FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2007 among BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION BROWN-FORMAN BEVERAGES, EUROPE, LTD The Other Borrowing Subsidiaries Parties Hereto The Lenders Party Hereto BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent CITICORP...
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 30, 2007
among
XXXXX-XXXXXX CORPORATION
XXXXX-XXXXXX BEVERAGES, EUROPE, LTD
The Other Borrowing Subsidiaries Parties Hereto
The Lenders Party Hereto
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
as Syndication Agent
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
NATIONAL CITY BANK and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
NATIONAL CITY BANK and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
and
X. X. XXXXXX EUROPE LIMITED,
as London Agent
as London Agent
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
[CS&M No. 6701-228]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally |
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SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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SECTION 1.05. Currency Translation |
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ARTICLE II |
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The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure |
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SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections |
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SECTION 2.08. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.09. Extension of Maturity Date |
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SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.12. Fees |
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SECTION 2.13. Interest |
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SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest |
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SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs |
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SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments |
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SECTION 2.17. Taxes |
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SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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SECTION 2.20. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries |
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ARTICLE III |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Contents, p. 2
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers |
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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SECTION 3.07. Investment Company Status |
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SECTION 3.08. Taxes |
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SECTION 3.09. ERISA |
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SECTION 3.10. Disclosure |
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ARTICLE IV |
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Conditions |
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date |
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SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event |
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SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary |
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ARTICLE V |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information |
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events |
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SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
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SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
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SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds |
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ARTICLE VI |
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Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 6.01. Subsidiary Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.02. Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
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SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 6.05. Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 6.06. Interest Coverage Ratio |
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Contents, p. 3
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ARTICLE VII |
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Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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The Agents |
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ARTICLE IX |
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Guarantee |
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ARTICLE X |
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Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 10.01. Notices |
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SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments |
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SECTION 10.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 10.05. Survival |
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SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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SECTION 10.07. Severability |
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SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff |
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SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 10.11. Headings |
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SECTION 10.12. Confidentiality |
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SECTION 10.13. Interest Rate Limitation |
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SECTION 10.14. Conversion of Currencies |
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SECTION 10.15. USA Patriot Act |
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SECTION 10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship |
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Schedules: |
Schedule 2.01 — Commitments |
Schedule 2.05 — Issuing Banks and LC Commitments |
Schedule 3.05 — Disclosed Matters |
Schedule 6.01 — Existing Subsidiary Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens |
Schedule 6.05 — Transactions with Affiliates |
Contents, p. 4
Exhibits: |
Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B-1 — Form of Opinion of Bass, Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC, counsel for the Borrowers |
Exhibit B-2 — Form of Opinion of Lovells, English counsel for the Borrowers |
Exhibit C — Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement |
Exhibit D — Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination |
Exhibit E — Form of Accession Agreement |
Exhibit F — Form of Maturity Date Extension Request |
Exhibit G — Mandatory Costs Rate |
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2007 (the
“Agreement”), among XXXXX-XXXXXX CORPORATION (the
“Company”), a Delaware corporation; XXXXX-XXXXXX BEVERAGES,
EUROPE, LTD, an English company; the other BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES from
time to time party hereto (the Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries
being collectively called the “Borrowers”); the LENDERS party
hereto; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent; CITICORP NORTH
AMERICA, INC., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NATIONAL CITY BANK and WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Co-Documentation Agents; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A., as Administrative Agent; and X.X. XXXXXX EUROPE LIMITED, as London
Agent.
The Company (such term and each other capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein
having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) has requested the Lenders to extend credit to
enable the Borrowers (a) to borrow on a revolving credit basis on and after the Effective Date and
at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date an aggregate principal amount not in
excess of Eight Hundred Million Dollars (US$800,000,000) at any time outstanding (which principal
amount may be increased by an amount not in excess of Four Hundred Million Dollars (US$400,000,000)
as provided in Section 2.08(d)), (b) to obtain Letters of Credit and (c) to provide a procedure
under which Lenders may bid on an uncommitted basis on short-term borrowings by the Borrowers
maturing on or prior to the Maturity Date. The proceeds of such borrowings will be used for
working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company and the Subsidiaries and to provide
liquidity in connection with any commercial paper program of the Borrowers. Letters of Credit will
be used for general corporate purposes of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate.
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“Accession Agreement” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit E among an Increasing Lender, the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Adjusted EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period
and (b) the Mandatory Costs Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means (a) with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing denominated in US
Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the LIBO
Rate for US Dollars for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate and (b)
with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing denominated in any Alternative Currency for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the LIBO Rate for such currency and such
Interest Period plus (ii) the Mandatory Costs Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the London Agent.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a)
the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Alternative Currency” means Euro, Sterling and any other currency, other than US
Dollars, (a) that is freely available, freely transferable and freely convertible into US Dollars,
(b) in which dealings in deposits are carried on in the London interbank market and (c) that has
been designated by the Administrative Agent at the request of the Company, in a notice to the
Lenders, as an Alternative Currency.
“Applicable Agent” means (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US
Dollars or any Letter of Credit, and with respect to any payment hereunder that does not relate to
a particular Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent, and (b) with respect to
a Loan or Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, the London Agent.
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“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in
effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Loan or
EURIBOR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the facility fees or letter of credit participation fees
payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the
caption “LIBOR/EURIBOR Margin”, “Facility Fee” or “Letter of Credit Participation Fee”, as the case
may be, based upon the ratings by S&P and Xxxxx’x, respectively, applicable on such date to the
Index Debt and the Utilization Percentage on such date:
LIBOR/EURIBOR | Letter of Credit | |||||||||||||||||||||
Margin | Participation Fees | |||||||||||||||||||||
Utilization | Utilization | Utilization | Utilization | |||||||||||||||||||
Percentage | Percentage | Percentage | Percentage | |||||||||||||||||||
Facility Fee | £50% | >50% | £50% | >50% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratings | (% per | (% per | (% per | (% per | (% per | |||||||||||||||||
(S&P/Xxxxx’x) | annum) | annum) | annum) | annum) | annum) | |||||||||||||||||
Category 1
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³AA-/Aa3 | 0.040 | % | 0.110 | % | 0.160 | % | 0.110 | % | 0.160 | % | |||||||||||
Category 2
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A+/A1 | 0.045 | % | 0.130 | % | 0.180 | % | 0.130 | % | 0.180 | % | |||||||||||
Category 3
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A/A2 | 0.050 | % | 0.150 | % | 0.200 | % | 0.150 | % | 0.200 | % | |||||||||||
Category 4
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A-/A3 | 0.060 | % | 0.190 | % | 0.240 | % | 0.190 | % | 0.240 | % | |||||||||||
Category 5
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BBB+/Baa1 | 0.080 | % | 0.270 | % | 0.320 | % | 0.270 | % | 0.320 | % | |||||||||||
Category 6
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<BBB+/Baa1 | 0.100 | % | 0.350 | % | 0.400 | % | 0.350 | % | 0.400 | % |
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Xxxxx’x or S&P shall not have in effect a
rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last
sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating
in Category 6; (ii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Xxxxx’x and
S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based
on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Categories lower than
the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next
above that of the lower of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by Xxxxx’x and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of
a change in the rating system of Xxxxx’x or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on
which it is first publicly announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the
Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and
ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating
system of Xxxxx’x or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the
business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good
faith to amend this definition to reflect such
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changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending
the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to
the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, the present
value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than
amounts required to be paid on account of taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments,
utilities, operating and labor costs and other items which do not constitute payments for property
rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction
(including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is
terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of
the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be
terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the penalty, but
no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date
upon which it may be so terminated) or the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such
termination.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Backstopped Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit the obligations of the
applicable Borrower (and any other account party thereunder) in respect of which shall have been
(a) collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with the applicable Issuing Bank or (b) supported
by a letter of credit issued by a commercial bank that names the applicable Issuing Bank as the
beneficiary thereunder, in each case in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank. No
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a Backstopped Letter of Credit unless the Issuing Bank that
is the issuer of such Letter of Credit shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written
consent thereto.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
“Borrower” means the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and to the same Borrower, made,
converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Competitive Loan
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or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type and to the same Borrower made on the same date
and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Minimum” means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars,
US$5,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Alternative Currency, the
smallest amount of such Alternative Currency that is a multiple of 1,000,000 units of such currency
that has a US Dollar Equivalent of US$5,000,000 or more.
