FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of August 3, 2007 Among COCA- COLAENTERPRISESINC. as Company COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES (CANADA) BOTTLING FINANCE COMPANY as Finco COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY as CCBC BOTTLING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) COMMANDITE S.C.A. as...
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EXECUTION
COPY
Dated
as
of August 3, 2007
Among
COCA-COLAENTERPRISESINC.
as
Company
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES (CANADA) BOTTLING FINANCE COMPANY
as
Xxxxx
COCA-COLA
BOTTLING COMPANY
as
CCBC
BOTTLING
HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) COMMANDITE S.C.A.
as
BHL
THE
INITIAL LENDERS AND INITIAL ISSUING BANKS NAMED HEREIN
as
Initial Lenders
CITIBANK,
N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
as
Syndication Agent
_______________________________________________________________________
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC.
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book
Managers
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Schedules
Schedule I | - | List of Applicable Lending Offices |
Schedule 2.01(c) | - | Existing Letters of Credit |
Exhibits
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Exhibit A-1 | - | Form of Revolving Credit Note |
Exhibit A-2 | - | Form of Competitive Bid Note |
Exhibit A-3 | - | Form of Canadian Prime Rate Note |
Exhibit B-1 | - | Form of Notice of Committed Borrowing |
Exhibit B-2 | - | Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing |
Exhibit C | - | Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
Exhibit D | - | Form of Designation Letter |
Exhibit E | - | Form of Acceptance by Process Agent |
Exhibit F | - | Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company |
Exhibit G-1 | - | Form of Opinion of Counsel for Xxxxx and CCBC |
Exhibit G-2 | - | Form of Opinion of Counsel for BHL |
Exhibit H | - | Form of Opinion of Counsel to a Designated Subsidiary |
Dated
as
of August 3, 2007
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES (CANADA) BOTTLING FINANCE COMPANY, a Nova Scotia unlimited company
("Xxxxx"), COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, a Nova Scotia unlimited company
("CCBC"), BOTTLING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) COMMANDITE S.C.A., a societe en
commandite par actions, incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg ("BHL"), the banks, financial institutions and other
institutional lenders (the "Initial Lenders") and issuers of letters of
credit ("Initial Issuing Banks") listed on the signature pages hereof,
CITIBANK, N.A. ("Citibank"), as administrative agent (the "Agent")
for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), and DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as syndication agent (the "Syndication Agent"), agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms.
As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the
terms defined):
"Advance"
means a Revolving Credit Advance, a Canadian Prime Rate Advance or a Competitive
Bid Advance.
"Affiliate"
means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is
a
director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition,
the term "control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and
"under common control with") of a Person means the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by
contract or otherwise.
"Agent's
Account" means (a) in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars, the
account of the Agent maintained by the Agent at Citibank at its office at
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Account No. 00000000,
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications, (b) in the case of Advances
denominated in any Committed Currency, the account of the Sub-Agent designated
in writing from time to time by the Agent to the Company and the Revolving
Credit Lenders for such purpose and (c) in any such case, such other
account of the Agent as is designated in writing from time to time by the Agent
to the Company and the Lenders for such purpose.
"Applicable
Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's Domestic
Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender's Eurocurrency
Lending Office in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, in the case of a
Competitive Bid Advance, the office of such Lender notified by such Lender
to
the Agent as its Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive
Bid
Advance and, in the case of any Canadian Prime Rate Advance, such Lender's
Canadian Domestic Lending Office.
"Applicable
Margin" means (a) for Base Rate Advances, 0% per annum, (b) for
Canadian Prime Rate Advances, 0% per annum and (c) for Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by reference to
the
Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as set forth below:
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Public
Debt Rating
S&P/Xxxxx'x/Fitch
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Applicable
Margin
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Level
1
AA-/Aa3/AA-
or above
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0.110%
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Xxxxx
0
A+/A1/A+
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0.130%
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Xxxxx
0
X/X0/X
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0.000%
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Xxxxx
0
X-/X0/X-
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0.190%
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Xxxxx
0
Xxxxx
xxxx Xxxxx 0
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0.270%
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"Applicable
Percentage" means, as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by
reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as set forth
below:
Public
Debt Rating
S&P/Xxxxx'x/Fitch
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Applicable
Percentage
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Level
1
AA-/Aa3/AA-
or above
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0.040%
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Xxxxx
0
A+/A1/A+
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0.045%
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Xxxxx
0
X/X0/X
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0.000%
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Xxxxx
0
X-/X0/X-
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0.060%
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Xxxxx
0
Xxxxx
xxxx Xxxxx 0
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0.080%
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"Applicable
Utilization Fee" means, as of any date that the sum of the aggregate
Advances plus the aggregate Available Amount of the Letters of Credit
outstanding exceeds 50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, a
percentage per annum determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect
on such date as set forth below:
Public
Debt Rating
S&P/Xxxxx'x/Fitch
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Applicable
Utilization
Fee
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Level
1
AA-/Aa3/AA-
or above
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0.025%
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Xxxxx
0
A+/A1/A+
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0.025%
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Xxxxx
0
X/X0/X
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0.000%
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Xxxxx
0
X-/X0/X-
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0.050%
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Xxxxx
0
Xxxxx
xxxx Xxxxx 0
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0.100%
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"Appropriate
Lender" means, at any time, with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility or
the Canadian Prime Rate Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect
to
such Facility at such time.
"Assignment
and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender
and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit C hereto.
"Assuming
Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(e).
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"Assumption
Agreement" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.19(e)(ii).
"Available
Amount" of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming
compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing).
"Base
Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to
time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest
of:
(a) the
rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York,
from time to time, as Citibank's base rate;
(b) the
sum (adjusted to the nearest 1/16 of 1% or, if there is no nearest 1/16 of
1%,
to the next higher 1/16 of 1%) of (i) ½ of 1% per annum, plus
(ii) the rate obtained by dividing (A) the latest three-week moving
average of secondary market morning offering rates in the United States for
three-month certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks,
such three-week moving average (adjusted to the basis of a year of 360 days)
being determined weekly on each Monday (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
on the next succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the
previous Friday by Citibank on the basis of such rates reported by certificate
of deposit dealers to and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
or, if such publication shall be suspended or terminated, on the basis of
quotations for such rates received by Citibank from three New York
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by Citibank,
by
(B) a percentage equal to 100% minus the average of the daily percentages
specified during such three-week period by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency, supplemental or
other
marginal reserve requirement) for Citibank with respect to liabilities
consisting of or including (among other liabilities) three-month Dollar
non-personal time deposits in the United States, plus (iii) the
average during such three-week period of the annual assessment rates estimated
by Citibank for determining the then current annual assessment payable by
Citibank to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for
insuring Dollar deposits of Citibank in the United States; and
(c) ½
of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
"Base
Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance denominated in Dollars that
bears interest as provided in Section 2.08(a)(i).
"Borrowers"
means, collectively, the Company, Xxxxx, CCBC, BHL and each Designated
Subsidiary that shall become a party to this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.08.
"Borrowing"
means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing or a
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
"Business
Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized
by law to close in New York City, if the applicable Business Day relates to
any Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, on which dealings are
carried on in the London interbank market and banks are open for business in
London and in the country of issue of the currency of such Eurocurrency Rate
Advance or LIBO Rate Advance (or, in the case of an Advance denominated in
the
euro, a TARGET Day) and, if the applicable Business Day relates to a Canadian
Prime Rate Advance, on which banks are open for business in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx.
"Canadian
Borrowers" means Xxxxx and CCBC.
"Canadian
Dollars" and the "CN$" sign each means the lawful currency of
Canada.
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"Canadian
Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Canadian Prime Rate
Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Canadian Domestic Lending
Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, as the case may be, or such
other office of such Lender in Canada as such Lender may from time to time
specify to the Canadian Borrowers and the Agent.
"Canadian
Letter of Credit" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(d).
"Canadian
Letter of Credit Commitment" means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the
obligation of such Issuing Bank to issue Canadian Letters of Credit for the
account of the Canadian Borrowers and their specified Subsidiaries in (a) the
Dollar amount set forth opposite the Issuing Bank's name on Schedule I hereto
under the caption "Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment Sublimit" or (b) if
such
Issuing Bank has entered into or becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to one or
more
Assignment and Acceptances, the Canadian Dollar amount set forth for such
Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to
Section 9.07(d) as such Issuing Bank's "Canadian Letter of Credit
Commitment", in each case as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Canadian
Letter of Credit Facility" means, at any time, an amount equal to the least
of (a) the aggregate amount of the Issuing Banks' Canadian Letter of Credit
Commitments at such time and (b) $10,000,000 and (c) the aggregate amount of
the
Canadian Prime Rate Commitments, as such amount may be reduced at or prior
to
such time pursuant to Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section
2.19.
"Canadian
Prime Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time
to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the higher
of:
(a) the
rate which the principal office of Citibank Canada in Toronto, Ontario announces
publicly from time to time as its prime rate for determining rates of interest
on commercial loans in Canadian Dollars made by it in Canada; and
(b) 1/2
of 1% per annum above the rate quoted for 30-day Canadian Dollar bankers'
acceptances of Citibank Canada that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page
(or
any replacement page) as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the date
of
determination.
"Canadian
Prime Rate Advance" means an advance under the Canadian Prime Rate Facility
made in Canadian Dollars.
"Canadian
Prime Rate Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Canadian
Prime Rate Advances made by the Canadian Prime Rate Lenders pursuant to Section
2.01(b).
"Canadian
Prime Rate Commitment" means, with respect to any Canadian Prime Rate Lender
at any time, the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule
I hereto under the caption "Canadian Prime Rate Commitment Sublimit" or, if
such
Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances, the Dollar
amount set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent
pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as such Lender's "Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment", as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant
to
Section 2.06.
"Canadian
Prime Rate Commitment Increase" has the meaning specified in Section
2.19(b).
"Canadian
Prime Rate Facility" means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Canadian Prime Rate Commitments at such time.
"Canadian
Prime Rate Increase Date" has the meaning specified in Section
2.19(b).
"Canadian
Prime Rate Lender" means any Lender that has (together with its Affiliates)
a Canadian Prime Rate Commitment and a Revolving Credit Commitment.
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"Canadian
Prime Rate Note" means a promissory note of a Canadian Borrower payable to
the order of any Canadian Prime Rate Lender, delivered pursuant to a request
made under Section 2.17, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-3
hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Canadian Borrower to
such
Lender resulting from the Canadian Prime Rate Advances made by such Lender
to
such Canadian Borrower.
"Citibank
Canada" means Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch.
"Commitment"
means a Revolving Credit Commitment, a Canadian Prime Rate Commitment, a
Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment or a Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment.
"Commitment
Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c).
"Commitment
Extension" means an extension of the Termination Date in accordance with
Section 2.20.
"Commitment
Increase" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
"Committed
Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Canadian Prime Rate
Advance.
"Committed
Currencies" means lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, lawful currency of Canada and the Euro.
"Competitive
Bid Advance" means an advance by a Lender to any Borrower as part of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing resulting from the competitive bidding procedure
described in Section 2.03 and refers to a Fixed Rate Advance or a LIBO Rate
Advance (each of which shall be a "Type" of Competitive Bid
Advance).
"Competitive
Bid Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Competitive Bid
Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive
Bid Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the competitive
bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.
"Competitive
Bid Note" means a promissory note of any Borrower payable to the order of
any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing the
indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender resulting from a Competitive Bid
Advance made by such Lender to such Borrower.
"Confidential
Information" means information that any Borrower furnishes to the Agent or
any Lender in a writing designated as confidential, but does not include any
such information that is or becomes generally available to the public or that
is
or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender from a source other than a
Borrower.
"Consenting
Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(b).
"Consolidated"
refers to the consolidation of the financial statements of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, including principles of
consolidation.
"Convert",
"Conversion" and "Converted" each refers to a conversion of
Revolving Credit Advances of one Type into Revolving Credit Advances of the
other Type pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
"Debt"
means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, other than (x) trade accounts payable on
customary terms in the ordinary course of business and (y) financial
obligations under management consulting contracts or noncompete agreements
with
unaffiliated Persons entered into in connection with the acquisition of the
bottling businesses of such Persons, (ii) financial obligations evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) financial
obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with
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GAAP,
recorded as capital leases and (iv) obligations under direct or indirect
guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase
or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect
of, indebtedness or financial obligations of others of the kinds referred to
in
clauses (i) through (iii) above.
"Default"
means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which
with
the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived,
become an Event of Default.
"Designated
Subsidiary" means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company designated for
borrowing privileges as a Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.08.
"Designated
Subsidiary (Bid only)" has the meaning specified in
Section 9.08.
"Designation
Letter" means, with respect to any Designated Subsidiary, a letter in the
form of Exhibit D hereto signed by such Designated Subsidiary and the
Company.
"Dollars"
and the "$" sign each means lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"Domestic
Lending Office" means, with respect to any Initial Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto and, with respect to any other Lender, the office of such
Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" in the Assumption Agreement
or
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such
other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to
the
Company and the Agent.
"Effective
Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
"Eligible
Assignee" means (a) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (i) a
Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender; and ((iii) any other Person
approved by the Agent, each Issuing Bank and, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected in accordance
with Section 9.07, the Company, such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed; and (b) in respect of the Canadian Prime Rate Facility, any Eligible
Assignee described in clause (a) above that is not a non-resident of Canada
for
the purposes of Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada), provided,
however, that neither the Company nor an Affiliate of the Company
shall
qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
"Enterprises
Belgium" means Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium or Coca-Cola Enterprises
Services, each of which is a corporation organized under the laws of the Kingdom
of Belgium.
"Enterprises
France" means Bottling Holding France or Coca-Cola Enterprises, each of
which is a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of
France.
"Enterprises
Limited" means Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited, a corporation organized under
the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
"Enterprises
Luxembourg" means any Subsidiary of the Company now or hereafter organized
under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
"Enterprises
Netherlands" means Coca-Cola Enterprises Nederland B.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
"Equivalent"
in Dollars of any Committed Currency on any date means the equivalent in Dollars
of such Committed Currency determined by using the quoted spot rate at which
the
Sub-Agent's principal office in London offers to exchange Dollars for such
Committed Currency in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) (unless
otherwise indicated by the terms of this Agreement) on such date as is required
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and the "Equivalent" in any Committed
Currency of Dollars means the equivalent in such Committed Currency of Dollars
determined by using the quoted spot rate at
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which
the
Sub-Agent's principal office in London offers to exchange such Committed
Currency for Dollars in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) (unless
otherwise indicated by the terms of this Agreement) on such date as is required
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"ERISA"
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
"ERISA
Affiliate" means, as of any date, any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which (as of such date) is a member of a group of which the
Company is a member and which, as of such date, is under common control within
the meaning of either Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code,
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
"ERISA
Event" means (a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day
notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC,
or
(ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without
regard to subsection (2) of such Section) are met with respect to a contributing
sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event
described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of
ERISA
is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following
30 days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a
Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent
to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any
such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e)
of
ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(e)
the withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer
Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined
in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition of
a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any
Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of
security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution
by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of
ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042
of
ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of
a
trustee to administer, a Plan.
"Euro"
means the lawful currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty
of
Rome which established the European Community, as such treaty may be amended
from time to time and as referred to in the EMU legislation.
"Eurocurrency
Lending Office" means, with respect to any Initial Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its "Eurocurrency Lending Office" opposite its name
on
Schedule I hereto and, with respect to any other Lender, the office of such
Lender specified as its "Eurocurrency Lending Office" in the Assumption
Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender
(or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such
other
office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the
Company and the Agent.
"Eurocurrency
Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time
to
time.
"Eurocurrency
Rate" means, for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing, an interest rate per
annum equal to the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple
of 1/16 of 1% per annum) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any
successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars
or
the applicable Committed Currency at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time)
two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term
comparable to such Interest Period or, if for any reason such rate is not
available, the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of
1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars or the applicable Committed Currency are
offered by the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London,
England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two
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Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period. If the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) is unavailable, the Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.09.
"Eurocurrency
Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance denominated in Dollars or a
Committed Currency that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.08(a)(ii).
"Eurocurrency
Rate Reserve Percentage" for any Interest Period for all Eurocurrency Rate
Advances or LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing means
the
reserve percentage applicable two Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining
the
maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities or
assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect
to
any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which
the interest rate on Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances is
determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period.
"Events
of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"Existing
Credit Agreement" means the Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August
13, 2004 among the Company, Xxxxx, the lenders parties thereto, Citibank, as
agent for said lenders, and Bank of America, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., as co-syndication agents.
"Extension
Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(b).
"Facility"
means the Revolving Credit Facility, the Canadian Prime Rate Facility, the
Canadian Letter of Credit Facility or the Revolving Letter of Credit
Facility.
"Federal
Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates
on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is
not a Business Day, for the next preceding 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 of the quotations for such day on such transactions
received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
"Xxxxx"
means Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling Finance Company, an unlimited
liability company organized under the laws of the Province of Nova
Scotia.
"Fitch"
means Fitch Investors Service, Inc.
"Fixed
Rate Advances" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a)(i), which
Advances shall be denominated in Dollars or in any Committed
Currency.
"GAAP"
means, with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder,
generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of
America which are applicable at the date of such computation and which are
consistently applied for all applicable periods.
"Increase
Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
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"Increasing
Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(e).
"Indebtedness"
means any and all obligations of a Person for money borrowed which, in
accordance with GAAP, would be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person
as
a liability on the date as of which Indebtedness is to be
determined.
"Insufficiency"
means, with respect to any Plan, the amount, if any, by which the present value
of the benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of the assets
of
such Plan allocable to such benefits, as determined using such reasonable
actuarial assumptions and methods as are specified in the Schedule B
(Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series)
filed with respect to such Plan.
"Interest
Period" means, for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the
same Revolving Credit Borrowing and each LIBO Rate Advance comprising part
of
the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Eurocurrency Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion
of
any Base Rate Advance into such Eurocurrency Rate Advance and ending on the
last
day of the period selected by the Borrower requesting such Borrowing pursuant
to
the provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected
by
such Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each
such Interest Period shall be one, two, three, six, or if acceptable to all
Revolving Credit Lenders, nine months, as the Borrower requesting the Borrowing
may, upon notice received by the Agent, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate
Advance, not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period or, in the case
of a
LIBO Rate Advance, as specified in Section 2.03(a)(i), select; provided,
however, that:
(i) such
Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the final
Termination Date;
(ii) Interest
Periods commencing on the same date for Eurocurrency Rate Advances comprising
part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing or for LIBO Rate Advances comprising
part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be of the same
duration;
(iii) whenever
the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than
a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur
on
the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that, if such
extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the
next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur
on
the next preceding Business Day; and
(iv) whenever
the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar
month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to
the
number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on
the
last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
"Internal
Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
"Issuance"
with respect to any Letter of Credit means the issuance, amendment, renewal
or
extension of such Letter of Credit.
"Issuing
Bank" means an Initial Issuing Bank or any Eligible Assignee to which a
portion of the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment or Canadian Letter of
Credit Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to Section 9.07 or any
other Lender so long as such Eligible Assignee or Lender expressly agrees to
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms
of this
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Agreement
are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Agent
of
its Applicable Lending Office (which information shall be recorded by the Agent
in the Register), for so long as such Initial Issuing Bank, Eligible Assignee
or
Lender, as the case may be, shall have a Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment
or a Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment.
"L/C
Cash Deposit Account" means an interest bearing cash deposit account to be
established and maintained by the Agent, over which the Agent shall have sole
dominion and control, upon terms as may be satisfactory to the
Agent.
"L/C
Related Documents" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(b)(i).
"Lenders"
means the Initial Lenders, each Issuing Bank, each Assuming Lender that shall
become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.19 or 2.20 and each Eligible
Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to
Section 9.07.
"Letter
of Credit" means a Revolving Letter of Credit or a Canadian Letter of
Credit.
"Letter
of Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a).
"Letter
of Credit Commitment" means a Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment or a
Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment.
"Letter
of Credit Facility" means the Canadian Letter of Credit Facility or the
Revolving Letter of Credit Facility.
"LIBO
Rate" means, for any Interest Period for all LIBO Rate Advances comprising
part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal
to
the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of
1%
per annum) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page)
as
the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars or the applicable
Committed Currency at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to
such Interest Period or, if for any reason such rate is not available, the
average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum,
if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits
in Dollars or the applicable Committed Currency is offered by the principal
office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in
the
London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal
to
the amount that would be the Reference Banks' respective ratable shares of
such
Borrowing if such Borrowing were to be a Revolving Credit Borrowing to be
outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest
Period. If the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) is
unavailable, the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period for each LIBO Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be determined by
the
Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent
from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period; subject, however, to the provisions of
Section 2.09.
"LIBO
Rate Advances" means a Competitive Bid Advance denominated in Dollars or in
any Committed Currency and bearing interest based on the LIBO Rate.
"Moody's"
means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgage"
or "Mortgages" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or
other encumbrances upon any Principal Property or on any shares of stock or
indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property,
shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned or hereafter
acquired).
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"Multiemployer
Plan" means, as of any date, a "multiemployer plan", as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is
making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within the
current plan year or any of the immediately preceding five plan years made
or
accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"Multiple
Employer Plan" means, as of any date, an employee benefit plan, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, (i) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA,
(ii) to which the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, and one or more employers
other than the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions or, in the event that any such plan has been
terminated, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate made or accrued an
obligation to make contributions during any of the five plan years preceding
the
date of termination of such plan and (iii) either (A) the assets of
which have a market value as of such date, as reasonably determined by the
Company in good faith, in excess of $100,000,000 or (B) under which an
Insufficiency exists and the amount of such Insufficiency which is allocable
to
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate as of such date, as reasonably determined
by
the Company in good faith, exceeds $5,000,000.
"Net
Tangible Assets" means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, any net investment in
non-Restricted Subsidiaries) after deducting therefrom (A) all current
liabilities (excluding any thereof constituting Indebtedness) and (b) all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, franchises, patents, unamortized debt
discount and expense, organizational and developmental expenses and other like
segregated intangibles, all as computed by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the fiscal year preceding
the date of determination; provided, that any items constituting deferred income
taxes, deferred investment tax credit or other similar items shall not be taken
into account as a liability or as a deduction from or adjustment to total
assets.
