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Exhibit 10.5
MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 21, 1997
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THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND
NBD BANK, AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT
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FIRST CHICAGO CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
AS SYNDICATION AGENT AND ARRANGER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS.....................................................
ARTICLE II - THE CREDITS....................................................
2.1. The Commitments..................................................
2.2. Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Evidence of Debt............
2.3. Procedures for Revolving Credit Borrowing........................
2.4. Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans and Refunding of Loans.......
2.5. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment..........
2.6. Multicurrency Commitments........................................
2.7. Competitive Bid Loans............................................
2.8. Facility and Agent Fees..........................................
2.9. Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments on All Loans...........
2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances..............
2.11. Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis...
2.12. Changes in Interest Rate, etc....................................
2.13. Rates Applicable After Default...................................
2.14. Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment..............................
2.15. Telephonic Notices...............................................
2.16. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and
Commitment Reductions............................................
2.17. Lending Installations............................................
2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent.................
2.19. Facility Letters of Credit.......................................
2.20. Application of Payments with Respect to Defaulting Lenders.......
ARTICLE III - CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.......................................
3.1. Yield Protection.................................................
3.2. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations..........................
3.3. Availability of Types of Advances................................
3.4. Funding Indemnification..........................................
3.5. Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity.........................
3.6. Taxes............................................................
3.7. Substitution of Lender...........................................
ARTICLE IV - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...........................................
4.1. Closing Conditions ..............................................
4.2. Initial Advance..................................................
4.3. Each Advance.....................................................
ARTICLE V - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..................................
5.1. Corporate Existence and Standing.................................
5.2. Authorization and Validity.......................................
5.3. No Conflict; Government Consent..................................
5.4. Financial Statements.............................................
5.5. Material Adverse Change..........................................
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5.6. Taxes..............................................................
5.7. Litigation and Contingent Obligations..............................
5.8. Subsidiaries.......................................................
5.9. ERISA..............................................................
5.l0. Accuracy of Information............................................
5.11. Regulation U.......................................................
5.12. Material Agreements................................................
5.13. Compliance With Laws...............................................
5.14. Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions...............................
5.15. Environmental Matters..............................................
5.16. Investment Company Act.............................................
5.17. Public Utility Holding Company Act.................................
5.18. Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers.......................................
ARTICLE VI - COVENANTS........................................................
6.1. Financial Reporting................................................
6.2. Use of Proceeds....................................................
6.3. Notice of Default..................................................
6.4. Conduct of Business................................................
6.5. Taxes..............................................................
6.6. Insurance..........................................................
6.7. Compliance with Laws...............................................
6.8. Maintenance of Properties..........................................
6.9. Inspection.........................................................
6.10. Subsidiary Indebtedness............................................
6.11. Merger.............................................................
6.12. Sale of Assets.....................................................
6.13. Investments and Acquisitions.......................................
6.14. Liens..............................................................
6.15. Affiliates.........................................................
6.16. Contingent Obligations.............................................
6.17. Debt Ratio.........................................................
6.18. Net Worth..........................................................
ARTICLE VII - DEFAULTS........................................................
ARTICLE VIII - ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES.................
8.1. Acceleration.......................................................
8.2. Amendments.........................................................
8.3. Preservation of Rights.............................................
ARTICLE IX - GUARANTY
9.1. Guarantee..........................................................
9.2. Right of Set-off...................................................
9.3. No Subrogation.....................................................
9.4. Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights.
9.5. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional...............................
9.6. Reinstatement......................................................
9.7. Payments...........................................................
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ARTICLE X - GENERAL PROVISIONS................................................
10.1. Survival of Representations........................................
10.2. Governmental Regulation............................................
10.3. Taxes..............................................................
10.4. Headings...........................................................
10.5. Entire Agreement...................................................
10.6. Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement....................
10.7. Expenses; Indemnification..........................................
10.8. Numbers of Documents...............................................
10.9. Accounting.........................................................
10.10. Severability of Provisions.........................................
10.11. Nonliability of Lenders............................................
10.12. Confidentiality....................................................
10.13. Nonreliance........................................................
ARTICLE XI - THE AGENTS.......................................................
11.1. Appointment; Nature of Relationship................................
11.2. Powers
11.3. General Immunity...................................................
11.4. No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.........................
11.5. Action on Instructions of Lenders..................................
11.6. Employment of Agents and Counsel...................................
11.7. Reliance on Documents; Counsel.....................................
11.8. Agents' Reimbursement and Indemnification..........................
11.9. Notice of Default..................................................
11.10. Rights as a Lender.................................................
11.l1. Lender Credit Decision.............................................
11.12. Successor Agents...................................................
ARTICLE XII - SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS........................................
12.1. Setoff
12.2. Ratable Payments...................................................
12.3. Loan Conversion/Participations.....................................
ARTICLE XIII - BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS..............
13.1. Successors and Assigns.............................................
13.2. Participations.....................................................
13.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect............................
13.2.2. Voting Rights.............................................
13.2.3. Benefit of Setoff.........................................
13.3. Assignments........................................................
13.3.1. Permitted Assignments.....................................
13.3.2. Effect; Effective Date....................................
13.3.3. Additional Lenders........................................
13.4. Dissemination of Information.......................................
13.5. Tax Treatment......................................................
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ARTICLE XIV - NOTICES.........................................................
14.1. Giving Notice......................................................
14.2. Change of Address..................................................
ARTICLE XV - COUNTERPARTS.....................................................
ARTICLE XVI - CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
16.1. Choice of Law......................................................
16.2. Waiver of Jury Trial...............................................
16.3. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers................................
16.4. Acknowledgments....................................................
16.5. Power of Attorney..................................................
16.6 Judgment...........................................................
16.7 Unification of Certain Currencies..................................
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A-1 - REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE...........................................
EXHIBIT A-2 - COMPETITIVE BID NOTE ...........................................
EXHIBIT B - PRICING SCHEDULE..................................................
EXHIBIT C - COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE............................................
EXHIBIT D - COMPANY OPINION OF COUNSEL........................................
EXHIBIT E - ROCKWELL OPINION OF COUNSEL.......................................
EXHIBIT F - WRITTEN TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS.....................................
EXHIBIT G - FOREIGN BORROWER OPINION OF COUNSEL...............................
EXHIBIT H - COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE............................................
EXHIBIT I - INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES.............................
EXHIBIT J - COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE REQUESTS....................................
EXHIBIT K - JOINDER AGREEMENT.................................................
EXHIBIT L - ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL GUARANTY...................................
EXHIBIT M - ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT..............................................
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 - COMMITMENTS
SCHEDULE 2 - EUROCURRENCY BASE RATE
SCHEDULE 3 - FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS
SCHEDULE 5.7 - LITIGATION
SCHEDULE 5.8 - SUBSIDIARIES
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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of August
21, 1997, among MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS (as hereinafter defined) from time
to time parties hereto (together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), the lenders
from time to time parties hereto (the "Lenders"), NBD BANK, a Michigan banking
corporation, as documentation agent for the Lenders (the "Documentation Agent")
and XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation,
as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
"Absolute Rate" means, with respect to an Absolute Rate Loan made by a
given Lender for the relevant Absolute Rate Interest Period, the rate of
interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%) offered by such
Lender and accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.7.6.
"Absolute Rate Advance" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the
aggregate amount of the several Absolute Rate Loans made by some or all of the
Lenders to the Company at the same time and for the same Absolute Rate Interest
Period.
"Absolute Rate Auction" means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes
setting forth Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.7.3.
"Absolute Rate Interest Period" means, with respect to an Absolute Rate
Advance or an Absolute Rate Loan, a period of not less than 7 days and not more
than 360 days commencing on a Business Day selected by the Company pursuant to
this Agreement. If such Absolute Rate Interest Period would end on a day which
is not a Business Day, such Absolute Rate Interest Period shall end on the next
succeeding Business Day.
"Absolute Rate Loan" means a loan made pursuant to Section 2.7 which
bears interest at an Absolute Rate.
"Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability
company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or
otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in
number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting
power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage
or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or
limited liability company.
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"Adjusted Aggregate Committed Outstandings" means with respect to each
Lender, the Aggregate Committed Outstandings of such Lender, plus the amount of
any participating interests purchased by such Lender pursuant to Section 12.3
minus the amount of any participating interests sold by such Lender pursuant to
Section 12.3.
"Administrative Agent" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York
in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders pursuant to Article XI,
and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative
Agent appointed pursuant to Article XI and, for purposes of any Multicurrency
Loan, any Person designated pursuant to Section 2.6.1(e) hereof.
"Advance" means an Absolute Rate Advance, a Competitive Bid Advance, a
Multicurrency Advance or a Revolving Credit Advance, as the case may be.
"Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or
more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the
controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
"Agents" shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the
Documentation Agent.
"Agreement" means this credit agreement, as it may be amended or
modified and in effect from time to time.
"Agreement Accounting Principles" means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, applied in a
manner consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and delivered to the Lenders (or, prior to
the delivery of the first such audited consolidated financial statements,
consistent with the audited financial statements referred to in the first
sentence of Section 5.4); provided that, if the Company notifies the
Documentation Agent that the Company wishes to amend any covenant contained in
Article VI to eliminate the effect of any change in generally accepted
accounting principles on the calculation of such covenant (or if the
Documentation Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders wish to amend
Article VI for such purpose), then the Company's compliance with such covenant
shall be determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in
effect immediately before the relevant change in generally accepted accounting
principles became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such
covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Company and the Required
Lenders.
"Agreement Currency" is defined in Section 16.6.
"Aggregate Available Multicurrency Commitments" means at any date of
determination with respect to all Multicurrency Lenders, an amount equal to the
Available Multicurrency Commitments of all Multicurrency Lenders on such date.
"Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments" means as at any date
of determination with respect to all Lenders, an amount equal to the Available
Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders on such date.
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"Aggregate Committed Outstandings" means as at any date of
determination with respect to any Lender, an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the
sum of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of such Lender on such
date and (b) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of such Lender on such
date.
"Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings" means as at any date of
determination with respect to any Lender, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of an
amount in the applicable Available Foreign Currencies equal to the sum of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Multicurrency Loans on such
date and the amount of such Lender's Multicurrency Commitment Percentage of the
Multicurrency Facility Letter of Credit Obligations for all Borrowers.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments" means the aggregate amount of
the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings" means as at any date of
determination with respect to any Lender, the sum of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Loans on such date and the
amount of such Lender's Funding Commitment Percentage of the U.S. Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Aggregate Total Outstandings" means at any date of determination with
respect to any Lender, an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the sum of (a) the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of such Lender on such date, (b) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Competitive Bid Loans on such
date and (c) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of such Lender on such
date.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Corporate Base Rate for such day and (b) the sum
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum.
"Applicable Margin" means the amounts set forth in the Pricing Schedule
on Exhibit B hereto.
"Article" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is
specifically referenced.
"Assignment" is defined in Section 13.3.1.
"Authorized Officer" means any of the Chairman of the Board of the
Company, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company or
any person designated by the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
or the Chairman of the Board of the Company in writing to the Agents from time
to time, acting singly.
"Available Foreign Currencies" means Pounds Sterling, French Francs,
Canadian Dollars, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollars, Italian Lira, Spanish
Pesetas and Deutsche Marks and any other available and freely-convertible
non-U.S. Dollar currency selected by the Company and approved by the Agents.
"Available Multicurrency Commitment" means at any date of determination
with respect to any Multicurrency Lender (after giving effect to the making and
payment of any Revolving Credit Loans required on such date pursuant to Section
2.4), the lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of
such Multicurrency Lender's Multicurrency Commitment in effect on such date over
(ii) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of such Multicurrency Lender on
such date and (b) the Available Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender on
such date.
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"Available Revolving Credit Commitment" means at any date of
determination with respect to any Lender (after giving effect to the making and
payment of any Revolving Credit Loans required on such date pursuant to Section
2.4), an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount
of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on such date over (b) the
Aggregate Committed Outstandings of such Lender on such date.
"Borrowers" is defined in the preamble hereto.
"Borrowing Date" means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant
to Section 2.3, 2.6 or 2.19 as a date on which a Borrower requests the Lenders
to make Loans hereunder or, with respect to the issuance of any Facility Letter
of Credit, the date the applicable Issuer issues such Facility Letter of Credit.
"Business Day" means (a) when such term is used in respect of a day on
which a Loan denominated in an Available Foreign Currency is to be made, a
payment is to be made in respect of such Loan, an Exchange Rate is to be set in
respect of such Available Foreign Currency or any other dealing in such
Available Foreign Currency is to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement, such
term shall mean a London Banking Day which is also a day on which banks are open
for general banking business in the city which is the principal financial center
of the country of issuance of such Available Foreign Currency; (b) when such
term is used to describe a day on which a borrowing, payment or interest rate
determination is to be made in respect of a Eurodollar Loan or a Eurodollar Bid
Rate Loan, such day shall be a London Banking Day; and (c) when such term is
used in any context in this Agreement (including as described in the foregoing
clauses (a) and (b)), such term shall mean a day which, in addition to complying
with any applicable requirements set forth in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b),
is a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
New York City are authorized or required by law to close.
"Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property by such
Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Change in Control" means any of the following events or circumstances:
(a) any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall either (i) acquire
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 40% or more of
the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company or (ii) obtain the power
(whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the Company's directors or (b)
Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of
directors of the Company.
"Closing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Collateral Shortfall Amount" is defined in Section 8.1.
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"Commitment" means, for each Lender, such Lender's Revolving Credit
Commitment and Multicurrency Commitment and "Commitments" means the aggregate of
all the Lenders' Commitments.
"Committed Loans" means Revolving Credit Loans and Multicurrency Loans.
"Committed Outstandings Percentage" means as of any date with respect
to any Lender, the percentage which the Adjusted Aggregate Committed
Outstandings of such Lender constitutes of the Adjusted Aggregate Committed
Outstandings of all Lenders.
"Company" is defined in the preamble hereto.
"Company Guaranty" means the guarantee contained in Article IX.
"Competitive Bid Advance" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the
aggregate amount of the several Competitive Bid Loans made by some or all of the
Lenders to the Company at the same time, at the same interest basis, and for the
same Interest Period.
"Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice" is defined in Section 2.7.6.
"Competitive Bid Loan" means a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or an Absolute
Rate Loan, as the case may be.
"Competitive Bid Margin" means the margin above or below the applicable
Eurodollar Base Rate offered for a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan, expressed as a
percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%) to be added to or subtracted
from such Eurodollar Base Rate.
"Competitive Bid Note" is defined in Section 2.7.9.
"Competitive Bid Quote" means a Competitive Bid Quote substantially in
the form of Exhibit H hereto completed and delivered by a Lender to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.7.4.
"Competitive Bid Quote Request" means a Competitive Bid Quote Request
substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto completed and delivered by the
Company to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.7.2.
"Condemnation" is defined in Section 7.8.
"Contingent Obligation" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or
is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating
agreement or take-or-pay contract. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall
be equal to the amount of the obligation that is so guarantied or supported that
is actually outstanding or otherwise due and payable from time to time, if a
fixed and determinable amount or if there is no fixed or determinable amount,
either (x) if a maximum amount is guaranteed, the maximum amount or (y) if there
is no maximum amount the amount of the obligation that is so guarantied or
supported.
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"Continuing Director" means any member of the Company's board of
directors who either (i) is a member of such board as of the Closing Date or
(ii) is thereafter elected to such board, or nominated for election by
stockholders, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors who are
Continuing Directors at the time of such vote; provided that an individual who
is so elected or nominated in connection with a merger, consolidation,
acquisition or similar transaction (but excluding the Spin-Off) shall not be a
Continuing Director unless such individual was a Continuing Director prior
thereto.
"Controlled Group" means (i) prior to the Distribution Date, the
Company and (ii) thereafter, all members of a controlled group of corporations
and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Conversion/Continuation Notice" is defined in Section 2.10.1.
"Conversion Date" means any date on which either (a) a Default under
Sections 7.6 or 7.7 has occurred or (b) the Commitments shall have been
terminated and/or the Loans shall have been declared immediately due and payable
pursuant to Section 8.1(b).
"Conversion Sharing Percentage" means on any date with respect to any
Lender and any Loans of such Lender outstanding in any currency other than U.S.
Dollars, the percentage of such Loans such that, after giving effect to the
conversion of such Loans to U.S. Dollars and the purchase and sale by such
Lender of participating interests as contemplated by Section 12.3, the Committed
Outstandings Percentage of such Lender will equal such Lender's Revolving Credit
Committed Percentage on such date (calculated immediately prior to giving effect
to any termination or expiration of the Revolving Credit Commitments on the
Conversion Date).
"Converted Loans" is defined in Section 12.3(a).
"Corporate Base Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the corporate
base rate of interest announced by Xxxxxx from time to time, changing when and
as said corporate base rate changes.
"Debt Ratio" means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing
with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1997, the ratio of (a) Total Debt to
(b) EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date, provided
that EBITDA as calculated in determining the Debt Ratio for (i) the last day of
the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1997, shall be equal to the sum of EBITDA
for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1997 plus the pro forma EBITDA for
the automotive operations of Rockwell International for the three fiscal
quarters immediately preceding such fiscal quarter, (ii) the last day of the
fiscal quarter ending March 31, 1998, shall be equal to the sum of EBITDA for
the two consecutive fiscal quarters ending March 31, 1998 plus the pro forma
EBITDA for the automotive operations of Rockwell International for the two
fiscal quarters immediately preceding such two fiscal quarters, and (iii) the
last day of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 1998, shall be equal to the sum
of EBITDA for the three fiscal quarters ending June 30, 1998 plus the pro forma
EBITDA for the automotive operations of Rockwell International for the fiscal
quarter immediately preceding such three fiscal quarters, in each case as
approved by the Documentation Agent.
"Default" means an event described in Article VII.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) on any Borrowing Date
fails to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's Loans required
to be made to a Borrower on such Borrowing Date
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or (b) shall not have made a payment to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.19.5.
Once a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, such Lender shall continue as a
Defaulting Lender until such time as such Defaulting Lender makes available to
the Administrative Agent, the amount of such Defaulting Lender's Loans and/or to
an Issuer, such payments requested by an Issuer together with all other amounts
required to be paid to the Administrative Agent and/or the Issuers pursuant to
this Agreement.
"Designated Financial Officer" means, with respect to any Borrower, its
chief financial officer, treasurer or controller.
"Designated Multicurrency Lender" means, with respect to any
Multicurrency Loan to any Borrower, a Multicurrency Lender that is designated by
the Company, and accepted by such Lender, as a Multicurrency Lender with respect
to such Borrower pursuant to Section 2.6.4.
"Designated Office" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Multicurrency Lender.