“Borrowing Multiple” means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars,
US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Alternative Currency, 1,000,000
units of such currency.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by a Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.
“Borrowing Subsidiary” means Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Beverages, Europe, Ltd and each other
Subsidiary that has been designated as a Borrowing Subsidiary pursuant to Section 2.20 and that has
not ceased to be a Borrowing Subsidiary as provided in such Section.
“Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit C.
“Borrowing Subsidiary Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided, that (a) when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan in any currency, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks in London are not open for general
business, (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks in London are not open for general business and any day on which the
Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system is not
open for the settlement of payments in Euros, and (c) when used in connection with a Loan to any
Borrower organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or the United Kingdom,
the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in the jurisdiction of
organization of such Borrower are not open for general business.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of shares
representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company, other than descendants of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx and their
respective family members and descendants, or entities controlled by, or trusts for the benefit of,
any of them, including family and charitable trusts; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i)
nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or
(c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Company by any Person or group, other than
descendants of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx and their respective family members and descendants, or entities
controlled by, or trusts for the benefit of, any of them, including family and charitable trusts.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date
of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)
compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending
office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding
company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Competitive Loans.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an
amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Sections
2.08 or pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial amount
of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial
aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$800,000,000.
“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.
“Competitive Bid” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance
with Section 2.04.
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“Competitive Bid Rate” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or the
Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
“Competitive Bid Request” means a request by a Borrower for Competitive Bids in
accordance with Section 2.04.
“Competitive Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Competitive Loan Exposure” means the sum of the principal amounts of the outstanding
Competitive Loans.
“Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
“Consolidated Assets” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of assets (less
applicable accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization and other reserves and other
properly deductible items) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all as set forth in the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP,
included in the periodic reports of the Company filed with the SEC.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net
Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax
expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such
period, (iv) all extraordinary non-cash charges for such period and (v) all non-cash charges
associated with employee compensation for such period, minus (b) without duplication and to the
extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, all extraordinary gains for such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. In the event that the
Company or any Subsidiary shall have completed an acquisition or disposition of any material
Person, division or business unit since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated EBITDA
shall be determined for such period on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or
disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning
of such period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense
(including that properly attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and amortization of
debt discount and debt issuance costs) of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
including all capitalized interest, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financings and net costs under interest rate
protection agreements (including amortization of discount), all as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary shall have
completed an acquisition or disposition of any material Person, division or business unit since the
beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for
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such period on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or disposition, and
any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company
and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Party” means the Company, in its capacity as a Borrower and as a guarantor of
the Obligations of the other Borrowers pursuant to Article IX, and each Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Declining Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has defaulted in its
obligation to make a Revolving Loan or to fund its participation in a Letter of Credit required to
be made or funded by it hereunder, if such default has not been remedied by such Lender at such
time.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed on Schedule 3.05.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).
“Environmental Laws” means all material laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or
reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual
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arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day
notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a
plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the
receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning
the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period,
(a) the applicable Screen Rate or (b) if no Screen Rate is available for such Interest Period, the
arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places), supplied to the
Administrative Agent at its request by the Reference Banks (or such of the Reference Banks as shall
supply such rates in response to such request), quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in
the European interbank market for the offering of deposits in Euro for a period comparable to the
Interest Period for such Borrowing, in each case as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.
“EURIBOR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted EURIBO Rate.
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency unit of the member States of the
European Community that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in accordance with
legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
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“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange Rate” means, on any day, for purposes of determining the US Dollar
Equivalent of any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be
exchanged into US Dollars at the time of determination on such day as set forth on the Reuters WRLD
Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters WRLD Page, the
Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for
displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company, or, in
the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the
spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency
exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or as near as
practicable to such time of determination, on such day for the purchase of US Dollars for delivery
two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any
reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method
it reasonably deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Agent, Lender, Issuing Bank or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation hereunder, (a) income or
franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located,
(b) any branch profit taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by
any other jurisdiction in which such recipient is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender,
any withholding tax that is imposed by the United States of America (or any political subdivision
thereof) on payments by the Company or a Borrowing Subsidiary organized in the United States of
America from an office within such jurisdiction to the extent such tax is in effect and applicable
to such payments on the date hereof or at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure
to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if
any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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“Financial Officer” means (a) with respect to the Company, the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, principal corporate finance officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Company, and (b) with respect to any
other Borrower, a Financial Officer of the Company, individually or together with any director or
chief financial officer of such Borrower.
“Fixed Rate” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a LIBOR
Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such
Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“Fixed Rate Loan” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed Rate.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States of America, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other similar governmental
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.
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“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange
rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(d).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) all debt obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other
title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of
such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or
for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g)
all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, other than
letters of credit arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business supporting accounts
payable, and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’
acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is
liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such
entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the
Company that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated March
2007 relating to the Company and the Transactions.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the relevant Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any LIBOR Loan or EURIBOR Loan, the last
day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the
case of a LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’
duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate
Loan, the last
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day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in
the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of
such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first day of such
Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request
as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing.
“Interest Period” means (a) with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing,
the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day
in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower
may elect, and (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less
than seven days or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided that (i) if any Interest
Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing only,
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period
pertaining to a LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last
calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar
month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the
date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be
the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and each other Lender that shall have
become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.05(j) (other than any Person that shall
have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.05(k)), each in its capacity as an
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one
or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term
“Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such
Affiliate.
“Issuing Bank Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.05(j).
“LC Commitment” shall mean, as to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing
Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05. The initial amount of each Issuing
Bank’s LC Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.05 or in such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank
Agreement.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by any Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of
Credit.
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“LC Exposure” means, at any time, (a) the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the
undrawn amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Backstopped Letters of Credit) at such time plus (b) the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents
of the amounts of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the
applicable Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.
“Lender Affiliate” means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such
Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an
Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement,
other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued and outstanding under this
Agreement.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing denominated in any currency for
any Interest Period, (a) the applicable Screen Rate or (b) if no Screen Rate is available for such
Interest Period, the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places),
supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request by the Reference Banks (or such of the
Reference Banks as shall supply such rates in response to such request), quoted by the Reference
Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market for the offering of deposits in such currency
for a period comparable to the Interest Period for such Borrowing, in each case as of the Specified
Time on the Quotation Day.
“LIBOR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing, LIBO Rate.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call
or similar right (other than rights of first refusal or first offer, which shall not be a Lien) of
a third party with respect to such securities.
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“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Local Time” means (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US Dollars
or any Letter of Credit, New York City time, and (b) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing
denominated in an Alternative Currency, London time.
“London Agent” means X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, in its capacity as London agent for
the Lenders hereunder, or any successor appointed in accordance with Article VIII.
“Mandatory Costs Rate” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit G.
“Margin” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based
on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO
Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Competitive Loan, as specified by the
Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the financial
condition or results of operation of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the
rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under this Agreement.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding US$25,000,000. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum
aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary
would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Maturity Date” means April 30, 2012, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section
2.09.
“Maturity Date Extension Request” means a request by the Company, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for
the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.09.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor by merger or
consolidation to its business.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Obligations” means, with respect to any Borrower, the due and punctual payment of (i)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest
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accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to
such Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set
for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by such Borrower under this
Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of
reimbursement of LC Disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and
(iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether
primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of such Borrower under this
Agreement.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Company 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.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.
“Principal Property” means all property located in the United States of America
directly engaged in the manufacturing activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the inventory
and accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, wherever located, and the capital
stock or other equity interests owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Quotation Day” means (a) with respect to any currency (other than Sterling and Euro)
for any Interest Period, two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, (b) with
respect to Sterling for any Interest Period, the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with
respect to Euro for any Interest Period, the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such
Interest Period, in each case unless market
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practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for any currency, in which case the
Quotation Day for such currency shall be determined by the Applicable 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 shall be the
last of those days).
“Reference Banks” means, in relation to LIBOR, EURIBOR and Mandatory Cost Rate, the
principal London offices of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., or
such other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Interbank Market” means (a) with respect to any currency other than Euros,
the London interbank market and (b) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to
be due and payable pursuant to Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and
payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Competitive
Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in
determining the Required Lenders; provided, further, however, that the
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in
the determination of Required Lenders at any time.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at
such time, without duplication, of (a) the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of such
Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans and (b) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Sale-Leaseback Transactions” means any arrangement whereby the Company or a
Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business,
whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease property that it intends to
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred;
provided that any such arrangement entered into within 180 days after the acquisition,
construction or substantial improvement of the subject property shall not be deemed to be a
“Sale-Leaseback Transaction”.
