AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 16, 2009, among BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE L.P., as the Borrower, THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO, as the Existing...
Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION
COPY
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as
of June 16, 2009,
among
BROOKFIELD
INFRASTRUCTURE L.P.,
as the
Borrower,
THE
GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES
HERETO,
as the
Existing Lenders,
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTIES
HERETO,
as the
Lenders,
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as the
Administrative Agent,
and
LEAD
ARRANGERS &
BOOK
RUNNERS:
CITIBANK,
N.A., CREDIT SUISSE, TORONTO BRANCH,
HSBC BANK
CANADA, &
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 1 |
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms | 1 |
SECTION 1.02 Certain Principles of Interpretation | 29 |
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms | 29 |
SECTION 1.04 Rounding | 30 |
SECTION 1.05 Times of Day | 30 |
SECTION 1.06 Timing of Payment of Performance | 30 |
ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 30 |
SECTION 2.01 Commitments | 30 |
SECTION 2.02 Nature of Loans | 30 |
SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedures | 31 |
SECTION 2.04 Continuation and Conversion Elections | 31 |
SECTION 2.05 Lending Office | 31 |
SECTION 2.06 Register; Notes | 31 |
ARTICLE III REPAYMENTS, PREPAYMENTS, INTEREST AND FEES | 32 |
SECTION 3.01 Repayments and Prepayments; Application | 32 |
SECTION 3.02 Interest Provisions | 34 |
SECTION 3.03 Fees | 35 |
SECTION 3.04 Changes of Commitments | 35 |
ARTICLE IV CERTAIN LIBO RATE AND OTHER PROVISIONS | 36 |
SECTION 4.01 LIBO Rate Lending Unlawful. | 36 |
SECTION 4.02 Deposits Unavailable | 36 |
SECTION 4.03 Increased LIBO Rate Loan Costs, etc. | 36 |
SECTION 4.04 Funding Losses | 37 |
SECTION 4.05 Increased Capital Costs | 37 |
SECTION 4.06 Taxes | 37 |
SECTION 4.07 Payments, Computations, etc. | 41 |
SECTION 4.08 Sharing of Payments | 41 |
SECTION 4.09 Setoff | 41 |
SECTION 4.10 Change of Lending Office | 42 |
SECTION 4.11 Replacement of Lenders | 42 |
SECTION 4.12 Limitation on Additional Amounts, etc. | 43 |
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE | 43 |
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SECTION 5.01 The Guarantee | 43 |
SECTION 5.02 Obligations Unconditional | 43 |
SECTION 5.03 Reinstatement | 44 |
SECTION 5.04 Subrogation | 45 |
SECTION 5.05 Remedies | 45 |
SECTION 5.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money | 45 |
SECTION 5.07 Continuing Guarantee | 45 |
SECTION 5.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | 45 |
SECTION 5.09 Rights of Contributions | 45 |
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO CLOSING | 47 |
SECTION 6.01 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] | 47 |
SECTION 6.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension | 47 |
SECTION 6.03 Conditions Precedent to Amendment Closing Date | 48 |
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 50 |
SECTION 7.01 Due Organization, etc. | 50 |
SECTION 7.02 Operation of the Projects | 51 |
SECTION 7.03 Taxes | 51 |
SECTION 7.04 Compliance with ERISA | 52 |
SECTION 7.05 Compliance with Laws | 52 |
SECTION 7.06 Insurance | 52 |
SECTION 7.07 Business Activities | 52 |
SECTION 7.08 Authorization and Enforceability of Financing Documents | 52 |
SECTION 7.09 Non-contravention | 53 |
SECTION 7.10 Governmental Approvals | 53 |
SECTION 7.11 Legal and other Proceedings | 53 |
SECTION 7.12 Solvency | 53 |
SECTION 7.13 Security Documents | 53 |
SECTION 7.14 Material Adverse Effect | 54 |
SECTION 7.15 Financial Information | 54 |
SECTION 7.16 Books and Records | 54 |
SECTION 7.17 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 | 54 |
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SECTION 7.18 Money Laundering Laws | 54 |
SECTION 7.19 Office of Foreign Assets Control | 54 |
SECTION 7.20 Capitalization | 55 |
SECTION 7.21 Investment Company Act, PUHCA | 55 |
SECTION 7.22 Margin Regulations | 55 |
SECTION 7.23 Disclosure | 55 |
SECTION 7.24 Project Level Indebtedness Documents | 56 |
ARTICLE VIII REPORTING REQUIREMENTS | 56 |
SECTION 8.01 Reporting Requirements | 56 |
SECTION 8.02 Lender Reporting Requirement | 58 |
ARTICLE IX AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 59 |
SECTION 9.01 Compliance with Obligations | 59 |
SECTION 9.02 Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 59 |
SECTION 9.03 Conduct of Business | 59 |
SECTION 9.04 Compliance with Laws | 59 |
SECTION 9.05 Use of Proceeds | 60 |
SECTION 9.06 Inspection of Property, Books and Records | 60 |
SECTION 9.07 Government Approvals | 60 |
SECTION 9.08 Pari Passu Ranking | 60 |
SECTION 9.09 Non-Controlled Project Entities | 60 |
SECTION 9.10 Further Assurances | 60 |
SECTION 9.11 Additional Collateral, Guarantors, etc. | 61 |
SECTION 9.12 Financial Covenant | 62 |
SECTION 9.13 High Risk Countries | 62 |
ARTICLE X NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 62 |
SECTION 10.01 Limitation on Indebtedness | 62 |
SECTION 10.02 Liens | 63 |
SECTION 10.03 Restricted Payments | 63 |
SECTION 10.04 Consolidations and Mergers | 64 |
SECTION 10.05 Transaction with Affiliates | 64 |
SECTION 10.06 Investments in Other Persons | 64 |
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SECTION 10.07 Modification of Contractual Obligations | 65 |
SECTION 10.08 Fiscal Periods | 65 |
SECTION 10.09 Margin Stock | 65 |
SECTION 10.10 Nature of Business | 65 |
SECTION 10.11 Sale of Pledged Shares | 65 |
ARTICLE XI EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 66 |
SECTION 11.01 Events of Default | 66 |
SECTION 11.02 Action if Bankruptcy | 68 |
SECTION 11.03 Action if Other Event of Default | 68 |
ARTICLE XII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 68 |
SECTION 12.01 Appointment and Authority | 68 |
SECTION 12.02 Rights as a Lender | 69 |
SECTION 12.03 Duties of Agents; Exculpatory Provisions | 70 |
SECTION 12.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent | 71 |
SECTION 12.05 Delegation of Duties | 71 |
SECTION 12.06 Resignation of the Administrative Agent | 71 |
SECTION 12.07 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent or Other Lenders | 72 |
SECTION 12.08 Posting of Approved Electronic Communications | 73 |
SECTION 12.09 No Other Duties, etc. | 74 |
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 74 |
SECTION 13.01 Waivers, Amendments, etc. | 74 |
SECTION 13.02 Notices; Time | 75 |
SECTION 13.03 Payment of Costs and Expenses | 76 |
SECTION 13.04 Indemnification | 77 |
SECTION 13.05 Survival | 78 |
SECTION 13.06 Severability | 78 |
SECTION 13.07 Headings | 78 |
SECTION 13.08 Execution in Counterparts, Effectiveness, etc. | 78 |
SECTION 13.09 Governing Law; Entire Agreement | 78 |
SECTION 13.10 Successors and Assigns | 78 |
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SECTION 13.11 Sale and Transfer of Credit Extensions; Participations in Credit Extensions; Notes | 78 |
SECTION 13.12 Other Transactions | 81 |
SECTION 13.13 Independence of Covenants and Default Provisions | 81 |
SECTION 13.14 Confidentiality | 81 |
SECTION 13.15 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction | 82 |
SECTION 13.16 Waiver of Jury Trial | 83 |
SECTION 13.17 Patriot Act and XXXXXX Xxx | 00 |
SECTION 13.18 Titles | 83 |
SECTION 13.19 Service of Process | 83 |
SECTION 13.20 Judgment Currency | 84 |
SECTION 13.21 Confirmation of Security Interests | 84 |
SECTION 13.22 Confirmation for the Benefit of Dutch Security Documents | 84 |
SECTION 13.23 Confirmation of Amendment and Restatement | 85 |
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SCHEDULE I | - Percentages; LIBOR Office; Applicable Lending Office | |
SCHEDULE II | - Amendment Closing Date Projects | |
SCHEDULE III | - Environmental and Social Policy Guidelines | |
SCHEDULE IV | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | |
SCHEDULE 7.01(b) | - Subsidiaries | |
SCHEDULE 7.01(c) | - Non-Controlled Project Entities | |
SCHEDULE 7.20 | - Capitalization | |
SCHEDULE 7.24 | - Project Level Indebtedness Documents | |
EXHIBIT A | - Form of Note | |
EXHIBIT B | - Form of Borrowing Request | |
EXHIBIT C | - Form of Lender Assignment Agreement | |
EXHIBIT D | - Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT E | - Form of Joinder Agreement | |
EXHIBIT F | - Terms of Subordination |
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 16, 2009, is made by and
among BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE L.P. (the “Borrower”), a Bermuda
limited partnership, each of the entities under the caption “GUARANTORS” on the
signature pages hereto, CITIBANK, N.A., CREDIT SUISSE, TORONTO BRANCH, HSBC BANK
CANADA, HSBC BANK USA, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined
below) (the “Existing
Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., CREDIT SUISSE, TORONTO BRANCH, HSBC BANK
CANADA AND ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and other Persons from time to time parties
hereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC., as the administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”), and CITIBANK, N.A., CREDIT SUISSE, TORONTO BRANCH, HSBC BANK
CANADA AND ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Lead Arrangers (collectively, the “Arrangers”) and Book
Runners (collectively, the “Book
Runners”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Existing Lenders and the Administrative Agent
are parties to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 2008 (as amended,
modified, supplemented and in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of
this Agreement, the “Existing Credit
Agreement”) providing for extensions of credit by the Lenders to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $450,000,000;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement have agreed to amend the Existing
Credit Agreement in certain respects and to restate the Existing Credit
Agreement in its entirety as so amended as provided herein (as amended and
restated pursuant hereto, the “Credit
Agreement”);
ACCORDINGLY,
the parties hereto agree that on the Amendment Closing Date (as defined below),
the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows and that from and after the Amendment Closing Date (and the
extensions of credit to be made on the Amendment Closing Date), the Existing
Lenders that are not named as “Lenders” hereunder shall cease to be parties to
this Agreement, but shall remain entitled to the benefits of the Existing Credit
Agreement to the extent provided herein or therein:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section
1.01 Defined
Terms. The
following terms when used in this Agreement, including its preamble and
recitals, shall, except where the context otherwise requires, have the following
meanings:
“Acquisition” means
any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of, or
resulting directly or indirectly in, (a) the acquisition of all or
substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a
Person, or (b) the acquisition of any Equity Interests in any Person or
otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project
Entity of the Borrower or any Guarantor.
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“Adjusted Base Rate”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Base
Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect on such day plus ½
of 1%. Any change in the Adjusted Base Rate due to a change in
the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in the Base Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate”
means, with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan for any Interest Period, an interest
rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Agent”
is defined in the preamble and includes
each other Person appointed as the successor Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 12.06.
“Administrative Agent’s Fee
Letter” means the confidential fee letter, dated the Closing Date,
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Advance” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Affected Lender” is
defined in Section 4.11.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common
Control with such first Person.
“Affiliate Subordinated
Debt” means (i) unsecured Financial Indebtedness of an Obligor, a
Project Company or Project Holding Company owing to BAM or Affiliates of BAM
that is expressly subordinated to the payment of the Loans on the terms set
forth in Exhibit F or
(ii) unsecured Financial Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower,
Project Company or Project Holding Company owing to the Borrower or any
Guarantor.
“Affiliate
Transaction” is defined in Section 10.05.
“Agents” means,
collectively, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent.
“Agreement” means, on
any date, this Agreement as amended and restated hereby and as hereafter from
time to time amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and in effect on such
date.
“Amendment Closing
Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.03 shall
have been satisfied or waived by all of the Lenders and, with respect to the
closing condition set forth in Section 6.03(e),
RBS.
“Applicable Law” means
any constitution, statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order,
decree or Governmental Approval, or any published directive or requirement which
has the force of law, or other governmental restriction which has the force of
law, or any determination by, or interpretation of any of the foregoing by, any
judicial authority, applicable to and/or binding on a given Person or any
Project, as the context may require, whether in effect as of the Closing Date or
thereafter and in each case as amended.
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“Applicable Lending
Office” means the office of a Lender designated as its “Applicable
Lending Office” on Schedule I or in
a Lender Assignment Agreement, or such other office of such Lender (or of an
Affiliate of such Lender) as may be designated from time to time by notice from
such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Applicable Margin”
means a rate per annum equal to 3.50%, in the case of LIBO Rate Loans, and
(b) 2.50% in the case of Base Rate Loans; provided that, in the
case of any Loans then outstanding, such rates shall increase by 0.25% on
each of June 15, 2010, September 15, 2010, December 15, 2010 and March 15, 2011
(for a maximum increase to the Applicable Margin of 1.00%).
“Approved Electronic
Communications” means each Communication that any Obligor is obligated
to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to either Agent pursuant to any Financing
Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial
statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other
information material; provided that, solely
with respect to delivery of any such communication by any Obligor to such Agent,
and without limiting or otherwise affecting either such Agent’s right to effect
delivery of such communication by posting such communication to the Approved
Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to such Agent in
connection with any such posting, the term “Approved Electronic Communication”
shall exclude (a) any Borrowing Request, (b) any notice of optional
prepayment pursuant to Section 3.01(b)
and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount
due under any Financing Document prior to the scheduled date therefor,
(c) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (d) any notice,
demand, communication, information, document and other material required to be
delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article VI or
any other condition to any Credit Extension or any condition precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement.
“Approved Electronic
Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.08(a).
“Approved Fund” means
any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and
(b) is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a
Person or an Affiliate of a Person that administers or manages a
Lender.
“Approved
Jurisdiction” means the jurisdictions listed on Schedule IV hereto
and any other jurisdiction the generally accepted accounting principles of which
have been approved by the Requisite Lenders pursuant to Section
8.02.
“Arrangers” is defined
in the preamble.
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“Asset Disposition”
means the sale, lease (as lessor), transfer (as transferor) or other disposition
of any Property or assets or receipt of any Project Contract Buyout (other than
to an Obligor), other than:
(1) the sale
of inventory or other goods or services in the ordinary course of business (for
the avoidance of doubt, no Asset Disposition of all or substantially all of a
Project shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business);
or
(2) Property
(other than the Property described in clause (1) above)
which in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any Project
Company is worn out, obsolete, uneconomic or no longer useful or necessary in
connection with the operation of a Project.
“Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities I” shall mean the Equitable Mortgage of
Securities, dated as of December 8, 2008, by BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited, a
Bermuda limited liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent in respect
of the Equity Interests of Brookfield Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty
Ltd.
“Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities II” shall mean the Equitable Mortgage of
Securities, dated as of January 16, 2009, by Brookfield Infrastructure Long Bay
Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian limited liability company, in favor of the
Collateral Agent in respect of the Equity Interests of Brookfield Infrastructure
Long Bay Investments Pty Ltd.
“Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities III” shall mean the Equitable Mortgage of
Securities, dated as of December 8, 2008, by BIP Bermuda Holdings I
Limited, a Bermuda limited liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent
in respect of the Equity Interests of Brookfield Infrastructure Showgrounds
Holdings Pty Ltd.
“Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities IV” shall mean the Equitable Mortgage of
Securities, dated as of February 6, 2009, by Brookfield Infrastructure
Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian limited liability company, in favor
of the Collateral Agent in respect of the Equity Interests of Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd.
“Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities V” shall mean the Equitable Mortgage of
Securities, dated as of February 6, 2009, by Brookfield Infrastructure
Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd, an Australian limited liability company, in
favor of the Collateral Agent in respect of the Equity Interests of Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Pty Ltd.
“Australian Fixed Floating
Charge I” shall mean the Fixed Floating Charge, dated December 8, 2008,
by Brookfield Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian limited
liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“Australian Fixed Floating
Charge II” shall mean the Fixed Floating Charge, dated December 8, 2008,
by Brookfield Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian limited
liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
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“Australian Fixed Floating
Charge III” shall mean the Fixed Floating Charge, dated February 6, 2009,
by Brookfield Infrastructure Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd, an Australian
limited liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“Australian Security
Documents” shall mean the Australian Equitable Mortgage of Securities I,
the Australian Equitable Mortgage of Securities II, the Australian Equitable
Mortgage of Securities III, the Australian Equitable Mortgage of Securities IV,
the Australian Equitable Mortgage of Securities V, the Australian Fixed Floating
Charge I, the Australian Fixed Floating Charge II, the Australian Floating
Charge III and any filing, registrations, recording or similar instruments or
documents necessary or required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security
interest in the Collateral pledged thereunder.
“Authorized Officer”
of any Person means the individual or individuals duly authorized to act on
behalf of such Person as designated from time to time in a certificate of such
Person (including the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(ii)(D))
with specimen signatures of such individual or individuals or, in the case of
actions taken by any other officer of such Person in respect of a Default, such
other officer who in the normal performance of his or her operational duties
would have knowledge of the subject matter relating to such
Default.
“Availability Period”
means the period from and including the Amendment Closing Date to but excluding
the Commitment Termination Date.
“BAM” means Brookfield
Asset Management Inc., an Ontario corporation.
“Barbados Charge over
Assets” means the Charge, dated as of the Closing Date, by Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Capital Management SRL, a Barbardos international
society with restricted liability, in favor of the Collateral
Agent.
“Barbados Security
Documents” shall mean the Barbados Charge over Assets and the Barbados
Charge over Quotas and any filing, registrations, recording or similar
instruments or documents necessary or required in connection therewith by the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to record, perfect or otherwise
evidence the security interest in the Collateral pledged
thereunder.
“Barbados Charge over
Quotas” means the Charge over Quotas, dated as of the Closing Date, by
the Borrower, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“Base Rate” means for
any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100
of 1%) 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 ½
of 1%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall
mean the prime lending rate as set forth on the British Banking Association
Telerate Page 5 (or such other comparable publicly available page as may,
in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent after notice to the
Borrower, replace such page for the purpose of displaying such rate if such rate
no longer appears on the British Bankers Association Telerate Page 5), as
in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
available. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of
business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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“Base Rate Loan” means
a Loan bearing interest at a fluctuating rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted Base Rate.
“BIP” means Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners L.P., a Bermuda limited partnership.
“BIG” means Brookfield
Infrastructure GP L.P., a Bermuda limited partnership.
“Board” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Board of Directors”
means:
(1) with
respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with
respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the
partnership or any committee duly authorized and empowered to take action on
behalf of such partnership by the partnership agreement of such
partnership;
(3) with
respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or manager or
members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof;
and
(4) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.
“Book Runners” is
defined in the preamble.
“Borrower” is defined
in the preamble.
“Borrowing Request”
means a Loan request and certificate duly executed by an Authorized Officer of
the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
“Brazilian Bank Account
Pledge Agreement” means the Bank Account Pledge Agreement, dated as of
June 8, 2009 by BIP Netherlands Holdings B.V., a limited liability company, in
favor of the Collateral Agent.
“Brazilian Security
Documents” shall mean the Brazilian Bank Account Pledge Agreement and any
filing, registrations, recording or similar instruments or documents necessary
or required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security interest in the
Collateral pledged thereunder.
“BUC” means Brookfield
US Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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“Business Day” means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
Luxembourg, Xxx Xxxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx are authorized or required by law
to remain closed; provided that when
used in connection with a LIBO Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits
in the London interbank market.
“Canco” means Trilon
Bancorp Inc., an Ontario corporation.
“Cancosub Holdco”
means Brookfield Canada Infrastructure Holdings Inc., an Ontario
corporation.
“Capital Expenditures”
means, for any Person, any expenses that are capitalized on such Person’s
balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock”
means:
(1) in the
case of a corporation, corporate stock and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(2) in the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(3) in the
case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person
including, all warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the
foregoing, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities
convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any
right of participation with Capital Stock.
“Cash Equivalents”
means:
(1) lawful
currency of any country;
(2) securities
issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the
government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States or Canada whose
legal tender has maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of
acquisition;
(3) certificates
of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of twelve
(12) months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with
maturities not exceeding twelve (12) months and overnight bank deposits, in
each case, with any Lender or with any commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $1,000,000,000;
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(4) commercial
paper maturing within twelve (12) months after the date of acquisition and
having a rating of at least A-l from Xxxxx’x or P-l from S&P;
(5) readily
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or Canada
or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating
categories obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or S&P with maturities of twelve
(12) months or less from the date of acquisition; and
(6) investment
in funds which invest substantially all of their assets in Cash Equivalents of
the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this
definition.
“Cash Flow” means, for
any period:
(1) with
respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors, the Net Income of the Borrower and
the Guarantors, (i) plus, to the extent
decreasing such Net Income: (a) Management Fees, (b) interest expense on
Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Guarantors payable during such
period, (c) depreciation, depletion, amortization and other non-cash charges
expensed during such period, and (d) dividends paid on preferred stock and (ii)
plus (or minus) deferred
taxes, net cash settlements on Hedge Agreements and changes in Working Capital;
and
(2) without
duplication of clause (1), with respect to any Project Company or Project
Holding Company and their respective Subsidiaries, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Project Company or Project Holding Company and its respective
Subsidiaries, to the extent decreasing (or increasing) such Consolidated Net
Income: (1) plus, (a)
depreciation, depletion and amortization and other non-cash charges expensed
during such period, (b) other non cash provisions, (c) proceeds, net of gains,
from sales of HBU properties, (d) dividends paid on preferred stock and (e)
Management Fees, (ii) plus (or minus) deferred
taxes, net cash settlements on Hedge Agreements and changes in Working Capital,
(iii) minus
Maintenance Capex and (iv) minus principal
amortization in respect of Financial Indebtedness other than with respect to
Hedge Agreements (except to the extent paid as the result of a refinancing or
replacement thereof in a comparable amount).
“Category A Asset”
means a Project whose operations are likely to have, in the reasonable
determination of any Lender, potential significant adverse social or
environmental impacts that are diverse, irreversible or
unprecedented.
“Change in Control”
means the failure of BAM and/or its Affiliates to own or control more than 50%
of the Capital Stock having full voting rights of the general partner of the
Borrower and to provide substantially the same services to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as provided under the Master Services Agreement, as it may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” means
June 13, 2008.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the applicable regulations thereunder, in
each case as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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“Collateral” means all
collateral pledged, or in respect of which a lien is granted, pursuant to the
Security Documents.
“Collateral Agency
Agreement” means the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, dated
as of the Closing Date, among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and
the Secured Parties referred to therein.
“Collateral Agent”
means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent
for the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Agent’s Fee
Letter” means the confidential fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date
between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Commitment” means,
the commitment of each Lender to make or maintain outstanding Advances from and
after the Amendment Closing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage
of the Commitment Amount.
“Commitment Amount”
means Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000).
“Commitment Termination
Date” means the earliest of (i) June 16, 2010, (ii) the Maturity
Date, or (iii) the date of termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 11.02 or
11.03.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate duly completed and executed by an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, together with such changes thereto as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time reasonably request for the purpose of monitoring Cash Flow, Net
Worth, Liquidity, Debt Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio.
“Consolidated Net
Income” shall mean, for any period for any Person, the consolidated net
income (loss) of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Continuation/Conversion
Notice” means a notice of continuation or conversion and certificate duly
executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, which such notice shall
specify the type and class of Loans to be continued or converted, the amount
thereof and, if such Loan is to be continued as or converted to a LIBO Rate
Loan, the applicable Interest Period therefor, and shall otherwise be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, contract, undertaking or
other agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or to which such
Person or any of its assets is subject.
“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. “Controlled” and
“Controlling”
have meanings correlative thereto.
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“Controlled Project
Entity” means a Project Holding Company or Project Company, the majority
of the Equity Interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Borrower or any Affiliate, or BAM or any Affiliate of BAM (taken together) or
which is otherwise Controlled by the Borrower or any Affiliate, or BAM or any
Affiliate of BAM (taken together).
“Credit Extension”
means, the making of Loans by the Lenders on the same Business Day pursuant to a
Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Credit Parties”
means, collectively, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent, any Affiliate of the foregoing and each of their respective successors,
transferees and assigns.
“Cypriot Contract of Pledge
of Shares” means the Contract of Pledge of Share Certificates, dated as
of the Closing Date by the Borrower and Trilon in favor of the Collateral
Agent.
“Cypriot Security
Documents” shall mean the Cypriot Contract of Pledge of Shares and any
filing, registrations, recording or similar instruments or documents necessary
or required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security interest in the
Collateral pledged thereunder.
“Debt Issuance” shall
mean any incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness.
“Debt Ratio” means, at
any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the Financial Indebtedness
(other than Affiliate Subordinated Debt and other than Financial Indebtedness in
respect of any Hedge Agreement) of the Borrower and the Guarantors outstanding
on such date to (ii) the Proportionate Cash Flow for the twelve
(12) calendar months ending on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending on
or immediately prior to such date. For purposes of computing the Debt
Ratio, any acquisition made prior to the Amendment Closing Date or any other
Acquisition (including, in each case, any purchase price adjustments relating
thereto) or Asset Dispositions during such twelve-month period shall be deemed
to have been consummated on the first day of such period, and the Proportionate
Cash Flow adjusted accordingly.
“Default” means any
Event of Default or any condition, occurrence or event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Disbursement” is
defined in Section 2.06(c).
“Disbursement Date” is
defined in Section 2.06(c).
“Dollar” and the sign
“$” mean lawful
money of the United States.
“Dutch Bank Account
Pledge” shall mean the Deed of Disclosed Pledge of Bank Account
Receivables, dated as of October 10, 2008, by BIP Netherlands Holdings B.V., a
Dutch private limited liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent as
rectified by the Deed of Rectification of the Deed of Disclosed Pledge of Bank
Account Receivables, dated as of October 30, 2008, by BIP Netherlands
Holdings B.V., in favor of the Collateral Agent.
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“Dutch Security
Documents” shall mean the Dutch Share Pledge, the Dutch Bank Account
Pledge and any filing, registrations, recording or similar instruments or
documents necessary or required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security
interest in the Collateral pledged thereunder.
“Dutch Share Pledge”
shall mean the Deed of Disclosed Pledge of Registered Shares, dated as of
October 10, 2008, with respect to the shares in the capital of BIP Netherland
Holdings B.V. by BIP Luxembourg Holdings S.à.x.x., a Luxembourg private limited
liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent as rectified by the
Rectification of the Dutch Deed of Disclosed Pledge of Registered Shares, dated
as of October 29, 2008, by BIP Luxembourg Holdings S.à.x.x., in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
“Eligible Asset” means
an investment (including Equity Interests and Affiliate Subordinated Debt) in
any Project Holding Company (or Project Company, if
applicable): (a) the primary business of which is located in a
member country of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development,
Chile or Brazil, and the long-term sovereign debt rating of which is rated Ba1
or better by Xxxxx’x and BB+ or better by S&P’s (if rated by both) and is in
any of the following industries: (i) gas, water and electricity,
including regulated and unregulated generation, transmission and distribution,
(ii) renewable resources, including timberlands, hydro electric generation
and wind power, (iii) transportation infrastructure, including toll roads,
bridges, tunnels, airports, ports, rail, urban transit, ferries and transport
related facilities and (iv) social infrastructure, including hospitals,
schools, prisons and desalination plants or (b) any other investment
approved as an Eligible Asset at or prior to the Acquisition thereof by the
Required Lenders, provided, however, in each
case, that if the relevant Project of such Project Holding Company or Project
Company is or includes a Category A Asset, such investment shall only be an
Eligible Asset if, and so long as, from and after the date of Acquisition
thereof and so long thereafter as such Project is or includes a Category A
Asset, the Borrower complies with the considerations outlined in the
Environmental and Social Policy Guidelines (attached as Schedule III
hereto) regarding Category A Assets. For the avoidance of doubt, each
Subsidiary of the Borrower and each Non-Controlled Project Entity in existence
on the Closing Date constitutes an Eligible Asset.
“Eligible Assignee”
means (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, (iii) an
Approved Fund or (iv) any other Person (other than an Ineligible
Assignee).