"Distribution" is defined in the Form 10.
"Distribution Agreement" is defined in the Form 10.
"Distribution Date" is defined in the Form 10.
"Documentation Agent" means NBD Bank in its capacity as documentation
agent for the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual capacity
as a Lender, and any successor Documentation Agent appointed pursuant to Article
XI.
"Dollars", "U.S. Dollars" and "$" means dollars in lawful currency of
the United States of America.
"Domestic Reference Lenders" means NBD Bank, Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York and The Chase Manhattan Bank, NA in their capacities as
Lenders.
"EBITDA" means for any period, the sum of (a) the consolidated net
income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined
in conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles, plus (b) to the extent
deducted in determining net income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization
expense and Interest Expenses.
"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions precedent set
forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 are satisfied.
"Environmental Laws" means, with respect to any Borrower, any and all
federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other
governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the environment, (b)
the effect of the environment on human health, (c) emissions, discharges or
releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into
surface water, ground water or land, or (d) the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or
other remediation thereof, in each case, applicable to such Borrower or its
Property.
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"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of l974, as
amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
"Eurocurrency Advance" means a Multicurrency Advance which bears
interest at the Eurocurrency Rate.
"Eurocurrency Base Rate" means, with respect to each Interest Period
pertaining to a Multicurrency Loan, the Eurocurrency Base Rate determined for
such Interest Period and the Available Foreign Currency in which such
Multicurrency Loan is denominated in the manner set forth in Schedule 2, as such
Schedule 2 is amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of Schedule 2.
"Eurocurrency Loan" means a Multicurrency Loan which bears interest at
the Eurocurrency Rate.
"Eurocurrency Rate" means with respect to a Multicurrency Advance for
the relevant Interest Period, the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the
Eurocurrency Base Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) one
minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such
Interest Period, plus (b) the Applicable Margin. The Eurocurrency Rate shall be
rounded upwards to the next 1/100 of 1% if the rate is not such a multiple.
"Eurodollar Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance which bears
interest at a Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Auction" means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes
setting forth Competitive Bid Margins pursuant to Section 2.7.
"Eurodollar Base Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan for the
relevant Interest Period, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be
the arithmetic average of the rates reported to the Administrative Agent by each
Domestic Reference Lender as the rate at which each Domestic Reference Lender
offers to place deposits in U.S. Dollars with first-class banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior
to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, in the approximate amount
of such Domestic Reference Lender's relevant Eurodollar Loan and having a
maturity approximately equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period. If any Domestic
Reference Lender fails to provide such quotation to the Administrative Agent,
then the Administrative Agent shall determine the Eurodollar Base Rate on the
basis of the quotations of the remaining Domestic Reference Lender(s).
"Eurodollar Bid Rate" means, with respect to a Loan made by a given
Lender for the relevant Interest Period, the sum of (a) the Eurodollar Base Rate
and (b) the Competitive Bid Margin offered by such Lender and accepted by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.8.6.
"Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance" means a Competitive Bid Advance which
bears interest at a Eurodollar Bid Rate.
"Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan" means a Competitive Bid Loan which bears
interest at a Eurodollar Bid Rate.
"Eurodollar Interest Period" means with respect to any Eurodollar Loan,
Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan:
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(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar
Loan, Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan and ending one,
two, three, or six months thereafter, as selected by the relevant
Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the
case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Eurodollar Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar
Loan, Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency Loan and ending one,
two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the relevant
Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less
than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current
Eurodollar Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Eurodollar
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Eurodollar Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency
Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension
would be to carry such Eurodollar Interest Period into another
calendar month in which event such Eurodollar Interest Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Eurodollar Interest Period applicable to a
Eurodollar Loan, Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency
Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the Facility
Termination Date shall end on the Facility Termination Date;
(iii) any Eurodollar Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or Multicurrency
Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Eurodollar
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month; and
(iv) any Eurodollar Interest Period pertaining to a
Multicurrency Loan denominated in an Available Foreign
Currency being replaced by the currency of the European
Monetary Union that would otherwise extend beyond the date on
which such replacement becomes effective shall end on such
date.
"Eurodollar Loan" means a Revolving Credit Loan which bears interest at
a Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Loan for the
relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the
Eurodollar Base Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) one
minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such
Interest Period, plus (b) the Applicable Margin. The Eurodollar Rate shall be
rounded to the next higher multiple of 1/100 of 1% if the rate is not such a
multiple.
"Exchange Rate" means with respect to any non-U.S. Dollar currency on
any date, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into U.S. Dollars, as
set forth on such date on the relevant Reuters currency page at or about 11:00
A.M., New York time, on such date. In the event that such rate does not appear
on any Reuters currency page, the "Exchange Rate" with respect to such non-U.S.
Dollar currency
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shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for
displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and
the Company or, in the absence of such agreement, such "Exchange Rate" shall
instead be the Administrative Agent's spot rate of exchange in the interbank
market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such
non-U.S. Dollar currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 A.M., New
York time, on such date for the purchase of U.S. Dollars with such non-U.S.
Dollar currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, that if at the
time of any such determination, no such spot rate can reasonably be quoted, the
Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method as it deems applicable to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
"Facility Letter of Credit" means a Letter of Credit issued by an
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.19.
"Facility Letter of Credit Obligations" means, as at the time of
determination thereof, all liabilities, whether actual or contingent, of a
Borrower with respect to the Facility Letters of Credit, including the sum of
(a) Reimbursement Obligations and, without duplication, (b) the aggregate
undrawn face amount of the outstanding Facility Letters of Credit.
"Facility Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of (a) August
21, 2002, (b) if the Spin-Off has not been completed by December 31, 1997 in all
material respects as described in the Form 10, December 31, 1997, (c) the date
on which Rockwell International sends notice that it is terminating the Rockwell
International Guaranty pursuant to Section 16 of the Rockwell International
Guaranty, or (d) the date on which the Commitments are terminated pursuant to
Article VIII.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately 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 at approximately 10:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
"Financial Contract" of a Person means (a) any exchange-traded or
over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial
instrument with similar characteristics or (b) any Rate Hedging Agreement.
"Fixed Rate" means the Eurodollar Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, the
Eurodollar Bid Rate or the Absolute Rate.
"Fixed Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed
Rate.
"Fixed Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a Fixed Rate.
"Floating Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum (based on a year
of 365 or 366 days as appropriate) equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such
day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
"Floating Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance which bears
interest at the Floating Rate.
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"Floating Rate Loan" means a Revolving Credit Loan which bears interest
at the Floating Rate.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower" means each Subsidiary of the Company
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States listed as a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower in Schedule 3 as amended from time to time in
accordance with Section 8.2.2.
"Foreign Subsidiary Opinion" means with respect to any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, a legal opinion of counsel to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower addressed to the Documentation Agent and the Lenders concluding that
such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and the Loan Documents to which it is a party
substantially comply with the matters listed on Exhibit G, with such
assumptions, qualifications and deviations therefrom as the Documentation Agent
shall approve (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
"Form 10" is defined in Section 4.2.
"Funding Commitment Percentage" means at any date of determination
(after giving effect to the making and payment of any Loans made on such date
pursuant to Section 2.4), with respect to any Lender, that percentage which the
Available Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender then constitutes of the
Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state, or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
"Guarantor" means each of the Company and, for as long as the Rockwell
International Guaranty is in effect, Rockwell International and collectively
means both of them.
"Indebtedness" of a Person means, without duplication, such Person's
(a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred
purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable arising in
the ordinary course of such Person's business payable on terms customary in the
trade), (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens on property
now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations which are
evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments (other than Financial
Contracts), to the extent of the amounts actually borrowed, due, payable or
drawn, as the case may be, (e) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) all
obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, whether drawn or undrawn,
contingent or otherwise, and (g) Contingent Obligations with respect to any of
the foregoing to the extent (and only to the extent) that (i) such Contingent
Obligation relates to other Indebtedness that is not consolidated Indebtedness
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) the other Indebtedness to which
such Contingent Obligation relates is outstanding and then only as to principal
or like amounts actually borrowed, due, payable or drawn, as the case may be.
"Interest Expenses" means, with respect to any period, the aggregate of
all interest expense reported by the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles during such period, net of any interest
income received by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period from
Investments. As used in this definition, the term "interest" shall include,
without limitation, all interest, fees and costs payable with respect to the
obligations under this Agreement (other than fees and costs which may be
capitalized as transaction costs in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles), any discount in respect of sales of accounts receivable and/or
related contract rights and the interest portion
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of Capitalized Lease payments during such period, all as determined in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Interest Period" means a Eurodollar Interest Period or an Absolute
Rate Interest Period.
"Investment" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the
trade and loans to employees in the ordinary course of business) or contribution
of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests,
notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts
and certificate of deposits owned by such Person; and structured notes,
derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts
owned by such Person (other than Financial Contracts).
"Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes" means an Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, completed
and delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders in accordance with
Section 2.7.3.
"Issuer" means (i) NBD or Xxxxxx, as selected by a Borrower from time
to time, and (ii) any Lending Installation or Affiliate of NBD or Xxxxxx as may
be agreed upon as the issuer for any Facility Letter of Credit pursuant to
Section 2.19.1 hereof.
"Joinder Agreement" means the Joinder Agreement to be entered into by
each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to
Section 8.2.2, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.
"Judgment Currency" is defined in Section 16.6.
"Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages
of this Agreement and their respective successors and, to the extent permitted
by Section 13.3, assigns.
"Lending Installation" means, with respect to a Lender or the
Administrative Agent, any office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender
or the Administrative Agent.
"Letter of Credit" of a Person means a letter of credit or similar
instrument which is issued upon the application of such Person or upon which
such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.
"Letter of Credit Collateral Account" is defined in Section 2.19.7.
"Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement).
"Loan" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's Revolving Credit
Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Multicurrency Loans.
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"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes and the other
documents and agreements contemplated hereby and executed by any Borrower in
favor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
"Loans to be Converted" is defined in Section 12.3.
"London Banking Day" means any day on which banks in London are open
for general banking business, including dealings in foreign currency and
exchange.
"Margin Stock" means margin stock as defined in Regulations G, T, U or
X.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or, so long as Rockwell
International is a Guarantor, of Rockwell International and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Company to pay the Obligations under
the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders thereunder.
"Moody's Bond Rating" means for any day, the rating of the Company's
senior long-term unsecured debt by (i) Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's") in effect at 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day or (ii) if
Moody's shall cease to publish such a rating in respect of the Company, either
of Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co. or Fitch Investors Service LLP, as determined
by the Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent.
"Xxxxxx" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, in its
individual capacity as a Lender and not in its capacity as Administrative Agent.
"Multicurrency Advance" means a borrowing hereunder (or continuation or
a conversion thereof) consisting of the several Multicurrency Loans made on the
same Borrowing Date (or date of conversion or continuation) by the Lenders to a
Borrower of the same Type and for the same Interest Period.
"Multicurrency Commitment" means, as to any Multicurrency Lender at any
time, its obligation to make Multicurrency Loans to the Borrowers agreed to by
such Multicurrency Lender and the Company pursuant to Section 2.6.4 in an
aggregate amount in Dollars or in Available Foreign Currencies as designated on
Schedule 1 (or otherwise established pursuant to Section 13.3) of which the U.S.
Dollar Equivalent does not exceed at any time outstanding the amount set forth
opposite such Multicurrency Lender's name in Schedule 1 under the heading
"Multicurrency Commitment" or as otherwise established pursuant to Section 13.3,
as such amount may be reduced from time to time as provided in Section 2.6.3,
13.3 and the other applicable provisions hereof.
"Multicurrency Commitment Percentage" means as to any Designated
Multicurrency Lender and any Multicurrency Loan or Multicurrency Facility Letter
of Credit to any Borrower at any time, the percentage which such Designated
Multicurrency Lender's Multicurrency Commitment then constitutes of the
aggregate Multicurrency Commitments of all Designated Multicurrency Lenders with
respect to such Borrower (or, if the Multicurrency Commitments have terminated
or expired, the percentage which (a) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of
such Designated Multicurrency Lender at such time constitutes of (b) the
Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of all Designated Multicurrency Lenders
with respect to such Borrower at such time).
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"Multicurrency Facility Letter of Credit" means any Facility Letter of
Credit for the account of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
"Multicurrency Facility Letter of Credit Obligations" means Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Multicurrency Facility Letters of
Credit.
"Multicurrency Lender" means each Lender having an amount greater than
zero set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1 hereto under the
heading "Multicurrency Commitment"; provided, however, that upon written request
of the Company (given by notice to the Administrative Agent), each Multicurrency
Lender which has agreed to be a Designated Multicurrency Lender with respect to
any Borrower shall promptly cause a subsidiary, branch or affiliate of such
Multicurrency Lender legally authorized to make Multicurrency Loans to such
Borrower (a "Designated Office") to become a party to this Agreement as a
Multicurrency Lender with respect to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, in each
case if and to the extent required under applicable law to assure that
Non-Excluded Taxes are not required to be withheld or paid by such Borrower in
respect of Multicurrency Loans made to such Borrower and shall furnish to such
Borrower such forms, certifications, opinions and statements as may be
reasonably requested by such Borrower (and any material expense of such
Multicurrency Lender in connection with such forms, certifications, opinions and
statements shall be paid by such Borrower) to confirm that such Designated
Office is entitled to receive payments from such Borrower under this Agreement
without deduction or withholding of any Non-Excluded Taxes. The identification
of a Designated Office shall be effected by delivering a letter to the
Administrative Agent, the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and the Company
signed by such Multicurrency Lender and such Designated Office and referring to
this Agreement and naming such Designated Office and listing the address and
contact information for such Designated Office and the applicable Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, whereupon such Designated Office shall, on behalf of such
Multicurrency Lender, fulfill such Multicurrency Lender's obligations and enjoy
such Multicurrency Lender's rights, as a Multicurrency Lender with respect to
Multicurrency Loans and Multicurrency Letters of Credit to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, and the term "Multicurrency Lender" shall, when the context
requires, be deemed to refer to and include such Designated Office; provided,
however, that such designation shall not relieve any Multicurrency Lender of its
obligations under this Agreement, and in the event of any failure by the
Designated Office to make Multicurrency Loans to such Borrower (or to issue or
honor drawings on Multicurrency Facility Letters of Credit) in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, such Multicurrency Lender shall make, or shall
cause another Designated Office of such Multicurrency Lender to make,
Multicurrency Loans to such Borrower (or to issue or honor drawings on
Multicurrency Facility Letters of Credit) in accordance with its Multicurrency
Commitment hereunder, in either case, only if and to the extent it can legally
and reasonably do so, pursuant to arrangements which enable payments in respect
of such Multicurrency Loans to be made without deduction or withholding of any
Non-Excluded Taxes and provided that doing so shall not impose on any such
Multicurrency Lender any additional costs or legal or regulatory burdens deemed
by such Multicurrency Lender in its reasonable judgment to be material.
"Multicurrency Loans" means, with respect to a Multicurrency Lender,
such Lender's loan made pursuant to Section 2.6.
"Multicurrency Reference Lenders" means Xxxxxx, NBD and Deutsche Bank
AG, or any branch or affiliate designated by any of the foregoing.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a plan defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA to which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group has an
obligation to contribute.
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"NBD" means NBD Bank, in its individual capacity as a Lender and not in
its capacity as Documentation Agent.
"Net Worth" means the consolidated shareholder's equity of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, including minority interests, calculated in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles, provided that the amount of the foreign
currency translation shall be deemed equal at all times to the amount described
in the pro forma financial statements included in the Form 10 for purposes of
determining Net Worth under this Agreement.
"Non-Excluded Taxes" is defined in Section 3.6.1.
"Non-Multicurrency Lender" means each Lender which is not a
Multicurrency Lender.
"Non-Available Foreign Currency Lender" means, with respect to any
Multicurrency Loan to any Borrower, each Lender which is not a Designated
Multicurrency Lender with respect to such Borrower pursuant to Section 2.6.
"Notes" means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes
and the Competitive Bid Notes.
"Notice of Assignment" is defined in Section 13.3.1.
"Obligations" means collectively, the unpaid principal of and interest
on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company and each
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate
provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the
maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided
in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or
like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, as
the case may be, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which
may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to either Agent or to the
Lenders that are required to be paid by any Borrower pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document).
"Participants" is defined in Section 13.2.1.
"Payment Date" means the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December occurring after the date hereof, commencing September 30,
1997.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture,
limited liability company, partnership, association, enterprise, trust or other
entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any
agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
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"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group has any
obligation to contribute to on or after the Distribution Date.
"Property" of a Person means any and all property, whether real,
personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned,
leased or operated by such Person.
"Purchasers" is defined in Section 13.3.1.
"Rate Hedging Agreement" means an agreement, device or arrangement
providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates,
exchange rates or forward rates, including, but not limited to,
dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward
currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements,
forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants.
"Rate Hedging Obligations" of a Person means any and all obligations of
such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Rate
Hedging Agreements, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Rate Hedging Agreement.
"Reference Lenders" means the collective reference to the Domestic
Reference Lenders and the Multicurrency Reference Lenders.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto
or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors
relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal
Reserve System.
"Regulation G" means Regulation G of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
"Regulation T" means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
"Regulation X" means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
"Reimbursement Obligations" means, at any time, the aggregate of the
obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders and the Issuers in respect of all
unreimbursed payments or disbursements made by the Issuers and the Lenders under
or in respect of the Facility Letters of Credit.
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"Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section occurring after the
Distribution Date, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to
which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA
that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided,
however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of
the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of
the issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with
either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
"Requested Multicurrency Loans" is defined in Section 2.4(a).
"Required Lenders" means (a) at any time prior to the termination of
the Revolving Credit Commitments, Lenders the Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentages of which aggregate at least 51%; and (b) at any time after the
termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, Lenders whose Aggregate Total
Outstandings aggregate at least 51% of the Aggregate Total Outstandings of all
Lenders; provided that for purposes of this definition the Aggregate Total
Outstandings of each Lender shall be adjusted up or down so as to give effect to
any participations purchased or sold pursuant to Section 12.3.
"Requirement of Law" means as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or
any of its Property is subject.
"Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to an Interest Period for
Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, the maximum aggregate reserve
requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves)
under any regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing
with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D) maintained by a
member bank of such System.
"Revolving Credit Advance" means a borrowing hereunder (or continuation
or conversion thereof) consisting of the several Revolving Credit Loans made on
the same Borrowing Date (or date of conversion or continuation) by the Lenders
to the Company of the same Type and in the case of Fixed Rate Advances, for the
same Interest Period.
"Revolving Credit Commitment" means, as to any Lender at any time, its
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. Dollar amount set forth opposite
such Lender's name in Schedule 1 under the heading "Revolving Credit Commitment"
or as otherwise established pursuant to Section 13.3, as such amount may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5, 13.3 and the other applicable
provisions hereof.