"Netherlands
Holdings" means Bottling Holdings (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
"Non-Consenting
Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(b).
"Note"
means a Revolving Credit Note, a Canadian Prime Rate Note or a Competitive
Bid
Note, as the context may require.
"Notice
of Committed Borrowing" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(a).
"Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a).
"Notice
of Issuance" has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
"Payment
Office" means, for any Committed Currency, such office of Citibank as shall
be from time to time selected by the Agent and notified by the Agent to the
Borrowers and the Revolving Credit Lenders.
"PBGC"
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to
any
or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Person"
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited
liability company, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
"Plan"
means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
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"Principal
Property" means each bottling plant or facility; except any such bottling
plant or facility which the Board of Directors of the Company by resolution
reasonably determines not to be of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Process
Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 9.13(a).
"Public
Debt Rating" means, as of any date, the rating that has been most recently
announced by a Rating Agency for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term
senior unsecured debt issued by the Company or, if any such Rating Agency shall
have issued more than one such rating, the lowest such rating issued by such
Rating Agency. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one
Rating Agency shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin,
the Applicable Percentage and the Applicable Utilization Fee shall be determined
by reference to the available rating; (b) if no Rating Agency shall have in
effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Percentage
and the Applicable Utilization Fee will be set in accordance with Level 5
under the definition of "Applicable Margin", "Applicable
Percentage" or "Applicable Utilization Fee", as the case may be;
(c) if the ratings established by the Rating Agencies shall fall within
different levels, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Percentage and the
Applicable Utilization Fee shall be based upon the rating of two of such Rating
Agencies or, if the ratings of the three Rating Agencies shall fall within
three
different levels, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Percentage and the
Applicable Utilization Fee shall be based upon the middle rating; (d) if
any rating established by any Rating Agency shall be changed, such change shall
be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly
by
the Rating Agency making such change; and (e) if any Rating Agency shall
change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public
Debt Rating announced by such Rating Agency shall refer to the then equivalent
rating by such Rating Agency.
"Ratable
Share" of any amount means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
product of such amount times (a) a fraction the numerator of which is the
amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment at such time (or, if the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.06 or 6.01, such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment as in
effect immediately prior to such termination) and the denominator of which
is
the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Commitments at such time (or,
if
the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.06 or 6.01, the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit
Commitments as in effect immediately prior to such termination) or (b) a
fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such Lender's Canadian Prime
Rate Commitment at such time (or, if the Canadian Prime Rate Commitments shall
have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.06 or 6.01, such Lender's
Canadian Prime Rate Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such
termination) and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all
Canadian Prime Rate Commitments at such time (or, if the Canadian Prime Rate
Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.06 or 6.01,
the aggregate amount of all Canadian Prime Rate Commitments as in effect
immediately prior to such termination).
"Rating
Agency" means any of S&P, Xxxxx'x, Fitch or any substitute rating agency
designated by the Company and acceptable to the Required
Lenders. When reference is made herein to "Rating Agencies" it is to
more than one Rating Agency.
"Reference
Banks" means Citibank, Bank of America, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch.
"Register"
has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
"Regulation U"
means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
as in effect from time to time.
"Required
Lenders" means at any time Lenders (voting as one class) having at least
66-2/3% of the Revolving Credit Commitments at such time, provided that if
any
Lender shall have failed to make any Committed Advance to a Borrower pursuant
to
Section 2.01 or 2.02, which such Lender was obligated to make, at or prior
to
such time (and as to which the Agent shall not have made such Advance for the
account
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of
such
Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(d) as of such time), there shall be excluded
from the determination of Required Lenders at such time the Revolving Credit
Commitments of such Lender at such time.
"Restricted
Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns or is the lessee of any
Principal Property.
"Revolving
Credit Advance" means an advance by a Revolving Credit Lender to a Borrower
as part of a Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or
a
Eurocurrency Rate Advance (each of which shall be a "Type" of Revolving
Credit Advance).
"Revolving
Credit Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving
Credit Advances of the same Type made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
"Revolving
Credit Commitment" means as to any Lender (a) the Dollar amount set
forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule I hereto under the caption
"Revolving Credit Commitment", (b) if such Lender has become a Lender
hereunder pursuant to an Assumption Agreement, the Dollar amount set forth
in
such Assumption Agreement or (c) if such Lender has entered into any
Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for such Lender in the
Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as such
Lender's "Revolving Credit Commitment", as such amount may be reduced pursuant
to Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Revolving
Credit Commitment Increase" has the meaning specified in Section
2.19(a).
"Revolving
Credit Facility" means, at any time, the aggregate of the Revolving Credit
Commitments at such time.
"Revolving
Credit Lender" means any Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment.
"Revolving
Credit Note" means a promissory note of any Borrower payable to the order of
any Revolving Credit Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made under
Section 2.17, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender resulting
from the Revolving Credit Advances made by such Lender to such
Borrower.
"Revolving
Credit Increase Date" has the meaning specified in Section
2.19(a).
"Revolving
Letter of Credit" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c).
"Revolving Letter
of Credit
Commitment" means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the obligation of such
Issuing Bank to issue Revolving Letters of Credit for
the
account of the Borrowers and their specified Subsidiaries in (a) the Dollar
amount set forth opposite the Issuing Bank's name on Schedule I hereto under
the
caption "Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment Sublimit" or (b) if such Issuing Bank has entered into or becomes
an
Issuing Bank pursuant to one or more Assignment and Acceptances, the Dollar
amount set forth for such Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Agent
pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as such Issuing Bank's "Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment", in each case as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Revolving
Letter of Credit Facility" means, at any time, an amount equal to the least
of (a) the aggregate amount of the Issuing Banks' Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitments at such time, (b) $500,000,000 and (c) the aggregate amount of
the
Revolving Credit Commitments, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to
such
time pursuant to Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section
2.19.
"S&P"
means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
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"Secured
Debt" means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of
indebtedness for money borrowed secured by any Mortgage.
"Significant
Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company having, as of the end of the
Company's most recently completed fiscal year, (a) assets with a value of not
less than 3% of the total value of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) income from continuing operations before
income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle of not less than 3% of such income of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Single
Employer Plan" means, as of any date, an employee benefit plan, other than a
Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan, (i) which is subject to
Title IV of ERISA, (ii) which is (or, in the event that any such plan
has been terminated within five years after a transaction described in
Section 4069 of ERISA involving the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, was)
maintained for employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and
(iii) the assets of which have a market value as of such date, as
reasonably determined by the Company in good faith, in excess of $100,000,000
or
which has an Insufficiency as of such date, as reasonably determined by the
Company in good faith, in excess of $5,000,000.
"Sub-Agent"
means, in the case of Canadian Prime Rate Advances, Citibank Canada and, in
the
case of any other Advances denominated in any Committed Currency, Citibank
International plc.
"Subsidiary"
means any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other Persons performing similar functions are at the time directly
or indirectly owned by the Company.
"TARGET
Day" means a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.
"Termination
Date" means the earlier of (a) August 3, 2012, subject to the extension
thereof pursuant to Section 2.20 and (b) the date of termination in whole of
the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 or 6.01; provided,
however, that the Termination Date of any Lender that is a Non-Consenting
Lender to any requested extension pursuant to Section 2.20 shall be the
Termination Date in effect immediately prior to the applicable Extension Date
for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Unissued
Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment" means, with respect to any Issuing
Bank, the obligation of such Issuing Bank to issue Canadian Letters of Credit
for the account of a Canadian Borrower or any Subsidiaries in an amount equal
to
the excess of (a) the amount of its Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment over
(b) the aggregate Available Amount of all Canadian Letters of Credit issued
by
such Issuing Bank.
"Unused
Canadian Prime Rate Commitment" means, with respect to any Canadian Prime
Rate Lender at any time, the lesser of (a) such Lender's Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment at such time minus the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of all Canadian Prime Rate Advances made by such Lender and outstanding
at such time plus (ii) such Canadian Prime Rate Lender's Ratable
Share of (A) the aggregate Available Amount of all the Canadian Letters of
Credit outstanding at such time and (B) the aggregate principal amount of all
Canadian Prime Rate Advances made by each Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.04(c) that have not been ratably funded by such Canadian Prime
Rate Lender and outstanding at such time and (b) such Lender's Unused Revolving
Credit Commitment at such time.
"Unissued
Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment" means, with respect to any Issuing
Bank, the obligation of such Issuing Bank to issue Revolving Letters of Credit
for the account of a Borrower (other than a Designated Subsidiary (Bid only)
or
a Canadian Borrower) or any Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the excess of
(a)
the amount of its Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment over (b) the aggregate
Available Amount of all Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank.
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"Unused
Revolving Credit Commitment" means, with respect to any Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, (a) such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment at such
time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of
all Revolving Credit Advances made by such Lender and outstanding at such time
plus (ii) such Lender's Ratable Share of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of all Competitive Bid Advances made by the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.03 and outstanding at such time, (B) the aggregate Available
Amount of all the Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (C) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances made by each Issuing
Bank pursuant to Section 2.04(c) that have not been ratably funded by such
Lender and outstanding at such time plus (iii) in the case of a Revolving
Credit Lender that is (or has an Affiliate that is) a Canadian Prime Rate
Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Prime Rate Advances
made
by such Lender and outstanding at such time.
"US
Holdings" means Bottling Holdings (International) Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Withdrawal
Liability" has the meaning specified in Part I of Subtitle E of
Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Computation of Time
Periods.
In
this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a
later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including" and
the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding".
SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms and
Determinations.
Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all
financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis
consistent (except for changes required by the accounting profession or changes
concurred in by the Company's independent public accountants) with the most
recent audited Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders.
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION
2.01. The Committed Advances and Letters of
Credit.
(a)
Revolving Credit Advances. Each Revolving Credit Lender
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make
Revolving Credit Advances to any Borrower (other than a Designated Subsidiary
(Bid only) or a Canadian Borrower) from time to time on any Business Day during
the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date applicable to
such
Lender in an amount (based in respect of any Revolving Credit Advances to be
denominated in a Committed Currency on the Equivalent in Dollars determined
on
the date of delivery of the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing) not to
exceed such Lender's Unused Revolving Credit Commitment. Each
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or
an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the Equivalent thereof
in
any Committed Currency determined on the date of delivery of the applicable
Notice of Committed Borrowing) and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances
of
the same Type made on the same day by the Revolving Credit Lenders ratably
according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments. Within
the limits of each Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, any Borrower (other
than a Designated Subsidiary (Bid only) or a Canadian Borrower) may borrow
under
this Section 2.01(a), prepay pursuant to Section 2.11 and reborrow
under this Section 2.01(a).
(b) Canadian
Prime Rate Advances. Each Canadian Prime Rate Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Canadian
Prime Rate Advances to any Canadian Borrower from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date
applicable to such Lender in an amount (based on the Equivalent in Dollars
determined on the date of delivery of the applicable Notice of Committed
Borrowing) not to exceed such Lender's Unused Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment. Each Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount of CN$5,000,000 or an
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integral
multiple of CN$1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Canadian Prime
Rate Advances made on the same day by the Canadian Prime Rate Lenders ratably
according to their respective Canadian Prime Rate Commitments. Within
the limits of each Lender's Canadian Prime Rate Commitment, any Canadian
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay pursuant to
Section 2.11 and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b).
(c) Revolving
Letters of Credit. Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Agreement, to issue letters of credit (each, a
"Revolving Letter of Credit") denominated in Dollars or any Committed
Currency for the account of any Borrower (other than a Designated Subsidiary
(Bid only) or a Canadian Borrower) and its Subsidiaries from time to time on
any
Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until 30 days before
the
Termination Date applicable to such Issuing Bank in an aggregate Available
Amount (i) for all Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank not to exceed
at any time the lesser of (x) the applicable Letter of Credit Facility at
such time and (y) such Issuing Bank's Letter of Credit Commitment at such
time and (ii) for each such Letter of Credit not to exceed an amount equal
to the Unused Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders at such
time. No Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date (including
all rights of the applicable Borrower or the beneficiary to require renewal)
later than the final Termination Date, provided that no Letter of Credit
may expire after the Termination Date of any Non-Consenting Lender if, after
giving effect to such Issuance, the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
of
the Consenting Lenders (including any replacement Lenders) for the period
following such Termination Date would be less than the Available Amount of
the
Letters of Credit expiring after such Termination Date. Within the
limits referred to above, the Borrowers may from time to time request the
issuance of Letters of Credit under this Section 2.01(c). Each
letter of credit listed on Part I of Schedule 2.01(c) shall be deemed to
constitute a Revolving Letter of Credit issued hereunder, and each Lender that
is an issuer of such a Revolving Letter of Credit on the date hereof shall,
for
purposes of Section 2.04, be deemed to be an Issuing Bank for each such
Revolving Letter of Credit, provided that any renewal or replacement of
any such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued by an Issuing Bank pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Canadian
Letters of Credit. Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Canadian Prime Rate Lenders set forth in this Agreement, to issue letters of
credit (each, a "Canadian Letter of Credit") denominated in Canadian
Dollars for the account of any Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries from
time
to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until
30
days before the Termination Date applicable to such Issuing Bank in an aggregate
Available Amount (i) for all Canadian Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing
Bank not to exceed at any time the lesser of (x) the Canadian Letter of
Credit Facility at such time and (y) such Issuing Bank's Canadian Letter of
Credit Commitment at such time and (ii) for each such Canadian Letter of
Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the Unused Canadian Prime Rate
Commitments of the Canadian Prime Rate Lenders at such time. No
Canadian Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date (including all rights
of
the applicable Canadian Borrower or the beneficiary to require renewal) later
than the final Termination Date, provided that no Canadian Letter of
Credit may expire after the Termination Date of any Non-Consenting Lender if,
after giving effect to such Issuance, the aggregate Canadian Prime Rate
Commitments of the Consenting Lenders (including any replacement Lenders) for
the period following such Termination Date would be less than the Available
Amount of the Canadian Letters of Credit expiring after such Termination
Date. Within the limits referred to above, the Canadian Borrowers may
from time to time request the issuance of Canadian Letters of Credit under
this
Section 2.01(d). Each letter of credit listed on Part II of
Schedule 2.01(c) shall be deemed to constitute a Canadian Letter of Credit
issued hereunder, and each Lender that is an issuer of such a Canadian Letter
of
Credit on the date hereof shall, for purposes of Section 2.04, be deemed to
be
an Issuing Bank for each such Canadian Letter of Credit, provided that
any renewal or replacement of any such Canadian Letter of Credit shall be issued
by an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION
2.02. Making the Committed
Advances
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.04(c), each Borrowing (other than a
Competitive Bid Borrowing) shall be made on notice, given not later than
(w) 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to
the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving
Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in
Dollars, (x) 4:00 P.M. (London time) on the third Business Day prior
to the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a
Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated
in any Committed Currency, (y) 11:00 A.M.
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(New York City time) on the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances or (z) 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, by the applicable Borrower to the Agent (and, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or in the case of a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, simultaneously to the applicable Sub-Agent), which shall give to each Appropriate Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing (a "Notice of Committed Borrowing") shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier or as otherwise may be agreed by the Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, Type of Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount and Facility of such Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, initial Interest Period and currency for each such Revolving Credit Advance. Each Appropriate Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Advances denominated in Dollars, before 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency, and before 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the date of such Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the applicable Agent's Account, in same day funds, such Lender's ratable portion (determined in accordance with Section 2.01) of such Borrowing. After the Agent's receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower requesting the applicable Revolving Credit Borrowing or Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing at the Agent's address referred to in Section 9.02 or at the applicable Payment Office, as the case may be.
(b) Anything
in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, the Eurocurrency
Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than ten separate Revolving
Credit Borrowings.
(c) Each
Notice of Committed Borrowing of any Borrower shall be irrevocable and binding
on such Borrower. In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that
the related Notice of Committed Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the Borrower requesting such Revolving Credit
Borrowing shall indemnify each Revolving Credit Lender against any loss, cost
or
expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure by such Borrower
to
fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Committed Borrowing
for such Revolving Credit Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation
or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the
Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing when such Revolving Credit Advance, as a result of such
failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from an Appropriate Lender prior to the
time of any Borrowing under a Facility under which such Lender has a Commitment
that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender's ratable
portion of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
portion available to the Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance
with
subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower proposing such Borrowing
on
such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such
Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent and
the Agent shall have made such portion available to such Borrower on such date,
such Lender and such Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith
on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, (i) in the
case of such Borrower, for each day from the date such amount is made available
to such Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at the
higher of (A) the interest rate applicable at the time under Section 2.08
to Advances comprising such Borrowing and (B) the cost of funds incurred by
the Agent in respect of such amount and (ii) in the case of such Lender,
for each day from the date notice of such funding is made to such Lender until
the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, (A) the Federal Funds Rate in
the case of Advances denominated in Dollars or (B) the cost of funds
incurred by the Agent in respect of such amount in the case of Advances
denominated in Committed Currencies. If such Lender shall repay to
the Agent such corresponding amount, such Borrower shall be relieved of its
obligation to repay such amount to the Agent and such amount so repaid
(excluding interest) shall constitute such Lender's Advance as part of such
Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. Any payment by the Borrower
pursuant to this clause (d) shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower
may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Agent.
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(e) The failure of any Appropriate Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing under a Facility under which such Lender has a Commitment shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
SECTION
2.03. The Competitive Bid
Advances.
(a) Each
Lender
severally agrees that any Borrower may make Competitive Bid Borrowings under
this Section 2.03 from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the date hereof until the date occurring seven days prior to the final
Termination Date in the manner set forth below; provided that, following
the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the aggregate amount of the
Advances then outstanding (based in respect of any Advance denominated in a
Committed Currency on the Equivalent in Dollars at the time such Competitive
Bid
Borrowing is requested) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders.
(i) Any
Borrower may request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under this Section 2.03 by
delivering to the Agent (and, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing not
consisting of Fixed Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances to be denominated in
Dollars, simultaneously to the Sub-Agent), by telecopier, a notice of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing (a "Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing"), in
substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying therein the
requested (A) date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
(B) aggregate amount of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
(C) interest rate basis and day count convention to be offered by the
Lenders, (D) currency of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
(E) in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate
Advances, Interest Period, or in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing
consisting of Fixed Rate Advances, maturity date for repayment of each Fixed
Rate Advance to be made as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing (which
maturity date may not be earlier than the date occurring seven days after the
date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing or later than the earlier of (I) 180
days after the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and (II) the final
Termination Date), (F) interest payment date or dates relating thereto,
(G) location of the Borrower's account to which funds are to be advanced,
(H) the jurisdiction of the Applicable Lending Office from which each such
Competitive Bid Advance shall be made and, if the Applicable Lending Office
is a
branch, then, in addition, the location of the home office of such Lender,
(I)
prepayment conditions and (J) other terms (if any) to be applicable to such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, not later than (w) 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) at least one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify in the Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by the
Lenders shall be fixed rates per annum (the Advances comprising any such
Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred to herein as "Fixed Rate
Advances") and that the Advances comprising such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be denominated in Dollars, (x) 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) at least four Business Days prior to the date of the proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify in the Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing that the Advances comprising such Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be LIBO Rate Advances denominated in Dollars,
(y) 10:00 A.M. (London time) at least two Business Days prior to the
date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify
in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the Advances comprising such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be Fixed Rate Advances denominated
in
any Committed Currency and (z) 10:00 A.M. (London time) at least four
Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
if
such Borrower shall instead specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
that the Advances comprising such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be LIBO Rate
Advances denominated in any Committed Currency. Each
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on such
Borrower. The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each
request for a Competitive Bid Borrowing received by it from such Borrower by
sending such Lender a copy of the related Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing.
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(ii) Each
Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer
to
make one or more Competitive Bid Advances to the Borrower proposing the
Competitive Bid Borrowing as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing
at
a rate or rates of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion,
by
notifying the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be (which shall give
prompt notice thereof to such Borrower), (A) before 9:30 A.M. (New
York City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in
the
case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances
denominated in Dollars, (B) before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time)
three Business Days before the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances,
denominated in Dollars, (C) before 12:00 noon (London time) on the
Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
in
the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances
denominated in any Committed Currency and (D) before 12:00 noon
(London time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of such proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting
of LIBO Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency, of the minimum
amount and maximum amount of each Competitive Bid Advance which such Lender
would be willing to make as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing
(which amounts or the Equivalent thereof in Dollars, as the case may be, of
such
proposed Competitive Bid may, subject to the proviso to the first sentence
of
this Section 2.03(a), exceed such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, if
any), the rate or rates of interest therefor and such Lender's Applicable
Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance; provided
that if the Agent in its capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion,
elect to make any such offer, it shall notify such Borrower of such offer at
least 30 minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of such
election is to be given to the Agent or to the Sub-Agent, as the case may be,
by
the other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such an
offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent before 10:00 A.M.
(New York City time) or the Sub-Agent before 12:00 noon (London time)
on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent or
to
the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall
not be obligated to, and shall not, make any Competitive Bid Advance as part
of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing; provided that the failure by any Lender
to give such notice shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to make any
Competitive Bid Advance as part of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing.
(iii) The
Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, in turn, (A) before
10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive
Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed
Rate Advances denominated in Dollars, (B) before 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) three Business Days before the date of such proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting
of LIBO Rate Advances denominated in Dollars, (C) before 3:00 P.M.
(London time) on the Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Competitive
Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed
Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency and (D) before
3:00 P.M. (London time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting
of LIBO Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency,
either:
(x) cancel
such Competitive Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to that effect,
or
(y) accept
one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to
paragraph (ii) above, in its sole discretion, by giving notice to the Agent
or to the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, of the amount of each Competitive
Bid
Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater than the minimum amount,
and
equal to or less than the maximum amount, notified to such Borrower by the
Agent
or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, on behalf of such Lender for such
Competitive Bid Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by
each Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and reject any remaining
offers made by Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above by giving the Agent
or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, notice to that effect. Such
Borrower shall accept the offers made by any Lender or Lenders to make
Competitive Bid Advances in order of the lowest to the highest rates of interest
offered by such Lenders (for this purpose, interest shall include any Taxes
payable by such Borrower pursuant to
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Section 2.15). If two or more Lenders have offered the same interest rate, the amount to be borrowed at such interest rate will be allocated among such Lenders in such Borrower's sole discretion.
