103,041 |
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SCHEDULE 11
Existing Financial Indebtedness
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Total Principal Amount of |
Name of member of the |
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Existing Financial |
Group |
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Financial Indebtedness |
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Indebtedness |
Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
|
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Counter Indemnity
from Shire
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
to PNC Bank, NA for
US$68,824 Stand-by
Letter of Credit ref: 18101044-00-000 in
favour of Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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XXx0,000 |
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SPG Insurance Company Ltd.
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Liquidity Fund
account with Barclays
Global Investors,
collateral against
Letter of Credit
issued by Barclays in
favour of Zurich
Insurance
|
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US$15,264,853 |
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Transkaryotic or any of
its Subsidiaries
|
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Marketable Securities
totalling
US$7,821,790
collateral for
letters of credit
over lease
obligations
|
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US$7,821,790 |
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New River
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US$137,750,000 3.50%
Convertible Notes due
2013
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US$137,750,000 |
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SCHEDULE 12
Form of Confidentiality Undertaking
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
PARTIES:
(1) [ ] (“Discloser”); and
(2) [ ] (“Recipient”).
RECITALS
The Discloser is willing to disclose to the Recipient and the Recipient wishes to receive certain
Confidential Information (as defined below) for the Purpose (as defined below) on the terms and
conditions set out in this Agreement.
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
1. |
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
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In this Agreement: |
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Affiliates
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means any company or other entity which directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with a Party, where ‘control’ means the
ownership of more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital or other equity
interest or the legal power to direct or cause the direction of the general management
and policies of such Party, company or other entity; |
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Confidential Information
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means all information, data and any other material relating to
Shire’s and its Affiliates’ business, projects or products, being information: |
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(i) |
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disclosed by
the Discloser or its Representatives to the Recipient
or its Representatives or acquired directly or
indirectly from the Discloser or its Representatives by
the Recipient or its Representatives in each case for
the purposes of or in connection with the Purpose and
whether in written, electronic, oral, visual or other
form; |
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(ii) |
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generated by
way of any analysis, compilations, data studies or
other documents prepared by the Recipient or its
Representatives containing, reflecting or based in
whole or in part on information referred to in (i)
above; and |
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(iii) |
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regarding the
existence, nature or status of any discussions between
the Parties or their Representatives with respect to
the Purpose, including the existence and terms of this
Agreement; |
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Confidential Information shall not include information, data
and any other material that: |
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(a) |
|
is public
knowledge at the time of disclosure under this
Agreement or which subsequently becomes public
knowledge (other than as a result of a breach of this
Agreement or other fault on the part of the Recipient
or its Representatives); or |
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(b) |
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was lawfully in
the possession of the Recipient or its Representatives
prior to its disclosure under this Agreement or which
subsequently comes into its or their possession from a
third party (to the best of its or their knowledge
having made due enquiry, otherwise than in breach of
any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Discloser
or its Representatives, either directly or indirectly); |
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Party and Parties
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means respectively the Discloser or the Recipient or, as the case
may be, both such parties; |
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Purpose
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|
means the use of the Confidential Information to allow [the Parties to discuss the
possibility of the Recipient acquiring] / [the Recipient to
acquire]2 an
interest in a financial facility to Shire; |
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Representatives
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means the Affiliates of each Party and the directors, officers, employees,
agents, representatives, attorneys and advisors of each Party and each Party’s
Affiliates; and |
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Shire
|
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means Shire plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales registered number
05492592, whose registered office is at Hampshire International Business Park,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX. |
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1.2 |
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In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: |
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1.2.1 |
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references to “persons” includes individuals, bodies corporate (wherever
incorporated), unincorporated associations and partnerships; |
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1.2.2 |
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the headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the
construction of the Agreement; |
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1.2.3 |
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references to one gender includes both genders; and |
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1.2.4 |
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a “Party” includes references to that party’s successors and permitted
assigns. |
2. |
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USE AND NON-DISCLOSURE |
2.1 |
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, in consideration of the disclosure of the
Confidential Information by or on behalf of the Discloser to the Recipient or its
Representatives, the Recipient undertakes: |
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2.1.1 |
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not to use the Confidential Information nor allow it to be used by its
Representatives for any purpose other than the Purpose and to cease to use it upon
request by the Discloser; |
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2.1.2 |
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to treat and maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence and
not to directly or indirectly communicate or disclose it in any way to any other person
without the Discloser’s express prior written consent, except to such of the Recipient’s
Representatives who reasonably require access to the Confidential Information for the
Purpose and who are notified of the terms of this Agreement and who owe a duty of
confidence to the Recipient in respect the Confidential Information; |
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2.1.3 |
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to assume responsibility and liability for any breach of the terms of this
Agreement by any of the Recipient’s Representatives (or actions which would amount to
such a breach if the same were party to this Agreement) who have access to the
Confidential Information; and |
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2.1.4 |
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to take all reasonable measures and appropriate safeguards commensurate with
those which the Recipient employs for the protection of its confidential information
(and to procure that all such steps are taken by its Representatives) to maintain the
confidentiality of the Confidential Information, to copy the Confidential Information