"Revolving Credit Committed Percentage" means as to any Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders (or, if
the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the percentage
which (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of such Lender at such
time then constitutes of (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of all
Lenders at such time).
"Revolving Credit Loans" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's
loan made pursuant to Section 2.1.
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"Revolving Credit Note" is defined in Section 2.2.5.
"Rockwell International" means Rockwell International Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
"Rockwell International Guaranty" means the guaranty in the form of
Exhibit L hereto, executed by Rockwell International in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as amended or modified from time to time.
"Section" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's Regulation S-X.
"Single Employer Plan" means a Plan which is maintained on or after the
Distribution Date by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group for
employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
"S&P Bond Rating" means for any day, the rating of the Company's senior
long term unsecured debt by (a) Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") in effect
at 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day or (b) if S&P shall cease to
publish such a rating in respect of the Company, either Duff & Xxxxxx Credit
Rating Co. or Fitch Investors Service LLP, as determined by the Administrative
Agent and the Documentation Agent.
"Spin-Off" means the transfer to the Company of substantially all of
the assets, liabilities and operations which comprise Rockwell International's
automotive business, and the dividending of the stock in the Company to the
shareholders of Rockwell International in a tax free distribution, as described
in the Form 10.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
(b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or
similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary"
shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.
"Substantial Portion" means, with respect to the Property of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, Property which (a) represents more than 15% of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the month in which such
determination is made, or (b) is responsible for more than 15% of the
consolidated net sales or of the consolidated net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (a)
above.
"Total Debt" means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company,
all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date, determined
on a consolidated basis.
"Transferee" is defined in Section 13.4.
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"Type" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating
Rate Advance, Eurocurrency Advance, Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid
Advance.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means the amount (if any) by which the actuarial
present value of all benefit liabilities under all Single Employer Plans exceeds
the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefit
liabilities, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plans using FASB actuarial assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
"Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
"U.S. Dollar Equivalent" means with respect to an amount denominated in
any currency other than U.S. Dollars, the equivalent in U.S. Dollars of such
amount determined at the Exchange Rate on the date of determination of such
equivalent. In making any determination of the U.S. Dollar Equivalent for
purposes of calculating the amount of Loans to be borrowed from the respective
Lenders on any Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall use the relevant
Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the interest rate for such Loans is
determined pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
"U.S. Facility Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit for the
account of the Company.
"U.S. Facility Letter of Credit Obligations" means Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations with respect to U.S. Facility Letters of Credit.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of a Person means (a) any Subsidiary all of
the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or (b) any partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the
ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be
so owned or controlled.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1 Commitments. From and including the date of this Agreement and
prior to the Facility Termination Date, each Lender severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make Revolving Credit Loans
to the Company from time to time so long as after giving effect thereto and to
any concurrent repayment of Loans (i) the Available Revolving Credit Commitment
of each Lender is greater than or equal to zero and (ii) the Aggregate Total
Outstandings of all Lenders do not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments. Each Lender may also, in its sole discretion, make bids to make
Competitive Bid Loans in U.S. Dollars in accordance with Section 2.8 provided
that at no time may the Aggregate Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company
may borrow, repay and reborrow at any time prior to the Facility
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Termination Date. The Revolving Credit Loans may be Floating Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof selected in accordance with Section
2.3 and 2.10. The Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire on the Facility
Termination Date.
2.2 Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Evidence of Debt.
2.2.1 The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in U.S. Dollars the then
unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender on the
Facility Termination Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts as
may be required from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. The Company hereby
further agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
interest in U.S. Dollars on the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans from time to time outstanding until payment thereof in full at the rates
per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.11.
2.2.2 Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such Lender
resulting from each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable thereon and paid to such
Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
2.2.3 The Administrative Agent shall maintain an account in its books
and records with a subaccount for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (a)
the amount of each Revolving Credit Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and
each Interest Period applicable thereto, (b) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each
Lender hereunder in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans and (c) both the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the
Company in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans and each Lender's share
thereof.
2.2.4 The books and records of the Administrative Agent and of each
Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however,
that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such
books and records or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Revolving
Credit Loans made to the Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
2.2.5 The Company agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative
Agent by any Lender, the Company will execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note of the Company evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans of such
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 with appropriate insertions as
to date and principal amount (each, a "Revolving Credit Note"); provided, that
the delivery of such Revolving Credit Notes shall not be a condition precedent
to the Closing Date.
2.3 Procedures for Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Company may borrow
under the Revolving Credit Commitments from time to time prior to the Facility
Termination Date on any Business Day, provided that the Company shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time) (a) three Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested
Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans, or (b) on the
requested Borrowing Date, otherwise, specifying in each case (i) the amount to
be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iii) whether the borrowing is
to be of Eurodollar Loans, Floating Rate Loans or a combination thereof and (iv)
if the borrowing is to be entirely
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or partly of Eurodollar Loans, the amount of such Type of Loan and the length of
the initial Interest Periods therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit
Commitments (other than a borrowing under Section 2.4) shall be in an amount
equal to (A) in the case of Floating Rate Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple
of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then Aggregate Available Revolving
Credit Commitments are less than $5,000,000, such lesser amount) and (B) in the
case of Eurodollar Loans, $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of $5,000,000 in
excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Not later than
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each requested Borrowing Date each Lender
shall make an amount equal to its Funding Commitment Percentage of the principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Loans requested to be made on such Borrowing Date
available to the Administrative Agent at its New York office specified in
Section 14.1 in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.4, the Administrative Agent shall on such date
credit the account of the Company on the books of such office with the aggregate
of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in
like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.4 Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans and Refunding of Loans. (a) If
on any Borrowing Date on which a Borrower has requested any Designated
Multicurrency Lenders to make Multicurrency Loans to such Borrower (the
"Requested Multicurrency Loans"), (i) the aggregate principal amount of the
Requested Multicurrency Loans to such Borrower exceeds the Aggregate Available
Multicurrency Commitments of all such Designated Multicurrency Lenders with
respect to such Borrower on such Borrowing Date (before giving effect to the
making and payment of any Loans required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.4
on such Borrowing Date) and (ii) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the amount of
such excess is less than or equal to the Aggregate Available Revolving Credit
Commitments of all such Designated Multicurrency Lenders (before giving effect
to the making and payment of any Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4 on such
Borrowing Date), each Non-Available Foreign Currency Lender with respect to such
Borrower shall make a Committed Loan to the Company on such Borrowing Date, and
the proceeds of such Committed Loans shall be simultaneously applied to repay
outstanding Committed Loans of such Designated Multicurrency Lenders, which
Loans may be Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars or Loans denominated in an
Available Foreign Currency other than such Available Foreign Currency of such
Requested Multicurrency Loans, as determined by the Administrative Agent, in
each case in amounts such that, after giving effect to (1) such borrowings and
repayments and (2) the borrowing from such Designated Multicurrency Lenders of
the Requested Multicurrency Loans, the Committed Outstandings Percentage of each
Lender will equal (as nearly as possible) its Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage. To effect such borrowings and repayments, (x) not later than 11:00
A.M., New York City time, on such Borrowing Date, the proceeds of such Committed
Loans shall be made available by each such Non-Available Foreign Currency Lender
to the Administrative Agent at its office specified in Section 14.1 in
immediately available funds in the appropriate currency and the Administrative
Agent shall apply the proceeds of such Committed Loans toward repayment of
outstanding Committed Loans of such Designated Multicurrency Lenders and (y)
concurrently with the repayment of such Loans on such Borrowing Date, (1) such
Designated Multicurrency Lenders shall, in accordance with the applicable
provisions hereof, make the Requested Multicurrency Loans in an aggregate amount
equal to the amount so requested by such Borrower (but not in any event greater
than the Aggregate Available Multicurrency Commitments after giving effect to
the making of such repayment of any Loans on such Borrowing Date) and (2) the
relevant Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders whose Loans to such Borrower are repaid on such Borrowing Date pursuant
to this Section 2.4 all interest accrued on the amounts repaid to the date of
repayment, together with any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.4 in
connection with such repayment.
(b) If any borrowing of Committed Loans is required pursuant to this
Section 2.4, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent in the manner
provided for Committed Loans in Section
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2.3, except that the minimum borrowing amounts set forth in subsection 2.3 shall
not be applicable with respect to Floating Rate Loans to the extent that such
minimum borrowing amounts exceed the amounts of Revolving Credit Loans required
to be made pursuant to this Section 2.4.
2.5 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment. The
Company may permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments, in whole or in
part, ratably among the Lenders in integral multiples of $10,000,000, upon at
least three Business Days' written notice to the Administrative Agent, which
notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction, provided, however, that
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced
below the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans,
Multicurrency Loans and Facility Letters of Credit, and the reduction of any
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment shall also reduce such Lender's
Multicurrency Commitment by a like amount. In addition, all accrued facility
fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination of the Revolving
Credit Commitments.
2.6 Multicurrency Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Designated Multicurrency Lender with respect to any Borrower
severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (each a "Multicurrency Loan") in
any Available Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars, as the case may be, to such
Borrower from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date so long as
after giving effect thereto and any concurrent repayment or prepayment of Loans
(a) the Available Multicurrency Commitment of each Multicurrency Lender is
greater than or equal to zero, (b) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of
all Lenders does not exceed an amount of which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent (as at
the date of such Multicurrency Loan) is $500,000,000 and (c) the Aggregate Total
Outstandings of all Lenders do not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments. Prior to the Facility Termination Date, any Borrower may use the
Multicurrency Commitments by borrowing, repaying the Multicurrency Loans in
whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof.
2.6.1 Repayment of Multicurrency Loans, Evidence of Debt. (a) Each
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent (at
a funding or payment office as may be specified by the Administrative Agent, in
consultation with the Company) for the account of each Designated Multicurrency
Lender (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the
Company, directly to each relevant Designated Multicurrency Lender with prior
notice to such Designated Multicurrency Lender), in the applicable Available
Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars, as the case may be, for such Multicurrency
Loan, the then unpaid principal amount of each Multicurrency Loan of such
Designated Multicurrency Lender to such Borrower on the Facility Termination
Date and on such other date(s) and in such other amounts as may be required from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement. Each Borrower hereby further agrees to
pay interest in the applicable Available Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars, as
the case may be, on the unpaid principal amount of the Multicurrency Loans
advanced to it and from time to time outstanding until payment thereof in full
at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.11.
(b) Each Multicurrency Lender shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of each Borrower
to such Multicurrency Lender resulting from each Multicurrency Loan of such
Multicurrency Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable thereon and paid to such Multicurrency Lender from time to time
under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain an account in its books
and records with a subaccount therein for each Multicurrency Lender, in which
shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Multicurrency Loan made hereunder, (ii)
the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to
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become due and payable from each Borrower to each Multicurrency Lender hereunder
in respect of the Multicurrency Loans and (iii) both the amount of any sum
received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from each Borrower in respect of
the Multicurrency Loans and each Multicurrency Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made on the Administrative Agent's books and records
and the accounts of each Multicurrency Lender maintained pursuant to Section
2.6.2 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations of each Borrower therein
recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Multicurrency Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain any such account, or any error therein, shall
not in any manner affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay (with
applicable interest) the Multicurrency Loans made to such Borrower by such
Multicurrency Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent agrees, in consultation with the Company
and to the extent it may lawfully do so, to designate a subsidiary, branch or
affiliate of the Administrative Agent to act as the administrative agent in
connection with any Multicurrency Loan (including as a funding or payment
office), to the extent required under applicable law to assure that Non-Excluded
Taxes are not required to be withheld or paid by any Borrower in respect of
Multicurrency Loans made to such Borrower and shall furnish to the Company such
forms, certifications, opinions and statements as may be reasonably requested by
the Company (and any material expense of the Administrative Agent in connection
with such forms, certifications, opinions and statements shall be paid by the
Company) to confirm that such subsidiary, branch or affiliate is entitled to
fund Multicurrency Loans and receive payments in respect of Multicurrency Loans,
for itself and on behalf of any Designated Multicurrency Lender, without
deduction or withholding of any Non-Excluded Taxes. Any such subsidiary, branch
or affiliate designated pursuant to this section shall for all such purposes be
deemed to be the Administrative Agent as such term is used in this Agreement.
2.6.2 Procedure for Multicurrency Borrowing. Any Borrower may request
the applicable Designated Multicurrency Lenders to make Multicurrency Loans
during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period on any Business Day in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement; provided that such Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, five Business Days
prior to the requested Borrowing Date) specifying in each case (i) the amount
and currency to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) the
length of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under the
Multicurrency Commitments shall be in an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to, or an
amount in an Available Foreign Currency of which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is
equal to, at least $5,000,000 (or, if the then Aggregate Available Multicurrency
Commitments are less than $5,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any
such notice from any Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Designated Multicurrency Lender with respect to such Borrower. Not later
than 2:00 P.M., London time, on the requested Borrowing Date, each such
Designated Multicurrency Lender shall make an amount equal to its Multicurrency
Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of Multicurrency Loans requested
to be made on such Borrowing Date available to the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agent's funding office for such Borrower specified by the
Administrative Agent from time to time by notice to such Designated
Multicurrency Lenders and in immediately available or other same day funds
customarily used for settlement in such Available Foreign Currency. The amounts
made available by each such Designated Multicurrency Lender will then be made
available to the relevant Borrower at the funding office for such Borrower and
in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.6.3 Termination or Reduction of Multicurrency Commitments. The
Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the
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Multicurrency Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the
Multicurrency Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction shall
be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Loans
made on the effective date thereof, the Available Multicurrency Commitment of
any Multicurrency Lender would be less than zero. Any such reduction shall be in
an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and shall reduce permanently the Multicurrency Commitments then in
effect.
2.6.4 Designated Multicurrency Lenders. Each Multicurrency Lender
designated by the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent as a Designated
Multicurrency Lender with respect to any Borrower shall be deemed a Designated
Multicurrency Lender with respect to such Borrower when such designation by the
Company is accepted in writing to the Administrative Agent by such proposed
Designated Multicurrency Lender in its discretion. Such designation for any
Designated Multicurrency Lender may be revoked at any time by mutual agreement
between such Designated Multicurrency Lender and the Company.
2.7 Competitive Bid Loans
2.7.1 Competitive Bid Option. In addition to Revolving Credit Advances
pursuant to Section 2.1, but subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the limitation set forth in Section
2.1) as to the maximum aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving
Credit Advances hereunder, the Company may, as set forth in this Section 2.7,
request the Lenders, prior to the Facility Termination Date, to make offers to
make Competitive Bid Advances to the Company. Each Lender may, but shall have no
obligation to, make such offers and the Company may, but shall have no
obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section
2.7.
2.7.2 Competitive Bid Quote Request. When the Company wishes to request
offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under Section 2.7.1, it shall transmit to
the Administrative Agent by telex or telecopy a Competitive Bid Quote Request so
as to be received no later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least
five Business Days prior to the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of
a Eurodollar Auction or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one
Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of an
Absolute Rate Auction, and in each case specifying:
(a) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day,
for the proposed Competitive Bid Advance;
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Competitive Bid
Advance, which shall be $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of
$1,000,000;
(c) whether the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to set
forth a Competitive Bid Margin or an Absolute Rate, or
both; and
(d) the Interest Period applicable thereto (which may not end
after the Facility Termination Date).
The Company may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for more than one
Interest Period and for a Eurodollar Auction and an Absolute Rate Auction in a
single Competitive Bid Quote Request. No Competitive Bid Quote Request shall be
given within three Business Days (or upon reasonable prior notice to the
Lenders, such other number of days as the Company and the Administrative Agent
may agree) of any other Competitive Bid Quote Request. Each Competitive Bid
Quote Request shall be in a minimum
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amount of $5,000,000 (and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof). A Competitive Bid Quote Request that does not conform substantially to
the format of Exhibit J hereto (other than in respect of the Company's name)
shall be rejected, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Company of such rejection by telex or telecopy.
2.7.3 Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Promptly and in any event
before 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same Business Day of receipt of a
Competitive Bid Quote Request that is not rejected pursuant to Section 2.7.2,
the Administrative Agent shall send to each of the Lenders by telex or telecopy
an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes which shall constitute an invitation by
the Company to each Lender to submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make the
Competitive Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in
accordance with Section 2.7.
2.7.4 Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes. (i) Each
Lender may, in its sole discretion, submit a Competitive Bid Quote containing an
offer or offers to make Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the
requirements of this Section 2.7.4 and must be submitted to the Administrative
Agent by telex or telecopy at its offices specified in or pursuant to Article
XIV not later than (a) (I) 1:45 p.m. (New York City time) in the case of Xxxxxx
and (II) 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) in the case of each other Lender, at
least four Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a
Eurodollar Auction or (b) (I) 8:45 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of
Xxxxxx and (II) 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of each other Lender
on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in
either case upon reasonable prior notice to the Lenders, such other time and
date as the Company and the Administrative Agent may agree, provided that Xxxxxx
shall always be required to submit its Competitive Bid Quotes not less than
fifteen minutes prior to the other Lenders). Subject to Articles IV and VIII,
any Competitive Bid Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written
consent of the Administrative Agent given on the instructions of the Company.
(ii) Each Competitive Bid Quote shall in any case specify:
(a) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be the same as
that set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes;
(b) the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for which
each such offer is being made, which principal amount (1) may be
greater than, less than or equal to the Commitment of the quoting
Lender, (2) must be at least $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (3) may not exceed the principal
amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers were requested;
(c) in the case of a Eurodollar Auction, the Competitive Bid
Margin offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, expressed as a
percentage (specified to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%);
(d) the minimum or maximum amount, if any, of the Competitive
Bid Loan which may be accepted by the Company and/or the limit, if any,
as to the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loans from
such Lender which may be accepted by the Company;
(e) in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the Absolute Rate
offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, expressed as a percentage
(specified to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%);
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(f) the applicable Interest Period (which shall be the same as
that set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid
Quotes); and
(g) the identity of the quoting Lender.
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall reject any Competitive Bid Quote
that:
(a) is not substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto or
does not specify all of the information required by Section 2.7.4;
(b) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language,
other than any such language contained in Exhibit H hereto;
(c) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set
forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes; or
(d) arrives after the time set forth in Section 2.7.4.
If any Competitive Bid Quote shall be rejected pursuant to this Section 2.7.4,
then the Administrative Agent shall notify the relevant Lender of such rejection
as soon as practical.