(iv) If
the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing notifies the Agent or
the
Sub-Agent, as the case may be, that such Competitive Bid Borrowing is cancelled
pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the
case may be, shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such
Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be made.
(v) If
the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing accepts one or more of
the
offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above,
the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, shall in turn promptly notify
(A) each Lender that has made an offer as described in paragraph (ii)
above, of the date and aggregate amount of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and
whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender pursuant to
paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by such Borrower, (B) each
Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive
Bid
Borrowing, of the amount of each Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and (C) each Lender that
is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing,
upon receipt, that the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, has received
forms of documents appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth
in
Article III. Each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid
Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, before 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time), in the case of Competitive Bid Advances to be denominated
in Dollars or 11:00 A.M. (London time), in the case of Competitive Bid
Advances to be denominated in any Committed Currency, on the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received from the Agent or
the
Sub-Agent, as the case may be, pursuant to clause (A) of the preceding
sentence or any later time when such Lender shall have received notice from
the
Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be pursuant to clause (C) of the
preceding sentence, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Agent (x) in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, at its address referred to in Section 9.02, in same
day funds, such Lender's portion of such Competitive Bid Borrowing in Dollars
and (y) in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing in a Committed Currency,
at the Payment Office for such Committed Currency as shall have been notified
by
the Agent to the Lenders prior thereto, in same day funds, such Lender's portion
of such Competitive Bid Borrowing in such Committed Currency. Upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after
receipt by the Agent of such funds, the Agent will make such funds available
to
such Borrower's Account at the location specified by such Borrower in its Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing. Promptly after each Competitive Bid
Borrowing the Agent will notify each Lender of the tenor and the amount of
the
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(vi) If
the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing notifies the Agent or
the
Sub-Agent, as the case may be, that it accepts one or more of the offers made
by
any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, such notice of
acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. Such
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred
by such Lender as a result of any failure by such Borrower to fulfill on or
before the date specified in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
for
such Competitive Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation
or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the
Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive
Bid Borrowing when such Competitive Bid Advance, as a result of such failure,
is
not made on such date.
(b) Each
Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 (or
the
Equivalent thereof in any Committed Currency, determined as of the time of
the
applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing) or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 (or the Equivalent thereof in any Committed Currency, determined
as
of the time of the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing) in excess
thereof and, following the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the
Borrower that has borrowed such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in compliance
with the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of
subsection (a) above. If required under applicable lending
rules, the foregoing amount shall be rounded to the nearest whole number in
the
applicable Committed Currency.
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(c) Within
the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03, any
Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay or
prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this
Section 2.03; provided that a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be
made within three Business Days of the date of any other Competitive Bid
Borrowing.
(d) Any
Borrower that has borrowed through a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall repay
to
the Agent for the account of each Lender that has made a Competitive Bid
Advance, on the maturity date of each Competitive Bid Advance (such maturity
date being that specified by such Borrower for repayment of such Competitive
Bid
Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant
to
subsection (a)(i) above and provided in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing
such Competitive Bid Advance), the then unpaid principal amount of such
Competitive Bid Advance. Such Borrower shall have no right to prepay
any principal amount of any Competitive Bid Advance unless, and then only on
the
terms, specified by such Borrower for such Competitive Bid Advance in the
related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to
subsection (a)(i) above and set forth in the Competitive Bid Note
evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance.
(e) Each
Borrower that has borrowed through a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance
comprising such Competitive Bid Borrowing from the date of such Competitive
Bid
Advance to the date the principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance is
repaid in full, at the rate of interest for such Competitive Bid Advance
specified by the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance in its notice with
respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) above, payable on
the interest payment date or dates specified by such Borrower for such
Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above, as provided in the
Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance. Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under
Section 6.01(a), such Borrower shall pay interest on the amount of unpaid
principal of and interest on each Competitive Bid Advance owing to a Lender,
payable in arrears on the date or dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum
required to be paid on such Competitive Bid Advance under the terms of the
Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance unless otherwise
agreed in such Competitive Bid Note.
(f) The
indebtedness of any Borrower resulting from each Competitive Bid Advance made
to
such Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be evidenced by
a
separate Competitive Bid Note of such Borrower payable to the order of the
Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance.
SECTION
2.04. Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement
Under Letters of Credit.
(a) Request
for Issuance. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon
notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
fifth Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Issuance of such Letter
of
Credit (or on such shorter notice as the applicable Issuing Bank may agree),
by
any Borrower (other than a Designated Subsidiary (Bid only) or a Canadian
Borrower), in the case of a Revolving Letter of Credit, or by any Canadian
Borrower, in the case of a Canadian Letter of Credit, to any Issuing Bank,
and
such Issuing Bank shall give the Agent prompt notice thereof. Each
such notice by a Borrower of Issuance of a Letter of Credit (a "Notice of
Issuance") shall be by telecopier or as otherwise may be agreed by the
applicable Issuing Bank or telephone, confirmed immediately in writing,
specifying therein the requested (A) date of such Issuance (which shall be
a Business Day), (B) Available Amount of such Letter of Credit,
(C) expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (D) name and address of
the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and (E) form of such Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit shall be issued pursuant to such application
and
agreement for letter of credit as such Issuing Bank and the applicable Borrower
shall agree for use in connection with such requested Letter of Credit (a
"Letter of Credit Agreement"). If the requested form of such
Letter of Credit is acceptable to such Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion
(it being understood that any such form shall have only explicit documentary
conditions to draw and shall not include discretionary conditions), such Issuing
Bank will, upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Section
3.03, make such Letter of Credit available to the applicable Borrower at its
office referred to in Section 9.02 or as otherwise agreed with such
Borrower in connection with such Issuance. In the event and to the
extent that the provisions of any Letter of Credit Agreement shall conflict
with
this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
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(b) Participations. By
the Issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit
increasing or decreasing the amount thereof) and without any further action
on
the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders (i) in the case of a
Revolving Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving
Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender hereby acquires from such
Issuing Bank, a participation in such Revolving Letter of Credit equal to such
Revolving Credit Lender's Ratable Share of the Available Amount of such
Revolving Letter of Credit and (ii) in the case of a Canadian Letter of Credit,
such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Canadian Prime Rate Lender, and each
Canadian Prime Rate Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Canadian Letter of Credit equal to such Canadian Prime
Rate Lender's Ratable Share of the Available Amount of such Canadian Letter
of
Credit. Each Borrower hereby agrees to each such
participation. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing,
each Appropriate Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay
to
the Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender's Ratable
Share of each drawing made under a Letter of Credit funded by such Issuing
Bank
and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date made, or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to such Borrower for any reason,
which amount will be advanced, and deemed to be, in the case of a Revolving
Letter of Credit, a Base Rate Advance or in the case of a Canadian Letter of
Credit, a Canadian Prime Rate Advance, to such Borrower hereunder, regardless
of
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender further
acknowledges and agrees that its participation in each Letter of Credit will
be
automatically adjusted to reflect such Lender's Ratable Share of the Available
Amount of such Letter of Credit at each time such Lender's Commitment is amended
pursuant to a Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.19, an assignment
in accordance with Section 9.07 or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement.
(c) Drawing
and Reimbursement. The payment by an Issuing Bank of a draft
drawn under any Letter of Credit which is not reimbursed by the applicable
Borrower on the date made shall constitute for all purposes of this Agreement
the making by any such Issuing Bank of an Advance, which Advance, in the case
of
a Revolving Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, shall be a Base Rate
Advance in the amount of such draft, in the case of a Revolving Letter of Credit
denominated in a Committed Currency, shall be a Base Rate Advance in the Dollar
Equivalent on the date such draft is paid, and in the case of a Canadian Letter
of Credit, shall be a Canadian Prime Rate Advance in the amount of such draft,
in each case without regard to whether the making of such an Advance would
exceed such Issuing Bank's Unused Revolving Credit Commitment or Unused Canadian
Prime Rate Commitment, as applicable. Each Issuing Bank shall give
prompt notice of each drawing under any Letter of Credit issued by it to the
applicable Borrower and the Agent. Upon written demand by such
Issuing Bank, with a copy of such demand to the Agent and the applicable
Borrower, each Appropriate Lender shall pay to the Agent such Lender's Ratable
Share of such outstanding Advance pursuant to Section 2.04(b). Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to make Advances pursuant
to
this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional
and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each
such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent shall transfer
such funds to such Issuing Bank. Each Lender agrees to fund its
Ratable Share of an outstanding Advance on (i) the Business Day on which
demand therefor is made by such Issuing Bank, provided that notice of
such demand is given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
such Business Day, or (ii) the first Business Day next succeeding such
demand if notice of such demand is given after such time. If and to
the extent that any Lender shall not have so made the amount of such Advance
available to the Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date
of
demand by any such Issuing Bank until the date such amount is paid to the Agent,
at the Federal Funds Rate for its account or the account of such Issuing Bank,
as applicable. If such Lender shall pay to the Agent such amount for
the account of any such Issuing Bank on any Business Day, such amount so paid
in
respect of principal shall constitute an Advance made by such Lender on such
Business Day for purposes of this Agreement, and the outstanding principal
amount of the Advance made by such Issuing Bank shall be reduced by such amount
on such Business Day.
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(d) Letter
of Credit Reports. Each Issuing Bank shall furnish (A) to
the Agent (with a copy to the Company) on the first Business Day of each month
a
written report summarizing Issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank during the preceding month and drawings during
such
month under all Letters of Credit and (B) to the Agent (with a copy to the
Company) on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter a written report
setting forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the preceding
calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank.
(e) Failure
to Make Advances. The failure of any Lender to make the Advance
required to be made by it on the date specified in Section 2.04(c) shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make its Advance on
such
date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender
to
make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on such date.
SECTION
2.05. Fees.
(a) Facility
Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of
each Revolving Credit Lender a facility fee on the aggregate amount of such
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment from the Effective Date in the case of
each
Initial Lender and from the effective date specified in the Assumption Agreement
or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in
the
case of each other Lender until the Termination Date applicable to such Lender
at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Percentage in effect from time
to
time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June,
September and December, commencing September 30, 2007, and on the final
Termination Date.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees. (i) Each Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the account of each Appropriate Lender a commission on such Lender's
Ratable Share of the average daily aggregate Available Amount of all Letters
of
Credit issued for the account of such Borrower and outstanding from time to
time
at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for
Eurocurrency Rate Advances in effect from time to time during such calendar
quarter plus (y) the Applicable Utilization Fee in effect from time to
time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2007,
and on the Termination Date applicable to such Lender; provided that the
Applicable Margin shall be 1% above the Applicable Margin in effect upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default if such Borrower
is required to pay default interest pursuant to Section 2.08(c).
(ii) Each
Borrower shall pay to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee
equal to a rate to be agreed between such Borrower and such Issuing Bank but
in
no event greater than 0.10% per annum on the Available Amount of each Letter
of
Credit issued by it, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March,
June, September and December, commencing September 30, 2007, and on the
Termination Date applicable to such Issuing Bank, and such other commissions,
issuance fees, transfer fees and other fees and charges in connection with
the
Issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as such Borrower and such
Issuing Bank shall agree.
(c) Agent's
Fees. The Company shall pay to the Agent for its own account such
fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Company and the
Agent.
(d) Sub-Agent's
Fees. Xxxxx shall pay to Citibank Canada, as Sub-Agent, for its
own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Company
and
the Agent.
SECTION
2.06. Termination or Reduction of the
Commitments
(a) Optional
Ratable Termination or Reduction. The Company shall have the
right, upon at least three Business Days' notice to the Agent, to terminate
in
whole or reduce ratably in part the respective Unused Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Unused Canadian Prime Rate
Commitments of the Canadian Prime Rate Lenders, the Unissued Canadian Letter
of
Credit Commitments or the Unissued Revolving Letter of Credit Commitments;
provided that each partial reduction (i) shall be in the aggregate amount
of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and
(ii) shall be made ratably among the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with
their Commitments with respect to such Facility.
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(b) Non-Ratable
Termination by Assignment. The Company shall have the right, upon
at least ten Business Days' written notice to the Agent (which shall then give
prompt notice thereof to the relevant Lender), to require any Lender that makes
a demand or as to which there is an obligation for payment under
Section 2.12 or 2.15 to assign, pursuant to and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.07, all of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement and under the Notes to an Eligible Assignee selected by the Company;
provided, however, that (i) no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such request and at the time of such
assignment; (ii) the assignee shall have paid to the assigning Lender the
aggregate principal amount of, and any interest accrued and unpaid to the date
of such assignment on, the Note or Notes of such Lender; (iii) the Company
shall have paid to the assigning Lender any and all facility fees and other
fees
and commissions payable to such Lender and all other accrued and unpaid amounts
owing to such Lender under any provision of this Agreement (including, but
not
limited to, any increased costs or other additional amounts owing under
Section 2.12 and any indemnification for Taxes under Section 2.15) as
of the effective date of such assignment; and (iv) if the assignee selected
by the Company is not an existing Lender, such assignee or the Company shall
have paid the processing and recordation fee required under Section 9.07(a)
for such assignment; providedfurther that the assigning Lender's
rights under Sections 2.12, 2.15 and 9.04, and its obligations under
Section 8.05, shall survive such assignment as to matters occurring prior
to the date of assignment.
SECTION
2.07. Repayment of Committed Advances and Letter of
Credit Drawings.
(a) Committed
Advances. Each Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the ratable
account of each Lender on the Termination Date applicable to such Lender the
aggregate principal amount of the Committed Advances made by such Lender and
then outstanding in respect of such Borrower.
(b) Letter
of Credit Drawings. The obligations of each Borrower under any
Letter of Credit Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to
any
Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Borrower shall be unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of
this
Agreement, such Letter of Credit Agreement and such other agreement or
instrument under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following
circumstances (it being understood that any such payment by such Borrower is
without prejudice to, and does not constitute a waiver of, any rights such
Borrower might have or might acquire as a result of the payment by any Lender
of
any draft or the reimbursement by such Borrower thereof):
(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note, any Letter
of
Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto (all of the foregoing being, collectively, the "L/C Related
Documents");
(ii) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the obligations of such Borrower in respect of any L/C Related
Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from
all or any of the L/C Related Documents;
(iii) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that such Borrower
may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), any Issuing Bank, the Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents
or
any unrelated transaction;
(iv) any
statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving
to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(v) payment
by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft
or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit;
(vi) any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guarantee, for all
or
any of the obligations of such Borrower in respect of the L/C Related Documents;
or
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(vii) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any other circumstance that might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, such Borrower
or
a guarantor.
SECTION
2.08. Interest on Committed Advances
(a) Scheduled
Interest on Revolving Credit Advances. Each Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance owing
by such Borrower to each Revolving Credit Lender from the date of such Revolving
Credit Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the
following rates per annum:
(i) Base
Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving Credit
Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the
sum
of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus (y) the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus (z) the
Applicable Utilization Fee in effect from time to time, payable in arrears
quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and December during
such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid
in full.
(ii) Eurocurrency
Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving Credit
Advance is a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times
during each Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Advance to the sum of
(x) the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period for such Revolving
Credit Advance plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time plus (z) the Applicable Utilization Fee in effect from time to
time, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such
Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that
occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of
such
Interest Period and on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be
Converted or paid in full.
(b) Scheduled
Interest on Canadian Prime Rate Advances. Each Canadian Borrower
shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Canadian Prime Rate
Advance owing by such Canadian Borrower to each Canadian Prime Rate Lender
from
the date of such Canadian Prime Rate Advance until such principal amount shall
be paid in full, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of
(x) the Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time plus
(y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus
(z) the Applicable Utilization Fee in effect from time to time, payable in
arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and December
during such periods and on the date such Canadian Prime Rate Advance shall be
paid in full.
(c) Default
Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), each Borrower shall pay interest on
(i) the unpaid principal amount of each Advance (other than a Competitive
Bid Advance) owing by such Borrower to each Lender, payable in arrears on the
dates referred to in clause (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (b) above, at a rate per
annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required
to be
paid on such Advance pursuant to clause (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (b) above (or,
if applicable, the proviso to Section 2.09(b) below), (ii) to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any interest (other than as
set
forth in clause (iii) below), fee or other amount payable hereunder by such
Borrower that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due
until
such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount
shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times
to
1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances
pursuant to clause (a)(i) above and (iii) to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the amount of any interest payable hereunder by each Canadian
Borrower that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due
until
such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount
shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times
to
1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Canadian Prime
Rate
Advances pursuant to clause (b) above.
SECTION
2.09. Interest Rate
Determination.
(a) Each
Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose
of determining each Eurocurrency Rate and each LIBO Rate if Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page is unavailable. If any one or more of the Reference
Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for the purpose
of
determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine such interest
rate
on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference
Banks. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Company
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and the Appropriate Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii) or 2.08viii), and the rate, if any, furnished by each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest rate under Section 2.08(a)(ii).
(b) If,
with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the Required Lenders reasonably
and in good faith notify the Agent that (i) they are unable to obtain
matching deposits in the London inter-bank market at or about 11:00 A.M.
(London time) on the second Business Day before the making of a Borrowing in
sufficient amounts to fund their respective Revolving Credit Advances as a
part
of such Borrowing during its Interest Period or (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate
for any Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost
to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurocurrency
Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify
each
Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders, whereupon (A) the Borrower of
such Eurocurrency Rate Advances will, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, (1) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are
denominated in Dollars, either (x) prepay such Advances or (y) Convert
such Advances into Base Rate Advances and (2) if such Eurocurrency Rate
Advances are denominated in any Committed Currency, either (x) prepay such
Advances or (y) exchange such Advances into an Equivalent amount of Dollars
and Convert such Advances into Base Rate Advances and (B) the obligation of
the Revolving Credit Lenders to make, or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances
into, Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify
each Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist; provided that, if the circumstances set
forth in clause (ii) above are applicable, the applicable Borrower may
elect, by notice to the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders, to continue
such
Advances in such Committed Currency for Interest Periods of not longer than
one
month, which Advances shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the Applicable Margin plus, for each Revolving Credit Lender, the cost to
such Lender (expressed as a rate per annum) of funding its Eurocurrency Rate
Advances by whatever means it reasonably determines to be
appropriate. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall certify its cost of
funds for each Interest Period to the Agent and the Company as soon as
practicable (but in any event not later than ten Business Days after the first
day of such Interest Period).
(c) If
any Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any
Eurocurrency Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the
definition of "Interest Period" in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith
so notify such Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders and such Advances
will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
(i) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are denominated in Dollars, Convert
into Base Rate Advances and (ii) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are
denominated in a Committed Currency, be exchanged into an Equivalent amount
of
Dollars and be Converted into Base Rate Advances.
(d) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under
Section 6.01(a), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Advance will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
(A) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are denominated in Dollars, be
Converted into Base Rate Advances and (B) if such Eurocurrency Rate
Advances are denominated in any Committed Currency, be exchanged into an
Equivalent amount of Dollars and be Converted into Base Rate Advances and
(ii) the obligation of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make, or to Convert
Advances into, Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended; provided
that the applicable Borrower may elect, by notice to the Agent and the Revolving
Credit Lenders within one Business Day of such Event of Default, to continue
such Advances in such Committed Currency, whereupon the Agent may require that
each Interest Period relating to such Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall bear
interest at the Overnight Eurocurrency Rate for a period of three Business
Days
and thereafter, each such Interest Period shall have a duration of not longer
than one month. "Overnight Eurocurrency Rate" means the rate
per annum applicable to an overnight period beginning on one Business Day and
ending on the next Business Day equal to the sum of 1%, the Applicable Margin
and the average, rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%,
if
such average is not such a multiple, of the respective rates per annum quoted
by
each Reference Bank to the Agent on request as the rate at which it is offering
overnight deposits in the relevant currency in amounts comparable to such
Reference Bank's Eurocurrency Rate Advances.
(e) If
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page is unavailable and fewer than two Reference Banks
furnish timely information to the Agent for determining the Eurocurrency Rate
or
LIBO Rate for any Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the
case
may be,
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(i) the
Agent shall forthwith notify the relevant Borrower and the Lenders that the
interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO
Rate Advances, as the case may be,
(ii) with
respect to Eurocurrency Rate Advances, each such Advance will automatically,
on
the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, (A) if such
Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in Dollars, be prepaid by the
applicable Borrower or be automatically Converted into a Base Rate Advance
and
(B) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in any Committed
Currency, be prepaid by the applicable Borrower or be automatically exchanged
into an Equivalent amount of Dollars and be Converted into a Base Rate Advance
(or if such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate
Advance), and
(iii) the
obligation of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate
Advances or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances
shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders
that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
(f) Interest
Act (Canada). Whenever a rate of interest hereunder is calculated
on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than the
actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest
shall be expressed as a yearly rate for purposes of the Interest Act (Canada)
by
multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar
year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed
year.
(g) Nominal
Rates; No Deemed Reinvestment. The principle of deemed
reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation under
this
Agreement; all interest payments to be made hereunder shall be paid without
allowance or deduction for reinvestment or otherwise, before and after maturity,
default and judgment. The rates of interest specified in this
Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective
rates. Interest calculated hereunder shall be calculated using the
nominal rate method and not the effective rate method of
calculation.
(h) Interest
Paid by Canadian Borrowers. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate "interest" (as defined in Section
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of the Criminal Code (Canada)) payable by any Canadian Borrower under this
Agreement exceed the effective annual rate of interest on the "credit advanced"
(as defined in that Section) under this Agreement lawfully permitted by that
Section and, if any payment, collection or demand pursuant to this Agreement
in
respect of "interest" (as defined in that Section) is determined to be contrary
to the provisions of that Section, such payment, collection or demand shall
be
deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of such Canadian Borrower and the
Canadian Prime Rate Lenders and the amount of such payment or collection shall
be refunded to such Canadian Borrower. For the purposes of this
Agreement, the effective annual rate of interest shall be determined in
accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles over
the
relevant term and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of
the
Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Canadian Prime Rate Lenders
will be prima facie evidence of such rate.
SECTION
2.10. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit
Advances.
