CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 29, 2007 Among OLIN CORPORATION and PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY/ SOCIÉTÉ PCI CHIMIE CANADA as Borrowers THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN as Banks CITIBANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Syndication...
Exhibit
10.1
EXECUTION
COPY
U.S.
$220,000,000
Dated
as
of October 29, 2007
Among
XXXX
CORPORATION
and
PCI
CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY/ SOCIÉTÉ PCI CHIMIE CANADA
as
Borrowers
THE
BANKS
NAMED HEREIN
as
Banks
CITIBANK,
N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.
as
Syndication Agent
WACHOVIA
BANK, N.A.
and
THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
as
Documentation Agents
BANC
OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as
Joint Lead Arranger
and
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
as
Joint Lead Arranger and Sole
Bookrunner
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02. Computation of Time Periods
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20
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SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms
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20
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ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION
2.01. The Revolving Advances and Letters of Credit
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20
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SECTION
2.02. Making the Advances
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22
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SECTION
2.03. Fees
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30
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SECTION
2.04. Reduction, Increase and Extension of the Commitments / Substitution
of Banks
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30
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SECTION
2.05. Repayment
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33
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SECTION
2.06. Interest
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34
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SECTION
2.07. Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances
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35
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SECTION
2.08. Interest Rate Determination
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35
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SECTION
2.09. Prepayments
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36
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SECTION
2.10. Increased Costs
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37
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SECTION
2.11. Payments and Computations
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38
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SECTION
2.12. Evidence of Indebtedness
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40
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SECTION
2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc
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41
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SECTION
2.14. Taxes
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42
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SECTION
2.15. Interest Elections
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43
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SECTION
2.16. Drawings of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes
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44
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ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
SECTION
3.01. Condition Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and
2.02
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50
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SECTION
3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing Increasing the Aggregate
Amount of Advances and each Letter of Credit Issuance
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51
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SECTION
3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing
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52
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SECTION
3.04. Determinations Under Section 3.01
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53
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company
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53
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ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
5.01. Affirmative Covenants
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55
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SECTION
5.02. Negative Covenants
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57
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ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01. Events of Default
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60
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SECTION
6.02. Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Event of
Default
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62
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ARTICLE
VII
GUARANTY
SECTION
7.01. Guaranty
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63
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SECTION
7.02. Guaranty Absolute
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63
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SECTION
7.03. Waivers and Acknowledgments
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64
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SECTION
7.04. Subrogation
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65
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SECTION
7.05. Subordination
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66
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SECTION
7.06. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.
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67
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ARTICLE
VIII
THE
AGENT
SECTION
8.01. Authorization and Action
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67
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SECTION
8.02. Agent’s Reliance, Etc
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67
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SECTION
8.03. Citibank and Affiliates
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68
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SECTION
8.04. Lender Credit Decision
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68
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SECTION
8.05. Indemnification
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68
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SECTION
8.06. Successor Agent
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69
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SECTION
8.07. Delegation of Duties
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70
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SECTION
8.08. Other Agents
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70
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ARTICLE
IX
ASSIGNMENTS
AND PARTICIPATIONS
SECTION
9.01. Binding Effect
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70
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SECTION
9.02. Assignments
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70
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SECTION
9.03. Participations
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72
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ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.01. Amendments, Etc.
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73
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SECTION
10.02. Notices, Etc
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73
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SECTION
10.03. No Waiver; Remedies
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74
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SECTION
10.04. Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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75
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SECTION
10.05. Right of Set-off
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75
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SECTION
10.06. Indemnification by Company
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76
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SECTION
10.07. Governing Law
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76
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SECTION
10.08. Execution in Counterparts
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76
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SECTION
10.09. Special Prepayment Right
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76
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SECTION
10.10. Jurisdiction, Etc
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77
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SECTION
10.11. No Liability of the Issuing Banks
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78
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SECTION
10.12. Confidentiality
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78
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SECTION
10.13. Patriot Act
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79
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SECTION
10.14. Judgment
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79
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SECTION
10.15. Waiver of Jury Trial
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80
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Schedule
I - List
of Applicable Lending Offices
Schedule
2.01(b) Letters
of Credit
Exhibit
A-1 - Revolving
Promissory Note
Exhibit
A-2 - Form
of Bid Note
Exhibit
B-1 - Notice
of Revolving Borrowing
Exhibit
B-2 - Notice
of Bid Borrowing
Exhibit
C - Assignment
and Acceptance
Exhibit
D-1 - Opinion
of Counsel to the Company
Exhibit
D-2 - Opinion
of Counsel to the Canadian Borrower
Exhibit
E - Assumption
Agreement
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Dated
as of October 29, 2007
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XXXX
CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), PCI CHEMICALS CANADA
COMPANY/ SOCIÉTÉ PCI CHIMIE CANADA, an unlimited company amalgamated under the
laws of Nova Scoita (the “Canadian Borrower”), the banks (the
“Banks”) and issuers of letters of credit (“Issuing Banks”) listed
on the signature pages hereof and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (the
“Agent”) for the Banks and Issuing Banks, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain
Defined Terms. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of
the terms defined):
“Acquisition”
means any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or
substantially all of the capital stock of, or all or a substantial part of
the
assets of, or of a business unit or division of, any Person.
“Advance”
means a Revolving Advance or a Bid Advance.
“Affiliate”
means, when used with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” or
“under common control with”) means the possession directly or indirectly of the
power, whether or not exercised, to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of any Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Agent’s
Account” means the account of the Agent maintained by the Agent at Citibank
at its office at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Account No.
00000000, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications and, in respect of the
Sub-Agent, means the account of the Sub-Agent with Citibank at is office at
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Account No. 2070035009,
Attention: CIG Western Hemisphere Agency.
“Applicable
Lending Office” means, with respect to each US Lender, such Lender’s
Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender’s
Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, and with
respect to each Canadian Lender, such Lender’s Canadian Lending Office in the
case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, Base Rate Advance or a Canadian Prime Rate
Advance and such Lender’s BA Lending Office in the case of a
Drawing.
“Applicable
Margin” means, as of any date of determination, a rate per annum determined
by reference to the Performance Level applicable on such date as set forth
below:
Performance
Level
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Applicable
Margin for
Base
Rate Advances and Canadian Prime Rate Advances
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Applicable
Margin for
Eurodollar
Rate Advances,
Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes
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I
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0.000%
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0.450%
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II
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0.000%
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0.600%
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III
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0.000%
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0.700%
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IV
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0.000%
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0.800%
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V
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0.000%
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1.000%
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“Assignment
and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender
and an assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
C hereto and otherwise in accordance with Article VIII.
“Assumption
Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c).
“Available
Amount” of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming
compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing).
“BA
Advance” means (i) in the case of the BA Lenders, the acceptance of a Draft
or the purchase of a Bankers’ Acceptance by a Canadian Lender for the account of
the Canadian Borrower and (ii) in the case of the Non-BA Lenders, the making
of
BA Equivalent Notes by a Canadian Lender to the Canadian Borrower.
“BA
Equivalent Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“BA
Lender” means any Canadian Lender that is a bank chartered under the
Bank Act (Canada) or that is an authorized foreign bank thereunder and
which stamps and accepts bankers’ acceptances.
“BA
Lending Office” means, in the case of each Canadian Lender, the office of
such Lender set forth as its “BA Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I
hereto or in the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender or such other office of such Lender in Canada as
such Lender may from time to time specify to the Company and the Agent for
such
purpose.
“BA
Rate” means:
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(a) for
each Schedule I Lender, and in respect of each BA Equivalent
Note, the average rate (calculated on an annual basis of a year of
365 days and rounded up to the nearest multiple of 1/4 of 1%, if such average
is
not such a multiple) for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a
comparable term that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or such other
page
as is a replacement page for such bankers’ acceptances) at 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) or, if such rate is not available at such time, the applicable
discount rate in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes
shall be the average (as determined by the Sub-Agent) of the respective
percentage discount rates (calculated on an annual basis of 365 days and rounded
up to the nearest multiple of 1/4 of 1%, if such average is not such a
multiple), quoted to the Sub-Agent by each Schedule I Reference Lender as the
discount rate at which such Lender would purchase, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of such Drawing, its own bankers’ acceptances having an
aggregate Face Amount equal to and with a term to maturity the same as the
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes to be acquired by such Lender as
part of such Drawing; and
(b) for
each Schedule II/III Lender and any other Lender or Person, the average rate
determined by the Sub-Agent pursuant to clause (a) plus 0.1%.
“Bankers’
Acceptance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).
“Base
Rate” means, for any Interest Period or any other period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time which rate
per
annum shall at all times be equal to the higher of:
(a) The
rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New York,
from time to time, as Citibank, N.A.’s base rate, or
(b) The
sum (adjusted to the nearest 1/100 of one percent or, if there is no nearest
1/100 of one percent, to the next higher 1/100 of one percent) of (i) 1/2 of
one
percent per annum, plus (ii) the rate per annum obtained by dividing (A) the
Federal Funds Rate by (B) a percentage equal to 100% minus the average of the
daily percentages specified during such period by the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency, supplemental or
other
marginal reserve requirement) for Citibank, N.A. in respect of liabilities
consisting of or including (among other liabilities) three-month U.S. dollar
nonpersonal time deposits in the United States, plus (iii) the average during
such period of the annual assessment rates estimated by Citibank, N.A. for
determining the then current annual assessment payable by Citibank, N.A. to
the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insuring U.S.
dollar deposits of Citibank, N.A. in the United States.
“Base
Rate Advance” means a Revolving Advance denominated in US Dollars which
bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a).
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“Bid
Advance” means an advance by a US Lender to the Company pursuant to the
auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.02(c).
“Bid
Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Bid Advances from
each of the US Lenders whose offer to make such Bid Advances has been accepted
under the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.02(c).
“Bid
Note” means a promissory note of the Company payable to the order of any US
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing the
Indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from a Bid Advance made
by
such Lender.
“Borrowers”
means the Company and the Canadian Borrower.
“Borrowing
Minimum” means, in respect of Advances denominated in US Dollars,
US$10,000,000 and, in respect of Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars,
CN$5,000,000.
“Borrowing
Multiple” means, in respect of Advances denominated in US Dollars,
US$1,000,000 and, in respect of Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars,
CN$1,000,000.
“Business
Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized
to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any
Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market.
“Canadian
Advance” means an advance by a Canadian Lender to a Borrower or the
acceptance of a Draft or purchase of a Bankers’ Acceptance by a Canadian Lender
for the account of the Canadian Borrower as part of a Borrowing and refers
to a
Base Rate Advance, Canadian Prime Rate Advance, a Eurodollar Rate Advance or
a
BA Advance (each of which shall be a “Type” of Canadian
Advance).
“Canadian
Borrowing” means (i) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Canadian
Advances of the same Type (and, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, having the same Interest Period) made by the Canadian
Lenders and (ii) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Bankers’ Acceptances and
BA Equivalent Notes accepted, purchased, maintained or otherwise made or made
by
each of the Canadian Lenders.
“Canadian
Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized by law to close in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx.
“Canadian
Commitment” means, with respect to any Canadian Lender at any time, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto under the
caption “Canadian Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into one or more
Assignment and Acceptances, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained
by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.02(d) as such Lender’s “Canadian
Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced or increased at or prior to such time
pursuant to Section 2.04.
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“Canadian
Dollars” and “CN$” each means lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian
Interbank Rate” means the interest rate, expressed as a percentage per
annum, which is customarily used by the Sub-Agent when calculating interest
due
by it or owing to it arising from or in connection with correction of errors
between it and other Canadian chartered banks.
“Canadian
Lender” means any Bank listed on the signature pages hereof (or any written
amendment, supplement or other modification hereto) as a Canadian Lender or
an
Eligible Assignee thereof, each of which is not a non-resident of Canada for
purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
“Canadian
Lending Office” means, with respect to each Canadian Lender, the office of
such Lender set forth as its “Canadian Lending Office” opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in any written amendment, supplement or modification hereto
or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender or
such
other office of such Canadian Lender in Canada as such Lender may from time
to
time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent for such
purpose.
“Canadian
Prime Rate” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time
to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the higher
of:
(a) the
rate which the principal office of Citibank (or its Affiliate) in Toronto,
Ontario announces publicly from time to time as its prime rate for determining
rates of interest on commercial loans in Canadian Dollars made by it in Canada;
and
(b) 1/2
of 1% per annum above the rate quoted for 30-day Canadian Dollar bankers’
acceptances of Citibank that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or any
replacement page) as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the date of
determination.
“Canadian
Prime Rate Advance” means an Advance made in Canadian Dollars that bears
interest as provided in Section 2.06(b).
“Canadian
Reference Lenders” means Citibank and Bank of America, N.A. provided
that, if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Canadian Lender, the term
“Canadian Reference Lenders” shall no longer include such Lender and shall
thereafter include such Lender as the Sub-Agent shall designate as a replacement
Canadian Reference Lender, which designation shall be made with the consent
of
such replacement Canadian Reference Lender and the Company, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and provided, further,
that if any Canadian Lenders are banks set forth in Schedule I of the Bank
Act
(Canada), at least one of the Canadian Reference Lenders will be such a Schedule
I bank.
“Capital
Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on
a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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“Change
in Law” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(c).
“Commitment”
means a US Commitment, a Canadian Commitment or a Letter of Credit
Commitment.
“Confidential
Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.12.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
(adjusted to exclude all extraordinary or unusual items and any gains or losses
on sales of assets outside the ordinary course of business) plus, without
duplication and to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense,
amortization or writeoff of debt discount with respect to Indebtedness
(including the Advances), (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d)
amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill) and
organization costs, and (e) any other non-cash charges. For the
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Reference Period pursuant
to
any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (x) Consolidated EBITDA
of
the Company shall include, without duplication, the Company’s pro rata share of
the “Consolidated EBITDA” of Sunbelt Chlor Alkali Partnership (determined by
reference to the Company’s actual ownership therein) and (y) if during such
Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made an Acquisition,
Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such Acquisition occurred on the first day of
such Reference Period.
“Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any Reference Period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period to (b) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such Reference Period.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense (including
that attributable to capitalized lease obligations) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries (including all commission, discounts and other
fees
and charges accrued with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), minus (in the
case
of net benefits) or plus (in the case of net costs) the net benefits or net
costs under all Hedging Agreements in respect of Indebtedness of the Company
and
its Subsidiaries to the extent such net benefits or net costs are allocable
to
such period in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio” means, as at the last day of any Reference Period, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA, for
such
Reference Period. The Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated
on the date on which the Company delivers to the Agent the financial statements
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(i)(i) or (ii), as the case
may
be, and the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(i)(iv)
demonstrating such ratio.
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“Consolidated
Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the
income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than
a
Subsidiary of the Company) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has
an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually
received by the Company or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar
distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the
Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms
of
any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or any law
applicable to such Subsidiary.
“Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date, the total assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis, minus (a)
the
consolidated current liabilities (excluding interest-bearing liabilities) of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date, (b) unamortized debt discount
and
expense, goodwill, trademarks, brand names, patents and other intangible assets,
and (c) any write-up of the value of any assets (other than an allocation of
purchase price in an acquisition) after December 31, 2006; all as determined
in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Total Debt” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date (including the
Company’s Indebtedness in respect of its Guarantee of the Guaranteed Secured
Senior Notes due 2017, Series O, of Sunbelt Chlor Alkali Partnership),
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Domestic
Lending Office” means, with respect to any US Lender, the office of such
Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending office” opposite its name on Schedule
I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time
specify to the Company and the Agent.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any State
of the United States of America, substantially all of the assets of which are
located, and substantially all of the business of which is conducted, in the
United States of America.
“Draft”
means a xxxxx xxxx of exchange, within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange
Act
(Canada), drawn in Canadian Dollars by the Canadian Borrower on any Canadian
Lender, and which, except as otherwise provided herein, has not been completed
or accepted by such Lender.
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“Drawing”
means the simultaneous (i) acceptance of Drafts and purchase of Bankers’
Acceptances by the Canadian Lenders, in accordance with Section 2.16(a),
and (ii) making of BA Equivalent Notes by Non-BA Lenders.
“Drawing
Purchase Price” means, with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance to be
purchased by any Canadian Lender at any time, the amount (adjusted to the
nearest whole cent or, if there is no nearest whole cent, the next higher whole
cent) obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Face Amount of such Bankers’
Acceptance, by (ii) the sum of (A) one and (B) the product of
(1) the BA Rate in effect at such time (expressed as a decimal)
multiplied by (2) a fraction the numerator of which is the number
of days in the term to maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance and the denominator
of which is 365 days or 366 days, as the case may be.
“Eligible
Assignee” means (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender; and (iii) any
other Person approved by the Agent and, unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected in accordance with
Section 9.02, the Company; provided, however, that neither the
Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee;
provided, further that, with respect to any Canadian Commitment or
Canadian Advances, any Person that is not resident in Canada for purposes of
the
Income Tax Act (Canada) shall not qualify as an Eligible Assignee under this
definition.
“Environmental
Laws” means any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, injunctions, permits, grants, franchises, licenses or
governmental restrictions relating to (i) the effect of the environment on
human
health, (ii) the environment or (iii) emissions, discharges or releases of
Hazardous Substances into the environment including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, or land, or otherwise relating to the effect
on
the environment of the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances or the
remediation thereof.
“Equivalent”
in (a) US Dollars of Canadian Dollars on any date of determination means the
equivalent thereof determined by using the quoted spot rate at which Citibank’s
principal office in Toronto, Ontario offers to exchange US Dollars for Canadian
Dollars in Toronto, Ontario at 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date and (b)
in
Canadian Dollars of US Dollars on any date of determination means the equivalent
thereof determined by using the quoted spot rate at which Citibank, N.A.’s
principal office in New York City, New York offers to exchange Canadian Dollars
for US Dollars in New York City, New York at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time)
on
such date.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any Person who for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a
member of the Company’s controlled group, or under common control with the
Company, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986,
as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
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“ERISA
Event” means (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect thereto
has been waived by the PBGC; (ii) the provision by the administrator of any
Plan
of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a) (2)
of
ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred
to in
Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (iii) the cessation of operations at a facility
in
the circumstances described in Section 4068(f) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal
by
the Company or an ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan
year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
of ERISA; (v) the failure by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to make a
payment to a Plan required under Section 302(f)(1) of ERISA, which Section
imposes a lien for failure to make required payments; (vi) the adoption of
an
amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan, pursuant
to Section 307 of ERISA; or (vii) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings
to
terminate a Plan, pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any
event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a
Plan.
“Eurocurrency
Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to
time.
“Eurodollar
Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender
specified as its “Eurodollar Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I
hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender
(or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending office), or such
other
office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the
Company and the Agent.