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“Screen Rate” means (a) in respect of the LIBO Rate for any currency for any Interest
Period, the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for such currency and such
Interest Period as set forth on the applicable page of the Telerate Service (and if such page is
replaced or such service ceases to be available, another page or service displaying the appropriate
rate designated by the Applicable Agent) and (b) in respect of the EURIBO Rate for any Interest
Period, the percentage per annum determined by the Banking Federation of the European Union for
such Interest Period as set forth on the applicable page of the Telerate Service (and if such page
is replaced or such service ceases to be available, another page or service displaying the
appropriate rate designated by the Applicable Agent).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to the functions of said Commission.
“Significant Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the SEC, as such rule may be amended or modified and
in effect from time to time.
“Specified Time” means (a) with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time and
(b) with respect to the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves)
expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for
LIBOR funding (currently referred to as “LIBOR Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such
reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. LIBOR Loans shall
be deemed to constitute LIBOR funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time
to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the
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ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general
partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such
date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the
other Borrowers of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of proceeds thereof and the
issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing, the
LIBO Rate or a Fixed Rate.
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.
“US Borrowing Subsidiary” means any Borrowing Subsidiary that is a US Subsidiary.
“US Dollar Equivalent” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any
amount in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in any Alternative Currency,
the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time in
effect under the provisions of such Section.
“US Dollars” or “US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
“US Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Utilization Percentage” means the percentage produced by dividing (i) the Revolving
Credit Exposures by (ii) the total Commitments, unless the Commitments shall have been terminated,
in which case the Utilization Percentage shall be 100%.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement,
Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving
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Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
“Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the
context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent
that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of
such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders
request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
SECTION 1.05. Currency Translation. The Administrative Agent shall determine the US
Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency as of the date of the
commencement of the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date of the commencement of each
subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such currency in
relation to US Dollars in effect on the date that is three Business Days prior to the date on which
the applicable Interest Period shall commence, and each such amount shall be the US Dollar
Equivalent of such Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this sentence.
The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency as of the date such Letter of Credit is issued,
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amended to
increase its face amount, extended or renewed and as of the last Business
Day of each subsequent calendar quarter, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such
currency in relation to US Dollars in effect on the date that is three Business Days prior to the
date on which such Letter of Credit is issued, amended to increase its face amount, extended or
renewed and as of the last Business Day of such subsequent calendar quarter, as the case may be,
and each such amount shall, except as provided in the last sentence of this Section, be the US
Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to
this sentence. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of each
calculation of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Borrowing or Letter of Credit. For purposes of
Article VI and the definitions employed therein, amounts in currencies other than US Dollars shall
be translated into US Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the Company’s annual
and quarterly financial statements.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries, denominated in
US Dollars or Alternative Currencies, from time to time during the Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding its Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the
Competitive Loan Exposure exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of
a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments
and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other
Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be
comprised entirely of ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request in
accordance herewith, (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely
of EURIBOR Loans, (iii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency other than
Euros shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Loans and (iv) each Competitive Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of Loans bearing interest based on the LIBO Rate or Fixed Rate Loans, as the
applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any
Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of
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such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that (A) any exercise of such option shall not
affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and (B) the Borrowers shall not be required to reimburse such Lender under
Section 2.17 for Taxes incurred by reason of the making by any Lender of any Loan through an
office, branch or Affiliate if such Lender could have made such Loan through another of its
offices, branches or Affiliates and, in the judgment of such Lender, (x) doing so would have
eliminated or reduced amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.17 and (y) not subjected such Lender to
any unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise been disadvantageous to such Lender.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or EURIBOR
Revolving Borrowing, and at the time each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the
Borrowing Minimum; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount
that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments or that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Borrowings of more than
one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be
more than a total of 10 LIBOR Revolving Borrowings and EURIBOR Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled
to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing,
the applicable Borrower (or the Company on its behalf, with each Subsidiary Borrower hereby
appointing and authorizing the Company to act on its behalf for the purpose of such request) shall
notify the Applicable Agent by telephone, confirmed promptly by hand delivery or fax to such
Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
signed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or by a Financial Officer of the Company
on behalf of the applicable Borrower ) (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated
in US Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative
Currency or a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business
Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, and (c) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing,
not later than 11:30 a.m., Local Time, the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic
and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section
2.02:
(a) the Borrower requesting such Borrowing (or on whose behalf the Company is
requesting such Borrowing);
(b) the currency and the principal amount of such Borrowing;
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(c) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(d) the Type of such Borrowing;
(e) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”;
(f) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed, which
shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06; and
(g) in the case of a Borrowing by a Borrowing Subsidiary that is not a US Borrowing
Subsidiary, the jurisdiction from which payments of the principal and interest on such
Borrowing will be made.
Any Borrowing Request that shall fail to specify any of the information required by the
preceding provisions of this Section may be rejected by the Applicable Agent if such failure is not
corrected promptly after the Applicable Agent shall give written or telephonic notice thereof to
the applicable Borrower, and, if so rejected, will be of no force or effect. Promptly following
receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise
each Lender that will make a Loan as part of the requested Borrowing of the details thereof and of
the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period any Borrower may request Competitive
Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive
Loans denominated in US Dollars; provided that (i) the sum of the total Revolving Credit
Exposures plus the Competitive Loan Exposure at any time shall not exceed the total Commitments or
(ii) in the event the Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section 2.09, the sum
of the LC Exposures attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing Maturity Date and
the Competitive Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed the aggregate
Commitments that have been extended to a date after the expiration date of the last of such Letters
of Credit and the maturity of the last of such Competitive Loans. To request Competitive Bids, the
applicable Borrower (or the Company on its behalf, with each Subsidiary Borrower hereby appointing
and authorizing the Company to act on its behalf for the purpose of such request) shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone, (x) in the case of a Borrowing that is to bear
interest based on the LIBO Rate, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, four Business Days before
the date of the proposed Borrowing and (y) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than
10:00 a.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing;
provided that the applicable Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) three
Competitive Bid Requests on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within
five Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such
previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in
response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic
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Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or fax to the
Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent and signed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or by a Financial Officer of
the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower). Each such telephonic and written Competitive
Bid Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrower requesting the Competitive Bid (or on whose behalf the Company is
requesting the Competitive Bid);
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing bearing interest based on the LIBO
Rate or a Fixed Rate Borrowing;
(v) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed, which
shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06; and
(vii) in the case of a Competitive Bid Request made by a Borrowing Subsidiary that is
not a US Borrowing Subsidiary, the jurisdiction from which payments of the principal and
interest on the requested Borrowing will be made.
Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by fax, inviting the Lenders
to submit Competitive Bids.
(b) Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids
in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form
approved by the Applicable Agent and must be received by the Administrative Agent by fax, in the
case of a Competitive Borrowing bearing interest based on the LIBO Rate, not later than 9:30 a.m.,
Local Time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing and (ii) in
the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., Local Time, on the proposed date of
such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the form
approved by the Administrative Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each
Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be in a minimum amount equal to
the Borrowing Minimum and an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and which may equal the
entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested) of the Competitive Loan or Loans
that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is
prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a
decimal to
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no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan
and the last day thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify, not later than 10:30 a.m., Local Time, on the date
on which Competitive Bids are due, the applicable Borrower by fax of the Competitive Bid Rate and
the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall
have made such Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph, the applicable Borrower (or the Company
on its behalf) may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. The applicable Borrower (or the Company
on its behalf) shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by fax in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject
each Competitive Bid, in the case of a Competitive Borrowing bearing interest based on the LIBO
Rate, not later than 11:30 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such
Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:30 a.m., Local
Time, on the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing; provided that (i) the failure of
the applicable Borrower (or the Company on its behalf) to give such notice shall be deemed to be a
rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the applicable Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid
made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if such Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made at a
lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the
applicable Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing
specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with
clause (iii) above, the applicable Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid
Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid
Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v)
except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan
unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount equal to the Borrowing Minimum and an
integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided further that if a Competitive Loan
must be in an amount less than the Borrowing Minimum on the date of the applicable Competitive Bid
Request because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum
of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the pro rata allocation of
acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant
to clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner
determined by the applicable Borrower. Each Subsidiary Borrower hereby appoints and authorizes the
Company to act on its behalf as set forth in this paragraph. A notice given by or on behalf of a
Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by fax whether or not
its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so
accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been
accepted.