2.7.5 Notice to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Company of the terms (i) of any Competitive Bid Quote submitted by a
Lender that is in accordance with Section 2.7.4 and (ii) of any Competitive Bid
Quote that is in accordance with Section 2.7.4 and amends, modifies or is
otherwise inconsistent with a previous Competitive Bid Quote submitted by such
Lender with respect to the same Competitive Bid Quote Request. Any such
subsequent Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded by the Administrative
Agent unless such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote specifically states that it
is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former Competitive Bid
Quote. The Administrative Agent's notice to the Company shall specify the
aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers have been
received for each Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Quote
Request and the respective principal amounts and Competitive Bid Margins or
Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered.
2.7.6 Acceptance and Notice by the Company. Subject to the receipt of
the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in Section 2.7.5, not later
than (i) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days prior to
the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (ii) 10:00
a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an
Absolute Rate Auction, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of its
acceptance or rejection of the offers so notified to it pursuant to Section
2.7.5; provided, however, that the failure by the Company to give such notice to
the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be a rejection of all such offers.
In the case of acceptance, such notice (a "Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice")
shall specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period
that are accepted. The Company may accept or reject any Competitive Bid Quote in
whole or in part (subject to the terms of Section 2.7.4(ii)(d)); provided that:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of each Competitive Bid
Advance may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related
Competitive Bid Quote Request;
(b) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of
ascending Competitive Bid Margins or Absolute Rates, as the case may
be;
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(c) the Company may not accept any offer of the type described
in Section 2.7.4(iii) or that otherwise fails to comply with the
requirements of this Agreement for the purpose of obtaining a
Competitive Bid Loan under this Agreement; and
(d) the principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance must
be $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000.
2.7.7 Allocation by the Administrative Agent. If offers are made by two
or more Lenders with the same Competitive Bid Margins or Absolute Rates, as the
case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect
of which offers are permitted to be accepted for the related Interest Period,
the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such offers
are accepted shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Lenders
as nearly as possible (in such multiples, not greater than $ 1,000,000, as the
Administrative Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate
principal amount of such offers; provided, however, that no Lender shall be
allocated a portion of any Competitive Bid Advance which is less than the
minimum amount which such Lender has indicated that it is willing to accept.
Allocations by the Administrative Agent of the amounts of Competitive Bid Loans
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly, but in any event on the same Business Day in the case of
Eurodollar Bid Rate Advances, and by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the same
Business Day in the case of Absolute Rate Advances, notify each Lender of its
receipt of a Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice and the aggregate principal amount
of such Competitive Bid Advance allocated to each participating Lender.
2.7.8 Administration Fees. The Company hereby agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its sole account, administration fees for Competitive
Bid Quote Requests in such amounts as are from time to time agreed upon by the
Company and the Administrative Agent.
2.7.9 Evidence of Competitive Bid Loans. Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing
indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Competitive Bid
Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable thereon and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement.
The Administrative Agent shall maintain on its books and records, with
a subaccount for each Lender, in which books and records shall be recorded (i)
the amount of each Competitive Bid Loan made hereunder, and each Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder in
respect of its Competitive Bid Loans and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company in respect of each
Competitive Bid Loan of such Lender and each applicable Lender's share thereof.
The books and records of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender
maintained pursuant to this Section shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of
the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender
or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such books and records or any error
therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay
(with applicable interest) the Competitive Bid Loans made to the Company by such
Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Company agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent
by any Lender, the Company will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory
note of the Company evidencing the
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Competitive Bid Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2
with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount (each, a
"Competitive Bid Note"); provided, that the delivery of such Competitive Bid
Notes shall not be a condition precedent to the Closing Date.
2.8 Facility and Agent Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee at the rate
per annum set forth in the Pricing Schedule on Exhibit B attached hereto, on the
average daily amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, whether used
or unused, from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Facility
Termination Date, payable on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Facility
Termination Date.
(b) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender an additional facility fee at the rate per annum equal to
0.05%, on the average daily amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment,
whether used or unused, from the Closing Date to but excluding the date the
initial Advance is made, payable on each Payment Date hereafter and on the date
the initial Advance is made.
(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the
Documentation Agent, in each case for their own account, such other fees as
agreed to between the Company and the Administrative Agent and between the
Company and the Documentation Agent.
2.9 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments on All Loans.
2.9.1 The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Floating
Rate Loans, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium, upon at least one
Business Day's irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying the
date and amount of prepayment. If any such notice is given, the amount specified
in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Partial
prepayment of Floating Rate Loans shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
2.9.2 Each Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay,
without premium or penalty but upon payment of any amount payable pursuant to
Section 3.4, its Eurodollar Loans and its Multicurrency Loans in whole or in
part, upon at least three Business Days' irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent specifying the date and amount of prepayment. Partial
prepayments of Multicurrency Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is at least $5,000,000 or any integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, or such lesser principal amount as may equal
the outstanding Multicurrency Loans.
2.9.3 A Competitive Bid Rate Advance may not be paid prior to the last
day of the applicable Interest Period, except as provided in Sections 2.9.4,
2.9.5 and 2.9.6, subject to Section 3.4.
2.9.4 If at any time, for any reason, the Aggregate Total Outstandings
of all Lenders exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect,
(a) the Company shall, without notice or demand, immediately prepay the
Revolving Credit Loans and/or (b) each Borrower shall, without notice or demand,
immediately prepay its Multicurrency Loans such that the sum of (i) the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans so prepaid and (ii) the
U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Multicurrency Loans
so prepaid, at least equals the amount of such excess.
2.9.5 If, at any time for any reason, either (a) the Aggregate Total
Outstandings of all Multicurrency Lenders exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Multicurrency Lenders
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or (b) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings exceed the aggregate
Multicurrency Commitments, (i) the Company shall, without notice or demand,
immediately prepay the Revolving Credit Loans and/or (ii) each Borrower shall,
without notice or demand, immediately prepay its Multicurrency Loans in amounts
such that the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans so prepaid and (B) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Multicurrency Loans
so prepaid at least equals the amount of such excess.
2.9.6 If at any time, for any reason, either (a) the Aggregate
Multicurrency Outstandings of all Multicurrency Lenders exceed $500,000,000 or
(b) the Aggregate Multicurrency Outstandings of any Multicurrency Lender exceeds
its Multicurrency Commitment, each Borrower shall, without notice or demand,
immediately prepay its Multicurrency Loans in amounts such that the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of the Multicurrency Loans so prepaid at least equals the amount of
such excess.
2.9.7 Each prepayment and conversion pursuant to this Section 2.9
shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid to the
date of prepayment and any amounts payable under Section 3.4 in connection with
such payment.
2.9.8 Notwithstanding the foregoing, mandatory prepayments of
Revolving Credit Loans or Multicurrency Loans that would otherwise be required
pursuant to this Section 2.9 solely as a result of fluctuations in Exchange
Rates from time to time shall only be required to be made pursuant to this
Section 2.9 on the last Business Day of each month on the basis of the Exchange
Rate in effect on such Business Day.
2.9.9 Prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall be applied as
follows: (a) in the case of prepayments made by the Company, first to prepay
Floating Rate Loans and second to prepay Eurodollar Loans then outstanding in
such order as the Company may direct and (b) in the case of prepayments made by
a Borrower of Multicurrency Loans, to prepay Multicurrency Loans made to such
Borrower in such order as the Company may direct.
2.9.10 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all Commitments
shall be terminated, and all outstanding Obligations shall be due and payable,
on December 31, 1997 if the Spin-Off has not been completed by December 31,
1997. Without limiting the foregoing, upon termination of the Commitments under
this Section 2.9.10, all Facility Letters of Credit outstanding shall be cash
collateralized in accordance with Section 8.1.
2.9.11 Except as provided in Section 2.9.10, all amounts prepaid may be
reborrowed and successively repaid and reborrowed, subject to the other terms
and conditions in this Agreement.
2.10 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances.
2.10.1 Revolving Credit Advances. Floating Rate Advances shall continue
as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are
converted into Eurodollar Advances. Each Eurodollar Advance shall continue as a
Eurodollar Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest Period
therefor, at which time such Fixed Rate Advance shall be automatically converted
into a Floating Rate Advance unless the Company shall have given the
Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice requesting that, at the
end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Advance either continue as a
Eurodollar Advance for the same or another Interest Period or be converted into
a Floating Rate Advance. Subject to the terms hereof, the Company may elect from
time to time to convert all or any part of a Revolving Credit Advance of any
Type into any other Type or Types of Revolving Credit Advances; provided that
any conversion of any Eurodollar Advance shall be made on, and only on, the last
day of the
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Interest Period applicable thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no Loan may be converted to a Eurodollar Loan, and no Eurodollar Loan
may be continued as such, if any Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and
is continuing. The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable
notice (a "Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each conversion of an Advance or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City
time) at least one Business Day, in the case of a conversion into a Floating
Rate Advance or three Business Days, in the case of a conversion into or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, prior to the date of the requested
conversion or continuation, specifying:
(i) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such
conversion or continuation,
(ii) the aggregate amount and Type of the Revolving Credit
Advance which is to be converted or continued, and
the amounts and Type(s) of Revolving Credit Advance(s) into which such Revolving
Credit Advance is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion
into or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, the duration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
2.10.2 Multicurrency Advances. Any Multicurrency Advances may be
continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto by the relevant Borrower giving the Administrative Agent at
least five Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of such election, provided,
that if the relevant Borrower shall fail to give such notice, such Multicurrency
Advance shall be automatically continued for an Interest Period of one month
provided that such continuation would not extend the Interest Period beyond the
Facility Termination Date.
2.11 Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
(a) Each Floating Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Loan is made or is
converted from a Fixed Rate Loan into a Floating Rate Loan pursuant to Section
2.10 to but excluding the date it becomes due or is converted into a Fixed Rate
Loan pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating
Rate for such day. Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during
each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period. Each Floating Rate Loan
shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum
equal to the Floating Rate for such day. Each Multicurrency Loan shall bear
interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate
per annum equal to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest
Period. Each Competitive Bid Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period that it is outstanding at the rate per annum for such Interest
Period accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.7.6.
(b) Interest accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable
on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
date hereof and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance shall
be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on
which the Fixed Rate Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise,
and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance having an Interest
Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each
three-month interval during such Interest Period.
(c) Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not
for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to
noon (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or
interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business
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Day, except as otherwise provided in the definition of Eurodollar Interest
Period, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in
the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in
computing interest in connection with such payment.
(d) All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring during the period such interest or fee is payable over a year
comprised of 360 days (or in the case of interest on Floating Rate Loans, 365
days or, if appropriate, 366 days), except if otherwise specified on Schedule 2
with respect to the Eurocurrency Base Rate.
(e) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) hereunder (i)
whenever interest payable pursuant to this Agreement is calculated with respect
to any monetary Obligation relating to Loans to Canadian Borrowers on the basis
of a period other than a calendar year (the "Calculation Period"), each rate of
interest determined pursuant to such calculation expressed as an annual rate is
equivalent to such rate as so determined, multiplied by the actual number of
days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by
the number of days in the Calculation Period; (ii) the principal of deemed
reinvestment of interest with respect to any monetary Obligation relating to
Loans in Canadian dollars shall not apply to any interest calculation under this
agreement, and (iii) the rates of interest with respect to any monetary
Obligation relating to Loans to Canadian Borrowers stipulated in this Agreement
are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
2.12 Changes in Interest Rate, etc. Changes in the rate of interest
on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take
effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each Fixed
Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to
(but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate
determined as applicable to such Fixed Rate Advance. No Interest Period may end
after the Facility Termination Date.
2.13 Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Article II, during the continuance of a Default the
Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrowers (which notice
may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any
provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes
in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or
continued (after the expiration of the current Interest Period or Absolute Rate
Interest Period) as a Fixed Rate Advance. If any Advance is not paid at
maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, the Required Lenders may, at
their option, by notice to the Company (which notice may be revoked at the
option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders as to changes and interest rates)
declare that (i) each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest for the remainder
of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such
Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each Floating Rate Advance shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate otherwise applicable to
the Floating Rate Advance plus 2% per annum.
2.14 Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment.
2.14.1 Except as provided in Section 2.4, each borrowing of Revolving
Credit Loans by the Company from the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to
the Funding Commitment Percentages of the Lenders in effect on the date of such
borrowing. Each payment by the Company on account of any facility fee shall be
allocated by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders in accordance with the
respective amounts which such Lenders are entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 2.8. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders
shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among
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the Lenders pro rata according to the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of
the Lenders. Except as provided in Section 2.9, each payment (other than any
optional prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of the Revolving
Credit Loans or the Competitive Bid Loans shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts thereof then due and owing to each Lender. Except as provided in Section
2.9, each optional prepayment by the Company on account of principal or interest
on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro
rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company hereunder in respect
of amounts denominated in Dollars, whether on account of principal, interest,
fees or otherwise, shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in
immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent's address specified pursuant to Article XIV, or at any other Lending
Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the
Administrative Agent to the Company, by 12:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the
date. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.6.1, 2.14.2 and 16.6 all
payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. Dollars. Each payment delivered to the
Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly
by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the
Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV
or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the
Administrative Agent from such Lender. The Administrative Agent is hereby
authorized to charge the account of the Company maintained with Xxxxxx for each
payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder.
2.14.2 Each borrowing of Multicurrency Loans by any Borrower in any
Available Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars, as the case may be, shall be
allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the Multicurrency
Commitment Percentages of the Designated Multicurrency Lenders with respect to
such Borrower in effect on the date of such Loan. Any reduction of the
Multicurrency Commitments shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro
rata according to the Multicurrency Commitment Percentages of the Designated
Multicurrency Lenders in effect on the date of such Loan. Except as provided in
Section 2.9, each payment (including each prepayment) by a Borrower on account
of principal of and interest on Multicurrency Loans shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective principal amounts of
the Multicurrency Loans then due and owing by such Borrower to each Designated
Multicurrency Lender that made such Multicurrency Loans. All payments (including
prepayments) to be made by a Borrower on account of Multicurrency Loans, whether
on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be without setoff,
deduction, or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 P.M., London time,
on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Designated Multicurrency Lenders that made such Loans, at the payment office for
such Multicurrency Loans specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent
by notice to the Borrowers, in the currency of such Multicurrency Loan and in
immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payment to the Designated Multicurrency Lenders entitled to receive the same
promptly upon receipt in like funds as received.
2.15 Telephonic Notices. Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect
selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic
notices made by any person or persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender
reasonably and in good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer. Each Borrower
agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation,
if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of
each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written
confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
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2.16 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and
Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent
will notify each Lender of the contents of each Revolving Credit Commitment
reduction notice, Multicurrency Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing notice,
Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder.
The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable
to each Fixed Rate Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and
will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
Each Domestic Reference Lender and each Multicurrency Reference Lender agrees to
furnish timely information for the purpose of determining the applicable
interest rates.
2.17 Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans at any
Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending
Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any
such Lending Installation and the Notes, if any, shall be deemed held by each
Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by written
or telex notice to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower,
designate a Lending Installation through which Loans will be made by it and for
whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.18 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless a
Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative
Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case
of a Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made.
The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of
such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such
assumption. If such Lender or Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall,
on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the
amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day
during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by
the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such
amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment by a
Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
2.19 Facility Letters of Credit.
2.19.1 Obligation to Issue. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Company
herein set forth, the Issuers hereby agree to issue for the account of a
Borrower through such of the Issuer's Lending Installations or Affiliates as the
Issuer and a Borrower may jointly agree, one or more Facility Letters of Credit
in accordance with this Section 2.19, from time to time during the period,
commencing on the Closing Date and ending five Business Days prior to the
Facility Termination Date.
2.19.2 Conditions for Issuance. In addition to being subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, the
obligation of an Issuer to issue any Facility Letter of Credit is subject to the
satisfaction in full of the following conditions:
(a) the aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under
Facility Letters of Credit issued by the Issuers, after giving effect to the
Facility Letter of Credit requested hereunder, shall not exceed any limit
imposed by law or regulation upon the Issuer;
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(b) the requested Facility Letter of Credit has an expiration date
at least five Business Days prior to the Facility Termination Date;
(c) after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit requested
hereunder, the aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under
Facility Letters of Credit issued by the Issuers, shall not exceed an amount of
which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is $100,000,000, the Available Revolving Credit
Commitment of each Lender is greater than or equal to zero and the Available
Multicurrency Commitment of each Multicurrency Lender is greater than or equal
to zero;
(d) the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the applicable
Issuer at such times and in such manner as such Issuer may reasonably prescribe
such documents and materials as may be required pursuant to the terms of the
proposed Letter of Credit and the proposed Letter of Credit shall be reasonably
satisfactory to such Issuer as to form and content; and
(e) as of the date of issuance, no order, judgment or decree of any
Court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin
or restrain such Issuer from issuing the Facility Letter of Credit and no law,
rule or regulation applicable to such Issuer and no request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any governmental authority with
jurisdiction over such Issuer shall prohibit or request that such Issuer refrain
from the issuance of Letters of Credit generally or the issuance of that
Facility Letter of Credit.
2.19.3 Procedure for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit. (a) The
applicable Borrower shall give one of the Issuers and the Administrative Agent
five Business Days' prior written notice of any requested issuance of a Facility
Letter of Credit under this Agreement (except that, in lieu of such written
notice, a Borrower may give an Issuer (i) notice of such request by tested telex
or other tested arrangement satisfactory to such Issuer or (ii) telephonic
notice of such request if confirmed in writing by delivery to such Issuer (A)
immediately (x) of a telecopy of the written notice required hereunder which has
been signed by an authorized officer of the Company or (y) of a telex containing
all information required to be contained in such written notice and (B) promptly
(but in no event later than the requested time of issuance) of a copy of the
written notice required hereunder containing the original signature of an
authorized officer of the Borrower); such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the stated amount and Available Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars of the
Facility Letter of Credit requested, the effective date (which day shall be a
Business Day) of issuance of such requested Facility Letter of Credit, the date
on which such requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire (which date shall
be a Business Day and shall in no event be later than the fifth day prior to
Facility Termination Date), the purpose for which such Facility Letter of Credit
is to be issued, and the Person for whose benefit the requested Facility Letter
of Credit is to be issued. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each
Lender of the issuance of each Facility Letter of Credit reasonably promptly
after such Facility Letter of Credit is issued. At the time such request is
made, the requesting Borrower shall also provide the applicable Issuer with a
copy of the form of the Facility Letter of Credit it is requesting be issued.
Such notice, to be effective, must be received by such Issuer not later than
2:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the time agreed upon by such Issuer and such
Borrower on the last Business Day on which notice can be given under this
Section 2.19.3.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.19.3 and
provided that the applicable conditions set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
hereof have been satisfied, the Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a
Facility Letter of Credit on behalf of the applicable Borrower in accordance
with such Issuer's usual and customary business practices.
