Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
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FIVE-YEAR
COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 23, 2001
among
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agents,
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Paying Agent,
and
XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION and CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agents
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JPMORGAN and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms........................................................1
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments.........................................................13
SECTION 2.02. Loans...............................................................13
SECTION 2.03. Competitive Bid Procedure...........................................14
SECTION 2.04. Standby Borrowing Procedure.........................................17
SECTION 2.05. Conversion and Continuation of Standby Loans........................17
SECTION 2.06. Fees................................................................18
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt................................19
SECTION 2.08. Interest on Loans...................................................19
SECTION 2.09. Default Interest....................................................20
SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest..........................................20
SECTION 2.11. Termination and Reduction of Commitments............................21
SECTION 2.12. Prepayment..........................................................21
SECTION 2.13. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.......................22
SECTION 2.14. Change in Legality..................................................23
SECTION 2.15. Indemnity...........................................................24
SECTION 2.16. Pro Rata Treatment..................................................24
SECTION 2.17. Sharing of Setoffs..................................................25
SECTION 2.18. Payments............................................................25
SECTION 2.19. Taxes...............................................................26
SECTION 2.20. Mandatory Assignment; Commitment Termination........................28
SECTION 2.21. Change of Control...................................................28
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers................................................29
SECTION 3.02. Authorization.......................................................29
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability......................................................30
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals..............................................30
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements................................................30
SECTION 3.06. Litigation; Compliance with Laws....................................30
SECTION 3.07. Federal Reserve Regulations.........................................31
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SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act..........31
SECTION 3.09. Use of Proceeds.....................................................31
SECTION 3.10. No Material Misstatements...........................................31
SECTION 3.11. Tax Returns.........................................................31
SECTION 3.12. ERISA...............................................................32
SECTION 3.13. Environmental Matters...............................................32
SECTION 3.14. Contribution........................................................32
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
SECTION 4.01. All Borrowings. On the date of each Borrowing:......................32
SECTION 4.02. Closing Date. On the Closing Date:..................................33
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Existence; Conduct of Business......................................34
SECTION 5.02. Financial Statements, Reports, etc..................................34
SECTION 5.03. Records; Inspection Rights..........................................35
SECTION 5.04. Use of Proceeds.....................................................35
SECTION 5.05. Notices of Material Events..........................................35
SECTION 5.06. Payment of Obligations..............................................35
SECTION 5.07. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance................................35
SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Laws................................................36
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Liens.................................................36
SECTION 6.02. Limitations on Indebtedness.........................................37
SECTION 6.03. Interest Coverage Test..............................................37
SECTION 6.04. Payment of Dividends................................................37
SECTION 6.05. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.........................37
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices.............................................................42
SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement...............................................43
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect......................................................43
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns..............................................43
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity.................................................46
SECTION 9.06. Applicable Lawc.....................................................47
SECTION 9.07. Waivers; Amendment..................................................47
SECTION 9.08. Entire Agreement....................................................47
SECTION 9.09. Severability........................................................47
SECTION 9.10. Counterparts........................................................48
SECTION 9.11. Headings............................................................48
SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc...................................................48
SECTION 9.13. Waiver of Jury Trial................................................48
Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A-1 Form of Competitive Bid Request
Exhibit A-2 Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Request
Exhibit A-3 Form of Competitive Bid
Exhibit A-4 Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter
Exhibit A-5 Form of Standby Borrowing Request
Exhibit B Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit C Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit D Form of Opinion of Counsel for Borrower
Exhibit E Form of Note
Schedule 2.01 Commitments
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FIVE-YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT
FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of March 23, 2001, among AT&T
WIRELESS SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"); the Lenders from time to time party hereto;
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK ("Chase") and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., as administrative agents for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agents"); CHASE, as paying
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Paying
Agent"); and XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION and
CITIBANK, N.A., as syndication agents.
The Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit to the
Borrower to enable it to borrow on a standby revolving credit basis at any time
and from time to time on and after the date hereof and prior to the Termination
Date (as herein defined) a principal amount not in excess of $1,250,000,000 at
any time outstanding. The Borrower has also requested the Lenders to establish
procedures pursuant to which the Borrower may invite the Lenders to bid on an
uncommitted basis on short-term borrowings by the Borrower maturing on or prior
to the Termination Date. The proceeds of borrowings hereunder are to be used for
working capital and other general corporate purposes, including capital and
other expenditures in connection with the build-out and operation of the
Borrower's wireless system and the provision of liquidity in connection with any
commercial paper program of the Borrower. The Lenders are willing to extend such
credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set
forth.
Accordingly, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agents agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
"ABR Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
"ABR Loan" shall mean any Standby Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article II.
"Administrative Agents" shall have the meaning specified in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
"Administrative Fees" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.06(c).
"Administrative Questionnaire" shall mean an Administrative
Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
"Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to a specified
person, another person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by
or is under common control with the person specified.
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"Agents" shall mean the Administrative Agents and the Paying
Agent.
"Alternate Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in effect on such day plus 2 of 1%. If for any reason the Paying Agent
shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any
reason, including the inability of the Paying Agent to obtain sufficient
quotations in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall
be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this
definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate
or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of
such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Applicable Rate" shall mean, for any day, with respect to any
Eurodollar Standby Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder,
as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the
caption "Applicable Margin" or "Facility Fee Rate", as the case may be, based
upon the ratings of Xxxxx'x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to
the Index Debt:
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INDEX DEBT RATINGS
(S&P/XXXXX'X) APPLICABLE MARGIN FACILITY FEE RATE
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Category 1 0.325 0.100
A-/A3 or higher
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Category 2 0.375 0.125
BBB+/Baa1
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Category 3 0.475 0.150
BBB/Baa2
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Category 4 0.675 0.200
BBB-/Baa3
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Category 5 0.950 0.300
lower than BBB-/Baa3
or unrated
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if either S&P or Xxxxx'x shall
not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the
circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such
rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 5; (b) if
the ratings established or deemed to have been established by S&P and Xxxxx'x
for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate
shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless (i) one of the two
ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the
Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next above that
of the lower of the two ratings or (ii) the Borrower's Short-Term Debt is rated
less than A2 or P2 or is unrated by either rating agency, in which case the
lower rating will apply, and (c) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by S&P or
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Xxxxx'x for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a
change in the rating system of S&P or Xxxxx'x), such change shall be effective
as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.
Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on
the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of S&P or
Xxxxx'x shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the
business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders
shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed
rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and,
pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be
determined by reference to the rating of such rating agency most recently in
effect prior to such change or cessation.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an assignment and
acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee with the consent of the
Borrower, and accepted by the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 9.04(e),
in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"AT&T" shall mean AT&T Corp., a Delaware corporation.
"AT&T Wireless Group" shall refer to such entity described in the
Form S-4.
"AT&T Wireless Tracking Stock" shall refer to such stock
described in the Form S-4.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States.
"Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Borrower or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Borrowing" shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type made by
the Lenders (or, in the case of a Competitive Borrowing, by the Lender or
Lenders whose Competitive Bids have been accepted pursuant to Section 2.03) on a
single date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Business Day" shall mean any day (other than a day which is a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York) on which banks are
open for business in New York City; provided, however, that, when used in
connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude
any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the
London interbank market.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Change of Control" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.21.
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"Closing Date" shall mean the date hereof.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same
may be amended from time to time.
"Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the
Commitment of such Lender as set forth in Schedule 2.01 hereto, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
"Competitive Bid" shall mean an offer by a Lender to make a
Competitive Loan pursuant to Section 2.03.
"Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter" shall mean a notification
made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(d) in the form of Exhibit A-4.
"Competitive Bid Rate" shall mean, as to any Competitive Bid made
by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(b), (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan,
the Margin, and (ii) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of
interest offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Bid Request" shall mean a request made pursuant to
Section 2.03 in the form of Exhibit A-1.
"Competitive Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing consisting of a
Competitive Loan or concurrent Competitive Loans from the Lender or Lenders
whose Competitive Bids for such Borrowing have been accepted by the Borrower
under the bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.
"Competitive Loan" shall mean a Loan from a Lender to the
Borrower pursuant to the bidding procedure described in Section 2.03. Each
Competitive Loan shall be a Eurodollar Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan.
"Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of accounts of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for any period, the
total interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Assets" shall mean, on any date, the total
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries less the total liabilities of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
"Contribution" shall mean the contribution by AT&T and its
Affiliates of virtually all the assets and liabilities of AT&T that are
allocated to AT&T Wireless Group to the Borrower.
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"Default" shall mean any event or condition which upon notice,
lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
"Derivatives Obligations" of any Person shall mean all
obligations of such Person in respect of any rate swap transaction, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, currency
option, futures or any other similar transaction (including any option with
respect to any of the foregoing transactions) or any combination of the
foregoing transactions.
"DoCoMo" shall mean NTT DoCoMo Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of Japan, and its successors and assigns.
"DoCoMo Investment" shall mean the acquisition by DoCoMo of AT&T
Wireless Group Preferred Tracking Stock and Warrants for an aggregate purchase
price of $9,811,079,720 completed on January 22, 2001.
"DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation" shall mean any obligation of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay any amounts in respect of the repurchase of
(a) any Equity Interests that shall have been purchased by DoCoMo as part of the
DoCoMo Investment or (b) any Equity Interests or other securities received by
DoCoMo in exchange for or upon the conversion of the Equity Interests referred
to in the preceding clause (a) or in this clause (b); provided, that for
purposes of Article VII, a DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to exist
only at such time as the Borrower shall be actually, and not merely
contingently, obligated to pay such amounts and, if AT&T or the Borrower has
exercised its right to cause DoCoMo to sell all or part of such Equity Interests
pursuant to the Investor Agreement dated as of December 20, 2000, shall be
calculated net of any proceeds that have been received by DoCoMo from, and only
after giving effect to, any such sale.
"dollars" or "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all current and future federal,
state, local and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations,
rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices, directives
and orders (including consent orders), in each case, relating to protection of
the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence,
Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling of
handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous
Materials. For purposes of this definition, "Release" shall mean release, spill,
emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge,
dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or
upon any building, structure, facility or fixture; and "Hazardous Materials"
shall mean all explosive or radioactive substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including (i) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons,
coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting
substances, and radio-frequency and electromagnetic field radiation or emissions
and (ii) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited
or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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"Equity Interests" shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person,
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from
such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from
such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or
profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership,
member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or
not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or
otherwise existing on any date of determination.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of
Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" shall mean (a) any "reportable event", as defined
in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a
Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d)
of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with
respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f)
the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
"Eurodollar Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurodollar Loans.
"Eurodollar Competitive Loan" shall mean any Competitive Loan
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate in
accordance with the provisions of Article II.
"Eurodollar Loan" shall mean any Eurodollar Competitive Loan or
Eurodollar Standby Loan.
"Eurodollar Standby Loan" shall mean any Standby Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate in accordance with
the provisions of Article II.
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"Event of Default" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Article VII.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Facility Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(a).
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
released on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or, if such rate is not so released for any day which is a Business Day,
the arithmetic average (rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%), as
determined by the Paying Agent, of the quotations for the day of such
transactions received by the Paying Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
"Fee Letter" shall mean the Fee Letter dated February 8, 2001,
among the Borrower, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Administrative Agents.