“Eurodollar
Rate” means, for the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of each Bid
Advance comprising part of the same Bid Borrowing, for the period from the
date
of such Bid Advance to its maturity date as specified in the applicable Notice
of Bid Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum
(rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum) appearing
on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank
offered rate for deposits in US Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such period for a term
comparable to such period or, if for any reason such rate is not available,
the
average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum,
if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits
in US Dollars are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference
Banks
in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 10:00 A.M.
(New York City time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period or, in the case of a Bid Advance, two Business Days before the date
of
such Bid Borrowing in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s
Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Revolving Borrowing or, in
the
case of a Bid Borrowing, in an amount substantially equal to one quarter of
the
aggregate amount of such Bid Borrowing and for a period equal to such Interest
Period or, in the case of a Bid Advance, equal to the period from the date
of
such Bid Advance to its maturity date as specified in the applicable Notice
of
Bid Borrowing. If the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor
page) is unavailable, the Eurodollar Rate for such period for each such Advance
comprising part of the same Revolving Borrowing or Bid Borrowing (as applicable)
shall be such average as determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable
rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period or, in the case
of a
Bid Advance, two Business Days before the date of such Bid Borrowing,
subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.08.
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“Eurodollar
Rate Advance” means a Revolving Advance denominated in US Dollars which
bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(c).
“Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage” of any Lender for the Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Advance means the reserve percentage applicable during such
Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so applicable,
the
daily average of such percentages for those days in such Interest Period during
which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued
from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without
limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement)
for such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest
Period.
“Events
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Face
Amount” means, with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent
Note, the amount payable to the holder of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA
Equivalent Note on its then existing Maturity Date.
“Facility
Fee Rate” means, as of any date of determination, a rate per annum
determined by reference to the Performance Level applicable on such date as
set
forth below:
Performance
Level
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Facility
Fee Rate
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I
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0.100%
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II
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0.150%
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III
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0.175%
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IV
|
0.200%
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V
|
0.250%
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“Federal
Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates
on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15(519), for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for
the
next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average
of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary other than a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“GAAP”
is defined in Section 1.03.
“Guarantee”
of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase
or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner
of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or
liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such
Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness
or
obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business.
“Guaranteed
Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Guaranty”
means the guaranty of the Company set forth in Article VII.
“Hazardous
Substances” means any toxic, radioactive, caustic or otherwise hazardous
substance, material or waste, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products
and other hydrocarbons, in each case regulated by Environmental
Law.
“Hedging
Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest
or
currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person
for
borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are
customarily paid, excluding deferred compensation of officers and directors,
(d)
all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) 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), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder
of
such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the
Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person
of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person
and
all obligations of such Person under synthetic leases, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty, other than letters of credit and
letters of guaranty issued to support obligations (other than Indebtedness)
incurred in the ordinary course of business, (j) all obligations, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (k) all
Invested Amounts. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person
is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefore as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person
is
not liable therefor.
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“Indemnified
Costs” has the meaning specified in Section 8.05(a).
“Insufficiency”
means, with respect to any Plan, the amount, if any, of its unfunded benefit
liabilities, as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
“Interest
Election Request” means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Interest
Period” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Revolving Advance comprising part of
the same Revolving Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Advance
(or on the effective date of any election applicable to such Borrowing pursuant
to Section 2.15) and ending the last day of the period selected by the
applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of
each such Interest Period shall be 1, 2, 3 or 6 months or, with the consent
of
all the Lenders required to fund such Advance, nine or twelve months, in each
case as the applicable Borrower may select, upon notice received by the Agent
not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on (i) the third Business Day
prior to the first day of such Interest Period in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Advances and (ii) the first day of such Interest Period in the case of Base
Rate
Advances; provided, however, that:
(A) the
Borrowers may not select any Interest Period which ends after the Termination
Date;
(B) Interest
Periods commencing on the same date for Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing shall be of the same duration; and
(C) whenever
the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than
a
Business Day, the last day on such Interest Period shall be extended to occur
on
the next succeeding Business Day, provided, that if such extension would cause
the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar
month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding
Business Day.
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“Issuing
Bank” means each Issuing Bank listed on the signature pages hereof, any
Eligible Assignee to which any Letter of Credit Commitment hereunder has been
assigned pursuant to Section 9.02 so long as the Company has consented to such
assignment and any other US Lender approved in writing by the Company and the
Administrative Agent (which approval by the Administrative Agent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld) so long as such Eligible Assignee or such other Lender
expressly agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed
by
it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Agent of its Applicable Lending Office
(which information shall be recorded by the Agent in the Register), for so
long
as such Issuing Bank or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be, shall have a
Letter of Credit Commitment.
“Invested
Amounts” means the amounts invested by investors that are not Affiliates of
the Company in connection with a receivables securitization program and paid
to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as reduced by the aggregate amounts
received by such investors from the payment of receivables and applied to reduce
such invested amounts.
“L/C
Cash Collateral Account” means an interest bearing cash collateral account
to be established and maintained by the Agent, over which the Agent shall have
sole dominion and control, upon terms as may be satisfactory to the
Agent.
“L/C
Related Documents” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(b)(i).
“Lenders”
means the US Lenders, Canadian Lenders and Issuing Banks listed on the signature
pages hereof (until such Lender or Issuing Bank shall have assigned or had
assumed all interests hereunder as provided in Sections 9.02 or 2.04(c))
and each assignee or Assuming Bank that shall become a party hereto pursuant
to
Sections 9.02 or 2.04(c).
“Letter
of Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(b)(i).
“Letter
of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Issuing Bank at any time,
the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto
under the caption “Letter of Credit Commitment” or, if such Issuing Bank has
entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances or has assumed the role
of
an Issuing Bank after the date hereof, set forth for such Issuing Bank in the
Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.02(d) as such
Issuing Bank’s “Letter of Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at
or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Letter
of Credit Facility” means, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
the aggregate amount of the Issuing Banks’ Letter of Credit Commitments at such
time and (b) US$110,000,000, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such
time pursuant to Section 2.04.
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“Letters
of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge
of
any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement).
“Loan
Documents” means this Agreement and the Notes.
“Margin
Stock” shall have the meaning given such term under Regulation U issued by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Majority
Lenders” means at any time (a) Lenders having at least a majority in
interest of the sum of the US Commitments and the Canadian Commitments, (b)
if
only the US Commitments have been terminated, Lenders having at least a majority
in interest of the sum of the principal amount of the US Advances and the amount
of the Canadian Commitments, (c) if only the Canadian Commitments have been
terminated, Lenders having at least a majority in interest of the sum of the
principal amount of the Canadian Advances and the amount of the US Commitments
or (d) if both the US Commitments and the Canadian Commitments have been
terminated, Lenders having at least a majority in interest of the then aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Advances owing to Lenders.
“Maturity
Date” means, for each Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note comprising
part of the same Drawing, the date on which the Face Amount for such Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, as the case may be, becomes due and payable
in
accordance with the provisions set forth below, which shall be a Canadian
Business Day occurring no later than 180 days (or, subject to availability,
such
greater period not to exceed 364 days) after the date on which such Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note is created and purchased as part of any
Drawing, as a Borrower may select upon notice received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on a Canadian Business Day at
least two Canadian Business Days prior to the date on which such Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note is to be purchased (whether as a new Drawing
or
by renewal); provided, however, that:
(a) such
Borrower may not select any Maturity Date for any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA
Equivalent Loan that occurs after the then scheduled Termination
Date;
(b) the
Maturity Date for all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans comprising
part of the same Drawing shall occur on the same date; and
(c) whenever
the Maturity Date for any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan would
otherwise occur on a day other than a Canadian Business Day, such Maturity
Date
shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Canadian Business
Day.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA,
to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation
to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made
or accrued an obligation to make contributions, such plan being maintained
pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements.
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“Multiple
Employer Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section
4001(a)(15) of ERISA, which (i) is maintained for employees of the Company
or an
ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Company and its ERISA
Affiliates or (ii) was so maintained and in respect of which the Company or
an
ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in
the
event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“Non-BA
Lender” means a Canadian Lender which is not permitted by applicable law or
by customary market practices to stamp, for purposes of subsequent sale, or
accept, a Bankers’ Acceptance.
“Note”
means a Revolving Note or a Bid Note.
“Notice
of Bid Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section
2.02(c)(i).
“Notice
of Revolving Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section
2.02(a).
“Notice
of Issuance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b)(i).
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name of the Company by its
President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its
Controller.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Performance
Level” means, as of any date of determination, the level set forth below as
then applicable:
I Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.00:1.00.
|
II
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is greater than 1.00:1.00 but less than or equal to
1.50:1.00.
|
|
III
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is greater than 1.50:1.00 but less than or equal to
2.50:1.00.
|
|
IV
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50:1.00 but less than or equal to
3.00:1.00.
|
|
V
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is greater than
3.00:1.00.
|
For
purposes of this definition, the Performance Level shall be determined (i)
from
the date hereof, until adjusted pursuant to clause (ii) below, by reference
to
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio calculated for the Reference Period that would
have ended September 30, 2007 had this Agreement then been in effect and (ii)
as
at the end of each Reference Period ended after the date hereof based upon
the
calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for such Reference
Period. The Applicable Margin, Facility Fee Rate and Utilization Fee
Rate shall be adjusted (if necessary) upward or downward on the first day
following delivery of the certificate referred to in Section
5.01(i)(iv).
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“Permitted
Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested
in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of
a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
Section 6.01(f); and
(f) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the
affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
provided
that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust),
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan”
means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
“Post-Petition
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Pro
Rata Share” of any amount means, with respect to any US Lender at any time,
the product of such amount times a fraction the numerator of which is the
amount of such Lender’s US Commitment at such time (or, if the US Commitments
shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.04 or 6.01, such Lender’s
US Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such termination) and the
denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all US Commitments at such
time
(or, if the US Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.04 or 6.01, the aggregate amount of all US Commitments as in
effect immediately prior to such termination).
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“Reference
Banks” means Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank,
National Association.
“Reference
Period” means any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Company.
“Register”
has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(d).
“Regulation
FD” has the meaning specified in Section 10.12.
“Revolving
Advance” means a US Advance or a Canadian Advance.
“Revolving
Borrowing” means a US Borrowing or a Canadian Borrowing.
“Revolving
Note” means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to the order of any
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the
Revolving Advances made to such Borrower by such Lender.
“Schedule
I Lenders” shall mean, at any time, the Canadian Lenders that are listed in
Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada) at such time.
“Schedule
I Reference Lenders” means, where there are three or fewer Schedule I
Lenders, all such Lenders, and where there are more than three such Lenders,
three of such Lenders chosen by the Sub-Agent and identified by written notice
to the Borrowers.
“Schedule
II/III Lenders” shall mean, at any time, the Canadian Lenders that are
listed in Schedule II or Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada) at such
time.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary, but excludes any Subsidiary the United
States dollar value (or equivalent thereof) of whose assets is less than 5%
of
the total assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis.
“Single-Employer
Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of
ERISA, which (i) is maintained for employees of the Company or an ERISA
Affiliate and no Person other than the Company and its ERISA Affiliates or
(ii)
was so maintained and in respect of which the Company or an ERISA Affiliate
could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has
been
or were to be terminated.
“Stamping
Fee” means, with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Note,
an amount equal to (a) the Applicable Margin, as in effect on the date of
the Drawing or renewal, as the case may be, of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA
Equivalent Note multiplied by (b) the Face Amount of such Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, calculated on the basis of the term
to
maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and a year of 365
days or 366 days, as the case may be.
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“Sub-Agent”
means Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch.
“Subordinated
Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Subsidiary”
means, as at any particular time, any Person controlled by the Company the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were to
be prepared at such time in accordance with GAAP.
“Tax-Exempt
Financing” means a transaction with a governmental unit or instrumentality
which involves (i) the issuance by such governmental unit or instrumentality
to
Persons other than the Company or a Subsidiary of bonds or other obligations
on
which the interest is exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 103 of
the
Internal Revenue Code and the proceeds of which are applied to finance or
refinance the cost of acquisition of equipment or facilities of the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries, and (ii) participation in the transaction by the
Company or a Subsidiary in any manner permitted by this Agreement.
“Termination
Date” means (i) October 29, 2012 or (ii) any date to which the Termination
Date shall have been extended pursuant to Section 2.04(b); or in each case
of
(i) and (ii), the earlier date on which the termination in whole of the
Commitments occurs pursuant to Section 2.04(a) or 6.01.
“Type”
shall have the meaning given such term in the definitions of US Advance and
Canadian Advance.
“Unused
Canadian Commitment” means, with respect to any Canadian Lender at any time,
(a) such Lender’s Canadian Commitment at such time minus
(b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Canadian Advances
(other than BA Advances) made by such Canadian Lender and outstanding at such
time and (ii) the aggregate Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA
Equivalent Notes accepted, purchased, maintained or otherwise made by such
Canadian Lender and outstanding at such time.
“Unused
US Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, (a) such
Lender’s US Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of (i) the
aggregate principal amount of all US Advances made by such Lender (in its
capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time, plus (ii) such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of (A) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit outstanding at such time, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Advances made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.02(b)(iii) that have not been ratably funded by such Lender and
outstanding at such time and (C) the aggregate principal amount of Bid Advances
then outstanding.
“US
Advance” means an advance (other than a Bid Advance) by a US Lender to a
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02(a) or (b)(iii), and refers to a Base Rate
Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of which shall be a “Type” of
US Advance).
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“US
Borrowing” means (i) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous US Advances of
the same Type (and, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, having the same Interest Period) made by the US Lenders.
“US
Commitment” means, with respect to any US Lender at any time, the amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption “US
Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and
Acceptances, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent
pursuant to Section 9.02(d) as such Lender’s “US Commitment”, as such
amount may be reduced or increased at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.04.
“US
Dollars” and the “US$” sign each means lawful currency of the United
States of America.
“US
Lender” means any Bank listed on the signature pages hereof (or any written
amendment, supplement or other modification hereto) as a US Lender or an
Eligible Assignee thereof.
“US
Usage” means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the
US Advances and the Bid Advances then outstanding plus the Available
Amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit.
“Usage”
means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Advances
then outstanding plus the Available Amount of the outstanding Letters of
Credit.
“Utilization
Fee Rate” means, for any date on which the aggregate Usage exceeds 50% of
the aggregate Revolving Commitments, a rate per annum determined by reference
to
the Performance Level applicable on such date as set forth below:
Performance
Level
|
Utilization
Fee Rate
|
I
|
0.075%
|
II
|
0.125%
|
III
|
0.125%
|
IV
|
0.125%
|
V
|
0.250%
|
“Voting
Rights” means, as to any corporation or any other entity, ordinary voting
power (whether associated with outstanding common stock or outstanding preferred
stock, or both, or other outstanding equity interests, as applicable) to elect
members of the Board of Directors of such corporation or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any class or
classes of such corporation or entity shall or might have voting power or
additional voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency).
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“Wholly
Owned” means, with respect to any corporation or other entity, a corporation
or other entity of which 100% of the Voting Rights are at the time directly
or
indirectly owned by the Company, by the Company and one or more other Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries, or by one or more other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
“Withdrawal
Liability” shall have the meaning given such term under Part I of Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Computation
of Time Periods. (a) In
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the computation of periods of
time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means
“from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but
excluding”.
(b) In
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents each reference to a year shall be a
reference to the twelve consecutive months beginning January 1 in such year
and
ending December 31 in such year and each reference to a quarter shall be a
reference to one of the three consecutive month periods beginning January 1,
April 1, July 1 or October 1, in each year.
SECTION
1.03. Accounting
Terms. All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP. “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis
consistent with the most recent certified consolidated financial statements
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders, except that if the
Company notifies the Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of a change occurring after the date
of
this Agreement in GAAP or the application thereof on the operation of such
provision (or if the Agent notifies the Company that the Majority Lenders
request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless
of
whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in
the
application thereof, then such provision shall be construed and interpreted
on
the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall
have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance with Section 10.01.
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION
2.01. The
Revolving Advances and Letters of Credit. (a) Revolving
Advances. (i) Each US Lender severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make US Advances in US Dollars
to
the Company from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
date hereof until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed
such
Lender’s Unused US Commitment. Each US Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum or the Borrowing Multiple
in excess thereof and shall consist of Advances of the same Type made on the
same day by the US Lenders ratably according to their respective US
Commitments. Within the limits of each US Lender’s US Commitment, the
Company may borrow, repay pursuant to Section 2.05 or prepay pursuant to Section
2.09(b), and reborrow, prior to the Termination Date, under this Section
2.01(a)(i).
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(ii) Each
Canadian Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make Canadian Advances in either US Dollars or Canadian Dollars to
the
Canadian Borrower and/or the Company from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an
aggregate amount on any Business Day not to exceed the Unused Canadian
Commitment of such Canadian Lender. Each Canadian Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum or the Borrowing
Multiple in excess thereof and shall consist of Advances of the same Type made
on the same day by the Canadian Lenders ratably according to their respective
Canadian Commitments. Within the limits of each Canadian Lender’s
Canadian Commitment, the Canadian Borrower and the Company may borrow, repay
pursuant to Section 2.05, prepay pursuant to Section 2.09 and reborrow,
prior to the Termination Date, under this Section 2.01(a)(ii).
(b) Letters
of Credit. Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to issue letters of credit (each a “Letter of
Credit”) denominated in US Dollars for the account of the Company from time
to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until 30
days
before the Termination Date in an aggregate Available Amount (i) for all Letters
of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank not to exceed at any time the lesser
of
(x) the Letter of Credit Facility at such time and (y) such Issuing
Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment at such time and (ii) for each such
Letter of Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the aggregate Unused US
Commitments of the US Lenders at such time. No Letter of Credit shall
have an expiration date (including all rights of the Company or the beneficiary
to require renewal, but excluding “evergreen” renewal provisions that permit the
Issuing Bank to decline to renew) later than five Business Days before the
Termination Date. Within the limits referred to above, the Company
may request the issuance of Letters of Credit under this Section 2.01(b),
repay any Revolving Advances resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant to
Section 2.05 or prepay pursuant to Section 2.09(b) and request the issuance
of additional Letters of Credit under this Section 2.01(b) Each
letter of credit listed on Schedule 2.01(b) shall be deemed to constitute a
Letter of Credit issued hereunder, and each Lender that is an issuer of such
a
Letter of Credit shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be an
Issuing Bank for each such letter of credit, provided than any renewal or
replacement of any such letter of credit shall be issued by an Issuing Bank
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The
Bankers’ Acceptances. Each Canadian Lender severally agrees on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, in the case of each BA Lender,
to accept Drafts (each such Draft so accepted, a “Bankers’ Acceptance”)
for the account of the Canadian Borrower, and to purchase such Bankers’
Acceptances and in the case of non-BA Lenders to make BA Equivalent Notes,
from
time to time on any Canadian Business Day during the period from the Effective
Date until the Termination Date; provided, that the Face Amount of such
Bankers’ Acceptance and of any BA Equivalent Note shall not exceed the Unused
Canadian Commitment of such Canadian Lender. Each Drawing shall
consist of the creation and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances and the making of
BA Equivalent Notes at or about the same time by the Canadian Lenders ratably
in
accordance with their respective Canadian Commitments. Within the
limits of each Canadian Lender’s Canadian Commitment and within the limits
referred to above in this Section 2.01(c), the Canadian Borrower may borrow
under this Section 2.01(c), repay pursuant to Section 2.16(j) and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(c).