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(c) The Issuers shall not extend or amend any Facility Letter of
Credit unless the requirements of this Section 2.19 are met as though a new
Facility Letter of Credit was being requested and issued.
2.19.4 Reimbursement Obligations. (a) Each Borrower agrees to pay to
the Issuer the amount of all Reimbursement Obligations, interest and other
amounts payable to the Issuer under or in connection with any Facility Letter of
Credit issued on behalf of such Borrower immediately when due, irrespective of
any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower, the Company or
any Subsidiary may have at any time against the Issuer or any other Person,
under all circumstances, including without limitation, any of the following
circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which
any Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against a beneficiary named
in a Facility Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Facility Letter of
Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Issuer,
any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any
Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated
transactions (including any underlying transactions between any Borrower or any
Subsidiary and the beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under the
Facility 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;
(iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance
or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents;
(v) the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default.
(b) The Issuer shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower of any
draw under a Facility Letter of Credit. Such Borrower shall reimburse the
applicable Issuer for drawings under a Facility Letter of Credit issued by it on
behalf of such Borrower promptly after the payment by the Issuer. Any
Reimbursement Obligation with respect to any Facility Letter of Credit shall
bear interest from the date of the relevant drawings under the pertinent
Facility Letter of Credit at the interest rate for Floating Rate Loans.
2.19.5 Participation. (a) Immediately upon issuance by an Issuer of any
Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
2.19.3, (i) with respect to each U.S. Facility Letter of Credit, each Lender
shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received
from such Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation equal to its Funding Commitment Percentage in such U.S. Facility
Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all obligations of the
applicable Borrower with respect thereto) and any security therefor or guaranty
pertaining thereto and (ii) with respect to each Multicurrency Facility Letter
of Credit, each Designated Multicurrency Lender with respect to the Borrower for
the account of which such Multicurrency Facility Letter of Credit is issued
shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received
from such Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation equal to its Multicurrency Commitment Percentage in such
Multicurrency Facility Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all
obligations of the applicable Borrower with respect thereto), any security
therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided, that a Letter of Credit
issued by an Issuer shall not be deemed to be a Facility Letter of Credit for
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purposes of this Section 2.19 if such Issuer shall have received written notice
from any Lender on or before one Business Day prior to the date of its issuance
of such Letter of Credit that one or more of the conditions contained in
Sections 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 are not then satisfied, and, in the event an Issuer
receives such a notice, it shall have no further obligation to issue any Letter
of Credit until such notice is withdrawn by that Lender or such condition has
been effectively waived in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) In the event that an Issuer makes any payment under any Facility
Letter of Credit and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount
to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.19.4, the Issuer shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender participating in such Letter of Credit of
such failure, and each Lender participating in such Letter of Credit shall
promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Issuer the amount of such Lender's Funding Commitment Percentage or
Multicurrency Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, of the unreimbursed
amount of any such payment. If any Lender participating in such Facility Letter
of Credit fails to make available to such Issuer, any amounts due to such Issuer
pursuant to this Section 2.19.5(b), such Issuer shall be entitled to recover
such amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
for the first three Business Days after such Lender receives such notice and
thereafter, at the Floating Rate, payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against
any payments made to such Issuer for the account of such Lender or (iii) by
payment to such Issuer by the Administrative Agent of amounts otherwise payable
to such Lender under this Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make available
to the Administrative Agent its Funding Commitment Percentage or Multicurrency
Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, of the unreimbursed amount of any
such payment shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to
make available to the Administrative Agent its Funding Commitment Percentage or
Multicurrency Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, of the unreimbursed
amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made, but no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make available to
the Administrative Agent its Funding Commitment Percentage or Multicurrency
Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, of the unreimbursed amount of any
payment on the date such payment is to be made.
(c) Whenever the Issuer receives a payment on account of a
Reimbursement Obligation, including any interest thereon, it shall promptly pay
to each Lender which has funded its participating interest therein, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Lender's Funding Commitment
Percentage or Multicurrency Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, thereof.
(d) The obligations of a Lender to make payments to the Administrative
Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, set-off,
qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(e) In the event any payment by a Borrower received by the
Administrative Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit and distributed
by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on account of their participations is
thereafter set aside, avoided or recovered from the Administrative Agent in
connection with any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or bankruptcy
proceeding, each Lender which received such distribution shall, upon demand by
the Agent, contribute such Lender's Funding Commitment Percentage or
Multicurrency Commitment Percentage, as the case may be, of the amount set
aside, avoided or recovered together with interest at the rate required to be
paid by the Administrative Agent upon the amount required to be repaid by it.
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2.19.6 Compensation for Facility Letters of Credit. The Issuer of a
Facility Letter of Credit shall have the right to receive, solely for its own
account, an issuance fee and fronting fee to be agreed upon by the Issuer and
the applicable Borrower as well as the Issuer's reasonable and customary costs
of issuing and servicing the Facility Letters of Credit. In addition, such
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
participating in such Facility Letter of Credit a non-refundable fee at a per
annum rate in the amount shown on the Pricing Schedule on Exhibit B applied to
the face amount of the Facility Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in advance
to all Lenders participating in such Facility Letter of Credit (including the
Issuers) ratably from the date such Facility Letter of Credit is issued until
its stated expiry date.
2.19.7 Letter of Credit Collateral Account. Each Borrower hereby agrees
that it will, until the final expiration date of any Facility Letter of Credit
and thereafter as long as any amount is payable to the Lenders in respect of any
Facility Letter of Credit, maintain a special collateral account (the "Letter of
Credit Collateral Account") at the Administrative Agent's office at the address
specified pursuant to Article XIV, in the name of such Borrower but under the
sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders and in which such Borrower shall have no interest other than as set
forth in Section 8.1. The Administrative Agent will invest any funds on deposit
from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in certificates of
deposit of the Administrative Agent having a maturity not exceeding 30 days.
Nothing in this Section 2.19.7 shall either obligate the Administrative Agent to
require any Borrower to deposit any funds in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account or limit the right of the Administrative Agent to release any funds held
in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account other than as required by Section
8.1, and the Borrower's obligations to deposit funds in the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account are limited to the circumstances required by Section 8.1.
2.19.8 Nature of Obligations. (a) As among the Borrowers, the Issuers
and the Lenders, each Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of,
or misuse of the Facility Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of
the Facility Letters of Credit requested by it. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the Issuers and the Lenders shall not be
responsible for (i) the forms, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or
legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the
application for and issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit, even if it should
in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate,
fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Facility Letter
of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or
in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii)
failure of the beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit to comply fully with
conditions required in order to draw upon such Facility Letter of Credit; (iv)
errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise; (v) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (vi) misapplication by the beneficiary of a
Facility Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Facility
Letter of Credit; or (vii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the
control of the Issuers or the Lenders. In addition to amounts payable as
elsewhere provided in this Subsection 2.19, such Borrower hereby agrees to
protect, indemnify, pay and save the Agents, each Issuer and each Lender
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
arising from the claims of third parties against the Agents or such Issuer in
respect of any Facility Letter of Credit requested by such Borrower.
(b) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the
specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by the
Issuers or any Lender under or in connection with the Facility Letters of Credit
or any related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put
such Issuer or
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such Lender under any resulting liability to any Borrower or relieve any
Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder to the Issuers, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
subsection 2.19, a Borrower shall not have any obligation to indemnify an Issuer
under this subsection 2.19 in respect of any liability incurred by such Issuer
arising primarily out of the reckless or willful misconduct of such Issuer, as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or out of the wrongful dishonor
by such Issuer of a proper demand for payment made under the Facility Letters of
Credit issued by such Issuer as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction,
unless such dishonor was made at the request of such Borrower, or out of the
wrongful honor by such Issuer of a demand for payment made under the Facility
Letters of Credit issued by such Issuer which demand for payment does not comply
with the conditions required in order to draw upon such Facility Letter of
Credit as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, unless such honor was
made at the request of such Borrower.
2.20 Application of Payments with Respect to Defaulting Lenders. No
payments of principal, interest or fees delivered to the Administrative Agent
for the account of any Defaulting Lender shall be delivered by the
Administrative Agent to such Defaulting Lender. Instead, such payments shall,
for so long as such Defaulting Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, be held by
the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and
directed by all parties hereto to hold such funds in escrow and apply such funds
as follows:
(i) First, if applicable to any payments due to an Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.19.5; and
(ii) Second, to Loans required to be made by such Defaulting Lender on
any Borrowing Date to the extent such Defaulting Lender fails to make such
Loans.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (other
than those owing to a Defaulting Lender), any funds then held in escrow by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be distributed to
each Defaulting Lender, pro rata in proportion to amounts that would be due to
each Defaulting Lender but for the fact that it is a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES
3.1 Yield Protection. If after the date hereof any law or any
governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any change or
modification thereof, or any interpretation thereof, or the compliance of any
Lender therewith,
(a) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation
to any tax, duty, charge or withholding on or from payments
due from any Borrower or changes the basis of taxation of
payments to any Lender in respect of its Loans or other
amounts due it hereunder (excluding income taxes and
franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) imposed on
the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a
present or former connection between the Administrative
Agent or such
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Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority
imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, other than any such connection
arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender
having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document), or
(b) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve,
assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any
applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves and
assessments taken into account in determining the interest
rate applicable to Fixed Rate Advances), or
(c) imposes any other condition the result of which is to
increase the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending
Installation of making, funding or maintaining loans or
reduces any amount receivable by any Lender or any
applicable Lending Installation in connection with loans, or
requires any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation
to make any payment calculated by reference to the amount of
loans held or interest received by it, by an amount deemed
material by such Lender,
then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the affected Borrower shall pay
such Lender that portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an
amount received which such Lender determines is attributable to making, funding
and maintaining its Loans, its Revolving Credit Commitment or its Multicurrency
Commitment.
3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender determines the
amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, any
Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender
is increased as a result of a Change, then, within 15 days of demand by such
Lender, the Company shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to compensate for
any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital
which such Lender determines is attributable to this Agreement, its Loans or its
obligation to make Loans hereunder (after taking into account such Lender's
policies as to capital adequacy). "Change" means (a) any change after the date
of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (b) any adoption of or
change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force
of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation
or any corporation controlling any Lender. "Risk-Based Capital Guidelines" means
(i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date
of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding
capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United
States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking
Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled "International Convergence of
Capital Measurements and Capital Standards," including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.
3.3 Availability of Types of Advances. If any Lender determines that
maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans or Multicurrency Loans at a suitable Lending
Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive,
whether or not having the force of law, or if the Required Lenders with respect
to Eurodollar Loans or Requested Multicurrency Lenders with respect to
Multicurrency Loans determine that (i) deposits of a type and maturity
appropriate to match fund Eurodollar or Eurocurrency Rate Loans are not
available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or
Eurodollar
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Rate Loan does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining such
Loans, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend the availability of the
affected Type of Loans and require any Loans of the affected Type to be repaid
at the end of the Interest Period for the affected Loan.
3.4 Funding Indemnification. If any payment of a Fixed Rate Advance
occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Fixed Rate
Advance is not made on the date specified by a Borrower for any reason other
than default by the Lenders, such Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any
loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without limitation,
any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or
maintain the Fixed Rate Advance.
3.5 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent reasonably
possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with
respect to its Eurodollar Rate Loans and Multicurrency Rate Loans to reduce any
liability of a Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 or to avoid
the unavailability of a Type of Advance under Section 3.3, so long as such
designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. Each
Lender shall deliver a written statement of such Lender to the applicable
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any,
under Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.4. Such written statement shall set forth in
reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount
and shall state that amounts determined in accordance with such procedures are
being charged by such Lender to other borrowers with credit facilities similar
to this Agreement and credit characteristics comparable to the Company as
determined by such Lender and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
Borrowers in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable
under such sections in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loans and Multicurrency
Rate Loans shall be calculated as though each Lender funded such Loans through
the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit
used as a reference in determining the interest rate applicable to such Loan,
whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the
amount specified in the written statement of any Lender shall be payable on
demand after receipt by the applicable Borrower of such written statement. The
obligations of the Borrowers under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.6 shall survive
payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. The Borrowers
shall have no obligation to compensate any Lender with respect to amounts
provided in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.6 with respect to any period prior to
the date which is 120 days prior to the date such Lender delivers its written
statement hereunder requesting compensation.
3.6 Taxes.
3.6.1 All payments of principal and interest made by the Borrowers
under this Agreement and any Note, if any, and all reimbursement obligations
with respect to Facility Letters of Credit shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future
income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions
or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or
assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding income taxes and franchise
taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or
any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the
Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") are required to
be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or
any Lender hereunder or under any Note or Facility Letter of Credit, the amounts
so payable to the Administrative Agent, such Issuer or such
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Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any
such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates and in the amounts specified
in this Agreement provided, however, that (i) with respect to any Loan or
Facility Letter of Credit in U.S. Dollars to the Company, the Company shall not
be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender that is not
organized under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof if
such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of Section 3.6.2, (ii) with
respect to any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit in any Available Foreign
Currency, a Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable
to any Lender if such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of Section
3.6.3 and (iii) with respect to any Multicurrency Loan or any Multicurrency
Facility Letter of Credit, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required
to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
to the extent caused by such Lender or the Administrative Agent failing to act
through its Designated Office with respect to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by a Borrower, as promptly as
possible thereafter such Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its
own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified
copy of an original official receipt received by such Borrower showing payment
thereof. If a Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, such Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes,
interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Section shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
3.6.2 Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or a state thereof shall:
(a) at least five Business Days before the date of the initial
payment to be made by the Company under this Agreement to such Lender,
deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (A) two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or
4224, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that
it is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and
(B) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9, or successor
applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to
an exemption from United States backup withholding tax;
(b) deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two
further copies of any such form or certification at least five Business
Days before the date that any such form or certification expires or
becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a
change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the
Administrative Agent and the Company;
(c) obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete such
forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Company
or the Administrative Agent; and
(d) file amendments to such forms as and when required; and each
Lender (or Transferee) that is incorporated or organized under the laws
of the United States of America or a State thereof shall provide two
properly completed and duly executed copies of Form W-9, or successor
applicable form, at the times specified for delivery of forms under
this Section 3.6.2 unless an event (including, without limitation, any
change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred after the date such
Person becomes a Lender hereunder which renders all such forms
inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing
and delivering any such form with
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respect to it and such Lender so advises the Company and the
Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Company may rely upon
such forms provided to the Company for all periods prior to the
occurrence of such event. Each Person that shall become a Lender or a
Participant pursuant to Section 13.2 shall, upon the effectiveness of
the related transfer, be required to provide all of the forms,
certifications and statements required pursuant to this Section,
provided that in the case of such Participant, the obligations of such
Participant pursuant to this Section 3.6.2 shall be determined as if
such Participant were a Lender, except that such Participant shall
furnish all such required forms, certifications and statements to the
Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased.
3.6.3 Each Lender that is not incorporated or organized under the laws
of the jurisdiction under which a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower is incorporated or
organized shall, upon request by such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, within a
reasonable period of time after such request, deliver to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower or the applicable governmental or taxing authority, as the case may be,
any form or certificate required in order that any payment by such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to such Lender may be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any
Non-Excluded Tax (or to allow any such deduction or withholding to be at a
reduced rate) imposed on such payment under the laws of the jurisdiction under
which such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower is incorporated or organized, provided
that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such form
or certificate and such completion, execution or submission would not materially
prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
3.6.4 Each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid or to
minimize any amounts which might otherwise be payable pursuant to this Section
3.6, provided that such effort shall not impose on any such Lender any
additional costs or legal or regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in its
reasonable judgment to be material. In the event that any Lender determines that
any event or circumstance that will lead to a claim by it under this Section 3.6
has occurred or will occur, such Lender will use its best efforts to so notify
the Company in writing, provided that any failure to provide such notice shall
in no way impair the rights of any Lender to demand and receive compensation
under this Section 3.6.
3.7 Substitution of Lender. If (a) the obligation of any Lender to
make or maintain Eurodollar Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section 3.3
when not all Lenders' obligations have been suspended, (b) any Lender has
demanded compensation under Sections 3.1 or 3.2 when all Lenders have not done
so or (c) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Company shall have the right,
if no Default then exists, to replace such Lender (a "Replaced Lender") with one
or more other lenders (collectively, the "Replacement Lender") acceptable to the
Agents, provided that (i) at the time of any replacement pursuant to this
Section 3.7, the Replacement Lender shall enter into one or more Assignments
pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall acquire the Commitments and
outstanding Loans and other obligations of the Replaced Lender and, in
connection therewith, shall pay to the Replaced Lender in respect thereof an
amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of principal of, and all accrued
interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender, (B) the amount of all
accrued, but theretofore unpaid, fees owing to the Replaced Lender hereunder and
(C) the amount which would be payable by the Borrowers to the Replaced Lender
pursuant to Section 3.4, if any, if the Borrowers prepaid at the time of such
replacement all of the Loans of such Replaced Lender outstanding at such time
and (ii) all obligations of the Borrowers then owing to the Replaced Lender
(other than those specifically described in clause (i) above in respect of which
the assignment purchase price has been, or is concurrently being, paid) shall be
paid in full to such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement. Upon
the execution of the respective Assignments, the payment of amounts referred to
in clauses (i) and (ii) above and, if so requested by the Replacement Lender,
delivery to the Replacement Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by
the Borrowers, the Replacement Lender
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shall become a Lender hereunder and the Replaced Lender shall cease to
constitute a Lender hereunder. The provisions of this Agreement (including
without limitation Sections 3.4 and 10.7) shall continue to govern the rights
and obligations of a Replaced Lender with respect to any Loans made or any other
actions taken by such lender while it was a Lender. Nothing herein shall release
any Defaulting Lender from any obligation it may have to any Borrower, either
Agent or any other Lender.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1 Closing Conditions. On the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall
furnish to the Documentation Agent, with sufficient copies for the Lenders, each
of the following:
(a) Copies of the articles of incorporation or similar
organizational documents of each Borrower and of Rockwell
International, together with all amendments thereto, and a
certificate of good standing or similar governmental evidence
of corporate existence, all certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of each Borrower and Rockwell
International, respectively.
(b) Copies, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
or other duly authorized representative of each Borrower and
of Rockwell International, of its by-laws and of its Board of
Directors' resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if
any are deemed necessary by counsel for any Lender)
authorizing the execution of the Loan Documents or, in the
case of Rockwell International, the Rockwell International
Guaranty.
(c) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of each Borrower and of Rockwell
International, which shall identify by name and title and bear
the signature of the officers of such Borrower and of Rockwell
International authorized to sign the applicable Loan Documents
and to make borrowings hereunder, upon which certificate the
Agents and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until
informed of any change in writing by such Borrower or Rockwell
International.