Each
Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later
than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the
date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.09
and 2.13, Convert all Revolving Credit Advances made to such Borrower
denominated in Dollars of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Revolving
Credit Advances denominated in Dollars of the other Type; provided,
however, that any Conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Advances into Base
Rate
Advances shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurocurrency Rate Advances and no Conversion of Base Rate Advances into
Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall result in more separate Revolving Credit
Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(b). Each such
notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify
(i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Dollar denominated Revolving
Credit Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for
each
such Advance. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower requesting such Conversion.
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SECTION
2.11. Prepayments of Committed
Advances.
(a) Optional. Each
Borrower may, upon notice at least two Business Days prior to the date of such
prepayment, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, and not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment, in the case
of Base Rate Advances and Canadian Prime Rate Advances, to the Agent stating
the
proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such
notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount
of
the Committed Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably
in part (without premium or penalty or additional costs other than pursuant
to
Section 9.04(c)), together with accrued interest to the date of such
prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however,
that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the
Equivalent thereof in a Committed Currency (determined on the date notice of
prepayment is given) and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a
Eurocurrency Rate Advance, the Applicable Borrower shall be obligated to
reimburse the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 9.04(c). Each notice of prepayment by a Designated
Subsidiary shall be given to the Agent through the Company.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments. (i) If the Agent notifies the Company
that, on any interest payment date, the sum of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of the sum of all Advances denominated in Dollars plus the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars then
outstanding plus (B) the Equivalent in Dollars (determined on the third
Business Day prior to such interest payment date) of the aggregate principal
amount of the sum of all Advances denominated in Committed Currencies and the
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Committed Currencies
then outstanding exceeds 103% of the Revolving Credit Facility on such date,
the
Company and each other Borrower shall, within two Business Days after receipt
of
such notice, prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Advances owing
by
the Borrowers in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such sum to an amount
not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Credit Facility on such date.
(ii) If
the Agent notifies the Company that, on any interest payment date, the
Equivalent in Dollars (determined on the third Business Day prior to such
interest payment date) of the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Prime
Rate Advances plus the aggregate Available Amount of all Canadian Letters of
Credit then outstanding exceeds 103% of the Canadian Prime Rate Facility on
such
date, the Canadian Borrowers shall, within two Business Days after receipt
of
such notice, prepay the outstanding principal amount of Canadian Prime Rate
Advances in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such amount to an amount
not to exceed 100% of the Canadian Prime Rate Facility on such
date.
(iii) Each
prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) shall be made together
with any interest accrued to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amounts prepaid and, in the case of any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate
Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance on a date other than the last day of an Interest
Period or at its maturity, any additional amounts which such Borrower shall
be
obligated to reimburse to the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 9.04(b). The Agent shall give prompt notice
of any prepayment required under this Section 2.11(b) to the Borrowers and
the Appropriate Lenders.
(c) Letters
of Credit. Each Borrower shall, on the day that is 10 Business
Days prior to the final Termination Date, pay to the Agent for deposit in the
L/C Cash Deposit Account an amount sufficient to cause the aggregate amount
on
deposit in the L/C Cash Deposit Account to equal the sum of (a) 103% of the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
issued for the account of such Borrower and then
outstanding denominated in a Committed Currency and (b)
100% of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for
the
account of such Borrower and then outstanding denominated in
Dollars. Upon the drawing of any such Letter of Credit, to the extent
funds are on deposit in the L/C Cash Deposit Account, such funds shall be
applied to reimburse the Issuing Banks to the extent permitted by applicable
law, and if so applied, then such reimbursement shall be deemed a repayment
of
the corresponding Advance in respect of such Letter of Credit. After
all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon and all other
obligations of the Borrowers thereunder shall have been paid in full, the
balance, if any, in such L/C Cash Deposit Account shall be promptly returned
to
the Company or as the Company shall direct.
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SECTION
2.12. Increased Costs.
(a) If,
after the
date hereof the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof
by
any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with
the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its
Applicable Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency
shall
impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by
the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System but excluding with respect
to
any Eurocurrency Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance any such requirement included
in an applicable Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage) against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (or its Applicable
Lending Office) or shall impose on any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office)
or on the United States market for certificates of deposit or the London
interbank market any other condition affecting its Eurocurrency Rate Advances
or
LIBO Rate Advances, its Notes or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Rate
Advances or its obligations to issue or maintain or participate in Letters
of
Credit and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such
Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making or maintaining any
Eurocurrency Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance or of agreeing to issue or of
issuing or maintaining or participating in Letters of Credit , or to reduce
the
amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its Applicable
Lending Office) under this Agreement or under its Notes with respect thereto
by
an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, within 15 days after
demand by such Lender, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased
cost or reduction.
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption after the date hereof of
any
applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change
therein, or any administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) with
any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force
of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's capital as
a
consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender
could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender's policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within
15
days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
reduction.
(c) Each
Lender will notify the Agent and the Company of any event of which it has
knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Lender
to
compensation pursuant to this Section within the time limitation set forth
in
Section 9.04(d) and will designate a different Eurocurrency Lending Office
if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such
compensation and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate of any Lender
claiming compensation under this Section and setting forth the additional amount
or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
SECTION
2.13. Illegality
If,
after
the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
by any Lender (or its Eurocurrency Lending Office) with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank
or
comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender (or its
Eurocurrency Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Eurocurrency Rate
Advances in Dollars or any Committed Currency or LIBO Rate Advances in Dollars
or any Committed Currency hereunder such Lender shall so notify the Agent and
the Company, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Company
that
the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation
of such Lender to make such Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be
suspended. Before giving any notice to the Agent and the Company
pursuant to this Section, such Lender shall designate a different Eurocurrency
Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice
and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall determine that
it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any of its outstanding
Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances to maturity and shall so
specify in
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such notice, each such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or such LIBO Rate Advance, as the case may be, will automatically, upon such demand, (a) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance is denominated in Dollars, be converted into a Base Rate Advance or an Advance that bears interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.08(a)(i), as the case may be and (b) if such Eurocurrency Advance or LIBO Rate Advance is denominated in any Committed Currency, be exchanged into an Equivalent amount of Dollars and converted into a Base Rate Advance or an Advance that bears interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.08(a)(i), as the case may be.
SECTION
2.14. Payments and
Computations.
(a) Each
Borrower
shall make each payment hereunder, except with respect to principal of, interest
on, and other amounts relating to, Advances denominated in a Committed Currency,
not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due in
Dollars to the Agent at the applicable Agent's Account in same day funds,
without deduction for any counterclaim or set-off. Each Borrower
shall make each payment hereunder with respect to principal of, interest on,
and
other amounts relating to, Advances denominated in a Committed Currency, not
later than 12:00 noon (at the Payment Office for such Committed Currency)
on the day when due in such Committed Currency to the Agent, by deposit of
such
funds to the applicable Agent's Account in same day funds, without deduction
for
any counterclaim or set-off. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause
to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal, interest,
facility fees or Letter of Credit commissions ratably (other than amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.12, 2.15 or 9.04(c)) to the Lenders for
the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds
relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender
for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon any Assuming Lender
becoming a Lender hereunder as a result of a Commitment Increase pursuant to
Section 2.19 or an extension of the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.20,
and upon the Agent's receipt of such Lender's Assumption Agreement and recording
of the information contained therein in the Register, from and after the
applicable Increase Date or Extension Date, as the case may be, the Agent shall
make all payments hereunder and under any Notes issued in connection therewith
in respect of the interest assumed thereby to the Assuming
Lender. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and
recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
Section 9.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and
under
the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee
thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all
appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective
date directly between themselves.
(b) All
computations of interest based on the Base Rate, Canadian Prime Rate and of
fees
and Letter of Credit commissions shall be made by the Agent on the basis of
a
year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, all computations of interest based
on the Eurocurrency Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Agent
on
the basis of a year of 360 days and computations in respect of Competitive
Bid
Advances shall be made by the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, as
specified in the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing (or, in each
case of Advances denominated in Committed Currencies where market practice
differs, in accordance with market practice), in each case for the actual number
of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the
period for which such interest, facility fees or commissions are
payable. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate
hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Whenever
any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
the
computation of payment of interest, facility fee or Letter of Credit commission,
as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension
would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Advances
or
LIBO Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment
shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from any Borrower prior to the date on
which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not
make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that such Borrower has made
such
payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an
amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent
such Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each
Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed
to
such Lender together with interest
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thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Agent, at (i) the Federal Funds Rate in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars or (ii) the cost of funds incurred by the Agent in respect of such amount in the case of Advances denominated in Committed Currencies.
SECTION
2.15 Taxes
(a) Any
and all payments by any Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be made,
in
accordance with Section 2.14, free and clear of and without deduction for
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, (i) in
the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income,
and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case
may
be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of
each
Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed
on
it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such Lender's Applicable
Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) in the case of each
Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, franchise taxes
imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, and any tax imposed by means of
withholding to the extent such tax is imposed as a result of a present or former
connection between such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and the taxing
jurisdiction (other than solely as a result of this Agreement or the residence
of any Borrower), (iv) in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed
by the United States by means of withholding tax if and to the extent that
such
taxes shall be in effect and shall be applicable on the date such Lender or
the
Agent becomes a party to this Agreement to payments made to such Lender’s
Applicable Lending Office or the Agent and (v) in the case of each Canadian
Prime Rate Lender, any taxes that are imposed by Canada with respect to a
payment made under this Agreement if such Canadian Prime Rate Lender is a
non-resident of Canada for purposes of Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada)
other than as a result of a change of law after the date such Canadian Prime
Rate Lender became a party to this Agreement (all such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect
of
payments hereunder or under the Notes being hereinafter referred to as
“Taxes”). If any Borrower shall be required by law to deduct
any Taxes from or in respect of any sum paid or payable hereunder or under
any
Note to any Lender or the Agent, or if the Agent shall be required by law to
deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum paid or payable hereunder or
under any Note to any Lender or if the Sub-Agent shall be required by law to
deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum paid or payable hereunder or
under any Note to any Lender or to the Agent, (i) subject to the provisions
below, the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased by such Borrower
as
may be necessary so that, after making all required deductions (including
deductions, whether by such Borrower or the Agent, applicable to additional
sums
payable under this Section 2.15) such Lender, the Sub-Agent or the Agent
(as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made (for example, and without limitation, if the
sum paid or payable hereunder from or in respect of which a Borrower or the
Agent shall be required to deduct any Taxes is interest, the interest payable
by
such Borrower shall be increased by such Borrower as may be necessary so that,
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable), such Lender and the Agent each receive interest equal
to the interest they each would have received had no such deduction been made),
(ii) such Borrower (or, as the case may be and as required by applicable
law, the Agent) shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower (or, as
the case may be and as required by applicable law, the Agent) shall pay the
full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, each Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that
arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to
this Agreement (other than an assignment by a Lender pursuant to
Section 9.07 unless such assignment is made at the request of the Company)
or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
(c) Each
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent for and hold it harmless
against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (as well as, without limitation,
taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
Section 2.15) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case
may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made
within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be)
makes
written demand therefor.
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(d) Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, each Borrower shall furnish
to
the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.02, the original or a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment. In the case of
any payment hereunder or under the Notes by or on behalf of any Borrower through
an account or branch outside the United States, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of France, the Kingdom of The
Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of Belgium and Canada
or
by or on behalf of any Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person
or
a corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, the Republic of France, the Kingdom of The Netherlands,
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of Belgium and Canada, if such
Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, such Borrower
shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Agent, at such
address, an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Agent stating that
such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this
subsection (d) and subsection (e), the terms "United States"
and "United States person" shall have the meanings specified in
Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Except
as otherwise provided below, each Lender, (i) on or prior to the date of its
execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender,
(ii) on the date of the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, (iii)
upon any change in its Applicable Lending Office, (iv) upon a change in its
place of incorporation or a change in its tax classification as a corporate
or
fiscally transparent entity, (v) upon the addition of any Borrower in a
jurisdiction other than those as of the date hereof, and (vi) within 30 days
of
receipt of any written request by any Borrower, shall provide such Borrower
and
the Agent with any form or certificate that is required by any taxing authority
including, if applicable, two original Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9,
W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed
by
the Internal Revenue Service, certifying (if it is the case) that such Lender
is
exempt from or is entitled to a reduced rate of Home Jurisdiction Withholding
Taxes on payments pursuant to this Agreement or the
Notes. Thereafter, each such Lender shall provide additional forms or
certificates (i) to the extent a form or certificate previously provided has
become inaccurate or expired or (ii) as requested in writing by any Borrower
or
the Agent.
"Home
Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes" means (a) in the case of the Company
and US Holdings, withholding taxes imposed by the United States, (b) in the
case of Enterprises Limited, withholding taxes imposed by the United Kingdom
of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (c) in the case of Enterprises France,
withholding taxes imposed by the Republic of France, (d) in the case of
Netherlands Holdings and Enterprises Netherlands, withholding taxes imposed
by
the Kingdom of The Netherlands, (e) in the case of Enterprises Belgium,
withholding taxes imposed by the Kingdom of Belgium, (f) in the case of the
Canadian Borrowers, withholding taxes imposed by Canada and (g) in the case
of
Enterprises Luxembourg, withholding taxes imposed by the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg.
(f) No
additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.15 with respect
to
(i) any Home Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes that would not have been imposed
but
for the failure of the Lender or the Agent to timely provide the Borrower,
the
Company acting in its capacity as guarantor or any other person with a form,
certificate or other document described in Section 2.15(e), or (ii) in the
case
of an Assignment and Acceptance by a Lender to an Eligible Assignee, any Home
Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes that exceed the amount of such Home Jurisdiction
Withholding Taxes that are imposed prior to such Assignment and Acceptance,
unless such Assignment and Acceptance resulted from the request of the Company;
provided, however, that should a Lender become subject to Taxes
because of its failure to deliver a form or certificate required hereunder,
each
Borrower shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request, and
at
such Lender's expense, to assist such Lender to recover such Taxes; and
provided, further, that should any Borrower be required to pay any
amounts under Section 2.15(a) or (c), and such Borrower delivers to each
Lender that received such amounts an opinion of counsel that payments to such
Lender or the Agent were not in fact subject to Taxes, each Lender (x) shall
use
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers, including, but not limited
to filing and pursuing a claim of refund in its own name (provided that the
applicable Borrower agrees in writing to indemnify and reimburse such Lender
for
its actual out-of-pocket expenses in connection with such claim for refund),
in
obtaining a refund of Taxes, and if such Lender receives a refund of Taxes
shall
promptly pay such Taxes over to the applicable Borrower or (y) in the sole
discretion of such Lender, may decline to claim any such refund but shall repay
to the Borrowers within 30 days after the delivery of such opinion of counsel
the amounts paid in respect of Taxes on payments that such opinion concluded
were not in fact subject to Taxes and such Lender shall forgo any
indemnification claim against the Borrowers with respect to such
amounts.
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(g) In
the case of a Lender that initially becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant
to an assignment under Section 9.07 or a Lender that undertakes a change in
its
Applicable Lending Office, a change in its place of incorporation or a change
in
its tax classification, no additional amounts will be payable by the Borrowers
with respect to any Home Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes that exceed the amount
of such Home Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes that are imposed prior to such
assignment, change in Applicable Lending Office, change in place of
incorporation or change in tax classification.
(h) If
any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it will realize by reason
of
a refund, deduction or credit of any Taxes to be paid or reimbursed by any
Borrower pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) above in respect of payments under
this Agreement or the Notes, any current monetary benefit that it would
otherwise not have obtained but for the payment of such Taxes, such Borrower
shall not be required to reimburse such Lender under subsection (a) or (c)
above
to the extent of such amount, net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
such
Lender and allocable to securing such refund, deduction or credit;
provided, however, that if such Lender subsequently determines
that it is not entitled to such current monetary benefit, such Borrower shall
pay such amount to the Lender with 30 days of written request by such
Lender. If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has
actually and finally realized, by reason of a refund, deduction or credit of
any
Taxes paid or reimbursed by any Borrower pursuant to subsection (a) or (c)
above
in respect of payments under this Agreement or the Notes, a current monetary
benefit that it would otherwise not have obtained but for the payment of such
Taxes, and that would result in the total payments under this Section 2.15
exceeding the amount needed to make such Lender whole, such Lender shall pay
to
such Borrower, with reasonable promptness following the date on which it
actually realizes such benefit, an amount equal to the lesser of the amount
of
such benefit or the amount of such excess, in each case net of all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by such Lender and allocable to securing such refund,
deduction or credit.
(i) Any
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) claiming any additional amounts payable
pursuant to this Section 2.15 will notify the Agent and the applicable
Borrower of such claim within the time limitation set forth in
Section 9.04(d) and agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with such
Lender's or the Agent's (as the case may be) internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending
Office or the office of the Agent (as the case may be) if the making of such
a
change would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional
amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment
of
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be), be otherwise disadvantageous
to
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be). Each Borrower shall
promptly upon request by any Lender or the Agent take all actions (including,
without limitation, the completion of forms and the provision of information
to
the appropriate taxing authorities) reasonably requested by such Lender or
the
Agent to secure the benefit of any exemption from, or relief with respect to,
Taxes or Other Taxes in relation to any amounts payable under this
Agreement.
(k) Each
Canadian Prime Rate Lender hereby represents and warrants to each Canadian
Borrower that it is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of Part XIII
of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
SECTION
2.16. Sharing of Payments, Etc.
If
any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through
the
exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Committed
Advances owing to it (other than (x) as payment of an Advance made by an Issuing
Bank pursuant to the first sentence of Section 2.04(c) or (y) pursuant to
Section 2.12, 2.15 or 9.04(c)) in excess of its ratable share of payments
on account of such Committed Advances obtained by all the Appropriate Lenders,
such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Appropriate Lenders such
participations in the Committed Advances owing to them as shall be necessary
to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each
of
them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess
payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase
from
each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing
Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount
equal to such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of
(i) the amount of such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total
amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount
paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so
recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.16 may, to
the
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fullest
extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the
right
of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
SECTION
2.17. Evidence of Debt.
(a) Each
Appropriate Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Committed Advance owing to such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder in respect of such Advances. Each
Borrower agrees that upon reasonable notice by any Lender to such Borrower
(with
a copy of such notice to the Agent) to the effect that a Revolving Credit Note
or a Canadian Prime Rate Note is required or appropriate in order for such
Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise)
the Committed Advances owing to, or to be made by, such Lender, such Borrower
shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving Credit Note or
a
Canadian Prime Rate Note, as the case may be, payable to the order of such
Lender in a principal amount up to the Revolving Credit Commitment or the
Canadian Prime Rate Commitment of such Lender, provided that if such
Lender shall have received a Note under the Existing Credit Agreement, such
Lender shall return such Note, marked "Cancelled", to the applicable Borrower
at
or prior to the time of delivery of a Note under this Section 2.17.
(b) The
Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) shall include
a control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts
(taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of each
Borrowing made hereunder, the Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing and,
if
appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the terms of each
Assumption Agreement and each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and
accepted by it, (iii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from such Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iv) the amount of any sum received by the Agent from each Borrower
hereunder and each Lender's share thereof.
(c) Entries
made in good faith by the Agent in the Register pursuant to subsection (b)
above, and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to
subsection (a) above, shall be primafacie evidence of the
amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from each Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the
case
of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement, absent manifest
error; provided, however, that the failure of the Agent or such
Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the
Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the
obligations of any Borrower under this Agreement.
SECTION
2.18. Use of Proceeds.
The
proceeds of the Advances shall be available (and the Company agrees that it
shall use such proceeds) solely for general corporate purposes of the Company
and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION
2.19. Increase in the Aggregate
Commitments.
(a) The
Company
may, at any time but in any event not more than once in any calendar year prior
to the final Termination Date, by notice to the Agent, request that (x) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments be increased by an amount
of $25,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof and
(y)
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitments be increased
by an amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess
thereof (each a "Revolving Credit Commitment Increase") to be effective
as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to the final Termination Date (the
"Revolving Credit Increase Date") as specified in the related notice to
the Agent; provided, however that (i) in no event shall the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments at any time exceed
$3,500,000,000 or the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitments exceed
$700,000,000, (ii) on the date of any request by the Company for a
Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and on the related Revolving Credit
Increase Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.03 shall have been
satisfied.
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(b) The
Company may, at any time but in any event not more than twice in any calendar
year prior to the final Termination Date, by notice to the Agent, request that
(x) the aggregate amount of the Canadian Prime Rate Commitments be increased
by
an amount of $25,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof
and (y) the aggregate amount of the Canadian Letter of Credit Commitments be
increased by an amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000
in
excess thereof (each a "Canadian Prime Rate Commitment Increase" and,
together with the Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, a "Commitment
Increase") to be effective as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to
the final Termination Date (the "Canadian Prime Rate Increase Date" and,
together with any Revolving Credit Increase Date, an "Increase Date") as
specified in the related notice to the Agent; provided, however
that (i) in no event shall the aggregate amount of Canadian Prime Rate
Commitments at any time exceed $525,000,000 or the Canadian Letter of Credit
Commitments exceed $525,000,000, (ii) on the date of any request by the
Company for a Canadian Prime Rate Commitment Increase and on the related
Canadian Prime Rate Increase Date, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (iii) the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.03 shall
have been satisfied.
(c) The
Agent shall promptly notify such Lender(s) and/or Eligible Assignee(s) as the
Company may specify to the Agent of a request by the Company for a Commitment
Increase, which notice shall include (i) the proposed amount of such
requested Commitment Increase, (ii) the proposed Increase Date and
(iii) the date by which such Persons wishing to participate in the
Commitment Increase must commit to participate in an increase in the amount
of
the Revolving Credit Commitments or Canadian Prime Rate Commitments, as the
case
may be (the "Commitment Date"). The requested Commitment
Increase shall be allocated among the Lender(s) and/or Eligible Assignee(s)
willing to participate therein in such amounts as are agreed between the Company
and the Agent.