only to the extent reasonably necessary to achieve the Purpose and not to permit
unsupervised copying of the Confidential Information. |
2.2 |
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No disclosure or announcement to any third party of the Confidential Information may
be made by the Recipient or on its behalf except where: |
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2.2.1 |
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such disclosure is compelled by a court of law, statute, regulation or
securities exchange; |
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2.2.2 |
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the Discloser has, where practicable, been given sufficient written notice in
advance to enable it to seek protection or confidential treatment of such Confidential
Information; and |
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2.2.3 |
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such disclosure is limited to the extent actually so required. |
3. |
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RIGHTS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
3.1 |
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The Recipient acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement is intended to amount to or
implies any transfer, licence or other grant of rights in relation to the Confidential
Information or any other patents, design right, trade marks, copyright or other intellectual
property rights owned or used by the Discloser. |
3.2 |
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The Discloser and its Representatives give no warranty as to the completeness,
sufficiency or accuracy of the Confidential Information and accepts no liability howsoever
arising from the Recipient’s or its Representatives’ use of the Confidential Information.
Accordingly, neither the Discloser nor its Representatives shall be liable for any direct,
indirect or consequential loss or damage suffered by any person howsoever arising, whether in
contract or tort, as a result of relying on any statement contained in or omitted from the
Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt this clause is without prejudice to the
express terms of any agreement entered into by the Discloser and/or its Representatives in
connection with the Purpose. |
3.3 |
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Nothing in this Agreement shall be or be construed as being an agreement between the
Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to enter into any arrangement or further
agreement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, any such arrangement or agreement
being the subject of separate negotiations. |
3.4 |
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The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential Information and all
copies thereof shall be and remain the exclusive property of the Discloser. The Recipient
shall or shall procure, on the Discloser’s request and at the Discloser’s option, either the
destruction or return of the Confidential Information, without retaining any copies, extracts
or other reproductions in whole or in part thereof other than to the extent required to be
retained for legal or regulatory purposes (in respect of which the Recipient shall remain
under an ongoing duty of confidence). On the Discloser’s request, all Confidential
Information comprising analyses, compilations, data studies or other documents prepared by the
Recipient or its Representatives containing or based in whole or in part on the Confidential
Information received from the Discloser or reflecting the Recipient’s view of such
Confidential Information shall be destroyed by the Recipient save to the extent required to be
retained for legal or regulatory purposes (in respect of which the Recipient shall remain
under an ongoing duty of confidence). Upon request, such return and/or destruction shall be
certified in writing to the Discloser by an authorised officer of the Recipient supervising
such destruction or return. |
4.1 |
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Due to the proprietary nature of the Confidential Information, the Parties understand
and agree that the Discloser or its Affiliates may suffer irreparable harm in the event that
the Recipient fails to comply with any of the obligations contained herein and that monetary
damages alone may not be an adequate remedy to compensate the Discloser or its Affiliates for
such breach. Accordingly, the Parties agree that the Discloser or any of its Affiliates, as
appropriate, shall be entitled to seek the remedies of injunction, specific performance and
other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the obligations contained in
this Agreement. |
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5. |
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DURATION |
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5.1 |
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The term of this Agreement shall be for a period of three (3) years from the date of
disclosure under this Agreement. |
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6. |
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OTHER PROVISIONS |
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6.1 |
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Any variation to this Agreement is only valid if it is in writing and signed by or on
behalf of each party. |
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6.2 |
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This Agreement may not be assigned by a Party without the prior written consent of
the other Party. |
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6.3 |
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Any delay or failure by the Discloser in exercising any right power or privilege
under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right, power or privilege nor shall
any single or partial exercise preclude any future exercise. |
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6.4 |
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The rights and remedies of each of the Parties under or pursuant to this Agreement
are cumulative, may be exercised as often as such Party considers appropriate and are in
addition to its rights and remedies under general law. |
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6.5 |
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The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event that any of the
provisions hereof are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest
extent permitted by law. |
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6.6 |
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A person who is not a party to this Agreement other than the Discloser’s Affiliate
shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any of
its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be varied or terminated by
agreement in writing between the parties or this Agreement may be rescinded (in each case),
without the consent of any such Affiliates. |
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6.7 |
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This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of the Agreement, and all of which, when taken together, shall
be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted
by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or
by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial
appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document
bearing the original signature. |
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6.8 |
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. |
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Signed for and on behalf of
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Signature
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Signed for and on behalf of
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Signature
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SCHEDULE 13
Timetables
Revolving and Term Loans
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Loans in |
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Loans in |
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domestic |
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Loans in |
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other |
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Loans in euro |
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sterling |
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dollars |
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currencies |
Facility Agent
notifies the
Company if a
currency is
approved as an
Optional Currency
in accordance with
Clause 4.4
(Conditions
relating to
Optional
Currencies)
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—
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—
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U-4 |
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Delivery of a duly
completed
Utilisation Request
(Clause 5.1
(Delivery of a
Utilisation
Request))
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U-3
2.00pm
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U
9.30am