(d) A certificate, signed by any Designated Financial Officer of
the Company, stating that on the Closing Date no Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
(e) A written opinion of the Company's counsel, addressed to the
Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.
(f) A written opinion of Rockwell International's counsel,
addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit
E hereto.
(g) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form
of Exhibit F hereto, addressed to the Administrative Agent and
signed by an Authorized Officer,
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together with such other related money transfer authorizations
as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested.
(h) The Rockwell International Guaranty, duly executed by Rockwell
International.
(i) Such other documents as the Documentation Agent or its counsel
may have reasonably requested.
4.2 Initial Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make the
initial Advance hereunder unless the Borrowers shall furnish to the
Documentation Agent, with sufficient copies for the Lenders, a certificate,
signed by any Designated Financial Officer of the Company, stating that the
Spin-Off is expected to be completed within 10 days in all material respects as
described in the Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended through Amendment
No. 2 ("Form 10") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No.
1-13093) in connection with the Spin-Off together with evidence satisfactory to
the Documentation Agent that the Form 10 has been filed and all necessary
approvals and authorizations from any applicable regulatory and other government
authorities and other applicable entities and all other necessary approvals to
be obtained by Rockwell International and the Company in connection with the
Spin-Off have been received and that all other conditions to the Distribution as
described in the Form 10, have been satisfied and completed, provided that if
the Tax Ruling (as defined in the Form 10) is not received on a timely basis, a
satisfactory favorable tax opinion may be substituted in place thereof.
4.3 Each Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Loans
nor shall any Issuer be required to issue any Letter of Credit, unless on the
applicable Borrowing Date:
(a) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default.
(b) The representations and warranties contained in Article V (except
Section 5.5) are true and correct as of such Borrowing Date except to the extent
any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier
date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on
and as of such earlier date.
(c) All legal matters incident to the making of such Loans or the
issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit shall be satisfactory to the Agents
and their counsel.
(d) If such Loan is an initial Loan to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower,
the Documentation Agent shall have received a Foreign Subsidiary Opinion in
respect of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and such other documents reasonably
requested by the Documentation Agent.
Each Borrowing notice with respect to each borrowing by a Borrower
hereunder or each request for an issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Company and such Borrower that
the conditions contained in Sections 4.1(a) and (b) have been satisfied.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of the Company and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (insofar as
the representations and warranties set forth below relate solely to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower) represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
5.1 Corporate Existence and Standing. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
organization, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, partnership,
company or similar authority to conduct its business as presently conducted.
5.2 Authorization and Validity. Each Borrower has the corporate or
other power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan
Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery
by each of the Borrowers of the Loan Documents and the performance of their
obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate
proceedings, and the Loan Documents to which they are a party constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrowers enforceable against the Borrowers
in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and by equitable principles affecting the availability of
specific performance and other remedies.
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery
by the Borrowers of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions
therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate
any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award
binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Company's or any
Subsidiary's articles of incorporation or by-laws or the provisions of any
indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien (other than any Lien permitted by Section
6.14) in, of or on the Property of the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, except for any such
violation, conflict or default as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or
other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any
subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents.
5.4 Financial Statements. The September 30, 1996 consolidated financial
statements of Rockwell International and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered
to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly
present the consolidated financial condition and operations of Rockwell
International and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of
their operations for the period then ended. The pro forma consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Form 10
heretofore delivered to the Lenders fairly present the pro forma consolidated
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to
the Spin-Off in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
were prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of Rule 11-02 of
the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation S-X, including without
limitation containing reasonable assumptions and giving appropriate effect to
those assumptions. The projected statements of income and cash flows of the
Company contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 1997
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delivered to the Lenders (the "Projections") are based on estimates and
assumptions considered reasonable by the Company's management and the best
information available to the Company's management at the time made, and use
information consistent with the plans of the Company. However, the Projections
are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive
uncertainties and contingencies, all of which are difficult to predict and many
of which are beyond the control of the Company. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that the projected results will be realized or that actual results
will not be significantly lower or higher than those projected.
5.5 Material Adverse Change. As of the Closing Date, since September
30, 1996, there has been no change in the business, Property, prospects,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, the Automotive Business (as described in the Form 10) or, so
long as Rockwell International is a Guarantor, of Rockwell International and its
subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.6 Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all United
States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to be
filed and have paid all taxes shown as due pursuant to said returns or pursuant
to any assessment received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except
such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles and as to which no Lien (other than as permitted by Section 6.14)
exists and such failures to file or pay, if any, as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No tax liens have been filed and no
claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes, other than as
permitted by Section 6.14. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of
the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental
charges are adequate.
5.7 Litigation and Contingent Obligations. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.7 hereto, there is no litigation, arbitration or proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of any of their executive officers, any governmental
investigation or inquiry pending or any litigation, arbitration, governmental
investigation, proceeding or inquiry threatened against or affecting the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of the
Loans or Advances. Other than any liability incident to such litigation,
arbitration or proceedings, the Company and its Subsidiaries have no material
contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in Section 5.4.
5.8 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.8 hereto contains an accurate list of all
Subsidiaries of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth
their respective jurisdictions of incorporation and the percentage of their
respective capital stock owned by the Company or other Subsidiaries. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Subsidiaries held by the
Company have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable.
5.9 ERISA. Each member of the Controlled Group has fulfilled its
obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with
respect to each Plan. Each member of the Controlled Group is in compliance with
the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan except
where such non compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Plan
complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and
regulations, no Reportable Event which has or may result in any material
liability has occurred with respect to any Plan, and no steps have been taken to
reorganize or terminate any Single Employer Plan. No member of the Controlled
Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412
of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or
payment to any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or made any amendment
to any Plan, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or
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posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code or (iii) incurred
any material, actual liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to
the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.
5.10 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report
furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in writing to the
Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of the
Loan Documents, including without limitation the Form 10, contained any material
misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which made, as of the date thereof.
5.11 Regulation U. Margin Stock constitutes less than 25% of those
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation
on sale, pledge, or other restriction hereunder.
5.12 Material Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a
party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other
corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in any agreement to which it is a party (including any
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness), which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13 Compliance With Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective
businesses or the ownership of their respective Property if failure to comply
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have not engaged in any prohibited transaction within the meaning
of Section 4.06 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which could result in any
material liability; and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making
of Loans (assuming that the Lenders do not fund any of the Loans with any "plan
assets" as defined above) hereunder give rise to a non-exempt prohibited
transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
5.15 Environmental Matters. In the ordinary course of its business, the
officers of the Company consider the effect of Environmental Laws on the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which they
identify and evaluate potential risks and liabilities accruing to the Company
and its Subsidiaries due to Environmental Laws. On the basis of this
consideration, the Company has reasonably concluded that Environmental Laws
cannot reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice to the effect that its
operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of
applicable Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal or state
investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a
release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which
non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.16 Investment Company Act. No Borrower is an "investment company" or
a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.17 Public Utility Holding Company Act. No Borrower is a "holding
company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of
a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary
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company" of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
5.18 Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers. (a) Upon completion of the Spin-Off,
each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower will be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company (excluding director qualifying shares); and
(b) Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower will have, upon becoming a
party hereto, all right and authority to enter into this Agreement and each
other Loan Document to which it is a party, and to perform all of its
obligations under this and each other Loan Document to which it is a party; all
of the foregoing actions will have been taken prior to any request for Loans by
such Borrower, duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such
Borrower, and when such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower becomes a party hereto, this
Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party will constitute
valid and binding obligations of such Borrower enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms except as such terms may be limited by the application of
bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency and similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and by equitable principles affecting the availability of
specific performance and other remedies.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing:
6.1 Financial Reporting. The Company will maintain, for itself and each
Subsidiary, a system of accounting enabling it to provide consolidated financial
statements for the Company and each Subsidiary in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles and furnish to the Lenders:
(i) Within 120 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, an
unqualified (except for qualifications relating to changes in
accounting principles or practices reflecting changes in generally
accepted accounting principles and required or approved by the
Company's independent certified public accountants) audit report
certified by nationally recognized independent certified public
accountants certifying that the Company's consolidated financial
statements are fairly stated in all material respects, in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles for itself and the Subsidiaries,
including balance sheets as of the end of such period, related income
statements, and statements of cash flows, accompanied by a certificate
of said accountants that, in the course of their examination necessary
for their certification of the foregoing, they have obtained no
knowledge of any Default or Unmatured Default, or if, in the opinion of
such accountants, any Default or Unmatured Default shall exist, stating
the nature and status thereof.
(ii) Within 60 days after the close of the first three quarterly
periods of each of its fiscal years, for itself and the Subsidiaries,
consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such
period and related income statement and a statement of cash flows for
the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such
quarter, all certified by a Designated Financial Officer of the
Company.
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(iii) Together with the financial statements required under
Sections 6.1(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate in substantially the
form of Exhibit C hereto signed by a Designated Financial Officer of
the Company showing the calculations necessary to determine compliance
with this Agreement and stating that no Default or Unmatured Default
exists, or if any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the
nature and status thereof. The Company may, at its option, satisfy its
obligations to deliver financial statements under Section 6.1(i) and
(ii) hereof by delivery of its Form 10-K and 10-Q, respectively, for
any relevant fiscal year or quarterly period, as filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iv) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after (x)
receipt by the Company, and (y) a determination is made by the Company
concerning a Material Adverse Effect with respect thereto, a copy of
(a) any notice or claim to the effect, that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the
release by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of
any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, (b) any
notice alleging any violation of any federal, state or local
environmental, health or safety law or regulation by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, and (c) any notice of occurrence of any Reportable
Event, which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of the
Company, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so furnished.
(vi) Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other reports which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including without limitation all reports on Form
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and which are not otherwise delivered to the
Lenders hereunder.
(vii) Such other information (including non-financial information)
concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
6.2 Use of Proceeds. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, use the proceeds of the Advances to make a special payment or distribution
to Rockwell International in the approximate amount of $450,000,000 in
connection with the Spin-Off as described in the Form 10, for working capital or
general corporate purposes (including Acquisitions and Investments), and to
repay outstanding Advances. None of the proceeds of any of the Advances made
under this Agreement will be used, whether directly or indirectly, in violation
of any applicable law or regulation, including without limitation Regulations G,
T, U or X.
6.3 Notice of Default. The Company will give prompt notice in writing
to the Agents of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default.
6.4 Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same
fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and to do all things necessary
to remain duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing in its
jurisdiction of organization (subject to Sections 6.11, 6.12 and 6.13) and
maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in
which its business is conducted, except in any such case where such failure
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.5 Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, timely
file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state
and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property,
except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles and those which the failure to file or pay
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on
their Property in such amounts (with such customary deductibles, exclusions and
self insurance) and covering such risks as management of the Company reasonably
considers consistent with sound business practice, and the Company will furnish
to any Lender upon request such information as to the insurance carried as may
be reasonably requested by either Agent on behalf of such Lender.
6.7 Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject except for
such noncompliance as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, do all things reasonably necessary to maintain, preserve, protect
and keep its material Property in good repair, working order and condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted), and make all reasonably necessary and proper
repairs, renewals and replacements.
6.9 Inspection. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
permit the Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent, by their respective
representatives and agents, and any reasonable number of representatives of the
Lenders, to inspect (at no cost to any Borrower) any of the Property, corporate
books and financial records of the Company and each Subsidiary, to examine and
make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Company
and each Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and each Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, their
respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative
Agent or the Documentation Agent, as the case may be, may designate.
6.10 Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Company will not permit any
Subsidiary to create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) The Loans.
(ii) Indebtedness existing as of the Distribution Date in an
aggregate principal outstanding amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
(iii) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other
Subsidiary.
(iv) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after
the date hereof; provided that such Indebtedness existed at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of
or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary.
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(v) any refunding or refinancing of any Indebtedness referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv) above, provided that any such refunding or
refinancing of Indebtedness referred to in clause (ii) or (iv) does not
increase the principal amount thereof.
(vi) Other Indebtedness; provided that, at the time of the
creation, incurrence or assumption of such other Indebtedness and after
giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such other
Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries does not exceed an amount equal to 50%
of Net Worth at such time.
6.11 Merger. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, except that, provided
that no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result therefrom on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Agents,
the Company may merge or consolidate with any other U.S. corporation and each
Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person, provided, further,
that (i) in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving the Company,
the Company is the surviving corporation and (ii) in the case of any such merger
or consolidation involving a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the surviving
corporation assumes all of such Borrower's obligations under this Agreement and
remains or becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
6.12 Sale of Assets. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of its Property, to any other
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary), except:
(i) Sales of inventory, marketable securities and cash equivalents
in the ordinary course of business and sales or other dispositions of
Margin Stock at any time.
(ii) Sales or other dispositions of accounts receivable payable
within 90 days of the date of sale.
(iii) Sales, leases or other dispositions of obsolete Property or
Property no longer used or useful in the business of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(iv) Sales or other dispositions of Property that is replaced
within eighteen months of such sale or other disposition with other
Property which has a fair market value not materially less than the
Property sold or otherwise disposed of.
(v) Sales or other dispositions of motor vehicles, office or other
equipment in the ordinary course of business and not material in
aggregate amount.
(vi) Sales of financial instruments of the Company and its
Subsidiaries existing as of the Distribution Date that do not in the
aggregate have a value in excess of $30,000,000.
(vii) Other leases, sales or other dispositions of its Property
that, together with all other Property of the Company and its
Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of (other than as
provided in clauses (i) through (vi) above) as permitted by this
Section during the twelve-month period ending with the month prior to
the month in which any such lease, sale or other disposition occurs, do
not constitute a Substantial Portion of the Property of the Company and
its Subsidiaries.
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6.13 Investments and Acquisitions. The Company will not, nor will it
permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including
without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in,
Subsidiaries which are not Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor,
or make any Acquisition of any Person, if, after giving effect to such
Investment or Acquisition, on a pro forma basis (a) any Default or Unmatured
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (b) more than 30% of the
projected consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles) for the twelve
month period following such Investment or Acquisition will be derived from
fields of enterprise which are not substantially the same as those conducted by
the Automotive Business (as defined in the Form 10) operations of Rockwell
International as of the Distribution Date.
6.14 Liens. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies
on its Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or
thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles shall have been set
aside on its books.
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and
mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course
of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 90 days
past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside
on its books.
(iii) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's
compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other
social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation.
(iv) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other
encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature
generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character
and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the
same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company
or the Subsidiaries.
(v) Liens existing on the Distribution Date on assets of
Subsidiaries of the Company, in the case of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary on the Distribution Date, and not created in contemplation
of the Spin-Off, provided that no increase in the principal amount
secured thereby shall be permitted.
(vi) Liens in favor of the Company or any Lien granted by any
Subsidiary in favor of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
(vii) Liens existing on such Property at the time of its
acquisition (directly or indirectly) (other than any such Lien created
in contemplation of such acquisition).
(viii) Liens on the Property of a Person that is merged with or
into the Company or a Subsidiary or of a Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after the Closing Date (in each case to the extent such
merger, Acquisition or Investment is otherwise permitted by this
Agreement), provided that (A) such Liens existed at the time such
Person was so merged or became a Subsidiary and were not created in
anticipation of any such transaction, (B) any such Lien does not by its
terms
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cover any additional property or assets acquired after the time such
Person was so merged or became a Subsidiary, and (C) any such Lien does
not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness
existing immediately prior to the time such Person was so merged or
became a Subsidiary.
(ix) Liens resulting from the deposit of funds or evidences of
Indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary.
(x) Bank setoff rights arising in the ordinary course of business.
(xi) Deposits or Liens to secure the performance (and not securing
any Indebtedness) of statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business.
(xii) Judgment or other similar Liens arising in connection with
legal proceedings so long as the execution or other enforcement thereof
is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established appropriate
reserves against such claims in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
(xiii) Any interest or title of a lessor in the property subject
to any Capitalized Lease Obligation (to the extent such Capitalized
Lease Obligation is otherwise permitted by this Agreement) or operating
lease.
(xiv) Liens arising under the Loan Documents, including Section
2.19.7.
(xv) Liens arising in connection with sales or other dispositions
of accounts receivable permitted by Section 6.12(ii).
(xvi) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive
extension, renewal, or replacement) in whole or in part, of any Lien
referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xv) inclusive;
provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so
secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that
such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a
part of the property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or
replaced (plus improvements on such property).
(xvii) Liens securing Indebtedness which are not otherwise
permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section 6.14, provided that
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness secured
by all such Liens shall not exceed 50% of Net Worth:
provided, however, that the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.14 shall
not apply to Margin Stock if and to the extent that the value of the Margin
Stock with respect to which the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
restricted by this Section 6.14 would otherwise exceed 25% of the value of all
assets with respect to which the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
restricted by this Section 6.14.
6.15 Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the
purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or
transfer to, any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business and
pursuant to the
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reasonable requirements of the Company's or such Subsidiary's business and upon
fair and reasonable terms (taken as a whole) no less favorable to the Company or
such Subsidiary than the Company or such Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable
arms-length transaction.
6.16 Contingent Obligations. The Company will not, nor will it permit
any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation (including,
without limitation, any Contingent Obligation with respect to the obligations of
a Subsidiary) in respect of any Indebtedness, except (i) by endorsement of
instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business; (ii)
Contingent Obligations of any Subsidiary with respect to Indebtedness of another
Subsidiary or the Company and Contingent Obligations of the Company with respect
to Indebtedness of a Subsidiary; (iii) Contingent Obligations of the Company
under Article IX; (iv) Contingent Obligations existing on the Distribution Date;
(v) Contingent Obligations with respect to the Facility Letters of Credit; (vi)
Contingent Obligations under Rate Hedging Agreements; (vii) Contingent
Obligations with respect to customary indemnifications and purchase price
adjustment obligations incurred in connection with mergers, Acquisitions,
Investments and sales of assets (in each case to the extent such merger,
Acquisition, Investment or sale of assets is otherwise permitted by this
Agreement); (viii) Contingent Obligations with respect to Indebtedness permitted
by Section 6.10; (ix) Contingent Obligations with respect to customary product
and service warranties; (x) Contingent Obligations with respect to director's,
officer's and other indemnities set forth in any Borrower's or Subsidiary's
organizational documents as in effect from time to time; and (xi) other
Contingent Obligations, provided that the Indebtedness and other liabilities
guaranteed or supported thereby does not exceed in the aggregate for the Company
and all of its Subsidiaries an amount equal to 50% of Net Worth.
6.17 Debt Ratio. The Company shall not permit its Debt Ratio,
calculated on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries, to
exceed 3.0 to 1.0 on the last day of any fiscal quarter.