"Fees" shall mean the Facility Fee, the Utilization Fee and the
Administrative Fees.
"Financial Officer" of any corporation shall mean the chief
financial officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer of such corporation.
"Fixed Rate Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Fixed
Rate Loans.
"Fixed Rate Loan" shall mean any Competitive Loan bearing
interest at a fixed percentage rate per annum (expressed in the form of a
decimal to no more than four decimal places) specified by the Lender making such
Loan in its Competitive Bid.
"Form S-4" shall mean Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of AT&T filed with the SEC on February 23, 2001.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles,
applied on a consistent basis.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any Federal, state, local or
foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
body.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the
"primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including
any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to
purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment
thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect
of
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any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness;
provided, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
"Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness for
money borrowed that is created, assumed or incurred in any manner by such
Person, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of
the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person and (e) all Guarantees of such Person; provided that,
solely for purposes of Section 6.02, Indebtedness shall be calculated net of (i)
cash and cash equivalents held by the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
on the date of determination and (ii) prior to the Spin-Off, but without
duplication, the cash proceeds of the DoCoMo Investment and the Borrower's
senior unsecured notes to the extent they have been advanced in the form of a
loan to AT&T or a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T.
"Index Debt" shall mean senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness
for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or
subject to any other credit enhancement.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration or a
Fixed Rate Loan with an Interest Period of more than 90 days' duration, each day
that would have been an Interest Payment Date for such Loan had successive
Interest Periods of three months' duration or 90 days' duration, as the case may
be, been applicable to such Loan and, in addition, the date of any conversion of
such Loan to a Loan of a different Type.
"Interest Period" shall mean (a) as to any Eurodollar Borrowing,
the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as the case
may be, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1,
2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, (b) as to any ABR
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last
day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing,
as the case may be, and ending on the earliest of (i) the next succeeding March
31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, (ii) the Termination Date, and (iii)
the date such Borrowing is converted to a Borrowing of a different Type in
accordance with Section 2.05 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section
2.07 or Section 2.12 and (c) as to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the
Competitive Bids in which the offer to make the Fixed Rate Loans comprising such
Borrowing were extended, which shall not be earlier than seven days after the
date of such Borrowing or later than 360 days after the date of such Borrowing;
provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless, in the case of Eurodollar Loans only, such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from
and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day
of such Interest Period.
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"Japan Telecom" shall mean Japan Telecom Co., Ltd., a corporation
organized under the laws of Japan.
"Joint Lead Arrangers" shall mean JPMorgan, a division of Chase
Securities Inc., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and
bookrunners for the credit facility established hereby.
"Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
"LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period, a
rate of interest determined on the basis of at least two offered rates for
deposits in United States dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period
commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period. If at least two such
offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the rate with respect to
each Interest Period will be the arithmetic average (rounded upwards to the next
1/16th of 1%) of such offered rates. If fewer than two offered rates appear,
"LIBO Rate" in respect of any Interest Period will be determined on the basis of
the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Paying
Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two Business
Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period to prime banks in the
London interbank market for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on
the first day of such Interest Period.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien,
charge or other encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential
treatment that has substantially the same practical effect as a security
interest. For purposes hereof, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to
own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
"Loan" shall mean a Competitive Loan or a Standby Loan, whether
made as a Eurodollar Loan, an ABR Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan, as permitted
hereby.
"Loan Documents" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement and the
Notes, if any.
"Margin" shall mean, as to any Eurodollar Competitive Loan, the
margin (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no
more than four decimal places) to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate
in order to determine the interest rate applicable to such Loan, as specified in
the Competitive Bid relating to such Loan.
"Margin Regulations" shall mean Regulations T, U and X of the
Board as from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and
interpretations thereunder or thereof.
"Margin Stock" shall have the meaning given such term under
Regulation U of the Board.
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"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a materially adverse effect
on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Material Financial Obligations" shall mean Indebtedness (except
Indebtedness outstanding hereunder) and/or payment or collateralization
obligations in respect of Derivatives Obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries exceeding in the aggregate $150,000,000.
"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (except Indebtedness
outstanding hereunder) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $150,000,000.
"Moody's" shall mean Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor rating agency.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Note" shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower, issued
pursuant to Section 9.04(i) and payable to the order of any Lender, in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto, evidencing the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by
such Lender.
"Operational EBITDA" shall mean, for any period, consolidated
operating income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as reported in
the annual audited and quarterly unaudited financial statements of the Borrower
included in the SEC filings described in Section 5.02(a) and (b) increased, to
the extent such items were deducted in determining such operating income (loss),
by the sum of (a) depreciation and amortization, (b) asset impairment charges,
(c) restructuring and other charges and (d) non-cash compensation on the
Borrower's stock options; provided that Operational EBITDA shall be calculated
without regard to discontinued operations. If the Borrower acquires (whether by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) all or substantially all of the
assets or property of any other Person, or engages in any asset sale permitted
by Section 6.05, during any period in respect of which Operational EBITDA is to
be determined hereunder, such Operational EBITDA will be determined on a pro
forma basis as if such acquisition or such asset sale, and any related
incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, occurred on the first day of the
relevant period if the Operational EBITDA attributable to such acquisition or
assets sold represents more than 10% of the Borrower's Operational EBITDA
calculated immediately prior to giving effect to such acquisition or such asset
sale.
"Optional Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.21.
"Paying Agent" shall have the meaning specified in the recital of
parties to this Agreement.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar
functions.
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"Person" or "person" shall mean any natural person, corporation,
business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership or government,
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section
4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Paying Agent as its prime rate in effect at
its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective on the date such change is publicly announced as effective.
"Receivables Securitization Transaction" shall mean the transfer
or pledge of accounts receivable and related property, or of interests therein,
(a) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other entity, which transfer or
pledge is funded by such entity in whole or in part with the proceeds of
indebtedness or securities that are paid principally from the cash flow derived
from such accounts receivable or (b) directly to an investor or other purchaser
or financing party.
"Register" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
9.04(d).
"Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time
to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"Related Transactions" shall mean (i) the Contribution, (ii) the
Spin-Off and (iii) the repayment of certain intercompany indebtedness and
redemption of certain intercompany preferred stock as contemplated by the Form
S-4.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders having
Commitments representing more than 50% of the Total Commitment or, if the
Commitments shall have been terminated, or for purposes of acceleration pursuant
to clause (ii) of Article VII, Lenders holding Loans representing more than 50%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding.
"Responsible Officer" of any corporation shall mean any executive
officer or Financial Officer of such corporation and any other officer or
similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations
of such corporation in respect of the Loan Documents.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or any successor rating agency.
"SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Short-Term Debt" shall mean senior, unsecured short-term
Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any
other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
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"Significant Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that would
meet the definition of a "significant subsidiary" set forth as of the date
hereof in Regulation S-X of the SEC.
"Spin-Off" shall mean the distribution by AT&T to its existing
shareholders, and the redemption of AT&T Wireless Tracking Stock in exchange
for, some of or all the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Borrower as
contemplated by the Form S-4.
"Standby Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Standby Loans from each of the Lenders.
"Standby Borrowing Request" shall mean a request made pursuant to
Section 2.04 in the form of Exhibit A-5.
"Standby Loans" shall mean the revolving loans made by the
Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04. Each Standby Loan shall be a
Eurodollar Standby Loan or an ABR Loan.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, at any time, any Person, a majority of
the Voting Equity Interests of which are at such time controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Borrower or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower and
will in any event include all subsidiaries whose accounts and/or financial
statements are consolidated in accordance with GAAP with those of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary for purposes of the consolidated financial statements
furnished pursuant to Section 5.02. For purposes hereof, "Voting Equity
Interests" are Equity Interests entitled to vote in the election of directors
(or comparable management positions).
"Taxes" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.19(a).
"Termination Date" shall mean the fifth anniversary of the date
of this Agreement.
"364-Day Credit Agreement" shall mean the Borrower's 364-Day
Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, as amended from time to time.
"Total Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount
of Commitments of all the Lenders, as in effect at such time.
"Type", when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall
refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans
comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, "Rate" shall
include the LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Fixed Rate.
"Utilization Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(b).
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as
a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply
equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun
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shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
"include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase "without limitation". All references herein to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise
require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an
accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Paying
Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article VI to eliminate
the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the
Paying Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend
Article VI for such purpose), then the Borrower's compliance with such covenant
shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the
relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn
or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Required Lenders.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each
Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make Standby Loans to the Borrower,
at any time and from time to time on and after the date hereof and until the
earlier of the Termination Date and the termination of the Commitment of such
Lender, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed
such Lender's Commitment minus the amount by which the Competitive Loans
outstanding at such time shall be deemed to have used such Commitment pursuant
to Section 2.16, subject, however, to the conditions that (i) at no time shall
(A) the sum of (x) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Standby
Loans made by all Lenders plus (y) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of
all Competitive Loans made by all Lenders exceed (B) the Total Commitment, and
(ii) at all times the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Standby
Loans made by each Lender shall equal the product of (A) the percentage which
its Commitment represents of the Total Commitment times (B) the outstanding
aggregate principal amount of all Standby Loans made pursuant to Section 2.04.
Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow
Standby Loans hereunder, on and after the Closing Date and prior to the
Termination Date, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth
herein.
SECTION 2.02. Loans.
(a) Each Standby Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to
make any Standby Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its
obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to
be made by such other Lender). Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 2.03. The Standby Loans or Competitive
Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be (i) in the case of Competitive Loans, in
an aggregate principal amount which is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and
not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) in the case of Standby Loans, in an
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aggregate principal amount which is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not
less than $10,000,000 (or an aggregate principal amount equal to the remaining
balance of the available Commitments).
(b) Each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
Eurodollar Competitive Loans or Fixed Rate Loans, and each Standby Borrowing
shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Standby Loans or ABR Loans, as the
Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable. Each
Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or
foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more
than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing which, if made, would
result in an aggregate of more than 20 separate Standby Borrowings comprised of
Eurodollar Standby Loans being outstanding hereunder at any one time. For
purposes of the foregoing, Loans having different Interest Periods, regardless
of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Loans.
(c) Subject to Section 2.05, each Lender shall make each Loan to
be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Paying Agent in New York, New York, not later
than 12:00 noon, New York City time, and the Paying Agent shall by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, credit the amounts so received to the general deposit
account of the Borrower with the Paying Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur
on such date because any condition precedent herein specified shall not have
been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders. Competitive
Loans shall be made by the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids therefor are
accepted pursuant to Section 2.03 in the amounts so accepted. Standby Loans
shall be made by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with Section 2.16. Unless
the Paying Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date (or
in the case of ABR Borrowings, prior to 12:00 noon New York City time on the
date of such Borrowing) of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Paying Agent such Lender's portion of such Borrowing, the
Paying Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the
Paying Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with this paragraph (c)
and the Paying Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such
Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Paying Agent, such
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Paying Agent forthwith
on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Paying Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and
(ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such
Lender shall repay to the Paying Agent such corresponding amount, such amount
shall constitute such Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of
this Agreement.
SECTION 2.03. Competitive Bid Procedure.
(a) In order to request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall hand
deliver, telex or telecopy to the Paying Agent a duly completed Competitive Bid
Request in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, to be received by the Paying Agent
(i) in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:00
a.m., New York City time, four Business Days
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before a proposed Competitive Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Fixed Rate
Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day
before a proposed Competitive Borrowing. No ABR Loan shall be requested in, or
made pursuant to, a Competitive Bid Request. A Competitive Bid Request that does
not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit A-1 may be rejected in the
Paying Agent's sole discretion, and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrower of such rejection by telex or telecopy. Each Competitive Bid Request
shall refer to this Agreement and specify (x) whether the Borrowing then being
requested is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing, (y) the
date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and the aggregate
principal amount thereof which shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and (z) the Interest
Period with respect thereto (which may not end after the Termination Date).
Promptly after its receipt of a Competitive Bid Request that is not rejected as
aforesaid, the Paying Agent shall invite by telex or telecopy (in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto) the Lenders to bid, on the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, to make Competitive Loans pursuant to the Competitive Bid
Request.
(b) Each Lender invited to bid may, in its sole discretion, make
one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower responsive to the Borrower's
Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be received by
the Paying Agent via telex or telecopy, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, (i)
in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New
York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing and
(ii) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York
City time, on the day of a proposed Competitive Borrowing. Multiple bids will be
accepted by the Paying Agent. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially
to the format of Exhibit A-3 may be rejected by the Paying Agent after
conferring with, and upon the instruction of, the Borrower, and the Paying Agent
shall notify the Lender making such nonconforming bid of such rejection as soon
as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall refer to this Agreement and specify
(x) the principal amount (which shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the
entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the Borrower)
of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make to the
Borrower, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared
to make the Competitive Loan or Loans and (z) the Interest Period and the last
day thereof. If any Lender invited to bid shall elect not to make a Competitive
Bid, such Lender shall so notify the Paying Agent via telex or telecopy (I) in
the case of Eurodollar Competitive Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York
City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (II)
in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time,
on the day of a proposed Competitive Borrowing; provided, however, that failure
by any Lender to give such notice shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to
make any Competitive Loan as part of such Competitive Borrowing. A Competitive
Bid submitted by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be irrevocable.
(c) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, by telex
or telecopy, of all the Competitive Bids made, the Competitive Bid Rate and the
principal amount of each Competitive Loan in respect of which a Competitive Bid
was made and the identity of the Lender that made each bid. The Paying Agent
shall send a copy of all Competitive Bids to the Borrower for its records as
soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process set forth in this
Section 2.03.
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(d) The Borrower may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject
only to the provisions of this paragraph (d), accept or reject any Competitive
Bid referred to in paragraph (c) above. The Borrower shall notify the Paying
Agent by telephone, confirmed by telex or telecopy in the form of a Competitive
Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or
reject any of or all the bids referred to in paragraph (c) above, (x) in the
case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York
City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (y)
in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City
time, on the day of a proposed Competitive Borrowing; provided, however, that
(i) the failure by the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a
rejection of all the bids referred to in paragraph (c) above, (ii) the Borrower
shall not accept a bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if it has
decided to reject a bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the
aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not
exceed the principal amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request, (iv) if
the Borrower shall accept a bid or bids made at a particular Competitive Bid
Rate but the amount of such bid or bids shall cause the total amount of bids to
be accepted by the Borrower to exceed the amount specified in the Competitive
Bid Request, then the Borrower shall accept a portion of such bid or bids in an
amount equal to the amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request less the
amount of all other Competitive Bids accepted with respect to such Competitive
Bid Request, which acceptance, in the case of multiple bids at such Competitive
Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such bid
at such Competitive Bid Rate, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no
bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in
a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000;
provided further, however, that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less
than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive
Loan may be for a minimum of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in
calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple bids
at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) the amounts shall
be rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner which shall be in the
discretion of the Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph (d) shall be irrevocable.
(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender
whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if so, in what amount
and at what Competitive Bid Rate) by telex or telecopy sent by the Paying Agent,
and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the other
applicable conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which
its bid has been accepted.
(f) A Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five
Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request. No
Competitive Borrowing shall be requested or made hereunder if after giving
effect thereto any of the conditions set forth in Section 2.01 would not be met.
(g) If the Paying Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid
in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such bid directly to the Borrower
one quarter of an hour earlier than the latest time at which the other Lenders
are required to submit their bids to the Paying Agent pursuant to paragraph (b)
above.
(h) All notices required by this Section 2.03 shall be given in
accordance with Section 9.01.
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SECTION 2.04. Standby Borrowing Procedure. In order to request a
Standby Borrowing, the Borrower shall hand deliver, telex or telecopy to the
Paying Agent a duly completed Standby Borrowing Request in the form of Exhibit
A-5 (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing, not later than 10:30
a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Borrowing and
(b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City
time, on the day of a proposed Borrowing. No Fixed Rate Loan shall be requested
or made pursuant to a Standby Borrowing Request. Such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall in each case specify (i) whether the Borrowing then being
requested is to be a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing; (ii) the
date of such Standby Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount
thereof; and (iii) if such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing,
the Interest Period with respect thereto, which shall not end after the
Termination Date. If no election as to the Type of Standby Borrowing is
specified in any such notice, then the requested Standby Borrowing shall be an
ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Standby
Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to
have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower shall not be
entitled to request any Standby Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect to such Standby Borrowing would end after the Termination Date. The
Paying Agent shall promptly advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to
this Section 2.04 and of each Lender's portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.05. Conversion and Continuation of Standby Loans. The
Borrower shall have the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the
Paying Agent (i) not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of
the conversion, to convert all or any part of any Eurodollar Standby Borrowing
into an ABR Borrowing, (ii) not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Borrowing
into a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing or to continue any Eurodollar Standby
Borrowing as a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing for an additional Interest Period
and (iii) not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period, with respect to any
Eurodollar Standby Borrowing to another permissible Interest Period, subject in
each case to the following:
(a) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any
Standby Borrowing shall be converted or continued, the aggregate
principal amount of the Standby Borrowing converted or continued shall
be an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000;
(b) accrued interest on a Standby Borrowing (or portion thereof)
being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;
(c) if any Eurodollar Standby Borrowing is converted at a time
other than the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the
Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant
to Section 2.15;
(d) any portion of a Standby Borrowing maturing or required to be
repaid in less than one month may not be converted into or continued as
a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing;
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(e) any portion of a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing which cannot be
continued as a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing by reason of clause (d)
above shall be automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period
in effect for such Eurodollar Standby Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing;
and
(f) no Interest Period may be selected for any Eurodollar Standby
Borrowing that would end later than the Termination Date.
Each notice of the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall
be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity
and amount of the Standby Borrowing that the Borrower requests to be converted
or continued, (ii) whether such Standby Borrowing is to be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing, or an ABR Borrowing, (iii) if such
notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which shall be a
Business Day) and (iv) if such Standby Borrowing is to be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to
any conversion to or continuation as a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's
duration. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this
Section 2.05 to convert or continue any Standby Borrowing, such Standby
Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless
repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be converted or continued
into a new Interest Period as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.06. Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Paying
Agent, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (with the first
payment being due on March 31, 2001), on each date on which the Commitment of
such Lender shall be terminated or reduced as provided herein and on the
Termination Date, a facility fee (a "Facility Fee") on the average daily amount
of the Commitment of such Lender, whether used or unused, and after the
termination of the Commitment of such Lender, on the average daily amount of the
Loans of the Lender, during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing on
the date of this Agreement, or ending with the Termination Date or any date on
which the Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated or reduced) at a rate
per annum equal to the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time. All Facility
Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a
year of 360 days. The Facility Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue
on the date of this Agreement and shall cease to accrue on the date on which
such Lender shall have no outstanding Loans or Commitment.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Paying
Agent, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, on each date on
which the Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated or reduced as provided
herein and on the Termination Date, for each day on which the sum of the Loans
and the loans outstanding under the 364-Day Credit Agreement is greater than 50%
of the sum of the Total Commitment and the commitments outstanding under the
364-Day Credit Agreement, and for each day on which any Loan is outstanding
after the termination of the Commitments, a utilization fee (a "Utilization
Fee") equal to a pro rata portion (based on the ratio of such Lender's
Commitment to the Total Commitment or, following the termination of the
Commitments, on the ratio of such Lender's Loans to the aggregate principal
amount of all the outstanding Loans) of 0.125% per annum on
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the principal amount of the outstanding Loans, including Competitive Loans,
whether or not made by such Lender, for each day during the preceding quarter
(or other period commencing on the date hereof or ending with the Termination
Date or any later date on which all the Loans of such Lender shall have been
repaid).
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agents, for
their own accounts, and the Paying Agent, for its own account, the agency and
other fees referred to in the Fee Letter or separately agreed to with the Paying
Agent (the "Administrative Fees") at the times and in the amounts agreed upon.
(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Paying Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate,
among the Lenders. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any
circumstances.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees that the outstanding principal
balance of each Standby Loan shall be payable on the Termination Date, and that
the outstanding principal balance of each Competitive Loan shall be payable on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal balance thereof as set forth in Section
2.08.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to
the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by
such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid such lending office of such Lender from
time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Paying Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
Section 9.04(d), and a sub-account for each Lender, in which Register and
accounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made
hereunder, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to
become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Paying Agent hereunder from the Borrower and
each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and accounts maintained
pursuant to paragraph (b) and (c) of this Section 2.07 shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however,
that the failure of any Lender or the Paying Agent to maintain such account,
such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein shall not
in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made to
the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 2.08. Interest on Loans.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, the Loans
comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per
annum equal to (i) in the case of each Eurodollar
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Standby Loan, the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Margin from time to time in effect and (ii) in the case of
each Eurodollar Competitive Loan, the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Margin offered by the Lender making such Loan
and accepted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, the Loans
comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, for periods during which the Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference
to the Prime Rate and 360 days for periods during which the Alternate Base Rate
is determined by reference to the Federal Funds Effective Rate) at a rate per
annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, each Fixed Rate
Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the fixed rate
of interest offered by the Lender making such Loan and accepted by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.03.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable on each Interest
Payment Date applicable to such Loan except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement. The applicable LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate for each Interest
Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined
in good faith by the Paying Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.09. Default Interest. If the Borrower shall default in
the payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount
becoming due hereunder, whether by scheduled maturity, notice of prepayment,
acceleration or otherwise, the Borrower shall on demand from time to time from
the Paying Agent pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted
amount up to (but not including) the date of actual payment (after as well as
before judgment) at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus
2%.
SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest. In the event, and on
each occasion, that on the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of
any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing the Paying Agent shall have
determined in good faith (i) that dollar deposits in the principal amounts of
the Eurodollar Loans comprising such Borrowing are not generally available in
the London interbank market or (ii) that reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBO Rate, the Paying Agent shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, give telex or telecopy notice of such determination to the Borrower
and the Lenders. In the event of any such determination under clauses (i) or
(ii) above, until the Paying Agent shall have advised the Borrower and the
Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (x)
any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.03 shall be of no force and effect and shall be denied by the Paying
Agent and (y) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.04 shall be deemed to be a request for an ABR Borrowing.
In the event a Lender notifies the Paying Agent that the rates at which dollar
deposits are being offered will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lender of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loan during such Interest
Period, the Paying Agent shall notify the Borrower of such notice and until the
Lender shall have advised the Paying Agent that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice no longer exist, any
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request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing shall be deemed a
request for an ABR Borrowing for the same Interest Period with respect to such
Lender. Each determination by the Paying Agent hereunder shall be in good faith
and conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall be
automatically terminated on the Termination Date.
(b) Upon at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable telex or
telecopy notice to the Paying Agent, the Borrower may at any time in whole
permanently terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the
Total Commitment; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction of the
Total Commitment shall be in an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and in a minimum
principal amount of $10,000,000 and (ii) no such termination or reduction shall
be made which would reduce the Total Commitment to an amount less than the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Competitive Loans.
(c) Each reduction in the Total Commitment hereunder shall be
made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
The Borrower shall pay to the Paying Agent for the account of the Lenders, on
the date of each termination or reduction of the Commitment, the Facility Fees
on the amount of the Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued through the
date of such termination or reduction.
SECTION 2.12. Prepayment.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to prepay any Standby Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon giving telex
or telecopy notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed by telex or telecopy
notice) to the Paying Agent: (i) before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days prior to prepayment, in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (ii)
before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior to prepayment, in
the case of ABR Loans; provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be
in an amount which is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than
$10,000,000. The Borrower shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive
Borrowing.
(b) On the date of any termination or reduction of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11, the Borrower shall pay or prepay so much
of the Standby Borrowings as shall be necessary in order that the aggregate
principal amount of the Competitive Loans and Standby Loans outstanding will not
exceed the Total Commitment, after giving effect to such termination or
reduction.
(c) Each notice of prepayment from the Borrower shall specify the
prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof)
to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such
Borrowing (or portion thereof) by the amount stated therein on the date stated
therein. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section
2.15 but otherwise without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this
Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount
being prepaid to the date of payment.
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SECTION 2.13. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if after the date
of this Agreement any change in applicable law or regulation or in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof (whether or not having the
force of law) shall result in the imposition, modification or applicability of
any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets or deposits
with or for the account of or credit extended by any Lender, or shall result in
the imposition on such Lender or the London interbank market of any other
condition affecting this Agreement, such Lender's Commitment or any Eurodollar
Loan or Fixed Rate Loan made by such Lender, and the result of any of the
foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining
any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest
or otherwise) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then the
Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be entitled to request
compensation under this paragraph with respect to any Competitive Loan if the
change giving rise to such request was applicable to such Lender at the time of
submission of the Competitive Bid pursuant to which such Competitive Loan shall
have been made.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the applicability of
any law, rule, regulation or guideline adopted after the date hereof pursuant to
or arising out of the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking
Regulations and Supervisory Practices entitled "International Convergence of
Capital Measurement and Capital Standards", or the adoption after the date
hereof of any other law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital
adequacy, or any change in any of the foregoing or in the interpretation or
administration of any of the foregoing by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any lending office of such Lender) or
any Lender's holding company 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 or on the capital of such Lender's holding
company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, such Lender's Commitment or
the Loans made by such Lender pursuant hereto to a level below that which such
Lender or such Lender's holding company could have achieved but for such
adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's policies
and the policies of such Lender's holding company with respect to capital
adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender or such Lender's holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of the Lender setting forth such amount or
amounts (including computation of such amount or amounts) as shall be necessary
to compensate the Lender or its holding company as specified in paragraph (a) or
(b) above, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Borrower and such
amount or amounts may be reviewed by the Borrower. Unless the Borrower disagrees
in good faith with the computation of the amount or amounts in such certificate,
the Borrower shall pay to the Lender, within 10 Business Days after receipt by
the Borrower of such certificate delivered by the Lender, the amount shown as
due on any such
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certificate. If the Borrower, after receipt of any such certificate from the
Lender, disagrees with the Lender on the computation of the amount or amounts
owed to the Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above, the Lender and the
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to promptly resolve such disagreement. In
either case, however, the Lender shall have a duty to mitigate the damages that
may arise as a consequence of paragraph (a) or (b) above to the extent that such
mitigation will not, in the judgment of the Lender, entail any cost or
disadvantage to the Lender that the Lender is not reimbursed or compensated for
by the Borrower.
(d) Failure on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for
any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction
in return on capital with respect to any period shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender's right to demand compensation with respect to such period or any
other period. The protection of this Section shall be available to each Lender
regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of
the law, rule, regulation, guideline or other change or condition which shall
have occurred or been imposed.
SECTION 2.14. Change in Legality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if after the date
hereof any change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by
any Governmental Authority charged with the administration or interpretation
thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar
Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to
any Eurodollar Loan, then, by 30 days' (or such shorter period as shall be
required in order to comply with applicable law) written notice to the Borrower
and to the Paying Agent, such Lender may:
(i) declare that Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter be made by
such Lender hereunder, whereupon such Lender shall not submit a
Competitive Bid in response to a request for Eurodollar Competitive
Loans and any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Standby Borrowing
shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan
unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require that all outstanding Eurodollar Loans made by it be
converted to ABR Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Loans shall
be automatically converted to ABR Loans as of the effective date of such
notice as provided in paragraph (b) below.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) above, all
payments and prepayments of principal which would otherwise have been applied to
repay the Eurodollar Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the
converted Eurodollar Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the
ABR Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of,
such Eurodollar Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.14, a notice to the Borrower
by any Lender shall be effective as to each Eurodollar Loan, if lawful, on the
last day of the Interest Period currently applicable to such Eurodollar Loan; in
all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the
Borrower. Before giving any such notice, such Lender shall designate a different
lending office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice
and will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to
such Lender.
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SECTION 2.15. Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
against any out-of-pocket loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur
as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower to borrow or to refinance,
convert or continue any Loan hereunder after irrevocable notice of such
borrowing, refinancing, conversion or continuation has been given pursuant to
Section 2.03, 2.04 or 2.05, (b) any payment, prepayment or conversion, or an
assignment required under Section 2.20, of a Eurodollar Loan by the Borrower
required by any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise made or deemed
made on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period, if any,
applicable thereto, (c) any default by the Borrower in payment or prepayment of
the principal amount of any Loan or any part thereof or interest accrued
thereon, as and when due and payable (at the due date thereof, whether by
scheduled maturity, acceleration, irrevocable notice of prepayment or otherwise)
or (d) the occurrence of any Event of Default.
In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such out-of-pocket loss or
expense shall be limited to an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) such
Lender's cost of obtaining the funds for the Loan being paid, prepaid, converted
or not borrowed, converted or continued (based on the LIBO Rate applicable
thereto) for the period from the date of such payment, prepayment, conversion or
failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of the Interest Period
for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the
Interest Period for such Loan which would have commenced on the date of such
failure) over (ii) the amount of interest that would be realized by such Lender
in reemploying the funds so paid, prepaid, converted or not borrowed, converted
or continued for such period or Interest Period, as the case may be. In the case
of an ABR Loan, such out-of-pocket loss or expense shall be limited to an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (i) such Lender's cost of obtaining the funds
for the ABR Loan being paid, prepaid, converted or not borrowed, converted or
continued for the period from the date of such payment, prepayment, conversion
or failure to borrow, convert or continue to the next Business Day for such ABR
Loan over (ii) the amount of interest that would be realized by such Lender in
reemploying the funds so paid, prepaid, converted or not borrowed, converted or
continued until the next Business Day, as the case may be.
A certificate of the Lender setting forth such amount or amounts
(including the computation of such amount or amounts) as shall be necessary to
compensate the Lender or its holding company for the out-of-pocket expenses
defined herein shall be delivered to the Borrower and such amount or amounts may
be reviewed by the Borrower. If the Borrower, after receipt of any such
certificate from the Lender, disagrees in good faith with the Lender on the
computation of the amount or amounts owed to the Lender pursuant to this Section
2.15, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to promptly
resolve such disagreement.
Each Lender shall have a duty to mitigate the damages to such
Lender that may arise as a consequence of clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above to
the extent that such mitigation will not, in the judgment of such Lender, entail
any cost or disadvantage to such Lender that such Lender is not reimbursed or
compensated for by the Borrower.
SECTION 2.16. Pro Rata Treatment. Except as required under
Sections 2.10, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21, each Standby Borrowing,
each payment or prepayment of principal of any Standby Borrowing, each payment
of interest on the Standby Loans, each payment of the Facility Fees and
Utilization Fees, each reduction of the Commitments and each refinancing or
conversion of any Borrowing with a Standby Borrowing of any Type, shall be
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allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Standby
Loans). Each payment of principal of any Competitive Borrowing shall be
allocated pro rata among the Lenders participating in such Borrowing in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding
Competitive Loans comprising such Borrowing. Each payment of interest on any
Competitive Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders
participating in such Borrowing in accordance with the respective amounts of
accrued and unpaid interest on their outstanding Competitive Loans comprising
such Borrowing. For purposes of determining the available Commitments of the
Lenders at any time, each outstanding Competitive Borrowing shall be deemed to
have utilized the Commitments of the Lenders (including those Lenders which
shall not have made Loans as part of such Competitive Borrowing) pro rata in
accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Lender agrees that in
computing such Lender's portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the
Paying Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender's percentage of such
Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.
SECTION 2.17. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it
shall, through the exercise of a right of banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim
against the Borrower, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of Title
11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in
lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means,
obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Standby Loan or
Loans as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of the Standby Loans of
such Lender shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of
the Standby Loans of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have
purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such
other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Standby Loans of
such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Standby
Loans and participations in the Standby Loans held by each Lender shall be in
the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Standby
Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its Standby Loans prior to
such exercise of banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the
principal amount of all Standby Loans outstanding prior to such exercise of
banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that,
if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this
Section 2.17 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered,
such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of
such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without
interest. The Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and
agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Standby Loan deemed to have
been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker's lien, setoff or
counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to such
Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Standby Loan
directly to the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.18. Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of
or interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or other amounts) due hereunder from an
account in the United States not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
the date when due in dollars to
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the Paying Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, in
immediately available funds.
(b) Whenever any payment (including principal of or interest on
any Borrowing or any Fees or other amounts) hereunder shall become due, or
otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in
such case be included in the computation of interest or Fees or other amounts,
if applicable.
SECTION 2.19. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made,
in accordance with Section 2.18, 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 imposed by the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, excluding taxes
imposed on the Paying Agent or any Lender's (or any transferee's or assignee's,
including a participation holder's (any such entity a "Transferee")) net income
and franchise taxes imposed on the Paying Agent or any Lender (or Transferee) by
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof (all
such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If the Borrower shall be
required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder to any Lender (or any Transferee) or the Paying Agent, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased by the amount necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 2.19) such Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent (as the
case may be) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing
authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement imposed by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
(c) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender (or Transferee) and
the Paying Agent for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any
Taxes or Other Taxes on amounts payable under this Section 2.19) paid by such
Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, with respect to
the Borrower and any liability (including penalties, interest and reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than
any such liability that results from the negligence or willful misconduct of the
Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent), whether or not such Taxes or Other
Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant taxing authority or
other Governmental Authority. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days
after the date any Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent, as the case may
be, makes written demand therefor. If the Borrower or any Lender (or Transferee)
or the Paying Agent shall determine that Taxes or Other Taxes may not have been
correctly or legally assessed by the relevant taxing authority or other
Governmental Authority, and that a Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent
may be entitled to receive
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a refund in respect of Taxes or Other Taxes, it shall promptly notify the other
party of the availability of such refund and such Lender (or Transferee) or the
Paying Agent shall, within 30 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower,
apply for such refund at the Borrower's expense. If any Lender (or Transferee)
or the Paying Agent receives a refund or credit or offset against another tax
liability in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which such Lender (or
Transferee) or the Paying Agent has received payment from the Borrower hereunder
it shall promptly repay such refund or credit or offset against another tax
liability (including any interest received by such Lender (or Transferee) or the
Paying Agent from the taxing authority with respect to the refund with respect
to such Taxes or Other Taxes) to the Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses
of such Lender; provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender (or
Transferee) or the Paying Agent, agrees to return such refund or credit or
offset against another tax liability (plus penalties, interest or other charges)
to such Lender (or Transferee) or the Paying Agent in the event such Lender (or
Transferee) or the Paying Agent is required to repay such refund or credit or
offset against another tax liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
the Paying Agent or any Lender shall determine in good faith and in its
discretion the amount of any credit or offset against another tax liability and
shall be under no obligation to make available to the Borrower any of its tax
returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential.
(d) As soon as practicable after the date of any payment of Taxes
or Other Taxes withheld by the Borrower in respect of any payment to any Lender
(or Transferee) or the Paying Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Paying
Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.01, the original or a certified
copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement
contained herein, the agreements and obligations contained in this Section 2.19
shall survive the payment in full of the principal of and interest on all Loans
made hereunder.
(f) Each Lender (or Transferee) which is organized outside the
United States shall, prior to the due date of the first payment by the Borrower
to such Lender (or Transferee) hereunder, deliver to the Borrower such
certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the Code or Treasury
Regulations issued pursuant thereto, including Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal
Revenue Service properly completed and duly executed by such Lender (or
Transferee) establishing that such payment is (i) not subject to withholding
under the Code because such payment is effectively connected with the conduct by
such Lender (or Transferee) of a trade or business in the United States or (ii)
totally exempt from United States tax under a provision of an applicable tax
treaty. Each such Lender (or Transferee) that changes its funding office shall
promptly notify the Borrower of such change and, upon written request from the
Borrower, shall deliver any new certificates, documents or other evidence
required pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to the immediately following
due date of any payment by the Borrower hereunder. Unless the Borrower and the
Paying Agent have received forms or other documents satisfactory to them
indicating that payments hereunder are not subject to United States withholding
tax, notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Borrower or the Paying Agent shall
withhold taxes from such payments at the applicable statutory rate in the case
of payments to or for any Lender (or Transferee) organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.
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(g) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional
amounts to any Lender (or Transferee) in respect of Taxes and Other Taxes
pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above if the obligation to pay such
additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Lender (or
Transferee) to comply with the provisions of paragraph (f) above unless such
Lender (or Transferee) is unable to comply with paragraph (f) because of (i) a
change in applicable law, regulation or official interpretation thereof or (ii)
an amendment, modification or revocation of any applicable tax treaty or a
change in official position regarding the application or interpretation thereof,
in each case after the date hereof (and, in the case of a Transferee, after the
date of assignment or transfer).
(h) Any Lender (or Transferee) claiming any additional amounts
payable under this Section 2.19 shall (i) to the extent legally able to do so,
upon written request from the Borrower, file any certificate or document if such
filing would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such additional
amounts which may thereafter accrue, and the Borrower shall not be obligated to
pay such additional amounts if, after the Borrower's request, any Lender (or
Transferee) could have filed such certificate or document and failed to do so;
or (ii) consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions, use reasonable
efforts to change the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if the
making of such change would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any
additional amounts which may thereafter accrue and would not, in the sole
determination of such Lender (or Transferee), be otherwise disadvantageous to
such Lender (or Transferee).
SECTION 2.20. Mandatory Assignment; Commitment Termination. In
the event any Lender delivers to the Paying Agent or the Borrower, as
appropriate, a certificate in accordance with Section 2.13(c) or a notice in
accordance with Section 2.10 or 2.14, or the Borrower is required to pay any
additional amounts or other payments in accordance with Section 2.19, the
Borrower may, at its own expense, and in its sole discretion (a) require such
Lender to transfer and assign in whole or in part, without recourse (in
accordance with Section 9.04), all or part of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than outstanding Competitive Loans) to
an assignee which shall assume such assigned obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) such
assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any
court or other Governmental Authority and (ii) the Borrower or such assignee
shall have paid to the assigning Lender in immediately available funds the
principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the Loans made
by it hereunder and all other amounts owed to it hereunder or (b) terminate the
Commitment of such Lender and prepay all outstanding Loans (other than
Competitive Loans) of such Lender; provided that (x) such termination of the
Commitment of such Lender and prepayment of Loans does not conflict with any
law, rule or regulation or order of any court or Governmental Authority and (y)
the Borrower shall have paid to such Lender in immediately available funds the
principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the Loans
(other than Competitive Loans) made by it hereunder and all other amounts owed
to it hereunder.
SECTION 2.21. Change of Control. If a Change of Control shall
occur, the Borrower shall, within ten days after the occurrence thereof, give
each Lender notice thereof, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the
facts and circumstances giving rise thereto and shall specify an Optional
Termination Date for purposes of this Section 2.21 (the "Optional
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Termination Date"), which date shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days
after the date of such notice. Each Lender may, by notice to the Borrower and
the Paying Agent given not less than three Business Days prior to the Optional
Termination Date, terminate its Commitment (if any), which shall thereupon be
terminated, and declare the Loans held by it (together with accrued interest
thereon) and any other amounts payable hereunder for its account to be, and such
Loans and such other amounts shall thereupon become, due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower, in each case effective as of the Optional
Termination Date. For purposes of this Section, "Change of Control" shall mean
(a) at any time prior to the Spin-Off, acquisitions of ownership, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, by Persons other than AT&T or wholly
owned subsidiaries of AT&T of issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the
Borrower that in the aggregate represent more than 20% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the
Borrower, and (b) at any time at or after the Spin-Off, (i) the acquisition of
ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or
group (within the meaning of the regulations adopted by the SEC under the
Exchange Act) of issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower
representing the greater of (x) 30% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and
(y) the aggregate percentage of such voting power so held by AT&T and its
consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (ii) the occupation of a
majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the
Borrower by Persons who were neither (A) nominated by the board of directors of
the Borrower nor (B) appointed by directors so nominated.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower (a) is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and
authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in
every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the
failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, and (d) has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to borrow
funds hereunder.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization. (a) The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of each Loan Document, the Borrowings hereunder and
the use of the proceeds thereof (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action and (ii) will not (A) violate (1) any provision of any law,
statute, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Margin
Regulations) or of the certificate of incorporation or other constitutive
documents or by-laws of the Borrower, (2) any order of any Governmental
Authority or (3) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument
to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or any of its property
is or may be bound, (B) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such
indenture,
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agreement or other instrument or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any property or assets of the Borrower.
(b) The Related Transactions (i) were (or will at the time they
occur have been) duly authorized by all requisite corporate action of the
Borrower and (ii) did not or will not, as the case may be, violate (A) any
provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or of the certificate of
incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of the Borrower, (B)
any order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which the
Borrower or any of its property is or may be bound, in each case where such
violation would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been, and each
Note when executed and delivered shall be, duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower and this Agreement constitutes, and each Note when executed and
delivered shall constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, in each case enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or
approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental
Authority is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by the Borrower of any Loan Document, the Borrowings hereunder or
the use of the proceeds thereof or in connection with any performance by the
Borrower of its obligations in connection with the Related Transactions, except
such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect or, in the
case of the Related Transactions, such as will be obtained prior to the Spin-Off
or the failure to have obtained which would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements.
(a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Agents and the
Lenders copies of (i) the combined financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 1999 of AT&T Wireless Group, which were included in the Current
Report on Form 8-K dated March 17, 2000, of AT&T filed with the SEC under the
Exchange Act and (ii) AT&T Wireless Group's combined financial statements for
the nine months ended September 30, 2000, which were included in the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q dated November 14, 2000 of AT&T filed with the SEC under the
Exchange Act. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial condition and the results of operations of
AT&T Wireless Group as of such dates in accordance with GAAP.
(b) As of the date hereof, there has been no material adverse
change since December 31, 1999, in the business, financial condition or results
of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
SECTION 3.06. Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
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(a) There are no actions or proceedings filed or (to the
knowledge of the Borrower) investigations pending or overtly threatened against
the Borrower in any court or before any Governmental Authority or arbitration
board or tribunal which question the validity or legality of or seek damages in
connection with any Loan Document or any action taken or to be taken pursuant to
any Loan Document and no order or judgment has been issued or entered
restraining or enjoining the Borrower from the execution, delivery or
performance of any Loan Document nor is there any action or proceeding which
involves a probable risk of an adverse determination which would have any such
effect; nor is there as of the date hereof any other action or proceeding filed
or (to the knowledge of the Borrower) investigation pending or overtly
threatened against the Borrower in any court or before any Governmental
Authority or arbitration board or tribunal which involves a probable risk of a
material adverse decision which would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or materially to restrict the ability of the Borrower to
comply with its obligations under any Loan Document.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any law, rule or regulation, or in default with respect to any
judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such
violation or default would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07. Federal Reserve Regulations.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether
directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for
any purpose which entails a violation of, or which is inconsistent with, the
provisions of the Margin Regulations.
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an
"investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
SECTION 3.09. Use of Proceeds. All proceeds of the Loans shall be
used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including capital
and other expenditures in connection with the build-out and operation of the
Borrower's wireless system and the provision of liquidity in connection with any
commercial paper program of the Borrower.
SECTION 3.10. No Material Misstatements. No report, financial
statement or other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower
to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to Section 3.05 or Section 5.02 hereof
contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or omits or will omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, taken as a
whole, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made,
not misleading.
SECTION 3.11. Tax Returns. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and has
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paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a)
any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its
books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.12. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that
have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.13. Environmental Matters. Except with respect to any
matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (a) has failed to comply with any Environmental Laws or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Laws, (b) has become subject to any liability under any
Environmental Laws, (c) has received notice of any claim with respect to any
Environmental Laws or (d) knows of any basis for any liability under any
Environmental Laws.
SECTION 3.14. Contribution. As of the date hereof, substantially
all of the assets of AT&T that were allocated to AT&T Wireless Group have been
transferred to the Borrower, including virtually all of the assets needed to
operate the business of AT&T Wireless Group as currently conducted. The only
asset material to the financial statements of the Borrower that has yet to be
transferred to the Borrower is AT&T Wireless Group's interest in Japan Telecom,
which is not an operating asset and is expected to be divested. If it is
divested, the net after-tax proceeds received in respect of AT&T Wireless
Group's interest will be transferred to the Borrower. Pending their transfer
(or, in the case of AT&T Wireless' interest in Japan Telecom, divestiture),
substantially all remaining assets of AT&T Wireless Group are being held by AT&T
and its Subsidiaries for the benefit of the Borrower.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder are
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
SECTION 4.01. All Borrowings. On the date of each Borrowing:
(a) The Paying Agent shall have received a notice of such
Borrowing as required by Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, as applicable.
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III
hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the date of such Borrowing with the same effect as though made on and as
of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date.
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(c) The Borrower shall be in compliance with all the terms and
provisions set forth herein in all material respects and, at the time of
and immediately after such Borrowing, no Event of Default or Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.Each Borrowing shall be deemed to
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of
such Borrowing as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of
this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Closing Date. On the Closing Date:
(a) The Paying Agent shall have received a favorable written
opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., General Attorney and Assistant
Secretary of AT&T, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Lenders,
to the effect set forth in Exhibit D hereto.
(b) The Paying Agent shall have received (i) a long form
certificate as to the certificate of incorporation, including all
amendments thereto, of the Borrower, as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Borrower and a
certificate as to the good standing of the Borrower as of a recent date,
from such Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower dated the Closing Date and
certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the
by-laws of the Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date and at all
times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in
clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy
of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been
modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C)
that the certificate of incorporation of the Borrower has not been
amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the
certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and
(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer
executing this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection
herewith on behalf of the Borrower; and (iii) a certificate of another
officer of the Borrower as to the incumbency and specimen signature of
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant
to (ii) above.
(c) The Paying Agent shall have received a certificate from the
Borrower, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of
the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set
forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01.
(d) The Paying Agent shall have received any Fees and other
amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date to the extent
invoiced.
(b) The 364-Day Credit Agreement shall have become effective.
(c) The Borrower shall have received ratings from S&P and Xxxxx'x
of its Index Debt of BBB or higher and Baa2 or higher, respectively, and
of its Short-Term Debt of A2 or higher and P2 or higher, respectively.
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender and each Agent
that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect or the principal of or
interest on any Loan, any Fees or any other expenses or amounts payable
hereunder shall be unpaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent
in writing:
SECTION 5.01. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its legal existence, and the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges and franchises material to the conduct of business; provided that the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 6.05.
SECTION 5.02. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. The Borrower
will furnish to the Paying Agent for distribution to the Lenders:
(a) promptly after the filing or sending thereof and in any event
not later than (i) 105 days after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of
the Borrower's report on Form 10-K which the Borrower files with the SEC
for such year and (ii) 15 days after being sent to its public security
holders, a copy of the Borrower's annual report;
(b) promptly after the filing thereof, and in any event within 60
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters during
each fiscal year, the Borrower's report on Form 10-Q which the Borrower
files with the SEC for such quarter;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of information under paragraph
(a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that
no Event of Default or Default has occurred, or, if such an Event of
Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent
thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, and setting forth computations demonstrating that the
Borrower is in compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of
all other reports filed by it with the SEC, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of or all the functions of the SEC, or
distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be; and
(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, notice
that either or both of the ratings in respect of the Index Debt or the
Short-Term Debt have changed from the immediately preceding ratings
previously reported to the Paying Agent by the Borrower.
Reports required to be delivered pursuant to subsections (a), (b)
and (d) of this Section 5.02 shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
on which the Borrower posts such reports on the Borrower's website on the
Internet at the website address listed on the signature pages hereof or when
such report is posted on the SEC's website at xxx.xxx.xxx; provided that the
Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the reports referred to in subsections
(a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.02 to any Agent or any Lender who requests
the Borrower to deliver
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such paper copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given
by such Agent or such Lender; provided further, that in every instance the
Borrower shall provide paper copies of the certificate required by subsection
(c) and the notice required by subsection (e) to the Paying Agent and each of
the Lenders until such time as the Paying Agent shall provide the Borrower
written notice otherwise.
SECTION 5.03. Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will
record, summarize and report all financial information in accordance with GAAP.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to,
permit any representatives designated by the Paying Agent or any Lender, upon
reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and
make extracts from its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances
and condition with its officers and (with representatives of the Borrower
present) independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as
reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.04. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds
of the Loans only for the purposes set forth in Section 3.09.
SECTION 5.05. Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will
furnish to the Paying Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding
by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or
affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof with respect to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that,
if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together
with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be
expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
an aggregate amount exceeding $150,000,000.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by
a statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of
the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed
to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.06. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations that, if not paid, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same
shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the
Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with
respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment
pending such contest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower
will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and
maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance
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in such amounts and against such risks as are, taken as a whole, reasonably
consistent with coverages customarily maintained by companies engaged in the
same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except
where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary will create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now
owned or hereafter acquired by it securing Indebtedness or any DoCoMo Repurchase
Obligation or arising in connection with any Receivables Securitization
Transaction, except:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement securing
Indebtedness outstanding on the date of this Agreement in an aggregate
principal or face amount not exceeding $50,000,000;
(b) any Liens existing on any asset of any Person securing
Indebtedness at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and not
created in contemplation of such event;
(c) any Lien on any fixed or capital asset securing Indebtedness
incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
cost of acquiring such asset; provided that such Lien attaches to such
asset concurrently with or within 180 days of the acquisition thereof;
(d) any Lien securing Indebtedness on any asset of any Person
that shall not have been a Subsidiary existing at the time such Person
is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Subsidiary and
not created in contemplation of such event;
(e) any Lien securing Indebtedness existing on any asset prior to
the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary and not created
in contemplation of such acquisition;
(f) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, replacement,
extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien
permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section 6.01; provided
that such Indebtedness is not increased and is not secured by any
additional assets;
(g) Liens arising in connection with Receivables Securitization
Transactions in which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
obligations incurred in connection therewith and payable to Persons that
are not the Borrower or wholly owned Subsidiaries does not exceed
$1,500,000,000; and
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(h) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of
this Section securing Indebtedness or the DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation
or arising in connection with Receivables Securitization Transactions in
an aggregate principal or face amount not at any time exceeding the
lesser of (i) 15% of Consolidated Net Assets less, without duplication,
the aggregate principal or face amount of Indebtedness of Consolidated
Subsidiaries permitted under the proviso to Section 6.02(b) and (ii) 10%
of Consolidated Net Assets.
SECTION 6.02. Limitations on Indebtedness. (a) As of the last day
of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on such day to Consolidated Operational EBITDA
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day shall not exceed 4.0:1.0.
(b) The Borrower will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness (including,
solely for purposes of this Section and Section 6.01(h), any Guarantee
of the DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation) (other than Indebtedness (i) owed
to the Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary and not assigned or
pledged by the obligee to any other Person, (ii) Indebtedness incurred
in connection with a Receivables Securitization Transaction to the
extent any related Liens are permitted pursuant to Section 6.01 or (iii)
if the Borrower requests such exclusion, existing at the time such
Consolidated Subsidiary (not having previously been a Subsidiary) (A)
becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary or (B) is merged or consolidated with
or into a Consolidated Subsidiary); provided, that Consolidated
Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or permit to exist Indebtedness
not permitted by the foregoing provisions of this Section in an
aggregate principal or face amount not greater than 15% of Consolidated
Net Assets (excluding any amount of such Consolidated Net Assets
attributable to any Consolidated Subsidiary whose Indebtedness is
excluded under clause (ii) of the parenthetical above) less, without
duplication, the aggregate principal or face amount of Indebtedness and
the DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation secured by Liens, and the Receivables
Securitization Transactions, permitted under Section 6.01(h).
SECTION 6.03. Interest Coverage Test. The ratio of Consolidated
Operational EBITDA of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries to
Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall equal or exceed
3.5:1.0.
SECTION 6.04. Payment of Dividends. During the period from the
Closing Date to the date on which the Spin-Off shall have been completed, the
Borrower shall not declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions of any
kind in respect of its outstanding Equity Interests.
SECTION 6.05. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any consolidation of the
Borrower with, or merger of the Borrower into, another corporation or
corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Borrower), or successive
consolidations or mergers to which the Borrower or its successor or successors
shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of the Borrower (including stock of Subsidiaries) as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any
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other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Borrower) authorized to
acquire and own or operate the same; provided, however, that the Borrower hereby
covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all
the Loans and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the
covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or observed by the
Borrower shall be expressly assumed, by one or more agreements, reasonably
satisfactory in form to the Required Lenders, executed and delivered to the
Paying Agent by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the
Borrower shall have been merged, or which shall have acquired such property. In
the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following
such an assumption by the successor corporation, such successor corporation
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Borrower, with the same effect as if
it had been named herein.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
In case of the happening of any of the following events (each an
"Event of Default"):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Borrowings hereunder, shall prove to have been false or misleading in
any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any
Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by
acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any
Loan or any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in
paragraph (b) above) due hereunder, when and as the same shall become
due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
of ten days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of
any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01, 5.04,
5.05 or Article VI;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of
any covenant, condition or agreement contained herein (other than those
specified in (b), (c) or (d) above) and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Paying
Agent or any Lender to the Borrower;
(f) a court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the
premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Borrower in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Borrower or for any
substantial part of its property or ordering the
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winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days;
(g) the Borrower shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law; or consent to the appointment or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Borrower or for any
substantial part of its property or make any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or the Borrower shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or corporate
action shall be taken by the Borrower in furtherance of any of the
aforesaid purposes;
(h) the failure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make
payments in respect of Material Financial Obligations when due or within
any applicable grace period; or the occurrence of any event or condition
that results in the acceleration of the maturity of Material
Indebtedness;
(i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount in excess of $150,000,000 shall be rendered against the
Borrower, any Significant Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the
same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days
during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action
shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any
assets of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary to enforce any such
judgment;
(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together
with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be
expected to result in a liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in an aggregate amount exceeding $150,000,000;
(k) the Spin-Off shall be consummated (i) absent a favorable
ruling by the Internal Revenue Service that the Spin-Off qualifies in
all material respects as a tax free transaction or an unqualified tax
opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx, based on customary
representations, that the Spin-Off will qualify in all material respects
as a tax free transaction, or (ii) if, after giving effect thereto and
to all repayments, discharges, cancellations and incurrences of
intercompany obligations and other transactions which occur in
connection therewith, the Borrower is not in pro forma compliance with
Sections 6.02 and 6.03 of this Agreement as at and for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which financial statements for the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries have been delivered under Section 5.02(a) or
(b), determined as if the Spin-Off and any such repayments, discharges,
cancellations, incurrences and other transactions occurred as of the
first day of such four fiscal quarter period; or
(l) the existence of any DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation, unless the
Borrower is in pro forma compliance with Sections 6.02 and 6.03 of this
Agreement (with such DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation being treated for
purposes of testing such pro forma compliance as Indebtedness) as at and
for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the
most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements for the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries have been delivered under
Section 5.02(a) or
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(b), determined as if such DoCoMo Repurchase Obligation, any payment
that shall have been made in respect thereof and any related incurrence
of Indebtedness had occurred as of the first day of such four fiscal
quarter period;
then, and in every such event (other than an event described in paragraph (f) or
(g) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the
Paying Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the
Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different
times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Loans then
outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the
principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the
Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding; and, in any event with respect to the Borrower
described in paragraph (f) or (g) above, the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued
interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the
Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, Chase is hereby appointed to act as Paying Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, and Chase and Bank of America, N.A. are hereby appointed to act as
Administrative Agents on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby
authorizes each Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender and to
exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms
and provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Paying Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the
Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf
of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all
other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each
Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on
behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default specified
in this Agreement of which the Paying Agent has actual knowledge acquired in
connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender
copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Paying Agent. It is
understood that the Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein.
Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees
or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them
except for its or his own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be
responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents
of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or
to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower of
any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement. No Agent
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shall be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness,
validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or other instruments
or agreements. Each Agent may deem and treat the Lender which makes any Loan as
the holder of the indebtedness resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof
until, in the case of the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender or, in the case of any other Agent, such Agent shall
have received notice from the Paying Agent that it received such notice from
such Lender, in each case, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof.
Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from
acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders
(or when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the
absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or
document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been
signed or sent by the proper person or persons. Neither any Agent nor any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the
Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any
Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the
failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Borrower
of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. Each
Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents appointed in
good faith by such Agent or employees of any thereof and shall be entitled to
rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters
arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in
good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
The Lenders hereby acknowledge that each Agent shall be under no
duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do
so by the Required Lenders.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Paying
Agent as provided below, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the
Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation of the Paying Agent, the
Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent
acceptable to the Borrower. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after
the retiring Paying Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Paying Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Paying Agent
which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank.
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as a Paying Agent hereunder by a
successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Paying Agent and the
retiring Paying Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. After any Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this
Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent.
With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, any Agent in its
individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as
any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and
each Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent.
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Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Paying Agent, on demand,
in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Commitment hereunder) of any
expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by such Agent, including
reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for
services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed
by the Borrower, and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of
its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such
pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against it in its capacity as an Agent or any of them in any way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by
it or any of them under this Agreement to the extent the same shall not have
been reimbursed by the Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to any
Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without
reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action
under or based upon this Agreement or any related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the Lenders
acknowledges that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Corporation and Citibank, N.A. have no
responsibilities or obligations pursuant to this Agreement in their capacity as
syndication agents.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices. Notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed or sent by telex, telecopy, graphic scanning or other
telegraphic communications equipment of the sending party, as follows:
(a) if to the Borrower, to it at AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., if
by courier, to 0000 000xx Xxxxxx XX-Xxxx 0, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
and if by mail, to X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention of Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx, Vice President and Controller
(Facsimile No. 425-580-8470) and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel (Facsimile No. 000-000-0000), with a copy
to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention of Xxxxx X. X. Xxxxx (Facsimile No. 212-450-4800);
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(b) if to the Paying Agent, to it at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Facsimile No.
212-270-4584) with a copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Facsimile No.
212-552-5700), Loan & Agency Services, The Chase Manhattan Bank, 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000;
(c) if to an Administrative Agent, to it at its address (or
telecopy number) set forth in Schedule 2.01; and
(d) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set
forth in Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to
which such Lender became a party hereto.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the
date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by
telex, telecopy, graphic scanning or other telegraphic communications equipment
of the sender, or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or
registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly
addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with
the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this
Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the
certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the
Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans regardless of
any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf, and shall continue in
full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any
Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding
and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated.
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and each Agent and
when the Paying Agent shall have received copies hereof (telefaxed or otherwise)
which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each Lender, and thereafter
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, each Agent and
each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the
Borrower shall not have the right to assign its respective rights or duties
hereunder or any interest herein without the prior consent of all the Lenders
and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.
(a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is
referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and
assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on
behalf of the Borrower, the Agents or the Lenders that are contained in this
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns.
(b) Each Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a
portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its
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Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided, however, that (i)
the Borrower must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) in the case of an assignment
made by a Lender to a Person other than a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender,
the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect
to such assignment is delivered to the Paying Agent) shall not be less than
$15,000,000 (or the remaining balance of its Commitment) and the amount of the
Commitment of such Lender remaining after such assignment shall not be less than
$15,000,000 or shall be zero, (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Paying Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, and a
processing and recordation fee of $3,000 and (iv) the assignee, if it shall not
be a Lender, shall deliver to the Paying Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance,
which effective date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution
thereof, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, (B) the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Acceptance, 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 (but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.15, 2.19 and 9.05, as well as to any Fees accrued
for its account hereunder and not yet paid)) and (C) Schedule 2.01 shall be
deemed amended to give effect to such assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any Lender assigning its rights and obligations under this Agreement may retain
any Competitive Loans made by it outstanding at such time, and in such case
shall retain its rights hereunder in respect of any Loans so retained until such
Loans have been repaid in full in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to
confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:
(i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of
the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, (ii)
except as set forth in (i) above, 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 or the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or
observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee
represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a
copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.02 and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will
independently and without reliance upon any 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; (vi) such assignee appoints and
authorizes each Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers under this
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Agreement as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that
it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the
terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Paying Agent shall maintain at one of its offices in the
City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and the principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error and the
Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection
by the Borrower and each Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee together with an
Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the
assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in paragraph (b) above and, if required, the written consent of
the Borrower to such assignment, the Paying Agent shall (i) accept such
Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information contained therein in
the Register.
(f) Each Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or any
of the Agents, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all
or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided, however,
that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations, (iii) each participating bank or other
entity shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions
contained in Sections 2.13, 2.15 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it was the
selling Lender, except that all claims and petitions for payment and payments
made pursuant to such Sections shall be made through such selling Lender, and
(iv) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such selling Lender in connection with such Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall retain the
sole right (and participating banks or other entities shall have no right) to
enforce the obligations of the Borrower relating to the Loans and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than
amendments, modifications or waivers decreasing any fees payable hereunder or
the amount of principal of or the rate at which interest is payable on the
Loans, or extending any scheduled principal payment date or date fixed for the
payment of interest on the Loans).
(g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any
assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to
this Section 9.04, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee
or participant any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender
by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure,
each such assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall
execute an agreement whereby such assignee or participant shall agree (subject
to customary exceptions) to preserve the confidentiality of any such
confidential information relating to the Borrower.
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(h) The Borrower shall not assign or delegate any of its
respective rights and duties hereunder without the prior written consent of all
Lenders and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void.
(i) Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such
pledge shall release any Lender from its obligations hereunder or substitute any
such Bank for such Lender as a party hereto. In order to facilitate such an
assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, the Borrower shall, at the request of the
assigning Lender, duly execute and deliver to the assigning Lender a promissory
note or notes in the form of Exhibit E hereto evidencing the Loans made to the
Borrower by the assigning Lender hereunder.
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Agent in connection with entering into this Agreement
or by the Paying Agent in connection with any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions hereof, or by any Agent or any Lender in connection
with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this
Agreement or the Loans made hereunder, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of a single counsel for the Agents or, in the case of enforcement
or protection, counsel for the Lenders.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agents, the Lenders,
their respective Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents (each such person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and to hold
each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses, incurred
by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby,
the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations
thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii)
the use of the proceeds of the Loans or (iii) any claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any
Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any
Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of any of the Loans, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or
provision of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on
written demand therefor.
(d) All out-of-pocket expenses that any Lender may sustain or
incur as a consequence of (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 2.15 but that are not
included in the calculations made pursuant to the second and third sentences of
Section 2.15, shall be included in the amount or amounts payable to such Lender
and in the manner provided pursuant to this Section 9.05.
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SECTION 9.06. Applicable Lawc. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9.07. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay of any Agent or any Lender in exercising
any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No waiver
of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand
on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided,
however, that no such agreement shall (i) decrease the principal amount of, or
extend the maturity of or any scheduled principal payment date or date for the
payment of any interest on any Loan, or waive or excuse any such payment or any
part thereof, or decrease the rate of interest on any Loan, without the prior
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (ii) increase the Commitment or
decrease the Facility Fee of any Lender without the prior written consent of
such Lender, or (iii) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.16 or Section
9.04(h), the provisions of this Section or the definition of the "Required
Lenders", without the prior written consent of each Lender; provided further,
however, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the
rights or duties of any Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of
such Agent. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification
authorized by this Section and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this
Section shall bind any assignee of its rights and interests hereunder.
SECTION 9.08. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, any promissory
notes issued hereunder, and the Fee Letter constitute the entire contract among
the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this
Agreement and the Fee Letter. Nothing in this Agreement or the Fee Letter
expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the
parties hereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by
reason of this Agreement or the Fee Letter.
SECTION 9.09. Severability. In the event any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to
replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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SECTION 9.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of
which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become
effective as provided in Section 9.03.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the
Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken
into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. 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 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 fullest extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of
the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall
affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement 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 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 9.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Borrower, the
Agents and the Lenders irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any
action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or
otherwise) arising out of or relating this Agreement or the actions of any Agent
or any Lender in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement
thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
Website:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
individually and as an Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually and
as an Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION,
individually and as a syndication agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A., individually
and as a syndication agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXX XXXX BRANCH,
by
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Name:
Title:
by
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Name:
Title:
Website:
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.,
NEW YORK BRANCH,
by
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Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, N.A.,
by
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Name:
Title:
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
by
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Name:
Title:
BNP PARIBAS,
by
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Name:
Title:
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DEUTSCHE BANK-AG NEW YORK BRANCH
AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
by
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Name:
Title:
by
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Name:
Title:
HSBC BANK USA,
by
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD.,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
by
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Name:
Title:
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
by
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Name:
Title:
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
by
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Name:
Title:
by
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Name:
Title:
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING
GROUP LIMITED,
by
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Name:
Title:
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK,
by
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Name:
Title:
CIBC INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LTD.,
by
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Paying Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: [Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the "Borrower"),
refers to the Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility
Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001 (as it may be amended, modified, extended
or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the
Lenders named therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Capital Corporation and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice
pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Credit Agreement that it requests a
Competitive Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets
forth below the terms on which such Competitive Borrowing is requested to be
made:
(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing (which is a Business Day)
(B) Principal Amount of Competitive Borrowing(1)
(C) Interest rate basis(2)
(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof(3)
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(1) Not less than $5,000,000 (and in integral multiples of $1,000,000) or
greater than the Total Commitment then available.
(2) Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan.
(3) Which shall be subject to the definition of "Interest Period" and end
not later than the Termination Date.
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Upon acceptance of any or all of the Loans offered by the Lenders
in response to this request, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented
and warranted that the conditions to lending specified in Section 4.01(b) and
(c) of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
Very truly yours,
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title: [Responsible Officer]
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST
[Name of Lender]
[Address]
Attention: [Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Five-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001 (as it may be
amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders
named therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital
Corporation and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower made a Competitive Bid Request on
[ ], [2001][2002], pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Credit Agreement,
and in that connection you are invited to submit a Competitive Bid by
[Date]/[Time].(4) Your Competitive Bid must comply with Section 2.03(b) of the
Credit Agreement and the terms set forth below on which the Competitive Bid
Request was made:
(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing
(B) Principal amount of Competitive Borrowing
(C) Interest rate basis
(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof
Very truly yours,
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Paying Agent,
by
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Name:
Title: [Responsible Officer]
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(4) The Competitive Bid must be received by the Paying Agent (i) in the case
of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (ii) in the case of
Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Business
Day of a proposed Competitive Borrowing.
EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Paying Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, [Name of Lender], refers to the Five-Year
Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of March
23, 2001 (as it may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement"), among AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the
"Borrower"), the Lenders named therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent, and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Corp. and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby makes a Competitive
Bid pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, in response to the
Competitive Bid Request made by the "Borrower on [ ], [2001][2002], and in that
connection sets forth below the terms on which such Competitive Bid is made:
(A) Principal Amount(5) _______________________________
(B) Competitive Bid Rate(6) _______________________________
(C) Interest Period and last day thereof ___________________
The undersigned hereby confirms that it is prepared, subject to
the conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, to extend credit to the
Borrower upon acceptance by the Borrower of this bid in accordance with Section
2.03(d) of the Credit Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF LENDER],
by _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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(5) Not less than $5,000,000 or greater than the requested Competitive
Borrowing and in integral multiples of $1,000,000. Multiple bids will be
accepted by the Paying Agent.
(6) i.e., LIBO Rate + or - %, in the case of Eurodollar Loans or %,
in the case of Fixed Rate Loans.
EXHIBIT A-4
FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID ACCEPT/REJECT LETTER
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Paying Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the "Borrower"),
refers to the Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility
Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001 (as it may be amended, modified, extended
or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the
Lenders named therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Capital Corporation and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents.
In accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Credit Agreement, we
have received a summary of bids in connection with our Competitive Bid Request
dated ___________ and in accordance with Section 2.03(d) of the Credit
Agreement, we hereby accept the following bids for maturity on [date]:
Principal Amount Fixed Rate Margin Lender
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$ [%]/[+/-. %]
$
We hereby reject the following bids:
Principal Amount Fixed Rate Margin Lender
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$ [%]/[+/-. %]
$
The $ should be deposited in The Chase Manhattan Bank account
number [ ] on [date].
Very truly yours,
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A-5
FORM OF STANDBY BORROWING REQUEST
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Paying Agent
for the Lenders referred to below,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention:[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the "Borrower"),
refers to the Five-Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility
Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001 (as it may be amended, modified, extended
or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the
Lenders named therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Capital Corporation and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice
pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Standby
Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below
the terms on which such Standby Borrowing is requested to be made:
(A) Date of Standby Borrowing (which is a Business Day)
(B) Principal Amount of Standby Borrowing(7)
(C) Interest rate basis(8)
(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof(9)
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(7) Not less than $10,000,000 (and in integral multiples of $5,000,000) or
greater than the Total Commitment then available.
(8) Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan.
(9) Which shall be subject to the definition of "Interest Period" and end
not later than the Termination Date.
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Upon acceptance of any or all of the Loans made by the Lenders in
response to this request, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted that the conditions to lending specified in Section 4.01(b) and (c) of
the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
Very truly yours,
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title: [Responsible Officer]
EXHIBIT B
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.
ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
Please accurately complete the following information and return via FAX to the
attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx at The Chase Manhattan Bank as soon as possible.
FAX Number: 000-000-0000
LEGAL NAME TO APPEAR IN DOCUMENTATION:
________________________________________________________________________________
GENERAL INFORMATION - DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE:
Institution Name: ______________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
GENERAL INFORMATION - EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE:
Institution Name: ______________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
CONTRACTS/NOTIFICATION METHODS:
CREDIT CONTACTS:
Primary Contact: _______________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________________________________________________
FAX Number: ____________________________________________________________________
E-mail address: ________________________________________________________________
Backup Contact: ________________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________________________________________________
FAX Number: ____________________________________________________________________
E-mail address: ________________________________________________________________
TAX WITHHOLDING:
Non Resident Alien __________ Y* __________ N
* Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI Enclosed
Tax ID Number _______________________________
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CONTACTS/NOTIFICATION METHODS:
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACTS--BORROWINGS, PAYDOWNS, INTEREST, FEES, ETC.
Contact: _______________________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________________________________________________
FAX Number: ____________________________________________________________________
E-mail Address: ________________________________________________________________
Backup Contact: ________________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________________________________________________
FAX Number: ____________________________________________________________________
E-mail address: ________________________________________________________________
BID LOAN NOTIFICATION:
Contact: _______________________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________________________________________________
FAX Number: ____________________________________________________________________
E-mail Address: ________________________________________________________________
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
Name of Bank where funds are to be transferred: ________________________________
Routing Transit/ABA number of Bank where funds are to be transferred: __________
Name of Account, if applicable: ________________________________________________
Account Number: ________________________________________________________________
Additional Information: ________________________________________________________
It is very important that all of the above information is accurately filled in
and returned promptly. If there is someone other than yourself who should
receive this questionnaire, please notify us of their name and FAX number and we
will FAX them a copy of the questionnaire. If you have any questions, please
call me at 000-000-0000.
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Five-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001 (as the same may
be modified, amended, extended or restated from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (the "Borrower"), the lenders
party thereto (the "Lenders"), The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agents, Chase, as Paying Agent for the Lenders
(in such capacity, the "Paying Agent"), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Corporation
and Citibank, N.A., as syndication agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement
are used herein with the same meanings.
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns, without recourse, to
the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes, without recourse,
from the Assignor, effective as of the Effective Date set forth below, the
interests set forth below (the "Assigned Interest") in the Assignor's rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, the
interests set forth herein in the Commitment of the Assignor on the Effective
Date and the Competitive Loans (if noted on the attached Schedule) and Standby
Loans owing to the Assignor which are outstanding on the Effective Date,
together with unpaid interest accrued on the assigned Loans to the Effective
Date. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee hereby makes and agrees to be bound
by all the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Section
9.04(c) of the Credit Agreement, a copy of which has been received by each such
party. From and after the Effective Date (i) the Assignee shall be a party to
and be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the
interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent of
the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights
and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement [(and such
Assignor shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement (but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.15, 2.19 and 9.05 thereof, as
well as to the Fees accrued for its accounts under the Credit Agreement and not
yet paid))](10).
2. This Assignment and Acceptance is being delivered to the
Paying Agent together with (i) if the Assignee is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States, the forms specified in Section 2.19(f)
of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by such Assignee, (ii) if
the Assignee is not already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, an
Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B to the Credit Agreement
and (iii) a processing and recordation fee of $3,000.
3. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Date of Assignment:
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(10) To be included in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all
or the remaining portion of an Assignor's rights and obligations under the
Credit Agreement.
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Legal Name of Assignor:
Legal Name of Assignee:
Assignee's Address for Notices:
Effective Date of Assignment
(may not be fewer than 5 Business
Days after the Date of Assignment):
Principal Amount Assigned Percentage Assigned of
(and identifying Facility and Commitment
information as to individual thereunder (set forth,
Competitive Loans) to at least 8 decimals,
as a percentage of the
Facility and the
aggregate Commitments of
all Lenders thereunder)
Commitment Assigned:
Standby Loans:
Competitive Loans, if any
The terms set forth above and on the Accepted: as of ______________
reverse side hereof are hereby agreed to:
____________________________, as Assignor AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.
By: _____________________________________ By: __________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Name: ________________________
Title: __________________________________ Title: _______________________
____________________________, as Assignor
By: _____________________________________
Name: ___________________________________
Title: __________________________________
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF
OPINION OF COUNSEL(11)
1. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (i) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and
assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (iii) is qualified to do
business in every jurisdiction within the United States where such qualification
is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.,
and (iv) has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and to borrow funds
thereunder.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc. of each Loan Document, the Borrowings thereunder and the use of
the proceeds thereof (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
action and (ii) will not (a) violate (1) any provision of law, statute, rule or
regulation (including without limitation, the Margin Regulations), or of the
certificate of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of AT&T
Wireless Services, Inc., (2) any order of any Governmental Authority or (3) any
provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc. is a party or by which it or its property is or may be bound, (b)
be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any
property or assets of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
3. The Contribution (i) was duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. and AT&T and (ii) did not
violate (A) any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or of the
certificate of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of AT&T
Wireless Services, Inc., (B) any order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any
provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc. or AT&T is a party or by which either of them or any of its
property is or may be bound, in each case where such violation would reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4. The Credit Agreement has been, and each Note when executed and
delivered shall be, duly executed and delivered by AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
and the Credit Agreement constitutes, and each Note when executed and delivered
shall constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc., in each case enforceable against AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.,
in accordance with its terms, subject as to the enforceability of rights and
remedies to any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other similar
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(11) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Five-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001, among AT&T
Wireless Services, Inc., the lenders listed in Schedule 2.01 thereto, The Chase
Manhattan Bank ("Chase") and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agents,
Chase, as Paying Agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Corporation and Citibank,
N.A., as syndication agents (the "Credit Agreement").
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laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
5. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing
with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority is or will be required
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc. of any Loan Document, the Borrowings thereunder or the use of
proceeds thereof or in connection any performance by AT&T Wireless Services,
Inc. or AT&T of its obligations in connection with the Contribution, except such
as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect or, in the case
of the Contribution, the failure to have obtained which would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6. Neither AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. nor any of its
subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company"
as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935.
EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF]
NOTE
Five-Year Credit Agreement
$ [Amount of Commitment] New York, New York
[Date]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, AT&T Wireless Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the
order of [Name of Lender] (the "Lender"), at the office of The Chase Manhattan
Bank (the "Paying Agent") at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the
Termination Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2001
(as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement")), among the Borrower, the Lenders named therein, The Chase Manhattan
Bank and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agents, and the Paying Agent)
the lesser of the principal sum of [amount of Commitment in words] ($[ ]) and
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) made to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
in lawful money of the United States of America, in immediately available funds,
and to pay interest on the principal amount hereof from time to time
outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum, from
the dates and payable on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue
principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due
dates at the rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand,
protest and notice of any kind whatsoever. The nonexercise by the holder of any
of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver
thereof in that or any subsequent instance.
All borrowings evidenced by this Note and all payments and
prepayments of the principal hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates
and maturity dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof
which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by
such holder in its internal records; provided, however, that the failure of the
holder to make such a notation or any error in such a notation shall not affect
the obligations of the Borrower under this Note.
The Loans evidenced hereby are Loans referred to in the Credit
Agreement, which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration
of the maturity thereof upon the happening of certain events, for optional and
mandatory prepayment of the principal thereof prior to the maturity thereof and
for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all
upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.
2
By: __________________________
Name: ________________________
Title: _______________________
Loans and Payments
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Unpaid Name of
Amount Principal Person
and Type Termination Balance Making
Date of Loan Date Principal Payments Interest of Note Notation
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SCHEDULE 2.01
TOTAL COMMITMENTS
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
TOTAL COMMITMENT
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(in millions of $)
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS
The Chase Manhattan Bank $92.50
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000, 000-000-0000
Bank of America, N.A. $92.50
000 Xxxx Xx. (00xx Xxxxx)
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000, 000-000-0000
SYNDICATION AGENTS
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Corporation $92.50
Citibank, N.A. $92.50
Banca Commerciale Italiana $68.75
Bank One, N.A. $68.75
BNP Paribas $68.75
Barclays Bank Plc. $68.75
Deutsche Bank AG $68.75
HSBC Bank USA $68.75
Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. $68.75
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. $68.75
The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. $68.75
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc $68.75
Fleet National Bank $40.00
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale $40.00
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. $25.00
Bayerische Landesbank $25.00
CIBC Inc. $25.00
The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. $25.00
The Northern Trust Company $12.50
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TOTAL AMOUNT $1,250.00
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