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U-1
2.00pm
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U-3
2.00pm |
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Facility Agent
determines (in
relation to a
Utilisation) the
Base Currency
Amount of the Loan,
if required under
Clause 5.4
(Lenders’
participation)
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U-3
3.30pm
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U
10.00am
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U-1
3.30pm
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U-3
3.30pm |
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Facility Agent
notifies the
Lenders of the Loan
in accordance with
Clause 5.4
(Lenders’
participation)
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U-3
5.00pm
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U
10.30am
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U-1
3.30pm
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U-3
5.00pm |
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LIBOR is fixed
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Quotation Day as of
11:00 a.m. London
time
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Quotation Day as of
11:00 a.m.
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Quotation Day as of
11:00 a.m.
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Quotation Day as of
11:00 a.m. |
Swingline Loans
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Loans in euro |
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Loans in Dollars |
Delivery of a duly completed
Utilisation Request (Clause 6.2
(Delivery of a Utilisation
Request for Swingline Loans))
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U
10.00am
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U
11.00am (New York time) |
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Swingline Agent determines (in
relation to a Utilisation) the
Base Currency Amount of the
Swingline Loan, if required
under Clause 6.4 (Swingline
Lenders’ Participation) and
notifies each Swingline Lender
of the amount of its
participation in the Swingline
Loan under Clause 6.4
(Swingline Lenders
Participation)
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U
11.00am
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U
1.00pm (New York time) |
“U” = date of utilisation
“U — X” = X Business Days prior to date of utilisation
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SIGNATURES
SHIRE PLC
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By: |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Address:
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Hampshire International Business Park |
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Chineham |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX |
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Contact: Group Treasurer (copy to Legal Department) |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)0000 000000 |
The Original Borrower
SHIRE PLC
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By: |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Address:
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Hampshire International Business Park |
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Chineham |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX |
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Contact: Group Treasurer (copy to Legal Department) |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)0000 000000 |
The Original Guarantor
SHIRE PLC
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Address:
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Hampshire International Business Park |
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Chineham |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX |
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Contact: Group Treasurer (copy to Legal Department) |
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The Arrangers
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxx |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
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By:
/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED
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By: |
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Address:
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Citigroup Centre |
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00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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By:
/s/ Victoria Read, Associate Director |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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The Original Term Lenders
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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/s/ X.X. Xxxxx |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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Citigroup Centre |
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33 Canada Square |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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By: |
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/s/ Victoria Read, Associate
Director |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
The Original Revolving Lenders
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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By: |
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/s/ X.X. Xxxxx |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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Citigroup Centre |
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33 Canada Square |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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By: /s/ Victoria
Read, Associate Director |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
The Original Dollar Swingline Lenders
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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By: /s/ X.
X. Xxxxx |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: /s/ [signature
omitted] |
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Address:
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c/o Barclays Group Inc., |
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Client Services Unit as US Dollar Funding Administrator, |
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00xx Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxx, |
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 XXX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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CITICORP USA, INC.
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By: /s/ [signature
omitted] |
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Address:
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0 Xxxxx Xxx, |
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Xxx Xxxxxx XX. 00000 |
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XXX |
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Contact: x0 000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x0 000 000 0000 |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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By: /s/ Victoria
Read, Associate Director |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
The Original Euro Swingline Lenders
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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By: /s/ X.X.
Xxxxx |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: /s/ [signature
omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON
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By:
/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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Citigroup Centre |
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33 Canada Square |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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By:
/s/ Victoria Read, Associate Director |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
The Facility Agent
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By:
/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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The Dollar Swingline Agent
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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c/o Barclays Group Inc., |
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Client Services Unit as US Dollar Funding Administrator, |
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00xx Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxx, |
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 XXX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
The Euro Swingline Agent
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: |
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/s/ [signature omitted] |
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Address:
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5 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Contact: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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Facsimile: x00 (0)000 000 0000 |
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