“Environmental Laws”
means any applicable national, provincial, regional or local law, statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, code, principle of common law, license, permit,
authorization, approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction,
enforceable requirement or agreement with any Governmental Authority relating to
the environment (including, without limitation, air, surface water, groundwater,
drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or
any other natural resource) or, to the extent related to exposure to Hazardous
Materials, to human health or safety, including, without limitation, statutes,
regulations, and rules of common law regulating or imposing liability or
standards of conduct with respect to (A) Releases or threatened Releases of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, or (B) the exposure to, or use,
storage, recycling, treatment, generation, manufacturing, transportation,
processing, handling, labeling, production, Release or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials in the environment, in each case as amended and as now in
effect.
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“Equity Facility”
means the Equity Commitment Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2007 between
the Borrower, BAM and BIP as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and of this
Agreement.
“Equity Interests”
means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of Capital Stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent
ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including without
limitation, partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all
warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to
acquire any of the foregoing.
“Equity Issuance”
means (a) any issuance or sale by BIP, the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project Entity after the Closing Date of
(i) any of its Equity Interests or (ii) any other security or
instrument representing its Equity Interests (or the right to obtain any Equity
Interests) in any Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity or (b) the
receipt by any Obligor after the Closing Date of any capital contribution
(whether or not evidenced by any equity security issued by the recipient of such
contribution).
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor
statute thereto of similar import, together with the applicable regulations
thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References
to Sections of ERISA also refer to any successor Sections thereto.
“ERISA Group” means
any Obligor and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades
or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together
with the applicable Obligor, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“Event of Abandonment”
means, with respect to a Project or Projects, the suspension or cessation for a
period of at least one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days of all or
substantially all of the operational and maintenance activities at such Project
or Projects; provided, however, that any
such suspension or cessation that arises from an Event of Loss, a requirement of
law, an event of force majeure, curtailment or failure to be dispatched, or
other bona fide business reasons shall not constitute an Event of Abandonment,
in each case, so long as the applicable Project Company is taking commercially
reasonable actions to overcome or mitigate the effects of the cause of
suspension or cessation so that maintenance and/or operations, as the case may
be, can be resumed. Any period of cessation or suspension shall end
on the date that operation and maintenance activities of a substantial nature
are resumed.
“Event of Default” is
defined in Section 11.01.
“Event of Eminent
Domain” means any compulsory transfer or taking or transfer under threat
of compulsory transfer or taking of any material part of a Project by any
Governmental Authority.
“Event of Loss” means
an event which causes all or a portion of a Project to be damaged, destroyed or
rendered unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever, other than an Event of
Eminent Domain.
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“Excess Cash Flow”
means, for any period:
(a) all
revenues (other than any revenues consisting of Net Cash Proceeds received by
the Borrower or any Guarantor from any Event of Loss, Event of Eminent Domain,
Asset Disposition, Debt Issuance or Equity Issuance that are required to be
applied as a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 3.01(c))
of the Borrower and Guarantors received during such period; minus
(b) all
Operating Expenses of the Borrower and the Guarantors during such period; minus
(c) principal
of, and interest on the Loans, fees and other amounts payable hereunder during
such period.
“Excess Cash Flow Application
Date” is defined in Section 3.01(c).
“Excluded Asset” means
any investment or asset other than an Eligible Asset.
“Exemption
Certificate” is defined in clause (ii) of
Section 4.06(f).
“Existing Credit
Agreement” is defined in the first recital hereto.
“Existing Lenders” is
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Existing Project Level
Indebtedness” means the Financial Indebtedness existing on the Closing
Date incurred by the Project Holding Companies and Project Companies that own or
lease the Projects described on Schedule II.
“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.
“Fee Letters” means
each of the fee letters referred to in Section 3.03.
“Filing Statements”
means all financing statements under the UCC (Form UCC-1), the PPSA or
other similar financing statements under any other equivalent legislation in any
jurisdiction and termination statements under the UCC (Form UCC-3), the
PPSA or other similar termination statements under any other equivalent
legislation in any jurisdiction required pursuant to the Financing
Documents.
“Financing Documents”
means this Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Fee
Letters.
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“Financial
Indebtedness” means, with all of the following: (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments that bear
interest, (c) all reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds, whether or not
matured, (d) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of Property or
services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business
that are not overdue by more than one hundred twenty (120) days,
(e) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property acquired by
such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under
such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of
such Property), (f) all capital lease obligations of such Person, to the
extent required to be capitalized on the books of such Person in accordance with
GAAP, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire,
defease or otherwise acquire for value any stock or stock equivalents of such
Person, valued, in the case of redeemable preferred stock, at the greater of its
voluntary liquidation preference and its involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued
and unpaid dividends, (h) all obligations of such Person under all Hedge
Agreements and (i) any guarantee of or grant of security by such Person in
respect of any of the foregoing. For purposes of this definition, the
amount of the obligations of such Person in respect of any Hedge Agreement at
any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (after giving effect to any
netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedge
Agreement was terminated at such time.
“Fiscal Quarter” means
a quarter ending on the last day of March, June, September or
December.
“Fiscal Year” means
any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending on
December 31; references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any
calendar year (e.g., the “2008 Fiscal Year”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on
December 31 of such calendar year.
“Forestry Project”
means any Project, a material portion of the assets or business of which
includes timber, foresting or logging.
“GAAP” means, (a) in
the case of the Borrower, US GAAP or IFRS, (b) in the case of any Subsidiary or
Non-Controlled Project Entity, existing on the date hereof, the generally
accepted accounting principles of the Approved Jurisdiction set forth opposite
such Person’s name on Schedule IV hereto,
(c) in the case of any other Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity
that relates to a Project Company that conducts its primary business activities
in an Approved Jurisdiction, the generally accepted accounting principles of
such Approved Jurisdiction or IFRS and (d) in all other case, IFRS or the
generally accepted accounting principles required by Section
8.02.
“Governmental
Approvals” means, with respect to any Person (a) any authorization,
consent, approval, license, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, filing,
variance, order, judgment, decree or publication of, by or with, (b) any
notice to, (c) any declaration of, by or with or (d) any registration
by or with, any Governmental Authority required to be obtained or made by such
Person.
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“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States or Canada, any other
nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” means each
guarantee by a Guarantor of the Borrower’s obligations under the Financing
Documents.
“Guarantor” means
(i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on the signature pages hereto as
a “Guarantor” and (ii) from and after the date of such execution, any other
direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that executes a
joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit E in
accordance with the terms hereof (other than any Project Company and other than
any Subsidiary that is prohibited by law or contractual undertaking with an
unaffiliated third party from becoming a Guarantor hereunder) and, in the case
of the Persons described in clauses (i) and (ii), their respective
successors and assigns.
“Hazardous Material”
means any substance, material or waste listed, defined, designated or classified
as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, biohazardous, infectious or dangerous, or
words of similar meaning under any Environmental Law, including petroleum,
petroleum by-products and asbestos-containing materials.
“Hedge Agreement”
means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference
to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or
securities or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination
of these transactions.
“High Risk Countries”
means the following countries:
· Bolivia
· Brazil
· Cambodia
· Cameroon
· Central
African Republic
· China
· Colombia
· Congo
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· Ecuador
· Gabon
· Ghana
· Honduras
· Indonesia
· Ivory
Coast
· Laos
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· Liberia
· Malaysia
· Papua
New Guinea
· Peru
· Philippines
· Russian
Federation
· Vietnam
|
“Immaterial Group of
Companies” means, at any date of determination, one or more Subsidiaries
of the Borrower (other than the Guarantors) and/or Non-Controlled Project
Entities that at such date have an aggregate Cash Flow for the four (4)
immediately preceding Fiscal Quarters for which Financial Statements have been
delivered, that equals 5% or less of the aggregate Cash Flow of the Borrower and
all of its Subsidiaries and Non-Controlled Project Entities for such
period. For the purposes of this definition “Cash Flow” shall be
in each case calculated without giving effect to the adjustments for Working
Capital as set forth in the definition thereof.
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“Indemnitee” is
defined in Section 13.04.
“Ineligible Assignee”
means a natural Person, any Person that is a sole proprietorship, the Borrower,
any Affiliate of the Borrower or any other Person taking direction from, or
working in concert with, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates.
“IFRS” means
international financial reporting standards as set forth by the International
Accounting Standards Board, as in effect from time to time.
“Interest Coverage
Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the
Proportionate Cash Flow for the twelve (12) calendar months ending on the
last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending on or immediately prior to such date to
(ii) cash interest payable on Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower and
the Guarantors for such period (other than Affiliate Subordinated
Debt). For purposes of computing the Interest Coverage Ratio, any
acquisition made prior to the Amendment Closing Date or other Acquisition
(including, in each case, any purchase price adjustment relating thereto) or
Asset Dispositions during such twelve-month period shall be deemed to have been
consummated on the first day of such period and the Proportionate Cash Flow and
interest payable adjusted accordingly.
“Interest Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, each the last
day of each March, June, September and December and the date of payment of any
principal of such Loan and (b) with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period
that has a duration of more than three (3) months, the day three
(3) months after the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period”
means, relative to any LIBO Rate Loan, the period beginning on (and including)
the date on which such LIBO Rate Loan is made or continued as, or converted
into, a LIBO Rate Loan pursuant to Sections 2.03 or
2.04 and ending
on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one (1), two
(2), three (3), or six (6) months, thereafter (as selected by the Borrower
in the applicable Borrowing Request or Continuation/Conversion Notice delivered
by it pursuant to such Section 2.03 or
2.04, as the
case may be, and in the absence of such selection, such Interest Period shall
have a duration of three (3) months); provided that
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day shall end on the next succeeding Business Day unless such
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any
Interest Period that would otherwise commence before and end after the Maturity
Date shall end on the Maturity Date; (iii) each Interest Period that
commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar
month) shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar
month and (iv) the term “Interest Period” shall include any period selected
by the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
“Lender Assignment
Agreement” means an assignment agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit C
hereto.
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“Lenders” is defined
in the preamble
and includes any Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 13.11.
“LIBO Rate” means,
with respect to any LIBO Rate Loans for any Interest Period, the rate per annum
determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal
to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period
appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on any successor or substitute page or
service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such
page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes
of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest
Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Reuters Page
LIBOR01 (or otherwise on such screen), the “LIBO Rate” for
purposes of this definition shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be
selected by the Administrative Agent.
“LIBO Rate Loan” means
a Loan bearing interest, at all times during an Interest Period applicable to
such Loan, at a rate of interest determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, mandatory deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, security interest, charge, lien (statutory or other), preference,
priority or other collateral agency agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever
which has the substantial effect of constituting a security interest, including,
without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
financing lease having substantially the same effect as any of the foregoing and
the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the UCC, PPSA
or comparable law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign.
“Liquidity” means, at
any date of determination, the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents available to
the Borrower and/or the Guarantors within ten (10) Business Days from such
date from all sources, including without limitation, (i) amounts held in
deposit and securities accounts, (ii) amounts available under the Equity
Facility and (iii) amounts available under this Agreement.
“Loan” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Luxembourg Pledge
Agreement” means the Share Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited (f/k/a
Pineworld Limited), a Cypriot limited liability company, in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
“Luxembourg Pledge and
Security Agreement” means the Pledge Over Bank Account, dated as of the
Closing Date, by BIP Luxembourg Holdings S.á x.x., a Luxembourg private limited
liability company, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“Luxembourg Pledge and
Security Documents” shall mean the Luxembourg Pledge Agreement, the
Luxembourg Pledge and Security Agreement and any filing, registrations,
recording or similar instruments or documents necessary or required in
connection therewith by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to
record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security interest in the Collateral
pledged thereunder.
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“Maintenance Capex”
means for any period and for any Project Holding Company or Project Company, the
consolidated Capital Expenditures of such Project Holding Company or Project
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period made in the ordinary course to
maintain the revenue generating capability of its existing assets or made in the
ordinary course to maintain its existing assets to their then current state or
working order.
“Management Fee”
means, for any period, the base management fees payable by the
Borrower,
any Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to BAM or any Affiliate of BAM
during such period pursuant to the Master Services Agreement.
“Master Services
Agreement” means the Master Services Agreement dated as of
December 4, 2007 among the Borrower, BAM, BIP and certain other
Subsidiaries of the Borrower, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or
replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or Properties of
the Borrower and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of
the Borrower and the Guarantors to perform their material obligations under the
Financing Documents to which the Borrower or the Guarantors are a party, or
(c) the validity or enforceability of the Financing Documents or the rights
of the Lenders and Agents thereunder.
“Material Group of
Companies” means, at any time, one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower
(other than the Guarantors) and/or Non-Controlled Project Entities, individually
or taken together, in which the aggregate Net Investment Amount represents more
than 15% of the aggregate Net Investment Amount of all Subsidiaries and
Non-Controlled Project Entities at such time.
“Maturity Date” means
June 16, 2011.
“Moody’s” means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net Cash Proceeds”
means (i) gross proceeds received by the Borrower or any Guarantor (net of
reasonable costs, expenses and taxes payable or paid with respect to the
transaction giving rise to such proceeds, including under any tax sharing
agreement or arrangement) with respect to Asset Dispositions, Debt Issuances,
Equity Issuance, Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain by the Borrower or any
Guarantor or with respect to Property and assets of the Borrower and the
Guarantors and (ii) any dividends or other distributions of any nature,
return of capital or repayment of Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness received
by the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with any Asset Disposition, Debt
Issuance, Equity Issuance, Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain by any
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Guarantors) or Non-Controlled Project
Entity or with respect to the assets or Property thereof.
“Net Income” means the
consolidated net income of the Borrower and the Guarantors determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and excluding in any event any
Project Holding Company or Project Company.
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“Net Investment
Amount” means, (i) with respect to any Subsidiary of the Borrower and
Non-Controlled Project Entity as of the Closing Date, its gross book value,
determined in accordance with GAAP; and (ii) with respect to any Eligible Asset
or Excluded Asset acquired after the Closing Date, the net Acquisition cost paid
by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition, provided that in the event that
the Borrower or BAM or any Affiliate of the Borrower or BAM at any time obtains
an arm’s length valuation of any Eligible Asset or Excluded Asset, the Borrower
shall certify to the Administrative Agent as to such valuation and from and
after such certification the “Net Investment Amount” of such Eligible Asset or
Excluded Asset (including those existing on the Closing Date) shall be such
valuation as so certified.
“Netting Amount” means
base management fees paid by any Project Company, Project
Holding
Company or their respective Subsidiaries.
“Net Worth” means the
consolidated book value of equity of the Borrower and the Guarantors, plus the
Proportionate Share of the Borrower and the Guarantors of cumulative
depreciation, depletion and amortization of all Project Holding Companies or
Project Companies and their respective Subsidiaries from and after
January 1, 2008, plus Affiliate
Subordinated Debt owed by the Obligors to BAM and its Affiliates (other than the
Obligors) in an aggregate amount not in excess of $200,000,000, minus the
Proportionate Share of the Borrower and the Guarantors of the cumulative
Maintenance Capex of all Project Holding Companies and Project Companies and
their respective Subsidiaries from and after January 1, 2008.
“Non-Controlled Project
Entity” means a Person of which 50% or less of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfer voting power) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of the Person is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower or one or more of the
Borrower’s Subsidiaries.
“Non-Domestic Credit
Party” means any Lender that is not a “United States person”, as defined
under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Non-Excluded Taxes”
means any Taxes other than (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or
measured by) the overall net income or overall gross receipts of a Lender or any
other Person (or alternative minimum Tax or other Taxes imposed in lieu thereof)
by the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or other Person is organized or
in which its principal office is located or is otherwise deemed to be a tax
resident or engaged in a trade or business for tax purposes (other than a
jurisdiction in which it is treated as resident or engaged in a trade or
business solely as a result of the Lender or other Person having executed,
delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced,
this Agreement) or, in the case of any Lender, in which its Applicable Lending
Office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the
jurisdictions listed in clause (a) of
this definition, and (c) any withholding Tax or backup withholding Tax that
is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender or other Person at the time such
Lender or other Person becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
Applicable Lending Office unless this occurs pursuant to Section 4.10),
except to the extent that such Lender or other Person (or its assignor, if any)
was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Applicable Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to
such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 4.06.
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“Non-Investment Grade
Eligible Asset” means an Eligible Asset in respect of a Project Holding
Company or Project Company which (i) has, immediately prior to the
Permitted Acquisition thereof by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and without
giving effect thereto or to any related financing, long term debt rated Ba1 or
lower by Moody’s or BB+ or lower by S&P or (ii) has its primary
operations in a country the sovereign long term debt of which is rated Ba1 or
lower by Moody’s or BB+ or lower by S&P.
“Note” means a
promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender, in the form of Exhibit A hereto
(as such promissory note may be amended, endorsed or otherwise modified from
time to time), in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment, evidencing the Loans
of such Lender, and also means all other promissory notes accepted from time to
time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof.
“Obligations” means
the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest
accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing
of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding)
the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to any
Secured Party (including obligations and liabilities under Specified Hedge
Agreements of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or any Person who, at
the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or any
Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise
under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Financing
Document, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or
executed by any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account
of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or to any Lender that
are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided that any
release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this
Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under
Specified Hedge Agreements.
“Obligor” means the
Borrower and each of the Guarantors.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Borrower by at
least two Authorized Officers one of whom must be the principal executive
officer or the principal accounting officer of the Borrower.
“Ontario Security
Agreement” means, the General Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, by Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc., an Ontario
corporation, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
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“Ontario Security
Documents” shall mean, the Ontario Security Agreement and any filing,
registrations, recording or similar instruments or documents necessary or
required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security interest in the
Collateral pledged thereunder.
“Operating Expenses”
means, for any period (without duplication of any amounts included in any
preceding period’s calculations), all amounts disbursed by a Person during, or
reasonably anticipated to be disbursed within ninety (90) days after, such
period for: (i) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and
expenses required to maintain such Person’s corporate existence;
(ii) customary salary, bonus, severance, indemnification obligations and
other benefits payable to officers and employees of such Person;
(iii) reasonable administrative fees, costs and expenses to the Agents or
any Lender (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel, agents and experts); and (iv) general corporate overhead and
operating expenses for such Person including without limitation the Management
Fee.
“Organic Document”
means, relative to any Person, as applicable, its certificate of incorporation,
by laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of
formation, limited liability agreement and all shareholder agreements, voting
trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of such Person’s partnership
interests, limited liability company interests or authorized shares of Capital
Stock.
“Other Taxes” means
any and all stamp or documentary or substantially similar taxes, or any other
excise or Property taxes or similar levies that arise on account of any payment
made or required to be made under any Financing Document or from the execution,
delivery, registration, recording or enforcement of any Financing
Document.
“Parent Pledge
Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by
Trilon, BIG, BIP, Canco, Cancosub Holdco and BUC in favor of the Collateral
Agent.
“Participant” is
defined in Section 13.11(d).
“Patriot Act” means
the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law
October 26, 2001)), as amended and supplemented from time to
time.
“Patriot Act
Disclosures” means all documentation and other information which any
Agent or any Lender reasonably believes is required and requests in order to
comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and
anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the
PCMLTF Act.
“PBGC” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to any or all of
its functions under ERISA.
“PCMLTF Act” means the
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, as amended and
supplemented from time to time.
“Percentage” means,
relative to any Lender, the applicable percentage relating to the Loans set
forth opposite its name on Schedule I under
the Commitment Amount column or set forth in a Lender Assignment Agreement under
the column entitled “Loan Amount”, as such percentage may be adjusted from time
to time pursuant to a Lender Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender and
its assignee Lender and delivered pursuant to Section 13.11.
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“Permitted
Acquisition” is an Acquisition by any Obligor, directly or indirectly,
of:
(1) an
Eligible Asset; provided
that:
(a) at the
time of, and after giving effect to, such Acquisition, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred or is continuing;
(b) after
giving effect to such Acquisition, the aggregate Net Investment Amount with
respect to all Non-Investment Grade Eligible Assets is not greater than 25% of
the aggregate Net Investment Amount of all Eligible Assets owned by the Borrower
and the Guarantors, and
(c) after
giving effect to such Acquisition, the Net Investment Amount with respect to
such Eligible Asset does not exceed 25% of the aggregate Net Investment Amount
of all Eligible Assets; and
(2) an
Excluded Asset; provided
that:
(a) at the
time of, and after giving effect to, such Acquisition, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred or is continuing; and
(b) no
proceeds of the Loans and, except to the extent the amount thereof would be
permitted hereunder to be made by the Borrower as a Restricted Payment at such
time, no income or revenue received by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any
Controlled Project Entity in respect of an Eligible Asset (including, from the
sale or other disposition of such Eligible Asset, the proceeds of any Financial
Indebtedness incurred by any thereof, dividends and other returns of capital and
repayment of Affiliated Subordinated Indebtedness) are used to fund such
Acquisition.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” is defined in Section 10.01.
“Permitted Liens”
means:
(a) the
rights and interests of the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party as
provided in the Security Documents;
(b) Liens for
any tax, either (i) secured by a bond or other reasonable security or
(ii) not yet due or (iii) being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings so long as adequate reserves have been provided therefor
to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP;
(c) Liens
arising out of judgments or awards so long as enforcement of such Lien has been
stayed and an appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith
and for the payment of which adequate reserves, bonds or other reasonable
security have been provided or are fully covered by insurance;
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(d) Liens,
deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations;
(e) Liens
imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including
carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens and other similar liens arising
in the ordinary course of business, and which (i) do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially
impair the use thereof in the operations of the business of such Person or
(ii) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the Property
subject to such liens and for which adequate reserves have been made if required
in accordance with GAAP;
(f) Liens
arising from leases or license agreements (other than capital lease obligations)
entered into by the Borrower or any Guarantor in the ordinary course of
business; and
(g) Liens to
secure Financial Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (v) of Section 10.01;
provided that
in the case of Financial Indebtedness referred to in clause (B) of Section
10.01(v), such Liens do not extend to any Property except Property, including
after acquired or arising Property that would have been subject to such Lien
that was or would have been subject to a Lien securing the Financial
Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded.
“Person” means any
individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
association, institution, Governmental Authority or any other
entity.
“Plan” means any
“employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
established or maintained by an Obligor or with respect to any such plan that is
subject to Section 4.12 of
the code or Title IV of ERISA, an ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” is defined
in Section 12.10(b).
“Pledge and Security
Agreement” means, the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, by the Borrower and each other pledgor named therein, in favor of
the Collateral Agent.
“PPSA” means the
Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), as amended from time to time, and the
equivalent legislation in any other Canadian province or territory.
“Project” means (i)
the business or operating assets owned or leased by each Project Company that is
a Subsidiary or a Non-Controlled Project Entity on the Amendment Closing Date
and listed on Schedule
II and (ii) in respect of each Project Company that becomes a Subsidiary
or a Non-Controlled Project Entity after the Amendment Closing Date, the
business or operating assets owned or leased thereby and notified to the
Administrative Agent to the extent required pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(vi),
in each case together with all related assets and real and personal Property,
including contractual rights, governmental approvals relating to such business
and assets, and all activities related thereto.
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“Project Company”
means (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower or Non-Controlled Project Entity
owning or leasing and, in each case, operating or constructing a Project and
(ii) any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof.
“Project Contract
Buyout” means, in respect of any contract or agreement to which any
Project Company is a party, any termination or cancellation of such document as
a result of which such Project Company receives a payment.
“Project Holding
Company” means the highest tier parent of a Project Company in which the
Borrower or another Obligor holds an Equity Interest and in which any Person
other than the Borrower or such Obligor holds on Equity Interest. For the
avoidance of doubt, each Project Holding Company will be either a Subsidiary of
the Borrower or such Obligor or a Non-Controlled Project Entity.
“Project Level
Indebtedness” means (i) Existing Project Level Indebtedness and
(ii) Financial Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor),
Project Holding Company or Project Company.
“Project Level Indebtedness
Documents” means each of the agreements, instruments, undertakings and
other documents evidencing Project Level Indebtedness.
“Projected Interest Coverage
Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the sum
of (A) projected Excess Cash Flow through the next following Fiscal Quarter plus
(B) Projected Interest Expense plus (C) Liquidity (less amounts available under
the Equity Facility) to (ii) Projected Interest Expense, as such ratio is
reasonably determined by the Borrower and certified by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent (which certification shall set forth the relevant
computation of such ratio and the components thereof in reasonable
detail).
“Projected Interest
Expense” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of
interest to be payable on the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then
outstanding through the next following Fiscal Quarter.
“Property” means, as
to any Person, all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed
property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.
“Proportionate Cash
Flow” means for any period, the sum (without duplication) of
(i) Cash Flow of the Borrower and the Guarantors and (ii) the
Proportionate Share of the Cash Flow of all Project Holding Companies or Project
Companies; provided that the
Proportionate Share of Cash Flow of any Project Holding Company or Project
Company shall not be less than zero.
“Proportionate Share”
means with respect to any Equity Interest in a Project Holding Company or
Project Company and their respective Subsidiaries, the percentage of the
aggregate Equity Interests of such Person (on a fully diluted basis) held
directly or indirectly by the Borrower and the Guarantors.
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“Prudent Industry
Practice” means, with respect to any Project, the practices, methods and
acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the relevant industry in
the country in which such Project is located during the relevant time period,
which practices, methods, and acts, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in
light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been
expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with
good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Prudent
Industry Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method
or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather is intended to include prudent
practices, methods, and acts generally accepted in such country.
“PUHCA” means the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.
“RBS” is defined in
Section
6.03(e).
“Register” is defined
in Section 2.06(b).
“Regulation U”
means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
as in effect from time to time.
“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and such Person’s
and such Person’s Affiliates’ respective managers, administrators,
trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, fund
managers and advisors.
“Release” means any
release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping,
dumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or
migration of any Hazardous Material, into the environment including, without
limitation, the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air, soil,
surface water, ground water or Property.
“Replacement Lender”
is defined in Section 4.11.
“Replacement Notice”
is defined in Section 4.11.
“Required Lenders”
means, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Exposure
Amount.
“Restricted Payment”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) the declaration and payment of
distributions, dividends or any other payment made in cash, Property,
obligations or other notes in respect of Equity Interests of any type,
(ii) any redemptions, repurchases or payment of the principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on, any Affiliate Subordinated Debt payable by the
Borrower or any Guarantor, (iii) the making of any loans or advances by
such Person to any Affiliate (other than Affiliate Subordinated Debt) or
(iv) any purchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value
(including, without limitation in connection with any merger or consolidation of
the Borrower) of any of such Person’s Capital Stock.
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“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“Secured Parties”
means, collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, each counterparty to a Specified Hedge Agreement (other than any
Obligor), and each of their respective successors, transferees and
assigns.
“Security Documents”
means, collectively, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Pledge and Security
Agreement, the Parent Pledge Agreement, the Brazilian Pledge and Security
Documents, the Barbados Security Documents, the Cypriot Pledge and Security
Documents, the Ontario Security Documents, the Luxembourg Pledge and Security
Documents, the Dutch Security Documents, the Australian Security Documents, the
UK Security Documents and any other document providing for any lien of the
Secured Parties, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage or security interest on any or
all of the Borrower’s Property or the ownership interests thereof or the
Guarantors’ Property and the ownership interests thereof.
“Solvent” means, with
respect to any Person, that, as of any date of determination, (a) the
amount of the “fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of
such date, exceed (i) the value of all “liabilities of such Person,
including contingent and other liabilities” as of such date, as such quoted
terms are generally determined in accordance with applicable federal laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, and (ii) the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such Person on its
existing debts (including contingent liabilities) as such debts become absolute
and matured, (b) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the businesses in
which it is engaged or proposed to be engaged following such date, and
(c) such Person will be able to pay its liabilities, including contingent
and other liabilities, as they mature. For purposes of this
definition, “able to pay its liabilities, including contingent and other
liabilities, as they mature” means that such Person will be able to generate
enough cash from operations, asset dispositions or refinancings, or a
combination thereof, to meet its obligations as they become due.
“Specified Hedge
Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by (i) the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors and (ii) any Person who is a Lender or an
Affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as
counterparty, (b) that has been designated by such Lender and the Borrower, by
notice to the Administrative Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement, (c) the
obligations under which have been guaranteed by each of the Borrower and each
Guarantor (other than the relevant Obligor that is the counterparty to such
Hedge Agreement) and (d) the counterparty to such Specified Hedge Agreements
(other than any Obligor) has entered into a joinder agreement with respect to
the Collateral Agency Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all
Hedge Agreements in existence on the Closing Date between the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries and any Lender or an Affiliate thereof shall constitute
Specified Hedge Agreements so long as the counterparty thereto is a party to the
Collateral Agency Agreement.