6.18 Net Worth. The Company shall maintain, on the last day of each
month after the Distribution Date, a Net Worth at least equal to the greater of
(a) 70% of the Net Worth of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date the
Spin-Off is completed (after giving effect thereto) and (b) $150,000,000.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute a Default:
7.1 Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Agents in any Loan
Document, in connection with any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit, or in any
certificate or information delivered in writing in connection with any Loan
Document or a representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of
Rockwell International to the Lenders or the Agents in the Rockwell
International Guaranty or in any certificate or information delivered in writing
in connection with any Loan Document shall be false in any material respect on
the date as of which made.
7.2 Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or nonpayment of
interest on any Loan or of any facility fee within three Business Days after the
same becomes due, or nonpayment of any other obligations under any of the Loan
Documents within ten days after the same becomes due.
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7.3 The breach by any Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of
Sections 6.3, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17 or 6.18.
7.4 The breach by any Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a
Default under Section 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3) of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document which is not remedied within 30 days after
written notice from any Agent.
7.5 Failure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor
to pay when due any Indebtedness or Rate Hedging Obligations aggregating in
excess of $20,000,000 ("Material Indebtedness"); or the default by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor in the performance of any term,
provision or condition (other than such a term, provision or condition to or for
the benefit of a Lender or Affiliate thereof restricting the sale, pledge or
other disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of Margin Stock having a
value in excess of 25% of the value of the assets referred to in Section
221.2(g)(2)(i) of Regulation U unless the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or its staff advises the Agents in writing that the existence of
this Section 7.5 without this parenthetical exception would not in such
circumstances render this Agreement "secured directly or indirectly by margin
stock" within the meaning of its Regulation U) contained in any agreement under
which any such Material Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other
event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which is to cause, or to
permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such
Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any
Material Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor
shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased
(other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity
thereof; or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor shall not
pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they
become due.
7.6 The Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, any other
Borrower or any Guarantor shall (i) have an order for relief entered with
respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect,
(ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek,
consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee,
examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of
its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under
the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up,
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its
debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or
relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the
material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any
corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth
in this Section 7.6 or (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or
proceeding described in Section 7.7.
7.7 Without its application, approval or consent, a receiver, trustee,
examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for the Company, any
of its Significant Subsidiaries, any other Borrower or any Guarantor or any
Substantial Portion of their respective Property, or a proceeding described in
Section 7.6(iv) shall be instituted against the Company, any of its Significant
Subsidiaries, any other Borrower or any Guarantor and such appointment continues
undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period
of 60 consecutive days.
7.8 Any court, government or governmental agency shall without
appropriate compensation condemn, seize or otherwise appropriate, or take
custody or control of (each a "Condemnation"), all or any portion of the
Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor which, when taken
together with all other Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any
Guarantor so condemned, seized,
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appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period
ending with the month in which any such Condemnation occurs, constitutes a
Substantial Portion and is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.9 The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail within 90 days
to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgment or order for the payment of
money in excess of $20,000,000, which is not stayed on appeal.
7.10 Any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an
amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $20,000,000 which it shall have
become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a
Single Employer Plan with Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $20,000,000 (a
"Material Plan") shall be filed under Section 4041(c) of ERISA by any member of
the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the
foregoing; or PBGC shall institute proceedings under which it is likely to
prevail under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than
for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a trustee
to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a condition shall exist by
reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that
any Material Plan must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial
withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of
ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which causes one or more
members of the Controlled Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess
of $20,000,000.
7.11 The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be the subject of any
proceeding or investigation pertaining to the release by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or
substance into the environment, or any violation of any federal, state or local
environmental, health or safety law or regulation, which, in either case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.12 The Company Guaranty or the Rockwell International Guaranty shall
fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to
discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Company
Guaranty or the Rockwell International Guaranty, or any Guarantor shall fail to
observe or comply with any of the terms or provisions of any guaranty to which
it is a party, or any Guarantor denies that it has any further liability under
any guaranty to which it is a party, or gives notice to such effect; provided,
however, that this Section 7.12 shall not apply to the Rockwell International
Guaranty or to Rockwell International as a Guarantor after termination of the
Rockwell International Guaranty in accordance with the terms thereof.
7.13 The occurrence of any Change in Control.
7.14 Unless the Borrowers have complied with the provisions of Section
2.9.10 on or before December 31, 1997, the Spin-Off shall not be completed in
all material respects on or before December 31, 1997 substantially in accordance
with the terms of the Spin-Off described in the Form 10, including without
limitation the transfer of substantially all assets to the Company as described
in the Form 10 and the satisfaction of substantially all conditions precedent to
the Distribution as provided in the Distribution Agreement, a copy of which has
previously been delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date, provided
that if the Tax Ruling (as defined in the Form 10) is not received on a timely
basis a satisfactory favorable tax opinion may be substituted in place thereof.
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ARTICLE VIII
ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Acceleration. (a) If any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7
occurs, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the
obligations of the Issuers to issue Facility Letters of Credit shall
automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which
the Borrowers hereby expressly waive and without any election or action on the
part of either Agent or any Lender and (ii) each Borrower will be and become
thereby unconditionally obligated, without the need for demand or the necessity
of any act or evidence, to deliver to the Administrative Agent, at its address
specified pursuant to Article XIV, for deposit into the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account, an amount (the "Collateral Shortfall Amount") equal to the
excess, if any, of
(A) 100% of the sum of the aggregate maximum amount remaining available
to be drawn under the Facility Letters of Credit requested by such Borrower
(assuming compliance with all conditions for drawing thereunder) issued by an
Issuer and outstanding as of such time, over
(B) the amount on deposit for such Borrower in the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account at such time that is free and clear of all rights and claims
of third parties (other than the Agents and the Lenders) and that has not been
applied by the Lenders against the Obligations of such Borrower.
(b) If any Default occurs and is continuing (other than a Default
described in Section 7.6 or 7.7), (i) the Required Lenders may terminate or
suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and the obligation of the
Issuers to issue Facility Letters of Credit hereunder, or declare the
Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon (if so declared) the
Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrowers hereby
expressly waive and (ii) the Required Lenders may, upon notice delivered to the
Borrowers with outstanding Facility Letters of Credit and in addition to the
continuing right to demand payment of all amounts payable under this Agreement,
make demand on each such Borrower to deliver (and each such Borrower will,
forthwith upon demand by the Required Lenders and without necessity of further
act or evidence, be and become thereby unconditionally obligated to deliver), to
the Administrative Agent, at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV, for
deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to the
Collateral Shortfall Amount payable by such Borrower.
(c) If at any time while any Default is continuing, the Administrative
Agent determines that the Collateral Shortfall Amount at such time is greater
than zero, the Administrative Agent may make demand on the Borrowers with
outstanding Facility Letters of Credit to deliver (and each such Borrower will,
forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent and without necessity of
further act or evidence, be and become thereby unconditionally obligated to
deliver), to the Administrative Agent as additional funds to be deposited and
held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to such
Collateral Shortfall Amount payable by such Borrower at such time.
(d) The Administrative Agent may at any time or from time to time after
funds are deposited in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, apply such funds
to the payment of the Obligations of the relevant Borrowers and any other
amounts as shall from time to time have become due and payable by the relevant
Borrowers to the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
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(e) Neither the Borrowers nor any Person claiming on behalf of or
through the Borrowers shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in
the Letter of Credit Collateral Account. After all of the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, any funds remaining in the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the
applicable Borrower(s) or paid to whoever may be legally entitled thereto at
such time.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are
accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative
Agent accords its own property, it being understood that the Administrative
Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to
preserve rights against any Persons with respect to any such funds.
8.2 Amendments.
8.2.1 Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Required
Lenders (or the Documentation Agent with the consent in writing of the Required
Lenders) and the Borrowers may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing
in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrowers hereunder or waiving
any Default hereunder; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement
shall, without the consent of each Lender affected thereby:
(a) Extend the final maturity of any Loan, Note or Reimbursement
Obligation or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount thereof, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon.
(b) Reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders.
(c) Extend the Facility Termination Date, or reduce the amount or
extend the payment date for, the mandatory payments required under Section 2.9,
or increase the amount of the Multicurrency Commitment or Revolving Credit
Commitment of any Lender hereunder, or permit any Borrower to assign its rights
under this Agreement.
(d) Amend this Section 8.2.1.
(e) Release any Guarantor or reduce any obligation of any Guarantor
in its capacity as a guarantor of the Obligations, other than the release of
Rockwell International from the Rockwell International Guaranty in accordance
with the provisions of the Rockwell International Guaranty.
8.2.2 In addition to amendments effected pursuant to the foregoing,
Schedule 3 may be amended as follows:
(i) Schedule 3 will be amended to add Subsidiaries of the Company
as additional Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers upon (A) execution and
delivery by the Company, any such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and the
Documentation Agent, of a Joinder Agreement providing for any such
Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, and (B) delivery to
the Documentation Agent of (a) a Foreign Subsidiary Opinion in respect
of such additional Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and (b) such other
documents with respect thereto as the Documentation Agent shall
reasonably request.
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(ii) Schedule 3 will be amended to remove any Subsidiary as a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower upon (A) written notice by the Company to
the Administrative Agent to such effect and (B) repayment in full of
all outstanding Loans of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
8.2.3 No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to
either Agent shall be effective without the written consent of such Agent. The
Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee required under Section 13.3.2
without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement.
8.3 Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or
either Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such
right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein,
and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the
inability of the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan
shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise
of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the
terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid
unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2, and
then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies
contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all
shall be available to either Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have
been paid in full.
ARTICLE IX
GUARANTEE
9.1 Guarantee. (a) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees to the Agents and the Lenders and their respective successors,
endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.
(b) The Company further agrees to pay any and all expenses
(including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) which may be paid or incurred by either Agent, or any Lender in
enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect
to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights
with respect to, or collecting against, the Company under this Section. This
Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations are paid in
full and the Commitments are terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time
prior thereto the Borrowers may be free from any Obligations.
(c) No payment or payments made by any Borrower or any other Person
or received or collected by either Agent or any Lender from any Borrower or any
other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or
appropriation or application, at any time or from time to time, in reduction of
or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or
otherwise affect the liability of the Company hereunder which shall,
notwithstanding any such payment or payments, remain liable hereunder for the
Obligations until the Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments are
terminated.
(d) The Company agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to
time, it shall make any payment to either Agent or any Lender on account of its
liability under this Section, it will notify the Agents and such Lender in
writing that such payment is made under this Section for such purpose.
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9.2 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the
Company hereunder, or any set-off or application of funds of the Company by
either Agent or any Lender, the Company shall not be entitled to be subrogated
to any of the rights of either Agent or any Lender against the Borrowers or
against any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by either
Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall the Company
seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrowers
in respect of payments made by the Company hereunder, until all amounts owing to
the Agents and the Lenders by the Borrowers on account of the Obligations are
paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to
the Company on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the
Company in trust for the Agents and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of
the Company, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Company, be turned over to
the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by the Company (duly
endorsed by the Company to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied
against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as
Administrative Agent may determine. The provisions of this paragraph shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of the Commitments.
9.3 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights.
The Company shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against the Company, and without notice to or further
assent by the Company, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by
either Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by such Agent or such Lender, and
any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any
other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or
guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to
time, in whole or in part be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by either Agent or any Lender, and
any Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in
part, in accordance with the provisions thereof as either Agent (or the
requisite Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and
any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by either
Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged,
waived, surrendered or released. None of either Agent or any Lender shall have
any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held
by it as security for the Obligations or for this Agreement or any property
subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against the Company, either
Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar
demand on the Borrowers or any other guarantor, and any failure by either Agent
or any Lender to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the
Borrowers or any such other guarantor or any release of the Borrowers or such
other guarantor shall not relieve the Company of its obligations or liabilities
hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or
implied, or as a matter of law, of either Agent or any Lender against the
Company. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and
continuance of any legal proceedings.
9.4 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. The Company waives any and
all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by either Agent or any Lender
upon this Agreement or acceptance of this Agreement; the Obligations, and any of
them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred,
or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon this Agreement; and
all dealings between the Borrowers and the Company, on the one hand, and the
Agents and the Lenders, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to
have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Agreement. The Company waives
diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon the Borrowers and the Company with respect to the
Obligations. This Article IX shall be construed as a
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continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to
(a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or
guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to
time held by either Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance by the Borrowers)
which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrowers against
either Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or
without notice to or knowledge of the Borrowers or the Company) which
constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal
discharge of the Borrowers for the Obligations, or of the Company under this
Section 9.4, in bankruptcy or in any other instance (other than a defense of
payment or performance by the Borrowers). When pursuing its rights and remedies
hereunder against the Company, either Agent and any Lender may, but shall be
under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against
the Borrowers or any other Person or against any collateral security or
guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and
any failure by either Agent or any Lender to pursue such other rights or
remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrowers or any such other Person
or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any
such right of offset, or any release of the Borrowers or any such other Person
or of any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not
relieve the Company of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect
the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of
law, of either Agent or any Lender against the Company. This Article IX shall
remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the
extent of its terms upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall
inure to the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, until all the Obligations and
the obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall have been satisfied by
payment in full and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that
from time to time during the term of this Agreement the Borrowers may be free
from any Obligations.
9.5 Reinstatement. This Article IX shall continue to be effective, or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned
by either Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of any Borrower or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar
officer for, any Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise,
all as though such payments had not been made.
9.6 Payments. The Company hereby agrees that all payments required to
be made by it hereunder will be made to the Administrative Agent without set-off
or counterclaim in accordance with the terms of the Obligations, including,
without limitation, in the currency in which payment is due.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of
the Borrowers contained in this Agreement shall survive delivery of the Loan
Documents and the making of the Loans herein contemplated.
10.2 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to a
Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any
applicable statute or regulation.
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10.3 Taxes. Any taxes (excluding income taxes and franchise taxes
(imposed in lieu of income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative
Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing
such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein
(other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or
such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received
a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document)) or
other similar assessments or charges made by any governmental or revenue
authority in respect of the Loan Documents shall be paid by the Company,
together with interest and penalties, if any.
10.4 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of
the provisions of the Loan Documents.
10.5 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement
and understanding among the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings among the Borrower, the Agents and the
Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof other than any fee letters among
any Borrowers and either of the Agents and any other agreements of any of the
Borrowers with either Agent which survive the execution of the Loan Documents.
10.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender
shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which either
Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any
right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and
their respective successors and assigns.
10.7 Expenses; Indemnification. The Company shall reimburse each Agent
for any reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and time charges of attorneys for such Agent, which attorneys may be employees
of such Agent) paid or incurred by such Agent in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, review, amendment, modification
and administration of the Loan Documents, except as otherwise agreed in writing
from time to time. The Company also agrees to reimburse the Agents and the
Lenders for any reasonable costs, and out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agents and the Lenders,
which attorneys may be employees of the Agents or the Lenders) paid or incurred
by either Agent or any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement
of the Loan Documents subject to the limitations set forth below. The Company
further agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender, and their respective
directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages,
penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not either Agent
or any Lender is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out
of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions
contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed
application of the proceeds of any Loan subject to the limitations set forth
below, provided that the Company shall have no obligation to indemnify any
person in respect of any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings except as (and to the
extent) provided in Section 3.6 and Section 10.3 hereof. The Company shall have
no obligation to indemnify any Agent or Lender (or their respective directors,
officers and employees) to the extent that any losses, claims, damages,
penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order to have resulted from
the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of, or violation of applicable laws or
any of the Loan Documents by, any such Person. The obligations of the Company
under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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10.8 Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents,
and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the appropriate Agent with
sufficient counterparts so that each Agent may furnish one to each of the
Lenders.
10.9 Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
10.10 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document
that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction
shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid
without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the
operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other
jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared
to be severable.
10.11 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between the Borrowers
and the Lenders and the Agents shall be solely that of borrower and lender.
Neither either Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to
any Borrower. Neither either Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility
to any Borrower to review or inform any Borrower of any matter in connection
with any phase of such Borrower's business or operations. Each Borrower agrees
that neither either Agent nor any Lender shall have liability to any Borrower
(whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by any
Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the
transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan
Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith,
unless it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable order that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of, or violation of applicable laws or any of the Loan
Documents by, the party from which recovery is sought. Neither either Agent nor
any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and each Borrower hereby
waives, releases and agrees not to xxx for, any special, indirect or
consequential damages suffered by the Borrowers in connection with, arising out
of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated
thereby.
10.12 Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to hold any confidential
information which it may receive from any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement in
confidence, and will not disclose or use for any purpose other than its credit
evaluation under this Agreement such confidential information, except for
disclosure; (i) to any Transferee or prospective Transferee to the extent
provided in Section 13.4; (ii) to legal counsel, accountants and other
professional advisors to that Lender to the extent necessary to advise that
Lender concerning its rights or obligations in respect of this Agreement;
provided that such professional advisor agrees to hold any confidential
information which it may receive in confidence and not to disclose or use such
confidential information for any purpose other than advising that Lender with
respect to its rights and obligations under this Agreement; (iii) to regulatory
officials to the extent required by applicable law, rule, regulations, order,
policy or directive (whether or not any such policy or directive has the force
of law); and (iv) pursuant to any order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction (or as otherwise required by law); provided,
however, that the Lender (or other Person given confidential information by such
Lender) shall provide the Company with prompt notice of any such required
disclosure so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate
remedy, and in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not
obtained, such Lender (or such other Person) will furnish only that portion of
the confidential information which is legally required.
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10.13 Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying
on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) for the repayment of the Loans provided
for herein.
ARTICLE XI
THE AGENTS
11.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship. Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York is hereby appointed by the Lenders as the Administrative
Agent hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders
irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the contractual
representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents. NBD Bank is hereby appointed by the
Lenders as the Documentation Agent hereunder and under each other Loan Document,
and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Documentation Agent to act as
the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights and duties
expressly set forth herein and any other Loan Documents. Each Agent agrees to
act as such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in
this Article XI. Notwithstanding the use of the defined terms "Administrative
Agent," "Documentation Agent", and "Agents", it is expressly understood and
agreed that neither Agent shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to any
Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that each
Agent is merely acting as the representative of the Lenders with only those
duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders' contractual representative, each
Agent (i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders,
(ii) is a "representative" of the Lenders within the meaning of Section 9-105 of
the Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) is acting as an independent contractor,
the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to
assert no claim against either Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of
liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby
waives.
11.2 Powers. Each Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under
the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms of
each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Neither Agent shall have any implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to
the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically
provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by such Agent.