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SECTION
2.02. Making
the Advances. (a) Making
the Revolving Advances. (i) (A) Each
Revolving Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time), (x) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, on the third
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing and (y)
in
the case of Base Rate Advances or Canadian Prime Rate Advances, on the day
of
the proposed Revolving Borrowing, by the applicable Borrower to the Agent (and
in the case of Canadian Advances, to the Sub-Agent), which shall give to each
appropriate Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each such
notice of a Revolving Borrowing (a “Notice of Revolving Borrowing”) shall
be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form
of
Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (I) date of such Revolving
Borrowing, (II) Type of Revolving Advances comprising such Revolving Borrowing,
(III) aggregate amount of such Revolving Borrowing, and (IV) in the case of
a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, Interest Period for each such Revolving
Advance. Each Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on
the date of such Revolving Borrowing make available for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office to the Agent (or, in the case of Advances denominated
in Canadian Dollars, to the Sub-Agent) at the applicable Agent’s Account, in
same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such Revolving
Borrowing. After the Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s receipt of such funds and
upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the
Agent or Sub-Agent, as applicable, will make such funds available to the
applicable Borrower at the Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s address referred to in Section
10.02.
(B) The
failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Advance to be made by it as part
of
any Revolving Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation,
if
any, hereunder to make its Revolving Advance on the date of such Revolving
Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to make the Revolving Advance to be made by such other Lender on the
date
of any Revolving Borrowing.
(ii) Anything
in subsection (i) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
(A) if
any
Lender shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any requested
Revolving Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, notify the Agent
or
the Sub-Agent, as applicable (with a copy to the applicable Borrower) that
the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation by any court, authority or agency, or any other governmental,
judicial or regulatory body, makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or
other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender or
its
Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make
Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances
hereunder, the right of such Borrower to select Eurodollar Rate Advances for
such Revolving Borrowing or any subsequent Revolving Borrowing, with respect
to
such Lender (only), shall be suspended until such Lender shall notify the Agent
(with a copy to the applicable Borrower) that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist or such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto,
and
each Revolving Advance comprising such Revolving Borrowing shall, with respect
to such Lender (only), be a Base Rate Advance of an equivalent amount and for
an
approximately equivalent term, provided that if all the Lenders so notify
the Agent, the Agent shall so notify the applicable Borrower and the Notice
of
Revolving Borrowing in respect of such requested Revolving Borrowing shall
be
automatically revoked. Each Lender giving a notice under this
subclause (A) shall, promptly after giving such notice, provide the Company
(with a copy to the Agent) with an explanation, in reasonable detail, as to
the
circumstances causing such suspension;
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(B) in
the
event that it is necessary to determine the Eurodollar Rate with reference
to
the Reference Banks, and if none of the Reference Banks furnish timely
information to the Agent for determining the Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar
Rate
Advances comprising any requested Revolving Borrowing, the right of the
Borrowers to select Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Revolving Borrowing or
any
subsequent Revolving Borrowing shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify
the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension
no
longer exist, and each Revolving Advance comprising such Revolving Borrowing
shall be a Eurodollar Rate Advance, if available (or, if not available or the
applicable Borrower so notifies the Lenders, a Base Rate Advance);
and
(C) if
more
than 50% of the Lenders required to fund any Revolving Borrowing comprised
of
Eurodollar Rate Advances shall, at least one Business Day before the date of
such requested Revolving Borrowing, notify the Agent (with a copy to the
applicable Borrower) that the Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar Rate Advances
comprising such Revolving Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to
such
Lenders of making or funding their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for
such
Revolving Borrowing, the Notice of Revolving Borrowing given in respect of
such
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be automatically revoked and the right
of
the Borrowers to select Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Revolving Borrowing
or
any subsequent Revolving Borrowing shall be suspended until such Lenders shall
notify the Agent (with a copy to the applicable Borrower) and the other Lenders
that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. The
Lenders giving a notice under this subclause (C) shall, promptly after giving
such notice, provide the Company (with a copy to the Agent) with an explanation,
in reasonable detail, as to the circumstances causing such
suspension.
(D) Anything
in subsection (i) above to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the Borrowers
may
not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Revolving Borrowing if the aggregate
amount of such Revolving Borrowing is less than the Borrowing Minimum and (2)
the Eurodollar Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than ten
separate Revolving Borrowings.
(iii) Each
Notice of Revolving Borrowing (subject to (ii)(A) and (ii)(C) above) shall
be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower giving such notice. In the
case of any Revolving Borrowing which the related Notice of Revolving Borrowing
specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the applicable
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred
by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date
specified in such Notice of Revolving Borrowing for such Revolving Borrowing
the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation,
any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred
by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired
by
such Lender to fund the Revolving Advance to be made by such Lender as part
of
such Revolving Borrowing when such Revolving Advance, as a result of such
failure, is not made on such date. Each Lender claiming indemnity for
any such loss, cost or expense under this clause (iii) shall provide, at the
time of making such claim, the applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Agent)
with reasonable details, including the basis for the calculation thereof, of
such loss, cost or expense, provided that, in the absence of manifest
error, the amount of such claims so notified shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Borrower.
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(iv) Unless
the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable) shall have received notice from
a
Lender prior to the date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Revolving
Borrowing, the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable) may assume that such
Lender has made such portion available to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as
applicable) on the date of such Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
subsection (i) of this Section 2.02(a) and the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as
applicable) may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to
the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion
available to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable), such Lender and such
Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable)
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each date from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower
until
the date such amount is repaid to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable),
at (i) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time
to
Revolving Advances comprising such Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case
of
such Lender, (1) in the case of Advances denominated in US Dollars, the Federal
Funds Rate and (2) in the case of Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars,
the
Canadian Interbank Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent (or
the Sub-Agent, as applicable) such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid
shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Advance as part of such Revolving
Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Issuance
of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of
Credit. (i) Request for
Issuance. (A) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice,
given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fifth
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed issuance of such Letter of Credit
(or such shorter notice period as may be agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank),
by the Company to any Issuing Bank, which shall give the Agent prompt notice
thereof by telecopier. Each such notice of issuance of a Letter of
Credit (a “Notice of Issuance”) shall be by telephone or telecopier (or
as otherwise agreed between the Company and the applicable Issuing Bank),
confirmed immediately in writing, specifying therein the requested (I) date
of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day), (II) Available Amount of
such Letter of Credit, (III) expiration date of such Letter of Credit,
(IV) name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and
(V) form of such Letter of Credit, and shall be accompanied by such
application and agreement for letter of credit (if any) as such Issuing Bank
may
reasonably specify to the Company for use in connection with such requested
Letter of Credit (a “Letter of Credit Agreement”). If the
requested form of such Letter of Credit is acceptable to the applicable Issuing
Bank in its reasonable discretion, such Issuing Bank will, upon fulfillment
of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make such Letter of
Credit available to the Company at its office referred to in Section 10.02
or as otherwise agreed with the Company in connection with such
issuance. In the event and to the extent that the provisions of any
Letter of Credit Agreement shall conflict with this Agreement, the provisions
of
this Agreement shall govern.
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(ii) Participations. By
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit
increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of
any
Issuing Bank or the US Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each US
Lender, and each US Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. The Company hereby agrees to each such
participation. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing,
each US Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Agent,
for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each
drawing made under a Letter of Credit funded by the Issuing Bank and not
reimbursed by the Company on the date made, or of any reimbursement payment
required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each US Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant
to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default or any event which, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, or reduction
or
termination of the US Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. Each US Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its
participation in each Letter of Credit will be automatically adjusted to reflect
such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit at each time
such Lender's US Commitment is amended pursuant to Section 2.04, pursuant to
an
assignment in accordance with Section 8.02 or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement.
(iii) Drawing
and Reimbursement. The payment by any Issuing Bank of a draft
drawn under any Letter of Credit shall constitute for all purposes of this
Agreement the making by such Issuing Bank of a Revolving Advance, which shall
be
a Base Rate Advance, in the amount of such draft. Upon written demand
by such Issuing Bank, with a copy of such demand to the Agent, each US Lender
shall pay to the Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such outstanding
Revolving Advance, by making available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank, by deposit to the
Agent’s Account, in same day funds, an amount equal to the portion of the
outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Advance to be funded by such
Lender. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent shall transfer such
funds to such Issuing Bank. Each US Lender agrees to fund its Pro
Rata Share of an outstanding Revolving Advance made by an Issuing Bank as a
result of a drawing under the Letter of Credit on (A) the Business Day on
which demand therefor is made by the Issuing Bank, provided that notice
of such demand is given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on such Business Day, or (B) the first Business Day next succeeding such
demand if notice of such demand is given after such time. If and to
the extent that any US Lender shall not have so made the amount of such
Revolving Advance available to the Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the
Agent
forthwith on demand such amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date of demand by the applicable Issuing Bank until the date such
amount is paid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for its account or the
account of such Issuing Bank, as applicable. If such Lender shall pay
to the Agent such amount for the account of such Issuing Bank on any Business
Day, such amount so paid in respect of principal shall constitute a Revolving
Advance made by such Lender on such Business Day for purposes of this Agreement,
and the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Advance made by the
applicable Issuing Bank shall be reduced by such amount on such Business
Day.
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(iv) Letter
of Credit Reports. Each Issuing Bank shall furnish (A) to
the Agent on the first Business Day of each week a written report summarizing
issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued by it during the
previous week and drawings during such week under all Letters of Credit issued
by it and (B) to the Agent on the first Business Day of each calendar
quarter a written report setting forth the average daily aggregate Available
Amount during the preceding calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit issued
by
it.
(v) Notice
to Borrower. Each Issuing Bank shall notify the Company promptly
of each request for drawing under a Letter of Credit issued by it and each
payment made by it under any such Letter of Credit.
(vi) Failure
to Make Revolving Advances. The failure of any US Lender to make
the Revolving Advance to be made by it on the date specified in Section
2.02(b)(iii) shall not relieve any other US Lender of its obligation hereunder
to make its Revolving Advance on such date, but no US Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other US Lender to make the Revolving Advance
to be made by such other US Lender on such date.
(c) Making
the Bid Advances. (i) Each Lender severally agrees
that the Company may make Bid Borrowings denominated in US Dollars under this
Section 2.02(c) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from
the
date hereof until the date occurring one day prior to the Termination Date
in
the manner set forth below; provided that, following the making of each
Bid Borrowing, the US Usage shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the US
Commitments of the US Lenders.
(A) The
Company may request a Bid Borrowing under this Section 2.02(c) by delivering
to
the Agent, by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, a notice of a Bid
Borrowing (a “Notice of Bid Borrowing”), in substantially the form of
Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying (I) the date and aggregate amount of the proposed
Bid Borrowing, (II) the type of interest rate applicable to such Bid Borrowing
(which shall be a margin above or below the Eurodollar Rate or a fixed rate),
(III) the interest period or periods applicable to such Bid Borrowing (which
shall be from 14 days up to 12 months in the case of Eurodollar Rate related
Bid
Borrowings and from 7 days up to 365 days in the case of fixed rate Bid
Borrowings), (IV) the maturity date for repayment of each Bid Advance to be
made
as part of such Bid Borrowing (which maturity date may not be later than the
Termination Date), (V) the interest payment date or dates relating thereto,
(VI)
the time after which the offer of any US Lender bidding for such Bid Borrowing
cannot be accepted by the Company (which shall not be later than 10:30 A.M.,
New
York City time, on the date of the proposed Bid Borrowing in the case of a
fixed
rate Bid Borrowing and on the third Business Day prior to the date of the
proposed Bid Borrowing in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Bid Borrowing), and
(VII) any other terms to be applicable to such Bid Borrowing, not later than
9:00 A.M. (New York City time) (x) at least one Business Day prior to the
proposed Bid Borrowing if the Company shall specify in the Notice of Bid
Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by US Lenders shall be fixed
rates and (y) at least three Business Days prior to the proposed Bid Borrowing,
if the Company shall instead specify in the Notice of Bid Borrowing that the
rates to be offered by the US Lenders shall be a margin above or below the
Eurodollar Rate. The Agent shall in turn notify each US Lender of
each request for a Bid Borrowing received by it from the Company by sending
such
Lender a copy of the related Notice of Bid Borrowing.
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(B) Each
US Lender shall, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably
offer to make one or more Bid Advances to the Company as part of such proposed
Bid Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest, with maturity date or dates,
and
with a maximum principal amount that may be accepted by the Company, each as
specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by notifying the Agent (which
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Company) by telephone before 9:30 A.M.
(New York City time), confirmed in writing before 10:30 A.M. (New York City
time), (I) on the date of such proposed Bid Borrowing, if the Company shall
have
specified in the Notice of Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be
offered by the US Lenders were to be fixed rates per annum and (II) on the
second Business Day prior to the proposed Bid Borrowing, if the Company shall
have instead specified in the Notice of Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest
to be offered by the US Lenders were to be Eurodollar Rates, of the maximum
amount of each Bid Advance which such Lender would be willing to make as part
of
such proposed Bid Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to the proviso to the
first sentence of this Section 2.02(c), exceed such Lender’s US Commitment), the
rate or rates of interest and maturity date or dates therefor and such Lender’s
Applicable Lending office with respect to such Bid Advance; provided that
if the Agent in its capacity as a US Lender shall, in its sole discretion,
elect
to make any such offer, it shall notify the Company of such offer at least
30
minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of such election is
to
be given to the Agent by the other US Lenders. If any US Lender shall
elect not to make such an offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent by
telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, before 9:30 A.M. (New York City
time) on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent
by the other US Lenders and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and shall
not, make any Bid Advance as part of such Bid Borrowing; provided that
the failure by any US Lender to give such notice shall not cause such Lender
to
be obligated to make any Bid Advance as part of such proposed Bid
Borrowing.
(C) The
Company shall, in turn, not later than the time after which the Company cannot
accept the bid of any US Lender, as specified by the Company in the Notice
of
Bid Borrowing delivered by it in respect of such proposed Bid Borrowing, (I)
on
the date of such proposed Bid Borrowing, if the Company shall have specified
in
the Notice of Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by the
US
Lenders were to be fixed rates per annum and (II) on the third Business Day
prior to the proposed Bid Borrowing, if the Company shall have instead specified
in the Notice of Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by
the
US Lenders were to be Eurodollar Rates, either,
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(x) cancel
such Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice by telephone, confirmed
immediately in writing, to that effect, or
(y) accept
one or more of the offers made by any US Lender or US Lenders pursuant to
paragraph (B) above, in ascending order of the effective cost to the Company
(and if two or more of such offers have an equal effective cost to the Company,
the Company shall accept each such equal offer in the proportion that the amount
of each such equal offer bears to the aggregate amount of all offers at such
equal effective cost made by the US Lenders making such equal offers),
provided if the order referred to above would result in the acceptance of
an offer by any US Lender in an aggregate amount of less than US$5,000,000,
the
Company shall accept such amounts as, in its discretion, it chooses to ensure
that no offer of a US Lender is accepted for an aggregate amount of less than
US$5,000,000; such acceptance shall be made by the Company giving notice by
telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, to the Agent of the amount of
each
Bid Advance (which amount shall be equal to or less than the maximum amount
notified to the Company by such Lender for such Bid Advance pursuant to
paragraph (B) above) to be made by such Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing,
and reject any remaining offers made by US Lenders pursuant to paragraph (B)
above by giving the Agent notice to that effect.
(D) If
the Company notifies the Agent that such Bid Borrowing is cancelled pursuant
to
paragraph (C)(x) above, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the US
Lenders and such Bid Borrowing shall not be made.
(E) If
the Company accepts one or more of the offers made by any US Lender or US
Lenders pursuant to paragraph (C)(y) above, the Agent shall in turn promptly
notify by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, (I) each US Lender that
has made an offer as described in paragraph (B) above, of the date and aggregate
amount of such Bid Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by
such
Lender pursuant to paragraph (B) above have been accepted by the Company, (II)
each US Lender that is to make a Bid Advance as part of such Bid Borrowing,
of
the amount of each Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Bid
Borrowing, and (III) each US Lender that is to make a Bid Advance as part of
such Bid Borrowing, upon receipt, that the Agent has received forms of documents
appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in Article
III. Each US Lender that is to make a Bid Advance as part of such Bid
Borrowing shall, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date of such
Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received from the Agent pursuant to
clause (I) of the preceding sentence or any later time when such Lender
shall have received notice from the Agent pursuant to clause (III) of the
preceding sentence, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Agent at the Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s
portion of such Bid Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the Agent of such
funds, the Agent will make such funds available to the Company at the Agent’s
address referred to in Section 10.02. Promptly after each Bid
Borrowing the Agent will notify each US Lender of the amount of the Bid
Borrowing and the dates upon which such Bid Borrowing commenced and will
terminate.
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(E) The
Company shall indemnify each US Lender against any loss, cost, or expense
incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before
the
date specified for such Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation
or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired or maintained by such Lender
to
fund the Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing
when such Bid Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date. Each US Lender claiming indemnity for such loss, cost or
expense under this subclause (D) shall provide, at the time of making such
claim, the Company (with a copy to the Agent) with reasonable details, including
the basis for the calculation thereof, of such loss, cost or expense, provided
that, in the absence of manifest error, the amount of such claim so notified
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company.
(F) In
the case of a proposed Bid Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate related Bid
Advances, the Agent shall, as soon as possible, notify the Company and the
US
Lenders of the applicable Eurodollar Rate.
(ii) Each
Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than US$5,000,000 or
an
integral multiple of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof and, following the making
of
such Bid Borrowing, shall not result in the limitations set forth in the proviso
to the first sentence of this Section 2.02(c) being exceeded.
(iii) Within
the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.02(c), the Company
may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.02(c), repay or prepay
pursuant to subsection (v) below, and reborrow prior to the Termination Date
under this Section 2.02(c); provided, that a Bid Borrowing shall not be
made within three Business Days of the date of any other Bid
Borrowing.