(d) Promptly
following each Commitment Date, the Agent shall notify the Company as to the
amount, if any, by which the Lenders and Eligible Assignees are willing, in
their sole discretion, to participate in the requested Commitment Increase;
provided, however, that, in the case of Revolving
Credit Commitment Increase, (i) the Revolving Credit Commitment of each such
Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount of $50,000,000 or an integral multiple
of $5,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount of $10,000,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and, in the case of
a
Canadian Prime Rate Commitment Increase, (iii) the Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount of $10,000,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iv) the Canadian
Letter of Credit Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount
of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.
(e) On
each Increase Date, each Eligible Assignee that accepts an offer to participate
in a requested Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.19(c) (each
such Eligible Assignee and each Eligible Assignee that shall become a Lender
in
accordance with Section 2.20, an "Assuming Lender") shall become a Lender
party to this Agreement as of such Increase Date and the applicable Commitment
of each Lender that has agreed to participate in a requested Commitment Increase
(each such Lender, an "Increasing Lender") for such requested Commitment
Increase shall be so increased by such amount (or by the amount allocated to
such Lender pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.19(c)) as of such
Increase Date; provided, however, that the Agent shall have
received on or before such Increase Date the following, each dated such
date:
(i) (A) certified
copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Borrower or the
Executive Committee of such Board approving the Commitment Increase and the
corresponding modifications to this Agreement and (B) an opinion of counsel
for the Borrowers (which may be in-house counsel), in substantially the form
of
Exhibit F hereto;
(ii) an
assumption agreement from each Assuming Lender, if any, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company and the Agent (each an "Assumption
Agreement"), duly executed by such Eligible Assignee, the Agent and the
Company; and
(iii) confirmation
from each Increasing Lender of the increase in the amount of its Revolving
Credit Commitment, Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment, Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment or Canadian Letter of Credit Commitment, as applicable, in a writing
satisfactory to the Company and the Agent.
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On
each
Increase Date, upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence of this Section 2.19(e), the Agent shall notify the
Lenders (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender) and the Company,
on or before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time), by telecopier, of the
occurrence of the Commitment Increase to be effected on such Increase Date
and
shall record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each
Increasing Lender and each Assuming Lender on such date.
SECTION
2.20. Extension of Termination
Date.
(a) At
least 45 days but not more than 60 days prior to the first and/or second
anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company, by written notice to the Agent,
may request an extension of the Termination Date in effect at such time by
one
year from its then scheduled expiration. The Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of such request, and each Lender shall in turn, in its sole
discretion, not later than 20 days prior to the applicable anniversary date,
notify the Company and the Agent in writing as to whether such Lender will
consent to such extension. If any Lender shall fail to notify the
Agent and the Company in writing of its consent to any such request for
extension of the Termination Date at least 20 days prior to the applicable
anniversary date, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Non-Consenting Lender
with
respect to such request. The Agent shall notify the Company not later
than 15 days prior to the applicable anniversary date of the decision of the
Lenders regarding the Company's request for an extension of the Termination
Date.
(b) If
all the Lenders consent in writing to any such request in accordance with
subsection (a) of this Section 2.20, the Termination Date in effect at such
time
shall, effective as at the applicable anniversary date (the "Extension
Date"), be extended for one year; provided that on each Extension
Date the applicable conditions set forth in Article III shall be
satisfied. If less than all of the Lenders consent in writing to any
such request in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.20, the
Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as at the applicable
Extension Date and subject to subsection (d) of this Section 2.20, be extended
as to those Lenders that so consented (each a "Consenting Lender") but
shall not be extended as to any other Lender (each a "Non-Consenting
Lender"). To the extent that the Termination Date is not extended
as to any Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.20 and the Commitment
of such Non-Consenting Lender is not assumed in accordance with subsection
(c)
of this Section 2.20 on or prior to the applicable Extension Date, the
Commitment(s) of such Non-Consenting Lender shall automatically terminate in
whole on such unextended Termination Date without any further notice or other
action by the Company, such Lender or any other Person; provided that
such Non-Consenting Lender's rights under Sections 2.12, 2.15 and 9.04, and
its
obligations under Section 8.05, shall survive the Termination Date for such
Lender as to matters occurring prior to such date. It is understood
and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to
any
request made by the Company for any requested extension of the Termination
Date.
(c) If
less than all of the Lenders consent to any such request pursuant to subsection
(a) of this Section 2.20, the Agent shall promptly so notify the Consenting
Lenders, and each Consenting Lender may, in its sole discretion, give written
notice to the Agent not later than 10 days prior to the Extension Date of the
amount of the Non-Consenting Lenders' Commitments for which it is willing to
accept an assignment. If the Consenting Lenders notify the Agent that
they are willing to accept assignments of Commitments in an aggregate amount
that exceeds the amount of the Commitments of the Non-Consenting Lenders, such
Commitments shall be allocated among the Consenting Lenders willing to accept
such assignments in such amounts as are agreed between the Company and the
Agent. If after giving effect to the assignments of Commitments
described above there remains any Commitments of Non-Consenting Lenders, the
Company may arrange for one or more Consenting Lenders or other Eligible
Assignees as Assuming Lenders to assume, effective as of the Extension Date,
any
Non-Consenting Lender's Commitment and all of the obligations of such
Non-Consenting Lender under this Agreement thereafter arising, without recourse
to or warranty by, or expense to, such Non-Consenting Lender; provided,
however, that the amount of the Commitment of any such Assuming Lender
as
a result of such substitution shall in no event be less than $20,000,000 unless
the amount of the Commitment of such Non-Consenting Lender is less than
$20,000,000, in which case such Assuming Lender shall assume all of such lesser
amount; and providedfurther that:
(i) any
such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender shall have paid to such Non-Consenting
Lender (A) the aggregate principal amount of, and any interest accrued and
unpaid to the effective date of the assignment on, the outstanding Advances,
if
any, of such Non-Consenting Lender plus
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(B)
any
accrued but unpaid facility fees owing to such Non-Consenting Lender as of
the
effective date of such assignment;
(ii) all
additional costs reimbursements, expense reimbursements and indemnities payable
to such Non-Consenting Lender, and all other accrued and unpaid amounts owing
to
such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder, as of the effective date of such
assignment shall have been paid to such Non-Consenting Lender; and
(iii) with
respect to any such Assuming Lender, the applicable processing and recordation
fee required under Section 9.07(a) for such assignment shall have been
paid;
providedfurther
that such Non-Consenting Lender's rights under Sections 2.12, 2.15 and 9.04,
and
its obligations under Section 8.05, shall survive such substitution as to
matters occurring prior to the date of substitution. At least three
Business Days prior to any Extension Date, (A) each such Assuming Lender, if
any, shall have delivered to the Company and the Agent an Assumption Agreement,
duly executed by such Assuming Lender, such Non-Consenting Lender, the Company
and the Agent, (B) any such Consenting Lender shall have delivered confirmation
in writing satisfactory to the Company and the Agent as to the increase in
the
amount of its Commitment and (C) each Non-Consenting Lender being replaced
pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall have delivered to the Agent any Note or
Notes held by such Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the payment or
prepayment of all amounts referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the
immediately preceding sentence, each such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender,
as of the Extension Date, will be substituted for such Non-Consenting Lender
under this Agreement and shall be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement,
without any further acknowledgment by or the consent of the other Lenders,
and
the obligations of each such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder shall, by the
provisions hereof, be released and discharged.
(d) If
(after giving effect to any assignments or assumptions pursuant to subsection
(c) of this Section 2.20) Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments equal
to
at least 50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect immediately prior
to
the Extension Date consent in writing to a requested extension (whether by
execution or delivery of an Assumption Agreement or otherwise) not later than
one Business Day prior to such Extension Date, the Agent shall so notify the
Company, and, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions in
Article III, the Termination Date then in effect shall be extended for the
additional one-year period as described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.20,
and all references in this Agreement, and in the Notes, if any, to the
"Termination Date" shall, with respect to each Consenting Lender and each
Assuming Lender for such Extension Date, refer to the Termination Date as so
extended. Promptly following each Extension Date, the Agent shall
notify the Lenders (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender) of
the
extension of the scheduled Termination Date in effect immediately prior thereto
and shall thereupon record in the Register the relevant information with respect
to each such Consenting Lender and each such Assuming Lender.
SECTION
2.21. Regulation D
Compensation.
Each
Lender that is subject to reserve requirements of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor) may require the applicable Borrower
to
pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on the Eurocurrency Rate
Advances and LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be, additional interest on
the
related Eurocurrency Rate Advances and LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may
be,
of such Lender at the rate per annum equal to the excess of
(i) (A) the applicable Eurocurrency Rate or LIBO Rate, as the case may
be, divided by (B) one minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage over
(ii) the rate specified in clause (i)(A). Any Lender
wishing to require payment of such additional interest (x) shall so notify
the Agent and the applicable Borrower, in which case such additional interest
on
the Eurocurrency Rate Advances and LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be,
of
such Lender shall be payable to such Lender at the place indicated in such
notice with respect to each Interest Period commencing at least five Business
Days after the giving of such notice and (y) shall notify the Agent and the
applicable Borrower at least five Business Days prior to each date on which
interest is payable on the amount then due it under this Section.
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ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION
3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of
Sections 2.01 and 2.03.
Sections
2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first
date (the "Effective Date") on which the following conditions precedent
have been satisfied:
(a) The
Company shall have notified the Agent as to the proposed Effective
Date.
(b) The
Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent (including
the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent).
(c) On
the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall
have received for the account of each Lender a certificate of the Company on
behalf of itself and each other Borrower, signed by a duly authorized officer
of
the Company, dated the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) The
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and
as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No
event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default.
(d) The
Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each
dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except
for
the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The
Notes of the Company, Xxxxx, CCBC and BHL to the extent requested by any
Appropriate Lender pursuant to Section 2.17.
(ii) Certified
copies of the resolutions of (A) the Board of Directors of the Company approving
this Agreement and the Notes of the Company, (B) the Board of Directors of
Xxxxx
approving this Agreement and the Notes of Xxxxx, (C) the Board of Directors
of
CCBC approving this Agreement and the Notes of CCBC, and (D) the Board of
Directors of BHL approving this Agreement and the Notes of BHL, and of all
documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and such Notes.
(iii) A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of (A) the Company
certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company
authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes of the Company and the other
documents to be delivered by it hereunder, (B) Xxxxx certifying the names and
true signatures of the officers of Xxxxx authorized to sign this Agreement
and
the Notes of Xxxxx and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder,
(C)
CCBC certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of CCBC authorized
to sign this Agreement and the Notes of CCBC and the other documents to be
delivered by it hereunder, and (D) BHL certifying the names and true signatures
of the officers of BHL authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes of BHL
and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
(iv) A
certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company certifying that
each of Xxxxx, CCBC and BHL has obtained all governmental and third party
authorizations, consents, approvals (including exchange control approvals)
and
licenses required under applicable laws and regulations necessary for Xxxxx,
CCBC and BHL to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes to which it
is
a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
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(v) A
favorable opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxxx, General Counsel of the Company, substantially
in the form of Exhibit F hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender
through the Agent may reasonably request.
(vi) A
favorable opinion of counsel for (i) Xxxxx and CCBC, substantially in the form
of Exhibit G-1 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through
the Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) BHL, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-2 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through the
Agent may reasonably request.
(vii) A
favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Agent, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(viii) Evidence
of the Process Agent's acceptance of its appointment pursuant to
Section 9.13(a) as the agent of the Company, Xxxxx, CCBC and
BHL.
(ix) Such
other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender, through the Agent, may
reasonably request.
(e) The
termination of the commitments of the lenders and the payment in full of all
advances outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement. By
execution of this Agreement, each of the Lenders that is a lender under the
Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives any requirement set forth in the
Existing Credit Agreement of prior notice to the termination of its commitment
thereunder.
SECTION
3.02. Initial Advance to Each Designated
Subsidiary.
The
obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender to make an initial Advance to each
Designated Subsidiary following any designation of such Designated Subsidiary
as
a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 9.08 is subject to the Agent's
receipt on or before the date of such initial Advance of each of the following,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and dated such date, and (except
for the Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Revolving Credit
Lender:
(a) The
Revolving Credit Notes of such Borrower to the extent requested by any Revolving
Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.17.
(b) Certified
copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Borrower (with
a
certified English translation if the original thereof is not in
English) approving this Agreement and the Notes of such Borrower, and
of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and such Notes.
(c) A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Borrower
certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Borrower
authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes of such Borrower and the other
documents to be delivered hereunder.
(d) A
certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated as of
the
date of such initial Advance, certifying that such Borrower shall have obtained
all governmental and third party authorizations, consents, approvals (including
exchange control approvals) and licenses required under applicable laws and
regulations necessary for such Borrower to execute and deliver this Agreement
and the Notes and to perform its obligations thereunder.
(e) The
Designation Letter of such Designated Subsidiary, substantially in the form
of
Exhibit D hereto.
(f) Evidence
of the Process Agent's acceptance of its appointment pursuant to
Section 9.13(a) as the agent of such Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E hereto.
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(g) A
favorable opinion of counsel (which may be in-house counsel) to such Designated
Subsidiary, dated the date of such initial Advance, covering, to the extent
customary and appropriate for the relevant jurisdiction, the opinions outlined
on Exhibit H hereto.
(h) Such
other approvals, opinions or documents as any Revolving Credit Lender, through
the Agent, may reasonably request.
SECTION
3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving
Credit Borrowing, Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, Issuance
and
Commitment Increase.
The
obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Credit Advance on the occasion
of
each Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Canadian Prime Rate Advance on the occasion
of each Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, the obligation of each Issuing Bank
to
issue a Letter of Credit, each Commitment Increase and each Commitment Extension
shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall
have
occurred and on the date of such Borrowing, Issuance, Commitment
Increase or Commitment Extension (a) the following statements shall be true
(and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing, Notice
of Issuance, request for Commitment Increase or request for Commitment Extension
and the acceptance by the Borrower requesting such Borrowing of the proceeds
of
such Borrowing or Issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by
such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing, Issuance, Commitment Increase
or Commitment Extension, as applicable, such statements are true):
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (except the
representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection (e) and in
subsection (f) thereof (other than clause (ii) thereof)) are correct
in all material respects on and as of such date, before and after giving effect
to such Borrowing or Issuance and to the application of the proceeds therefrom
or such Commitment Increase or Commitment Extension, as though made on and
as of
such date, and additionally, if such Borrowing shall have been requested by
a
Designated Subsidiary, the representations and warranties of such Designated
Subsidiary contained in its Designation Letter are correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect
to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though
made on and as of such date, and
(ii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or
Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such
Commitment Increase or Commitment Extension, that constitutes a
Default;
and
(b) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as any Appropriate Lender through the Agent may reasonably
request.
SECTION
3.04. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive
Bid Borrowing.
The
obligation of each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance on the
occasion of a Competitive Bid Borrowing to make such Competitive Bid Advance
as
part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing is subject to the conditions precedent
that (i) the Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing with respect thereto, (ii) on or before the date
of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, but prior to such Competitive Bid Borrowing,
the Agent shall have received a Competitive Bid Note payable to the order of
such Lender for each of the one or more Competitive Bid Advances to be made
by
such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, in a principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advance to be evidenced
thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such Competitive
Bid
Advance in accordance with Section 2.03, and (iii) on the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each
of
the giving of the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and the
acceptance by the Borrower requesting such Competitive Bid Borrowing of the
proceeds of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall constitute a representation
and
warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing
such statements are true):
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(a) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (except the
representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection (e) thereof
and in subsection (f) thereof (other than clause (ii) thereof)) are
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Competitive
Bid
Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Competitive Bid Borrowing
and
to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such
date, and, if such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall have been requested by a
Designated Subsidiary, the representations and warranties of such Designated
Subsidiary contained in its Designation Letter are correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and
after giving effect to such Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application
of
the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date,
(b) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Competitive
Bid
Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes
a
Default, and
(c) the
Company has made all filings required to be made by it under applicable
securities laws.
SECTION
3.05 Determinations Under
Section 3.01.
For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Section 3.01, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or
accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required
thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory
to
the Lenders unless an officer of the Agent responsible for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have received notice from such Lender
prior
to the date that the Company, by notice to the Lenders, designates as the
proposed Effective Date, specifying its objection thereto. The Agent
shall promptly notify the Lenders of the occurrence of the Effective
Date.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01. Representations and Warranties of the
Borrowers.
Each
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Such
Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction indicated at the beginning of this
Agreement. Such Borrower is duly qualified and in good standing as a
foreign corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction (other than
the jurisdiction of its incorporation) in which the nature of its activities
or
the character of the properties it owns or leases makes such qualification
necessary and in which the failure so to qualify would have a materially adverse
effect on the financial condition or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and
the
Notes of such Borrower are within such Borrower's corporate powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not contravene
(i) such Borrower's charter or by-laws (or equivalent constitutive
documents) or (ii) any law, rule, regulation or contractual restriction in
any material contract or, to the knowledge of the Chief Financial Officer of
the
Company, any other contract the breach of which would limit the ability of
such
Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Notes, binding
on or affecting such Borrower.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
such governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement or the
Notes delivered by it.
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(d) This
Agreement is, and the Notes when delivered hereunder will be, legal, valid
and
binding obligations of such Borrower party thereto enforceable against such
Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.
(e) The
Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and the related Consolidated
statements of income, Consolidated balance sheets, Consolidated statements
of
shareholders' equity and Consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal
year then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP and set forth in the
Company's 2006 Form 10-K, and the Consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of June 29, 2007 and the related
Consolidated statements of income, Consolidated balance sheets, Consolidated
statements of shareholders' equity and Consolidated statements of cash flows
for
the six months then ended, duly certified by the chief financial officer of
the
Company, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Lenders, fairly
present, subject, in the case of said financial statements as at June 29, 2007,
to year-end audit adjustments, in accordance with GAAP, the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such
dates and their consolidated results of operations for the periods ended on
such
dates. Since December 31, 2006, there has been no material
adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(f) There
is no pending or, to the best of such Borrower's knowledge, threatened action
or
proceeding involving such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator, (i) which is likely to materially
adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) which purports to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note.
(g) No
proceeds of any Advance will be used to acquire any equity security of a class
which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, other than immaterial quantities of equity securities held in the
investment portfolio of a Person whose stock is acquired with the proceeds
of
such Advance.
(h) Such
Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U), and
no
proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock
or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock.
(i) No
Default described in Section 6.01(g) has occurred and is continuing, or is
reasonably expected to occur within 60 days.
(j) A
copy of the Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual
report (Form 5500 Series) of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate with
respect to each Plan has been filed with the Department of Labor, and each
such
Schedule B fairly presents the funding status and financial condition of
such Plan in all material respects, and since the date of such Schedule B
there has been no material adverse change in such funding status or financial
condition.
(k) Such
Borrower is not an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
5.01. Affirmative Covenants.
So
long
as any Advance shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or
any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Company will, unless the
Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
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(a) Compliance
with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
comply, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders (including,
without limitation, ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder and all
applicable environmental laws), noncompliance with which would materially
adversely affect the business or financial condition of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) Reporting
Requirements. Furnish to the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders:
(i) as
soon as available and in any event not later than 40 days after the end of
each
of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing
with
the fiscal quarter ending September 28, 2007, Consolidated balance sheets of
the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, and
related Consolidated statements of income of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the
previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, and Consolidated
statements of cash flows of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such quarter and for such period, in each case signed by the chief financial
officer of the Company, together with (A) the representation and warranty
of the Company to the effect that no Default has occurred and is continuing
or,
if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature
thereof and the action which the Company has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto and (B) a schedule in form satisfactory to the Required
Lenders of the computations used by the Company in determining compliance with
the covenants contained in Section 5.02(a);
(ii) as
soon as available and in any event not later than 75 days after the end of
each
fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the annual report for such year for the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, containing the Consolidated financial
statements for such fiscal year with a report thereon by Ernst & Young LLP
or other independent public accountants acceptable to the Required Lenders
stating that such Consolidated financial statements fairly present the
Consolidated financial position of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
as at the date indicated and the Consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the period indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis (except for changes required by the accounting profession
or
changes concurred in by the Company's independent public accountants) and that
the audit by such accountants in connection with such Consolidated financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, together with (A) the representation and warranty of the Company
to the effect that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default
has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the
action which the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto
and
(B) a schedule in form satisfactory to the Required Lenders of the
computations used by the Company in determining compliance with the covenants
contained in Section 5.02(a);
(iii) as
soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after the chief
financial officer of the Company has knowledge of the occurrence of each Default
continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of such chief financial
officer setting forth details of such Default and the action which the Company
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iv) promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which the Company
sends to its security holders (other than reports furnished only to The
Coca–Cola Company), and copies of all reports and registration statements which
become effective which the Company or any Subsidiary files with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange;
(v) as
soon as possible and in any event (A) within 60 Business Days after the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any event
described in clause (a) or (d) of the definition of ERISA Event with
respect to any Plan has occurred and (B) within 30 Business Days after the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any other ERISA
Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, a statement of the chief financial
officer of the Company describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any,
which
the Company or such ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect
thereto;
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(vi) promptly
and in any event within six Business Days after receipt thereof by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate, copies of each notice received by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC stating its intention to terminate any Plan or
to
have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan;
(vii) promptly
and in any event within 30 Business Days after receipt thereof by the Company
or
any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, a copy of each
notice received by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate concerning (A) the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability by a Multiemployer Plan, (B) the
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in
reorganization within the meaning of Title V of ERISA, (C) the
termination of a Multiemployer Plan within the meaning of Title IV of
ERISA, or (D) the amount of liability incurred, or expected to be incurred,
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any event described
in
clause (A), (B) or (C) above;
(viii) promptly
after the preparation thereof, if any, annual financial statements of each
of
the Borrowers other than the Company; and
(ix) such
other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or
otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through
the
Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation,
documents required by regulatory authorities with respect to "Know Your
Customer" regulations.
