AMENDED AND RESTATED 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of November 22, 2002
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 22, 2002
THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation ("TBC" or the "Company"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders (collectively, the "Initial Lenders") party hereto, XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC., and JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as syndication agent, and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Agent"), hereby agree as follows:
(1) The Company is party to a 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of November 23, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to (but not including) the date of this Amendment and Restatement, the "Existing Credit Agreement") with the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders and such other lenders. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment and Restatement shall have the same meanings as specified in the Existing Credit Agreement.
(2) The parties to this Amendment and Restatement desire to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein and to restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement with the following amendments.
(3) The Company has requested that the Lenders agree to extend credit to it from time to time in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3,000,000,000 for general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited under the terms of this Amendment and Restatement. The Lenders have indicated their willingness to agree to extend credit to the Company from time to time in such amount on the terms and conditions of this Amendment and Restatement.
SECTION 1. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. The Existing Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date of this Amendment and Restatement and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, hereby amended as follows:
(a) The definition of "Applicable Margin" in Section 1.1 is amended by deleting the grid in clause (ii) thereof and substituting therefor the following:
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0.100 |
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0.500 |
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0.240 |
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0.650 |
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Level III |
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0.280 |
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0.750 |
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0.350 |
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1.000 |
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0.475 |
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1.375 |
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(b) The definition of "Applicable Percentage" in Section 1.1 is amended by deleting the grid contained therein and substituting therefor the following:
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0.060 |
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Level III |
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0.070 |
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(c) The definition of "Termination Date" in Section 1.1 is amended by deleting the date "November 22, 2002" and substituting therefor the date "November 21, 2003".
(d) Section 2.20(a)(v) is amended by deleting the date "November 23, 2001" and substituting therefor the date "November 22, 2002".
(e) Section 3.1(e) is amended (i) by deleting the date "December 31, 2000" and substituting therefor the date "December 31, 2001" and (ii) by deleting the date "September 30, 2001" and substituting therefor the date "September 30, 2002".
(f) Section 3.1(h) is amended by deleting the date "December 31, 2000" and substituting therefor the date "December 31, 2001".
(f) Section 4.1 is amended by adding to the end thereof a new clause (e) to read as follows:
(e) Material Compliance With Laws. Comply in all material respects with all applicable laws (including ERISA and applicable environmental laws), except to the extent that failure to so comply would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or operations of the Company.
(g) Schedule I is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule I to this Amendment and Restatement.
SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness of this Amendment and Restatement. This Amendment and Restatement shall become effective as of the date first above written (the "Restatement Effective Date") when and only if:
(a) The Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment and Restatement executed by the Company and all of the Initial Lenders or, as to any of the Initial Lenders, advice satisfactory to the Agent that such Initial Lender has executed this Amendment and Restatement.
(b) The Agent shall have received on or before the Restatement Effective Date the following, each dated such date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and in sufficient copies for each Initial Lender:
(i) Documentation. Copies of all documents, certified by an officer of TBC, evidencing necessary corporate action by TBC and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Amendment and Restatement, to the Notes, if any, and to Guaranties to be delivered by TBC pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Existing Credit Agreement;
(ii) Officer's Certificate. A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of TBC which certifies the names of the officers of TBC authorized to sign the Notes, if any, and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, together with true specimen signatures of such officers and facsimile signatures of officers authorized to sign by facsimile signature (on which certificate each Lender may conclusively rely until it receives a further certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of TBC canceling or amending the prior certificate and submitting specimen signatures of the officers named in such further certificate);
(iii) Opinion of Company Counsel. A favorable opinion of counsel for TBC substantially in the form of Exhibit G to the Existing Credit Agreement but with such modifications as are required to address the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and Restatement and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, which opinion TBC hereby expressly instructs such counsel to prepare and deliver; and
(iv) Opinion of Agent's Counsel. A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Existing Credit Agreement but with such modifications as are required to address the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and Restatement, which opinion the Agent hereby expressly instructs such counsel to prepare and deliver.
(c) The representations and warranties contained in Section 3.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be correct on and as of the Restatement Effective Date, before and after giving effect to the Restatement Effective Date, as though made on and as of such date.
(d) No event shall have occurred and be continuing, or shall occur as a result of the occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date, that constitutes a Default.
SECTION 3. Reference to and Effect on the Existing Credit Agreement and the Notes. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment and Restatement, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes to "the Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and Restatement.
(b) The Existing Credit Agreement and the Notes, as specifically amended by this Amendment and Restatement, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) Without limiting any of the other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and Restatement, any references in the Existing Credit Agreement to the phrases "on the date hereof", "on the date of this Agreement" or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the date of the Existing Credit Agreement (which is November 23, 2001).
SECTION 4. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment and Restatement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent with respect hereto and thereto) in accordance with the terms of Section 8.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
SECTION 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment and Restatement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment and Restatement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment and Restatement.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Amendment and Restatement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment and Restatement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
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SCHEDULE I
APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
Name of Initial Lender |
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Domestic Lending Office |
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Eurodollar Lending Office |
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ABN Amro Bank, N.V. |
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