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(f) If the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates shall elect to submit a Competitive
Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the applicable
Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are
required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section.
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, any Borrower may request any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit
(or to amend, renew or extend outstanding Letters of Credit) denominated in US Dollars, Sterling,
Euro or any other Alternative Currency approved for such purpose by the Applicable Agent and the
applicable Issuing Bank, for its own account or, so long as the Company is a joint and several
co-applicant with respect thereto, for the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Applicable Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to
time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by a Borrower to, or entered into by a Borrower with, an
Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control. The Company unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of
Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary as provided in the first sentence of this
paragraph, the Company will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements, the
payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.12(b) to the same extent as
if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Company hereby
irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor of the
obligations of any Subsidiary that shall be an account party in respect of any such Letter of
Credit).
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter
of Credit), a Borrower shall deliver (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for
doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the Applicable
Agent, reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, a
notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall
comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount and currency of such Letter of Credit, the
name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable the applicable Issuing Bank to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of
Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower also shall submit a
letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form (which form shall be reasonably
acceptable to such Borrower) in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of
Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension of each Letter of Credit the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC
Exposure shall not exceed
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US$100,000,000, (ii) the amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by
the applicable Issuing Bank will not exceed the LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank, (iii) the sum
of the Revolving Credit Exposures and the Competitive Loan Exposure will not exceed the aggregate
Commitments, (iv) the Revolving Credit Exposure of each Lender will not exceed the Commitment of
such Lender and (v) in the event the Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section
2.09, the sum of the LC Exposures attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing
Maturity Date and the Competitive Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed
the total Commitments that have been extended to a date after the expiration date of the last of
such Letters of Credit and the maturity of the last of such Competitive Loans. If the Required
Lenders notify the Issuing Banks that an Event of Default (or, with respect to the issuance or
extension of, or an amendment increasing the face amount of, any Letter of Credit, a Default)
exists and instruct the Issuing Banks to suspend the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
Letters of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit without
the consent of the Required Lenders until such notice is withdrawn by the Required Lenders (and
each Lender that shall have delivered such a notice agrees promptly to withdraw it at such time as
it determines that no Event of Default (or, as applicable, no Default) exists).
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of
Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. A Letter of
Credit may provide for automatic renewals for additional periods of up to one year subject to a
right on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal from occurring by
giving notice to the beneficiary during a specified period in advance of any such renewal, and the
failure of such Issuing Bank to give such notice by the end of such period shall for all purposes
hereof be deemed an extension of such Letter of Credit; provided that in no event shall any
Letter of Credit, as extended from time to time, expire after the date that is five Business Days
prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a
Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the applicable Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender,
and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit
equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage from time to time of the aggregate amount available to
be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account
of such Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such
Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph
(e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the applicable
Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter
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of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Applicable Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, in the currency of such LC Disbursement,
not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if such
Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on
such date, or, if such notice has not been received by such Borrower prior to such time on such
date, then not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on (i) the Business Day that such Borrower
receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of
receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that such Borrower receives such
notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided
that, in the case of an LC Disbursement in US Dollars, the applicable Borrower may, subject to the
conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment
be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed,
such Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting
ABR Revolving Borrowing. If such Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Applicable
Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the amount and currency of the
payment then due from such Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Applicable Agent
its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from such Borrower, in the same manner as
provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Applicable
Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.
Promptly following receipt by the Applicable Agent of any payment from a Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph, the Applicable Agent shall distribute such payment to such Issuing Bank or, to the
extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank,
then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a
Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other
than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and
shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. Each Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the
applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document
that does not
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strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or
circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of
setoff against, the applicable Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Agents, the Lenders,
any Issuing Bank or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by
reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or
failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or
delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit
(including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank;
provided that nothing in this Section shall be construed to excuse an Issuing Bank from
liability to the applicable Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by each Borrower to the extent
permitted by applicable law) suffered by such Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s
failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally
determined by a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing
and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of
Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such
documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information
to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not
in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following
its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a
Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Borrower by telephone (confirmed by fax) of such demand for payment and whether such
Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure
to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation
to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless
the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC
Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that such Borrower
reimburses such LC Disbursement at (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in US
Dollars, the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and (ii) in the case of an LC
Disbursement denominated in any Alternative Currency, a rate per annum reasonably determined by the
applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent
its cost
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of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to determine interest applicable to LIBOR or
EURIBOR Revolving Loans; provided that, if such Borrower fails to reimburse such LC
Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(e) shall apply.
Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing
Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such
Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposures
representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash
collateral pursuant to this paragraph, each applicable Borrower shall deposit in respect of each
outstanding Letter of Credit issued for such Borrower’s account (or, in the case of the Company,
with respect to which it is a co-applicant), in an account with the Applicable Agent, in the name
of the Applicable Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank, an
amount in cash and in the currency of such Letter of Credit equal to the portion of the LC Exposure
attributable to such Letter of Credit as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
provided that the obligation to cash collateralize shall become effective immediately, and
such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind,
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company or any Borrower described
in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Each such deposit shall be held by the Applicable Agent as
collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under this
Agreement. The Applicable Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive
right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such
deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Applicable Agent
and at the Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Monies in such account
shall be applied by the Applicable Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Banks for LC
Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the LC Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of
Lenders with LC Exposures representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of LC Exposure), be
applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. If the Borrowers are
required to provide cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default,
such cash collateral (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrowers
within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(j) Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the Company may by
notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders designate as additional Issuing Banks one or
more Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Lender of
any appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement (an “Issuing
Bank Agreement”), which
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shall be in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent, that shall set
forth the LC Commitment of such Lender and shall be executed by such Lender, the Company and the
Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Lender
shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii)
references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Lender in its capacity
as an Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank Agreement of any Issuing Bank may limit the currencies in
which and the Borrowers for the accounts of which such Issuing Bank will issue Letters of Credit,
and any such limitations will, as to such Issuing Bank, be deemed to be incorporated in this
Agreement.
(k) Termination of an Issuing Bank. The Company may terminate the appointment of any
Issuing Bank as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of
(i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the 10th Business Day following
the date of the delivery thereof. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the
Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant
to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such termination, the terminated
Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations
of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to
such replacement, but shall not issue additional Letters of Credit.
(l) Issuing Bank Reports. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each
Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to each Business
Day on which such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of
such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the currencies and face amounts of the Letters
of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), it
being understood that such Issuing Bank shall not effect any issuance, renewal, extension or
amendment resulting in an increase in the aggregate amount of the Letters of Credit issued by it
without first obtaining written confirmation from the Administrative Agent that such increase is
then permitted under this Agreement (which confirmation, if true, shall be promptly delivered by
the Administrative Agent), (ii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC
Disbursement, the date, currency and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iii) on any Business Day on
which the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to
such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC
Disbursement and (iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(m) Backstopped Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this Section, in the event that (i) an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative
Agent a written consent to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank being designated as a
Backstopped Letter of Credit and (ii) the Company and the Issuing Bank shall have provided to the
Administrative Agent evidence,
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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, demonstrating that the arrangements with respect to
such Letter of Credit satisfy the requirements set forth in the definition of the term “Backstopped
Letter of Credit”, then, commencing at the effective time specified in such consent (or, if none is
specified, commencing at the time of the receipt of such consent by the Administrative Agent), such
Letter of Credit shall cease to be a Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder, and the Lenders shall
be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit under paragraph (d) of this Section
and no obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit under paragraph (e) of this Section;
provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall affect (A) the agreements
set forth in paragraph (f) of this Section with respect to such Letter of Credit (it being agreed,
however, that the obligation of any Borrower to reimburse LC Disbursements under such Letter of
Credit, in lieu of being performed as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, shall be performed
as provided in the applicable letter of credit application or any other agreement between such
Borrower and such Issuing Bank) or (B) the obligations of any Borrower under Sections 2.15, 2.17
and 10.03.
SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made
by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the
applicable currency by 1:30 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently
designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such
Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to the account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request or Competitive
Bid Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the
applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed
date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such
Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such
event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day
from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the
date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the rate reasonably
determined by the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount or (ii) in the case
of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Loan pursuant to Section 2.13 (it
being understood that nothing in this paragraph shall require any Borrower to pay any interest in
duplication of the interest payable under such Section).
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of
the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing or a
EURIBOR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest
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Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect
to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in
the case of a LIBOR Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as
provided in this Section and on terms consistent with the other provisions of this Agreement. A
Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Revolving
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the
Loans comprising such Borrowing and the Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any
such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent
of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section
2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such
election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request
shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or fax to the Applicable
Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
signed by a Financial Officer on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section, a Borrower shall not be permitted to (i) change the currency of any
Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for LIBOR Loans or EURIBOR Loans that does not comply with
Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert or continue any Competitive Borrowing.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof
to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing;
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the Type of the resulting Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a LIBOR Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall
be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or EURIBOR Revolving
Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to
have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
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(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Applicable Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with
respect to a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at
the end of such Interest Period, (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US
Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case of
any other LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be
continued as a Borrowing of the applicable Type for an Interest Period of one month.
(f) Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the
Borrowers, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing
denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Borrowing and (ii) unless
repaid, each LIBOR Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at
the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.08. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not
terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and any concurrent prepayment
of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures and the
Competitive Loan Exposure would exceed the total Commitments.
(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce
the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the
effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section
shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by
the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of
the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
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(d) The Company may from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) executed by the Company and one or more
financial institutions (which may include any Lender) that are willing to extend a Commitment or,
in the case of any such financial institution that is already a Lender, to increase its Commitment
(any such financial institution referred to in this Section being called an “Increasing
Lender”), cause the total Commitments to be increased by such new or incremental Commitments of
the Increasing Lenders, in an amount for each Increasing Lender as set forth in such notice;
provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of any increase in the total Commitments
made pursuant to this Section shall not be less than US $50,000,000 and the aggregate principal
amount of all such increases shall not exceed US$400,000,000, (ii) each Increasing Lender, if not
already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company, the
Administrative Agent and each of the Issuing Banks (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) and (iii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall
become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly
executed Accession Agreement. New Commitments and increases in Commitments created pursuant to
this Section shall become effective (A) in the case of an Increasing Lender already a Lender under
this Agreement, on the date specified in the applicable notice delivered pursuant to this Section
and (B) in the case of an Increasing Lender not already a Lender under this Agreement, on the
effective date of the applicable Accession Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession
Agreement to which any Increasing Lender is a party, such Increasing Lender shall thereafter be
deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges
accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder. Upon the
effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section in the Commitment of a Lender already a
party hereto, Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased
Commitment of such Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the aggregate Commitments
(or in the Commitment of any Lender) shall become effective under this Section unless (i) the
Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered under paragraphs
(b) and (c) of Section 4.01 as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrowers to borrow
hereunder after giving effect to such increase and (ii) on the date of such increase, the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (with all
references in such paragraphs to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such increase and
without giving effect to the parenthetical in Section 4.02(a)) and the Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of
the Company. Following any extension of a new Commitment or increase of a Lender’s Commitment
pursuant to this paragraph, any Loans outstanding prior to the effectiveness of such increase or
extension shall continue outstanding until the ends of the respective Interests Periods applicable
thereto, and shall then be repaid and, if the Borrowers shall so elect, refinanced with new
Revolving Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(a) ratably in accordance with the Commitments in
effect following such extension or increase.
SECTION 2.09. Extension of Maturity Date. The Company may, by delivery of a Maturity
Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall
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promptly deliver a copy to each of
the Lenders) not less than 45 days and not more than
85 days prior to any anniversary of the Effective Date, request that the Lenders extend the
Maturity Date for an additional period of one year; provided that there shall be no more
than two extensions of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section. Each Lender shall, by notice to
the Company and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Company’s Maturity Date Extension Request, advise the Company
whether or not it agrees to the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension
being called a “Consenting Lender”, and each Lender declining to agree to a requested
extension being called a “Declining Lender”). Any Lender that has not so advised the
Company and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such
extension and shall be a Declining Lender. If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have
agreed to a Maturity Date Extension Request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting
Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect. The
decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity Date Extension Request shall be at the sole
discretion of each Lender. The Commitment of any Declining Lender shall terminate on the Maturity
Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such extension (such Maturity Date being called the
“Existing Maturity Date”). The principal amount of any outstanding Loans made by Declining
Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any accrued fees and other amounts payable
to or for the account of such Declining Lenders hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing
Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date the Borrowers shall also make such other
prepayments of their Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 as shall be required in order that, after
giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining Lenders
pursuant to this sentence, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures plus the Competitive Loan
Exposure would not exceed the total Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph, the Company shall have the right, pursuant to Section 2.19(b), at any time prior to the
Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution
that will agree to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender
shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension
of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective unless on the anniversary of
the Effective Date that immediately follows the date on which the Company delivers the applicable
Maturity Date Extension Request, the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied
(without giving effect to the parenthetical in Section 4.02(a)) and the Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of
the Company.
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender (i) the then
unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date, and (ii)
the then unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to such Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender
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resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations
recorded therein absent manifest error; provided that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect
the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such
event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to
the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in a form approved by the Company and the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form
payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans. (a) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time
and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of such Borrower in whole or in part, subject to
prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section; provided that the Borrowers
shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender
thereof.
(b) If the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures and the Competitive Loan Exposures shall
exceed the aggregate Commitments, then (i) if any Revolving Borrowings are outstanding, (A) on the
last day of any Interest Period for any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing
and (B) on each other day on which any ABR Revolving Borrowing shall be outstanding, the applicable
Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount
necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Loans on such
day) and (y) the amount of the applicable Revolving Borrowings referred to in clause (A) or (B), as
applicable, and (ii) if no Revolving Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an
account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(i) in an aggregate amount equal to
the lesser of (A) the amount equal to such excess and (B) the aggregate amount of the LC Exposures.
If the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures and the Competitive Loan Exposures on the last day of
any month shall exceed 105% of the aggregate Commitments, then the applicable Borrowers
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shall, not later than the next Business Day, prepay one or more Revolving Borrowings (and, if
no Revolving Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(i)) in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (1)
the amount necessary to eliminate such excess and (2) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit
Exposures.
(c) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrowers shall
select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of
such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d) The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent by a written notice signed by a
Financial Officer on behalf of the applicable Borrower of any prepayment of a Borrowing hereunder
(i) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, Local
Time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under
paragraph (b) above, as soon thereafter as practicable), (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing
denominated in an Alternative Currency or a EURIBOR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local
Time, three Business days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under
paragraph (b) above, as soon thereafter as practicable) and (iii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing,
not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or
portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given
in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by
Section 2.08(c), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.08(c). Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the
Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any
Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of
the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably
to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily
amount of the Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates;
provided that if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its
Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates
to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure.
Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date, and on
the date on which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Lenders shall have no Revolving
Credit Exposure. All facility fees shall be computed
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on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a
participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at
the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to LIBOR and EURIBOR
Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates
and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a
fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between the
Company and such Issuing Bank on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to
Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there
ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings
thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of
March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day
following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date;
provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate
and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on
demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable
within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable
in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds,
to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Banks, in the case of fees payable to it) for
distribution to the Persons entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any
circumstances.
SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Alternate Base Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each LIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest (i) in the case of a LIBOR
Revolving Loan, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus
the Applicable Rate, or (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Loan, at the LIBO Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as applicable) the Margin applicable
to such Loan.
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(c) The Revolving Loans comprising each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the
Adjusted EURIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(d) Each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate applicable to such Loan.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or
other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% per
annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of
this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR
Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(f) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments;
provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be
payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a
prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest
on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Revolving Loan prior to the end of
the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the
effective date of such conversion. All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the
applicable Loan is denominated.
(g) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that
(i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling and (ii) interest computed by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in the case of ABR Borrowings, 366 days in a leap
year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, Adjusted EURIBO Rate or
Alternate Base Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a LIBOR Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowing:
(a) the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or
the Adjusted EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, for such Interest Period; or
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(b) the Applicable Agent is advised by a majority in interest of the Lenders that the Adjusted
LIBO Rate or Adjusted EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, for such Interest Period will not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Loans included in such
Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders by
telephone or fax as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Applicable Agent notifies the
applicable Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing
to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, an affected LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR
Borrowing, as the case may be, shall be ineffective, (ii) any affected LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR
Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall (A) if denominated in US Dollars, be continued as
an ABR Borrowing, or (B) otherwise, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable thereto and (iii) any Borrowing Request for an affected LIBOR Borrowing or EURIBOR
Borrowing, and any request for a Competitive Borrowing bearing interest determined by reference to
the LIBO Rate, shall (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, be deemed
a request for an ABR Borrowing, or (B) in all other cases, be ineffective.