11.3 General Immunity. Neither Agent nor any of their respective
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrowers, the
Lenders or any Lender for (a) any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or
them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct; or
(b) any determination by either Agent that compliance with any law or any
governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) requires the Advances and
Commitments hereunder to be classified as being part of a "highly leveraged
transaction".
11.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. Neither Agent nor any
of their directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or
have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any statement, warranty
or representation made in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing
hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or
agreements of any
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obligor under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any agreement by
an obligor to furnish information directly to each Lender; (iii) the
satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV; (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness, sufficiency or genuineness of any Loan Document
or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; or (v) the
value, sufficiency, creation, perfection or priority of any interest in any
collateral security. Neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose to the
Lenders information that is not required to be furnished by the Borrowers to
such Agent at such time, but is voluntarily furnished by the Borrowers to such
Agent (either in its capacity as an Agent or in its individual capacity).
11.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders. Each Agent shall in all cases
be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under
any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the
Required Lenders or all Lenders if required under Section 8.2.1), and such
instructions and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be
binding on all of the Lenders and on all holders of the Obligations. The Lenders
hereby acknowledge that neither Agent shall be under any duty to take any
discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in
writing to do so by the Required Lenders. Each Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan
Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
11.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel. Each Agent may execute any of
its duties as an Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through
employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the
Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized
agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. Each Agent shall be entitled to advice of
counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its
duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
11.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel. Each Agent shall be entitled to
rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to
legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by such Agent, which counsel
may be employees of such Agent.
11.8 Agents' Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to
reimburse and indemnify (to the extent not reimbursed by a Borrower and without
limiting the obligation of any Borrower to do so) each Agent ratably in
proportion to their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have been
terminated, in proportion to their Commitments immediately prior to such
termination) (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Company for which such
Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Company or the other Borrowers under
the Loan Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by such Agent on behalf
of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents and (iii) for any
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or
arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection
therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of
the terms thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no Lender shall
be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent. The obligations of the Lenders
under this Section 11.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination
of this Agreement.
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11.9 Notice of Default. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default
hereunder unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender or a
Borrower referring to this Agreement describing such Default or Unmatured
Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that
either Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall give prompt notice thereof
to the Lenders.
11.10 Rights as a Lender. In the event either Agent is a Lender, such
Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan
Document as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent,
and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, at any time when such Agent is a
Lender, unless the context otherwise indicates, include such Agent in its
individual capacity. Either Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and
generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in
addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Company or such Subsidiary is
not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person.
11.11 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and
based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrowers and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon either 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 and the
other Loan Documents.
11.12 Successor Agents. Either Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Company, such resignation to be
effective upon the appointment of such a successor Agent or, if no such
successor Agent has been appointed, forty-five days after the retiring Agent
gives notice of its intention to resign. Either Agent may be removed at any time
with or without cause by written notice received by such Agent from the Required
Lenders, such removal to be effective on the date specified by the Required
Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have
the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor
Agent to such Agent. If no such successor Agent shall have been so appointed by
the Required Lenders within thirty days after such resigning Agent's giving
notice of its intention to resign, then such resigning Agent may appoint, on
behalf of the Company and the Lenders, a successor Agent for itself. If either
Agent has resigned or been removed and no successor Agent has been appointed,
the Lenders may perform all the duties of such Agent hereunder and the Company
shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable Lender
and for all other purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No successor
Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Agent has
accepted the appointment. Any such successor Agent shall be a commercial bank
having capital and retained earnings of at least $50,000,000. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Agent. Upon
the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of either Agent, the resigning
or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder
and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the resignation or
removal of an Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall continue in effect
for the benefit of such Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was acting as an Agent hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents.
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ARTICLE XII
SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS
12.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of
the Lenders under applicable law, if any Default described in Sections 7.2, 7.6
or 7.7 occurs or the Loans are accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, any and all
deposits (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and
whether or not collected or available) and any other Indebtedness at any time
held or owing by any Lender to or for the credit or account of any Borrower may
be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender
by such Borrower.
12.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise,
has payment made to it upon its Loans to a Borrower (other than payments
received pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 or 10.7) in a greater proportion
than that received by any other Lender from such Borrower or its Loans, such
Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Loans to such
Borrower held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will
hold its ratable proportion of Loans to such Borrower. If any Lender, whether in
connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise,
receives collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts
which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to
take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such
collateral ratably in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is
disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall
be made.
12.3 Loan Conversion/Participations. (a)(i) On any Conversion Date, to
the extent not otherwise prohibited by a Requirement of Law or otherwise, all
Loans outstanding in any currency other than U.S. Dollars ("Loans to be
Converted") shall be converted into U.S. Dollars (calculated on the basis of the
relevant Exchange Rates as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Conversion Date) ("Converted Loans") and (ii) on the Conversion Date (with
respect to Loans described in the foregoing clause (i)) (A) each Lender
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall purchase in U.S.
Dollars a participating interest in such Converted Loans in an amount equal to
its Conversion Sharing Percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the
Converted Loans and (B) to the extent necessary to cause the Committed
Outstandings Percentage of each Lender to equal its Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage (calculated immediately prior to the termination or expiration of the
Revolving Credit Loans), each Lender severally, unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees that it shall purchase or sell a participating interest in Revolving
Credit Loans then outstanding. Each Lender will immediately transfer to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, the amounts of its
participation(s), and the proceeds of such participation(s) shall be distributed
by the Administrative Agent to each Lender from which a participating interest
is being purchased in the amount(s) provided for in the preceding sentence. All
Converted Loans shall bear interest at the rate which would otherwise be
applicable to Floating Rate Loans.
(b) If, for any reason, the Loans to be Converted may not be converted
into U.S. Dollars in the manner contemplated by paragraph (a) of this Section
12.3, (i) effective on such Conversion Date, each Lender severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall purchase a participating
interest in such Loans to be Converted, in an amount equal to its Conversion
Sharing Percentage of such Loans to be Converted, and (ii) each Lender shall
purchase or sell participating interests as provided in clause (a)(ii)(B) of
this Section 12.3. Each Lender will immediately transfer to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds, the amount(s) of its participation(s), and
the proceeds of such participation(s) shall be distributed by the Administrative
Agent to each relevant Lender in the amount(s) provided for in the preceding
sentence.
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(c) To the extent any Non-Excluded Taxes are required to be withheld
from any amounts payable by a Lender to another Lender in connection with its
participating interest in any Converted Loan, each Borrower, with respect to the
relevant Loans made to it, shall be required to pay increased amounts to the
Lender receiving such payments to the same extent they would be required under
Section 3.6 if such Borrower were making payments directly to such Lender.
(d) At any time after the actions contemplated by clause (a) or (b)
of this Section 12.3 have been taken, upon the notice of any Lender to the
Borrowers the following shall occur: (i) the Company (through the Guaranty
contained in Article IX) shall automatically be deemed to have assumed the
Converted Loans in which such Lender holds a participation, and (ii) such Loans
shall be assigned by the relevant Lender holding such Loans or obligations to
the Lender who gave the notice requesting such assumption by the Company.
ARTICLE XIII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
13.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the Loan
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers and
the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (i) the
Borrowers shall not have the right to assign their rights or obligations under
the Loan Documents and (ii) any assignment by any Lender must be made in
compliance with Section 13.3. Notwithstanding clause (ii) of this Section, any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of the Borrowers or either Agent,
assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, the Loan Documents
to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such assignment to a
Federal Reserve Bank shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations
hereunder. The Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any Loan Document as
the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until such payee complies
with Section 13.3 in the case of an assignment thereof or, in the case of any
other transfer, a written notice of the transfer is filed with the
Administrative Agent. Any assignee or transferee of any of the Loans or a Note
agrees by acceptance thereof to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the
Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the time
of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the owner of any
of the Loans or a holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes
issued in exchange therefor.
13.2 Participations.
13.2.1 Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the ordinary
course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell
to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating interests
in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment
of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the Loan Documents. In
the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a
Participant, such Lender's obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain
unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the
holder of any such Loan or Note for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all
amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be determined as if
such Lender had not sold such participating interests (including without
limitation payments with respect to Non-Excluded Taxes), and the Borrowers and
the Agents shall continue to deal
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solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents.
13.2.2 Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to
approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other than any amendment,
modification or waiver with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such
Participant has an interest which would require the consent of all Lenders under
Section 8.2.1.
13.2.3 Benefit of Setoff. The Borrowers agrees that each Participant
shall be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 12.1 in respect
of its participating interest in amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the
same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly
to it as a Lender under the Loan Documents, provided that each Lender shall
retain the right of setoff provided in Section 12.1 with respect to the amount
of participating interests sold to each Participant. The Lenders agree to share
with each Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff
provided in Section 12.1, agrees to share with each Lender, any amount received
pursuant to the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared in
accordance with Section 12.2 as if each Participant were a Lender.
13.3 Assignments.
13.3.1 Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of
its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to one or
more banks, finance companies, insurance companies or other financial
institutions or funds that are engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise
investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business or, after
the occurrence of any Default, any other entity ("Purchasers") all or any part
of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. Such assignment shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto (an "Assignment") or in such other
form as may be agreed to by the parties thereto. The consent of the Company, the
Documentation Agent, the Administrative Agent and any Issuer shall be required
prior to an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is
not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that if a Default has
occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Company shall not be required.
Such consent by the Company shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each
such assignment shall be in an amount not less than the lesser of (i)
$10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 thereafter, or (ii) the
remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment (calculated as at the date
of such assignment). If any Lender assigns a part of its rights and obligations
in respect of Revolving Credit Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitment under
this Agreement to a Purchaser, such Lender shall assign proportionate interests
in its respective Multicurrency Loans and Multicurrency Commitment and other
related rights and obligations hereunder to such Purchaser, and if any Lender
assigns a part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of
its Multicurrency Loans and/or Multicurrency Commitments to a Purchaser, such
Lender shall assign proportionate interests in its Revolving Credit Loans and
Revolving Credit Commitments to such Purchaser.
13.3.2 Effect; Effective Date. Upon (i) delivery to the Agents of a
notice of assignment, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I to Exhibit
M hereto (a "Notice of Assignment"), together with any consents required by
Section 13.3.1, and (ii) payment of a $2,500 fee to the Administrative Agent for
processing such assignment (provided that such fee shall not be required if such
assignment is to an existing Lender or an Affiliate thereof, such assignment
shall become effective on the effective date specified in such Notice of
Assignment. The Notice of Assignment shall contain a representation by the
Purchaser to the effect that none of the consideration used to make the purchase
of the Commitment and Loans under the applicable assignment agreement are "plan
assets" as defined under ERISA and that the rights and interests of the
Purchaser in and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under
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ERISA. On and after the effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser shall
for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and any other Loan Document
executed by the Lenders and shall have all the rights and obligations of a
Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original
party hereto, and no further consent or action by the Company, the Lenders or
the Agents shall be required to release the transferor Lender with respect to
the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment and Loans assigned to such Purchaser.
Upon the consummation of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section
13.3.2, the transferor Lender, the Documentation Agent and the Company shall
make appropriate arrangements so that replacement Notes, if applicable, are
issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement
Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts
reflecting their Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment.
13.4 Dissemination of Information. Each Borrower authorizes each Lender
to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an
interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a "Transferee") and any
prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender's possession
concerning the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries provided
that each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section
10.12.
13.5 Tax Treatment. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred
to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause
such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply
with the provisions of Section 3.6.
ARTICLE XIV
NOTICES
14.1 Notices. Except as otherwise permitted by Article II with respect
to borrowing notices, all notices, requests and other communications to any
party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, facsimile transmission
or similar writing) and shall be given to such party: (x) in the case of a
Borrower or an Agent, at its address or facsimile number set forth on the
signature pages hereof, (y) in the case of any Lender, at its address or
facsimile number set forth in Schedule 1 hereto or otherwise established
pursuant to an Assignment or (z) in the case of any party, such other address or
facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice
to the Administrative Agent and the Company. Each such notice, request or other
communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when
transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation
of receipt is received, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication
is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as
aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address
specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Agents under Article II
shall not be effective until received.
14.2 Change of Address. Any Borrower, either Agent and any Lender may
each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to
the other parties hereto.
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ARTICLE XV
COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This
Agreement shall be effective when it has been executed by the Borrowers, the
Agents and the Lenders and each party has notified the Documentation Agent by
telex or telephone, that it has taken such action.
ARTICLE XVI
CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION,
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY
16.1 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A
CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT
GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
16.2 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH BORROWER, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER
HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY
WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
16.3 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each of the Company and
the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action
or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York in New York County, the courts of the United States of
America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate
courts from any thereof;
(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be
brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in
any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail),
postage prepaid, to the Company or such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower, as the case may be, at the address specified in Section
14.1, or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent
shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
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(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or
shall limit the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(v) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or
proceeding referred to in this subsection any special, exemplary,
punitive or consequential damages.
(b) Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the
Company as its agent for service of process in any proceeding referred to in
Section 16.3(i) and agrees that service of process in any such proceeding may be
made by mailing or delivering a copy thereof to it care of Company at its
address for notices set forth in Section 14.1.
16.4 Acknowledgments. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) none of either Agent or any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to such Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and
the relationship between the Agents and the Lenders, on the one hand,
and the Borrowers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or
therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan
Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions
contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrowers and the
Lenders.
16.5 Power of Attorney. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereby grants
to the Company an irrevocable power of attorney to act as its attorney-in-fact
with regard to matters relating to this Agreement and each other Loan Document,
including, without limitation, execution and delivery of any amendments,
supplements, waivers or other modifications hereto or thereto, receipt of any
notices hereunder or thereunder and receipt of service of process in connection
herewith or therewith. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereby explicitly
acknowledges that each Agent and each Lender have executed and delivered this
Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and has performed
its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is
a party, in reliance upon the irrevocable grant of such power of attorney
pursuant to this subsection. The power of attorney granted by each Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower hereunder is coupled with an interest.
16.6 Judgment. (a) If for the purpose 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, under applicable law that the rate of exchange used shall be
that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative
Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency in the city in
which it normally conducts its foreign exchange operation for the first currency
on the Business Day preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any sum due from it
to any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the
"Judgment Currency") other than that in
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which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of
this Agreement (the "Agreement Currency"), be discharged only to the extent that
on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender of any sum adjudged to be
so due in the Judgment Currency such Lender may in accordance with normal
banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency;
if the amount of Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally
due to such Lender in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees
notwithstanding any such judgment to indemnify such Lender against such loss,
and if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased exceeds the sum
originally due to any Lender, such Lender agrees to remit to such Borrower such
excess.
16.7 Unification of Certain Currencies. If the "Euro" (or some other
similar unit of account) becomes a currency in its own right in connection with
European monetary union contemplated by the Maastricht Treaty, then each of the
Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agents agrees to negotiate in good faith an
amendment to this Agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Borrowers,
the Lenders and the Documentation Agent to account therefor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agents have
executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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NBD BANK, as Documentation Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
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000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
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BANK OF AMERICA NT & SA
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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BANK OF TOKYO - MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxx
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Print Name: X.X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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CITIBANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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COMERICA BANK
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, New York Branch
and/or Cayman Islands Branch
By: /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Director
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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MELLON BANK N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Print Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Senior Vice President
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CIBC INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Director, CIBC Wood Gundy
Securities Corp., As Agent
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CREDIT ITALIANO SpA
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: FVP & Deputy Manager
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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CREDIT LYONNAIS CHICAGO BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
Branch Manager
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SWISS BANK CORPORATION, NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Executive Director
Credit Risk Management
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Title: Associate Director
Banking Finance
Support, N.A.
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XXX XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX
By: /s/ F.C.H. Xxxxx
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Print Name: F.C.H. Xxxxx
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Title: Senior Manager Loan Operations
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TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXXX, XxX
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Deputy General Manager
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
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WESTPAC BANKING
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT B
PRICING SCHEDULE
(A) The Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans and Multicurrency Loans, the
Facility Fee payable pursuant to Section 2.8 and the Letter of Credit Fee
payable pursuant to Section 2.19.6 shall, subject to paragraph (B) below, be
determined in accordance with the Financial Ratio Grid set forth below based on
the Company's Debt Ratio in effect from time to time.
(B) If at any time the Company has both a Xxxxx'x Bond Rating and an S&P Bond
Rating, the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans and Multicurrency Loans,
Facility Fee and Letter of Credit Fee shall be determined in accordance with the
Ratings Grid set forth below. The Ratings Grid will become effective five (5)
days after the Company has received both a Xxxxx'x Bond Rating and an S&P Bond
Rating and any change will be effective five (5) days after a change in any such
rating.
Financial Ratio Grid (in basis points)
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Debt Ratio: less than .75 equal to or equal to or equal to or equal to or
greater than greater than greater than greater than 2.5
.75 but less 1.25 but less 2 but less
than 1.25 than 2 than 2.5
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Facility Fee: 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.5 20.0
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Applicable Margin over 15.5 17.0 20.0 25.0 35.0
Eurocurrency or Eurodollar Rate:
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Letter of Credit Fee: 15.5 17.0 20.0 25.0 35.0
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Ratings Grid (in basis points)
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Ratings: S&P Bond Rating/ A- or BBB+ or BBB or BBB- or less than BBB-
Xxxxx'x Bond Rating X0 Xxx0 Xxx0 Xxx0 and Baa3
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Facility Fee: 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.5 20.0
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Applicable Margin over 15.5 17.0 20.0 25.0 35.0
Eurocurrency or Eurodollar Rate:
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Letter of Credit Fee: 15.5 17.0 20.0 25.0 35.0
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When the Financial Ratio Grid is in effect, the Applicable Margin, the
Facility Fee and the Letter of Credit Fee shall be adjusted quarterly (upward or
downward), if necessary, five (5) days after the date the Company's financial
statements are required to be delivered for such quarter pursuant to Section
6.1. the initial pricing shall be based on the Financial Ratio Grid and based
upon a Debt Ratio greater than or equal to 1.25 but less than 2, and such
pricing shall not be adjusted until the first applicable date after the
Distribution Date.
When the Ratings Grid is in effect, the Applicable Margin for
Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, Facility Fee and Letter of Credit Fee
will be adjusted (upward or downward), if necessary, five (5) days after a
change in any such rating. In the event the ratings fall within different levels
identified in the Ratings Grid, the higher rating shall be applicable unless the
ratings differential between the S&P Bond Rating and the Xxxxx'x Bond Rating is
greater than one rating grade. If the differential is greater than one
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rating grade, the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans,
Facility Fee and Letter of Credit Fee shall be determined as if the applicable
rating were one (1) rating's grade below the higher of the then effective S&P
Bond Rating and the Xxxxx'x Bond Rating.
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[Other Exhibits and Schedules to the Credit Agreement omitted]