(iv) The
Company shall repay to the Agent for the account of each US Lender which has
made a Bid Advance on the maturity date of each Bid Advance (such maturity
date
being that specified by the Company for repayment of such Bid Advance in the
related Notice of Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (i)(A) above
and provided in the Bid Note evidencing such Bid Advance), the then unpaid
principal amount of such Bid Advance. The Company shall have no right
to prepay any principal amount of any Bid Advance unless, and then only on
the
terms, specified by the Company for such Bid Advance in the related Notice
of
Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (i)(A) above and provided in
the
Bid Note evidencing such Bid Advance (or with the consent of the US Lender
holding such Bid Note).
(v) The
Company shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Bid Advance
from the date of such Bid Advance to the date the principal amount of such
Bid
Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of interest for such Bid Advance
specified by the US Lender making such Bid Advance in its notice with respect
thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (i)(B) above, payable on the interest
payment date or dates specified by the Company for such Bid Advance in the
related Notice of Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (i)(A) above,
as provided in the Bid Note evidencing such Bid Advance; provided that
any amount of principal which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) shall bear interest, from the date on which such
amount is due until such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to 1-1/2% per annum above the Base
Rate.
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(vi) The
Indebtedness of the Company resulting from each Bid Advance made to the Company
as part of a Bid Borrowing shall be evidenced by a separate Bid Note of the
Company payable to the order of the US Lender making such Bid
Advance.
SECTION
2.03. Fees. (a)
Facility Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Lender a facility fee on the average daily aggregate amount
of
the Lenders’ US Commitments and Canadian Commitments from the date hereof in the
case of each Bank and from the effective date specified in the Assignment and
Acceptance or Assumption Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender in
the
case of each other Lender until the Termination Date at the Facility Fee Rate,
payable quarterly in arrears and on the Termination Date.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees. (i) The Company shall pay to the Agent for
the account of each US Lender a commission on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the average daily aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding from time to time at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances plus the Utilization Fee
Rate, if applicable, payable quarterly in arrears and on the Termination
Date.
(ii) The
Company shall pay to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee
equal to 0.125% of the Available Amount of each Letter of Credit issued by
such
Issuing Bank, payable quarterly in arrears, and shall pay such other
commissions, issuance fees, transfer fees and other fees and charges in
connection with the issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as
the
Company and such Issuing Bank shall agree.
(c) Agent’s
Fees. The Company shall pay to the Agent for its own account such
fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Company and the
Agent.
SECTION
2.04. Reduction,
Increase and Extension of the Commitments/Substitution of Banks. (a) The
Company shall have the right, upon at least two Business Days’ notice to the
Agent, to terminate in whole or permanently reduce ratably in part the Canadian
Commitments or the US Commitments of the Lenders or of the Issuing Banks,
provided that (i) each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount
of US$10,000,000 (or, in the case of the Canadian Commitments, US$5,000,000)
or
an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any notice
of
termination may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness
of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company
(by notice to the Agent) if such condition is not satisfied.
(b) Not
later than the date 45 days prior to the Termination Date then in effect, the
Company may deliver to the Agent a notice requesting that the Commitments be
extended to such date as the Company may specify in such notice (the
“Extended Termination Date”), and the Agent shall promptly forward such
notice to the Lenders. Within 10 days after its receipt of any such
notice, each Lender shall notify the Agent of its willingness or unwillingness
so to extend its Commitment(s). Any Lender which shall fail so to
notify the Agent within such period shall be deemed to have declined to extend
its Commitment. In the event that Lenders having US Commitments equal
to US$100,000,000 or more shall be willing to extend their respective US
Commitments, the Agent shall so notify the Company and each Lender and the
Termination Date for each consenting Lender (including consenting Canadian
Lenders) shall without further action be extended to the Extended Termination
Date. In the event that any Lender shall be unwilling to extend its
Commitment(s), the Commitment(s) of such Lender will not be extended and the
Termination Date as to that Lender shall remain unchanged.
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(c) Optional
Termination and Substitution of Lenders. The Company may, upon
not less than two Business Days prior notice to a Lender or Lenders, terminate
in whole the Commitment(s) of such Lender or Lenders and arrange in respect
of
each terminated Lender for one or more bank or banks (“Assuming Lender or
Lenders”), which may include one or more of the Lenders, but no Lender shall
have any obligation, to assume a Commitment equal to or Commitments in aggregate
amount equal to the amount of the Commitment of the terminated Lender,
provided that no such termination shall be made unless, at such time, no
event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of
Default. Such termination shall be effective (x) with respect to each
such terminated Lender’s US Commitment and Canadian Commitment, on the date set
forth in such notice, provided, however, that such date shall be
no earlier than two Business Days after receipt of such notice or (y) in the
event that an Advance is outstanding from such terminated Lender which is to
be
paid in connection with such termination, on the last day of the then current
Interest Period relating to such Advance. Such assumption shall be
effective on the date specified in (x) or (y) above, as the case may be,
provided, however, that each Assuming Lender shall have delivered
to the other Lenders, on or prior to such date, an agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Company and the Agent (an “Assumption
Agreement”) in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto. (The
term “Lender” as used in this Agreement immediately following such assumption
shall include an Assuming Lender.) Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 2.04(c), termination or substitution shall not be effective unless
the Assuming Lender meets, at the time of substitution, the criteria set forth
in this Agreement for an “Eligible Assignee.”
Upon
the
termination of a Lender’s Commitment(s) under this subsection 2.04(c), the
Company will pay or cause to be paid all principal of, and interest accrued
to
the date of such payment on, Advances owing to such Lender and pay any fees
accrued to such Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.03 with respect
to the Commitment which is terminated, any amounts payable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 10.04 and any other amounts payable to such Lender
hereunder with respect to the Commitment which is terminated or Advances which
are paid; and upon such payments, the obligations of such Lender hereunder
shall, by the provisions hereof, be released and discharged, and it shall be
deemed to have relinquished its rights under this Agreement (other than any
rights under Section 10.06).
(d) Increase
in Aggregate of the Commitments. (i) The Company may
at any time but in any event not more than twice in any calendar year prior
to
the Termination Date, by notice to the Agent, request that the aggregate amount
of the US Commitments and/or Canadian Commitments be increased by an amount
of
US$10,000,000 (or in the case of an increase of the Canadian Commitments,
US$5,000,000) or an integral multiple thereof (each, a “Commitment
Increase”) to be effective as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to
the scheduled Termination Date then in effect (the “Increase Date”) as
specified in the related notice to the Agent; provided, however,
that (A) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Commitments at any time
exceed US$300,000,000, (B) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the
Canadian Commitments at any time exceed US$50,000,000 and (C) no Event of
Default, or any event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing on such Increase Date. The Agent shall notify the
applicable Lenders and such other Eligible Assignees as the Company may identify
thereof promptly of a request by the Company for a Commitment Increase, which
notice shall include (x) the proposed amount of such requested Commitment
Increase, (y) the proposed Increase Date and (iii) the date by which Lenders
wishing to participate in the Commitment Increase must commit to any increase
in
the amount of their respective Commitments, which date shall not be less than
ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders (the
“Commitment Date”). Each such Lender that is willing to
increase its existing US Commitment or existing Canadian Commitment hereunder
(an “Increasing Lender”) and each such Eligible Assignee that agrees to
participate in such Commitment Increase as an Assuming Lender, in its sole
discretion, shall give written notice to the Agent on or prior to the Commitment
Date of the amount by which it is willing to increase its Commitment or to
participate in such Commitment Increase; providedfurther that the
minimum Commitment of each such Assuming Lender that becomes a party to this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.05(d), shall be at least equal to
US$5,000,000. If agreement is reached on or prior to the Commitment
Date with any Increasing Lenders and Assuming Lenders as to a Commitment
Increase (which may be less than but not greater than specified in the
applicable notice from the Company), such agreement to be evidenced by a notice
in reasonable detail from the Company to the Agent on or prior to the Commitment
Date, such Assuming Lenders, if any, shall become Lenders hereunder as of the
Increase Date and the Commitments of such Increasing Lenders and such Assuming
Lenders shall become or be, as the case may be, as of the Increase Date, the
amounts specified in such notice; provided that:
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(1) the
Agent shall have received (with copies for each Lender, including each such
Assuming Lender) by no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
Increase Date a copy, certified on the Increase Date by the Secretary, an
Assistant Secretary or a comparable official of the Company, of the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing such Commitment
Increase;
(2) each
such Assuming Lender shall have delivered to the Agent, by no later than 10:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the Increase Date, an appropriate Assumption
Agreement, duly executed by such Assuming Lender and the Company;
and
(3) each
such Increasing Lender shall have delivered to the Agent by, no later than
10:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the Increase Date, (A) its existing Revolving
Note
and (B) confirmation in writing satisfactory to the Agent as to its increased
Commitment.
(ii) In
the event that the Agent shall have received notice from the Company as to
its
agreement to a Commitment Increase on or prior to the Commitment Date and each
of the actions provided for in clauses (1) through (3) above shall have occurred
prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Increase Date to the
satisfaction of the Agent, the Agent shall notify the Lenders (including any
Assuming Lenders) and the Company of the occurrence of such Commitment Increase
by telecopier promptly and in any event no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City
time) on the Increase Date and shall record in the Register the relevant
information with respect to each Increasing Lender and Assuming
Lender. If (x) Advances are outstanding under the applicable
increased Commitments and (y) the applicable Commitment Increase is not ratable
among the Canadian Lenders or the US Lenders, as applicable, each Increasing
Lender and each Assuming Lender shall, before 2:00 P.M. (New York City time)
on
the Increase Date, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Agent at the Agent’s Account, in same day funds, in the case of
such Assuming Lender, an amount equal to such Assuming Lender’s ratable portion
of the applicable Revolving Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on
its
applicable Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate applicable Commitments
after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) and, in the case of
such Increasing Lender, an amount equal to the excess of (i) such Increasing
Lender’s ratable portion of the Revolving Borrowings then outstanding
(calculated based on its applicable Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate
applicable Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant
Commitment Increase) over (ii) such Increasing Lender’s ratable portion of
the Revolving Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its applicable
Commitment (without giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) as a
percentage of the aggregate applicable Commitments (without giving effect to
the
relevant Commitment Increase). After the Agent’s receipt of such
funds from each such Increasing Lender and each such Assuming Lender, the Agent
will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds to the other Lenders
for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices in an amount
to
each other Lender such that the aggregate amount of the outstanding Revolving
Advances owing to each Lender after giving effect to such distribution equals
such Lender’s ratable portion of the Revolving Borrowings then outstanding
(calculated based on its applicable Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate
applicable Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant
Commitment Increase).
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(iii) In
the event that (A) the Agent shall not have received notice from the Company
as
to such agreement on or prior to the Commitment Date, (B) the Company shall,
by
notice to the Agent prior to the Increase Date, withdraw its proposal for a
Commitment Increase or (C) any of the actions provided for above in clauses
(i)(1) through (i)(3) shall not have occurred by 10:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the Increase Date, such proposal by the Company shall be deemed not
to
have been made. In such event, any actions theretofore taken under
clauses (i)(1) through (i)(3) above shall be deemed to be of no effect and
all
the rights and obligations of the parties shall continue as if no such proposal
had been made.
SECTION
2.05. Repayment. (a) Each
Borrower shall repay to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as applicable) for the
ratable account of the applicable Lenders the principal amount of each Revolving
Advance owing by such Borrower on the Termination Date.
(b) The
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, any Letter of Credit Agreement
and any other agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of Credit shall
be
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit Agreement and such other
agreement or instrument under all circumstances, including, without limitation,
the following circumstances (it being understood that any such payment by the
Company is without prejudice to, and does not constitute a waiver of, any rights
the Company might have or might acquire as a result of the payment by any Lender
of any draft or the reimbursement by the Company thereof):
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(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note, any Letter
of
Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto (all of the foregoing being, collectively, the “L/C Related
Documents”);
(ii) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the obligations of the Company in respect of any L/C Related Document
or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or
any
of the L/C Related Documents;
(iii) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Company may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), any Issuing Bank, the Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents
or
any unrelated transaction;
(iv) any
statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving
to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(v) payment
by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft
or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit;
(vi) any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guarantee, for all
or
any of the obligations of the Company in respect of the L/C Related Documents;
or
(vii) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any other circumstance that might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company
or a
guarantor.
SECTION
2.06. Interest. Each
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving
Advance owing by it to each Lender from the date of such Revolving Advance
until
such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per
annum:
(a) Base
Rate Advances. If such Revolving Advance is a Base Rate Advance,
a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the Base Rate in effect from
time to time, plus the Applicable Margin, plus the Utilization Fee
Rate, if applicable, payable in arrears on (i) the last day of each quarter
and
(ii) the date such Base Rate Advance shall be paid in full; provided that
any amount of principal which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) shall bear interest, from the date on which such
amount is due until such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to 1-1/2% per annum above the Base
Rate.
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(b) Canadian
Prime Rate Advances. If such Revolving Advance is a Canadian
Prime Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the
Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable
Margin, plus the Utilization Fee Rate, if applicable, payable in arrears
on (i) the last day of each quarter and (ii) the date such Canadian Prime Rate
Advance shall be paid in full; provided that any amount of principal
which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) shall bear interest, from the date on which such amount is due until
such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at
all
times to 1-1/2% per annum above the Canadian Prime Rate.
(c) Eurodollar
Rate Advances. If such Revolving Advance is a Eurodollar Rate
Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for
such
Revolving Advance to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period,
plus the Applicable Margin plus the Utilization Fee Rate, if
applicable, payable in arrears on (A) if the Interest Period in respect of
such
Advance is less than or equal to three months, the last day of such Interest
Period, or (B) if the Interest Period in respect of such Advance is greater
than
three months, the last day of each three-month period (beginning the first
day
of such Interest Period) occurring during that Interest Period, and also on
the
last day of such Interest Period; provided that any amount of principal
which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) shall bear interest, from the date on which such amount is due until
such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at
all
times to 1 1/2% per annum above the Base Rate in effect from time to
time.
SECTION
2.07. Additional
Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances. Each
Borrower shall pay to the Agent (or to the Sub-Agent, in the case of Eurodollar
Rate Advances made by Canadian Lenders) for the account of each Lender
additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate
Advance of such Lender made to such Borrower, from the date of such Revolving
Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per
annum equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the
Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for such Revolving Advance from (ii)
the
rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100%
minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest
Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Revolving
Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such Lender
and notified to the applicable Borrower and the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as
applicable. Each Lender notifying the applicable Borrower and the
Agent or the Sub-Agent, as applicable, of such additional interest shall provide
the applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as
applicable), at the time of such notification, with reasonable details,
including the basis for the calculation thereof, of such additional interest,
provided that, in the absence of manifest error, the amount of such
additional interest so notified shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Borrower.
SECTION
2.08. Interest
Rate Determination. (a) If
the Eurodollar Rate cannot be determined by reference to the Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page or any successor page (as provided in the definition of “Eurodollar
Rate”), each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information
for the purpose of determining each Eurodollar Rate. Subject to
Section 2.02(a)(ii)(B), if any of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such
timely information to the Agent for the purpose of determining any such interest
rate, the Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of timely
information furnished by the remaining Reference Bank.
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(b) The
Agent
shall give prompt notice to the applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders
of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent (or the Sub-Agent,
as
the case may be) for purposes of Section 2.06(a), (b) or (c), and the applicable
rate, if any, furnished by each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining
the applicable interest rate or, in the case of Section 2.02(c), applicable
Eurodollar Rate under Sections 2.02(c) or 2.06(c).
SECTION
2.09. Prepayments. (a) The
Borrowers shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Revolving
Advances other than as provided in subsection (b) or (c) below.
(b) Each
Borrower may, (i) upon same-day notice in the case of Base Rate Advances or
Canadian Prime Rate Advances or (ii) upon at least two Business Days’ notice in
the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the
case may be) stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the
prepayment, and if such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the
outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Advances comprising part of
the
same Revolving Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid;
provided, however, that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in an
aggregate principal amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum or the Borrowing
Multiple in excess thereof and (ii) in the event of any such prepayment of
a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse
the Banks in respect thereof pursuant to Section 10.04(b).
(c) (i) On
the date of any termination or reduction of US Commitments or Canadian
Commitments pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable Borrower shall pay or
prepay so much of the Advances as shall be necessary in order that the aggregate
US Usage will not exceed the aggregate US Commitments and that the aggregate
principal amount of Canadian Advances will not exceed the aggregate Canadian
Commitments, in each case after giving effect to such termination or
reduction.
(ii) If,
on any date, the Sub-Agent notifies the Borrowers that, on any interest payment
date, the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Advances
denominated in US Dollars plus (B) the Equivalent in US Dollars (determined
on
the third Business Day prior to such interest payment date) of the aggregate
principal amount of all Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars plus the sum
of
the Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes denominated
in Canadian Dollars then outstanding exceeds 105% of the aggregate Canadian
Commitments of the Canadian Lenders on such date, each Borrower shall, as soon
as practicable and in any event within two Business Days after receipt of such
notice, (x) prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Advances (other
than
BA Advances) owing by such Borrower in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce
such sum to an amount not to exceed 100% of the aggregate Canadian Commitments
of the Canadian Lenders on such date, and (y) to the extent necessary after
the
Borrowers have made all prepayments required pursuant to clause (x), the
Canadian Borrower shall cash collateralize the outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances
and BA Equivalent Notes in accordance with Section 2.16(n) in any aggregate
amount sufficient to reduce such sum to an amount not to exceed 100% of the
aggregate Canadian Commitments of the Canadian Lenders on such
date.
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(iii) Each
prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.09(b) shall be made together with
any
interest accrued to the date of such prepayment on the principal amounts
prepaid. The Agent shall give prompt notice of any prepayment
required under this Section 2.09(b) to the Company and the Lenders.
SECTION
2.10. Increased
Costs. (a) If,
due to either (i) the introduction of or any change made after the date of
this
Agreement (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve
requirements, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, included in the
Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation of any law
or
regulation by any court, authority or agency, or any other governmental,
judicial or regulatory body, or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or
request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not
having the force of law) made after the date of this Agreement, there shall
be
any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding
or
maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances or of agreeing to issue or of issuing
or
maintaining or participating in Letters of Credit or of purchasing, accepting
or
maintaining Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, then the applicable
Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case
may
be) for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate
such Lender for such increased cost. Each Lender demanding payment of
such amount shall provide, at the time of making such demand, the applicable
Borrower and the Agent with reasonable details, including the basis for the
calculation thereof, of such increase, provided that, in the absence of
manifest error, the amount so notified shall be conclusive and binding upon
such
Borrower.