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the
Adjusted EURIBO Rate) or any Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the London or European interbank market
any other condition affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans, EURIBOR Loans or Competitive
Loans or any Letter of Credit or participations therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any LIBOR Loan, EURIBOR Loan or Competitive Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to
make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in,
issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise),
then the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines in good faith that any Change in Law regarding
capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s
or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if
any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit held by, such Lender, or the
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Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or
Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such
Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from
time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s
or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) If the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining any Loan or the cost to any Lender or
any Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit to a Borrowing
Subsidiary is increased (or the amount of any sum received or receivable by any Lender or any
Issuing Bank (or its applicable lending office) is reduced) by an amount deemed in good faith by
such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be material, by reason of the fact that
such Borrowing Subsidiary is incorporated in, has its principal place of business in, or borrows
from, a jurisdiction outside the United States or the United Kingdom, such Borrowing Subsidiary
shall indemnify such Lender or such Issuing Bank from time to time for such increased cost or
reduction.
(d) A certificate of a Lender or Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section and the manner in which such amount or amounts have been
determined, shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
Company shall pay or cause the applicable Borrower to pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case
may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(e) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant
to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand
such compensation; provided that the applicable Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions
incurred more than 120 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
notifies the Company of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 120-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(f) The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to Taxes, which shall be governed
solely by Section 2.17.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a Lender shall not be entitled
to compensation pursuant to this Section in respect of any Competitive Loan if the Change in Law
that would otherwise entitle it to such
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compensation shall have been publicly announced prior to submission of the Competitive Bid
pursuant to which such Loan was made.
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any LIBOR Loan, EURIBOR Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or an optional
prepayment of Loans), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Loan or EURIBOR Loan other than on the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or
prepay any Revolving Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant
hereto, (d) the failure to borrow any Competitive Loan after accepting the Competitive Bid to make
such Loan, or (e) the assignment of any LIBOR Loan, EURIBOR Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each
Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such
event including, to the extent that any of the foregoing Loans are denominated in any Alternative
Currency, the actual costs and expenses of such Lender attributable to the premature unwinding of
any hedging agreement entered into by such Lender in respect to the foreign currency exposure
attributable to such Loan. In the case of a LIBOR Loan or EURIBOR Loan, such loss, cost or expense
to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if
any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan
had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate or Adjusted EURIBO Rate that
would have been applicable to such Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any
Applicable Rate or Margin that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from
the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest
Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount
for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the
commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and
period from other banks in the London or European market. A certificate of any Lender setting
forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall
be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10
days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
any Credit Party hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Agent, the applicable
Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions
and (iii) such
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Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The relevant Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank,
within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes paid by such Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect
to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Company by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by an Agent on its own behalf
or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such
payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the
law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is resident or located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such
properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested
by the Company as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate;
provided that such Lender has received written notice from the Company advising it of the
availability of such exemption or reduction and containing all applicable documentation (together,
if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof). Each Lender shall
promptly notify the Company at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide
any such previously delivered documentation to the Company.
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. (a) Each
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal,
interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements or otherwise) prior to the time required
hereunder for such payment or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., Local
Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Agent, be
deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating
interest
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thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Agent for the account of the
applicable Lenders to such account as the Applicable Agent shall from time to time specify in one
or more notices delivered to the Company, except that payments to be made directly to an Issuing
Bank as provided herein shall be made directly to such Issuing Bank and payments pursuant to
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The
Applicable Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other
Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder
shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon
shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder of principal or interest
in respect of any Loan or LC Disbursement shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be
made in the currency of such Loan or LC Disbursement; all other payments hereunder and under each
other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars. Any payment required to be made by any Agent
hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before
such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations
or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such
payment.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agents to pay fully
all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such
funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to
such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then
due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater
proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements
and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements to the extent necessary so that the benefit
of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and
the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower
pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
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Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Credit Party rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the
amount of such participation.
(d) Unless an Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to such Agent for the account of any Lenders or Issuing Bank hereunder that the such
Borrower will not make such payment, such Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment
on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the
applicable Lenders or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each applicable Lender or Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed
to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at a rate
determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.05(e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding
any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent
for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all
such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Credit Party is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to
another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or
2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby
agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Credit Party is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Declining Lender, then
the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative
Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under
this Agreement (other than any outstanding Competitive Loans held by it) to an assignee that shall
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assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank, which consent, in each case, shall not unreasonably
be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans (other than Competitive Loans) and participations in LC Disbursements,
accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the
assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company
(in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim
for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (iv) in the case of any
such assignment resulting from a Lender being a Declining Lender, the assignee shall have agreed to
the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request. A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise,
the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.20. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries. The Company may at any time and
from time to time designate any Subsidiary as a Borrowing Subsidiary by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the
Company, and upon such delivery such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a
Borrowing Subsidiary and a party to this Agreement until the Company shall have executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to such
Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Borrowing Subsidiary and a party to this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become
effective as to any Borrowing Subsidiary at a time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to
or any Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Borrowing Subsidiary shall be outstanding
hereunder; provided that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to
terminate the right of such Borrowing Subsidiary to make further Borrowings under this Agreement.
As soon as practicable upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent
shall send a copy thereof to each Lender.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Company and each other Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept
is recognized in the jurisdiction of organization thereof) under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry
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on its business as now conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is
qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Credit
Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required,
stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless
of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect,
(b) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or any order of
any Governmental Authority, (d) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture,
agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or
give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, agreement or other
instrument binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in each case (other than in
the case of clause (b)), where the absence of such consent or approval, or the failure to make such
registration or filing, or take such other action, or such violation, default, payment or Lien
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of the end of and for the fiscal
year ended April 30, 2006, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public
accountants, and (ii) as of the end of and for the fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2006, October 31,
2006, and January 31, 2007, certified by a Financial Officer of the Company. Such financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for
such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject, in the case of such quarterly financial statements,
to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Since April 30, 2006, through the date of this Agreement, there has been no material
adverse change in the business, assets, liabilities, condition, financial or otherwise, or material
agreements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits
or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(i) as to which there is a reasonable probability of an adverse determination and that, if
adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in
a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or
the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval
required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any
basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon
it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, has not
resulted and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default
has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.07. Investment Company Status. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.08. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to
be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and have paid or caused to be paid
all Taxes required to have been paid by them pursuant to said Tax returns or pursuant to any
assessment received by them, except (a) any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside
on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.09. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10. Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other
reports, financial statements, certificates or other information (taken as a whole) furnished by or
on behalf of the Borrowers to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this
Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or
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supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to
projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the
Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or other electronic image
scan transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the
Agents and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Bass, Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC, counsel for the
Borrowers, and Lovells, English counsel for Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Beverages, Europe, Ltd., substantially in
the forms of Exhibits B-1 and B-2, respectively, and covering such other matters relating to the
Borrowers, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request.
The Borrowers hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence
and good standing of the Borrowers, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal
matters relating to the Borrowers, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and
signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming
compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
(e) The commitments of the lenders under the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement
dated as of April 10, 2006, among the Company, the borrowing subsidiaries party thereto, the
lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, shall have been
terminated and the principal of and
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interest accrued on all loans, and all other amounts accrued for the accounts of or owing to
the lenders, thereunder shall have been paid in full.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on
or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all
out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to
Section 10.02) on or prior to April 30, 2007.