“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 with respect to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such
Regulation D. LIBO Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute
eurocurrency 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.
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“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or
other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any
partnership (a) the sole general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are
that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof).
“Taxes” means any and
all income, stamp or other taxes, duties, levies, imposts, charges, assessments,
fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, penalties
or similar liabilities with respect thereto.
“Terrorism Laws” means
any of the following (a) Executive Order 13224 issued by the President of
the United States, (b) the Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations (Title 31 Part 595 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations), (c) the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions
Regulations (Title 31 Part 596 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations), (d) the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions
Regulations (Title 31 Part 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations), (e) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT)
Act of 2001 (as it may be subsequently codified), (f) the Proceeds of Crime
(Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTF Act), (g) the Criminal
Code (Canada), (h) the United Nations Suppression of Terrorism Regulations and
(i) any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto or pursuant to any legal
requirements of any Governmental Authority governing terrorist acts and acts of
war.
“Total Exposure
Amount” means, on any date of determination (and without duplication),
the outstanding principal amount of all Loans and the unfunded amount of the
Commitments.
“Transaction Document”
has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
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“Trigger
Event” means the Projected Interest Coverage Ratio as at the
last day of any Fiscal Quarter is less than 1.0 to 1.0.
“Trigger Event Notice”
means an Officer’s Certificate delivered under Section
8.01(a)
(iii)
that specifies a Trigger Event has occurred.
“Trilon” means Trilon
International, Inc., a Barbados limited company.
“type” means, relative
to any Loan, the portion thereof, if any, being maintained as a Base Rate Loan
or a LIBO Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York; provided
that if, with respect to any Filing Statement or by reason of any provisions of
law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the
security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the applicable
Financing Document is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in a jurisdiction of the United States other than New York, UCC means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of each Financing Document and any
Filing Statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection.
“UK Deed of Charge”
shall mean the Deed of Charge, dated as of January 20, 2009 by Brookfield
Peterborough (UK) Limited, an English and Welsh private limited liability
company, in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“UK Security
Documents” shall mean the UK Share Charge, the UK Deed of Charge and any
filing, registrations, recording or similar instruments or documents necessary
or required in connection therewith by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to record, perfect or otherwise evidence the security interest in the
Collateral pledged thereunder.
“UK Share Charge”
shall mean the Share Charge, dated as of January 20, 2009, by BIP Bermuda
Holdings I Limited, a Bermuda limited liability company, in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
“United States” or
“U.S.” means
the United States of America, its fifty states and the District of
Columbia.
“U.S. GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as
have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the
United States, which are in effect as of the relevant date of
determination.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all
of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other
than directors’ qualifying shares) will at the time be owned by such Person or
by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Working Capital”
means,
(1) with
respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors (and excluding in any event any
Project Holding Company or Project Holding Company) and at any date of
determination, the excess of their consolidated current assets at such date over
their consolidated current liabilities at such date.
(2)
without duplication of clause (1), with respect to any Project Company or
Project Holding Company and their respective Subsidiaries and at any date of
determination, the excess of their consolidated current assets at such date over
their consolidated current liabilities at such date.
In case
of each of (1) and (2) current assets and current liabilities will be adjusted
to exclude, without duplication, Financial Indebtedness, cash and Cash
Equivalents, deferred taxes, regulatory assets and liabilities, Management Fees
and assets and liabilities in respect of Hedge Agreements.
Section
1.02 Certain Principles of
Interpretation. In
this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, the singular includes the plural and
plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other gender;
references to statutes or regulations are to be construed as including all
statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the
statute or regulation referred to; references to “writing” include printing,
typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a tangible visible
form; the words “including,” “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be
followed in each instance by the words “without limitation”; references to
articles, sections (or subdivisions of sections), exhibits, annexes or
schedules are to this Agreement (unless otherwise specified); references to
agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions and other modifications and
substitutions thereof (including by change orders where applicable) (without,
however, limiting any prohibition on any such amendments, extensions and other
modifications and substitutions by the terms of this Agreement); references to
the “date hereof” and “date of this Agreement” and words of similar impact mean
June 16, 2009; and references to Persons include their respective permitted
successors and assigns and, in the case of Governmental Authorities, Persons
succeeding to their respective functions and capacities. References
in this Agreement to the “knowledge” of or the “best knowledge” of or facts and
circumstances “known to” the Borrower, and all similar references, mean facts or
circumstances of which an Authorized Officer of the Borrower has actual
knowledge.
Section
1.03 Accounting
Terms. All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner
consistent with that used as of the Amendment Closing Date or the date of
creation or acquisition of the relevant Person, as applicable, except as
otherwise specifically prescribed herein; provided that, if the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision or any change by any Person to IFRS from the GAAP
previously applicable to the financial statements of such Person, (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any
such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof or such change to IFRS, 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.
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Section
1.04 Rounding. Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be
permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the
number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result
up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
Section
1.05 Times of
Day. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references
to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section
1.06 Timing of Payment of
Performance. When
the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or
obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a
Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the
immediately succeeding Business Day, and in the case of payments, such extension
of time shall be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case
may be, without duplication of any interest or fees so paid in the next
subsequent calculation of interest or fees payable.
ARTICLE
II
COMMITMENTS
AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section
2.01 Commitments. During
the Availability Period, and subject to the terms and the conditions of this
Agreement, each Lender agrees to make loans to the Borrower from time to time in
an aggregate principal amount up to the Commitment Amount (each, an “Advance” and
collectively, the “Loans”). The
Credit Extensions under this Section 2.01(a)
shall be made by the Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective
Percentages of the Commitment.
On and as
of the Amendment Closing Date, all of the outstanding Tranche A Loans and
Tranche B Loans (each as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be a
Loan outstanding hereunder and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and shall be held by each Lender in accordance with its
Percentage.
Section
2.02 Nature of
Loans. Within
the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow the Loans; provided that Loans
which are prepaid or repaid may not be reborrowed after the Commitment
Termination Date. Each Lender’s Commitment shall expire on the
Commitment Termination Date. The Loans may be Base Rate Loans or LIBO
Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
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Section
2.03 Borrowing
Procedures. By
delivery of a Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent on or before 12:00
noon on a Business Day, the Borrower may from time to time irrevocably request,
on not less than one Business Day’s notice in the case of Base Rate Loans, or
three Business Day’s notice in the case of LIBO Rate Loans, and in either case
not more than ten Business Day’s notice, that a Credit Extension be made in a
minimum amount of $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of $500,000 or in the
unused amount of the applicable Commitment. On the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement, each Credit Extension shall be comprised of
the type of Loans, and shall be made on the Business Day, specified in such
Borrowing Request. On or before 1:00 p.m. on such Business Day, each
Lender that has a Commitment to make the Loans being requested shall deposit
with the Administrative Agent same day funds in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Percentage of the requested Credit Extension. Such deposit will be
made to an account which the Administrative Agent shall specify from time to
time by notice to the Lenders. To the extent funds are received from
the Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall make such funds available to the
Borrower by wire transfer to the account or accounts the Borrower shall have
specified in its Borrowing Request. No Lender’s obligation to make
any Loan shall be affected by any other Lender’s failure to make any
Loan.
Section
2.04 Continuation and Conversion
Elections. By
delivering a Continuation/Conversion Notice to the Administrative Agent on or
before 12:00 noon on a Business Day, the Borrower may from time to time
irrevocably elect, on not less than one (1) Business Day’s notice in the
case of conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans, or three
(3) Business Days’ notice prior to the last day of an Interest Period, in
the case of conversion to or continuation of LIBO Rate Loans, and in either
case, not more than ten (10) Business Days’ notice, that all, or any
portion in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$500,000 be, in the case of Base Rate Loans, converted into LIBO Rate Loans or
be, in the case of LIBO Rate Loans, converted into Base Rate Loans or continued
as LIBO Rate Loans (in the absence of delivery of a Continuation/Conversion
Notice with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan at least three (3) Business Days
(but not more than five (5) Business Days) before the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto, such LIBO Rate Loan shall, on such
last day, automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan); provided, however, that
(a) each such conversion or continuation shall be pro rated among the
applicable outstanding Loans of all Lenders that have made such Loans, and
(b) no portion of the outstanding principal amount of any Loans may be
continued as, or be converted into, LIBO Rate Loans when the Administrative
Agent has notified the Borrower in writing that any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section
2.05 Lending
Office. The
Loans held by each Lender shall by maintained at such Lender’s Applicable
Lending Office.
Section
2.06 Register;
Notes. The
Register shall be maintained on the following terms:
(a) Each
Lender may maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the Obligations of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each
Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. In the
case of a Lender that does not request, pursuant to clause (c)
below, execution and delivery of a Note evidencing the Loans made by such Lender
to the Borrower, such account or accounts shall, to the extent not inconsistent
with the notations made by the Administrative Agent in the Register, be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that the
failure of any Lender to maintain such account or accounts or any error in any
such account shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the
Borrower.
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(b) The
Borrower hereby designates the Administrative Agent to serve as the Borrower’s
agent, solely for the purpose of this clause, to maintain a register (the “Register”) on which
the Administrative Agent will record each Lender’s Commitments, the Loans made
by each Lender (and any interest thereon) and each repayment in respect of the
principal amount of the Loans of each Lender (and any interest thereon) and
annexed to which the Administrative Agent shall retain a copy of each Lender
Assignment Agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.11. The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each
Person in whose name a Loan (and as provided in clause (c) below
the Note evidencing such Loan, if any) is registered as the owner thereof for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice or any provision herein
to the contrary. Any assignment or transfer of a Lender’s Commitment
or the Loans made pursuant thereto shall be registered in the Register only upon
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Lender Assignment Agreement duly
executed by the assignor thereof and the compliance by the parties thereto with
the other requirements of Section 13.11.
(c) The
Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any
Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender, as applicable, a
Note evidencing the Loans made by such Lender (and, if so requested, a new Note
dated the Amendment Closing Date). The Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes each Lender to make (or cause to be made) appropriate notations on
the grid attached to such Lender’s Notes (or on any continuation of such grid),
which notations, if made, shall evidence, inter alia, the date of,
the outstanding principal amount of, and the interest rate and Interest Period
applicable to the Loans evidenced thereby. Such notations shall, to
the extent not inconsistent with the notations made by the Administrative Agent
in the Register, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent manifest
error; provided, however, that the
failure of any Lender to make any such notations or any error in any such
notations shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the
Borrower. A Note and the Obligation evidenced thereby may be assigned
or otherwise transferred in whole or in part only in accordance with Section 13.11.
ARTICLE
III
REPAYMENTS,
PREPAYMENTS, INTEREST AND FEES
Section
3.01 Repayments and Prepayments;
Application.
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(a) Repayment. The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the
Maturity Date.
(b) Voluntary
Prepayments. From time to time, the Borrower may make a
voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, of the outstanding principal amount
of the Loans; provided that,
(A) any prepayment of Loans other than the prepayment on the Amendment
Closing Date referred to in Section 6.03(e)) is
to be applied pro rata among the
outstanding Loans so prepaid of all Lenders that have made such Loans,
(B) all such voluntary prepayments (other than the prepayment on the
Amendment Closing Date referred to in Section 6.03(e))
shall require at least one but no more than five (5) Business Days’ (and at
least three (3) Business Days in the case of LIBO Rate Loans) prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent, (C) all such voluntary partial
prepayments of any Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000
and integral multiples of $500,000 and (D) if any such prepayment of a LIBO
Rate Loan shall be on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period
therefor, such prepayment is accompanied by any loss or and expense incurred by
the Lenders as provided in Section 4.04.
(c) Mandatory
Prepayments. Other than with respect to any transaction or
relevant portion thereof involving Excluded Assets, mandatory prepayments of the
Loans shall be made as set forth below:
(i) Event of
Loss. Upon receipt by the Borrower or any Guarantor of the Net
Cash Proceeds from any Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain, in an aggregate
amount greater than $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, then an amount equal to 100%
of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on the next following Interest
Payment Date toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.01(d).
(ii) Asset
Disposition. Upon receipt by the Borrower or any Guarantor of
the Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition by the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project Entity, in an aggregate amount
greater than $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, then an amount equal to 100% of such
Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on the next following Interest Payment Date
toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 3.01(d).
(iii) Debt
Issuance. Upon any Debt Issuance by the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project Entity (other than Affiliate
Subordinated Debt), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
shall be applied on the next following Interest Payment Date toward the
mandatory prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 3.01(d).
(iv) Equity
Issuance. Upon any Equity Issuance by BIP, the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project Entity (other than issuances in
respect of any equity contributions by BAM or Affiliates of BAM), an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the next
following Interest Payment Date toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth
in Section 3.01(d);
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(v) Excess Cash
Flow. If, with respect to any two consecutive Fiscal Quarters,
the conditions to Restricted Payments set forth in clauses (b)(i) through
(b)(iv) of Section 10.03
are not satisfied, the Borrower shall, on the date following sixty
(60) days after the end of the second such Fiscal Quarter, apply an amount
equal to 100% of Excess Cash Flow for such two Fiscal Quarters, toward the
mandatory prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 3.01(d).
(vi) Debt
Ratio. If the Debt Ratio as at the end of any Fiscal Quarter
is greater than (x) 5.50 to 1.00 at any time from the Closing Date through June
13, 2010, and (y) thereafter, 5.00 to 1.00, the Borrower shall apply an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) the amount required
to be prepaid such that the Debt Ratio (after giving effect to such prepayment)
is no greater than the then-applicable ratio, falling sixty (60) days after
the end of such Fiscal Quarter, toward the mandatory prepayment of the Loans as
set forth in Section 3.01(d).
(vii) Each
prepayment or repayment of any Loans made pursuant to this Section shall be made
together with accrued interest on the amount of the Loans to be prepaid and any
amounts required by Section 4.04,
but otherwise without premium or penalty. The Borrower shall give
prior written notice of any mandatory prepayment required under Section 3.01(c)
(including the date and an estimate of the aggregate amount of such mandatory
prepayment) at least five (5) Business Days prior thereto; provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
make such mandatory prepayments.
(d) Application. Amounts
prepaid pursuant to Section 3.01(c)
shall be applied first, to the
principal amount of the Loans being maintained as Base Rate Loans, and second, subject to
the terms of Section 4.04, to
the principal amount of the Loans being maintained as LIBO Rate
Loans.
Section
3.02 Interest
Provisions.
(a) Rates; Fees. The
Borrower shall pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Loans at
a rate per annum:
(i) on any
Loan or portion thereof maintained from time to time as a Base Rate Loan, equal
to the sum of the Adjusted Base Rate from time to time in effect plus the Applicable
Margin for Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) on any
Loan or portion thereof maintained as a LIBO Rate Loan, during each Interest
Period applicable thereto, equal to the sum of the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period plus the Applicable
Margin for LIBO Rate Loans.
All LIBO
Rate Loans shall bear interest from and including the first day of the
applicable Interest Period to (but not including) the last day of such Interest
Period.
(b) Post-Default
Rates. The Borrower shall pay interest (after as well as
before judgment) on any principal, interest or any other Obligation payable by
the Borrower hereunder that is not paid in full when due (whether at the stated
due date, by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to (i) in
the case of principal on any Loan, the rate of interest that otherwise would be
applicable to such Loan hereunder plus 2% per annum;
and (ii) in the case of overdue interest, fees, and other monetary
Obligations, the Adjusted Base Rate from time to time in effect, plus the Applicable
Margin for Base Rate Loans, plus 2% per
annum.
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(c) Payment
Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided, that
(i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02
shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan, 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 LIBO Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan prior to the end of the then current Interest Period therefor, accrued
interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such
conversion.
Section
3.03 Fees.
(a) Commitment
Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a commitment fee in respect of the Commitment of
such Lender for the period from and including the Interest Payment Date next
preceding the Amendment Closing Date to but excluding the last day of the
Availability Period, at a rate per annum equal to (i) the rate set forth in the
Existing Credit Agreement (for the period prior to the Amendment Closing Date)
and (ii) from and after the Amendment Closing Date, 30% of the highest
Applicable Margin applicable for each day, calculated on the average daily
unused amount of the respective Commitments of such Lender during the period for
which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date for Base Rate Loans and/or the Commitment Termination Date.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the
fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Administrative Agent’s Fee
Letter.
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent, for its own account, the fees in
the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Collateral Agent’s Fee
Letter.
Section
3.04 Changes of
Commitments.
(a) The
aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be automatically reduced to zero at
the close of business New York time on the Commitment Termination
Date.
(b) The
Borrower shall have the right to terminate or reduce the aggregate unused amount
of the Commitments at any time or from time to time upon not less than three (3)
Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
notify the Lenders thereof) of each such termination or reduction, which notice
shall specify the effective date of such termination or reduction and the amount
of any such reduction (provided that the
amount of any such reduction of the Commitments shall be equal to $1,000,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the remaining
unused portion thereof) and shall be irrevocable and effective only upon receipt
by the Administrative Agent.
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ARTICLE
IV
CERTAIN
LIBO RATE AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Section
4.01 LIBO Rate Lending
Unlawful.
If
any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, upon notice thereof to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower) that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of
any law makes it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for such Lender to make or continue any Loan as, or to convert any
Loan into, a LIBO Rate Loan, the obligations of such Lender to make, continue or
convert any such LIBO Rate Loan shall, after the determination thereof,
forthwith be suspended until such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent
that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and all
outstanding LIBO Rate Loans payable to such Lender shall automatically convert
into Base Rate Loans at the end of the then current Interest Periods with
respect thereto or sooner, if required by such law or assertion.
Section
4.02
Deposits Unavailable.
If
the Administrative Agent shall have determined that:
(a) Dollar
deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant Interest Period are not
available to it in its relevant market; or
(b) by reason
of circumstances affecting its relevant market, adequate means do not exist for
ascertaining the interest rate applicable hereunder to LIBO Rate
Loans;
then,
upon notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders, the
obligations of all Lenders under Sections 2.01,
2.03 and 2.04 to make or
continue any Loans as, or to convert any Loans into, LIBO Rate Loans shall
forthwith be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower
and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
Section
4.03 Increased LIBO Rate Loan
Costs, etc. The
Borrower agrees to reimburse each Lender for any increase in the cost to such
Lender of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by such Lender
in respect of, such Lender’s Commitments and the making of Credit Extensions
hereunder (including the making, continuing or maintaining (or of its obligation
to make or continue) any Loans as, or of converting (or of its obligation to
convert) any Loans into, LIBO Rate Loans) that arise in connection with any
change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness, interpretation,
reinterpretation or phase in after the Closing Date of, any law or regulation,
directive, guideline, decision or request (whether or not having the force of
law) of any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such changes with
respect to increased capital costs and Taxes, which are governed exclusively by
Sections 4.05
and 4.06,
respectively, and (ii) increased costs which are already included in the
determination of the Statutory Reserve Rate. Each affected Credit
Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing
of the occurrence of any such event, stating the reasons therefor and the
additional amount required fully to compensate such Credit Party for such
increased cost or reduced amount. Such additional amounts shall be
payable by the Borrower directly to such Credit Party within ten (10) days
of its receipt of such notice, and such notice shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower.
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Section
4.04 Funding
Losses. In
the event any Lender shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by such Lender to make or continue any portion of the
principal amount of any Loan as, or to convert any portion of the principal
amount of any Loan into, a LIBO Rate Loan) as a result of
(a) any
conversion or repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of any LIBO Rate
Loan on a date other than the scheduled last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, whether pursuant to Article III or
otherwise;
(b) any Loans
not being made as LIBO Rate Loans in accordance with the Borrowing Request
therefor;
(c) any Loans
not being continued as, or converted into, LIBO Rate Loans in accordance with
the Continuation/Conversion Notice therefor; or
(d) any LIBO
Rate Loans not being prepaid in accordance with any notice delivered pursuant to
Section 3.01(a)
(as a result of a revocation of such notice or as a result of such payment not
being made);
then,
upon the written notice of such Lender to the Borrower, the Borrower shall,
within ten (10) days of its receipt thereof, pay directly to such Lender
such amount as will (in the reasonable determination of such Lender) reimburse
such Lender for such loss or expense. Such written notice shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower.
Section
4.05 Increased Capital
Costs. If,
after the Closing Date, any change in, or the introduction, adoption,
effectiveness, interpretation, reinterpretation or phase in of, any law or
regulation, directive, guideline, decision or request (whether or not having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority (other than changes with respect to
Taxes, which are governed exclusively by Section 4.06)
affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender, and such Lender
determines (in good faith but in its sole and absolute discretion) that the rate
of return on its or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of the
Commitments or the Credit Extensions made by such Lender is reduced to a level
below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but
for the occurrence of any such circumstance, then upon notice from time to time
by such Lender to the Borrower, the Borrower shall within five (5) days
following receipt of such notice pay directly to such Lender additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such
reduction in rate of return. A statement of such Lender as to any
such additional amount or amounts shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower. In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable method of averaging and attribution that it
(in its sole and absolute discretion) shall deem applicable.
Section
4.06 Taxes. Each
Obligor covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Any and
all payments by such Obligor under each Financing Document shall be made free
and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any
Taxes, except to the extent any Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted by
law. In the event that any Taxes are required by law to be deducted
or withheld from any payment required to be made by such Obligor or the
Administrative Agent to or on behalf of any Lender or any other Person under any
Financing Document, then:
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(i) subject
to clauses (f) and
(g), if such
Taxes are Non-Excluded Taxes, the amount of such payment shall be increased as
may be necessary such that such payment is made, after withholding or deduction
for or on account of such Non-Excluded Taxes, in an amount that is not less than
the amount provided for in such Financing Document (and for the avoidance of
doubt, it shall be the sole responsibility of such Obligor to pay such increased
amounts without regard to whether such Taxes are imposed on such Obligor or
another party); and
(ii) such
Obligor or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall withhold the full
amount of such Non-Excluded Taxes from such payment (as increased pursuant to
clause (a)(i),
if applicable) and shall pay such amount to the Governmental Authority imposing
such Non-Excluded Taxes in accordance with Applicable Law.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any and all Other Taxes imposed on or with
respect to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to the
relevant Governmental Authority imposing such Other Taxes in accordance with
Applicable Law.
(c) As
promptly as practicable after the payment of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other
Taxes, and in any event within forty-five (45) days of any such payment,
the Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent
a copy of an official receipt (or a certified copy thereof) or if obtaining such
receipt or copy is impractical, other documentation necessary for purposes of
claiming a foreign tax credit evidencing the payment of such Taxes or Other
Taxes. The Administrative Agent shall make copies thereof available
to any Lender upon request therefor.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) Subject
to clause (g), the
Borrower shall indemnify any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent for any Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes paid by or on behalf of such
Person. In addition, the Borrower shall indemnify any Lender, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for any incremental Non-Excluded
Taxes that are paid or payable by such Person as a result of any failure of the
Borrower to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes as required by clause (a) when
due to the appropriate Governmental Authority. With respect to
indemnification for Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes actually paid by any
Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or the indemnification
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, such indemnification shall be
made within thirty (30) days after the date such Person makes written
demand therefor accompanied by documentation evidencing payment of such
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
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(f) Each
Lender shall deliver documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether such Lender is subject
to withholding, backup withholding or information reporting
requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Lender other than a Non-Domestic Credit Party shall deliver, on or prior to the
date which such Lender becomes a Lender under or with respect to this Agreement
(and promptly from time to time thereafter if any form previously delivered
becomes inaccurate or upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent certifying that such Person is exempt from
United States backup withholding tax on payments made under the Financing
Documents. Additionally, each Non-Domestic Credit Party, on or prior
to the date on which such Non-Domestic Credit Party becomes a Lender hereunder
(and promptly from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, but only for so long as such Non-Domestic Credit Party
is legally entitled to do so), shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent either:
(i) two
properly completed and duly executed copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (claiming eligibility for treaty benefits), W-8ECI and/or
W-8IMY, together with any necessary attachments, or an applicable successor
form; or
(ii) in the
case of a Non-Domestic Credit Party that is not legally entitled to deliver
either form listed in clause (f)(i)
and is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code
and is relying on the “portfolio interest” exemption, (x) a certificate in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of a duly authorized officer of such Non-Domestic Credit
Party to the effect that such Non-Domestic Credit Party is not (A) a “bank”
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a
“10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign
corporation receiving interest from a related person within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (such certificate, an “Exemption
Certificate”) and (y) two properly completed and duly executed
copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN and/or W-8IMY or applicable
successor form, in each case certifying that such Non-Domestic Credit Party is
entitled to receive payments under this Agreement and the Notes without
deduction or withholding of any Non-Excluded Taxes.
Each such
Non-Domestic Credit Party further agrees to deliver, to the extent it is legally
entitled to do so, to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
additional copies of such foregoing relevant form on or before the date such
form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event (including
a change in Applicable Lending Office) requiring a change in the most recent
forms so delivered by it, in each case certifying that such Non-Domestic Credit
Party is entitled to an exemption from withholding or deduction for or on
account of Non-Excluded Taxes in connection with payments under this Agreement
or under any of the Notes. Each such Non-Domestic Credit Party shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any changes in
circumstances that would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or
reduction.
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(g) The
Borrower shall not be obligated to gross up any payments to any Lender pursuant
to clause (a)(i),
or to indemnify any Lender pursuant to clause (e), in
respect of Taxes to the extent imposed as a result of (i) the failure of
such Lender to deliver to the Borrower the form or forms and/or an Exemption
Certificate, as applicable to such Lender, pursuant to clause (f), or
(ii) such form or forms and/or Exemption Certificate not establishing a
complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding Tax or the information or
certifications made therein by the Lender being untrue or inaccurate in any
material respect; provided, however, that the
Borrower shall be obligated to gross up any payments to any such Lender pursuant
to clause (a)(i),
and to indemnify any such Lender pursuant to clause (e), in
respect of United States federal withholding Taxes if (A) any such failure
to deliver a form or forms or an Exemption Certificate or the failure of such
form or forms or Exemption Certificate to establish a complete exemption from
U.S. federal withholding Tax or inaccuracy or untruth contained therein
resulted from a change in any applicable statute, treaty, regulation or other
Applicable Law or any interpretation of any of the foregoing occurring after the
date on which such Lender became a Lender hereunder, which change rendered such
Lender no longer legally entitled to deliver such form or forms or Exemption
Certificate or otherwise ineligible for a complete exemption from
U.S. federal withholding Tax, or rendered the information or certifications
made in such form or forms or Exemption Certificate untrue or inaccurate in a
material respect or (B) the obligation to gross up payments to any such
Lender pursuant to clause (a)(i) or
to indemnify any such Lender pursuant to clause (e) is
with respect to an assignee Lender as a result of an assignment made at the
request of the Borrower.
(h) If the
Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has
received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has
been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.06, it
shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent
of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under
this Section
4.06 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to
such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest
paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that (i) the
Borrower, upon request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to
repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or
such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority and
(ii) nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or the
Administrative Agent to arrange its Tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit
nor oblige any Lender or the Administrative Agent to claim any Tax refund or to
make available its Tax returns or disclose any information relating to its Tax
affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit
from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it
may be entitled.
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Section
4.07 Payments, Computations,
etc. Unless
otherwise expressly provided in a Financing Document, all payments by the
Borrower hereunder shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent. All payments shall be made in Dollars in New York, New York
without setoff, deduction or counterclaim not later than 1:00 p.m. New York time
on the date due in same day or immediately available funds to such account as
the Administrative Agent shall specify from time to time by notice to the
Borrower. Funds received after that time shall be deemed to have been
received by the Administrative Agent on the next succeeding Business
Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit in same day funds
to each Lender, for account of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office, its
share, if any, of such payments received by the Administrative
Agent. All interest (including interest on LIBO Rate Loans) and fees
shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first
day but excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such
interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of three hundred sixty
(360) days (or, in the case of interest on a Base Rate Loan, three hundred
sixty-five (365) days or, if appropriate, three hundred sixty-six
(366) days).
Section
4.08 Sharing of
Payments. If
any Credit Party shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether voluntary,
involuntary, by application of setoff or otherwise) on account of any Credit
Extension (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 4.03,
4.04, 4.05 or 4.06 and other than
the prepayment on the Amendment Closing Date referred to in Section 6.03(e)) in
excess of its pro rata share of
payments obtained by all Credit Parties, such Credit Party shall purchase from
the other Credit Parties such participations in Credit Extensions made by them
as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Credit Party to share the excess
payment or other recovery ratably (to the extent such other Credit Parties were
entitled to receive a portion of such payment or recovery) with each of them;
provided, however, that if all
or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered
from such purchasing Credit Party, the purchase shall be rescinded and each
Credit Party which has sold a participation to the purchasing Credit Party shall
repay to the purchasing Credit Party the purchase price to the ratable extent of
such recovery together with an amount equal to such selling Credit Party’s
ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such
selling Credit Party’s required repayment to the purchasing Credit Party to
(b) total amount so recovered from the purchasing Credit Party) of any
interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Credit Party in
respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that
any Credit Party purchasing a participation from another Credit Party pursuant
to this Section may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its
rights of payment with respect to such participation as fully as if such Credit
Party were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation. If under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law any Credit Party receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff
to which this Section applies, such Credit Party shall, to the extent
practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner
consistent with the rights of the Credit Parties entitled under this Section to
share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.
Section
4.09 Setoff. Each
Lender shall have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the
Obligations owing to it (whether or not then due), and (as security for such
Obligations) each Obligor hereby grants to each Lender a continuing security
interest in, any and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts (other than any
trust accounts comprised entirely of moneys held in trust for the benefit of
Persons other than the Borrower or its Affiliates) or moneys of each Obligor
then or thereafter maintained with such Lender or any of its branches or
Affiliates; provided, however, that any
such appropriation and application shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.08. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after
any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff under
Applicable Law or otherwise) which such Lender may have.
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Section
4.10 Change of Lending
Office. Each
Credit Party agrees that if it makes any demand for payment under Section 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06, or if any
adoption or change of the type described in Section 4.01
shall occur with respect to it, it will, if requested by the Borrower, file a
certificate or document reasonably requested by the Borrower and/or use
reasonable efforts (in either case, consistent with its internal policy and
legal and regulatory restrictions and so long as such efforts would not be
disadvantageous to it, as determined in its sole discretion) to designate a
different Applicable Lending Office if the filing of such certificate or
document or the making of such a designation would reduce or obviate the need
for the Borrower to make payments under Section 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06, or would
eliminate or materially reduce the effect of any adoption or change described in
Section 4.01;
provided, however, that nothing
in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower
or the right of any Person provided in Section 4.01,
4.03, 4.05 or 4.06.
Section
4.11 Replacement of
Lenders. If
any Lender (an “Affected Lender”)
makes a demand upon the Borrower for (or if the Borrower is otherwise required
to pay) amounts pursuant to Section 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06 (and the payment
of such amounts are, and are likely to continue to be, more onerous in the
reasonable judgment of the Borrower than with respect to the other Lenders), or
gives notice pursuant to Section 4.01
requiring a conversion of such Affected Lender’s LIBO Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans or suspending such Lender’s obligation to make Loans as, or to convert
Loans into, LIBO Rate Loans, the Borrower may, within thirty (30) days of
receipt by the Borrower of such demand or notice, as the case may be, give
notice (a “Replacement
Notice”) in writing to the Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender
of its intention to cause such Affected Lender to sell all or any portion of its
Loans, Commitments and/or Notes to another financial institution or other Person
(a “Replacement
Lender”) designated in such Replacement Notice; provided, however, that no
Replacement Notice may be given by the Borrower if (i) such replacement
conflicts with any Applicable Law or regulation, (ii) any Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement or
(iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken any
necessary action under Section 4.05 or
4.06 (if
applicable) so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing
pursuant to Section 4.05 or
4.06. If
the Administrative Agent shall, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion and
within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such Replacement Notice, notify
the Borrower and such Affected Lender in writing that the Replacement Lender is
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (such consent not being required where
the Replacement Lender is already a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender), then
such Affected Lender shall, subject to the payment of any amounts due pursuant
to Section 4.04,
assign, in accordance with Section 13.11,
the portion of its Commitments, Loans, and/or Notes (if any), and other rights
and obligations under this Agreement and all other Financing Documents
designated in the replacement notice to such Replacement Lender; provided, however, that
(i) such assignment shall be without recourse, representation or warranty
and shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to such Affected
Lender and such Replacement Lender, (ii) the purchase price paid by such
Replacement Lender shall be in the amount of such Affected Lender’s Loans
designated in the Replacement Notice, together with all accrued and unpaid
interest and fees in respect thereof, plus all other
amounts (including the amounts demanded and unreimbursed under Sections 4.03,
4.05 and 4.06), owing to such
Affected Lender hereunder and (iii) the Borrower shall pay to the Affected
Lender and the Administrative Agent all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Affected Lender and the Administrative Agent in connection with
such assignment and assumption (including the processing fees described in Section 13.11). Upon
the effective date of an assignment described above, the Replacement Lender
shall become a “Lender” for all purposes under the Financing
Documents.
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Section
4.12 Limitation on Additional
Amounts, etc. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Sections 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06 of this
Agreement, unless a Lender gives notice to the Borrower that it is obligated to
pay an amount under any such Section within sixty (60) days after the later
of (a) the date the Lender incurs the respective increased costs, Taxes,
loss, expense or liability, reduction in amounts received or receivable or
reduction in return on capital or (b) the date such Lender has actual
knowledge of its incurrence of their respective increased costs, Taxes, loss,
expense or liability, reductions in amounts received or receivable or reduction
in return on capital, then such Lender shall only be entitled to be compensated
for such amount by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06, as the case may
be, to the extent the costs, Taxes, loss, expense or liability, reduction in
amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital are incurred or
suffered on or after the date which occurs sixty (60) days prior to such
Lender giving notice to the Borrower that it is obligated to pay the respective
amounts pursuant to Sections 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06,
as the case may be. This Section shall have no applicability to any
Section of this Agreement other than Sections 4.03,
4.05 or 4.06.
ARTICLE
V
GUARANTEE
Section
5.01 The
Guarantee. The
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee to the Lenders and their
successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations and agree that in the
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or
renewal. The Guarantors hereby further jointly and severally agree
that if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Obligations, the Guarantors
will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice
whatsoever.
Section
5.02 Obligations
Unconditional. The
obligations of the Guarantors under Section 5.01 are
absolute and unconditional and joint and several, irrespective of the value,
genuineness, validity or enforceability of the obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement, any other Financing Document or any other agreement or
instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any
other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, irrespective of any other circumstance
whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.02
that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional, joint and several, under any and all
circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it
is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not
alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain
absolute and unconditional as described above:
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(a) at any
time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or
such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of
the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement, any other
Financing Document or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or
therein shall be done or omitted;
(c) the
maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the
Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any
right under this Agreement, any other Financing Document or any other agreement
or instrument referred to herein shall be waived, amended, modified or
supplemented or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security
therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt
with;
(d) any Lien
granted to, or in favor of, the Credit Parties or any other Person as security
for any of the Obligations shall be released or shall fail to be perfected;
or
(e) any
illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any Obligation.
The
Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any of the Secured
Parties or any other Person exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed
against the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument
referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or
security for, any of the Obligations.
Section
5.03 Reinstatement. The
obligations of the Guarantors under this Article shall be automatically
reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf
of the Borrower in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise
restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any
proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Guarantors
jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Secured Parties on
demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including fees of counsel)
incurred by such Person in connection with such rescission or restoration,
including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim
alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or
similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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Section
5.04 Subrogation. The
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that until the payment in full of
the Obligations, they shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason
of any performance by them of their guarantee in Section 5.01,
whether by subrogation or otherwise, against the Borrower, any other Obligor or
any other guarantor of any of the Obligations or any security for any of the
Obligations.
Section
5.05 Remedies. The
Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the
Secured Parties, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement may be
declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Article XI (and
shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the
circumstances provided in Article XI) for
purposes of Section 5.01
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such
obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such
obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 5.01.
Section
5.06 Instrument for the Payment
of Money. Each
Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article constitutes an
instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that the Secured
Parties, at their sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in
the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to proceed by
motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to N.Y. Civ. Prac.
L&R § 3213.
Section
5.07 Continuing
Guarantee. The
guarantee in this Article is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all
Obligations whenever arising.
Section
5.08 General Limitation on
Guarantee Obligations. In
any action or proceeding involving any state or provincial corporate law, or any
foreign, state, provincial or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any
Guarantor under Section 5.01
would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of Section 5.09, be
held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the
claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under
Section 5.01,
then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of
such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, the Secured
Parties or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other
creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
Section
5.09 Rights of
Contributions. The
Guarantors hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any Guarantor shall
become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment
by such Guarantor of any Obligations, each other Guarantor shall, on demand of
such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the next sentence), pay to such
Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such Guarantor’s Pro Rata Share (as
defined below and determined, for this purpose, without reference to the
Properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of the
Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of such Obligations. The
payment obligation of a Guarantor to any Excess Funding Guarantor under this
Section 5.09
shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of the obligations of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this
Article and such Excess Funding Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy
with respect to such excess until payment and satisfaction in full of all of
such obligations.
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For
purposes of this Section 5.09,
(a) “Excess Funding
Guarantor” means, in respect of any Obligations, a Guarantor that has
paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Obligations, (b) “Excess Payment”
means, in respect of any Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding
Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Obligations and (c) “Pro Rata Share”
means, for any Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the
amount by which the aggregate present fair saleable value of all Properties of
such Guarantor (excluding any shares of stock of any other Guarantor) exceeds
the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including
contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding
the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and under the other Financing
Documents to which it is a party and any obligations of any other Guarantor that
have been Guaranteed by such Guarantor) to (ii) the amount by which the
aggregate fair saleable value of all Properties of all of the Guarantors exceeds
the amount of all the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated,
unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations the
Guarantors hereunder and under the other Financing Documents) of all of the
Guarantors, determined (A) with respect to any Guarantor that is a party
hereto on the Amendment Closing Date, as of the Amendment Closing Date, and
(B) with respect to any other Guarantor, as of the date such Guarantor
becomes a Guarantor hereunder.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the obligations and liabilities of any Obligor
incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg (the “Luxembourg Obligor”)
under the Financing Documents, shall be limited as follow:
(i) obligations
and liabilities of the Luxembourg Obligor shall not include any obligation
which, if incurred, would constitute a misuse of corporate assets as defined
under Article 171-1 of the Luxembourg Company Act of August 10, 1915, as
amended from time to time; and
(ii) the
Guarantee granted by the Luxembourg Obligor for the Obligations of any Person,
which is not a Subsidiary of the Luxembourg Obligor, shall be limited, at any
time, to an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(a)
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all
monies (if any) borrowed under this Agreement, either directly by, or
indirectly when on-lent to, the Luxembourg Obligor or any of its
Subsidiaries (the “Loan
Amount”);
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plus
the total amount not exceeding 95% (ninety-five per cent) of the greater
of:
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the
market value of the assets of the Luxembourg Obligor at the time the
Guarantee is called; and
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the
market value of the assets of the Luxembourg Obligor at the date of this
Agreement;
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less
the Liabilities, other than the Loan Amount, at the time the Guarantee is
called.
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For the
purpose hereof, “Liabilities” means
all existing liabilities (other than any liabilities owed to the direct or
indirect shareholders of the Luxembourg Obligor) incurred, from time to time, by
the Luxembourg Obligor and as reflected, from time to time, in the books of the
Luxembourg Obligor.
If the
parties fail to reach an agreement as to the market value of the assets as
referred to under (ii (b)) above, such market value shall be determined by (i)
an independent investment bank appointed for this purpose by the parties to the
Agreement or (ii) a Luxembourg réviseur d’entreprises
appointed upon the request of any of the parties to the Agreement by the
president of the Institut
Luxembourgeois des Réviseurs d’Entreprises.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the limitations contained in this Luxembourg-specific
limitation shall not in any manner limit the granting or enforcement of any
security interest granted by the Luxembourg Obligor, and in particular, without
however being limited to, any security created pursuant to the Financing
Documents which shall, without any restriction or limitation, fully secure all
liabilities and obligations of any Obligor under the Transaction
Documents.
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
Section
6.01 [INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]
Section
6.02 Conditions Precedent to Each
Credit Extension. The
obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans on the occasion of any Credit
Extension (including the Credit Extension on the Amendment Closing Date) is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Obligor
contained in Article VII
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such
Credit Extension (except to the extent such representation or warranty expressly
relates to an earlier date), before and after giving effect to such Credit
Extension and to the application of the proceeds thereof, as though made on and
as of such date.
(b) No Default or Material Adverse
Effect. (i) No Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, or shall result from such Credit Extension or from the application
of the proceeds thereof; and
(ii) no
event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the next preceding Credit Extension
(including the Credit Extension next preceding the Amendment Closing
Date).
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(c) Permitted
Acquisition. In the case of any Credit Extension of any Loan
the proceeds of which are applied directly or indirectly to a Permitted
Acquisition:
(i) the
Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter next preceding
the date of such Credit Extension for which financial statements required by
Section 8.01(a)
or (b) shall have
been delivered is at least 2.75 to 1.00 at any time from the Closing Date
through June 16, 2010,
(ii) the Debt
Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter next preceding the date of such
Credit Extension for which financial statements required by Section 8.01(a)
or (b) shall have
been delivered is not greater than 5.50 to 1.00 at any time from the Closing
Date through June 16, 2010,
(iii) immediately
prior to, and after giving pro forma effect to, such Credit Extension and the
related Permitted Acquisition, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000,
and
(iv) the
Permitted Acquisition is of only an Eligible Asset.
(d) Borrowing
Request. The Administrative Agent shall have received
(i) a Borrowing Request in respect of the Loans requested on the date of
such Credit Extension which Borrowing Request shall have been duly executed and
delivered in accordance with Section 2.03(a)
and (ii) a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower
certifying as of the date of such Credit Extension as to the matters set forth
in the foregoing clauses of this Section 6.02.
Section
6.03 Conditions Precedent to
Amendment Closing Date. The
amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement provided for hereby
and the obligations of each Lender to make any Loan on or after the Amendment
Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions
precedent set forth in this Section on or prior to June 30, 2009.
(a) Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts of this Agreement signed on behalf of the Borrower, each Guarantor,
each of the Existing Lenders, each of the Lenders party hereto and the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Corporate
Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received from
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, as applicable, the following documents,
each certified as indicated below:
(i) to the
extent readily available in the applicable jurisdiction, a copy of a certificate
(or the equivalent thereof in such jurisdiction) as to the good standing of, and
payment of franchise taxes by, each such Person from their respective
jurisdiction of organization dated as of a recent date; and
(ii) a
certificate, executed by an Authorized Officer, dated as of the Amendment
Closing Date certifying:
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(A) that
attached to such certificate is a true and complete copy of the Organic
Documents of each such Person and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower and each
Non-Controlled Project Entity as of the Amendment Closing Date, as in effect on
the date of such certificate and that such Organic Documents (i) have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such party and (ii) have not been
modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect,
(B) that
attached to such certificate is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly
adopted by the authorized governing body of each such Person, authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of such of this Agreement and such other
acts and things necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and that such resolutions (i) have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors of such party; (ii) have not been modified,
rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and (iii) there exist no
other resolutions of such Person relating to the matters set forth in said
resolutions,
(C) that the
certificates of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (b)(i) of
this Section 6.03,
have not been amended since the date of the certification furnished,
and
(D) as to the
incumbency and specimen signature of each officer, member or partner (as
applicable) of each such Person executing this Agreement and each other document
to be delivered by such party from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof
(and the Administrative Agent and each Lender may conclusively rely on such
incumbency certification until it receives notice in writing from the
Borrower).
(c) Opinions of
Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received an
opinion, to be dated as of the Amendment Closing Date and addressed to the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent from
(i) Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, New York counsel to the Obligors;
(ii) Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, United Kingdom counsel to the Obligors;
(iii) Milbank,
Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, New York counsel to the Administrative
Agent;
(iv) Xxxxxxx,
Bermuda counsel to the Obligors;
(v) Chancery
Xxxxxxxx, Barbados counsel to the Obligors;
(vi) Noble
& Xxxxxxxxxxx, Luxembourg counsel to the Obligors;
(vii) Torys
LLP, Ontario counsel to the Obligors;
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(viii) Xxxxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, special counsel to the
Obligors;
(ix) Loyens
& Loeff, Dutch counsel to the Obligors; and
(x) Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Lawyers, Australian counsel to the Obligors.
(d) Fees, Expense,
etc. All fees required to be paid and all costs and expenses
due and payable as of the Amendment Closing Date shall have been paid or
arrangements satisfactory to the payee shall have been made with respect
thereto.
(e) Prepayment. Contemporaneously
with the occurrence of the Amendment Closing Date, the Borrower shall have made
an optional prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of The Royal
Bank of Scotland, plc, in its capacity as an Existing Lender (“RBS”), in such
amount, which is the principal amount of all outstanding Loans held by RBS under
the Existing Credit Agreement, together with (i) all accrued and unpaid interest
and fees to the Amendment Closing Date and (ii) any amounts payable pursuant to
Section 4.04
hereof.
(f) Delivery of
Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the
account of each Lender that has requested a Note in writing three (3) Business
Days prior to the Amendment Closing Date, such Lender’s Notes duly executed and
delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
(g) Patriot Act
Disclosures. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall
have received all Patriot Act Disclosures reasonably requested by them prior to
execution of this Agreement.
The
Administrative Agent and its counsel shall be satisfied that (i) the Liens
granted pursuant to the Security Documents to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens) is
a first priority (or local equivalent thereof) security interest, and
(ii) no Lien exists on any of the Collateral other than the Lien created in
favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant
to a Financing Document and the Permitted Liens.
ARTICLE
VII
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In order
to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make Credit Extensions
hereunder, each Obligor represents and warrants to each Credit Party which is a
party hereto as follows:
Section
7.01 Due Organization,
etc.
(a) The
Borrower has been duly formed, is validly existing as a limited partnership in
good standing under the laws of Bermuda.
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(b) The
entities listed on Schedule 7.01(b)
(as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(x))
are all of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Each
such Subsidiary (i) has been duly organized, (ii) is validly existing and
(iii) is in good standing as a corporation or limited partnership, as the
case may be, under the laws of the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule 7.01(b)
(as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(x)),
except, in the case of clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) The
entities listed on Schedule 7.01(c)
(as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(x))
are all of the Non-Controlled Project Entities in which the Borrower indirectly
owns an ownership interest. The Borrower directly or indirectly owns
the percentage of outstanding Capital Stock of each of the Non-Controlled
Project Entities set forth opposite the name of such Non-Controlled Project
Entity on Schedule 7.01(c)
hereto (as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section
8.01(a)(x)). To the best knowledge of the Obligors, each of
such Non-Controlled Project Entities (i) has been duly organized,
(ii) is validly existing and (iii) is in good standing as a
corporation or limited partnership, as the case may be, under the laws of the
jurisdictions indicated on Schedule 7.01(c)
hereto, except, in the case of clause (iii), where the failure to be in
good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Each of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors, the
Non-Controlled Project Entities, other than any Immaterial Group of Companies,
has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and/or operate and maintain
its material Properties and conduct its business in all material respects as
currently conducted.
(e) Each of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors, the
Non-Controlled Project Entities is in good standing as a foreign corporation in
each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of Property or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
7.02 Operation of the
Projects. Other
than Projects which are owned or leased by any Immaterial Group of Companies,
the Projects which are owned or leased by the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and,
to the best knowledge of the Obligors, the Projects which are owned or leased by
the Non-Controlled Project Entities are in all material respects in good working
order (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and repair and are adequate in all
material respects for the operation of such Projects as currently being and
expected to be operated.
Section
7.03 Taxes. Each
of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors,
the Non-Controlled Project Entities have filed all material federal, provincial,
state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed and have paid
all material taxes required to be paid and any related assessments, fines or
penalties, except for (i) any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
(ii) except in the case of the Obligors, taxes the failure of which to pay
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Section
7.04 Compliance with ERISA
. (i) Each
of the Obligors is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the
Code; (ii) no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with
respect to any Plan for which the Obligors would have any liability; and
(iii) no Obligor or any member of an Obligor’s ERISA Group has incurred or
reasonably expects to incur any liabilities (including, without limitation, any
contingent, potential or secondary liabilities) under Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 or 4971 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA other than
those arising from plan contributions or PBGC premium payments made in the
ordinary course, except in each case, to the extent that the failure to be in
compliance or any such liability could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Plan for which the Obligors would have
any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified as
to the form of such Plan (or the time for making such request has not yet
lapsed) in all material respects and, to the knowledge of the Obligors, nothing
has occurred since the date of such determination, whether by action or by
failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
Section
7.05 Compliance with
Laws. (i) Each
of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors,
the Non-Controlled Project Entities are in compliance in all material respects
with all Applicable Laws; (ii) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the
best knowledge of the Obligors, the Non-Controlled Project Entities are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; and
(iii) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the
Obligors, the Non-Controlled Project Entities are in compliance with any and all
Governmental Approvals required under any Applicable Laws and Environmental Law,
except, in the case of each of clause (i), (ii) and (iii) above of
each such Person other than an Obligor, where the failure so to comply could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
7.06 Insurance. Other
than any Immaterial Group of Companies, each of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries
and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors, the Non-Controlled Project Entities
have in full force and effect, insurance with reputable insurers covering the
Projects and their other Properties, operations, personnel and businesses
against such losses, damage, risks and hazards as are consistent with customary
industry practice for companies engaged in similar business and owning similar
Properties in the same general geographic areas to protect the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries, the Non-Controlled Project Entities and their respective
businesses.
Section
7.07 Business
Activities. Neither
the Borrower nor any Guarantor has any direct or indirect Equity Interest in any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity other than, the
Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.01(b)
(as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 8.01(c)(vi))
and the Non-Controlled Project Entities listed on Schedule 7.01(c)
(as supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section
8.01(c)(vi)). The Borrower and the Guarantors have not engaged
in any business or activity other than the ownership of the Equity Interests
referred to in the preceding sentence and activity incidental thereto (including
owing or holding Affiliate Subordinated Debt).
Section
7.08 Authorization and
Enforceability of Financing Documents.
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(a) Each of
the Obligors has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a
party. This Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it
is a party has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by each
of the Obligors.
(b) Each of
the Financing Documents to which an Obligor is a party constitute the valid and
binding agreement of the such Obligor, enforceable against the such Obligor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
(i) bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
and (ii) the availability of equitable remedies.
Section
7.09 Non-contravention. None
of the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Financing Document,
the performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions hereof or thereof
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(i) contravenes in any material respect any Applicable Law,
(ii) constitutes a default under or results in the violation of the
provisions of the organizational documents of any Obligor, (iii) results in
the creation or imposition of any Liens (other than Liens created under the
Security Documents) on any Properties of any Obligor or (iv) constitutes a
default under or results in the violation of any material indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other material agreement,
contract or instrument to which any Obligor is a party or by which they or any
of their Properties are bound.
Section
7.10 Governmental
Approvals. All
Governmental Approvals which are required to be obtained or applied for in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of the
Financing Documents to which they are a party and the granting of security
thereunder have been duly obtained, were validly issued and are in full force
and effect, final, held in the name of the relevant Obligor, and, in each case,
are free from conditions which the relevant Obligor does not reasonably expect
it will be able to satisfy in all material respects.
Section
7.11 Legal and other
Proceedings. There
are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of
the Obligors, threatened against any Obligor, its Subsidiaries or, to the best
knowledge of the Obligors, the Non-Controlled Project Entities or its or their
Property that could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined and, if
determined adversely, could reasonably to expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
7.12 Solvency. After
giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Financing Documents and the making of the Loans, the use of proceeds therefrom
and the performance by each Obligor of its respective obligations pursuant to
the Financing Documents, each of the Obligors will be Solvent.
Section
7.13 Security
Documents. The
Security Documents create valid and perfected first priority liens on and/or
security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties,
subject only to Permitted Liens.
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Section
7.14 Material Adverse
Effect. Since
December 31, 2007, no event or circumstance has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
7.15 Financial
Information. The
financial statements of the Obligors furnished to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender pursuant hereto have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, and present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates
thereof and the results of their operations for the periods then ended subject,
in the case of unaudited financials, to customary year-end
adjustments.
Section
7.16 Books and
Records. Each
of the Obligors maintains a system of accounting controls that is sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that it (i) makes and keeps accurate
books and records and (ii) maintains internal accounting controls which
provide reasonable assurance that (A) material information relating to the
Obligors is made known to such Obligor’s principal executive officer and its
principal financial officer by others within those entities and transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization,
(B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its
consolidated financial statements and to maintain accountability for its assets,
(C) access to its assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization and (D) the reported accountability for
its assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.
Section
7.17 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977. None
of the Obligors nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
associated with or acting on behalf of the Obligors, has used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any comparable Applicable Law; or made any
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
Section
7.18 Money Laundering
Laws. The
operations of the Obligors are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of
the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the
Obligors with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or threatened,
except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section
7.19 Office of Foreign Assets
Control. None
of the Obligors and none of their respective directors, officers, agents,
employees or Affiliates is (i) a person included in the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Lists, as published from time to time
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”), or
(ii) currently subject to any U.S. economic sanctions administered by
OFAC; and the Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the
offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity, joint venture partner or other
person or entity, in violation of any of the U.S. economic sanctions
administered by OFAC.
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Section
7.20 Capitalization. The
Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Obligors, each
Non-Controlled Project Entity have an authorized capitalization as of the date
hereof as set forth on Schedule 7.20
and, as of any other date on which this representation is required to be made,
as supplemented pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(x);
the issued and outstanding shares or membership interests of Capital Stock of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Non-Controlled Project Entities, as the
case may be, which are owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, are
free from all Liens other than Permitted Liens and are owned of record as set
forth on Schedule 7.20 as
supplemented pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(x);
and there are no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any Equity Interest in the
Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Non-Controlled Project Entities, except as
described on Schedule 7.20 as
supplemented pursuant to Section
8.01(a)(x).
Section
7.21 Investment Company Act,
PUHCA. None
of the Borrower or any Guarantor is (i) an “investment company” or a
company “controlled by” a company which is an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States, as amended,
or otherwise subject to any regulatory scheme of any Governmental Authority or
otherwise applicable to such Person or its Properties which restricts or
requires approval for the incurrence of debt, unless approval has been received,
or (ii) a “holding company” within the meaning of Section 1262(8) of
PUHCA or subject to regulation under PUHCA.
Section
7.22 Margin
Regulations. The
Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Credit Extensions
will be used to purchase or carry margin stock or otherwise for a purpose which
violates, or would be inconsistent with, Board Regulation U or
Regulation X. Terms for which meanings are provided in Board
Regulation U or Regulation X or any regulations substituted thereof,
as from time to time in effect, are used in this Section with such
meanings.
Section
7.23 Disclosure. Except
with respect to financial projections and other budgets, other forward-looking
statements, estimates and general market or industry information, all of the
written information, taken as a whole, delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor
or any of its representatives in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby is complete and correct in all material
respects and does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were or are made. All financial projections and other
budgets, other forward-looking statements, estimates and general market or
industry information, if any, that have been or will be prepared by or on behalf
of the Obligors and made available to any Arranger, the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the
Borrower to be reasonable (it being understood that such projections are subject
to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the
Borrower’s control, and that no assurance can be given that the projections will
be realized).
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Section
7.24 Project Level Indebtedness
Documents. To
the best knowledge of the Borrower after due inquiry, the Project Level
Indebtedness Documents set forth on Schedule 7.24 are all
of the material Project Level Indebtedness Documents in existence on the
Amendment Closing Date.
ARTICLE
VIII
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
Section
8.01 Reporting
Requirements. The
Borrower covenants and agrees that from and after the date hereof, the Borrower
shall:
(a) Furnish,
or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent copies of the following
financial statements, reports, notices and information:
(i) as soon
as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of
each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
such Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period
commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of
such Fiscal Quarter, and including (in each case to the extent available), in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter in, and year
to date portion of, the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, certified as complete
and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower;
(ii) as soon
as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
Fiscal Year, a copy of the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in
comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and, in
the case of such consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and cash
flow, audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which shall include a review of the
calculation of the Compliance Certificate;
(iii) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial information pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii), a
Compliance Certificate, executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower,
showing the calculation required thereby and stating that no Default has
occurred and is continuing (or, if a Default has occurred, specifying the
details of such Default and the action that the Borrower or any Obligor has
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto) and specifying whether or not a
Trigger Event has occurred;
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(iv) as soon
as reasonably practicable and in any event within five Business Days after any
Obligor obtains knowledge of the occurrence of an Default or Event of Default, a
statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such
Default or Event of Default and the action which the Borrower has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) as soon
as reasonably practicable and in any event within five (5) Business Days after
any Obligor obtains knowledge of (A) any Event of Loss, Event of Eminent
Domain or any Asset Disposition giving rise to proceeds in excess of $5,000,000,
and in each case a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting
forth the details thereof, (B) any material litigation involving the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the extent that, if adversely
determined, it could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a
Non-Controlled Project Entity or (C) any event or condition that has had or
is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, notice
thereof and, to the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably requests, copies
of documentation relating thereto, if any;
(vi) prior to
any Permitted Acquisition, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative
Agent such information as the Administrative Agent reasonably requests regarding
the Eligible Asset or Excluded Asset which is the subject of such Acquisition
including (without limitation): (a) an independent valuation (or
any other evidence of value as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Lenders) of any Eligible Asset, if such Eligible Asset is being acquired from an
Affiliate of the Borrower or any Guarantor or if otherwise prepared by or for
the use of the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with such Acquisition,
(b) the generally accepted accounting principles that will be applicable to
the financial statements for any Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity
created or acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (to the
extent available from the seller of any Eligible Asset) audited financial
statements for such Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity created or
acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (c) pro forma
financial statements of the Borrower demonstrating that the conditions set forth
in Section 6.02(c)
have been satisfied, (d) an updated organizational chart reflecting the
percentage of ownership interests in each Subsidiary and Non-Controlled Project
Entity directly or indirectly acquired pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition
and, and (e) the net Acquisition cost to be paid by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition.
(vii) promptly
(A) if the Borrower obtains actual knowledge that one or more of the
Borrower or any Person which owns, directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock of
the Borrower (other than any direct holder of the Capital Stock of
BAM, BIP or any Affiliate thereof that is a publicly traded company),
or any other holder at any time of any direct or indirect equitable, legal or
beneficial interest therein (other than any direct holder of the Capital Stock
of BAM, BIP or any Affiliate thereof that is a publicly traded company) is in
violation of any of the Terrorism Laws, the Borrower will notify the
Administrative Agent and (B) upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower
will provide any information in its possession or control that may be disclosed
without a waiver from, or violation of a privilege or confidentiality
undertaking with an unaffiliated third party such Lender believes is reasonably
necessary to be delivered to comply with the Patriot Act;
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(viii) promptly
upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the
exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its
equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents), if
any, which the Borrower shall have filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
(ix) such
other financial and other information as any Lender through the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably request (including information and
reports in such detail as the Administrative Agent may request with respect to
the terms of and information provided pursuant to the Compliance Certificate);
and
(x) on the
date of (1) any Permitted Acquisition or of any Asset Disposition by any
Obligor, or (2) the issuance of any Capital Stock by a Subsidiary or
Non-Controlled Project Entity to a Person that is not listed as a holder of such
Capital Stock on Schedule 7.01(b),
Schedule
7.01(c) or Schedule 7.20, as
applicable, or any supplement thereof as applicable, provide an updated Schedule
7.01(b), Schedule 7.01(c)
and/or Schedule
7.20, as applicable, reflecting any such Permitted
Acquisition, Asset Disposition or issuance of Capital Stock.
Section
8.02 Lender Reporting
Requirement. (a)
If the audited financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent under
Section
8.01(a)(vi) are prepared using (or if no such audited financial
statements are so delivered or the provisions of Section 9.11(b)
apply, the Borrower has designated) generally accepted accounting principles of
a jurisdiction that is not an Approved Jurisdiction or IFRS, the Required
Lenders may, in their reasonable discretion, require that any financial
reporting made using the generally accepted accounting principles of such
jurisdiction be reconciled to US GAAP (or the generally accepted accounting
principles of such other jurisdiction as may be agreed by the Required Lenders
and the Borrower) and if the Required Lenders do so require, the Borrower shall
deliver such reconciliation together with all financial reporting required under
this Agreement and all financial ratios and other financial calculations
required hereunder shall be made on the basis of such reconciled financial
statements. If the Required Lenders do not require such
reconciliation with respect to the accounting principles of any such
jurisdiction then such jurisdiction shall be an Approved
Jurisdiction.
(b) Prior
to any Permitted Acquisition, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event
within ten (10) Business Days after receiving the information described in Section 8.01(a)(vi)
or Section
9.11(b), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (a) of
any Lender’s determinations as to whether the Permitted Acquisition includes the
Acquisition of a Category A Asset and (b) whether or not the reconciliation
described in Section
8.02(a) above is required.
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ARTICLE
IX
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Obligors agree that, so long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Obligor
under any Financing Document (other than contingent Obligations which are
intended to survive the termination thereof) shall remain unpaid or any Lender
has any Commitment hereunder or any amount payable under any Note remains
unpaid:
Section
9.01 Compliance with
Obligations. Each
Obligor shall pay and discharge all its lawful governmental claims, taxes,
assessments, charges and levies, except where the same may be contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, and in such case will maintain in accordance
with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any such contested
amounts.
Section
9.02 Maintenance of Property;
Insurance. (a) The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than any
Immaterial Group of Companies) to, maintain or cause to be maintained insurance
with respectable insurers covering the Projects and their other Properties,
operations, personnel and businesses against such losses, damage, risks and
hazards as are consistent with customary industry practice for companies engaged
in similar businesses and owning similar Properties in the same general
geographic areas.
(b) The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all Property
useful and necessary in its business in good repair, working order and
condition, except (i) to the extent failure to so keep such Property could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) ordinary wear and tear.
(c) The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than any
Immaterial Group of Companies) to, operate and maintain each of the Projects
owned or operated by it in accordance with Prudent Industry
Practice.
Section
9.03 Conduct of
Business. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and
maintain its legal existence and material rights and privileges, except to the
extent permitted hereby or to the extent that failure to maintain such existence
(in the case of any Subsidiary) or such rights and privileges could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
9.04 Compliance with
Laws. The
Borrower shall, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all
Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws and ERISA
and the rules and regulations thereunder) except for such non-compliance, the
result of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Obligors shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, ensure
that no portion of the Loans will be used, disbursed or distributed for any
purpose, or to any Person, directly or indirectly, in violation of any of the
Terrorism Laws and shall comply in all material respects with all Terrorism Laws
with respect thereto.
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Section
9.05 Use of
Proceeds. The
proceeds of the Loans may be used for working capital and other general
corporate purposes, including Permitted Acquisitions of Eligible
Assets.
Section
9.06 Inspection of Property,
Books and Records. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books
of record and account in accordance with GAAP which accurately reflect all of
its business affairs and transactions, and each of the Borrower and the
Guarantors will permit, and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, will cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit,
representatives of any Credit Party to visit and inspect any of their respective
Properties (including the Projects), to examine and make abstracts from any of
their respective books and records and to discuss their respective affairs,
finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and, in the
presence of representatives of the relevant Obligors, independent public
accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as
often as may reasonably be desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
Section
9.07 Government
Approvals. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times obtain
and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals and other
consents and approvals required at any time in connection with its business as
currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except in each case where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
9.08 Pari Passu
Ranking. Each
Obligor shall ensure that at all times the Financing Documents and the
Obligations evidenced thereby constitute secured obligations of the Borrower
ranking in priority of payment at least pari passu with all other
Financial Indebtedness of the Obligors whether now existing or hereafter
outstanding.
Section
9.09 Non-Controlled Project
Entities. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take commercially
reasonable actions, within its control, to cause each Non-Controlled Project
Entity (other than, taken together with all Subsidiaries of the Borrower, a Non
Controlled Project Entity that is a part of an Immaterial Group of Companies) to
comply with each of the covenants set forth in Article IX and Article X to the same
extent as if such Non- Controlled Project Entity were a Subsidiary of the
Borrower, and (b) vote against any proposal that in its reasonable judgment
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided,
however, nothing in this Section 9.09 shall
require that any Person act in a manner (i) that such Person believes, in good
faith (a) to be inconsistent with any fiduciary duty of such Person or (b)
exposes such Person to liability or (ii) that breaches any shareholder or
similar agreement (provided such agreement was not entered into with a view to
circumvent the provisions of this Section
9.09).
Section
9.10 Further
Assurances. (a) Promptly
upon written request by the Administrative Agent, each Obligor shall execute,
acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register
any and all such further acts, security agreements, pledge agreements,
assignments, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination
statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other
instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time
in order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Financing
Documents, (ii) subject each Obligor’s Properties to the Liens now or
hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Security Documents,
(iii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any
of the Security Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder
and (iv) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and
confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or
hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Financing
Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Financing
Document to which any Obligor is or is intended to be a party.
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(b) The
Borrower shall, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions
set forth in Schedule
9.10, within such time period(s) specified therein (or such later date as
the Administrative Agent consents in its sole discretion).
Section
9.11 Additional Collateral,
Guarantors, etc.
(a) With respect to any new Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project
Entity that is created or acquired after the Closing Date, directly or
indirectly, by any Obligor, promptly, but in any case within forty-five
(45) days of such creation or acquisition (which period may be extended by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), (i) give notice of
such acquisition or creation to the Administrative Agent and execute and deliver
to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Security Documents or such other
documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary to grant to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security
interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project
Entity owned, directly or indirectly, by such Obligor (other than and for so
long as such Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity is (x) a Project
Company or (y) is subject to any legal and contractual restrictions with
unaffiliated third parties on creation of such a security interest),
(ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing
such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Obligor, (iii) give notice
to the Administrative Agent of the generally accepted accounting principles
applicable to the financial statements of such new Subsidiary or Non-Controlled
Project Entity, (iv) if such new Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
(other than and for so long as such Subsidiary (x) is a Project Company, or (y)
is subject to any legal or contractual restrictions with unaffiliated third
parties), cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the applicable
Security Documents, as a pledgor thereunder, and to this Agreement, as a
Guarantor hereunder, and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to
grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected
security interest in the Collateral described in the Security Documents with
respect to such new Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity (to the extent
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected
security interest in the same type of Collateral as of the Closing Date),
including, without limitation, the filing of Filing Statements in such
jurisdictions as may be required by the Security Documents or by law or as may
be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided, however,
the provisions of this Section 9.11(a) shall
not apply to any Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity created or acquired
for the purposes of incurring or guaranteeing Financial Indebtedness that is
non-recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than such
Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity and its Subsidiaries) and which does
incur or support such Financial Indebtedness within fifteen (15) days of the
later of (i) its creation or acquisition and (ii) its ownership of any
assets other than assets of de minimus value.
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(b) In the
event that the GAAP applicable to any newly created Subsidiary or Non-Controlled
Project Entity is not the same as the GAAP applicable to any then existing
Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity, the provisions of Section 8.02(b) shall
be applicable as if such newly created Subsidiary were to be acquired pursuant
to an Permitted Acquisition.
Section
9.12 Financial
Covenant. The
Borrower shall at all times maintain a Net Worth of at least
$800,000,000.
Section
9.13 High Risk
Countries. In
connection with any Permitted Acquisition of a Forestry Project in a High Risk
Country, the Borrower will (i) prior to such Permitted Acquisition,
(a) provide notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to acquire
such Forestry Project and (b) obtain a preliminary audit and screening of
the Forestry Project by an independent accredited consultant (which preliminary
audit and screening will provide a favorable assessment of achieving formal
certification), and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable following such
Permitted Acquisition, pursue a formal certification of such Forestry
Project.
ARTICLE
X
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
Obligor agrees that, so long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Obligor
under any Financing Document (other than contingent Obligations which are
intended to survive the termination thereof) shall remain unpaid or any Lender
has any Commitment hereunder or any amount payable under any Note remains
unpaid:
Section
10.01 Limitation on
Indebtedness. The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, incur, assume, create
or suffer to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except for the following
Financial Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted
Indebtedness”):
(i) the
Obligations incurred hereunder;
(ii) Affiliate
Subordinated Debt;
(iii) Hedge
Agreements entered into by the Borrower or any Guarantor in the ordinary course
of business and not for speculative purposes and guarantees thereof by the
Guarantors and the Borrowers (as applicable), provided that only Specified Hedge
Agreements shall be entitled to the benefits of the Security
Documents;
(iv) unsecured
Financial Indebtedness that does not exceed an aggregate principal amount of
$5,000,000 at any one time outstanding; or
(v) (A)
Financial Indebtedness of a Guarantor existing on the date such entity becomes a
Guarantor provided that such
Financial Indebtedness was not incurred by such Guarantor in connection with the
acquisition of such entity by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and (B) any
Financial Indebtedness incurred by such Guarantor to refinance, renew, replace,
defease or refund, in whole or in part, any Financial Indebtedness specified in
clause (A) above and any Financial Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(B) (plus accrued interest and expenses related to such financing renewal,
replacement, defeasance or refunding), provided that the
principal amount (or accrued value) thereof is not more than the principal
amount of such refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded plus
interest, fees, discounts, premiums and expenses).
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Section
10.02 Liens. The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, create, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it,
except Permitted Liens.
Section
10.03 Restricted
Payments. The
Borrower and the Guarantors shall not make any Restricted Payments,
except:
(a) Restricted
Payments made by any of the Guarantors to the Borrower or another
Guarantor;
(b) Restricted
Payments made by the Borrower so long as, immediately prior to, and after giving
pro forma effect to, such Restricted Payment,
(i) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(ii) the
Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter immediately
preceding the date of such Restricted Payment is at least (x) 2.50 to 1 at any
time from the Closing Date through June 13, 2009, (y) 2.75 to 1 at any time from
June 15, 2009 through June 15, 2010, and (z) thereafter, 3.00 to
1,
(iii) the Debt
Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the date of
such Restricted Payment is not greater than (x) 5.50 to 1.00 at any time from
the Closing Date through June 13, 2010, and (y) thereafter, 5.00 to
1.00,
(iv) Liquidity
is at least $25,000,000, and
(v) the
Borrower has delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the Administrative Agent
confirming that the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through
(iv) of this clause (b) have been satisfied as of the last day of the
Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the date of such certificate and setting
forth the calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio, Debt Ratio and Liquidity
in reasonable detail; provided that the
Borrower shall not be required to deliver an additional certificate for any
Restricted Payment made after the date of such certificate but prior to the end
of the then-current Fiscal Quarter, but the Borrower shall be deemed to
represent and warrant, as of the date any such Restricted Payment is made, that
the condition set forth in this clause (b) have been
satisfied; and
(c) Restricted
Payments made by the Borrower so long as, immediately prior to, and after giving
pro forma effect to, such Restricted Payment, (i) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) such Restricted Payment is
made solely from the proceeds of (x) Affiliate Subordinated Debt incurred
by any Obligor, (y) proceeds of an equity investment in the Borrower from
BAM or Affiliates of BAM or (z) Net Cash Proceeds or other amounts received
by Borrower or any of the Guarantors in respect of Excluded Assets, and
(iii) the Borrower has delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the
Administrative Agent confirming that the conditions set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (c) have been
satisfied.
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(x) The
Borrower shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or sell
all or substantially all of the Borrower’s Eligible Assets to any other
Person. The Borrower shall not permit the Guarantors to enter into
any transaction of merger or consolidation or sell all or substantially all of
the Eligible Assets of the Guarantors (taken as a whole) to any other Person
(other than a merger, consolidation or sale to or into any
Obligor). The requirements of the foregoing sentence shall not apply
to a sale or other disposition of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, any
Non-Controlled Project Entity or all of the assets of any Project, if such sale
does not result in the sale of all or substantially all of the Obligor’s
Eligible Assets (taken as a whole).
(b) The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase or
otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets (including Capital
Stock) of any other Person other than (i) a purchase or acquisition by an
Obligor of assets of another Obligor provided that to the
extent that any assets or Capital Stock of the purchased or acquired Obligor are
subject to a Lien created pursuant to the Security Documents, after giving
effect to such purchase or acquisition, a perfected security interest shall have
been granted in such assets or the Capital Stock of such purchased or acquired
entity in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
pursuant to documentation that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and (ii) pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.
(c) The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any transaction of merger or consolidation or any Acquisition that would result
in any Eligible Asset becoming an Excluded Asset.
Section
10.05 Transaction with
Affiliates. The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any
payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its
respective Properties to, or purchase any Property or assets from, or enter into
or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any of the Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary’s respective Affiliates (each, an “Affiliate
Transaction”), unless the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no
less favorable to the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person or such transaction is among Obligors and
does not impair, in any material respect, the Collateral or the ability of any
Obligor to perform its obligations under the Financing Documents to which it is
a party.
Section
10.06 Investments in Other
Persons.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit its Guarantors to, make any loans or
advances other than in the ordinary course of business (other than a loan or
advance that constitutes Affiliate Subordinated Debt owed to an
Obligor).
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(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Guarantors to, acquire or
create any additional Subsidiaries; provided, however, that,
subject to compliance with Section 9.11,
this shall not limit the Borrower’s ability or the ability of any Guarantor to
acquire, or create, a Subsidiary (i) to acquire, the Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary or Non-Controlled Project Entity in accordance with Section 10.04(b),
(ii) to acquire the capital stock of any then existing Subsidiary or
Non-Controlled Project Entity or (iii) to create Subsidiaries in connection with
the incurrence of Project Level Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than such Subsidiary and its
Subsidiaries).
Section
10.07 Modification of Contractual
Obligations. The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to:
(a) amend,
supplement, waive or otherwise modify the Master Services Agreement or Equity
Facility, other than any such amendment, supplement, waiver or other
modification that does not when taken as a whole adversely affect the interests
of the Secured Parties hereunder or under the other Financing Documents;
or
(b) amend,
supplement, waive or otherwise modify the Organic Documents of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, if the result could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
10.08 Fiscal
Periods. No
Obligor shall permit the Fiscal Year to end on a day other than on
December 31 of each year.
Section
10.09 Margin
Stock. The
Borrower will not use any proceeds of the Credit Extensions, whether directly or
indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations
of the Board, including Regulations U and X.
Section
10.10 Nature of
Business. The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, engage in any
business other than the ownership of the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries and
Non-Controlled Project Entities listed on Schedule 7.01(b)
or 7.01(c) or
acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition. The Borrower shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business or acquire any Property
that would result in an Eligible Asset becoming an Excluded Asset.
Section
10.11 Sale of Pledged
Shares. If
the direct or indirect sale or transfer of any Capital Stock of any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of an Obligor that constitutes all or part of the Collateral (a
“Transfer”)
would result, under the Organic Documents of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, in
any Person having a right to consent to any subsequent Transfer, then the
Borrower shall not, and shall cause each Obligor to not, consummate a Transfer
of less than 100% of the Capital Stock of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, unless
the transferee thereof irrevocably consents in writing to any sale or transfer
to, or other realization by, the Collateral Agent (or any assignee or designee
of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its
rights under the Financing Documents) of the Capital Stock of such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary that is so Transferred. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Section 10.11 shall
limit or effect any rights of first refusal, options, calls, puts, preemptions
or similar rights under any Organic Document of an Obligor or Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of an Obligor.
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ARTICLE
XI
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
Section
11.01 Events of
Default. Each
of the following events or occurrences described in this Article shall
constitute an “Event
of Default”:
(a) Non-Payment of
Obligations. The failure to pay or cause to be paid
(i) any principal of or premium, if any on the Loans when the same becomes
due and payable, whether at scheduled maturity or required prepayment or by
acceleration or otherwise and (ii) any interest, fees or any other
obligations under the Financing Documents (other than an amount referred to in
clause (i)) when the same becomes due and payable under this Agreement and
in the case of clause (ii) such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of three (3) Business Days.
(b) Breach of
Warranty. Any representation or warranty made by any Obligor,
Trilon, BUC, Canco, Cancosub HoldCo, BIP, BAM or BIG under any Financing
Document or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to
have been untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the time made,
confirmed or furnished.
(c) Non-Performance of Certain Covenants
and Obligations. The failure by the Borrower or any Guarantor
to perform or observe any covenant or obligation under Sections 9.03, 9.05, 9.11, 9.12 or Article X.
(d) Non-Performance of Other Covenants
and Obligations. The failure by any Obligor, Trilon, BUC,
Canco, Cancosub HoldCo, BIP, BAM or BIG to perform or observe any of its other
covenants or obligations in the Financing Documents to which it is a party
(other than such failures described in clause (a) or (c) above) and
such failure shall continue uncured for 30 or more days after a Authorized
Officer of such Person obtains knowledge thereof; provided that if such
Person commences efforts to cure such default within such 30-day period, such
Person may continue to effect such cure of the default and such default will not
be deemed an Event of Default for an additional period of 60 days so long
as such Person is diligently pursuing such cure.
(e) Default on Other
Indebtedness. An event of default or circumstance shall occur
under any mortgage, indenture, or instrument securing or evidencing Financial
Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate of (i) the Borrower
or any Guarantor or (ii) a Material Group of Companies that causes or
permits the holders of such Financial Indebtedness to cause such Financial
Indebtedness to become due and payable prior to its stated maturity (following
notice or lapse of time or both); or (A) the Borrower or any Guarantor or
(B) a Material Group of Companies shall default in the payment when due of
any such Financial Indebtedness in such aggregate amount (after giving effect to
any applicable grace period).
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(f) Judgments. The
entry of one or more final and non-appealable judgment or judgments for the
payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower
or any of the Guarantors or a Material Group of Companies, which remain unpaid
or unstayed for a period of 60 or more consecutive days.
(g) Impairment of Security, etc. Any of the
Security Documents or any other Financing Document (other than in accordance
with the provisions thereof) ceases to be in full force and effect and
enforceable against the parties thereto or any party thereto (other than the
Collateral Agent) shall repudiate, disavow or take legal action to challenge
such effectiveness or enforceability, or any Lien granted therein ceases to be a
valid and perfected Lien in favor of the Secured Parties on the Collateral
described therein with the priority purported to be created thereby or permitted
herein or therein.
(h) Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. Any Obligor
or a Material Group of Companies shall:
(i) generally
fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability or unwillingness generally to
pay, debts as they become due;
(ii) apply
for, consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
sequestrator or other custodian for any substantial part of the Property of any
thereof, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(iii) in the
absence of such application, consent or acquiescence in or permit or suffer to
exist the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian
for a substantial part of the Property of any thereof, and such trustee,
receiver, sequestrator or other custodian shall not be discharged within sixty
(60) days; provided that the
Borrower hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court
conducting any relevant proceeding during such sixty (60) day period to
preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Financing Documents;
or
(iv) permit or
suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt
arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law
or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect thereof,
and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by the Borrower, such case
or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by such Person or shall
result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for sixty
(60) days undismissed; provided, that the
Borrower hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court
conducting any such case or proceeding during such sixty (60) day period to
preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Financing
Documents.
(i) Excluded
Acquisitions. Any proceeds of Loans or, except to the extent
the amount thereof would be permitted hereunder to be made by the Borrower as a
Restricted Payment at such time, any income or revenue received by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or any Controlled Project Entity in respect of an
Eligible Asset (including, from the sale or other disposition of such Eligible
Asset, the proceeds of any Financial Indebtedness incurred by any thereof,
dividends and other returns of capital and repayment of Affiliated Subordinated
Indebtedness) are used to fund an Acquisition of an Excluded Asset and the
Default pursuant to this clause (i) has not been cured within thirty (30) days
of the date of such Acquisition.
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(j) Event of
Abandonment. The occurrence of an Event of Abandonment by a
Material Group of Companies with respect to Projects owned or operated by
them.
(k) Change in
Control. A Change in Control shall occur.
(l) Trigger Event. Upon the occurrence of
a Trigger Event, unless within ten (10) Business Days after the date of delivery
of the Trigger Event Notice, BAM and/or Affiliates of BAM contributes to the
Borrower an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Netting Amount and (ii) an
amount which, when added to Excess Cash Flow for the Fiscal Quarter, will be
sufficient to eliminate such Trigger Event.
Section
11.02 Action if
Bankruptcy. If
any Event of Default described in clauses (i)
through (iv) of Section 11.01(h)
shall occur, the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) shall automatically
terminate and the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
other Obligations shall automatically be and become immediately due and payable,
without notice or demand to any Person
Section
11.03 Action if Other Event of
Default. If
any Event of Default (other than any Event of Default described in
clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 11.01(h)
with respect to the Borrower) shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or
involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the direction of
the Required Lenders, shall by notice to the Borrower declare all or any portion
of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations to be due
and payable and/or the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be
terminated, whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and other Obligations
which shall be so declared due and payable shall be and become immediately due
and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment, and/or, as the case
may be, the Commitments shall terminate.
ARTICLE
XII
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section
12.01 Appointment and
Authority. Each
of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent to act on
its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and to enter into and act on
its behalf under the other Financing Documents and authorizes the Administrative
Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together
with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this Article XII are
solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no
Obligor shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such
provisions.
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Section
12.02 Rights as a
Lender.
(a) Each
Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any
other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were
not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor
to the Lenders.
(b) Each
Lender understands that each Person serving as the Administrative Agent, acting
in its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent’s Group”) is
engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including
investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment
banking and research) (such services and businesses are collectively referred to
in this Section 12.02 as
“Activities”)
and may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the
Obligors or their respective Affiliates. Furthermore, the Agent’s
Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial
products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on
behalf of others (including the Obligors and their Affiliates and including
holding, for its own account or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar
positions in the Borrower, another Obligor or their respective Affiliates),
including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in
securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Obligors or
their Affiliates. Each Lender understands and agrees that in engaging
in the Activities, the Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information
concerning the Obligors or their Affiliates (including information concerning
the ability of the Obligors to perform their respective obligations hereunder
and under the other Financing Documents) which information may not be available
to any of the Lenders that are not members of the Agent’s
Group. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other member of the
Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender or use on behalf of
the Lenders, nor be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, any
information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise
(including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations,
Property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Obligor or
any Affiliate of any Obligor) or to account for any revenue or profits obtained
in connection with the Activities, except that the Administrative Agent shall
deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender such documents as are
expressly required by any Financing Document to be transmitted by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders.
(c) Each
Lender further understands that there may be situations where members of the
Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Obligors and their
Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions
that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders
(including the interests of the Lenders hereunder and under the other Financing
Documents). Each Lender agrees that no member of the Agent’s Group is
or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of any Person
serving as the Administrative Agent being a member of the Agent’s Group, and
that each member of the Agent’s Group may undertake any Activities without
further consultation with or notification to any Lender. None of
(i) this Agreement nor any other Financing Document, (ii) the receipt
by the Agent’s Group of information (including Information) concerning the
Obligors or their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of
the Obligors to perform their respective obligations hereunder and under the
other Financing Documents) or (iii) any other matter, shall give rise to
any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including any duty of trust or
confidence) owing by the Administrative Agent or any member of the Agent’s Group
to any Lender including any such duty that would prevent or restrict the Agent’s
Group from acting on behalf of customers (including the Obligors or their
Affiliates) or for its own account.
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Section
12.03 Duties of Agents;
Exculpatory Provisions .
(a) The
Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder and under the other Financing Documents
are solely ministerial and administrative in nature and the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein
and in the other Financing Documents. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required
to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the written direction of the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Financing Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent or
any of its Affiliates to liability or that is contrary to any Financing Document
or Applicable Law.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in the Financing Documents, including Article XI or
Section 13.01)
or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Default or of the event or events that give or may give rise to
any Default unless and until the Borrower or any Lender shall have given notice
to the Administrative Agent describing such Default and such event or
events.
(c) Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agent’s Group shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty, representation or other information made or supplied in or
in connection with this Agreement, any other Financing Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy
and/or completeness of the information contained therein, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or
conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement, any other Financing Document or any other agreement, instrument or
document or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created
or purported to be created by the Security Documents or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article VI or
elsewhere herein, other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
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(d) Nothing
in this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall require the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your
customer” or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender and
each Lender confirms to each Agent that such Lender is solely responsible for
any such checks such Lender is required to carry out and that such Lender may
not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by such Agent or any
of its Related Parties.
Section
12.04 Reliance by the
Administrative Agent. The
Administrative 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 (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by
the Administrative Agent to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and
believed by the Administrative Agent to have been made by the proper Person, and
shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of any Loans that by its
terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative
Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless an
officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender
prior to the making of such Loans and, in the case of a Credit Extension, such
Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
ratable portion of such Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent
may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Lenders, the Borrower
or any other Obligor), independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Administrative Agent, 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.
Section
12.05 Delegation of
Duties. The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Financing Document by or through
any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. Each such sub-agent and the Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent and each such sub-agent shall be entitled to the benefits
of all provisions of this Article XII and
Section 13.03
(as though such sub-agents were the “Administrative Agent” under the Financing
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section
12.06 Resignation of the
Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor,
which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of
any such bank with an office in New York, New York and which, so long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Borrower. If no such successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives
notice of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “Lender Appointment
Period”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the
Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set
forth above. In addition and without any obligation on the part of
the retiring Administrative Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lenders, a
successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may at any
time upon or after the end of the Lender Appointment Period notify the Borrower
and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor
Administrative Agent and the effective date of such retiring Agent’s
resignation, which effective date shall be no earlier than three (3) Business
Days after the date of such notice. Upon the resignation effective
date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor
Administrative Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective
and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other
Financing Documents and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations
provided to be made by, to or through such retiring Administrative Agent shall
instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required
Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all of the rights, remedies, powers, privileges and duties as the
Administrative Agent of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the
retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Financing
Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, the provisions of this Article XII and
Sections 13.03
and 13.04 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Affiliates in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was
acting as Administrative Agent.
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Section
12.07 Non-Reliance on the
Administrative Agent or Other Lenders.
(a) Each
Lender confirms the Administrative Agent, each other Lender and each of their
respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through
its Affiliates) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that it is capable, without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and
risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial
matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, (y) making its Loans
hereunder and (z) taking or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder,
(ii) is financially able to bear such risks and (iii) has determined
that entering into this Agreement and making its Loans hereunder and under the
other Financing Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each
Lender acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in
connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, (ii) it
has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and
investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into, this Agreement based on such documents and information,
as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any of their
respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its own
appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with,
and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not take action under, this
Agreement and the other Financing Documents based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include,
in each case:
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(i) the
financial condition, status and capitalization of the Borrower and each other
Obligor;
(ii) the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement
and each other Financing Document and any other agreement, arrangement or
document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in
connection with any Financing Document;
(iii) determining
compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of its
Loans and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with
establishing the satisfaction of each such condition;
(iv) the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any other information delivered by the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender or by any of their respective Related
Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Financing
Document, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other
agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Financing
Document.
Section
12.08 Posting of Approved
Electronic Communications.
(a) So long
as Citicorp or any of its Affiliates is the Administrative Agent, the Approved
Electronic Communications may be delivered to the Administrative Agent in an
electronic medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders by e-mail at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx. Each
of the Lenders and each Obligor agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but
shall not be obligated to, make such Approved Electronic Communications
available to the Lenders by posting such notices on IntraLinks™ or a
substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to
be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic
Platform”).
(b) Although
the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with
generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by
the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a
dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved
Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization
method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a
deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and each Obligor acknowledges and agrees
that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not
necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated
with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and
other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration
provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
each of the Lenders and each Obligor hereby approves distribution of the
Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
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(c) THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE
PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE AGENT’S GROUP WARRANTS THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS
OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER
CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE
AGENT’S GROUP IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
(d) Each of
the Lenders and each Obligor agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but
(except as may be required by Applicable Law) shall not be obligated to, store
the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in
accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document
retention procedures and policies.
Section
12.09 No Other Duties,
etc. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as Book
Runners or Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers,
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or
as a Lender hereunder.
ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
13.01 Waivers, Amendments,
etc. The
provisions of this Agreement or of any other Financing Document may from time to
time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver
is in writing and consented to by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such
amendment, modification or waiver shall:
(a) modify
this Section without the consent of all Lenders;
(b) increase
the aggregate amount of any Credit Extensions required to be made by a Lender
pursuant to its Commitments or reduce any fees described in Article III
payable to any Lender in respect of such Lender’s Loans or permit an Interest
Period with a duration in excess of six months, in each case without the consent
of such Lender;
(c) extend
any scheduled date of payment of principal for any Lender’s Loan, or reduce the
principal amount of, rate of interest or fees on any Loan, or extend the
scheduled date on which interest or fees are payable in respect of such Loan, in
each case, without the consent of the Lender which has made such
Loan;
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(d) reduce
the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” or modify any
requirement hereunder that any particular action be taken by all Lenders,
without the consent of all Lenders;
(e) except as
otherwise expressly provided in a Financing Document, release a material
Guarantor or a material portion of the Collateral under the Financing Documents,
in each case without the consent of all Lenders;
(f) affect
adversely the interests, rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent (in
its capacity as the Administrative Agent), unless consented to by the
Administrative Agent; or
(g) modify
Section 3.01(b)
or 3.01(c) (or
any related definition) without the consent of each Lender adversely affected
thereby;
(h) modify
Section 9.13 (or
any related definition), without the consent of all Lenders; or
(i) modify
the definition of “Category A Assets” or the proviso in the definition of
“Eligible Asset” set forth in Section 1.01,
the consent of all Lenders; or
(j) modify
Section 8.02
(or any related definition), the consent of all Lenders; or
(k) modify
Article V or
this Section
13.01(k) without the consent of each of the Guarantors.
No
failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
exercising any power or right under any Financing Document shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or
right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any
case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances. No waiver or approval by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender under any Financing Document shall, except as may be otherwise stated
in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent
transactions. No waiver or approval hereunder shall require any
similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted
hereunder.
Section
13.02 Notices;
Time. All
notices and other communications provided under each Financing Document shall be
in writing or by facsimile and addressed, delivered or transmitted, if to the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at its address or
facsimile number set forth on Schedule I, and
if to a Lender to the applicable Person at its address or facsimile number set
forth on Schedule I or
set forth in the Lender Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender
became a Lender hereunder, or, in any case, at such other address or facsimile
number as may be designated by any such party in a notice to the other
parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage
prepaid or if properly addressed and sent by pre-paid courier service, shall be
deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by facsimile, shall be
deemed given when the confirmation of transmission thereof is received by the
transmitter. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to the time
of a day in a Financing Document shall refer to New York, New York
time. Electronic mail and Internet and intranet websites may, at the
discretion of the Administrative Agent, be used to distribute routine
communications, such as financial statements and other information as provided
in Section 5.01(a),
to distribute Financing Documents for execution by the parties thereto and
distribute executed Financing Documentation and may not be used for any other
purpose.
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Section
13.03 Payment of Costs and
Expenses. The
Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent (including the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of Milbank,
Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, or such other counsel to the Administrative
Agent and of local counsel, if any, who may be retained by or on behalf of the
Administrative Agent) and the Collateral Agent (including the fees and expenses
of Thacher, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, LLP or such other counsel to the Collateral
Agent who may be retained by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent) in
connection with:
(a) the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of each Financing Document,
including schedules and exhibits, and any amendments, waivers, consents,
supplements or other modifications to any Financing Document as may from time to
time hereafter be required, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby
are consummated;
(b) the
filing, recording, refiling or rerecording of any Financing Document (including
the Filing Statements) and all amendments, supplements, amendment and
restatements and other modifications to any thereof, searches made following the
Closing Date in jurisdictions where Filing Statements (or other documents
evidencing Liens in favor of the Secured Parties) have been filed or recorded
and any and all other documents or instruments of further assurance required to
be filed or recorded, or refiled or rerecorded by the terms of any Financing
Document; and
(c) the
preparation and review of the form of any document or instrument relevant to any
Financing Document.
The
Borrower further agrees to pay, and to save each Secured Party harmless from all
liability for, any stamp or other Non-Excluded Taxes which may be payable in
connection with the execution or delivery of each Financing Document, the Credit
Extensions or the issuance of the Notes. The Borrower also agrees to
reimburse each Secured Party upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses of counsel to
each Secured Party) incurred by such Secured Party in connection with
(x) the negotiation of any restructuring or “work-out” with the Borrower,
whether or not consummated, of any Obligations and (y) the enforcement of
any Obligations (including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party incurred in connection with bringing any
enforcement or collection action with respect to the Collateral under any
Financing Document).
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Section
13.04 Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the
Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, 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 any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Obligor arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, any other Financing Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use or
proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged
presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Property owned or
operated by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project
Entity, or any environmental liability related in any way to the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled Project Entity, 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, whether
brought by a third party or by the Borrower 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 (x) 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 or
(y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower against an Indemnitee for
breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any
other Financing Document, if the Borrower has obtained a final and nonappealable
judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Tax-related matters shall be
covered by Section
4.06(g).
(b) Reimbursement by
Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails
to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) of this
Section to be paid by it to either Agent or any Related Party thereof, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent or such Related Party, as the case
may be, pro
rata in
accordance with such Lender’s Commitment (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), such unpaid
amount, provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against either Agent in
its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing
acting for such Agent in connection with such capacity.
(c) Waiver of Consequential
Damages,
Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each
party hereto agrees that it will not assert, and hereby waives, any claim
against any other party hereto, 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, any Financing
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds
thereof.
(d) Payments. All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) days
after demand therefor.
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Section
13.05 Survival. The
obligations of the Borrower under Sections 4.03,
4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 13.03 and 13.04, and the
obligations of the Lenders under Section 12.01,
shall in each case survive any assignment from one Lender to another (in the
case of Sections 13.03
and 13.04) and
the occurrence of the Commitment Termination Date and the occurrence of the
Amendment Closing Date and shall continue for the benefit of each Existing
Lender to the same extent as if it had remained a Lender
hereunder. The representations and warranties made by Trilon, BUC,
Canco, Cancosub HoldCo, BIP, BAM or BIG or any of the Obligors in each Financing
Document shall survive the execution and delivery of such Financing
Document. The provisions of Section 5.03
shall survive and 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 Commitments or the termination of this
Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section
13.06 Severability. Any
provision of any Financing Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such provision and such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions of such Financing Document or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section
13.07 Headings. The
various headings of each Financing Document are inserted for convenience only
and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of such Financing Document or
any provisions thereof.
Section
13.08 Execution in Counterparts,
Effectiveness, etc. This
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of
which shall be an original (whether such counterpart is originally executed or
an electronic copy of an original and each party hereto expressly waives its
rights to receive originally executed documents other than with respect to any
Notes) and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same
agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when counterparts
hereof executed on behalf of the Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender
(or notice thereof satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) shall have been
received by the Administrative Agent.
Section
13.09 Governing Law; Entire
Agreement. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. The Financing Documents constitute the entire understanding
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and
supersede any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect
thereto.
Section
13.10 Successors and
Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that none of
the Obligors may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or under
any other Financing Document to which it is a party without the consent of all
of the Lenders.
Section
13.11 Sale and Transfer of Credit
Extensions; Participations in Credit Extensions; Notes. (a) The
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 13.11,
(ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (d) of this Section 13.11 or
(iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section 13.11
(and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto 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, Participants to the
extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 13.11
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the respective Related Parties
of each Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b) Assignments by
Lenders. Any Lender may, (a) upon notice to the Borrower
and Administrative Agent, at any time and from time to time, assign to
(A) any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender or (B) any Approved Fund
and (b) with written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), assign to an Eligible Assignee, all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitments or Loans); provided that any
such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum
Amounts.
(A) in the
case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment
to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount
need be assigned; and
(B) in any
case not described in clause (A) above, the amount of the Commitment (which
for this purpose includes the Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the
Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans
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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment
and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $10,000,000, unless
each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Assignment and
Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Lender Assignment Agreement, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the assignee, if it is not
already a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
(iii) No Assignment to
Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or
any of the Borrower’s Affiliates.
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(iv) No Assignment to Natural
Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural
person.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section 13.11,
from and after the effective date specified in each Lender Assignment Agreement,
the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement provided that no
assignee shall be entitled to receive any greater payments under Section 4.06 than the
applicable assigning Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to
the interest so assigned, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Lender Assignment Agreement, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of a Lender
Assignment Agreement 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 any provisions of this
Agreement which by their terms survive the termination of this Agreement with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. 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 (d) of this Section 13.11.
(c) Register. The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each Lender Assignment Agreement delivered to
it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders,
and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans (and any interest
thereon) owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time
(the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, each Agent 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
Borrower, the Collateral Agent and any Lender (but only in respect of such
Lender’s Loans and Commitments), at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a
natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries or the Non-Controlled Project Entities) (each, 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 Commitments and/or 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 Borrower, each
Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
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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 that
would (i) increase or extend the term of such Lender’s Commitment,
(ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on
any Loan or any portion of any fee hereunder payable to the Participant,
(iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, (iv) reduce
the rate at which interest is payable thereon to a level below the rate at which
the Participant is entitled to receive such interest, (v) release any
Guarantor from the Guarantee (other than in accordance with the provisions of
the Financing Documents) or (vi) release any Property covered by any
Security Document, except in connection with Restricted Payments permitted
hereunder or as otherwise provided herein or in the Security
Documents. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 8.01(a), 13.03 and 13.04 to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 13.11,
provided that a
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payments under Section 4.06 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to such
participation sold to such Participant. Each Lender having sold a
participation in its rights or Obligations under this Agreement, acting solely
for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of such Participants and the rights,
interests or obligations of such Participants in any Obligation, in any
Commitment and in any right to receive any payments hereunder.
(e) Certain
Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and
any Note to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Lender; provided that no such
pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
Section
13.12 Other
Transactions. Nothing
contained herein shall preclude the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
from engaging in any transaction, in addition to those contemplated by the
Financing Documents, with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates in which the
Borrower or such Affiliate is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other
Person.
Section
13.13 Independence of Covenants
and Default Provisions. All
covenants and default provisions contained in this Agreement or any other
Financing Document shall be given independent effect such that, in the event a
particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants or
default provisions, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or
be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant or default provision
shall not, unless expressly so provided in such first covenant or default
provision, avoid the occurrence of a Default if such action is taken or such
condition exists.
Section
13.14 Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’
respective managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (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), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners),
(c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any
other Financing Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or any other Financing Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant
in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party
(or its managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and other representatives) to any swap, derivative
or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the
Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder,
(iii) any rating agency, or (iv) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any
similar organization, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to
the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.
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For
purposes of this Section, “Information” means
all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Non-Controlled Project Entity relating to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Non-Control Project Entity or any of their respective
businesses, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Non-Controlled
Project Entity, provided that, in the
case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Non-Controlled Project Entity 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.
Section
13.15 Forum Selection and Consent
to Jurisdiction. ANY
LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
FINANCING DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS
(WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS OR
THE BORROWER IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH MAY BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED
IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT, ANY
SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE
BROUGHT, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. THE BORROWER
HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF
ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM
THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BORROWER HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE
ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER
THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF
EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE BORROWER
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SUCH IMMUNITY
IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS.
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13.16 Waiver of Jury
Trial. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND THE BORROWER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHTS THEY
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR
ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, EACH FINANCING DOCUMENT, OR ANY
COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR
ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SUCH LENDER OR THE BORROWER IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED
FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION (AND EACH OTHER PROVISION
OF EACH OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY) AND THAT THIS PROVISION
IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER ENTERING
INTO THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS.
Section
13.17 Patriot Act and PCMLTF
Act. Each
Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the
Patriot Act and PCMLTF Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name
and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
Section
13.18 Titles. The
parties hereto agree that the Arrangers identified on the cover page of this
Agreement, in their capacities as such, shall not have any obligations,
liability or responsibility under or in connection with this Agreement and the
other Financing Documents. The Borrower further acknowledges that
Citicorp North America, Inc. is acting as Administrative Agent, HSBC Bank USA,
National Association is acting as Collateral Agent.
Section
13.19 Service of
Process. The
Borrower agrees that service of process in any action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to Brookfield
Infrastructure L.P. c/o Brookfield Asset Management at 3 World Financial Center,
11th
Floor, New York, New York 10281 Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx (the
“Process
Agent”), or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall
have been notified in writing by the Borrower; provided that, if the Process
Agent ceases to act as the Borrower’s agent for service of process, the Borrower
will, by an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
appoint another Person (subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent) in
the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York to act as the Borrower’s agent for
service of process. Each other party hereto irrevocably consents to
service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 13.02. Nothing
in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in
any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
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13.20 Judgment
Currency. This
is an international loan transaction in which the specification of Dollars and
payment in New York, New York, is of the essence, and the obligations of the
Obligors under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to each Lender
or either Agent (in this Section 13.20
called an “Entitled
Person”) to make payment in Dollars shall not be discharged or satisfied
by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted
into any other currency or in another place except to the extent that on the
Business Day following receipt of any sum adjudged to be so due in the judgment
currency such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures
purchase, and transfer to New York, New York, Dollars in the amount originally
due to such Entitled Person with the judgment currency. If for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due
hereunder in Dollars into another currency (in this Section 13.20
called the “judgment
currency”), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be that at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent
could purchase such Dollars at New York, New York, with the judgment currency on
the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which such judgment is
rendered. The Obligors hereby, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, agree to indemnify such Entitled Person
against, and to pay each Entitled Person on demand, in Dollars, the amount (if
any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in Dollars
hereunder exceeds the amount of the Dollars purchased and transferred as
aforesaid.
Section
13.21 Confirmation of Security
Interests. Each
of the Borrower and the Guarantors, by their execution of this Agreement, hereby
confirms and ratifies that all of its obligations as a “Grantor”, “Guarantor”
and/or “Pledgor” (or the equivalent of any thereof) under the Security Documents
to which it is a party shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit
of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to this
amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. Each of
the Borrower and the Guarantors, by its execution of this amendment and
restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement, hereby confirms that the security
interests granted by it under each of the Security Documents to which it is a
party shall continue in full force and effect in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent with respect
to this Agreement and that similarly, references in the Security Documents to
Obligations or “Secured Obligations” are deemed to include any obligations as
they may so be varied, amended, modified, novated or restated from time to time,
including by means of this amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit
Agreement.
Section
13.22 Confirmation for the Benefit
of Dutch Security Documents. Without
prejudice to the provisions of the Transaction Documents and for the purpose of
ensuring and preserving the validity and the continuity of the security rights
granted and to the be granted by any Person under or pursuant to the Dutch
Security Documents, each of the parties hereto, for the avoidance of doubt,
hereby acknowledges and consents to the following (i) with respect to the Dutch
Security Documents, the creation of the Parallel Debt (as defined in the Dutch
Security Documents), and (ii) with respect to the Dutch Bank Account Pledge, the
amendment of the law governing the Pledge Obligations (as defined therein) with
a view to Article 10 paragraph 2 of the Act on the Conflict of Law Rules related
to Property Matters (Wet
conflictenrecht goederenrecht).
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13.23 Confirmation of Amendment
and Restatement This
Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety
as of the Amendment Closing Date on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, (ii) this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the
obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement or
evidence payment of all or any of such obligations and liabilities and (iii)
from and after the Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be of no
further force or effect, except to evidence the Obligations (as defined therein)
incurred, the representations and warranties made, and the actions or omissions
performed or required to be performed, thereunder prior to the Amendment
Effective Date and except as provided in Section
13.05;
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SCHEDULE I
PERCENTAGES;
LIBOR OFFICE; APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE
Certain Addresses for
Notices and Applicable Lending Offices
If to the
Borrower and each of BIP, BIG, BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited, BIP
Bermuda
Holdings
II Limited, BIP Bermuda Holdings III Limited:
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c/x
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Xxxxxxx
Services (Bermuda) Ltd.
|
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Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Canon’s
Court
|
|
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
XX
Xxx XX 0000
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|
Xxxxxxxx
XX XX
|
|
Bermuda
|
|
Tel:
000 000 0000
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Fax:
000 000 0000
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with
a copy to
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Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
|
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Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
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Tel:
(000) 000-0000
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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Each
other entity:
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c/o
|
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Brookfield
Asset Management, LLC
|
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attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Three
World Financial Center
|
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
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Tel:
(000)000-0000
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Fax:
(000)000-0000
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with
a copy to
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Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
|
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Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Tel:
(000) 000-0000
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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Administrative Agent:
000 X
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
XXX
Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
If to the
Collateral Agent:
HSBC Bank
USA, National Association
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Tel: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Corporate
Trust and Loan Agency
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Lender
Information
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Applicable
Lending Office
|
Percentage
|
Citibank,
N.A.
|
Wire Transfer Information:
Bank
Name: Citibank, N.A.
City,
State, Zip: 0000 Xxxxx Xx, XXX XXX, Xxx Xxxxxx, XX
00000
ABA
#: 000000000
Swift
Address: XXXXXX00
Account
Name: Infrastructure and Energy Finance
Account
No.: 3041-9849
Reference: Attn: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx/BIP Credit Facility
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25%
|
Credit
Suisse, Toronto Branch
|
Credit
Suisse, Toronto Branch
0
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
P.O.
Box 301
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M5X 1C9
Wire Transfer Information:
Bank
Name: Bank of New York
City,
State, Zip: New York, New York
ABA
#: 000000000
Swift
Address: 1RVTUS3N
Account
Name: in favor of Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch
Account
No.: 000-0000-000
Reference: Brookfield
Infrastructure L.P.
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25%
|
Royal
Bank of Canada
|
One
Liberty Plaza, 3rd
Floor
000 Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx,
XX
00000-0000
Wire Transfer Information:
Bank
Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank
City,
State, Zip: Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ABA
#: 000000000
Account
Name: Royal Bank of Canada – New York
Account
No.: 0000000000
Reference: Loan/Interest/Fee
Payment for BIP
|
25%
|
X-X-0
XX0:#0000000
XXXX
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Wire Transfer Information for USD
advances:
Bank
Name: HSBC Bank U.S.A.
City/State:
New York, New York
ABA#
of Credit Bank: Fed Wire #000000000
Name
of Account: HSBC Bank Canada
Account
No.: 000-000-000
Swift
No.: XXXXXXXX
For
Further Credit:
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Account
Number 10002-016-930404-020
Ref: Brookfield
Infrastructure L.P. (002-516101)
Attn: Credit
Services Dept.
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25%
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SCHEDULE II
AMENDMENT
CLOSING DATE PROJECTS
Island
Timberlands LP
Longview
Timberlands, LLC
Great
Lakes Power Transmission LP
Empresa
Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
Empresa
Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
Empressa
Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
Empresa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
Empresa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
Transelec S.A.
PPP
Solutions (Long Bay) Partnership
Brookfield
Showgrounds Pty Ltd.
Peterborough
(Progress Health) Holdings, Ltd.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL POLICY GUIDELINES
The
Borrower will appoint an external consultant to conduct environmental and social
due diligence, as appropriate, with particular attention to:
·
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Ensuring
that prospectively environmental and social safeguards as defined by the
applicable environmental legislation are adequately integrated by the
portfolio companies into any future Project design prior to its financing
and in its implementation during the operational
phase;
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·
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Ensuring
that social safeguards, based on the principle of restoration and possible
improvement in the economic status of Project Affected People, are
integrated by the portfolio companies into any new Project design prior to
its financing and in its implementation during the operational
phase;
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·
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Ensuring,
where the project presents significant environmental and social risk, that
relevant international best practices, such as the IFC Performance
Standards, are integrated by the portfolio companies into the Project
design prior to its financing and in its implementation during the
operational phase;
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·
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Integrating
environmental and social risk into its internal risk management analysis;
and
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For the
purposes hereof “Project Affected People” are members of the local population
within the project’s area of influence who may be directly or indirectly
affected by the project. This may include, but is not limited to,
individuals and families living near or directly affected by the project,
community representatives, and indigenous groups and their leaders.
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SCHEDULE
IV
|
GENERALLY
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
Person
|
Approved
Jurisdiction
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Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc.
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Canada
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Corporation
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Delaware
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited
|
Bermuda
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings II Limited
|
Bermuda
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings III Limited
|
Bermuda
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited
|
Cyprus
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Capital Management SRL
|
Barbados
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission Inc.
|
Canada
|
BIP
Luxembourg Holdings S.á.x.x.
|
Luxembourg
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission LP
|
Canada
|
ETC
Holdings Ltd.
|
Bermuda
|
BIP
Netherlands Holdings B.V.
|
Netherlands
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Pty Ltd
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty Ltd
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Investments Pty Ltd
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Peterborough (UK) Ltd.
|
United
Kingdom
|
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Approved
Jurisdiction
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Longview
Timber Holdings Corp.
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United
States
|
Brookfield
Timberland Holdings LP
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United
States
|
Islands
Timberland Holding LP
|
United
States
|
Timberlands
LP
|
United
States
|
Xxxxxx
I Elecricas Limitada
|
Chile
|
Empresa
Amazonense de Transmisao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
Empresa
Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
Empresa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
Empresa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
Longview
Timber Holdings LLC
|
United
States
|
Longview
Timber LLC
|
United
States
|
Longview
Timberlands LLC
|
United
States
|
Longview
Fibre Company
|
United
States
|
Longview
Timber Corp.
|
United
States
|
PPP
Solutions (Long Bay) Partnership
|
Australia
|
Brookfield
Showgrounds Pty Ltd.
|
Australia
|
Peterborough
(Progress Health) Holdings, Ltd.
|
United
Kingdom
|
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SCHEDULE
7.01(b)
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DIRECT
AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER
1.
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Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc., an Ontario
Corporation
|
2.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Corporation, a Delaware
corporation
|
3.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited, a Bermudian Limited Liability
Company
|
4.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings II Limited, a Bermudian Limited Liability
Company
|
5.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings III Limited, a Bermudian Limited Liability
Company
|
6.
|
BIP
Netherlands Holdings B.V., a Dutch
Company
|
7.
|
Brookfield
Peterborough (UK) Ltd., a U.K. Limited
Company
|
8.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Pty Ltd., an Australian Proprietary Limited
Company
|
9.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty Ltd., an Australian Proprietary
Limited Company
|
10.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Investments Pty Ltd., an Australian Proprietary
Limited Company
|
11.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian Proprietary
Limited Company
|
12.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Fund Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd, an Australian
Proprietary Limited Company
|
13.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd., an Australian Proprietary
Limited Company
|
14.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited, a Cyprus Limited
Liability Company
|
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Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Capital Management SRL, a Barbadian Society With
Restricted Liability
|
16.
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission Inc., an Ontario
Corporation
|
17.
|
BIP
Luxembourg Holdings S.à.x.x., a Luxembourg Limited Liability
Company
|
18.
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission LP, an Ontario Limited
Partnership
|
19.
|
Transelec
S.A
|
SCHEDULE
7.01(b) - 2
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SCHEDULE
7.01(c)
|
NON-CONTROLLED
PROJECT ENTITIES IN WHICH THE BORROWER INDIRECTLY OWNS AN OWNERSHIP
INTEREST
Entity
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization
|
Percentage
|
ETC
Holdings Ltd.
|
Bermuda
|
17.8%
of common stock is held by BIP Bermuda Holdings III
Limited
|
Longview
Timber Holdings Corp.
|
Delaware
|
30%
of common shares are held by Brookfield Infrastructure
Corporation
|
Brookfield
Timberland Holdings LP
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Manitoba
|
75%
of limited partner units are held by Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings
(Canada) Inc.
25%
of limited partner unites are held by 0807604 BC Ltd.
General
partner is Brookfield Timberlands Holdings GP Inc.
|
Islands
Timberlands Holdings LP
|
Manitoba
|
99.9%
of limited partner units are held by Brookfield Timberlands Holdings
LP
General
Partner is Island Timberlands Holdings GP Inc.
|
Islands
Timberlands LP
|
Manitoba
|
49.98%
of limited partner units are held by Island Timberlands Holdings
LP
General
partner is Island Timberlands G.P. Ltd.
50%
owned by institutional investors through 4246268 Canada Inc. (3.75%),
4246276 Canada Inc. (21.25%), 4246284 Canada Inc. (13.98%).
X.
Xxxxxx owns
0.002%.
|
SCHEDULE
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Electricas I Limitada
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Chile
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99.9%
of capital is held by ETC Holdings Ltd.
|
Empresa
Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
24.9998%
of the capital stock held by BIP Netherlands Holdings
B.V.
|
Empresa
Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
18.3498%
of the capital stock held by BIP Netherlands Holdings
B.V.
|
Empresa
Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
18.3494%
of the capital stock held by BIP Netherlands Holdings
B.V.
|
Empresa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
24.9994%
of the capital stock held by BIP Netherlands Holdings
B.V.
|
Empresa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Brazil
|
7.4996%
of the capital stock held by BIP Netherlands Holdings
B.V.
|
Longview
Timber Holdings LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
owned by Longview Timber Holdings, Corp.
|
Longview
Timber LLC
|
Delaware
|
99%
of units are held by Longview Timber Holdings LLC
|
Longview
Timberlands LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
of special units are held by Longview Fibre Company, 100% of
common units are held by Longview Timber LLC, 100% of special common units
are held by Longview Timber LLC
|
Longview
Fibre Company
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Washington
|
100%
of common stock is held by Longview Timber LLC
|
Longview
Timber Corp.
|
Delaware
|
100%
of common stock is held by Longview Fibre Company
|
PPP
Solutions (Long Bay) Partnership
|
Australia
|
50%
owned by Brookfield Infrastructure Long Bay Trust
|
Brookfield
Showgrounds Pty Ltd.
|
Australia
|
50%
owned by Brookfield Showgrounds Holdings Pty.
Ltd.
|
SCHEDULE
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(Progress Health) Holdings, Ltd.
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United
Kingdom
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30%
of issued shares owned by Brookfield Peterborough (UK)
Limited
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SCHEDULE
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7.20
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Capitalization
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have the following authorized
capitalization.
Issuer
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Authorized
Capitalization (if such concept is applicable)
|
Holder
and Amount
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Brookfield
Infrastructure L.P.
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12,455,228
Redemption-Exchange Units held by Trilon Bancorp Inc.
23,344,508
Class A Units held by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
2,657,516
Redemption-Exchange Units held by Brookfield Canada Infrastructure
Holdings Inc.
388,457
General Partnership Units held by Brookfield Infrastructure GP
L.P.
|
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc.
|
Unlimited
Number of Common Shares
|
444,914
shares held by Brookfield Infrastructure L.P.
|
200,000
Preferred Shares
|
196,000
shares held by Trilon Bancorp Inc.
|
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Corporation
|
350,000
Common Stock
|
273,490
Shares held by Brookfield Infrastructure L.P.
|
1
Share Preferred Stock
|
1
Share held by Brookfield US Corporation
|
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited
|
345,000,000
Common Shares
200,000
preference Shares
|
243,755,094
Common Shares held by Brookfield Infrastructure L.P.
200,000
preference shares held by Trilon International Inc.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings II Limited
|
350,000,000
Common Shares
|
228,485,094
Common Shares held by BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings III Limited
|
350,000,000
Common Shares
|
228,485,094
Common Shares held by BIP Bermuda Holdings II Limited
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited
|
200,000
common shares
|
166,903
common shares held by Brookfield Infrastructure L.P.
|
5,000
preferred shares
|
5,000
preferred shares held by Trilon International
Inc.
|
SCHEDULE
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Great
Lakes Power Transmission Inc.
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Unlimited
Number of Common Shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. holds one common
share
|
BIP
Luxembourg Holdings S.à.x.x.
|
40,000,000
Shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Holdings (Cyprus) Limited holds 40,000,000
shares
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission LP
|
Unlimited
number of Class A Units (99.99% of the partnership)
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. holds this
interest
|
Unlimited
number of Class B Units (0.01% of the partnership)
|
Great
Lakes Power Transmission Inc. holds this interest
|
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners Capital Management SRL
|
Unlimited
number of common quotas
|
100
quotas held by Brookfield Infrastructure L.P.
|
BIP
Netherlands Holdings B.V.
|
90,000
Shares
|
BIP
Luxembourg Holdings S.à.x.x. holds 18,001 shares
|
Brookfield
Peterborough (UK) Ltd.
|
50,000
ordinary shares
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited holds 50,000 ordinary shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Pty Ltd
|
Unlimited
number of ordinary shares.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Investments Pty Ltd holds 10 ordinary
shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty Ltd
|
Unlimited
number of ordinary shares.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited holds 10 ordinary shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Investments Pty Ltd
|
Unlimited
number of ordinary shares.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Long Bay Holdings Pty Ltd holds 6,719,142 ordinary
shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd
|
Unlimited
number of ordinary shares.
|
BIP
Bermuda Holdings I Limited holds 10 ordinary shares
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Investments Pty Ltd
|
Unlimited
number of ordinary shares.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty Ltd holds 4,016,752 ordinary
shares
|
To the
best of the knowledge of the Obligors, each Non-Controlled Project Entity has
the followed authorized capitalization.
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Issuer
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Authorized
Capitalization (if such concept is applicable)
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Holder
and Amount
|
ETC
Holdings Ltd.
|
1,368,378,946
shares
|
242,887,263
shares held by BIP Bermuda Holdings III Limited
302,418,701.00
shares held by bcIMC (PPELEC) Investment Corporation
53,368,006.00
shares held by
bcIMC
(WCBAF PPELEC) Investment Corporation
137,334,826
shares held by Brysons International Limited
379,422,090.00
shares held by CPP Investment Board Private Holdings Inc.
252,948,060.00
shares held by Infra-PSP Canada Inc.
|
Longview
Timber Holdings, Corp.
|
15,000,000
shares of Common Stock
|
2,534,331
shares held by Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation
7,325,647
shares held by Brookfield Global Timber Fund I L.P.
1,160,198
shares held by Brookfield Global Timber Fund I (Brookfield PIV),
LLC
|
125
shares of Series A Preferred Stock
|
Shareholder
information not available
|
|
Brookfield
Timberland Holdings LP
|
General
partnership units comprising 0.01% of the partnership
|
Brookfield
Timberland Holdings GP Inc. holds this interest
|
Limited
partner units comprising 99.99% of the partnership
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. holds 75% of these
units
|
|
0807604
BC Ltd. holds 25% of these units
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Islands
Timberlands Holdings LP
|
99.9%
limited partnership units held by Brookfield Timberlands Holdings
LP
|
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Issuer
|
Authorized
Capitalization (if such concept is applicable)
|
Holder
and Amount
|
Islands
Timberlands LP
|
49.98%
limited partnership units held by Islands Timberlands Holdings
XX
|
|
Xxxxxx
I Electricas Limitada
|
US$478,089,347
|
ETC
Holdings Ltd.: US$477,949,812 (99.97%)
Brysons
International Limited: US$38,715 (0.008%)
CPP
Investment Board Private Holdings: US$38,715 (0.008%)
Infra
- PSP Canada Inc.: US$25,809 (0,005%)
4358520
Canada Inc.: US$18,148 (0.003%)
4358538
Canada Inc.: US$18,148 (0.003%)
|
Empresa
Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Not
expressly defined
|
R$273,468,609.69,
fully subscribed and paid in, divided into 92,000,000 common shares and
88,000,010 preferred shares
|
Empresa
Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Not
expressly defined
|
R$120,128,111.62,
fully subscribed and paid in, divided into 100,840,000 common
shares
|
Empresa
Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
R$24,000,000.00
|
R$23,400,000.00,
fully subscribed and paid in, divided into 23,400,000 common
shares
|
Empresa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Not
expressly defined
|
R$69,569,023.89,
fully subscribed and paid in, divided into 27,000,000 common shares and
18,000,010 preferred shares
|
Empresa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
R$48,000,000.00
|
R$42,095,000.00,
fully subscribed and paid in, divided into 42,095,000 common
shares
|
Longview
Timber Holdings LLC
|
Not
limited
|
Longview
Timber Holdings, Corp. holds 1,360,937
units
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Issuer
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Authorized
Capitalization (if such concept is applicable)
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Holder
and Amount
|
Longview
Timber LLC
|
Not
limited
|
Longview
GP LLC holds 14,930 units and 145 special common units
Longview
Timber Holdings LLC holds 1,342,678 common units
|
Longview
Timberlands LLC
|
Longview
Fibre Company holds 2,107,148 Special Units.
Longview
Timber LLC holds 51,868 Common Units and 100 Special Common
Units.
|
|
Longview
Fibre Company
|
1,000,000
shares of common tock
125
Series A Preferred Stock
|
Longview
Timber LLC holds 5,536 shares of Common Stock. Shareholder
information is not available for Series A Preferred
Stock.
|
Longview
Timber, Corp.
|
1000
shares of Common Stock
|
Longview
Fibre Company holds 50 shares
|
Peterborough
(Progress Health) Holdings, Ltd.
|
50,000
ordinary shares
|
Brookfield
Peterborough (UK) Ltd. holds 15,000 ordinary shares
|
PPP
Solutions (Long Bay) Partnership
|
no
concept of capitalization – capital contributed through PPP Solutions
(Long Bay) Nominees Pty Ltd.
|
not
applicable
|
PPPS
Showgrounds Pty Ltd.
|
Not
expressly defined.
|
Brookfield
Infrastructure Showgrounds Holdings Pty. Ltd. holds 100 ordinary
shares
Babcock&
Xxxxx PPP Holdings (Showgrounds) Pty Ltd holds 100 ordinary
shares
|
Brazil
The
option to sell interests in the Brazilian Transmission Subsidiaries was
exercised on September 23, 2008 pursuant to the shareholders’ agreements
executed by and among certain shareholders of each of the Brazilian Transmission
Subsidiaries on August 16, 2006. Regulatory approval necessary to complete the
transaction was received from BNDES on June 11, 2009.
SCHEDULE
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Transelec
On April
2, 2008, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“BAM”) gave up the
right to disproportionately fund the Transelec VI purchase price adjustment in
exchange for the right to reduce its minimum direct ownership requirement in
Transelec Chile S.A. from 15.0% to 10.0%. Roughly 28% (or $45.2
million) of the $160.8 million purchase price adjustment was funded by BAM on
April 4, 2008. With the reduced minimum direct ownership requirement,
BAM was able to transfer, after funding its share of the VI adjustment, $111.8
million of its ownership interests in Transelec to BIP at
cost. Consistent with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.’s (for
the purposes of this schedule 7.20, “BIP”) prospectus,
BIP’s related entities own 17.6% of Transelec. BAM now owns a 10.2%
direct interest in Transelec.
In
addition to negotiating a reduction in the direct hold requirement, BAM agreed
to a reduction in its direct and indirect hold requirement from 17.5% to
12.5%. Currently, BAM meets this requirement by a wide margin (17%
versus 12.5%) through its approximate 40% holding of BIP. In the
event that BAM’s ownership in BIP is reduced below 14% (the breakeven threshold
required to meet the 12.5% direct and indirect ownership requirement), BAM will
need to increase its direct ownership in Transelec by buying additional units in
BIP. BAM would buy these units at fair market value determined
by an independent consultant consistent with our affiliate transaction
policy.
Longview Timber Holdings
Corp.
As
described in BIP’s registration statement, BIP (through affiliates) has agreed
to acquire an additional indirect interest in Longview in the event that
Brookfield contributes its remaining interest in Longview Timber Holdings Corp.
to a timberlands focused partnership with institutional
investors. The agreement provides that BIP will participate in any
such partnership through a commitment of up to $600 million subject to certain
conditions as described in the registration statement.
SCHEDULE
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7.24
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Project
Level Indebtedness Documents1
|
Note
Purchase Agreement dated as of February 2, 2007, between Transelec
Holdings Xxxxxx Limitada as Issuer and Initial Purchasers party
thereto
|
Indenture
dated as of February 2, 2007 between Transelec Holdings Xxxxxx Limitada
and The Bank of New York, as trustee ($150,000,000 Floating Rate Senior
Secured Notes Due February 2, 2013)
|
Copies
of Transelec Holdings Xxxxxx Limitada Floating Rate Senior Secured
Notes
|
First
Supplemental Trust Indenture made as of June 16, 2003
between Great Lakes Power Limited as Issuer and CIBC Mellon
Trust Company as trustee
|
Deed
of Trust made as of June 16, 2003 between Great Lakes Power Limited and
CIBC Mellon Trust Company (Providing for the issue of Senior Secured bonds
and Subordinated Secured Bonds)
|
Third
Supplemental Trust Indenture dated as of June 30, 2006 between Great Lakes
Power Limited and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as the
trustee
|
Sponsors’
Agreement dated June 30, 2006, between CPP Investment Board Private
Holdings Inc. and 4358520 Canada Inc. and 4358538 Canada Inc. and
Infra-PSP Canada Inc. and Brysons International Limited, collectively as
Shareholders and ETC Holdings Ltd., as Holdco
|
Second
Supplemental Trust Indenture dated as of July 31, 2003 between Great Lakes
Power Limited and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as the
trustee
|
Subco
Shareholders Agreement dated as of June 30, 2006 between CPP Investment
Board Private Holdings Inc. and 4358520 Canada Inc. and 4358538 Canada
Inc. and Infra-PSP Canada Inc. and Brysons International Limited,
collectively as Sponsors and ETC Holdings Ltd., as Holdco and Xxxxxx
Electricas I Limitada, as Subco, Xxxxxx Electricas II Limitada, as Chile
II, Xxxxxx Electricas III Limitada, as Chile III and Xxxxxx Electricas IV
Limitada, as Chile IV
|
Contract
of the emission of bonds between HQI Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile
dated February 12, 2001
|
Indenture
dated as of April 17, 2001 between HQI Transelec Chile S.A. and Bankers
Trust Company as Trustee (Providing for the Issuance of Securities in
Series)
|
Supplemental
Indenture dated as of June 30, 2007 between Transelec S.A. and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 31, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
26.217.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 13, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.178.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.726)
|
SCHEDULE 7.24 - 1
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Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 28, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
28.436.-)
|
Escritura
Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos
de deuda dated November 14, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco
de Chile, Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.254.-)
|
Modificacion
de Escritura Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por
linea de dueda dated November 16, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A and
Banco de Chile, Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio
No: 27.498)
|
Amended
and Restated text of the Indenture Agreement (25 years) between Nueva
Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, as representative of the
bondholders
|
Contrato
de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated September 15,
2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante
de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 22.629.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
25.359.-)
|
Contrato
de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated September 15,
2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante
de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 22.627.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 30, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
26.216.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 13, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.177.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.725.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 28, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
28.435.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated March
8, 2007, between Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante de
Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 5.979.-)
|
Escritura
Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision Xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos
de deuda dated January 15, 2007 between Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile
Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
1.119.-)
|
Modificacion
de Escritura Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision Xx Xxxxx por
linea de titulos de deuda dated March 8, 2007, between Transelec S.A. and
Banco de Chile Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio
No: 5.980.-)
|
Amended
and Restated text of the Indenture Agreement (10 years) between Nueva
Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, as representative of the
bondholders
|
Supplementary
Deed to the Indenture Agreement between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de
Chile, as representative of the
bondholders
|
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Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
25.358.-)
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Prospectus
– ETEP (Linha de Transmissao Tucurui – Vila do Conde dated August
2001)
|
Prospectus
– EATE (Linha de Transmissao Norte – Nordeste dated August
2001)
|
Prospectus
– ECTE (Xxxxxx Novos/Blumenau dated October 2000)
|
Prospectus
– ENTE (Expansao da Interligacao Norete/Nordeste – C4 dated December
2002)
|
Prospectus
– XXXX (Linha de Transmissao Vila do Conde – Santa Xxxxx dated December
2002)
|
Registration
Rights Agreement
|
Deed
of Trust made as of March 12, 2008, between Great Lakes Power Limited and
CIBC Mellon Trust Company
|
Supplementary
Prospectus Bond Issuance for line of titles (Bond Facility), Series D
bonds issued by Nueva Transelec S.A., dated November
2006
|
Supplementary
Deed to the Indenture Agreement dated January 15,2007, between Transelec
S.A. and Banco de Chile, as Representative of the
Bondholders
|
Supplementary
Prospectus Bond Issuance for line of titles (Bond Facility), Series C
bonds issued by Transelec S.A., dated March 2007
|
Supplementary
Prospectus Bond Issuance for line of titles (Bond Facility), bonds issued
by Nueva Transelec S.A., dated November 2006
|
Amended
and Restated Indenture Agreement between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de
Chile, as representative of the bondholders
|
Supplementary
Prospectus Bond Issuance for line of titles (Bond Facility), bonds issued
by Nueva Transelec S.A., dated March 2007
|
Amended
and Restated Indenture Agreement between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de
Chile, as representative of the bondholders
|
Amended
and Restated Supplementary Deed to the Indenture Agreement between Nueva
Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, as representative of the
bondholders
|
Schedules
to Deed of Trust (Tab 39) made as of March 12, 2008, between Great Lakes
Power Limited and CIBC Mellon Trust Company
|
First
Supplemental Trust Indenture made as of March 12, 2008 between Great Lakes
Power Limited, as issuer and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as trustee
(Supplementing the Deed of Trust made as of March 12, 2008 and providing
for the issue of $120,000,000 aggregate principle amount of 6.60% Senior
Bonds due June 16, 2023 (Series 1))
|
Indenture
dated as of April 17, 2001, between HQI Transelec Chile S.A. and Bankers
Trust Company, as Trustee
|
Promissory
Note for US$100,000,000 dated August 30, 2005, between Island
Timberlands Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), its general partner
Island Timberlands GP Ltd., and Island Timberlands Finance Corp. (the
“Lender”) (August 30, 2015 Maturity
Date);
|
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Promissory
Note for US$210,000,000 dated August 30, 2005, between Island Timberlands
Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), its general partner Island
Timberlands GP Ltd., and Island Timberland Finance Corp. (the “Lender”)
(August 30, 2025 Maturity Date); and
Promissory
Note for US$100,000,000 dated August 30, 2005, between Island Timberlands
Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), its general partner Island
Timberlands GP Ltd., and Island Timberlands Finance Corp. (the “Lender”)
(August 30, 2030 Maturity Date)
|
Credit
Agreement dated August 30, 2005, between Island Timberlands Limited
Partnership, as Borrower and Island Timberlands Finance Corp., as
Lender
|
Form
of Convenio de Deposito en Custodia y Garantia de Servicio de Deuda,
between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Bank of New York.
|
Form
of Debt Service Escrow Agreement between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Bank of
New York as Escrow Agent.
|
Debt
Service Escrow Agreement dated as of December 14, 2006, between Transelec
S.A., and The Bank of New York, as the Escrow Agent
|
Contrato
de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated September 15,
2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante
de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 22.627.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
25.358.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 30, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
26.216.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 13, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.177.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.725.-)
|
Form
of Convenio de Deposito en Custodia y Garantia de Servicio de Deuda,
between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Bank of New York
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 28, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
28.435.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated March
8, 2007, between Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante de
Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 5.979.-)
|
Escritura
Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision Xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos
de deuda dated January 15, 2007 between Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile
Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
1.119.-)
|
Modificacion
de Escritura Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision Xx Xxxxx por
linea de titulos de deuda dated March 8, 2007, between Transelec S.A. and
Banco de Chile Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio
No: 5.980.-)
|
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Contrato
de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated September 15,
2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como Representante
de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No: 22.629.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
October 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile Como
Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
25.359.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 2, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
26.217.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 13, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.178.-)
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 20, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.726)
|
Form
of Convenio de Deposito en Custodia y Garantia de Servicio de Deuda,
between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Bank of New York
|
Modificacion
de Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos de deuda dated
November 28, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco de Chile, como
Representate de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
26.436.-)
|
Escritura
Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por linea de titulos
de deuda dated November 14, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A. and Banco
de Chile, Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio No:
27.254.-)
|
Modificacion
de Escritura Publica Complementaria a Contrato de Emision xx Xxxxx por
linea de dueda dated November 16, 2006, between Nueva Transelec S.A and
Banco de Chile, Como Representante de Los Tenedores xx Xxxxx (Repertorio
No: 27.498)
|
Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement (Loan No.: A, B and C – Three First Mortgage
Loans in the aggregate amount of US$1,070,000,000.00) dated November 4,
2008, between Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as Lender,
Administrative Servicer and Collateral Agent and Longview Timberlands LLC,
Longview Timber, Corp. and Longtimber Company of Oregon as
Borrower
|
Banco
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES Declaraceo de
Eficacia Contratual dated October 25, 2001
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No 01.2.278.3.1, que entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a ECTE – Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., com
Interveniencia de Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO
|
Aditivo
No 1 ao contrato de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No
01.2.278.3.1 de 28 de Setembro de 2001, Celebrado Entre o Banco Nacional
de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e a Empresa Catarinense de
Transmissao de Energia S.A., NA Forma ABAIXO
|
Contrato
de Vinculacao de Receita e Penhor de Contas Bancarias dated September 26,
2001, between ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S/A,
UNIBANCO – Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de
|
SCHEDULE 7.24 - 5
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Desenvolvimento
do Extremo Sul, Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A., Banco do Brasil S.A., and
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social –
BNDES
|
Contrato
de Penhor de Acoes dated September 26, 2001 between Schahin Engenharia
Ltda, Companhia Tecnica de Engenharia Electrica, Centrais Eletrica de
Santa Catarina – CELESC, UNIBANCO – Uniao De Bancos Brasileiros S.A.,
Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil
S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A., Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de
Transmissao de Energia S/A
|
Contrato
de Penhor de Direitos Emergentes da Concessao dated September 26, 2001,
between ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S/A, Banco
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, UNIBANCO – Uniao
De Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo
Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil
S.A.
|
Instrumento
Particular de Compartihlamento de Garantias e Outras Avencas, que Entre si
Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, o
UNIBANCO – Uniao De Bancos Brasileiros S.A., o Banco Regional de
Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul – BRDE, o Banco do Brasil S.A., o Banco
Industrial do Brasil S.A., con Interveniencia da Empresa Catarinense de
Transmissao de energia S.A., NA Forma ABAIXO, dated September 26,
2001
|
Contrato
de Prestacao de Servicos de Administracao de Garantias dated September 26,
2001, between ECTE – Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.,
UNIBANCO – Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A.
|
Guaranty
Letter dated September 26, 2001, to UNIBANCO -- Uniao de Bancos
Brasileiros S.A.
|
Contrato
de Constituicao de Consorcio dated September 26, 2001, between UNIBANCO --
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do
Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A. and
ECTE – Empressa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia
S/A
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Repasse Contratado com o Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES No 10/669.771-8 dated September
26, 2001, between ECTE – Empressa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia
S/A, UNIBANCO -- Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de
Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do
Brasil S.A.
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 02.2.192.4.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated June 13, 2002
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 04.2.207.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated July 09, 2004
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 04.2.123.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros,
|
SCHEDULE
7.24 - 6
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NA
Forma ABAIXO, dated May 10, 2004
|
Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 02.2.022.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated February 14, 2002
|
Contrato
de Concessao No 42/2001 – XXXXX, De Servico Publico de Transmissao de
Energia Eletrica, que Celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa Amazonense de
Transmissao de Energia S.A.
|
Primeiro
Termo Aditivo Contrato de Concessao de Servico Publico de Transmissao de
Energia Eletrica No 042/2001 – XXXXX que Celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa
Amazonense de Trasmissao de Energia S.A. – EATE, dated December 22,
2005
|
Contrato
de Concessao No 088/2000 – XXXXX, De Servico Publico de Transmissao de
Energia Eletrica, que Celebram a UNIAO e a ECTE -- Empressa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Tabela
A – Cronograma Fisico De Linha de Transmissao – Camps
Novos/Blumenau
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Tabela
B – Cronograma Fisico de Subestracoes Xxxxxx Novos e
Blumenau
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Primeiro
Termo Aditivo ao Contrato de Concessao de Servico Publico de Transmissao
de Energia Eletrica No 088/2000—XXXXX, que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa
Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., dated December 22,
2005
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Contrato
de Concessao No 85/2002—XXXXX de Servico Publico de Transmissao de Energia
Eletrica, que Celebram a Uniao e a Empresa Norte de Transmissao de Energia
S.A., dated December 11, 2002
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Primeiro
Termo Aditivo ao Contrato de Concessao No 085/2002—XXXXX de Servico
Publico de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica que celebram a UNIAO e a
Empressa Norta de Transmissao de Energia S.A., dated April 25,
2005
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Contrato
de Concessao No 83/2002—XXXXX de Servico Publico de Trasmissao de Energia
Eletrica, que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa Regional de Transmissao de
Energia S.A., dated December 11, 2002
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Primeiro
Termo Aditivo ao Contrato de Concessao No 83/2002—XXXXX para Transmissao
de Energia Eletrica que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa Regional de
Transmissao de Energia S.A. -- XXXX
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Contrato
de Concessao No 43/2001—XXXXX de Servico Publico de Trasmissao de Energia
Eletrica, que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa Paraensa de Transmissao de
Energia S.A.
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Primeiro
Termo Aditivo ao Contrato de Concessao No 43/2001—XXXXX de Servico Publico
de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Aditivo Contrato de Concessao No 043/2001-XXXXX de Servico Publico
de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica que celebram a UNIAO e a Empressa
Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., dated December 22,
2005
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Declaraceo
de Eficacia Contratual dated October 25, 2001
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 01.2.278.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a ECTE – Empressa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com
Interveniencia de Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated September 28,
2001
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Aditivo
No 1 ao Contrato de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No.
01.2.278.3.1, de 28 de Setembro de 2001, celebrado entre o Banco Nacional
de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e a Empressa Catarinense de
Transmissao de Energia S.A., NA Forma ABAIXO, dated July 20,
2005
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Contrato
de Vinculacao de Receita e Penhor de Contas Bancarias dated September 26,
2001, between ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S/A,
UNIBANCO – Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de
Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A., Banco do
Brasil S.A., and Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social –
BNDES
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Contrato
de Penhor de Acoes dated September 26, 2001 between Schahin Engenharia
Ltda, Companhia Tecnica de Engenharia Electrica, Centrais Eletrica de
Santa Catarina – CELESC, UNIBANCO – Uniao De Bancos Brasileiros S.A.,
Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil
S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A., Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de
Transmissao de Energia S/A
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Contrato
de Penhor de Direitos Emergentes da Concessao dated September 26, 2001,
between ECTE -- Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S/A, Banco
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, UNIBANCO – Uniao
De Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo
Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil
S.A.
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Instrumento
Particular de Compartilhamento de Garantias e Outras Avencas, que Entre si
Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, o
UNIBANCO – Uniao De Bancos Brasileiros S.A., o Banco Regional de
Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, BRDE o Banco do Brasil S.A., o
Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A., con Interveniencia da Empresa Catarinense
de Transmissao de Energia S.A., NA Forma ABAIXO, dated September 26,
2001
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Contrato
de Prestacao de Servicos de Administracao de Garantias dated September 26,
2001, between ECTE – Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A.,
UNIBANCO – Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A.
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Guaranty
Letter dated September 26, 2001, to UNIBANCO -- Uniao de Bancos
Brasileiros S.A.
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Contrato
de Constituicao de Consorcio dated September 26, 2001, between UNIBANCO --
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do
Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do Brasil S.A. and
ECTE – Empressa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia
S/A
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Repasse Contratado com o Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES No 10/669.771-8 dated September
26, 2001, between ECTE – Empressa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia
S/A, UNIBANCO -- Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A., Banco Regional de
Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco Industrial do
Brasil S.A.
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Acordo
de Voto dated March 13, 2007 between Brascan Brasil Ltda. and Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG
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Acordo
de Voto dated March 13, 2007 between Brascan Brasil Ltda. and Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG
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de Voto dated March 13, 2007 between Brascan Brasil Ltda. and Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG
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Concession
Contract No 042-2001 – XXXXX for Public Service for Transmission of
Electric Power, which celebrate the UNION and Empresa Amazonense de
Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Concession
Contract No 088-2000 – XXXXX for Public Service for Transmission of
Electric Power, which celebrate the UNION and ECTE – Empresa Catarinense
de Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Contract
No 85-2002 – XXXXX for Public Service for Transmission of Electric Power,
which celebrate the UNION and Empresa Norte de Transmissao de Energia
S.A.
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Concession
Contract No 043-2001 – XXXXX for Public Service for Transmission of
Electric Power, which celebrate the UNION and Empresa Paraense de
Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Concession
Contract No 83-2002 – XXXXX for Public Service for Transmission of
Electric Power, which celebrate the UNION and Empresa Regional de
Transmissao de Energia S.A.
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No 02.2.192.4.1, que entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empresa Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated June 13, 2002
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No 04.2.207.3.1, que entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empresa Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A., com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated July 09, 2004
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 04.2.123.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated May 10, 2004
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Contrato
de Financiamento Mediante Abertura de Credito No. 02.2.022.3.1, Que Entre
si Fazem o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES e
a Empressa Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. com Interveniencia de
Terceiros, NA Forma ABAIXO, dated February 14, 2002
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Acordo
de Acionistas da Empresa Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. – EATE
Celebrado entre a CIA. Tecnica de Engenharia Eletrica, a Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG e a Brascan Brasil Ltd., dated August
16, 2006
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Acordo
de Acionistas of Empresa Amazonense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., dated
July 23, 2001
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Acordo
de Acionistas of ECTE – Empresa Catarinense de Trasmissao de Energia S.A.,
dated August 8, 2000
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Acordo
de Acionistas da Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. – ecte
Celebrado entre a CIA. Tecnica de Engenharia Eletrica, a Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG e a Brascan Brasil Ltd., dated August
16, 2006
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Acordo
de Acionistas da Empresa Norte de Transmissao de Energia S.A. – ENTE
Celebrado entre a CIA. Tecnica de Engenharia Eletrica, a Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG e a Brascan Brasil Ltd. e a MDU Norte
Transmissao de
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Energia
Ltda., dated August 16, 2006
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Acordo
de Acionistas of Empresa Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A., dated
July 23, 2001
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Acordo
de Acionistas da Empresa Regional de Transmissao de Energia S.A. – XXXX
Xxxxxxxxx entre a CIA. Tecnica de Engenharia Eletrica, a Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG e a Brascan Brasil Ltd. e a MDU Norte
Transmissao de Energia Ltda., dated August 16, 2006
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Acordo
de Acionistas da Empresa Paraense de Transmissao de Energia S.A. – ETEP
Celebrado entre a CIA. Tecnica de Engenharia Eletrica, a Companhia
Energetica de Minas Gerais – CEMIG e a Brascan Brasil Ltd., dated August
16, 2006
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English
Translation of Acordo de Acionistas of Empresa Amazonense de Transmissao
de Energia S.A.
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English
Translation of Acordo de Acionistas of Empresa Catarinense de Transmissao
de Energia S.A.
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English
Translation of Acordo de Acionistas of Empresa Norte de Transmissao de
Energia S.A.
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English
Translation of Acordo de Acionistas of Empresa Regional de Transmissao de
Energia S.A.
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English
Translation of Acordo de Acionistas of Empresa Paraense de Transmissao de
Energia S.A.
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First
Additive Term to the Concessionaire Contract no 43/2001—XXXXX Empresa
Paranaense de Transmissao de Energia -- ETEP
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Assignment,
Assumption and Release Agreement made as of March 12, 2008, between Great
Lakes Power Limited, as Assignor, Great Lakes Power Transmission LP, as
Assignee, and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Trustee
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General
Security Agreement made as of August 30, 2005 between Island Timberlands
Finance Corp., as the Debtor, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as the
Security Trustee
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Demand
Debenture dated August 30, 2005 for $1,000,000,000 between Island
Timberlands GP Ltd. (the Debtor) and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as
Security Trustee
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Demand
secured facility dated June 8, 2005 (as amended on August 30,2005,
September 8, 2008 and May 15, 2009) for a maximum of $15,000,000 (or C$
equivalent) between Island Timberlands Limited Partnership and Royal Bank
of Canada. The facility is currently undrawn, but the availability is
reduced by $6,191,500 as this facility supports the irrevocable Letter of
Credit that functions as the Debt Service Reserve Account noted
below.
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Demand
secured facility dated June 8, 2005 (as amended on August 30, 2005,
September 8, 2008 and May 1, 2009) for a maximum of $15,000,000 (or C$
equivalent) between Island Timberlands Limited Partnership and The Bank of
Nova Scotia. The facility is currently undrawn, but the
availability is reduced by US$6,191,500 as this facility supports the
irrevocable Letter of Credit that functions as the Debt Service Reserve
Account noted below.
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Debt
Service Reserve Account (in a reserve amount of $12,383,000) provided by
the guarantor (Island Timberlands LP) dated August 30, 2005 equal to 6
month’s interest
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of
the Series 1, 2, and 3 bonds between Island Timberlands Finance Corp and
BNY Trust Company of Canada.
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Post-Closing
Guaranty dated as of May 30, 2005 by Island Timberlands Limited
Partnership in favor or Weyerhaeuser Company Limited.
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Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2007 and as
amended on February 28, 2008, April 2, 2008, November 3, 2008 and February
2, 2009, in the amount of $228,406,046.90, or as may be increased from
time to time as a result of exercising the Payment in Kind option, between
Longview Timber Holdings, Corp. as borrower, Brookfield Longview Holdings
LLC and Longview Timber Holdings LLC together with Longview Timber
Holdings, Corp., the loan parties, and Brookfield Global Timber Fund I,
LP, Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation BGTF I (Xxxxx), LLC, the
lenders, and Brookfield US Corporation as administrative agent for the
lenders.
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Multiple
Advance Promissory Note in the amount of $25,000,000, or such lesser
amount has been advanced, currently zero, dated as of February 17, 2009
between Longview Timberlands LLC and Brookfield US
Corporation.
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Supplementary
Prospectus Bond Issuance for line of titles (Bond Facility), GBP£396.1M
bonds issued by Peterborough Progress Health PLC, dated July 4,
2007
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Unsecured
Notes for GBP£1.768M, dated July 4, 2007, issued by
Peterborough Progress Health
PLC
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Term
Facility for AUD$158.2M dated July 19, 2006 between PPP Solutions (Long
Bay) Nominee Pty Ltd (the “Borrower”) and The Commonwealth Bank Of
Australia (the “Lender”)
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Term
Facility for AUD$103.6M dated October 3, 2006 between PPP Solutions
(Showgrounds) Nominee Pty Ltd (the “Borrower”) and The
Australian and New Zealand Bank & Societe Generale (the
“Lender”). Hedged at 5.76% for term of the debt, current
liability position AUD$16.2M
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Net
Investment within Lease for AUD$116.9M between PPP Solutions (Showgrounds)
Nominee Pty Ltd (the “Lessor”) and the Royal Agricultural
Society of Victoria (the “Owner”) (Note that this lease has not been
formally executed yet).
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Committed
Capex, between Transelec S.A. and Scotiabank Sudamericano and Corpbanca
for US$130mm
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Commited
Working Capital, between Transelec S.A. and Scotiabank Sudamericano for
US$15mm
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Commited
Working Capital, between Transelec S.A. and Banco de Credito e Inversiones
for US$30mm
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Commited
Working Capital, between Transelec S.A. and Santander for
US$15mm
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Demand
secured facility with Royal Bank of Canada up to a maximum of US$ 15
million (or C$ equivalent) dated June 8, 2005 and as amended on August
30,2005, September 8, 2008 and May 15, 2009
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Demand
secured facility with The Bank of Nova Scotia up to a maximum of US$ 15
million (or C$ equivalent) dated June 8, 2005 and as amended on August
30,2005, September 8, 2008 and May 1, 2009.
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Debt
Service Reserve Account provided by the guarantor (Island Timberlands LP)
equal to 6 month’s interest of the Series 1, 2, and 3 bonds between Island
Timberlands
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Corp and BNY Trust Company of Canada.
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Letters
of credit provided by Island Timberlands LP
· Beneficiary
– Land and Water BC as the British Columbia Minister for Sustainable
Resource Management – C$50,000 (blanket security for all dealings with
that ministry, primarily foreshore leases)
· Beneficiary
– British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines Permitting &
Reclamation Mining & Minerals Division – C$5,000 (covers quarry
permit)
· Beneficiary
- British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources,
Mining & Minerals Division, Southwest Region – C$30,000 (covers mine
permit)
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Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 14, 2007 and as
amended on February 28, 2008, April 2, 2008, November 3, 2008 and February
2, 2009, in the amount of $228,406,046.90, or as may be increased from
time to time as a result of exercising the Payment in Kind option, between
Longview Timber Holdings, Corp. as borrower, Brookfield Longview Holdings
LLC and Longview Timber Holdings LLC together with Longview Timber
Holdings, Corp., the loan parties, and Brookfield Global Timber Fund I,
LP, Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation BGTF I (Xxxxx), LLC, the
lenders, and Brookfield US Corporation as administrative agent for the
lenders
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Multiple
Advance Promissory Note in the amount of $25,000,000, or such lesser
amount has been advanced, currently zero, dated as of February 17, 2009
between Longview Timberlands LLC and Brookfield US
Corporation
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM OF
NOTE
___________
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”),
hereby promises to pay to _____________________ or registered assigns (the
“Lender”),
in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the principal amount of each Loan owing to such Lenders by the
Borrower under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 16, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or
otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent,
Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank Canada and Royal Bank
of Canada, as the Lead Arrangers and Book Runners and each other party named
therein. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The
Borrower promises to pay (i) interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at
such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement and
(ii) fees at such times and at such rates as specified in the Credit
Agreement. All payments hereunder shall be made to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available
funds. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such
unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date
thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment)
computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Note
is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the
benefits and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and may be prepaid in
whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided
therein. This Note is secured by the Collateral. Upon the
occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in
the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall
become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in
the Credit Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by
one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary
course of business. The Lender may also record and endorse on the
grid attached hereto, which is part of this Note, the date, amount and maturity
of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower, for itself, its successors and
assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of
protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including
without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the interpretation and enforcement of this Note, in accordance
with and to the extent provided for in the Credit Agreement.
FORM OF NOTE
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THIS NOTE
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE | |
GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED, | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE GP L.P., | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE L.P., as Borrower | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: |
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LOANS AND
PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO
Date
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Type
of Loan Made
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Amount
of Loan Made
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End
of Interest Period
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Amount
of Principal or Interest Paid This Date
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Outstanding
Principal Balance This Date
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Notation
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FORM OF NOTE
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM OF
BORROWING REQUEST
NOTICE OF
BORROWING NO. [___]
[Notices
to be numbered consecutively in the order of the date of the Notices for each
Loan]
Reference
is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2009
(as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified
or replaced from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent,
Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank Canada and Royal Bank
of Canada, as the Lead Arrangers and Book Runners and each other party named
therein. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
This
Notice of Borrowing (this “Notice”) is delivered
to the Administrative Agent at least [one Business Day prior to the date of the
proposed borrowing (in the case of Base Rate Loans)] [three Business Days prior
to the date of the proposed borrowing (in the case of LIBO Rate Loans)] pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement.
The
Borrower hereby irrevocably requests a borrowing under the Credit Agreement, as
follows:
(a) Requested
Borrowing Date:
[LIST]
(b) Amount
of requested Loans:
Type of Loan(s):
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Interest Period(s):
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Amount(s):
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[BASE
RATE LOAN/LIBO RATE LOAN]
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[LIST,
IF ANY]
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[LIST]
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The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date of this Notice
and the date of the proposed borrowing that (a) no Default has occurred and is
continuing, or shall result from such proposed borrowing or from the application
of proceeds thereof, (b) the representations and warranties of each Obligor
contained in Article
VII of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date of such proposed borrowing (except to
the extent such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier
date), before and after giving effect to such proposed borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds thereof, as though made on and as of such date and
(c) there has been no event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect since the next preceding borrowing
(including the borrowing next preceding the Amendment Closing
Date).
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice this [__] day of
[__________].
BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE | |
GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED, | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE GP L.P., | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE L.P., as Borrower | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: |
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C
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
This
Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and
Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is
entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the
“Assignor”) and
[Insert name of
Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”),
receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1
attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and
made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in
full.
For an
agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the
Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights
and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any
other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related
to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such
outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective
facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned
under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of
the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or
unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions
governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights
and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights
and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to
the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignor:
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______________________________
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2.
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Assignee:
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______________________________
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[and
is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
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3.
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Borrower:
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Brookfield
Infrastructure L.P.
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4.
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Administrative
Agent:
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Citicorp
North America, Inc., as the administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement
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5.
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Credit
Agreement:
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Reference
is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16,
2009 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or
otherwise modified or replaced from time to time), among the Borrower, the
Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, Citicorp North
America, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse,
Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank Canada and Royal Bank of Canada, as the Lead
Arrangers and Book Runners and each other party named therein. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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6.
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Assigned
Interest:
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Facility
Assigned
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Aggregate
Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders*
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Amount
of Commitment/Loans Assigned*
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Percentage
Assigned of Commitment/Loans2
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Commitment
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$
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$
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%
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Loan
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$
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$
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%
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$
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$
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%
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[7.
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Trade
Date:
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______________]3
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Effective
Date: _____________ ___, _____ [TO BE INSERTED BY
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF
TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms
set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF
ASSIGNOR]
By:______________________________
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF
ASSIGNEE]
By:______________________________
Title:
2 Set
forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all
Lenders thereunder.
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Consented
to and Accepted:
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC., as
Administrative
Agent
By_________________________________
Title:
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[BROOKFIELD
INFRASTRUCTURE GENERAL PARTNER
LIMITED,
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for
and on behalf of
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BROOKFIELD
INFRASTRUCTURE GP L.P.,
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for
and on behalf of
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BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE L.P.,
as Borrower
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By: ________________________________
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Name:
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Title:]4
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4 Borrower
consent required for assignments under $10,000,000 to parties other than a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
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ANNEX
1
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and
Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The
Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of
any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or any other Financing Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Financing Documents or
any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any
Financing Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective
obligations under any Financing Document.
1.2. Assignee. The
Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become
a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an
assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be
required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date,
it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender
thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to
decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and
either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire
the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it
has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been
accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to the Credit Agreement, as applicable, and such
other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to
purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative 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 Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the
Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a foreign Lender, attached to the
Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by
the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without
reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Financing Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their
terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Financing Documents are
required to be performed by it as a Lender.
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2. Payments. From
and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest,
fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but
excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued
from and after the Effective Date.
3. General
Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be
executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and
Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial
Statement Date: ________,
To: Citicorp
North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June
16, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise
modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein
defined), among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party
thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A.,
Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank Canada and Royal Bank of Canada, as the
Lead Arrangers and Book Runners and each other party named therein.
The
undersigned Authorized Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that
he/she is the __________________ of the
Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this
Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the
Borrower, and that:
[Use
following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]
1. Attached
hereto as Schedule
1 are the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 8.01(a)(ii)
of the Credit Agreement for the Fiscal Year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants acceptable to the
Administrative Agent as required by such section.
[Use
following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]
1. Attached
hereto as Schedule
1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section 8.01(a)(i) of
the Credit Ag reement for the Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries ended as of the above date. Such financial statements
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied for such period except as otherwise expressly
noted therein, subject only to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.
2. Attached
hereto as Schedule
2 are (i) in Part I of Schedule 2, the
information and calculations showing compliance with the covenant set forth in
Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) in Part II of Schedule 2,
information and calculations of Liquidity, the Debt Ratio, and the Interest
Coverage Ratio and (iii) in Part III of Schedule
2, information and calculations of Cash Flow, in each case,
based on the information contained in the financial statements attached hereto
as Schedule 1
or the reconciliations contained in Schedule 4, if
applicable. The information set forth on Schedule 2 is true
and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
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3. The
undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement
and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed
review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial
statements.
4.
[select
one:]
[To the
best knowledge of the undersigned during such fiscal period no Default has
occurred and is continuing.]
--or--
[The
following is a list of each Default and its nature and status:]
5. To the
best knowledge of the undersigned during such fiscal period a Trigger Event has
[not] occurred. Attached hereto on Schedule 3 is
information and detailed calculations of the Projected Interest Coverage Ratio
and the information set forth on Schedule 3 is true
and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
[select
one:]
[There
has been no change in GAAP used in the preparation of the financial statements
attached hereto as Schedule 1 since the
date of the prior Compliance Certificate.]
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--or—
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[There
have been the following changes in GAAP used in the preparation of the financial
statements attached hereto as Schedule 1 since the
date of the prior Compliance Certificate and attached hereto as Schedule 4 are
certain financial statements and other documents setting forth reconciliation
between calculations of the financial covenants made before and after giving
effect to such change:]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Certificate as
of , .
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BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE | |
GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED, | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE GP L.P., | |
for and on behalf of BROOKFIELD | |
INFRASTRUCTURE L.P., as Borrower | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: |
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SCHEDULE
1
to the
Compliance Certificate
For the
Quarter/Year ended _____ (“Statement
Date”)
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SCHEDULE
2
to the
Compliance Certificate
For the
Quarter/Year ended _____ (“Statement
Date”)
Part I
[Net
Worth Calculations]
Part II
[Liquidity,
Debt Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio Calculations]
Part III
Form of
Cash Flow Calculations
12 Months Ending [______], 20[__]
(Proforma)
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Proportionate
Share
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Proportionate
consolidated net income ………………………………………__________
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(i)
Add back:
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Depreciation,
depletion and amortization……………………………
__________
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Other
non-cash charges:
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[SPECIFY]
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Deferred
taxes and other provisions……………………………………__________
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Interest
expense on financial indebtedness……………………………__________
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Management
fees……………………………………………………… __________
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Dividends
paid on preferred stock……………………………………
__________
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HBU
proceeds (net of gain realized)
………………………………… __________
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Add
(or minus) net cash settlements on hedge agreements………
__________
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Add
(or minus) changes in working
capital………………………….. __________
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(ii)
Deduct:
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Maintenance
capex……………………………………..…………… __________
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Principal
amortization in respect of financial
indebtedness
(other than with respect to hedge agreements)
………__________
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SCHEDULE
3
to the
Compliance Certificate
For the
Quarter/Year ended _____ (“Statement
Date”)
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[SCHEDULE
4
to the
Compliance Certificate
For the
Quarter/Year ended _____ (“Statement
Date”)]
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EXHIBIT
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FORM OF
JOINDER AGREEMENT
WHEREAS,
Brookfield Infrastructure L.P. (the “Borrower”),
a Bermuda limited partnership, the Guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”),
the Lenders party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as the administrative
agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”), Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank Canada
and Royal Bank of Canada, as the Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, and each other
party named therein, heretofore executed and delivered an Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”), dated June 16, 2009.
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, [Name of Additional Guarantor] (the “Additional
Guarantor”) shall join in and become a Guarantor under the Credit
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Additional Guarantor is not yet a Guarantor under the Credit
Agreement.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Additional Guarantor hereby agrees for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, as follows:
1. Joinder. The
Additional Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a
copy of the Credit Agreement and all other documents it deems fit to enter into
this Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder
Agreement”), and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party
to the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor as indicated by its signature below; (ii)
be bound by all covenants, agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities
and acknowledgments attributable to such signatory party in the Credit Agreement
as if made by, and with respect to, such signatory party; and (iii) perform all
obligations and duties required and be entitled to all the benefits of such
signatory party pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
2. Representations and
Warranties and Agreements of the Additional Guarantor. The Additional
Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Administrative
Agent that it has all the requisite [limited liability company]
[corporate][partnership] power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Joinder Agreement and to consummate the transaction
contemplated hereby and that when this Joinder Agreement is executed and
delivered, it will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement enforceable
against each of the undersigned in accordance with its terms. In
addition, the Additional Guarantor hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Article VII of the Credit Agreement with respect to
itself and its Subsidiaries, as applicable.
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3. Covenants of the Additional
Guarantor. The Additional Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably expressly assumes, confirms and agrees to perform and observe as a
Subsidiary of the Borrower and a Guarantor each and any of the covenants,
agreements, terms, conditions, obligations, appointments, duties, promises and
liabilities of a Subsidiary of the Borrower and a Guarantor under the Credit
Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto and to promptly execute
and deliver any and all further documents and take such further action as any
other undersigned party or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to
effect the purpose of this Joinder Agreement.
4. Counterparts. This
Joinder Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts (which may be
delivered in original form or via facsimile), each of which shall constitute an
original when so executed and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same agreement.
5. Amendments. No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Joinder Agreement, nor any consent
or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties to the Credit
Agreement.
6. Headings. The section
headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
7. APPLICABLE LAW. THE
VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Joinder Agreement this [__]
day of [_____], 200[_].
[___________________]
By:
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged
and accepted:
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as
Administrative Agent
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
SUBORDINATED LOAN AGREEMENT
Section
1. Definitions. In
these Terms and Conditions of the Subordinated Loan Agreement (the “Terms of
Subordination”), the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
“Administrative Agent”
shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of “Credit
Agreement”.
“Borrower” shall have
the meaning given such term in the definition of “Credit
Agreement”.
“Collateral Agent”
shall mean HSBC Bank USA, National Association or its successors or
assigns.
“Credit Agreement”
shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 16, 2009
between Brookfield Infrastructure L.P., the guarantors party thereto, the
lenders party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as the
administrative agent, Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Toronto Branch, HSBC Bank
Canada and Royal Bank of Canada, as the Lead Arrangers and Book Runners and each
other party named therein.
“Designated Agreement”
shall mean any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which any
Subordinated Obligations are created, incurred, assumed or exist; or any
agreement, document or instrument to which these Terms of Subordination are
attached and are made a part thereof or into which these Terms of Subordination
are incorporated by reference and in each case that the Subordinated Party has
executed and delivered, and pursuant to which the Subordinated Party has agreed
to be bound.
“Lender” shall have
the meaning given such term in the definition of “Credit
Agreement”.
“Secured Parties”
shall mean, collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent.
“Senior Obligations”
shall mean all obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing to pay
principal, interest, fees, expenses, charges, reimbursements, indemnities and
all other amounts under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other
Financing Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and all other
Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as amended, modified, renewed,
extended, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, in whole or in
part and documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection with any
such amendment, modification, renewal, extension, refunding, replacement or
refinancing (including interest, fees, expenses, charges or other amounts
accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization at the rate otherwise applicable to such interest, fees,
expenses, charges or other amounts, whether or not any such interest, fees,
expenses, charges or other amounts is an allowed claim and whether incurred
before or after a bankruptcy of the Borrower).
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“Subordinated
Obligations” shall mean all Financial Indebtedness (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) and other obligations and liabilities (other than Management
Fees (as defined in the Credit Agreement)) owed by the Borrower to the
Subordinated Party (including, without limitation, interest on any thereof
accruing after the date of any filing by the Borrower of any petition in
bankruptcy or the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or
similar proceedings with respect to the Borrower).
“Subordinated Party”
shall mean the Person (as defined in the Credit Agreement) that has agreed in
the Designated Agreement to be bound by these Terms of Subordination, together
with its successors and assigns.
Section
2. Terms of
Subordination.
2.01 Subordination. The
Borrower covenants and agrees, and the Subordinated Party, on its own behalf and
on behalf of each subsequent holder of Subordinated Obligations, covenants and
agrees, that the Subordinated Obligations are subordinated in right of payment,
to the extent and in the manner provided in this Section 2, to the
prior payment in full in cash or its equivalent of all existing and future
Senior Obligations and that the subordination provided for in this Section 2 is for the
benefit of and enforceable by the holders from time to time of Senior
Obligations from time to time outstanding and their
representatives. This Section 2 shall
remain in full force and effect as long as any Senior Obligations are
outstanding or any commitment to advance any Senior Obligations
exists.
2.02 Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets or
securities of the Borrower of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities
or other property, to creditors of the Borrower in a liquidation (total or
partial), reorganization, winding-up or dissolution of the Borrower, whether
voluntary or involuntary, or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or
similar proceeding relating to the Borrower or its Property (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) or creditors:
(a) the
holders of Senior Obligations shall be entitled to receive payment in full, in
cash or its equivalent, of such Senior Obligations before the Subordinated Party
shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on, or any
other payment or distribution of assets or securities (other than any interest
on any debt instruments or other securities the payment of which is subordinated
at least to the same extent as the Subordinated Obligations to the Senior
Obligations, the rate of interest on which does not exceed the effective rate of
interest on the Subordinated Obligations and the principal of which, in whole or
in part, is not due on or prior to the Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit
Agreement)) with respect to, any Subordinated Obligations or on account of any
purchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligations by the Borrower;
and
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2.03 No
Payment. Each Subordinated Party hereby agrees that, unless
and until the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and all other
amounts in respect of, the Senior Obligations shall have been paid in full in
cash or its equivalent: (a) no payment on account of the principal of, or
interest or premium (if any) on, or any other amount in respect of, the
Subordinated Obligations or any judgment with respect thereto (and no payment on
account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of the Subordinated
Obligations) shall be made by or on behalf of the Borrower and (b) no
Subordinated Party shall (i) ask, demand, xxx for, take or receive from the
Borrower, by set-off or in any other manner any payment on account of the
principal of, or interest or premium (if any) on, or any other amount in
respect of, the Subordinated Obligations or (ii) seek any other remedy
allowed at law or in equity against the Borrower for breach of the Borrower’s
obligations under any instruments representing such Subordinated Obligations,
provided, that
nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit payment of any of the Subordinated
Obligations from the proceeds of Restricted Payments (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) paid in accordance with Section 10.03 of the
Credit Agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.03 shall
not alter the rights of the holders of Senior Obligations under the provisions
of Section 2.02
hereof.
2.04 Payments In
Trust. If the Subordinated Party shall at any time receive any
payment or distribution that is not permitted under this Section 2, such
payment or distribution shall be held by the Subordinated Party in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be promptly paid over and delivered to, in the form
received but with any necessary endorsements, the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Obligations (pro rata as to each of
such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Obligations held
by them) and until all the Senior Obligations shall have been paid in full, for
application to the payment of all Senior Obligations then due and remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Obligations in cash in
accordance with their respective terms, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior
Obligations.
2.05 Subrogation. After
all Senior Obligations are paid in full in cash or its equivalent and all
commitments to advance any Senior Obligations have been terminated, and until
the Subordinated Obligations are paid in full, the Subordinated Party shall be
subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the
Borrower that by its express terms is subordinated to Senior Obligations of the
Borrower to the same extent as the Subordinated Obligations are subordinated and
that is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the
holders of Senior Obligations to receive distributions applicable to Senior
Obligations to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the
Subordinated Party have been applied to payment of Senior
Obligations.
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2.06 No
Impairment.
(a) Nothing
in this Section
2 shall (i) impair, as between the Borrower and the Subordinated Party,
the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrower to pay principal of
and interest on the Subordinated Obligations in accordance with their terms,
(ii) affect the relative rights of the Subordinated Party and the creditors of
the Borrower other than the holders of Senior Obligations, (iii) if applicable,
prevent the Subordinated Party from exercising remedies upon the occurrence of
an “event of default” under the applicable agreement between the Borrower and
the Subordinated Party, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Obligations
under this Section
2 or (iv) create or imply the existence of any commitment on the part of
the holders of Senior Obligations to extend credit to the Borrower.
(b) No
right of any present or future holder of Senior Obligations to enforce the
subordination provisions of this Section 2 shall at
any time in any way be prejudiced or be impaired by any act or failure to act by
the Borrower or anyone in custody of its assets or property or by its failure to
comply with these Terms of Subordination. Without in any way limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Senior Obligations may, at
any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the
Subordinated Party, without incurring any responsibility to the Subordinated
Party and without impairing, limiting or releasing the subordination provided in
this Section 2
or the obligations under this Section 2 of the
Subordinated Party to the holders of the Senior Obligations, do any one or more
of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Obligations or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Obligations are
outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Obligations; (iii) release any
Person guaranteeing or otherwise liable for Senior Obligations; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Borrower, any other
Person or any collateral securing any Senior Obligations.
2.07 Reliance by Holders of
Senior Obligations on Subordination Provisions. Each
Subordinated Party by entering into the agreements or other instruments to which
it is a party or of which it is a beneficiary evidencing Subordinated
Obligations acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 2 are, and
are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any
Senior Obligations, whether such Senior Obligations were created or acquired
before or after the issuance or incurrence of the Subordinated Obligations, to
acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Obligations
and such holder of Senior Obligations shall be deemed conclusively to have
relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or
in continuing to hold, such Senior Obligations. The provisions of
this Section 2
may not be amended, altered or modified without the consent of the holders of
such Senior Obligations.
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2.08 Agent to Effectuate
Subordination. Each Subordinated Party hereby appoints the
Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to take such actions as may be
necessary to effectuate the subordination provided for in this Section 2, including
in any proceeding referred to in Section
2.02. If a Subordinated Party does not file any proof or claim
of debt in any such proceeding within 30 days prior to the last date for the
filing of any such proof or claim of debt, then, so long as any Senior
Obligations shall be outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled,
and is hereby authorized, to file any appropriate proof or claim on behalf of
the Subordinated Party.
2.09. No Waiver of
Provisions. No right of the Administrative Agent or any holder
of any Senior Obligations to enforce this Section 2 shall in
any way be impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Borrower or
on the part of the Administrative Agent or any such holder or by any
noncompliance by the Borrower with the terms of any agreement or instrument
evidencing the Subordinated Obligations, the Credit Agreement or any Financing
Document, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any such holder has
knowledge of such noncompliance. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and such holders may, without notice to
or consent from the Subordinated Party and without impairing the right of the
Administrative Agent or any such holder to enforce this Section 2, do any of
the following:
(a) amend,
modify, supplement, renew, replace, or extend the terms of all or any part of
the Senior Obligations or the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Document
in any respect whatsoever;
(b) sell
or otherwise transfer, release, realize upon or enforce or otherwise deal with,
all or any part of the Senior Obligations or the Credit Agreement or any other
Financing Document or any collateral securing or guaranty supporting all or any
part of the Senior Obligations;
(c) settle
or compromise all or any part of the Senior Obligations or any other liability
of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any such holder and apply any
sums received to the Senior Obligations or any such liability in such manner and
order as the Administrative Agent or any such holder may determine;
and
(d) fail
to take or to perfect, for any reason or for no reason, any Lien (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) securing all or any part of the Senior Obligations,
exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any remedy against the Borrower
or any security or guarantor for all or any part of the Senior Obligations, or
make any election of remedies or otherwise deal freely with respect to all or
any part of the Senior Obligations or any security or guaranty for all or any
part of the Senior Obligations.
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