(b) If
any
Lender determines (in good faith) that compliance with change in any law or
regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) made after
the
date of this Agreement affects or would affect the amount of capital required
or
expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the
existence of such Lender’s commitment to lend hereunder and other commitments of
this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to
the
Agent), the applicable Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent (or the
Sub-Agent, as the case may be) for the account of such Lender, from time to
time
as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender
reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence
of such Lender’s commitment to lend, to accept, purchase, maintain loans, and/or
discount Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes or to issue or participate
in Letters of Credit hereunder or to the issuance or maintenance of or
participation in any Letters of Credit. Each Lender demanding payment
of such amount shall provide, at the time of making such demand, the applicable
Borrower and the Agent with reasonable details, including the basis for the
calculation thereof, of such increase, provided that, in the absence of
manifest error, the amount so notified shall be conclusive and binding upon
such
Borrower.
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(c) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred
more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the applicable
Borrower and the Agent of any event described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section (a “Change in Law”) which gives rise to such increased costs and
of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
providedfurther that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall
be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section, a Lender shall not be entitled to
compensation pursuant to this Section in respect of any Bid Advances if the
Change in Law which would otherwise entitle it to such compensation shall have
been publicly announced prior to submission of the Notice of Bid Borrowing
pursuant to which such Advance was made.
(e) If
any
Lender requests compensation under this Section, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Advances hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to this Section and (ii) would not subject such Lender to
any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to
such
Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(f) If
any
Lender requests compensation under this Section, then the Company may, at its
sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender require such Lender to
assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 9.02), all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than any outstanding Bid Advances held
by it) to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may
be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i)
at the time the Company requires such an assignment, no event has occurred
and
is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default, (ii) such Lender shall
have
received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances
(other than Bid Advances), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the
case
of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting
from a claim for compensation under this Section, such assignment will result
in
a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be
required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling
the
Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.11. Payments
and Computations. (a) Each
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder and under
the Notes, irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off, not later
than
1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the day when due, in the case of US Advances
to the Agent and, in the case of Canadian Advances, to the Sub-Agent, in each
case for the account of the applicable Lender at the applicable Agent’s Account
in same day funds. The Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be)
will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the
payment of principal or interest or facility fees ratably (other than amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.07, 2.10, 2.14 or 10.04(b)) to the
Lenders entitled thereto for the account of their respective Applicable Lending
Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable
to
any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office,
in
each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and
recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
Section 9.02(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Acceptance, the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) shall make
all
payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned
thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment
and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for
periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
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(b) All
computations of interest with respect to the Revolving Advances based on clause
(a) of the definition of Base Rate or on the Canadian Prime Rate and of fees
(other than the facility fee) shall be made by the Agent (or the Sub-Agent,
as
the case may be) on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be,
and all computations of interest (i) with respect to the Bid Advances, (ii)
with
respect to the Revolving Advances based on clause (b) of the definition of
Base
Rate, the Eurodollar Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, (iii) letter of credit
commissions, (iv) the facility fee and (v) pursuant to Section 2.07 shall be
made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring in the period for which such interest, fee or commission is
payable. Each determination by the Agent (or, in the case of Section
2.07, by a Lender) of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Whenever
any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day or, in the case of payments in respect of Canadian
Advances, other than a Canadian Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the
next succeeding Business Day or Canadian Business Day, as the case may be,
and
such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of
payment of interest and fees, as the case may be; provided,
however, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or
principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar
month, such payment, shall be made on the next preceding Business Day or
Canadian Business Day, as the case may be.
(d) Unless
the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) shall have received notice
from
the applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the
Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) may assume that such Borrower
has
made such payment in full to the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be)
on
such date and the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) may, in reliance
upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date
an
amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent
the applicable Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the
Agent
(or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be), each Lender shall repay to the Agent
(or
the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) forthwith on demand such amount distributed
to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such
amount to the Agent, in the case of payments made in US Dollars at the Federal
Funds Rate and in the case of payments made in Canadian Dollars, at the Canadian
Interbank Rate.
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(e) For
the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure under such
act, whenever any interest or fees to be paid under this Agreement are to be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 360 days or any other period
of
time that is less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest to which
the
rate determined pursuant to such calculation is equivalent is the rate so
determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in
which
the same is to be ascertained and divided by either 365, 360 or such other
period of time, as the case may be.
(f) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate “interest” (as
defined in section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada)) payable under
this Agreement exceed the effective annual rate of interest on the “credit
advanced” (as defined in that section) under this Agreement lawfully permitted
by that section and, if any payment, collection or demand pursuant to this
Agreement in respect of “interest” (as defined in that section) is determined to
be contrary to the provisions of that section, such payment, collection or
demand shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of the Borrowers,
the
Agent, the Sub-Agent and the Lenders and the amount of such payment or
collection shall be refunded to the applicable Borrower. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the effective annual rate of interest shall be
determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and
principles over the relevant term and, in the event of dispute, a certificate
of
a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Agent will
be
prima facie evidence of such rate.
SECTION
2.12. Evidence
of Indebtedness. (a) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Revolving Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including
the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from
time
to time hereunder in respect of Revolving Advances. Each Borrower
agrees that upon notice by any Lender to such Borrower (with a copy of such
notice to the Agent) to the effect that a Revolving Note is required or
appropriate in order for such Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of
pledge, enforcement or otherwise) the Revolving Advances owing to, or to be
made
by, such Lender, such Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender
a Revolving Note payable to the order of such Lender, in the case of the
Company, in a principal amount up to the US Commitment of such Lender and in
the
case of the Canadian Borrower, in a principal amount up to the Canadian
Commitment of such Lender.
(b) The
Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.02(d) shall include
a
control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts
(taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of each Borrowing
made hereunder, the Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing and, if
appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the terms of each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it, (iii) the amount
of
any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from
each
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iv) the amount of any sum received by
the
Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) from each Borrower hereunder and
each Lender’s share thereof.
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(c) Entries
made in good faith by the Agent in the Register pursuant to subsection (b)
above, and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to subsection
(a)
above, shall be primafacie evidence of the amount of principal and
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to,
in
the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or
accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement, absent manifest error;
provided, however, that the failure of the Agent or such Lender to
make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or
such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations
of
the Borrowers under this Agreement.
SECTION
2.13. Sharing
of Payments, Etc. (a) If
any US Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through
the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the US
Advances owing by the Company to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.04(b),
2.04(c), 2.07, 2.10 or 2.14) in excess of its ratable share of payments on
account of the Revolving Advances made to the Company obtained by all the
Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Revolving Advances made to the Company owing to them
as
shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment
ratably with each of them, provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing
Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall
repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery
together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the
total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other
amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount
so recovered. The Company agrees that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of
the
Company in the amount of such participation.
(b) If
any Canadian Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary,
through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the
Revolving Advances owing by any Borrower to it (other than pursuant to Section
2.04(b), 2.04(c), 2.07, 2.10 or 2.14) in excess of its ratable share of payments
on account of the Revolving Advances made to the Borrowers obtained by all
the
Canadian Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Canadian
Lenders such participations in the Revolving Advances made to such Borrower
owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share
the
excess payment ratably with each of them, provided, however, that
if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such
Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent
of
such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of
any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect
of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any
Canadian Lender so purchasing a participation from another Canadian Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment with respect to such participation as fully
as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of
such participation.
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SECTION
2.14. Taxes. (a) Any
and all payments by each Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the
Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) hereunder or under the Notes shall
be made, in accordance with Section 2.11, free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as
the case may be), (x) taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed
on it, and any liability arising therefrom or with respect thereto, by the
United States or any State or other political subdivision thereof, by Canada
or
any Province or other political subdivision thereof or by the jurisdiction
under
the laws of which such Lender or the Agent or Sub-Agent (as the case may be)
is
organized or any political subdivision thereof and (y) taxes imposed on its
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s
Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such
non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If any
Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any
sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the
sum
payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section 2.14) such Lender or the Agent or the Sub-Agent (as the case may
be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii)
such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation
authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Company 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 under the Notes or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or
the
Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) The
Company will indemnify each Lender and the Agent and the Sub-Agent for the
full
amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
2.14) paid by such Lender or the Agent or the Sub-Agent (as the case may be)
and
any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom
or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or
legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days
from the date such Lender or the Agent or the Sub-Agent (as the case may be)
makes written demand therefor. If a Lender or the Agent receives an
indemnification payment from the Company in accordance with this subsection
(c)
and such Lender subsequently receives from the applicable jurisdiction a payment
(or a substantially equivalent benefit) of all or a portion of the amount of
Taxes or Other Taxes or liability with respect to which such indemnity payment
was made, such Lender shall promptly turn over (without interest) to the Company
the amount of such repayment (or such equivalent benefit).
(d) Within
30
days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the applicable Borrower will
furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 10.02, the original
or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. If no
Taxes are payable in respect of any payment hereunder or under the Notes, the
Borrowers will, if reasonably requested by a Lender or the Agent or the
Sub-Agent furnish to the Agent, at such address, a certificate from each
appropriate taxing authority, or an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent,
in either case stating that such payment is exempt from or not subject to
Taxes.
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(e) Each
Lender shall initially designate one or more Applicable Lending Offices that
will avoid the need for payment of additional amounts by the Borrowers pursuant
to this Section 2.14 and, furthermore, any Lender claiming any additional
amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall use its best efforts
(consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions)
to
change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending office if the making of such
a
change would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional
amounts which may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment
of
such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) Any
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, or any treaty
to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this
Agreement shall deliver to the applicable Borrower, at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by such Borrower as will
permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced
rate.
(g) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder,
the
agreements and obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section 2.14
shall
survive the payment in full of principal and interest hereunder and under the
Notes.
SECTION
2.15. Interest
Elections. (a) Each
Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable
Notice of Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Notice
of
Revolving Borrowing, provided, that each Revolving Advance made as a
result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit shall be a Base Rate Advance unless
and until each US Lender shall have acquired participations equal to such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount drawn under such Letter of Credit pursuant
to Section 2.02(b)(ii) (after which time the Company shall be entitled, pursuant
to the immediately succeeding sentence, to convert any such Base Rate Advance
to
a Eurodollar Rate Advance). Thereafter, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.16 with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes, the
applicable Borrower may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing to a different
Type of Revolving Advance denominated in the same currency or to continue such
Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Revolving Borrowing,
may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this
Section. The applicable Borrower may elect different options with
respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Borrowing, in which
case
each such Revolving Borrowing shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
having made the Revolving Advances comprising such Revolving Borrowing, and
the
Revolving Advances comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Revolving Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Bid Borrowings,
which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To
make
an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower shall notify
the
Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) of such election by telephone
by
the time that a Notice of Revolving Borrowing would be required under Section
2.02 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to
the
Agent (or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be) of a written Interest Election
Request signed by the applicable Borrower.
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(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof,
the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Revolving Borrowing
(in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv)
below shall be specified for each resulting Revolving Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the
Type
of Revolving Advances comprising such Revolving Borrowing; and
(iv) in
the
case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Interest Period for each such Revolving
Advance.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Revolving Borrowing
but does not specify an Interest Period, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) If
a
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to
a
Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the
end
of such Interest Period such Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as or
converted to a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing.
(e) If,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Majority Lenders so direct, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
be
converted into Base Rate Advances and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to
make, or to convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended.
SECTION
2.16. Drawings
of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes. (a) Request
for Drawing. Each Drawing shall be made on notice, given not
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on a Canadian Business Day at least
two Canadian Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Drawing, by the
Canadian Borrower to the Sub-Agent, which shall give each Canadian Lender prompt
notice thereof by telecopier. Each notice of a Drawing shall be in
writing (including by telecopier), in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Drawing (which shall
be a Canadian Business Day), (ii) aggregate Face Amount of such Drawing and
(iii) initial Maturity Date for each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Notes
comprising part of such Drawing; provided, however, that, if the Sub-Agent
determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Canadian Borrower) that the Drafts to be accepted and purchased as
part
of any Drawing cannot, due solely to the requested aggregate Face Amount
thereof, be accepted and/or purchased ratably by the Canadian Lenders in
accordance with Section 2.01(c), then the aggregate Face Amount of such Drawing
(or the Face Amount of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes to be
created and purchased by any Canadian Lender) shall be reduced to such lesser
amount as the Sub-Agent determines will permit such Drafts comprising part
of
such Drawing to be so accepted and purchased. The Sub-Agent agrees
that it will, as promptly as practicable, notify the Canadian Borrower of the
unavailability of Bankers’ Acceptances. Each Draft in connection with
any requested Drawing (A) shall be in a minimum amount of CN$1,000,000 or an
integral multiple of CN$100,000 in excess thereof, and (B) shall be dated the
date of the proposed Drawing. Each Canadian Lender that is a BA
Canadian Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Toronto time) on the date of each
Drawing, complete one or more Drafts in accordance with the related Notice
of
Borrowing, accept such Drafts and purchase the Bankers’ Acceptances created
thereby for the Drawing Purchase Price and shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Toronto
time) on such date, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Sub-Agent at its appropriate Sub-Agent’s Account, in same day
funds, the Drawing Purchase Price payable by such Canadian Lender for such
Drawing less the Stamping Fee payable to such Canadian Lender with respect
thereto under Section 2.16(b). Each Non-BA Canadian Lender shall, in
lieu of accepting its proportionate amount of Bankers Acceptances forming part
of a Drawing, make available the Canadian Borrower a loan (a “BA Equivalent
Note”) in Canadian Dollars in an amount equal to the Drawing Purchase Price
of the Bankers’ Acceptances that such Non-BA Canadian Lender would have been
required to accept if it were a BA Canadian Lender. Each Non-BA
Canadian Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Toronto time) on the date of each
Drawing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to
the
Sub-Agent at its appropriate Agent’s Account, in same day funds, the amount of
the BA Equivalent Note, less an amount equal to the Stamping Fee that would
have
been applicable to the BA Equivalent Note had it been a Bankers’
Acceptance. Upon the fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 3.03, the Sub-Agent will make the funds it has received from
the Canadian Lenders available to the Canadian Borrower requesting such Drawing
at the Sub-Agent’s address referred to in Section 10.02 or at the applicable
Payment Office, as the case may be.
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(b) Stamping
Fees. The Canadian Borrower shall, on the date of each Drawing
and on the date of each renewal of any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Notes, pay to the Sub-Agent, in Canadian Dollars, for the ratable
account of the Canadian Lenders accepting Drafts and purchasing Bankers’
Acceptances or making BA Equivalent Notes, the Stamping Fee with respect to
such
Bankers’ Acceptances or corresponding BA Equivalent Notes. The
Canadian Borrower irrevocably authorizes each such Canadian Lender to deduct
the
Stamping Fee payable with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent
Notes of such Canadian Lender from the Drawing Purchase Price payable by such
Canadian Lender in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Notes in
accordance with this Section 2.16 and to apply such amount so withheld to
the payment of such Stamping Fee for the account of the Canadian Borrower and,
to the extent such Stamping Fee is so withheld and legally permitted to be
so
applied, the Canadian Borrower’s obligations under the preceding sentence in
respect of such Stamping Fee shall be satisfied.
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(c) Limitations
on Drawings. Anything in Section 2.16(a) to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Canadian Borrower may not select a Drawing if the
obligation of the Canadian Lenders to purchase and accept Bankers’ Acceptances
shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.16(e) or
2.12(b).
(d) Binding
Effect of Notices of Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing for a
Drawing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Canadian Borrower. In
the case of any proposed Drawing, the Canadian Borrower shall indemnify each
Canadian Lender (absent any gross negligence by the Canadian Lender) against
any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Canadian Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in the Notice of Borrowing
for such Drawing the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.03, including,
without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Canadian
Lender to fund the Drawing Purchase Price (or in the case of Non-BA Canadian
Lenders, the BA Equivalent Note) to be paid by such Canadian Lender as part
of
such Drawing when, as a result of such failure, such Drawing is not made on
such
date (but, in any event, excluding any loss of profit and the Stamping Fee
applicable to such Drawing or Advance).
(e) Circumstances
Making Bankers’ Acceptances Unavailable. (i) If, with
respect to any proposed Drawing, the Sub-Agent determines in good faith that
circumstances affecting the money markets at the time any related Notice of
Borrowing is delivered or is outstanding will result in no market for the
Bankers’ Acceptances to be created in connection with such Drawing or an
insufficient demand for such Bankers’ Acceptances to allow the Canadian Lenders
creating such Bankers’ Acceptances to sell or trade the Bankers’ Acceptances to
be created and purchased or discounted by them hereunder in connection with
such
Drawing, then, upon notice to the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders
thereof, (A) the Notice of Borrowing with respect to such proposed Drawing
shall be cancelled and the Drawing requested therein shall not be made and
(B) the right of the Canadian Borrower to request a Drawing shall be
suspended until the Sub-Agent shall notify the Canadian Borrower that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. The Sub-Agent
agrees that it will, as promptly as practicable, notify the Canadian Borrower
of
the unavailability of Bankers’ Acceptances.
(ii) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, the obligation of
the
Canadian Lenders to create and purchase Bankers’ Acceptances shall be
suspended.
(iii) If
the Reuters Screen CDOR Page is not available for the timely determination
of
the BA Rate, and the BA Rate for any Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes
can not otherwise be determined in a timely manner in accordance with the
definition of “BA Rate”, the Sub-Agent shall forthwith notify the Canadian
Borrower and the Canadian Lenders that such interest rate cannot be determined
for such Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes, and the obligation of the
Canadian Lenders to make, or to renew, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes shall be suspended until the Sub-Agent shall notify the Canadian Borrower
and the Canadian Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist.
(f) Assumptions
of the Sub-Agent. Unless the Sub-Agent shall have received notice
from a Canadian Lender prior to the date of any Drawing that such Canadian
Lender will not make available to it such Canadian Lender’s ratable share of the
proceeds of such Drawing, in accordance with Section 2.16(a), the Sub-Agent
may assume that such Canadian Lender has made such ratable share available
to it
on the date of such Drawing in accordance with Section 2.16(a) and the
Sub-Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Canadian
Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent
that any such Canadian Lender shall not have so made such ratable share
available to the Sub-Agent, such Canadian Lender and the Canadian Borrower
severally agree to repay or pay to the Sub-Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date
such amount is made available to the Canadian Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid or paid to the Sub-Agent, at (i) in the case of the
Canadian Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the BA Rate used in calculating
the
Drawing Purchase Price with respect to such Drawing, and (ii) in the case
of such Canadian Lender, the Canadian Interbank Rate. If such
Canadian Lender shall pay to the Sub-Agent such corresponding amount, such
amount so paid shall constitute such Canadian Lender’s ratable share of the
proceeds of such Drawing for all purposes under this Agreement.
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(g) Presigned
Draft Forms. To enable the Canadian Lenders which are BA Lenders
to create Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with Section 2.01(c) and this
Section 2.16, the Canadian Borrower intending to make Drawings of Bankers’
Acceptances and Notional Bankers’ Acceptances hereby appoints each BA Lender as
its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf (for the purpose of acceptance
and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement), in handwriting
or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary by such
BA
Lender, blank forms of Bankers’ Acceptances. In this respect, it is
each BA Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of
Bankers’ Acceptances for acceptance under this Agreement. The
Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees that all Bankers’ Acceptances signed
and/or endorsed on its behalf by a BA Lender shall bind the Canadian Borrower
as
fully and effectually as if signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by
the
proper signing officers of the Canadian Borrower. Each BA Lender is
hereby authorized (for the purpose of acceptance and purchase of Bankers’
Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement) to issue such Bankers’ Acceptances
endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such BA Lender;
provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate
amount of Bankers’ Acceptances required to be accepted and purchased by such BA
Lender. On request by the Canadian Borrower, a BA Lender shall cancel
all forms of Bankers’ Acceptances which have been pre-signed or pre-endorsed by
or on behalf of the Canadian Borrower and which are held by such BA Lender
and
have not yet been issued in accordance herewith. Each BA Lender
further agrees to retain such records in the manner and/or the statutory periods
provided in the various Canadian provincial or federal statutes and regulations
which apply to such BA Lender. Each BA Lender shall maintain a record
with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances held by it in blank hereunder, voided by it
for any reason, accepted and purchased by it hereunder, and cancelled at their
respective maturities. Each BA Lender agrees to provide such records
to the Canadian Borrower at the Canadian Borrower’s expense upon
request. Bankers’ Acceptances shall be signed by a duly authorized
officer or officers of the Canadian Borrower or by its attorneys, including
its
attorneys appointed pursuant to Section 2.16(g). Notwithstanding that
any person whose signature appears on any Bankers’ Acceptance as a signatory for
the Canadian Borrower may no longer be an authorized signatory for the Canadian
Borrower at the date of issuance of a Bankers’ Acceptance, such signature shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such authority
had
remained in force at the time of such issuance, and any such Bankers’ Acceptance
so signed shall be binding on the Canadian Borrower.
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(h) Distribution
of Bankers’ Acceptances. Bankers’ Acceptances purchased by a
Canadian Lender in accordance with the terms of Section 2.01(c) and this
Section 2.16 may, in such Canadian Lender’s sole discretion, be held by
such Canadian Lender for its own account until the applicable Maturity Date
or
sold, rediscounted or otherwise disposed of by it at any time prior thereto
in
any relevant market therefor.
(i) Failure
to Fund in Respect of Drawings. The failure of any Canadian
Lender to fund the Drawing Purchase Price to be funded by it as part of any
Drawing or to make a BA Equivalent Note shall not relieve any other Canadian
Lender of its obligation hereunder to fund its Drawing Purchase Price on the
date of such Drawing or to make a BA Equivalent Note, but no Canadian Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Canadian Lender to fund the
Drawing Purchase Price or make the BA Equivalent Note to be funded or made,
as
the case may be by such other Canadian Lender on the date of any
Drawing.
(j) Optional
Renewal/Repayment of Bankers’ Acceptances. The Canadian Borrower
shall give notice to the Sub-Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (Toronto time)
on a
Business Day at least two Canadian Business Days prior to the Maturity Date
of
the Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes comprising part of the same
Drawing, and subject to the provisions of Section 2.12, specifying either that
the Canadian Borrower intend to renew all or any portion of such Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes or that the Canadian Borrower intends to
repay such maturing Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes. Failure by the Canadian Borrower to deliver such notice to the
Sub-Agent in accordance with this Section 2.16(j) shall be deemed an election
by
the Canadian Borrower to repay such Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes
on the applicable Maturity Date.
(k) Renewal
of Bankers’ Acceptances. Subject to Section 2.16(j), the Canadian
Borrower may elect to renew Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes
comprising part of the same Drawing, provided, however, that:
(i) any
renewal of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes shall be made only on the
then existing Maturity Date for such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent
Notes;
(ii) each
renewal of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes comprising part of the
same Drawing shall be made ratably among the Canadian Lenders holding such
Bankers’ Acceptances and having made BA Equivalent Notes in accordance with the
respective amount of such Bankers’ Acceptances so held and BA Equivalent Notes
so made; and
(iii) upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default no renewal
of
any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Notes may be made.
Each
such
notice of renewal shall, within the restrictions set forth above, specify
(A) the date of such renewal (which shall be the then existing Maturity
Date of such Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes and shall be a
Canadian Business Day), (B) the Bankers’ Acceptances to be renewed,
(C) if less than all of the Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes
comprising part of any Drawing are to be renewed, the aggregate Face Amount
for
such renewal and (D) the term to maturity of the renewed Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes (which shall comply with the definition
of
“Maturity Date” in Section 1.01); provided, however, that, if the Sub-Agent
determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Canadian Borrower) that the Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes cannot, due solely to the requested aggregate Face Amount thereof, be
renewed ratably by the Canadian Lenders, the aggregate Face Amount of such
renewal (or the Face Amount of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes to be
created by any Canadian Lender) shall be reduced to such lesser amount as the
Sub-Agent determines will permit such renewal to be so made. Each
notice of renewal under this Section 2.16 shall be irrevocable and binding
on the Canadian Borrower. Upon any renewal of Bankers’ Acceptances
and BA Equivalent Notes comprising part of any Drawing in accordance with this
Section 2.16(k), the Canadian Lenders that hold the Bankers’ Acceptances
and that made BA Equivalent Notes to be renewed shall exchange such maturing
Bankers’ Acceptances for new Bankers’ Acceptances and shall make new BA
Equivalent Notes, containing the terms set forth in the applicable notice of
renewal, and the Drawing Purchase Price payable for each such renewed Bankers’
Acceptance and the proceeds of the new BA Equivalent Note shall be applied,
together with other funds, if necessary, available to the Canadian Borrower,
to
reimburse the Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes otherwise maturing on
such date. The Canadian Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and
directs each Canadian Lender to apply the proceeds of each renewed Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note owing to it to the reimbursement, in accordance
with this Section 2.16(k), of the Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent
Notes owing to such Canadian Lender and maturing on such date.
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(l) Repayment
of Bankers’ Acceptances. Subject to Section 2.16(j), the Canadian
Borrower shall repay on or before 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the Maturity
Date
for those Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes comprising part of the
same Drawing, an amount in Canadian Dollars equal to the Face Amount of such
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes (notwithstanding that a
Canadian Lender may be the holder of it at maturity). Any such
payment shall satisfy the Canadian Borrower’s obligations under the Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes to which it relates and the relevant
Canadian Lender shall (y) then be solely responsible for the payment of the
applicable Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes, and (z) thereafter
indemnify the Canadian Borrower from any loss, cost or expense suffered by
or
imposed upon the Canadian Borrower in respect of any claim from a holder of
such
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes that the Canadian Borrower is
liable for payment thereunder or any payment by the Canadian Borrower in
connection with such claim.
(m) Mandatory
Conversion. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default or if the Canadian Borrower shall fail (i) to deliver a
properly completed notice of renewal under Section 2.16(j) or (ii) to
reimburse the Canadian Lenders for any Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes comprising part of the same Drawing pursuant to Section 2.16(l), the
Sub-Agent will forthwith so notify the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian
Lenders, whereupon each such Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Notes will
automatically, on the then existing Maturity Date of such Bankers’ Acceptance or
BA Equivalent Notes, Convert into a Canadian Prime Rate Advance of the Face
Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes.
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(n) Collateralization
of Bankers’ Acceptances. Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent
Notes may not be prepaid. The Canadian Borrower may, however, at its
option, exercisable upon not less than one Business Day’s notice to the
Sub-Agent, elect to deposit with the Sub-Agent Canadian Dollars in same-day
funds to be held by the Sub-Agent, pursuant to collateral arrangements
satisfactory to the Sub-Agent, for application to the payment of any Borrowing
of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes designated by the Canadian
Borrower in such notice. If such a deposit is made, then such
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes shall be deemed no longer
outstanding for purposes of this Agreement; provided that the amount of
such deposit shall be not less than the full Face Amount of such Bankers’
Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes. Furthermore, in the event the
maturity of the Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes is accelerated
pursuant to Section 6.01, the Canadian Borrower shall cash collateralize all
outstanding Banker’s Acceptances.
(o) Illegality. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if the introduction of or any change
in
the interpretation of any law or regulation after the date of this Agreement
shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority
shall assert after the date of this Agreement that it is unlawful, for any
Canadian Lender or its Canadian Lending Office to perform its obligations
hereunder to complete and accept Drafts, to purchase Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Notes or to continue to fund or maintain Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Notes hereunder, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by
such
Canadian Lender to the Borrowers through the Sub-Agent (i) an amount equal
to the aggregate Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes
outstanding at such time shall, upon such demand (which shall only be made
if
deemed necessary by the applicable Canadian Lender to comply with applicable
law), be deposited by the Canadian Borrower with the Sub-Agent in accordance
with Section 2.16(n) until the Maturity Date of each such Bankers’ Acceptance
and BA Equivalent Note, (ii) upon the Maturity Date of any Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note in respect of which any such deposit has been
made, the Sub-Agent shall be, and hereby is, authorized (without notice to
or
any further action by the Borrowers) to apply, or to direct the Sub-Agent to
apply, such amount (or the applicable portion thereof) to the reimbursement
of
such Bankers’ Acceptance and (iii) the obligation of the Canadian Lenders
to complete and accept Drafts and purchase Bankers’ Acceptances and BA
Equivalent Note shall be suspended until the Sub-Agent shall notify the
Borrowers that such Canadian Lender has determined that the circumstances
causing such suspension no longer exist.
(p) Inconsistencies. In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Section 2.16
and
any other provision of Article II with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Notes, the provisions of this Section 2.16 shall
prevail.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
SECTION
3.01. Condition
Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and 2.02. The
effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 is subject to the execution and delivery
of counterparts of this Agreement by the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders
and the satisfaction of the following additional conditions
precedent:
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(i) The
Agent
shall have received the following, each dated the date hereof, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Revolving Notes) in
sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a) A
Revolving Note or Notes to the order of any Lender requesting such note pursuant
to Section 2.12.
(b) An
Officer’s Certificate attaching copies of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of each Borrower (or an authorized committee thereof) approving the
Loan Documents, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action
and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Loan
Documents.
(c) An
Officer’s Certificate certifying the names and true signatures of the officers
of each Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents and the other documents
to be delivered hereunder.
(d) A
favorable opinion of a Senior Counsel of the Company, substantially in the
form
of Exhibit D-1 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through the
Agent may reasonably request.
(d) A
favorable opinion of a Senior Counsel of the Canadian Borrower, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender
through the Agent may reasonably request.
(e) A
favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Agent, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(ii) The
Company shall have paid all accrued and previously invoiced fees and expenses
of
the Agent and the Lenders (including the accrued and previously invoiced fees
and expenses of counsel to the Agent).
(iii) The
Company shall have terminated (or shall concurrently terminate) the commitments,
and paid (or shall concurrently pay) in full all Indebtedness, interest, fees
and other amounts outstanding under (A) the Credit Agreement dated as of July
30, 2004 among the Company, the banks named therein and Citibank, as
administrative agent, and (B) the $100,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of
June
26, 2007 among the Company, the lenders parties thereto and Citibank, as
administrative agent, and each of the Banks that is a party to either such
Credit Agreement hereby waives any requirement of prior notice to the
termination of the commitments or prepayment of any amounts
thereunder.
SECTION
3.02. Conditions
Precedent to Each Borrowing Increasing the Aggregate Amount of Advances and
each
Letter of Credit Issuance. The
obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Advance on the occasion of each
Revolving Borrowing (including the initial Revolving Borrowing) which would
increase the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving Advances owing by a
Borrower to such Lender over the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving
Advances owing by such Borrower to such Lender immediately prior to the making
of such Revolving Advance, and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue
a
Letter of Credit shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that
on
the date of such Revolving Borrowing or issuance the following statements shall
be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Revolving Borrowing,
Notice of Issuance and the acceptance by the applicable Borrower of the proceeds
of such Revolving Borrowing or of such Letter of Credit shall constitute a
representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Revolving
Borrowing or issuance such statements are true):
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(a) The
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (other than the
last
sentence of Section 4.01(e)) are correct in all material respects on and as
of
the date of such Revolving Borrowing or Letter of Credit issuance, before and
after giving effect to such Borrowing or issuance and to the application of
the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(b) No
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Revolving
Borrowing, such issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
which constitutes an Event of Default or which would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or
both.
SECTION
3.03. Conditions
Precedent to Each Bid Borrowing. The
obligation of each Lender which is to make a Bid Advance on the occasion of
a
Bid Borrowing (including the initial Bid Borrowing) to make such Bid Advance
as
part of such Bid Borrowing is subject to the conditions precedent that (a)
the
Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice of Bid Borrowing
with
respect thereto, (b) on or before the date of such Bid Borrowing, but prior
to
such Bid Borrowing, the Agent shall have received a Bid Note payable to the
order of such Lender for each of the one or more Bid Advances to be made by
such
Lender as part of such Bid Borrowing, in a principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Bid Advance to be evidenced thereby and otherwise on
such terms as were agreed to for such Bid Advance in accordance with Section
2.02(c), and (c) on the date of such Bid Borrowing the following statements
shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Bid Borrowing
and the acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of such Bid Borrowing shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that on the date of
such
Bid Borrowing such statements are true):
(i) The
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (other than the
last
sentence of Section 4.01(e)) are correct in all material respects on and as
of
the date of such Bid Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Bid
Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made
on
and as of such date.
(ii) No
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Bid Borrowing
or
from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an Event
of
Default or which would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement
that notice be given or time elapse or both.
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SECTION
3.04. Determinations
Under Section 3.01. For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section
3.01, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted
or
to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be
consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless
an officer of the Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the date that
the
Company, by notice to the Lenders, designates as the proposed effective date
of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02, specifying its objection thereto. The Agent
shall promptly notify the Lenders of the occurrence of the effective date of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The
Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Each
Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation indicated at the
beginning of this Agreement, has all requisite corporate power and authority
to
conduct its business, to own its properties and assets as it is now conducted
and as proposed to be conducted and is qualified or licensed to do business
as a
foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the conduct
of its business requires it to so qualify or be licensed except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of such Borrower to
perform its obligations under any Loan Document.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of the Loan Documents
to
which it is a party, including such Borrower’s use of the proceeds hereof, are
within such Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and do not (i) contravene such Borrower’s charter,
articles or by-laws or (ii) contravene law (including, without limitation,
Regulations T, U and X issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Board) or any material contractual restriction binding on or affecting such
Borrower or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon or with respect to any of the properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by such Borrower of any Loan Documents.
(d) This
Agreement is, and each of other Loan Documents to which it is a party, when
delivered hereunder will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Borrower party thereto, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with
their respective terms.
(e) The
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December
31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, accompanied
by
an opinion of KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2007, and
the
related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries for the six months then ended, duly certified by the chief
financial officer of the Company, copies of which have been furnished to each
Lender, fairly present, subject, in the case of said balance sheet as at June
30, 2007 and said statements of income and cash flows for the six months then
ended, to year-end audit adjustments, the consolidated financial condition
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the consolidated results
of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods ended
on
such dates, all in accordance with GAAP. Except as publicly disclosed
prior to the date hereof, on and as of the date of this Agreement, since
December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(f) There
are
no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary the reasonably anticipated
outcome of which (i) would materially and adversely affect the ability of any
Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or (ii) purport
to
affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan
Document.
(g) No
Borrower is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Advance will be
used
to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, except in compliance with
Regulations T, U and X issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Board.
(h) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
(i) The
Company and each Subsidiary have filed all material tax returns (federal, state,
provincial and local) required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon
to
be due, including interest and penalties, or provided adequate reserves for
payment thereof.
(j) In
the
ordinary course of its business, the Company conducts an ongoing review of
the
effect of Environmental Laws on the operations and properties of the Company,
in
the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated liabilities and
costs
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up or closure of properties presently or previously owned, any
liabilities in connection with off-site disposal of Hazardous Substances and
any
capital or operating expenditures) required to achieve or maintain compliance
with Environmental Laws. On the basis of this review, the Company has
reasonably concluded that, except with respect to any matter disclosed in Items
1 or 3 in the Company’s 2006 Form 10-K or in the Commitments and Contingencies
Note to the consolidated financial statements incorporated therein, such
associated liabilities and costs, are unlikely to cause a material adverse
change in the business, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that shown on the
consolidated financial statements as at, and for the six-month period ended
June
30, 2007, provided that the inclusion of such exception does not indicate
that any such matter will cause such a material adverse change.
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ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
5.01. Affirmative
Covenants. So
long as any Advance shall remain unpaid, any Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent
Note or Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender shall have any
Commitment hereunder, the Company will, unless the Majority Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Compliance
with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with
all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders (such compliance to include,
without limitation, paying before the same become delinquent all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or upon its property except
to the extent contested in good faith) the failure to comply with which would
have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results
of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) Consolidated
Leverage Ratio. Maintain a Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the
last day of each Reference Period of not more than 4.00 : 1.0.
(c) Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain a Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio for each Reference Period of not less than 4.00 :
1.0.
(d) Preservation
of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence,
and
the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises material to the business
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided,
however, that (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate
any
merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(c), (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such
right
or franchise if the Company or such Subsidiary shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business
of
the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company, such Subsidiary
or
the Lenders and (iii) no Subsidiary shall be required to preserve its corporate
existence if the Company has determined to liquidate or dissolve such Subsidiary
and such liquidation or dissolution will not violate any other provision of
this
Agreement.
(e) Keeping
of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep,
proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall
be
made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company
and each such Subsidiary in a manner which will permit the preparation of
consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
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(f) Maintenance
of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are material
to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a
whole, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
(g) Insurance. Maintain,
and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, insurance with reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amount and covering such risks as the Company,
in its good faith business judgment, believes necessary.
(h) ERISA. Ensure
that each ERISA Affiliate will meet its minimum funding requirements and all
of
its other obligations under ERISA with respect to all of its Plans and satisfy
all of its obligations to Multiemployer Plans, including any Withdrawal
Liability, if the failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on
the
business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(i) Reporting
Requirements. Furnish to each Lender:
(i) as
soon
as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three quarters of each year, balance sheets of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, as of the end of such quarter and statements of income
and retained earnings and cash flow of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on
a
consolidated basis, for the period commencing at the end of the previous year
and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial
officer of the Company, subject to audit and year end adjustments;
(ii) as
soon
as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each year, a
copy
of the balance sheets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, as of the end of such year and the statements of income and retained
earnings and cash flow of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, for such year, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent nationally
recognized firm of public accountants;
(iii) as
soon
as possible and in any event within ten days after an officer of the Company
becomes aware of the occurrence of each Event of Default (and each event which,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event
of Default), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth details of such Event of
Default or event and the action which the Company has taken and proposes to
take
with respect thereto;
(iv) contemporaneously
with each delivery of the statements referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above,
(A) either an Officer’s Certificate stating that no Event of Default (other than
by reason of non-compliance with the covenants referred to in Sections 5.01(b)
and (c)) and no event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default (other than by reason of
non-compliance with the covenants referred to in Sections 5.01(b) and (c))
occurred during such quarter or, if applicable, an Officer’s Certificate
pursuant to clause (iii) above, (B) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, as of
the last day of the preceding quarter, and to the best of his or her knowledge,
at all times during the preceding quarter, the Company was in compliance with
the covenants referred to in Sections 5.01(b) and (c) and providing reasonable
details of the calculations evidencing the Company’s compliance with such
covenants and (C) reasonable details of each material change in GAAP from those
applied in preparing the statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) insofar
as
such changes are applicable to the statements referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above;
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(v) promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which the Company
sends to any of its shareholders, and copies of all reports and registration
statements which the Company or any Subsidiary files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange (other than those
pertaining to employee benefit plans); and
(vi) such
other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or
otherwise, of the Company or any Subsidiary as any Lender through the Agent
may
from time to time reasonably request.
Reports
and financial statements required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to
paragraphs (i), (ii) and (v) of this Section 5.01(i) shall be deemed
to have been delivered on the date on which it posts such reports containing
such financial statements are posted on the SEC’s website at xxx.xxx.xxx;
provided that it shall deliver paper copies of the reports and financial
statements referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (v) of this
Section 5.01(i) to the Agent or any Lender who requests it to deliver such
paper copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given
by
the Agent or such Lender.
SECTION
5.02. Negative
Covenants. So
long as any Advance shall remain unpaid, any Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent
Note or Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender shall have any
Commitment hereunder, the Company will not, without the written consent of
the
Majority Lenders:
(a) Liens. Create,
assume or suffer to exist or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to create,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except
(i) Permitted
Encumbrances,
(ii) other
Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property
and assets which were not incurred to secure Indebtedness, and which do not
in
the aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or assets or
materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business,
(iii) Liens
on
property or assets of a Domestic Subsidiary to secure obligations of such
Subsidiary to the Company or another Domestic Subsidiary, and Liens on property
or assets of a Foreign Subsidiary to secure obligations of such Subsidiary
to
the Company or any other Subsidiary,
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(iv) any
Lien
on property of any Foreign Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Subsidiary,
provided that, immediately after giving effect thereto and to the concurrent
repayment of any other Indebtedness, the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by this clause (iv) or
by
clause (vi) or (ix) of this Section does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets,
(vi) Liens
on
property or assets granted in connection with applications for or reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit issued at the request of the
Company or a Subsidiary by a banking institution to secure the performance
of
obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary relating to such letters of credit,
to the extent such banking institution requested the granting to it of such
Lien
as a condition for its issuance of the letter of credit; provided that,
immediately after giving effect thereto and to the concurrent repayment of
any
other Indebtedness, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness
secured by Liens permitted by this clause (vi) or by clause (iv) or (ix) of
this
Section does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets,
(vii) any
Lien
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming
a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and (C) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition
or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof,
(viii) Liens
on
fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or
any
Subsidiary; provided that (A) with respect to Liens securing Indebtedness
of any Domestic Subsidiary, such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause
(ii) of Section 5.02(b), (B) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby
are
incurred prior to or within 90 days after acquisition or the completion of
such
construction or improvement, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not
exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed
or
capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
(ix) Liens
on
assets securing other obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries not
expressly permitted by clauses (i) through (viii) above; provided that,
immediately after giving effect thereto and to the concurrent repayment of
any
other secured obligations, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
obligations secured by Liens permitted by this clause (ix) or by clause (iv)
or
(vi) of this Section does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets,
and
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(x) Liens
on
Margin Stock, if and to the extent the value of all Margin Stock of the Company
and its Subsidiaries exceeds 25% of the value of the total assets subject to
this Section 5.02(a) (it being understood that Margin Stock not in excess of
25%
of the value of such assets will be subject to the restrictions of this Section
5.02(a)).
(b) Domestic
Subsidiary Indebtedness. Permit any Domestic Subsidiary to
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness
of any Domestic Subsidiary to the Company or any other Domestic
Subsidiary;
(ii) Indebtedness
of any Domestic Subsidiary outstanding on the date hereof;
(iii) Indebtedness
incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed
or
capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed
in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien
on
any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals
and
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred
prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement;
(iv) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary after the date hereof;
provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a
Domestic Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection
with
such Person becoming a Domestic Subsidiary; and
(v) other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding US$20,000,000 at
any
time outstanding.
(c) Mergers,
Etc. (i) Merge or consolidate with or into any other
Person (other than a Subsidiary) or (ii) convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of, or permit a Subsidiary to convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise
dispose of, (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions)
all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired),
directly or indirectly, to any Person, including through a merger or
consolidation of a Subsidiary with an unaffiliated party, unless (A) in each
case of (i) or (ii), after giving effect to such proposed transaction, no Event
of Default or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default would exist and (B) in the case of clause
(i),the surviving corporation is the Company, provided that to the extent
that the value of all Margin Stock owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole exceeds 25% of the value of the total assets of the Company
and
its Subsidiaries subject to this Section 5.02(c), nothing in this Section
5.02(c) shall prohibit the sale of such Margin Stock (it being understood that
Margin Stock not in excess of 25% of the value of such assets will be subject
to
the restrictions of this Section 5.02(c)).
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(d) Change
in Nature of Business. Engage, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to engage, to any material extent, in any business other than the businesses
of
the type conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this
Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
(e) ERISA. Create,
assume or suffer to exist or permit any ERISA Affiliate to create, assume or
suffer to exist (i) any Insufficiency of any Plan (or, in the case of a Plan
with respect to which an ERISA Event described in clauses (iii) through (vi)
of
the definition of ERISA Event shall have occurred and then exist, the liability
related thereto), in respect of which Plan an ERISA Event has occurred, or
(ii)
any Withdrawal Liability under any Multiemployer Plan, if the sum of (A) any
such Insufficiency or Withdrawal Liability, as applicable, (B) the Insufficiency
of any and all other Plans with respect to which an ERISA Event shall have
occurred and then exist (or, in the case of a Plan with respect to which an
ERISA Event described in clauses (iii) through (vi) of the definition of ERISA
Event shall have occurred and then exist, the liability related thereto), (C)
amounts then required to be paid to any and all other Multiemployer Plans by
the
Company or its ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability and (D) the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and all the Subsidiaries
secured by Liens permitted by clauses (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) of
Section 5.02(a), shall exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01. Events
of Default. If
any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be
continuing:
(a) Any
Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Advance made to such
Borrower when the same becomes due and payable or (ii) any interest on any
Advance made to such Borrower or any fees or other amounts payable under this
Agreement within five days of the same becoming due and payable; or
(b) Any
representation or warranty made by any Borrower herein or by any Borrower (or
any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have
been
incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c) Any
Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(b), (c) or (i)(iii) or Section 5.02, or (ii) any
term,
covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than as referred
to
in subsection (a) or clause (i) above) on its part to be performed or observed
if, in the case of this clause (ii), such failure shall remain unremedied for
30
days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the
Agent or any Lender; or
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(d) The
Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay any installment of principal of
or
any premium or interest on any Indebtedness, which is outstanding in a principal
amount of at least US$25,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding Indebtedness
outstanding hereunder) of the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be),
when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or
instrument relating to such Indebtedness, or any other event shall occur or
condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such
Indebtedness and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any,
specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or
condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity
of
such Indebtedness, or any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary which
is
outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$25,000,000 shall,
for any reason, be accelerated (it being understood that a mandatory prepayment
on the sale of any asset shall be deemed not to be an acceleration of the
Indebtedness secured by such asset) ; or
(e) Any
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any two or more Subsidiaries which
(when taken together) would have aggregate total assets constituting those
of a
Significant Subsidiary shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become
due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding
shall be instituted by or against such Borrower or any such Subsidiary seeking
to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition
of
it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it
or
for any substantial part of its property, and, in the case of any such
proceeding instituted against a Borrower or such Subsidiary (but not instituted
by it), either such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed for 60 days
or
any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation,
the
entry of an order for relief against it or the appointment of a trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its
property) shall occur; or a Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall take any
corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this
subsection (e); or
(f) Any
judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of US$25,000,000 shall
be
rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary and either (i) enforcement
proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or
order and, within 60 days of the commencement of such proceedings, such judgment
shall not have been satisfied or (subject to clause (ii) below) shall have
been
stayed or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which
a
stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal
or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) The Company
or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur, or shall be reasonably likely to
incur liability in excess of US$25,000,000 in the aggregate as a result of
one
or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA Event;
(ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or
termination of a Multiemployer Plan; or
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(h) Article
VII hereof shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable
against the Company, or the Company shall so state in writing;
then,
and
in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent
of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers declare the obligation
of
each Lender to make Advances (other than Revolving Advances by an Issuing Bank
or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(b)) and of the Issuing Banks to issue
Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith
terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent of the
Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Notes, all interest
thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith
due
and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall
become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or
further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrowers; provided, however, that in the event of an Event of
Default resulting from the actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with
respect to a Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation
of
each Lender to make Advances (other than Revolving Advances by an Issuing Bank
or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(b)) and of the Issuing Banks to issue
Letters of Credit shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all
such
interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which
are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.
SECTION
6.02. Actions
in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Event of Default. If
any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may with
the consent, or shall at the request, of the Lenders having more than 50% of
the
US Commitments, irrespective of whether it is taking any of the actions
described in Section 6.01 or otherwise, make demand upon the Company to, and
forthwith upon such demand the Company will, (a) pay to the Agent on behalf
of
the US Lenders in same day funds at the Agent’s office designated in such
demand, for deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to
the
aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding or (b)
make
such other arrangements in respect of the outstanding Letters of Credit as
shall
be acceptable to the Lenders having more than 50% of the US Commitments;
provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry
of an order for relief with respect to a Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code, an amount equal to the aggregate Available Amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit shall be immediately due and payable to the Agent for the
account of the Lenders without notice to or demand upon the Borrowers, which
are
expressly waived by each Borrower, to be held in the L/C Cash Collateral
Account. If at any time the Agent determines that any funds held in
the L/C Cash Collateral Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person
other than the Agent and the US Lenders or that the total amount of such funds
is less than the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit, the
Company will, forthwith upon demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent, as
additional funds to be deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account,
an
amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Available Amount over (b)
the
total amount of funds, if any, then held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account
that
the Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and
claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit, to the extent funds
are on deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, such funds shall be applied
to reimburse the Issuing Bank or the US Lenders, as applicable, to the extent
permitted by applicable law. The Agent, in its sole discretion and at
the risk and expense of the Company, may invest the funds in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account, and interest or profits therefrom (if any) shall accumulate
in the L/C Cash Collateral Account. At any time that the amount of
funds in the L/C Cash Collateral Account exceeds the Available Amount of all
Letters of Credit outstanding, the Agent shall promptly return such excess
amount to the Company. All amounts in the L/C Cash Collateral Account
shall be returned to the Company upon the earlier of (x) the date that all
Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon and all
reimbursement obligations shall have been satisfied and (y) the date on which
no
Event of Default shall be continuing or on which every Event of Default shall
have been waived.
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ARTICLE
VII
GUARANTY
SECTION
7.01. Guaranty. The
Company hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the
punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of
a
required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all obligations
of the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter existing under or in respect of this
Agreement and the Notes (including, without limitation, any extensions,
modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the
foregoing obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
and
whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes
of
action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “Guaranteed
Obligations”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the
Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Canadian Borrower to the Agent
or any Lender under or in respect of this Agreement and the Notes but for the
fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a
bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Canadian
Borrower.
SECTION
7.02. Guaranty
Absolute. The
Company guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes, regardless of any
law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction
affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Agent or any Lender with
respect thereto. The obligations of the Company under or in respect
of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
obligations of the Canadian Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement
and
the Notes, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted
against the Company to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action
is brought against the Canadian Borrower or whether the Canadian Borrower is
joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Company
under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and the Company hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it
may
now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the
following:
(a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note or any agreement
or instrument relating thereto;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Canadian
Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement and the Notes, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any
Note, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations
resulting from the extension of additional credit to the Canadian Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
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(c) any
taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any taking,
release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other
guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) any
manner of application of any collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any
of
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any
collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations
of the Canadian Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes or any other assets
of the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence
of
the Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) any
failure of the Agent or any Lender to disclose to the Canadian Borrower any
information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Canadian Borrower now
or
hereafter known to the Agent or such Lender (the Company waiving any duty on
the
part of the Agent and the Lenders to disclose such information);
(g) the
failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Guaranty or any other
guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of the Company
or
other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations;
or
(h) any
other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations)
or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Agent or any Lender
that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of,
the
Canadian Borrower or any other guarantor or surety.
This
Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if
at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the Agent or any Lender or any other Person upon
the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Canadian Borrower or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION
7.03. Waivers
and Acknowledgments. (a) The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence,
notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of
nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice
with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any
requirement that the Agent or any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure
any
Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action
against the Canadian Borrower or any other Person or any
collateral.
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(b) The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this
Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies
to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the
future.
(c) The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense
arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies
by
the Agent or any Lender that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or
otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,
contribution or indemnification rights of the Company or other rights of the
Company to proceed against the Canadian Borrower, any other guarantor or any
other Person or any collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of
set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the obligations of the Company
hereunder.
(d) The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part
of
the Agent or any Lender to disclose to the Company any matter, fact or thing
relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance, properties or prospects of the Canadian Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Agent or such Lender.
(e) The
Company acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect
benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Agreement and
the
Notes and that the waivers set forth in Section 7.02 and this
Section 7.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
SECTION
7.04. Subrogation. The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights
that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Canadian Borrower or
any
other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance
or
enforcement of the Company’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty,
including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in
any
claim or remedy of the Agent or any Lender against the Canadian Borrower or
any
other insider guarantor or any collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy
or
right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including,
without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Canadian Borrower
or
any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property
or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such
claim, remedy or right, (x) unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall have been paid in full in cash and the Canadian Commitments shall have
expired or been terminated or (y) unless no Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing. If any amount shall be paid to the Company in violation
of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of
(a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and
(b) the Termination Date, such amount shall be received and held in trust
for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, shall be segregated from other
property and funds of the Company and shall forthwith be paid or delivered
to
the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or
assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Notes, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other
amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If
(i) the Company shall make payment to the Agent or any Lender of all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall
have occurred, the Agent and the Lenders will, at the Company’s request and
expense, execute and deliver to the Company appropriate documents, without
recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the
transfer by subrogation to the Company of an interest in the Guaranteed
Obligations resulting from such payment made by the Company pursuant to this
Guaranty.
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SECTION
7.05. Subordination. The
Company hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other obligations
owed to the Company by the Canadian Borrower (the “Subordinated
Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this Section 7.05:
(a) Prohibited
Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under
any
Bankruptcy Law relating to the Canadian Borrower), the Company may receive
regularly scheduled payments from the Canadian Borrower on account of the
Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation
of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to the Canadian Borrower),
however, unless the Lenders having more than 50% of the Canadian Commitments
otherwise agree, no Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect
any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(b) Prior
Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law relating to the Canadian Borrower, the Company agrees that the
Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash
of
all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after
the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not
constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post Petition
Interest”)) before the Company receives payment of any Subordinated
Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of (including the
commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law
relating to the Canadian Borrower), the Company shall, if the Agent so requests,
collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations
as trustee for the Agent and the Lenders and deliver such payments to the Agent
on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post Petition Interest),
together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer,
but
without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of the Company under
the other provisions of this Guaranty.
(d) Agent
Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of
any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to the Canadian Borrower), the
Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in
its
discretion, (i) in the name of the Company, to collect and enforce, and to
submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts
received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post
Petition Interest), and (ii) to require the Company (A) to collect and enforce,
and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay
any
amounts received on such obligations to the Agent for application to the
Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition
Interest).
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SECTION
7.06. Continuing
Guaranty; Assignments.. This
Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and
effect until the later of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and (ii) the Termination Date, (b) be binding upon the
Company, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Agent and the Lenders and their successors, transferees
and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the
immediately preceding sentence, the Agent or any Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the
Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person,
and
such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect
thereof granted to the Agent or such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case
as
and to the extent provided in Section 9.02. The Guarantor shall
not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without
the prior written consent of the Agent and the Lenders.
ARTICLE
VIII
THE
AGENT
SECTION
8.01. Authorization
and Action. Each
Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and an Issuing Bank, if applicable) hereby
appoints and authorizes the Agent and the Sub-Agent, as applicable, to take
such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under
this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together
with
such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. As
to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including, without
limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent shall not be
required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required
to
act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting ) upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders, and
such
instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes;
provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take
any action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary
to
this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each
Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by the Borrowers pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement.
SECTION
8.02. Agent’s
Reliance, Etc. Neither
the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in
connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence
or
willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the
foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat the payee of any Note as the
holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance
entered into by the Lender that is the payee of such Note as assignor, and
an
Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in Section 9.02; (ii) may consult
with legal counsel (including counsel for a Borrower), independent public
accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with
the
advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or
representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for
any
statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in
or
in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain
or
to inquire as to the performance, observance or satisfaction of any of the
terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of any Borrower
or
the existence at any time of any event which constitutes, or with the passage
of
time would constitute, an Event of Default or to inspect the property (including
the books and records) of any Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any
Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security
interest created or purported to be created in under or in connection with,
this
Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and
(vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting
upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which
may
be by telecopier) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper
party or parties.
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SECTION
8.03. Citibank
and Affiliates. With
respect to its Commitment(s), the Advances made by it and the Notes issued
to
it, Citibank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as
any
other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and
the
term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include
Citibank in its individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept
investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business
with, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business
with or own securities of the Company or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank
were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefore to the
Lenders. The Agent shall have no duty to disclose information
obtained or received by it or any of its Affiliates relating to the Company
or
its Subsidiaries to the extent such information was obtained or received in
any
capacity other than as Agent.
SECTION
8.04. Lender
Credit Decision. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to
in
Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue
to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement.
SECTION
8.05. Indemnification. (a) Each
Lender severally agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed
by
the Company), from and against such Lender’s ratable share of any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may
be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating
to or
arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under
this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”), provided
that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs
resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees
to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the
Agent
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by the Company. In the case of any
investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs,
this Section 8.05 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or
proceeding is brought by the Agent, any Lender or a third party.
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(b) Each
US Lender severally agrees to indemnify each Issuing Bank (to the extent not
promptly reimbursed by the Company) from and against such Lender’s ratable share
(determined as provided below) of any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against such Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of
this
Agreement or any action taken or omitted by such Issuing Bank hereunder or
in
connection herewith; provided, however, that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as
found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction. Without limitation of the foregoing, each US Lender
agrees to reimburse each Issuing Bank promptly upon demand for its ratable
share
of any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses
of
counsel) payable by the Company under Section 10.04, to the extent that the
Issuing Bank is not promptly reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the
Company.
(c) For
purposes of this Section 8.05, the Lenders’ respective ratable shares of
any amount shall be determined, at any time, according to the sum of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Advances outstanding at
such time and owing to the respective Lenders, (ii) their respective Pro
Rata Shares of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding at such time and (iii) their respective Unused Canadian
Commitments and Unused US Commitments at such time; provided that the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Advances made as a result of a drawing
under a Letter of Credit owing to the Issuing Bank shall be considered to be
owed to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective US
Commitments. The failure of any Lender to reimburse the Agent or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, promptly upon demand for its ratable share
of
any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to such Agent or the Issuing
Bank,
as the case may be, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of
its
obligation hereunder to reimburse such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible
for
the failure of any other Lender to reimburse the Agent or the Issuing Bank,
as
the case may be, for such other Lender’s ratable share of such
amount. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
any Lender hereunder, the agreement and obligations of each Lender contained
in
this Section 8.05 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest
and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION
8.06. Successor
Agent. The
Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders
and
the Company and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Majority
Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders
shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent, subject, so long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the Company’s
approval. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Majority Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days
after
the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Majority Lenders’
removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least
US$500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed
to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties
of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations under this Agreement other than the obligations provided
in Section 10.12. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal
hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent
under this Agreement.
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SECTION
8.07. Delegation
of Duties. The
Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers
hereunder by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent
(including the Sub-Agent). Each such sub-agent and shall be entitled
to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VIII and Article Sections
10.04 and 10.06 (as though such sub-agents were the
“Agent” hereunder) as if set forth in full herein with respect
thereto.
SECTION
8.08. Other
Agents. Each
Lender hereby acknowledges that neither the documentation agent nor any other
Lender designated as any other type of agent (other than administrative agent)
on the signature pages hereof has any liability hereunder other than in its
capacity as a Lender.
ARTICLE
IX
ASSIGNMENTS
AND PARTICIPATIONS
SECTION
9.01. Binding
Effect. This
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Borrowers, the Agent and by each Bank and thereafter shall be binding upon
and
inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the Agent and each Lender and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Borrower shall have the right
to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the Lenders.
SECTION
9.02. Assignments. (a) Each
Lender may, upon at least 10 Business Days’ notice to the Company (and, in the
case of an assignment of Canadian Commitments, the Canadian Borrower), the
Issuing Banks and the Agent, assign to one or more banks or other entities
(other than an assignment which would result in increased costs to the Company
pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10 or 2.14 hereof) all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or
a
portion of its Commitment(s), the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes
held by it); provided, however, that (i) if such bank or other
entity is not already a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and prior to the
expiring of the 10 Business Days’ notice referred to above, the Company (unless
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time) or the Agent
notifies the assignor Lender that such assignee is, in its sole discretion,
not
acceptable to it, such assignor Lender shall not make such assignment, (ii)
the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for
its
acceptance and recording in the Register an Assignment and Acceptance, together
with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and
recordation fee of US$3,500 payable by the parties to each such assignment,
(iii) each such assignment shall be only to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each
such
assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all of
the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (v) the amount
of the US Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each
such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance
with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than US$5,000,000 in
the
case of an assignment to a Lender or US$10,000,000 in the case of an Assignment
to an Eligible Assignee not already a Lender and, in each case, shall be an
integral multiple of US$5,000,000 or, if less, the entire amount of the
assigning Lender’s US Commitment and (vi) the amount of the Canadian Commitment
of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment
(determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to
such
assignment) shall in no event be less than US$5,000,000 in the case of an
assignment to an Eligible Assignee that becomes a Canadian Lender and, in each
case, shall be an integral multiple of US$5,000,000 or, if less, the entire
amount of the assigning Lender’s Canadian Commitment. Upon such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective
date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the assignee thereunder shall
be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have
been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (B) the Lender assignor thereunder
shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned
by
it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other
than
its rights under Sections 2.07, 2.10, 2.14, 10.04 and 10.06 to the extent any
claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and
be
released from its obligations (other than those provided in Section 10.12)
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).
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(b) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such
Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement
or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any
Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to
in
Section 4.01(e) 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; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based
on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement; (v) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance
with
their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a Lender; (vi) such assignee confirms that
it
is an Eligible Assignee; and (vii) such assignee appoints and authorizes the
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
and
discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms
hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
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(c) Upon
its
receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and
an
assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any
Revolving Note or Notes subject to such assignment and the fee referred to
in
clause (a)(ii) above, the Agent shall (subject to any consents to such
assignment required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), if such Assignment
and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance,
(ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Company.
(d) The
Agent
shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.02 a copy of each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for
the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment(s)
of,
and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time
(the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent demonstrable error, provided,
that the failure of the Agent to make an entry, or any finding that an entry
is
incorrect, in the Register shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations
of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Borrowers, the Agent and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Each
Lender may assign to one or more banks or other entities any Bid Note or Bid
Notes held by it.
(f) Any
Lender may pledge all or a portion of its Advances to any Federal Reserve Bank
as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Revenue
Bank. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its
obligations under the Agreement.
(g) Each
Issuing Bank may, upon at least 10 Business Days’ notice to the Company, assign
to any other Lender all of its rights and obligations under the undrawn portion
of its Letter of Credit Commitment at any time; provided, however,
that (i) if prior to the expiring of the 10 Business Days’ notice
referred to above, the Company notifies the assignor Issuing Bank that such
assignee is, in its sole discretion, not acceptable to it, such assignor Issuing
Bank shall not make such assignment, (ii) the amount of the Letter of Credit
Commitment of the assigning Issuing Bank being assigned pursuant to each such
assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than US$10,000,000 or
an
integral multiple of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (iii) the parties
to
each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance
and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with
a
processing and recordation fee of US$3,500.
SECTION
9.03. Participations. Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or
to
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment(s), and the Advances
owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that
(a) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment(s) to the Borrowers hereunder) shall remain
unchanged, (b) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, (c) such Lender shall remain
the
holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (d) each Borrower
and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement, (e) such participation is not prohibited by applicable law and (f)
no
participant shall have any claim against any Borrower or the Agent for any
amounts due to it under its participation agreement and no Lender or any
participant shall have any additional claim under Sections 2.07, 2.10 or 2.14
as
a result of any participation. Any agreement or instrument pursuant
to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender
will not, without the consent of the Person acquiring such participation, agree
to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (a), (b) or (c)
of
the proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Person.
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ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.01. Amendments,
Etc. No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, nor consent
to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders, and
then
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for
the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no
amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a) increase the Commitment(s) of any Lender
or subject any Lender to any additional obligations without the written consent
of such Lender, (b) reduce the principal of, or interest on, any Revolving
Note,
Revolving Advance, or any fee or other amount payable hereunder without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (c) postpone any date fixed
for
any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Notes, Revolving
Advances, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (d) change the percentage of the
Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Notes,
Revolving Advances, or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the
Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder without the written consent
of all the Lenders, (e) release the Company from its obligations under Article
VII without the written consent of all of the Canadian Lenders or (f) amend
this
Section 10.01 without the written consent of all the Lenders and
providedfurther that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above
to
take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement
or any Note; and providedfurther that no amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the affected Issuing Bank in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights
or
obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement.
SECTION
10.02. Notices,
Etc. (a) All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be either (x) in
writing (including telecopy communication) and mailed, telecopied or delivered
or (y) as and to the extent set forth in Section 10.02(b) and in the proviso
to
this Section 10.02(a), if to a Borrower, at the Company’s address at 000 Xxxxxxx
0, X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, 00000-0000, telecopy
no. (000) 000-0000, Attention: Treasury Department; if to any Bank,
at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto;
if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the
Agent, at its address at Xxx Xxxxx Xxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Bank Loan Syndications Department; or, as to any Borrower or the Agent, at
such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrowers and the Agent,
provided that materials required to be delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(i)(i), (ii), (iv) and (v) may be delivered to the Agent as specified in
Section 10.02(b) or as otherwise specified to the Borrowers by the
Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed or
telecopied, be effective only when received by the relevant
party. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any
Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
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(b) So
long as Citibank or any of its Affiliates is the Agent, materials required
to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(i)(i), (ii), (iv) and (v) may be delivered
to
the Agent in an electronic medium in a format acceptable to the Agent and the
Lenders by e-mail at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx. The Company
agrees that the Agent may make such materials, as well as any other written
information, documents, instruments and other material relating to the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any other materials or matters relating to this
Agreement, the Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
(collectively, the “Communications”) available to the Lenders by posting
such notices on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic system (the
“Platform”). The Company acknowledges that (i) the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure
and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and (iii)
neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates warrants the accuracy, adequacy
or
completeness of the Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims
liability for errors or omissions in the Communications or the
Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory,
including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for
a
particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from
viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent or any of its Affiliates
in
connection with the Platform.
(c) Each
Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a
“Notice”) specifying that any Communications have been posted to the
Platform shall constitute effective delivery of such information, documents
or
other materials to such Lender for purposes of this Agreement; provided
that if requested by any Lender the Agent shall deliver a copy of the
Communications to such Lender by email or telecopier. Each Lender
agrees (i) to notify the Agent in writing of such Lender’s e-mail address to
which a Notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic
communication) on or before the date such Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Agent has on
record an effective e-mail address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice
may
be sent to such e-mail address.
SECTION
10.03. No
Waiver; Remedies. No
failure on the part of any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude
any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any remedies provided by law.
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SECTION
10.04. Costs,
Expenses and Taxes. (a) The
Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
of the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Notes and
the
other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for the Agent
with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent as to its rights and
responsibilities under this Agreement, and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
of the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable
fees and expenses of outside counsel for each Lender), in connection with the
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder
including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel
for the Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement of rights
under
this Section 10.04(a).
(b) If
any
payment of principal of any Eurodollar Rate Advance is made by any Borrower
to
or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period
for such Advance, as a result of a payment pursuant to Section 2.09(b),
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any
other reason, such Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy
of
such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender
any
amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs
or
expenses which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, including,
without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost
or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such
Advance. Each Lender demanding payment of such amount shall provide,
at the time of making such demand, the applicable Borrower and the Agent with
reasonable details, including the basis for the calculation thereof, of such
increase, provided that, in the absence of manifest error, the amount so
notified shall be conclusive and binding upon such Borrower.
SECTION
10.05. Right
of Set-off. Upon
(i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii)
the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section
6.01 to authorize the Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to
the
provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to
or
for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all of the
obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand
under this Agreement or the Note held by such Lender and although such
obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify
the applicable Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided
that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation,
other rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.
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SECTION
10.06. Indemnification
by Company. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender (and
each of their respective officers, agents, employees and directors) (each,
an
“Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, damages,
liabilities, obligations, losses, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, reasonable fees
and
disbursements of outside counsel) of any kind or nature whatsoever
(“Claims”) which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such
Lender or any of its officers, agents, employees or directors (but excluding
Claims of any Person resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct) in connection with or arising out of any investigation, litigation
or proceeding (including, without limitation, any threatened investigation,
litigation or proceeding or preparation of a defense in connection therewith)
related to the Notes, this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated
herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances, except
to
the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense resulted from such
Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the
case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity
in this Section 10.06 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or
not
such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Company, its
directors, equityholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other
Person, whether or not any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and
whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated. Each Borrower also agrees not to assert any claim for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages against the Agent, any
Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, arising out of
or
otherwise relating to the Notes, this Agreement, any of the transactions
contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the
Advances.
SECTION
10.07. Governing
Law. This
Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION
10.08. Execution
in Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
10.09. Special
Prepayment Right. (a) In
the event that a Change of Control Date shall occur, the Company will, within
10
days after such Change of Control Date, give the Agent written notice thereof
and describe in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances giving rise
thereto, and the applicable Borrower will prepay, if any Lender shall so
request, all of the Advances from such Lender plus interest accrued to the
date
of prepayment and any other fees and amounts as may then be payable by such
Borrower to such Lender under this Agreement. Said request (the
“Prepayment Notice”) shall be made by a Lender in writing not later than
45 days after the Change of Control Date and shall specify (i) the date (the
“Special Prepayment Date”) upon which each Borrower shall prepay the
Advances made to it, which date shall be not less than 15 days nor more than
45
days from the date of the Prepayment Notice and (ii) the amount of the Advances
to be prepaid. In the event of such request, the Commitment(s) of
such Lender to make Advances shall forthwith terminate.
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(b) On
the
Special Prepayment Date, each Borrower shall prepay all of the Advances of
such
Lender made to such Borrower plus interest accrued thereon to the Special
Prepayment Date and such other fees and amounts as may then be payable by
Borrower under this Agreement. Payment shall be made as provided in
this Agreement.
(c) For
the
purposes of this Section 10.09:
(i) the
term
“Change of Control Date” shall mean (A) the first day on which any
person, or group of related persons, has beneficial ownership of more than
33
1/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company or (B) the date immediately
following the first date on which the members of the Board of Directors of
the
Company (the “Board”) at the commencement of any period of 730
consecutive days (together with any other Directors whose appointment or
election by the Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders
of
the Company was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Directors
then
in office who either were Directors at the beginning of such period or whose
appointment or election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board at the end of such period;
provided, however, that a Change of Control Date shall not be
deemed to have occurred under clause (A) hereof if (x) the Company shall have
merged or disposed of a portion of its assets in compliance with the
requirements of subsection 5.02(c) hereof within 10 days after the acquisition
of such beneficial ownership shall have occurred and (y) no person or group
of
related persons shall have beneficial ownership of more than 33 1/3% of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company after such merger or
disposition.
(ii) the
term
“voting stock” shall mean stock of any class or classes (however
designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of
the
directors of the Company other than stock having such power only by reason
of a
contingency.
SECTION
10.10. 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 any of the other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of
any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York
State
court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each
Borrower hereby further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any
action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties hereto
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such Borrower at the
address of the Company specified pursuant to Section 10.02. Each of
the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring
any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each
of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now
or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in
any
New York State or federal court sitting in New York City. 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.
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SECTION
10.11. No
Liability of the Issuing Banks. The
Company assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of
Credit. Neither any Issuing Bank nor any of its officers or directors
shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of
any Letter of Credit or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of
documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove
to
be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c)
payment by an Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply
with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to
bear
any reference or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other
circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any Letter
of Credit, except that the Company shall have a claim against an Issuing Bank,
and such Issuing Bank shall be liable to the Company, to the extent of any
direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by the Company that were caused
by (i) such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence in determining
whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms
of
the Letter of Credit or (ii) such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make
lawful payment under a Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft
and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter
of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice
or
information to the contrary.
SECTION
10.12. Confidentiality. Each
of the Agent and the Lenders expressly agrees, for the benefit of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential
Information, except that Confidential Information may be disclosed (a) to its
and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or
by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit,
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights
hereunder, (f) subject to an express agreement for the benefit of the Company
and its Subsidiaries containing provisions substantially the same as those
of
this Section, to any Eligible Assignee of or participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement, (g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such
Confidential Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result
of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender
on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this Section, “Confidential
Information” means all information, including material nonpublic information
with the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC (“Regulation
FD”), received from the Company or its Subsidiaries relating to such
entities or their respective businesses, other than any such information that
is
available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by such entities; provided, that such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Information as provided
in this Section shall be considered to have compiled with its obligation to
do
so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such information as such Person customarily accords to its
own confidential information; provided, however, that with respect to
disclosures pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of this Section, unless prohibited
by law or applicable court order, each Lender and the Agent shall attempt to
notify the Company of any request by any governmental agency or representative
thereof or other Person for disclosure of Confidential Information after receipt
of such request, and if reasonable, practicable and permissible, before
disclosure of such Confidential Information. It is understood and
agreed that the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates may
rely upon this Section for any purpose, including without limitation to comply
with Regulation FD.
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SECTION
10.13. Patriot
Act. Each
Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of
the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each borrower, guarantor or grantor (the “Loan Parties”), which
information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in
accordance with the Act.
SECTION
10.14. Judgment.
(a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is
necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in one currency into another currency,
the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do
so,
that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Agent could purchase the first currency with such other
currency at Citibank's principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time)
on
the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) The
obligation of any Borrower in respect of any sum due from it in any currency
(the "Primary Currency") to any Lender or the Agent hereunder shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in any other currency, be discharged only to the
extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Agent
(as the case may be), of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency,
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal
banking procedures purchase the applicable Primary Currency with such other
currency; if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased is
less
than such sum due to such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) in the
applicable Primary Currency, each Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation
and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Agent (as
the
case may be) against such loss, and if the amount of the applicable Primary
Currency so purchased exceeds such sum due to any Lender or the Agent (as the
case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Lender or the Agent (as
the case may be) agrees to remit to such Borrower such excess.
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SECTION
10.15. Waiver
of Jury Trial. Each
of the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders hereby 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 to this Agreement or
any
of the other Loan Documents or the actions of the Agent or any Lender in the
negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
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Borrowers
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XXXX
CORPORATION
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President & Treasurer
PCI
CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY/SOCIÉTÉ PCI CHIMIE CANADA
.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President & Treasurer
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Agent
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CITIBANK,
N.A., as Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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Lenders
|
|
CITIBANK,
N.A. as a US Lender and a Canadian
Lender
|
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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CITIBANK,
N.A. CANADIAN BRANCH, as a Canadian
Lender
|
By: /s/
Niyousha Zarinpour
Name:
Niyousha
Zarinpour
Title:
Authorized
Signer
|
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as a US Lender and a Canadian
Lender
|
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., CANADIAN BRANCH, as a Canadian Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Sales Xx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
Sales Xx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a US Lender and an Issuing
Bank
|
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Director
|
NATIONAL
CITY BANK, as a US Lender
|
By: /s/
X. Xxxxxx
Tzinberg
Name:
X.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a US
Lender
|
By: /s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title:
Second
Vice
President
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SOVEREIGN
BANK
|
By: /s/
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Asst.
Vice
President
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