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the
occasion of any Borrowing, and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of
Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement
(other than, with respect to any Borrowing occurring after the Effective Date, the
representations set forth in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.05) shall be true and correct on and as
of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
such Letter of Credit, as applicable.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the
matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary. The obligation of
each Lender to make Loans to, and the obligations of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit
for the account of, any Borrowing Subsidiary (other than the Borrowing Subsidiary party hereto on
the date hereof) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received such Borrower’s
Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement duly executed by all parties thereto.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents (including such legal
opinions) as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
formation, existence and good standing of such Borrower, the authorization and legality of
the Transactions insofar as they relate to such Borrower and any other legal matters
relating to such Borrower, its Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement or such Transactions, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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(c) The Agents and Lenders shall have received, at least five Business Days prior to
the making of such Loan or issuance of such Letters of Credit, all documentation and other
information relating to such Borrower requested by them for purposes of ensuring compliance
with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, all LC Disbursements shall
have been reimbursed and all Letters of Credit (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Backstopped Letter of Credit) shall have expired or been terminated, the Company and each other
Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of its
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national
standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Company, a copy of its consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal
quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of
the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its
Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b)
above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i) certifying
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as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the
details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii)
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.06
(provided, however, that, in the case of any such certificate required to
be furnished concurrently with the delivery of financial statements under clause (b) above
for any fiscal quarter of the Company during which the Company or its Subsidiaries shall
have consummated an acquisition or a disposition of assets as a result of which the Company
is required to file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K containing pro forma
financial statements with respect to such acquisition or disposition, such certificate may
omit certifications with respect to compliance with Section 6.06 and the calculations
referred to in clause (ii) above if (x) such acquisition or disposition shall have been
consummated less than 75 days (or such shorter number of days as may be provided under the
rules and regulations of the SEC for the filing with the SEC of a Current Report on Form
8-K containing such pro forma financial statements) prior to the date such certificate is
required to be so furnished and (y) the pro forma financial statements required to make
such certifications and calculations are not available at the time such certificate is
required to be so furnished; provided further, however, that a supplemental
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company certifying as to compliance with Section
6.06 and providing the calculations referred to in clause (ii) above shall be delivered
within 75 days (or such shorter number of days) after the consummation of such acquisition
or disposition);
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a
certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial
statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and
other reports, proxy statements and other materials regularly filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary with the SEC, or distributed by the Company to its shareholders generally, as
the case may be; and
(f) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company, any other Borrower or
any Significant Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
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(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company or any Affiliate
thereof that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(c) any other development that results in, or would reasonably be expected to result
in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer
or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each
of its Significant Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of
its business, except (in the case of any such failure to do so other than with respect to
preserving, renewing and keeping in full force and effect the existence of the Company) where the
failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.04.
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Significant Subsidiaries to, pay its Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in
default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending
such contest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause
each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct
of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where
the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by
companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause
each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full,
true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities, except, in the case of the Significant Subsidiaries, where the failure to do so would
not, individually or in the aggregate,
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reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine
and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition
with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as
reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority,
including Environmental Laws and ERISA, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for
working capital and general corporate purposes and to provide liquidity in connection with any
commercial paper program of the Borrowers. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used,
whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations
of the Board, including Regulations U and X.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, all LC Disbursements shall have been
reimbursed and all Letters of Credit (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Backstopped
Letter of Credit) shall have expired or been terminated, the Company and each other Borrower
covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under this Agreement;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.01 and
extensions, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary;
provided that no such Indebtedness shall be assigned to, or subjected to any Lien
in favor of, a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary;
(d) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction
or improvement by such Subsidiary of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease
Obligations, and any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any such assets,
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and any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition
thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any of the foregoing Indebtedness
referred to in this paragraph that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days
after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement;
(e) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof;
provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary
and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a
Subsidiary;
(f) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of letters of credit
backing obligations (other than Indebtedness) of any Subsidiary;
(g) Indebtedness consisting of industrial development, pollution control or other
revenue bonds or similar instruments issued or guaranteed by any Governmental Authority;
and
(h) other Indebtedness not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (g) above;
provided that the sum, without duplication, of (i) the outstanding Indebtedness
permitted by this clause (h), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.02(n) and (iii) the Attributable Debt
in respect of Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.03(b) does not at any time
exceed 25% of Consolidated Assets.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Principal Property now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, except:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like
Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature, in each case made in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute Events of Default
under clause (k) of Article VII;
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(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any
monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property
or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the
date hereof (or on improvements or accessions thereto or proceeds therefrom) and set forth
on Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property
or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall be permitted by this
clause (g) only to the extent of the amount of the obligations which it secures on the date
hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof up to the outstanding principal
amount thereof;
(h) any Lien (i) existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by
the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) existing on any property or asset of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary or (iii) to the extent such Lien applies only to the property or assets so
acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or owned by a Person prior to the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary, arising after the date of such acquisition or such Person
becoming a Subsidiary pursuant to contractual commitments entered into prior thereto;
provided that (x) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection
with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (y) such
Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary other
than improvements and accessions to the assets to which it originally applies and proceeds
of such assets, improvements and accessions and (z) such Lien shall be permitted by this
clause (h) only to the extent of the amount of the obligations which it secures on the date
of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof up to the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(i) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company
or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by
clause (c) of Section 6.01, (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the
cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such
Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(j) Liens securing industrial development, pollution control or other revenue bonds or
similar instruments issued or guaranteed by any Governmental Authority;
(k) Liens in favor of any Governmental Authority to secure obligations pursuant to the
provisions of any contract or statute;
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(l) Liens to secure obligations of a Subsidiary to the Company or any other
Subsidiary;
(m) Liens on equity, joint venture, partnership, or other ownership or investment
interests (collectively, the “Equity Interests”) of the Company or any Subsidiary
in any Person arising in connection with the rights of a third party owning Equity
Interests in such Person pursuant to a joint venture, shareholder, distribution or other
agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such third party to purchase
the Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Subsidiary in such Person for reasonable
value pursuant to change in control provisions, noncompetition provisions, restrictions on
competing brands or other business restriction provisions in one or more of the agreements
between such parties; and
(n) Liens not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (m) above; provided
that the sum of (i) the outstanding Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h), (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding obligations secured by Liens permitted by
this clause (n) and (iii) the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale-Leaseback Transactions
permitted by Section 6.03(b) does not at any time exceed 25% of Consolidated Assets.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction relating to any
Principal Property except:
(a) Sale-Leaseback Transactions to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party as
of the date hereof; and
(b) other Sale-Leaseback Transactions; provided that the sum of (i) the
outstanding Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(g), (ii) the aggregate principal amount
of outstanding obligations secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.02(n) and (iii) the
aggregate Attributable Debt in respect of Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by this
clause (b) does not at any time exceed 25% of Consolidated Assets.
SECTION 6.04. Fundamental Changes. (a) The Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries
will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any
other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) assets
representing all or substantially all the aggregate assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (i) any Person may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the
surviving corporation, (ii) any Person may merge with any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the
surviving entity is a Subsidiary and (iii) any Subsidiary (other than a Borrowing Subsidiary) may
liquidate or dissolve or, so long as such transaction does not constitute a transfer or other
disposition
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of all or substantially all the aggregate assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, merge
with or into any other Person.
(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to, engage
as its principal business in any business other than businesses of the type collectively conducted
by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related
thereto.
(c) The Company will not permit any other Borrower, while it remains a Borrower, to cease to
be a Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.05. Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.05, the
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer
any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or
otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary
course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such
Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties and (b)
transactions between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate;
provided that nothing contained in this Section 6.05 shall prevent the Company or any
Subsidiary from paying dividends or making other cash distributions to its respective shareholders.
SECTION 6.06. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio of
Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and
payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or
otherwise;
(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this
Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall
continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company
or any other Borrower in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or
modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report,
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certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder,
shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) the Company or any other Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to any Borrower’s
existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the Company or any other Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause
(a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (which notice
will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal
or interest) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due
and payable or within any applicable cure period;
(g) any Material Indebtedness is declared to be due prior to its scheduled maturity,
or the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or
their behalf require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to
its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property
or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company,
any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of
its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company, any other
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any
such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order
or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Company, any other Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i)
voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company, any
other Borrower or any
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Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding,
(v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
US$25,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination
thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during
which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to
enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders,
when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be
expected to result in liability of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount
exceeding (i) US$25,000,000 in any year or (ii) US$50,000,000 for all periods; or
(m) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in clause
(h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the
Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable),
and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall
become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to any
Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon
and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrowers.
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ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent
and the London Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the London Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent or the London Agent, as applicable, by the terms hereof, together with such actions and
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity
as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such
bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent
hereunder.