Reports
required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above shall
be
deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such report is posted on
the
SEC's website at xxx.xxx.xxx, and such posting shall be deemed to satisfy
the reporting requirements of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above for the
information so posted; provided that in every instance (A) the Company
shall provide paper copies of the certificate required by clauses (i) and (ii)
above to the Agent on behalf of each of the Lenders until such time as the
Agent
shall provide the Company written notice otherwise and (B) the specified
deadlines shall be delayed to the extent permitted pursuant to Rule 12b-25
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(c) Maintenance
of Properties, Etc. Cause all properties used or useful in the
conduct of its business or the business of any Significant Subsidiary to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and cause to
be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 5.01(c) shall prevent the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if
such discontinuance is not materially adverse to the Lenders and, in the
judgment of the Company, is desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Significant Subsidiary.
(d) Maintenance
of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Significant
Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties
in the same general areas in which the Company or such Significant Subsidiary
operates, provided that the Company may self-insure, or insure through captive
insurers or insurance cooperatives, to the extent consistent with prudent
business practices.
(e) Payment
of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent,
(i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon
it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might
by law become a lien or encumbrance upon its property; provided,
however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
be
required to pay and discharge any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that
is
being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which
appropriate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP, unless and
until any lien or encumbrance resulting therefrom attaches to its property
and
becomes enforceable against its other creditors.
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(f) Preservation
of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain, and cause
each of its Significant Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate
existence; provided, however, that the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under
Section 5.02(c).
SECTION
5.02. Negative Covenants.
So
long
as any Advance shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or
any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Company will not, without the
written consent of the Required Lenders:
(a) Liens,
Etc. Create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee, or permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee, any Secured
Debt. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(1) Mortgages
on property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any corporation existing at
the
time such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) Mortgages
on property or shares of stock existing at the time of acquisition of such
property or stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or existing as
of
June 29, 2007;
(3) Mortgages
to secure the payment of all or any part of the price of acquisition,
construction or improvement of such property or stock by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, or to secure any Secured Debt incurred by the Company
or
a Restricted Subsidiary, prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after
the
later of the acquisition or completion of construction (including any
improvements on an existing property), which Secured Debt is incurred for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or
construction of improvements thereon; provided, however, that, in
the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the Mortgage
shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement,
any
theretofore substantially unimproved real property on which the property or
improvement so constructed is located;
(4) Mortgages
securing Secured Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to Company or to another
Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) Mortgages
on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged
into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the
time
of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a corporation or
firm
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(6) Mortgages
on property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United
States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or
instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or
any
state thereof, or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality of such country or
political subdivision, to secure partial progress, advance or other payments
pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred
for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost
of
construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;
(7) any
extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements) in whole or in part of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing
clauses (1) through (6), inclusive, provided, however, that the
principal amount of Secured Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal
amount of Secured Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or
replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited
to
all or a part of
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the property which secured the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property); or
(8) Mortgages
upon any Principal Property, or any transfer or disposition of any Principal
Property, that is created or implemented as a necessary component of a bond
for
title transaction, payment in lieu of tax agreement or other tax incentive
vehicle designed to provide the Company or any Subsidiary with certain ad
valorem property tax or other incentive savings.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02(a), the Company and any one
or more Restricted Subsidiaries may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee
Secured Debt secured by a Mortgage which would otherwise be subject to the
foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which, together with all other
Secured Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which (if originally
created, incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed at such time) would otherwise
be subject to the foregoing restrictions (not including Secured Debt permitted
to be secured under clauses (1) through (8) above), does not at the time exceed
15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
(b) Leverage
Ratio. Permit Consolidated Indebtedness less Cash to be more than
75% of Total Capital, where "Cash" means cash and cash equivalents and
interest bearing assets with maturities of one year or less; and "Total
Capital" means the sum of Shareholders' Equity, Deferred Income Taxes and
Consolidated Debt less Cash. All such terms shall be as they appear
on the Company's published Consolidated financial statements and calculated
under the GAAP applied by the Company on the date hereof in the preparation
of
its Consolidated financial statements.
(c) Mergers,
Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) to, any Person, or permit any of its Significant
Subsidiaries to do so, except that (i) any Significant Subsidiary of the
Company may merge or consolidate with or into, or dispose of assets to, any
other Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any Significant Subsidiary of the
Company may merge into or dispose of assets to the Company or any other Person,
provided in each case that, immediately after giving effect to such proposed
transaction, no Default would exist, and, in the case of any such merger to
which the Company is a party the Company is the surviving
corporation.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01. Events
of Default.
If
any of
the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur and be
continuing:
(a) any
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when the same becomes
due and payable, or shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance or any fees
or
other amounts payable hereunder for a period of five days after the same becomes
due and payable; or
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed (under Section 3.03 or 3.04) to
have been made by any Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with
this
Agreement, or by any Designated Subsidiary in the Designation Letter pursuant
to
which such Designated Subsidiary became a Borrower hereunder, shall prove to
have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed
to
have been made; or
(c) the
Company shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or
agreement contained in Section 5.01(b)(iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) or 5.02;
provided that any such failure with respect to Section 5.01(b)(v) or
(vii) shall be an Event of Default under this clause (i) only if the amount
of liability incurred or expected to be incurred by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate exceeds $100,000,000, or (ii) any other term, covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement to be performed or observed if
such
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failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Agent or any Lender; or
(d) there
shall be a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness for borrowed money or under any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or
evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money by the Company or any Subsidiary
or under any guarantee of payment by the Company or any Subsidiary of
indebtedness for borrowed money, whether such indebtedness or guarantee now
exists or shall hereafter be incurred or created (but excluding Debt created
under this Agreement), and (i) with respect to a payment default, as a
result of such payment default such indebtedness has, by acceleration or
otherwise under the terms of such bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture,
guarantee or payment or such other evidence of indebtedness, become due prior
to
its stated maturity, or (ii) with respect to any default other than a
payment default, as a result of such default such indebtedness has, by
acceleration or otherwise under the terms of such bond, debenture, note,
mortgage, indenture, guarantee of payment or such other evidence of
indebtedness, becomes due prior to its stated maturity and such default
continues for a period of four Business Days after the date upon which such
indebtedness has become due prior to its stated maturity (and, with respect
to
any guarantee, such default continues for a period of four Business Days after
the Company has received written demand for payment under any such guarantee);
provided, however, that no default under this Section 6.01(d)
shall exist if all such defaults do not relate to such indebtedness or
guarantees with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100,000,000;
or
(e) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of
any
Bankruptcy Law: (i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
for all or substantially all of its property; (iv) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; (v) a court of competent
jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is
for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
or for all or substantially all of its property, or (C) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 45 days; (vi) is the subject of
an involuntary case which is not dismissed within 45 days after the filing
thereof; (vii) fails to pay its debts generally as they become due or
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;
or (viii) takes any corporate action to authorize the Company's taking of
any of the actions set forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)
above. "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors. The
term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law; or
(f) any
judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $100,000,000 shall
be
rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and either
(i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon
such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive
days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason
of
a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided,
however, that any such judgment or order shall not be an Event of
Default
under this Section 6.01(f) if and for so long as (i) the amount of
such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance
between the defendant and the insurer covering payment thereof and
(ii) such insurer has been notified of, and has not denied the claim made
for payment of, the amount of such judgment or order; or
(g) the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur, or shall be reasonably
likely to incur liability and such liability would have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as a result of one or more
of
the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA Event; (ii) the
partial or complete withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates
from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or termination of a
Multiemployer Plan; or
(h) any
provision of Article VII hereof shall for any reason cease to be valid and
binding on or enforceable against the Company or the chief financial officer
of
the Company shall so state in writing by reference to this Section;
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then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Advances (other than Advances to be made by an Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under any Bankruptcy Law, (A) the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to such Borrower (other than Advances to be made by an Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit for the account of such Borrower shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Advances made to such Borrower, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower.
SECTION
6.02. Actions in Respect of the Letters of
Credit upon Default.
If
any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may with
the
consent, or shall at the request, of the Required Lenders, irrespective of
whether it is taking any of the actions described in Section 6.01 or otherwise,
make demand upon the Borrowers to, and forthwith upon such demand the Borrowers
will, (a) pay to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders in same day funds at the
Agent's office designated in such demand, for deposit in the L/C Cash Deposit
Account, an amount equal to the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit then outstanding or (b) make such other arrangements in respect of the
outstanding Letters of Credit as shall be acceptable to the Required Lenders
and
not more disadvantageous to the Borrowers than clause (a); provided,
however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order
for
relief with respect to any Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, an amount
equal to the aggregate Available Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
issued for the account of such Borrower shall be immediately due and payable
to
the Agent for the account of the Lenders without notice to or demand upon the
Borrowers, which are expressly waived by each Borrower, to be held in the L/C
Cash Deposit Account. If at any time an Event of Default is
continuing the Agent determines that any funds held in the L/C Cash Deposit
Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Agent
and
the Lenders or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit, the Borrowers will, forthwith upon
demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent, as additional funds to be deposited
and
held in the L/C Cash Deposit Account, an amount equal to the excess of (a)
such
aggregate Available Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then
held
in the L/C Cash Deposit Account that the Agent determines to be free and clear
of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of
Credit, to the extent funds are on deposit in the L/C Cash Deposit Account,
such
funds shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Banks to the extent permitted
by
applicable law. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired
or been fully drawn upon and all other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder
and under the Notes shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such
L/C Cash Deposit Account shall be returned to the Borrowers.
ARTICLE
VII
GUARANTEE
SECTION
7.01. Unconditional Guarantee.
For
valuable consideration, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and to induce
each Lender to make Advances to Xxxxx, CCBC and BHL and the Designated
Subsidiaries and to induce the Agent to act hereunder, the Company hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to each Lender and the Agent the
punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of all payment obligations of each of the other Borrowers now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement, whether for principal, interest, fees,
expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the
"Obligations"). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company's liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute
part of the Obligations and would be owed by any other Borrower to the Agent
or
any other Lender under this Agreement but for the fact that they are
unenforceable or
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not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any such other Borrower.
SECTION
7.02. Guarantee
Absolute.
The
Company guarantees that the Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement, regardless of any law, regulation or order now
or
hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the
rights of any Lender or the Agent with respect thereto. The
obligations of the Company under this Article VII are independent of the
Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted
against the Company to enforce this Article VII, irrespective of whether
any action is brought against any other Borrower or whether any other Borrower
is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Company
under this guarantee shall be irrevocable absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and the Company hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it
may
now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the
following:
(a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other agreement
or
instrument relating thereto;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent
to
departure from this Agreement;
(c) any
taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral or any taking,
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other
guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations;
(d) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence
of
any other Borrower; or
(e) any
other circumstance, (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) which might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company, any other
Borrower or a guarantor.
This
guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if
at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be returned by any of the Lenders or the Agent upon the insolvency, bankruptcy
or reorganization of any other Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment
had not been made.
SECTION
7.03. Waivers.
(a) The
Company
hereby expressly waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance,
presentment, demand for payment, protest, any requirement that any right or
power be exhausted or any action be taken against any other Borrower or against
any other guarantor of all or any portion of the Advances, and all other notices
and demands whatsoever.
(b) The
Company hereby waives any right to revoke this guaranty, and acknowledges that
this guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Obligations, whether
existing now or in the future.
(c) The
Company acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect
benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the
waivers set forth in this Article VII are knowingly made in contemplation
of such benefits.
(d) The
Company agrees that payments made by it pursuant to this Article VII will
be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 and Section 9.12 as if
such payments were made by the Company in its capacity as a
Borrower.
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SECTION
7.04. Subrogation.
The
Company will not exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire
against any other Borrower, any Designated Subsidiary or any other insider
guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement
of
the Obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any right
of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification
and
any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Agent or any other Lender
against another Borrower or any other insider guarantor or any collateral,
whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract,
statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or
receive from another Borrower or any other insider guarantor, directly or
indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until
all of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this guaranty shall
have been paid in full in cash, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been
terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or terminated. If
any amount shall be paid to the Company in violation of the preceding sentence
at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash or
immediately available funds of the Obligations and all other amounts payable
under this guaranty (b)the Termination and (c) the latest date of
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be held
in
trust for the benefit of the Agent and the other Lenders and shall forthwith
be
paid to the Agent to be credited and applied to the Obligations and all other
amounts payable under this guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, or to be held as collateral for any
Obligations or other amounts payable under this guaranty thereafter
arising. If (i) the Company shall make payment to the Agent or
any other Lender of all or any part of the Obligations, (ii) all the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this guaranty shall be paid
in
full in cash, (iii) the final Termination Date shall have occurred and
(iv) all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Agent
and the other Lenders will, at the Company's request and expense, execute and
deliver to the Company appropriate documents, without recourse and without
representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation
to
the Company of an interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment by
the
Company. The Company acknowledges that it will receive direct and
indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Agreement
and that the waiver set forth in this section is knowingly made in contemplation
on such benefits.
SECTION
7.05. Survival.
This
guaranty is a continuing guarantee and shall (a) remain in full force and
effect until latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this guaranty, (ii) the final
Termination Date and (iii) the latest date of expiration or termination of
all Letters of Credit, (b) be binding upon the Company, its successors and
assigns, (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Lender
(including each assignee Lender pursuant to Section 9.07) and the Agent and
their respective successors, transferees and assigns and (d) shall be
reinstated if at any time any payment to a Lender or the Agent hereunder is
required to be restored by such Lender or the Agent. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing clause (c), each Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer its interest in any Advance to any other Person, and such
other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the rights in respect
thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise.
ARTICLE
VIII
THE
AGENT
SECTION
8.01 Authorization and Action
(a) Each
Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and Issuing Bank, as applicable) hereby
appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf
and
to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated
to
the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as
are
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly
provided for by this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement
or
collection of the Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any
discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from
acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting)
upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall
be
binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided,
however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that
exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement
or
applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice
of each notice given to it by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
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(b) Each
Lender hereby also appoints and authorizes Citibank Canada and Citibank
International plc to act as Sub-Agents hereunder and to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this
Agreement as are delegated to such Sub-Agent under Section 2.03 or as are
otherwise from time to time delegated thereto by the Agent, together with such
powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto. In such
capacity, each Sub-Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all of the
provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation,
Section 8.05) as if such provisions were set forth in full herein with
respect thereto.
SECTION
8.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc
Neither
the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in
connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence
or
willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the
foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat the Lender that made any
Advance as the holder of the Debt resulting therefrom until the Agent receives
and accepts an Assumption Agreement entered into by an Assuming Lender as
provided in Section 2.19 or an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by
such Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided
in
Section 9.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel
for the Company), independent public accountants and other experts selected
by
it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any
Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties
or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with
this
Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to
the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions
of
this Agreement on the part of any Borrower or to inspect the property (including
the books and records) of any Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any
Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall incur no liability under or in
respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or
other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier) believed by it to
be
genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION
8.03. Citibank and Affiliates.
With
respect to its Commitments, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to
it,
Citibank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any
other
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term
"Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include
Citibank in its individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept
investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business
with, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business
with or own securities of the Company or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank
were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the
Lenders.
SECTION
8.04. Lender Credit Decision.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to
in
Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Agent 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 this
Agreement.
SECTION
8.05 Indemnification.
The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent and each Issuing Bank (to the extent not
reimbursed by a Borrower), ratably according to the respective Revolving Credit
Commitments, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against the Agent or such Issuing Bank (acting in such capacities)
in
any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or
omitted by
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the Agent or such Issuing Bank under this Agreement (collectively, the "Indemnified Costs"), provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs resulting from the Agent's or the applicable Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by a Borrower. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 8.05 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Agent, any Lender or a third party.
SECTION
8.06 Successor Agent.
The
Agent
may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and
the
Company and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required
Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders
shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which, so long as no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be subject to the Company's
approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days
after
the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders'
removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon
the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent,
such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and
the
retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal
hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent
under this Agreement.
SECTION
8.07. Other Agents.
Each
Lender hereby acknowledges that none of the documentation agent, the syndication
agent or any other Lender designated as any "Agent" (other than the Agent)
on
the signature pages hereof has any liability hereunder other than in its
capacity as a Lender.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
9.01. Amendments, Etc.
No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Revolving Credit
Notes, nor consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided,
however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the
following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in
Section 3.01, (b) release the Company from any of its obligations
under Article VII, (c) change the percentage of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, or the number of Lenders, that shall be required for the Lenders
or
any of them to take any action hereunder or (d) amend this
Section 9.01; provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Revolving Credit Lenders,
do any of the following: (a) except as contemplated by Section
2.19, increase the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders or subject the
Lenders to any additional obligations, (b) reduce the principal of, or
interest on, the Revolving Credit Advances or any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder or (c) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of,
or interest on, the Revolving Credit Advances or any fees or other amounts
payable hereunder, provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Canadian Prime Rate
Lenders, do any of the following: (a) except as contemplated by
Section 2.19, increase the Canadian Prime Rate Commitments of the Canadian
Prime
Rate Lenders or subject such Lenders to any additional obligations,
(b) reduce the principal of,
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or
interest on, the Canadian Prime Rate Advances or (c) postpone any date
fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Canadian Prime Rate
Advances or, and providedstillfurther that (x) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent
in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights
or
duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note and (y) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Banks
in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, adversely affect
the
rights or obligations of the Issuing Banks in their capacities as such under
this Agreement.
SECTION
9.02 Notices, Etc.
(a) All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
(including telecopier communication) and mailed, telecopied or delivered or
as
set forth in clause (c) below, if to the Company or to any Designated
Subsidiary, at the Company's address at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasury Services;
if to any Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite
its
name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending
Office specified in the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications
Department; or, as to any Borrower or the Agent, at such other address as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as
to
each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party
in
a written notice to the Company and the Agent. All such notices and
communications shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile, when such
facsimile is transmitted to the applicable facsimile number and telephonic
confirmation is received, (ii) if given by mail, five Business Days after
such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid
addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered
at the appropriate address, except that notices and communications to the Agent
or the Sub-Agent pursuant to Article II, III or VIII shall not be effective
until received by the Agent. Any notice, request or other
communication given by facsimile shall also be given by personal delivery or
by
mail, but such notice, request or other communication given by facsimile shall
be effective as set forth in clause (ii) above. Delivery by
facsimile of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and
delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any Note, (i) any
notice to the Borrowers or to any one of them required under this Agreement
or
any such Note that is delivered to the Company shall constitute effective notice
to the Borrowers or to any such Borrower, including the Company and
(ii) any Notice of Committed Borrowing or Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing may be delivered by any Borrower or by the Company, on behalf of
any
other Borrower. Each Designated Subsidiary hereby irrevocably
appoints the Company as its authorized agent to receive and deliver notices
in
accordance with this Section 9.02, and hereby irrevocably agrees that
(A) in the case of clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence,
the failure of the Company to give any notice referred to therein to any such
Designated Subsidiary to which such notice applies shall not impair or affect
the validity of such notice with respect thereto and (B) in the case of
clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the delivery of any such
notice by the Company, on behalf of any other Borrower, shall be binding on
such
other Borrower to the same extent as if such notice had been executed and
delivered directly by such Borrower.
(c) So
long as Citibank or any of its Affiliates is the Agent, materials as the Company
and the Agent may agree in their sole discretion shall be delivered to the
Agent
in an electronic medium in a format acceptable to the Agent and the Lenders
by
e-mail at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx. The Company agrees that the
Agent may make such materials, as well as any other written information,
documents, instruments and other material relating to the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any other materials or matters relating to this Agreement,
the
Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby(other than any Notice
of
Borrowing, request for Conversion or continuation of any Advances or notices
constituting service of process or relating to legal process) (collectively,
the
"Communications") available to the Lenders by posting such notices on
Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic system (the
"Platform"). The Company acknowledges that (i) the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure
and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided "as is" and "as available" and
(iii)
neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates warrants the accuracy, adequacy
or
completeness of the Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims
liability for errors or omissions in the Communications or the
Platform. No warranty
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of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Platform.
(d) Each
Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a
"Notice") specifying that any Communications have been posted to the
Platform shall constitute effective delivery of such information, documents
or
other materials to such Lender for purposes of this Agreement; provided
that if requested by any Lender the Agent shall deliver a copy of the
Communications to such Lender by email or telecopier. Each Lender
agrees (i) to notify the Agent in writing of such Lender's e-mail address(es)
to
which a Notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic
communication) on or before the date such Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Agent has on
record an effective e-mail address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice
may
be sent to such e-mail address(es) as such Lender shall instruct. The
Agent agrees that it will, upon any Lender's reasonable request, furnish
materials posted on the Platform to such Lender in hard copy to such Lender's
address for notices provided pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section
9.02.
SECTION
9.03. No Waiver; Remedies.
No
failure on the part of any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude
any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION
9.04. Costs and
Expenses.
(a) The
Company
shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent, including
fees and disbursements of special counsel for the Agent, in connection with
the
preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, review or preparation
of
any waiver or consent hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or
alleged Default hereunder and (ii) if an Event of Default occurs, all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Sub-Agent and
the
Lenders, including fees and disbursements of counsel (or the reasonable
allocable costs and disbursements of any Lender's in-house counsel), in
connection with such Event of Default and collection and other enforcement
proceedings resulting therefrom.
(b) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Sub-Agent and
each
Lender and each of their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees,
agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any
and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by
or
asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out
of
or in connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in
connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation
of a
defense in connection therewith) the Notes, this Agreement, any of the
transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds
of the Advances or Letters of Credit, except to the extent such claim, damage,
loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by
a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the case of an
investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this
Section 9.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not
such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Borrower, its
directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person
or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. Each Borrower also
agrees not to assert any claim against the Agent, the Sub-Agent, any Lender,
any
of their Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees,
attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to the
Notes, this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual
or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances.
(c) If
any payment of principal with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Advance or LIBO
Rate Advance is made, or such Advance is Converted (pursuant to
Section 2.03(d), 2.06(b), 2.11(a) or (b) or 2.13, acceleration of the
maturity of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01, upon an assignment of
rights and obligations under this Agreement as a result of a demand by a
Borrower pursuant to Section 9.07(a) or otherwise) on any day
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other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or if any Borrower fails to borrow any Eurocurrency Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances after notice has been given to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.02 or 2.03, such Borrower shall reimburse each Lender on demand for any resulting loss or expense incurred by it (or by an existing or prospective participant in the related Advance), including (without limitation) any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after any such payment or failure to borrow; provided that such Lender shall have delivered to the Company a certificate as to the amount of such loss or expense, which certificate shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error; and providedfurther that in cases where a Lender has granted a participation in an Advance, the aggregate amount of losses and expenses demanded by such Lender shall not exceed the aggregate amount of losses and expenses that such Lender would have incurred had it not granted such participation.
(d) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder,
the
agreements and obligations of the Borrowers contained in Sections 2.12, 2.15
and
9.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other
amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes and the termination in whole
of
the Commitments hereunder; provided, however, that the obligations
of the Borrowers contained in Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 9.04 shall terminate
upon
the third anniversary of the later of such payment and termination of the
Commitments except to the extent of any claims that have not been fully
satisfied in accordance with the terms of such Sections; and
providedfurther that each Lender and the Agent (as the case may
be) agrees to make written demand upon the applicable Borrower no later than
six
months after such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives actual
knowledge of the event giving rise to a claim under Sections 2.12, 2.15 and
9.04
and its effect upon this Agreement and if such Lender or the Agent fails to
give
such notice within such time limitation, such Borrower shall have no obligation
to pay any amount thereunder arising prior to the 180th day preceding such
demand.
SECTION
9.05. Right of Set-off.
Upon
(i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and
(ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by
Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to declare the Advances due and payable
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its
Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held
and
other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or
for
the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all of the obligations
of any Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and the Note
held
by such Lender, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under
this
Agreement or such Note and although such obligations may be
unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify applicable Borrower
after any such set-off and application; provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may
have.
SECTION
9.06 Binding Effect.
This
Agreement shall become effective (other than Sections 2.01 and 2.03, which
shall
only become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in
Section 3.01) when it shall have been executed by the Company and the Agent
and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender that such
Initial Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure
to
the benefit of each Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective
successors and assigns, except that no Borrower shall have the right to assign
its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent
of
each of the Lenders.
SECTION
9.07. Assignments and
Participations.
(a) Each
Lender
may and, if demanded by a Borrower (following a demand by such Lender pursuant
to Section 2.12 or upon a requirement to pay Taxes with respect to such
Lender pursuant to Section 2.15) upon at least five Business Days' notice to
such Lender and the Agent will (at the Borrower’s sole expense), assign, with
the consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, of the Agent and the Company,
to
one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of one or more of
its
Commitments, the Advances (other than Competitive Bid Advances) owing to it,
its
participations in Letters of Credit and the Note or Notes (other than
Competitive Bid Notes) held by it); provided, however,
that
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(i) each
such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all
rights and obligations under this Agreement under a Facility under which such
Lender has a Commitment, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a
Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment
of all of a Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, (A) in the
case of an assignment of a portion of such assigning Lender's Revolving Credit
Commitment, the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the assigning
Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the
date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall
in
no event be less than $20,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, (B) in the case of an assignment of a portion of such assigning
Lender's Canadian Prime Rate Commitment, the amount of the Canadian Prime Rate
Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such
assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000, (C)
in
the case of an assignment of a portion of such assigning Lender’s Revolving
Letter of Credit Commitment, the amount of the Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such
assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 and (D)
in
the case of as assignment of a portion of such assigning Lender’s Canadian
Letter of Credit Commitment, the amount of the Canadian Letter of Credit
Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such
assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 (unless,
in each case, the Company and the Agent otherwise agree), provided that
no such assignment shall be made unless, after giving effect to such assignment
and any contemporaneous acceptance by such assignee (or any of its Affiliates)
of an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitment, such assignee (or any of its
Affiliates) shall have a Revolving Credit Commitment in an amount greater than
or equal to 300% of such assignee's (or any of its Affiliates') Canadian Prime
Rate Commitment, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible
Assignee, (iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by a
Borrower pursuant to this Section 9.07(a) shall be arranged by such
Borrower after consultation with the Agent and shall be either an assignment
of
all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement
or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently
with another such assignment or other such assignments that together cover
all
of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement,
(v) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of
a demand by a Borrower pursuant to this Section 9.07(a) unless and until
such Lender shall have received one or more payments from either such Borrower
or one or more Eligible Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to
the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender,
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal
amount and all other amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement, and
(vi) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and
Acceptance, together with any Note subject to such assignment and a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500 payable by the parties to each such assignment,
provided, however, that in the case of an assignment made as a
result of a demand by a Borrower, such recordation fee shall be payable by
such
Borrower except that no recordation fee shall be payable in the case of an
assignment made at the request of a Borrower to an Eligible Assignee that is
an
existing Lender . Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto).
(b) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement
or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company
or the performance or observance by the Borrowers of any of their obligations
under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01 and such other documents
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and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee
will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Sub-Agent, such
assigning Lender 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 this Agreement; (v) such
assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee
appoints and authorizes the Agent and the Sub-Agent to take such action as
agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement
as
are delegated to the Agent and the Sub-Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof,
together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto;
and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with
their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender
and
an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any
Revolving Credit Note or Notes subject to such assignment, the Agent shall,
if
such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the
form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance,
(ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Company and each other
Borrower.
(d) The
Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.02 a copy of
each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment
of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to
time
(the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error, and the Company,
each other Borrower, the Agent, the Sub-Agent and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Company, any other Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other
than the Company or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all
or a portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes
held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitments
to the Company and the other Borrowers hereunder) shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall
remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement,
(iv) the Company and each other Borrower, the Agent, the Sub-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 and
(v) no participant under any such participation shall have any right to
approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note,
or any consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, except to the extent
that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or
interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in
each case to the extent subject to such participation, or postpone any date
fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees
or
other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such
participation.
(f) Any
Lender may, in connection with an assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.07, disclose to an
existing or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the
Company or any Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Company
or such Borrower; provided, however, that, prior to any such
disclosure, the existing or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to
preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the
Company or any Borrower received by it from such Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may, without consent
of the Company or the Agent, (i) at any time create a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) in favor
of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and (ii) assign, with notice to the
Company and the Agent, all or part of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement to any of its Affiliates or any other Lender.
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SECTION
9.08. Designated Subsidiaries.
(a) Designated
Subsidiaries (Bid only). The Company may at any time, and from
time to time, by delivery to the Agent of a Designation Letter duly executed
by
the Company and the respective Subsidiary and substantially in the form of
Exhibit D hereto, designate such Subsidiary as a "Designated Subsidiary
(Bid only)" for purposes of this Agreement and such Subsidiary shall thereupon
become a "Designated Subsidiary (Bid only)" for purposes of this Agreement
and,
as such, shall have all of the rights under Section 2.03 and obligations of
a
Borrower hereunder. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of
each such designation by the Company and the identity of the respective
Subsidiary.
(b) Other
Designated Subsidiaries. (i) The Company may at any
time, and from time to time, notify the Agent that the Company intends to
designate a Subsidiary as a "Designated Subsidiary" for purposes of this
Agreement. On or after the date that is six Business Days (or such
shorter period acceptable to the Lenders) after such notice, upon delivery
to
the Agent and each Lender of a
Designation Letter duly executed by the Company and the respective Subsidiary
and substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, such Subsidiary shall
thereupon become a "Designated Subsidiary" for purposes of this Agreement and,
as such, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Borrower
hereunder. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the
Company’s notice of such pending designation by the Company and the identity of
the respective Subsidiary. Following the giving of any notice
pursuant to this Section 9.07(a), if the designation of such Designated
Subsidiary obligates the Agent or any Lender to comply with "know your customer"
or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary
information is not already available to it, the Company shall, promptly upon
the
request of the Agent or any Lender, supply such documentation and other evidence
as is reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender in order for the Agent
or
such Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with the results
of
all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable
laws and regulations.
(ii) If
the Company shall designate as a Designated Subsidiary hereunder any Subsidiary
not organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, any
Lender may, with notice to the Agent and the Company, fulfill its Commitment
by
causing an Affiliate of such Lender to act as the Lender in respect of such
Designated Subsidiary (and such Lender shall, to the extent of Advances made
to
and participations in Letters of Credit issued for the account of such
Designated Subsidiary, be deemed for all purposes hereof to have pro
tanto assigned such Advances and participations to such Affiliate in
compliance with the provisions of Section 9.07).
(iii) As
soon as practicable after receiving notice from the Company or the Agent of
the
Company's intent to designate a Subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary, and
in
any event no later than three Business Days after the delivery of such notice,
for a Designated Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, any Lender
that may not legally lend to, establish credit for the account of and/or do
any
business whatsoever with such Designated Subsidiary directly or through an
Affiliate of such Lender as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph
(a
"Protesting Lender") shall so notify the Company and the Agent in
writing, which notice shall include a detailed explanation with respect to
such
illegality. With respect to each Protesting Lender, the Company
shall, effective on or before the date that such Designated Subsidiary shall
have the right to borrow hereunder, either (A) notify the Agent and such
Protesting Lender that the Commitments of such Protesting Lender shall be
terminated; provided that such Protesting Lender shall have received
payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Credit
Advances and/or Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the
assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest
and
fees) or the Company or the relevant Designated Subsidiary (in the case of
all
other amounts), (B) cancel its request to designate such Subsidiary as a
"Designated Subsidiary" hereunder or (C) designate such Subsidiary as a
"Designated Subsidiary (Bid only)" hereunder. The Company may from
time to time re-characterize a Designated Subsidiary (Bid only) as a Designated
Subsidiary with full rights under Section 2.01 if the Company has taken such
action with respect to each Protesting Lender as is specified in clause (A)
above.
SECTION
9.09. Confidentiality.
Each
of
the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks 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
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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 Note or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any Note 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 or derivative or similar transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to any 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 Company 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 Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Borrower, provided that such source was not, to the knowledge of the Agent or such Lender, bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or obligation of secrecy to, a Borrower.
For
purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received
from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to the Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank
on a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, provided that, in the case of information received from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information
is
clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
SECTION
9.10. Governing Law.
This
Agreement, each Designation Letter and the Notes shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York.
SECTION
9.11. Execution in Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.12. Judgment.
(a) If
for the
purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum
due
hereunder or under the Notes in Dollars into another currency, the parties
hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the
rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency at
Citibank's principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) If
for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert
a
sum due hereunder or under the Notes in a Committed Currency into Dollars,
the
parties agree to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the
rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Agent could purchase such Committed Currency with Dollars at
Citibank's principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(c) The
obligation of any Borrower in respect of any sum due from it to any Lender
or
the Agent hereunder or under a Note held by such Lender shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in a currency other than Dollars, be discharged only to the extent
that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Agent (as
the
case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such
Lender or the Agent (as the case
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may
be)
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase Dollars with such
other currency; if the Dollars so purchased are less than such sum due to such
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) in Dollars, such Borrower agrees,
as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) against such loss, and if the Dollars
so purchased exceed such sum due to any Lender or the Agent (as the case may
be)
in Dollars, such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to
such Borrower such excess.
SECTION
9.13. Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a) Each
of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or
federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and
any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out
of
or relating to this Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement
of
any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Company
hereby agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding brought
in any such New York State court or in such federal court may be made upon
National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Avenue of the Americas, Xxxxx 000, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Process Agent") and each Designated Subsidiary
hereby irrevocably appoints the Process Agent its authorized agent to accept
such service of process, and agrees that the failure of the Process Agent to
give any notice of any such service shall not impair or affect the validity
of
such service or of any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based
thereon. Each Borrower hereby further irrevocably consents to the
service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing
thereof by any parties hereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
to such Borrower at its address specified pursuant to
Section 9.02. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right
that any party may otherwise have to serve legal process in any other manner
permitted by law or to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or the Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each
of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now
or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes in any New York State or
federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum
to
the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
SECTION
9.14. Substitution of Currency.
If
a
change in any Committed Currency occurs pursuant to any subsequent applicable
law, rule or regulation of any governmental, monetary or multi-national
authority, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the definitions of
Eurocurrency Rate and LIBO Rate) will be amended to the extent determined by
the
Agent (acting reasonably and in consultation with the Company) to be necessary
to reflect the change in currency and to put the Lenders and the Borrowers
in
the same position, so far as possible, that they would have been in if no change
in such Committed Currency had occurred.
SECTION
9.15 Power of Attorney.
Each
Subsidiary of the Company may from time to time authorize and appoint the
Company as its attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver (a) any amendment,
waiver or consent in accordance with Section 9.01 on behalf of and in the
name of such Subsidiary and (b) any notice or other communication
hereunder, on behalf of and in the name of such Subsidiary. Such
authorization shall become effective as of the date on which such Subsidiary
delivers to the Agent a power of attorney enforceable under applicable law
and
any additional information to the Agent as necessary to make such power of
attorney the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Subsidiary.
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SECTION
9.16 Patriot
Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Agent (for
itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that,
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will
allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in
accordance with the Act.
SECTION
9.17. No Liability of the Issuing
Banks.
The
Borrowers assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of
Credit. None of any Issuing Bank, any Lender nor any of their
respective officers, employees or directors shall be liable or responsible
for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts
or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b)
the
validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement
thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by such Issuing Bank
against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter
of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate
reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever
in
making or failing to make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the
applicable Borrower shall have a claim against such Issuing Bank, and such
Issuing Bank shall be liable to such Borrower, to the extent of any direct,
but
not consequential, damages suffered by such Borrower that such Borrower proves
were caused by such Issuing Bank's willful misconduct or gross
negligence. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
such Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice
or
information to the contrary; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed
to excuse such Issuing Bank if it acts with gross negligence or willful
misconduct in accepting such documents.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES INC.
By
/s/ XXXXX XXXX-XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES (CANADA) BOTTLING FINANCE COMPANY
By
/s/ XXXXX XXXX-XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
COCA-COLA
BOTTLING COMPANY
By
/s/ XXXXX XXXX-XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
BOTTLING
HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) COMMANDITE S.C.A.
By
/s/ XXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Director
By
/s/
XXXXX
XXXXXXX
Title:
Director
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Agent
By
/s/ XXXXXXX X.
XXX
Title:
Vice President
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INITIAL
LENDERS
|
|
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
|
CITIBANK,
N.A., as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/S/ XXXXXXX
X.
XXX
Title:
Vice President
CITIBANK,
N.A., CANADIAN BRANCH,
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Authorized Signer
|
SYNDICATION
AGENT
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXXXXX X. XXXXX
Title:
Managing Director
By
/s/ XXXX X.
XXX
Title:
Vice President
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG CANADA BRANCH,
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX X.
XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
By
/s/ XXXXXXXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Assistant Vice President
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MANAGING
AGENTS
|
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By /s/
J. XXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch,
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX SALES XX XXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
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BNP
PARIBAS, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXX
XXXXXXX
Title:
Managing Director
By
/s/ XXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Vice President
BNP
PARIBAS (CANADA),
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President Corporate Banking
By
/s/ XXX
XXXXXXXXX
Title:
Director Commercial Banking
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXX XXX
XXX
Title:
Executive Director
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO
BRANCH,
as Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/
XXXXXXXX XXXXX
Title:
Vice
President
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CO-AGENTS
|
CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXX
XXXXX
Title:
Director
By
/s/ XXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Assistant Vice President
By
/s/ XXXXX X.
XXXXXXXX
Title:
Director
By
/s XXXX X.
XXX
Title: Vice
President
HSBC
BANK
USA, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Assistant Vice President
HSBC
BANK
USA, TORONTO BRANCH, as
Canadian
Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXX
XXXXXXXXX
Title:
Authorized Signatory
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
WACHOVIA
CAPITAL FINACE CORPORATION (CANADA),
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
ABN
AMRO
BANK N.V., as Revolving
Credit
Lender
By
/s/ XXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/s/
XXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Assistant
Vice President
SUNTRUST
BANK, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXX X.
XXXXX
Title:
Director
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, as Revolving
Credit
Lender
By
/s/ XXXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Vice President
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LENDERS
|
ING
BANK
N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Director
By
/s/ XXXXX
XXXXX
Title:
Vice President
FIFTH
THIRD BANK, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXX X.
XXXXXXX
Title:
Assistant Vice President
FIFTH
THIRD BANK, as Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXX X.
XXXXXXX
Title:
Assistant Vice President
65
PNC
BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
COOPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.
"RABOBANK
INTERNATIONAL", NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Executive
Director
By
/s/
XXXXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Executive Director
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA, as Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/
XXXXXX
XXX
Title:
Authorized Signatory
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA,
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX
XXX
Title:
Authorized Signatory
TORONTO
DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC INC.,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXX
Title:
Authorized Signatory
THE
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,
as
Canadian Prime Rate Lender
By
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXXX
Title:
Authorized Signatory
US
BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Revolving Credit Lender
By
/s/
XXXXXXX X.
XXXXXXX
Title:
Vice President
66
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES INC.
COMMITMENTS
AND APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
Name
of Initial Lender
|
Revolving
Credit Commitment
|
Revolving
Letter of Credit Commitment Sublimit
|
Canadian
Prime
Rate
Commitment Sublimit
|
Canadian
Letter
of Credit Commitment Sublimit
|
|
ABN
AMRO BANK N.V.
|
$100,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
|
$225,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$40,000,000
|
$0
|
|
BNP
PARIBAS
|
$225,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$40,000,000
|
$0
|
|
CREDIT
SUISSE
|
$175,000,000
|
$0
|
$35,000,000
|
$0
|
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.
|
$325,000,000
|
$100,000,000
|
$60,000,000
|
$7,000,000
|
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG
|
$325,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$60,000,000
|
$0
|
|
FIFTH
THIRD BANK
|
$50,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$0
|
|
HSBC
BANK USA
|
$175,000,000
|
$0
|
$35,000,000
|
$0
|
|
ING
BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH
|
$50,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
|
$225,000,000
|
$20,000,000
|
$40,000,000
|
$3,000,000
|
|
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
$50,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
COOPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A. "RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL",
NEW YORK
BRANCH
|
$50,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA
|
$50,000,000
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
$0
|
|
SUNTRUST
BANK
|
$100,000,000
|
$40,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
TORONTO
DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
|
$50,000,000
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
$0
|
|
U.S.
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
$50,000,000
|
$270,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
$175,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$35,000,000
|
$0
|
|
XXXXX
FARGO BANK
|
$100,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
TOTAL:
|
$2,500,000,000
|
$500,000,000
|
$375,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
Name
of Initial Lender
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Eurocurrency
Lending Office
|
Canadian
Domestic Lending Office
|
ABN
AMRO BANK N.V.
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Loan
Administration
T: 000
000-0000 or 5153
F: 000
000-0000 or 5158
E:
xxx.xxxx.x@xxxxxxx.xxx
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Loan
Administration
T: 000
000-0000 or 5153
F: 000
000-0000 or 5158
E:
xxx.xxxx.x@xxxxxxx.xxx
|
N/A
|
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
|
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 888
969-9241
|
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 888
969-9241
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attn: Xxxxx
XxXxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
BNP
PARIBAS
|
0000
Xxxxx Xx., Xxx. 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 713
659-5228
|
0000
Xxxxx Xx., Xxx. 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 713
659-5228
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
CREDIT
SUISSE
|
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx
Xxxxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 212
538-6851
|
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx
Xxxxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxx
T:
000 000-0000
F:
000 000-0000
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.
|
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
Citibank
Place
000
Xxxxx Xx. Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attn: Bank
Loan Syndications
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG
|
000
Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000-000-0000
F: 000-000-0000
|
000
Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000-000-0000
F: 201-593-2313
|
000
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
X.X.
Xxx 00
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
FIFTH
THIRD BANK
|
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 513
534-5947
|
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
|
HSBC
BANK USA
|
0
XXXX Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
0
XXXX Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 716
841-0269
|
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
ING
CAPITAL LLC
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 646
424-8251
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
N/A
|
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxx
Tel: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxx
Tel: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
|
000
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Royal
Bank Plaza, South Tower
Toronto,
Ontario
M5J
2J2
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
T:
000 000-0000
F:
000-000-0000
|
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XxxxXxxx
XX-00-00-0000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 216
689-55
F: 216
689-49
|
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XxxxXxxx
XX-00-00-0000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 216
689-55
F: 216
689-49
|
N/A
|
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 412
768-9259
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
N/A
|
COOPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A. "RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL",
NEW YORK
BRANCH
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 201
499-5326
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
N/A
|
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA
|
New
York Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Addresses
for Notices:
New
York Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Manager,
Loans Admin.
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
with
copies to:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxx
T:
000 000-0000
F: 212
428-6201
and:
000
Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attn: X.
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
New
York Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Addresses
for Notices:
New
York Branch
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Manager,
Loans Admin.
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
with
copies to:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxx
T:
000 000-0000
F: 212
428-6201
and:
000
Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attn: X.
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 416
842-4020
|
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0XX
Attn: Liability
Department
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
with
copies to:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxx
T:
000 000-0000
F: 212
428-6201
and:
000
Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attn: C..
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
SUNTRUST
BANK
|
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 404
230-1940
|
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
X/X
|
XXXXXXX
DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
|
00
Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 212
827-77769
F: 212
827-7232
|
00
Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
T: 212
827-77769
F: 000
000-0000
|
The
Toronto Dominion Bank
00
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
Trust Xxxx-00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Xxxxxx
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
U.S.
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T:
000 000-0000
F: 920
237-7362
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
T:
000 000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
N/A
|
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
000
X Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 704
383-0
F: 704
715-0
|
000
X Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 704
383-0
F: 704
715-0
|
Congress
Financial Corporation (Canada)
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0XX
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
XXXXX
FARGO BANK
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
XXX
0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 415
979-0675
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
XXX
0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxx
T: 000
000-0000
F: 000
000-0000
|
N/A
|
EXISTING
LETTERS OF CREDIT
Issuing
|
Letter
of Credit
|
|||||
Bank
|
Beneficiary
|
Number
|
Currency
|
USD
Amount
|
LC
Amount
|
Expiration
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
County
of Henrico, Virginia
|
F844271
|
USD
|
$179,800.00
|
$179,800.00
|
11/19/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
EPA
or State Water Resources
|
F500573
|
USD
|
$10,000.00
|
$10,000.00
|
4/15/2008
|
Control
Board (California)
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Colorado
State Oil Inspection or
|
F501679
|
USD
|
$25,000.00
|
$25,000.00
|
6/1/2008
|
U.S.
EPA Region 8
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Kansas
Dept. of Health and Environment
|
F501678
|
USD
|
$1,000,000.00
|
$1,000,000.00
|
6/1/2008
|
Bureau
of Environmental Remediation or
|
||||||
|
U.S.
EPA Region 7
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
UST/LUST
Program (Minnesota) or
|
F501683
|
USD
|
$212,500.00
|
$212,500.00
|
6/1/2008
|
U.S. EPA Region
5
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Ohio
Fire Xxxxxxxx/Bureau of UST Reg. or
|
F501682
|
USD
|
$11,000.00
|
$11,000.00
|
6/1/2008
|
U.S.
EPA Region 5
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Ohio
Fire Xxxxxxxx
|
F501096
|
USD
|
$11,000.00
|
$11,000.00
|
6/30/2008
|
Bureau
of UST Regulation
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
The
New York State Office of Children and
|
F842864
|
USD
|
$14,112.00
|
$14,112.00
|
4/1/2008
|
Family
Services
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
The
New York State Office of Children and
|
F842865
|
USD
|
$22,035.00
|
$22,035.00
|
4/1/2008
|
Family
Services
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Connecticut
Development Authority
|
F502836
|
USD
|
$322,500.00
|
$322,500.00
|
12/31/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Xxxxx
Business Council, Inc.
|
P601586
|
USD
|
$130,276.00
|
$130,276.00
|
12/31/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Wachovia
|
Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
|
SM220231W
|
USD
|
$48,236.00
|
$48,236.00
|
3/22/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
JPMorgan
|
The
Corporation of the City of Brampton
|
001-849
|
CAD
|
$227,143.62
|
$242,000.00
|
9/20/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
JPMorgan
|
Aviva
Insurance Company of Canada
|
001-842
|
CAD
|
$1,877,220.00
|
$2,000,000.00
|
10/1/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
JPMorgan
|
AXA
Corporate Solutions UK Ltd.
|
SBN05/502379
|
GBP
|
$5,423,760.00
|
2,700,000.00
|
7/1/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
JPMorgan
|
Chubb
Insurance Co. of Europe SA
|
SBN05/502394
|
GBP
|
$6,026,400.00
|
3,000,000.00
|
0/0/0000
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
XxxXxxxx
|
Xxxxx
xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Workers' Comp.
|
F500580
|
USD
|
$1,000,000.00
|
$1,000,000.00
|
10/1/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Florida
Self-Insurers Guaranty Association
|
P100265
|
USD
|
$500,000.00
|
$500,000.00
|
3/15/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Georgia
Self Insurers Guaranty
|
F500539
|
USD
|
$5,260,000.00
|
$5,260,000.00
|
5/15/2008
|
Trust
Fund
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Industrial
Commission of Arizona
|
F500555
|
USD
|
$1,488,874.00
|
$1,488,874.00
|
11/1/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Xxxxxx/Lumberman's
Mutual
|
F500531
|
USD
|
$36,000.00
|
$36,000.00
|
11/1/2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
State
of Minnesota Worker's Comp.
|
F500518
|
USD
|
$4,440,700.00
|
$4,440,700.00
|
5/31/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
National
Union Fire Insurance Co.
|
F502851
|
USD
|
$9,809,000.00
|
$9,809,000.00
|
0/0/0000
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
XXXxxxxx
|
Xxxxx
xx Xxxxxx
|
XXX000000
|
USD
|
$644,000.00
|
$644,000.00
|
2/4/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
National
Union Fire Insurance
|
F502181
|
USD
|
$3,766,000.00
|
$3,766,000.00
|
9/1/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Argonaut
|
F502267
|
USD
|
$300,000.00
|
$300,000.00
|
1/5/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
Massachusetts
Dept. of Public Safety or
|
F501680
|
USD
|
$7,500.00
|
$7,500.00
|
6/1/2008
|
U.S.
EPA, New England
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
University
of Wisconsin
|
P600827
|
USD
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,000.00
|
9/1/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
The
New York State Office of Children and
|
F842559
|
USD
|
$8,061.00
|
$8,061.00
|
1/15/2008
|
Family
Services
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
SunTrust
|
City
of Los Angeles, Dept. of Airports
|
P601242
|
USD
|
$5,250.00
|
$5,250.00
|
3/26/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Wachovia
|
Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
|
SM416304C
|
USD
|
$142,256.40
|
$142,256.40
|
3/22/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Wachovia
|
Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
|
SM416305C
|
USD
|
$150,418.80
|
$150,418.80
|
3/22/2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Citibank
|
ACE
Insurance Company
|
5139184041
|
GBP
|
$301,320.00
|
150,000.00
|
2/19/2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
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EXHIBIT
A-1 - FORM OF
REVOLVING
CREDIT
PROMISSORY
NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: _______________,
200_
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, __________, a ________ corporation (the
"Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
_________________________ (the "Lender") for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office on the Termination Date (each as defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the Lender's
Revolving Credit Commitment in figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to the Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 among
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling Finance
Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bottling Holdings (Luxembourg) Commandite
S.C.A., the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and Citibank,
N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders (as amended or modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined) outstanding on such date.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Credit Advance from the date of such Revolving Credit Advance until
such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable
at
such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
Both
principal and interest in respect of each Revolving Credit Advance (i) in
Dollars, are payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the
Agent, at its account maintained at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
in same day funds, and (ii) in any Committed Currency, are payable in such
currency at the applicable Payment Office in same day funds. Each
Revolving Credit Advance owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall
be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the
grid attached hereto which is part of this Promissory Note.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in, and is
entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Revolving
Credit Advances by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above
mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Revolving
Credit Advance being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains
provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain
stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior
to
the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein
specified.
The
Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any
kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights
hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such
rights.
This
promissory note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the
laws
of the State of New York.
[BORROWER]
By __________________________________
Title:
ADVANCES
AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Date
|
Amount
of
Advance
|
Amount
of
Principal
Paid
or
Prepaid
|
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
|
Notation
Made
By
|
EXHIBIT
A-2 - FORM OF
COMPETITIVE
BID
PROMISSORY
NOTE
_______________ Dated: _______________,
200_
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the
undersigned, _______________________________________ , a
________corporation (the "Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order
of _________________________ (the "Lender") for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office (as defined in the Five Year Credit Agreement dated
as
of August 3, 2007 among Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises
(Canada) Bottling Finance Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bottling Holdings
(Luxembourg) Commandite S.C.A., the Lender and certain other lenders parties
thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders
(as
amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined)), on _______________,
200_, the principal amount of _______________ [for a Competitive Bid Advance
in
a Committed Currency, list currency and amount of such Advance].
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from
the
date hereof until such principal amount is paid in full, at the interest rate
and payable on the interest payment date or dates provided below:
Interest
Rate: _____% per annum (calculated on the basis of a year of _____ days for
the
actual number of days elapsed).
Both
principal and interest are payable in lawful money of _______________ to the
Agent for the account of the Lender at the office
of _________________________, at _________________________ in same
day funds.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Competitive Bid Notes referred to in, and is
entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, (i) contains provisions for determining the
Dollar Equivalent of Competitive Bid Advances denominated in Committed
Currencies and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof
upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account
of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions
therein specified.
The
Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any
kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights
hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such
rights.
This
Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws
of the State of New York.
[BORROWER]
By________________________________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT
A-3 - FORM OF
CANADIAN
PRIME RATE
PROMISSORY
NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: _______________,
200_
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, __________, a Nova Scotia unlimited company (the
"Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
_________________________ (the "Lender") for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office on the Termination Date (each as defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the Lender's
Canadian Prime Rate Commitment in figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal
amount of the Canadian Prime Rate Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to the Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 among
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling Finance
Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bottling Holdings (Luxembourg) Commandite
S.C.A., the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and Citibank,
N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders (as amended or modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined) outstanding on such date.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Canadian Prime Rate Advance from the date of such Canadian Prime Rate Advance
until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable
at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
Both
principal and interest in respect of each Canadian Prime Rate Advance are
payable in lawful money of Canada to Citibank Canada, as Sub-Agent, at its
account maintained at 000 Xxxxx Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X0X0,
in same day funds. Each Canadian Prime Rate Advance owing to the
Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made
on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior
to
any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of
this
Promissory Note.
This
Promissory Note is one of the Canadian Prime Rate Notes referred to in, and
is
entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit
Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Canadian
Prime Rate Advances by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount
first above mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each
such
Canadian Prime Rate Advance being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and
(ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the
happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of
principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions
therein specified.
The
Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any
kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights
hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such
rights.
This
promissory note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the
laws
of the State of New York.
[CANADIAN
BORROWER]
By __________________________________________
Title:
ADVANCES
AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Date
|
Amount
of
Advance
|
Amount
of
Principal
Paid
or
Prepaid
|
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
|
Notation
Made
By
|
EXHIBIT
B-1 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
REVOLVING
CREDIT BORROWING
Citibank,
N.A., as Agent
for
the Lenders parties
to
the Credit Agreement
referred
to below
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000 [Date]
Attention: _______________
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, ,
refers to the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2007 (as amended
or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined
therein being used herein as therein defined), among Coca-Cola Enterprises
Inc.,
Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling Finance Company, Coca-Cola Bottling
Company, Bottling Holdings (Luxembourg) Commandite S.C.A., certain Lenders
parties thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives
you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement
that the undersigned hereby requests a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the
Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information
relating to such Revolving Credit Borrowing (the "Proposed Revolving Credit
Borrowing") as required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit
Agreement:
(i) The
date of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is _______________,
200_.
(ii) The
Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is [Base
Rate Advances] [Eurocurrency Rate Advances].
(iii) The
aggregate amount of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is
$_______________.
[(iv) The
initial Interest Period and currency for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance made
as
part of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is _____ month[s].]
The
undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the
date
hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Revolving Credit
Borrowing:
(A) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement
(except the representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection (e)
and
in subsection (f) thereof (other than clause (ii) thereof)) are correct in
all
material respects on and as of such date, before and after giving effect to
such
Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
as
though made on and as of such date, and additionally, if such Revolving Credit
Borrowing shall have been requested by a Designated Subsidiary, the
representations and warranties of such Designated Subsidiary contained in its
Designation Letter are correct in all material respects on and as of the date
of
such Revolving Credit Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such
Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
as
though made on and as of such date; and
(B) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed
Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
that constitutes a Default.
Very
truly yours,
By: __________________________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT
B-2 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
COMPETITIVE
BID BORROWING
Citibank,
N.A., as Agent
for
the Lenders parties
to
the Credit Agreement
referred
to below
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000 [Date]
Attention: _______________
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, ,
refers to the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2007 (as amended
or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined
therein being used herein as therein defined), among Coca-Cola Enterprises
Inc.,
Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling Finance Company, Coca-Cola Bottling
Company, Bottling Holdings (Luxembourg) Commandite S.C.A., certain Lenders
parties thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives
you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement
that the undersigned hereby requests a Competitive Bid Borrowing under the
Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth the terms on which such
Competitive Bid Borrowing (the "Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing") is
requested to be made:
(A)
|
Name
of
Borrower
|
(B)
|
Date
of Proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing
|
(C)
|
Amount
of Proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing
|
(D)
|
[Maturity
Date] [Interest
Period]
|
(E)
|
Interest
Rate
Basis
|
(F)
|
Day
Count
Convention
|
(G)
|
Interest
Payment
Date(s)
|
(H)
|
Currency
|
(I)
|
Borrower's
Account
Location
|
(J)
|
Applicable
Lending
Office
|
(K)
|
Lender's
Home
Office
|
(L)
|
Prepayment
Terms
|
(M)
|
__________________________
|
The
undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the
date
hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing:
(a) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement
(except the representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection (e)
and
in subsection (f) thereof (other than clause (ii) thereof)) are correct in
all
material respects on and as of such date, before and after giving effect to
such
Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
as
though made on and as of such date, and additionally, if such Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall have been requested by a Designated Subsidiary, the
representations and warranties of such Designated Subsidiary contained in its
Designation Letter are correct in all material respects on and as of the date
of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such
Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
as
though made on and as of such date;
(b) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
that constitutes a Default;
(c) the
Company has made all filings required to be made by it under applicable
securities laws; and
(d) the
aggregate amount of the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and all other
Borrowings to be made on the same day under the Credit Agreement is within
the
aggregate amount of the Unused Revolving Credit Commitments of the
Lenders.
The
undersigned hereby confirms that the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing is
to be
made available to it in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Credit
Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
By: ______________________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT
C - FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference
is made to the Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 (as amended
or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES (CANADA) BOTTLING FINANCE COMPANY, a Nova Scotia unlimited company,
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, a Nova Scotia unlimited company ("CCBC"),
BOTTLING HOLDINGS (LUXEMBOURG) COMMANDITE S.C.A., a societe en commandite par
actions, incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Citibank, N.A., as agent for
the Lenders (the "Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
The
"Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule I hereto agree as
follows:
1. The
Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor's
rights and obligations under the __________ Facility under the Credit Agreement
as of the date hereof (other than in respect of Competitive Bid Advances and
Competitive Bid Notes) equal to the percentage interest specified on Schedule
1
hereto of all of the Assignor's outstanding rights and obligations under such
Facility. After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the
Assignee's Commitment(s) and the amount of the Revolving Credit Advances or
Canadian Prime Advances owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The
Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest
is
free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Borrower or the
performance or observance by the Borrowers of any of their obligations under
the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
and (iv) attaches the Revolving Credit Note or Canadian Prime Note held by
the Assignor and requests that the Agent exchange such Revolving Credit Note
or
Canadian Prime Note for a new Revolving Credit Note or Canadian Prime Note,
as
the case may be, payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to
the
applicable Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto or new Revolving
Credit Notes or Canadian Prime Notes payable to the order of the Assignee in
an
amount equal to the applicable Commitment(s) assumed by the Assignee pursuant
hereto and the Assignor in an amount equal to the Commitment(s) retained by
the
Assignor under the Credit Agreement, respectively, as specified on
Schedule 1 hereto.
3. The
Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01(e) thereof and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the 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 Credit Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee;
(iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement
as
are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers
and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms
of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and
(vi) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms or other forms or
certificates required under Section 2.14 of the Credit
Agreement.
4. Following
the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the
Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent. The effective date
for this Assignment and Acceptance (the "Effective Date") shall be the
date of acceptance hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified on
Schedule 1 hereto.
5. Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Effective Date,
(i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and
be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. Upon
such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the Effective Date,
the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Revolving
Credit Notes or Canadian Prime Notes in respect of the interest assigned hereby
(including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and facility
fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee
shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement
and the Revolving Credit Notes or Canadian Prime Notes for periods prior to
the
Effective Date directly between themselves.
7. This
Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
8. This
Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment
and Acceptance.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to
this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date specified thereon.
Schedule
1
toAssignment
and Acceptance
Percentage
interest of Assignor's rights
assigned: _____%
Assignee's
Revolving Credit
Commitment: $__________
Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of
Revolving
Credit Advances
assigned: $__________
Principal
amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to
Assignee: $__________
Principal
amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to
Assignor: $__________
Assignee's
Canadian Prime
Commitment: $__________
Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of
Canadian
Prime Advances
assigned:
$__________
Principal
amount of Canadian Prime Note payable to
Assignee: $__________
Principal
amount of Canadian Prime Note payable to
Assignor: $__________
Assignee's
Revolving Letter of Credit
Commitment: $__________
Assignee's
Canadian Letter of Credit
Commitment: $__________
Effective
Date:1 _______________,
200_
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
|
By
|
Title:
Dated: _______________,
200_
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
|
By
|
Title:
Dated: _______________,
200_
Domestic
Lending Office:
[Address]
Eurocurrency
Lending Office:
[Address]
Accepted
and Approved this
_____
day
of __________, 200_
CITIBANK,
N.A., as Agent
By
Title:
Approved
this _____ day
of
__________, 200_
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES INC.
By
Title:
1
|
This
date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery
of
this Assignment and Acceptance to the
Agent.
|
EXHIBIT
D - FORM OF DESIGNATION LETTER
[DATE]
To
each
of the Lenders
parties
to the Credit Agreement
(as
defined below) and to Citibank N.A.
as
Agent for such Lenders
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 2007 among
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (the "Company"), Coca-Cola Enterprises
(Canada) Bottling Finance Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bottling Holdings
(Luxembourg) Commandite S.C.A., the Lenders named therein, and Citibank N.A.,
as
Agent for said Lenders (the "Credit Agreement"). Terms used
herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Please
be
advised that the Company hereby designates its undersigned Subsidiary,
____________ ("Designated Subsidiary"), as a "Designated Subsidiary"
under and for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
The
Designated Subsidiary, in consideration of each Lender's agreement to extend
credit to it under and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit
Agreement, does hereby assume each of the obligations imposed upon a "Designated
Subsidiary" and a "Borrower" under the Credit Agreement and agrees to be bound
by the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Designated Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants
to
each Lender as follows:
(a) The
Designated Subsidiary is a [corporation] duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of ______________________. The
Designated Subsidiary is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction (other than the
jurisdiction of its incorporation) in which the nature of its activities or
the
character of the properties it owns or leases makes such qualification necessary
and in which the failure so to qualify would have a materially adverse effect
on
the Designated Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Designated Subsidiary of this
Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and its Notes are within the Designated
Subsidiary's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not contravene (i) the Designated Subsidiary's charter
or by-laws or (ii) any law, rule, regulation or contractual restriction in
any
material contract or, to the knowledge of the Chief Financial Officer of the
Designated Subsidiary, any other contract binding on or affecting the Designated
Subsidiary.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Designated Subsidiary of this Designation
Letter, the Credit Agreement or its Notes.
(d) This
Designation Letter is, and the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary when delivered
hereunder will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Designated
Subsidiary enforceable against the Designated Subsidiary in accordance with
their respective terms.
(e) There
is no pending or, to the best of the Designated Subsidiary's knowledge,
threatened action or proceeding involving the Designated Subsidiary or any
of
its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator,
(i) as of the date of this Designation Letter, which is likely to
materially adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the
Designated Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) which
purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Designation
Letter, the Credit Agreement or any Note of the Designated
Subsidiary.
(f) No
proceeds of any Advance will be used to acquire any equity security of a class
which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, other than immaterial quantities of equity securities held in the
investment portfolio of a Person whose stock is acquired with the proceeds
of
such Advance.
(g) The
Designated Subsidiary is not engaged in the business of extending credit for
the
purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation
U), and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin
stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any margin stock.
(h) The
Designated Subsidiary is not an "investment company", or a company "controlled"
by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
of
1940, as amended.
Very
truly yours,
COCA-COLA
ENTERPRISES
INC.
By
_________________________
Name:
Title:
[THE
DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARY]
By__________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
E - FORM OF ACCEPTANCE BY PROCESS AGENT
[Letterhead
of Process Agent]
[Date]
To
each
of the Lenders parties
to
the
Credit Agreement
(as
defined below) and to
Citibank
N.A., as Agent for
said
Lenders
[Name
of Designated Subsidiary]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to (i) that certain Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of August 3,
2007 among Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises (Canada) Bottling
Finance Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bottling Holdings (Luxembourg)
Commandite S.C.A., certain other borrowers parties thereto, the Lenders named
therein, and Citibank N.A., as Agent for the Lenders (such Credit Agreement
as
it may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, being the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used
herein as therein defined), and (ii) to the Designation Letter, dated
_________, pursuant to which __________ (the "Designated Subsidiary") has
become a Borrower.
Pursuant
to Section 9.13 of the Credit Agreement to which the Designated Subsidiary
has
become subject pursuant to its Designation Letter, the Designated Subsidiary
has
appointed _______________ (with an office on the date hereof at _______________,
Attention: __________) as Process Agent to receive on behalf of the
Designated Subsidiary and its property service of copies of the summons and
complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding
in any New York State or Federal court sitting in New York City arising out
of
or relating to the Credit Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby accepts such appointment as Process Agent and agrees with
each of you that (i) the undersigned will maintain an office in
________________ through the Termination Date and will give the Agent prompt
notice of any change of address of the undersigned, (ii) the undersigned
will perform its duties as Process Agent to receive on behalf of the Designated
Subsidiary and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint
and
any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding in any New
York State or Federal court sitting in New York City arising out of or relating
to the Credit Agreement and (iii) the undersigned will forward forthwith to
the Designated Subsidiary at its address at ________________ or, if different,
its then current address, copies of any summons, complaint and other process
which the undersigned receives in connection with its appointment as Process
Agent.
This
acceptance and agreement shall be binding upon the undersigned and all
successors of the undersigned.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME
OF PROCESS AGENT]
By_______________________
EXHIBIT
F - FORM OF
OPINION
OF COUNSEL
FOR
THE
BORROWER
[As
separately distributed]
EXHIBIT
G-1- FORM OF
OPINION
OF COUNSEL
FOR
CANADIAN BORROWERS
[As
separately distributed]
EXHIBIT
G-2- FORM OF
OPINION
OF COUNSEL
FOR
BHL
[As
separately distributed]
EXHIBIT
H – FORM OF
OPINION
OF COUNSEL
TO
A
DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY
[Effective
Date of Designation
Letter]
1. The
Designated Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the __________.
2. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Designated Subsidiary of the
Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and its Notes are within the Designated
Subsidiary's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the organizational documents of
the
Designated Subsidiary or (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the
Designated Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (iii) any contractual or legal
restriction contained in any indentures, loan or credit agreements, leases,
mortgages, security agreements, bonds, notes and other agreements or
instruments, or orders, writs, judgments, awards, injunctions and decrees,
which
materially adversely affect or purport to materially adversely affect the
Designated Subsidiary's right to borrow money or the Designated Subsidiary's
obligations under the Credit Agreement, its Designation Letter or its
Notes. The Designation Letter and each Note of the Designated
Subsidiary delivered on the date hereof have been duly executed and delivered
on
behalf of the Designated Subsidiary.
3. No
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Designated Subsidiary of the Designation Letter,
the Credit Agreement or the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary.
4. Each
of the Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and the Notes of the Designated
Subsidiary are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Designated
Subsidiary enforceable against the Designated Subsidiary in accordance with
their respective terms.