No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any
fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing,
(b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that an
Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section
10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to
disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as an
Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section
10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be
deemed to have no knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or
have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or
in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument
or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein,
other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents. Each
party to this Agreement acknowledges that neither the Syndication Agent nor the Co-Documentation
Agents shall have any duties, responsibilities, obligations or authority under this Agreement in
such capacity.
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Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon,
any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also
may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the
proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with
legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with
the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and
all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The
exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well
as activities as an Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph,
each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company.
Upon any such resignation, the Company shall have the right, in consultation with the Required
Lenders, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Company and
shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after such retiring Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a
successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any
such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of
the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable
to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After an
Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties
in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an
Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement
or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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ARTICLE IX
Guarantee
In order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend credit to the Borrowing
Subsidiaries hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the payment
when and as due of the Obligations of each Borrowing Subsidiary. The Company further agrees that
the due and punctual payment of such Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part,
without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee
hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Obligation.
The Company waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrowing
Subsidiary of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and
notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be affected
by (a) the failure of any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against any Borrowing Subsidiary under the provisions of this Agreement
or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, or
any other agreement; (d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of
any of the Obligations; or (e) any other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or
might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Company or otherwise operate as a
discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right
of the Company to subrogation.
The Company further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment
when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or
collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Agent, any Lender or any
Issuing Bank to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of such Agent, such
Lender or such Issuing Bank in favor of any Borrowing Subsidiary or any other Person.
The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of any of the Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the
Obligations or otherwise.
The Company further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrowing Subsidiary or otherwise.
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In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that any Agent, any
Lender or any Issuing Bank may have at law or in equity against the Company by virtue hereof, upon
the failure of any Borrowing Subsidiary to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, the Company
hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Applicable Agent, Lender or
Issuing Bank, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Applicable Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank
in cash an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Obligation then due, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
Upon payment by the Company of any sums as provided above, all rights of the Company against
any Borrowing Subsidiary arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise
shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible
payment in full of all the Obligations owed by such Borrowing Subsidiary to the Agents, the Issuing
Banks and the Lenders.
Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of the Company hereunder except the full and
indefeasible performance and payment of the Obligations.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Notices. Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:
(a) if to the Company, to it at Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention of Treasurer (Fax No. (000) 000-0000), with a copy to the
Attention of General Counsel (Fax No. (000) 000-0000);
(b) if to any Borrowing Subsidiary, to it in care of the Company as provided in
paragraph (a) above;
(c) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
Issuing Bank, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 0000 Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Fax No. (000) 000-0000), with a copy to
the Attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (Fax No. (000) 000-0000);
(d) if to the London Agent, to X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX, Attention of Agency Department (Fax No. 00-000-000-0000), with a copy to the
Administrative Agent as provided under clause (iii) above; and
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(e) if to any other Issuing Bank or Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any
party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given
on the date of receipt.
SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by any Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents, the
Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or
remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent
to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a
waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had
notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the Required
Lenders or by the Company and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the
written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or
reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the
principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled
date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby,
(iv) change Section 2.08(c) or Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata
sharing of Commitment reductions or payments required thereby, as the case may be, without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section
or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (vi)
release the Company from, or limit or condition, its Obligations under Article IX without the
written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify
or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Agent or any Issuing Bank hereunder without the
prior written consent of any Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
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SECTION 10.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Company shall pay (i) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents and their Affiliates, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and
administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions
hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Banks in connection with the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment
thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any
Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the lawful enforcement of
its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in
connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of
such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Company shall indemnify each Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred
by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of
the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit
or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand
for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do
not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall
not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to any
Agent or any Issuing Bank under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees
to pay to such Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought)
of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related
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expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such Issuing
Bank in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand
therefor.
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that neither the Company nor any other Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and
any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person
(other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including
any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues Letters of Credit) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment by a Lender to a
Lender Affiliate of such Lender, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank must give its prior
written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate, the Company must give its prior
written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (iii) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the entire
remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) the US Dollar
Equivalent of such assignment shall not be less than US$5,000,000 unless each of the Company and
the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iv) each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement, except that this clause (iv) shall not apply to rights in respect of outstanding
Competitive Loans, (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee
of US$3,500, and (vi) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
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Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any
consent of the Company otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of
Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing. Subject to
acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and
10.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that
does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by
such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of
this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of
this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any
Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”)
in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all
or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the
Borrowers, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with
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such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that
such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or
instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to
any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that
affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as
if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law and if prior written notice of the sale of the
participation to the Participant is provided to the Company, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or
2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is
made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it
were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Company is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Company, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 10.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by the Borrowers herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection
with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other
parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any
Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other
party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at
the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as
the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee, LC Disbursement or any other
amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit (other than,
for the avoidance of doubt, any Backstopped Letter of Credit) is outstanding and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 10.03
and Article VIII shall survive and
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remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of
Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject
matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic image
scan transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
SECTION 10.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any
time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party
against any of and all the obligations of such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each
Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of
setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in
New York County and of the United States District Court of the
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or for recognition or enforcement of any
judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in
this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender
may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against any
Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court
referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any
party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)
CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
SECTION 10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect
the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.12. Confidentiality. (a) Each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the
Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’
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directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential),
(ii) to the extent requested by any bank regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by
applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (but only after giving
prompt written notice to the Company, to the extent permitted by law, of any such requirement or
request so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive
compliance with this Section), (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with
the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating the enforcement
of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or
Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (vii) with the consent of
the Company or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any
Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company. For the purposes of this
Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company relating to the
Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company;
provided that, in the case of information received from the Company after the date hereof,
such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Lender (and
any employee, representative or other agent of such Lender) may disclose to any and all persons,
without limitation of any kind, such Lender’s U.S. federal income tax treatment and the U.S.
federal income tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby relating to such Lender and
all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it
relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. However, no disclosure of any information
relating to such tax treatment or tax structure may be made to the extent nondisclosure is
reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws.
(b) Each Lender acknowledges that Information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement may
include material non—public information concerning the Company and its Related Parties or the
Company’s securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of
material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in
accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
(c) All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by any Borrower
or either Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be
syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Company
and its Related Parties or the Company’s securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the
Company and the Agents that it
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has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive
information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance
procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
SECTION 10.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the
“Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be
contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance
with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with
all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent
lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not
payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and
Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not
above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 10.14. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into
another currency, each party hereto (including any Borrowing Subsidiary) agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be
purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final
judgment is given.
(b) The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any
holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the
currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be
discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable
Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement
Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower
agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable
Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section 10.14 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION 10.15. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the
Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance
with the USA Patriot Act.
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SECTION 10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship. Each Borrower, on behalf of itself and its
Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby
and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and their
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates,
on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or
otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of any Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of
their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such
transactions or communications.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by
their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXX-XXXXXX CORPORATION, | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Vice Chairman, CFO | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer | ||||||||
XXXXX-XXXXXX BEVERAGES, EUROPE, LTD, |
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by | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Director | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Director | ||||||||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxx
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Title: Executive Director |
X.X. XXXXXX EUROPE LIMITED, as London Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
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Title: Associate | ||||||||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually and as Syndication Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President | ||||||||
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., individually and as Co-Documentation Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxx X. Judge
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Title: Vice President | ||||||||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, individually and as Co-Documentation Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Director |
NATIONAL CITY BANK, individually and as Co-Documentation Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President | ||||||||
WACHOVIA BANK, individually and as Co-Documentation Agent, |
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by | /s/ Xxxx Xxx
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Title: Vice President |
Fifth Third Bank: | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxx X’Xxxx
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Title: Vice President |
Name of Institution: SunTrust Bank | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Director |
Name of Institution: The Bank of Nova Scotia | ||||||||
by | /s/ M.D. Xxxxx
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Title: Agent Operations | ||||||||
For any Lender that requires a second signature line: | ||||||||
by |
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Title: |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||||||
by | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President |
Name of Institution: | ||||||||
By Cooperatieve Centrale
Raiffeisen- Boerenleenbank B.A. “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X’ Xxxxxx
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Title: Executive Director | ||||||||
For any Lender that requires a second signature line: | ||||||||
By Cooperatieve Centrale
Raiffeisen- Boerenleenbank B.A. “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Executive Director |
Name of Institution: UniCredito Italiano | ||||||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: S.V.P. & General Manager | ||||||||
For any Lender that requires a second signature line: | ||||||||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |