FIVE YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of December 16, 2005 Among KBR HOLDINGS, LLC as Borrower, THE ISSUING BANKS NAMED HEREIN as Issuing Banks, THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN as Banks, CITIBANK, N.A. as Paying Agent and Co- Administrative Agent, HSBC...
EXHIBIT
10.30
U.S.$
850,000,000
FIVE
YEAR
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of December 16, 2005
Among
KBR
HOLDINGS, LLC
as
Borrower,
THE
ISSUING BANKS NAMED HEREIN
as
Issuing Banks,
THE
BANKS
NAMED HEREIN
as
Banks,
CITIBANK,
N.A.
as
Paying
Agent and Co-Administrative Agent,
HSBC
BANK
USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Co-Administrative Agent,
UBS
SECURITIES LLC
as
Syndication Agent,
and
THE
ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as
Co-Documentation Agents
Co-Lead
Arrangers:
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
HSBC
SECURITIES (USA) INC.
and
UBS
SECURITIES LLC
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
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Article
I
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DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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Section
1.01 Certain
Defined
Terms.............................................................................................................................................................
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1
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Section
1.02 Computation
of Time
Periods.................................................................................................................................................
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Section
1.03 Accounting
Terms;
GAAP.....................................................................................................................................................
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18
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Section
1.04 Miscellaneous...........................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
1.05 Ratings.......................................................................................................................................................................................
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Article
II
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AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES
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Section
2.01 The
Revolving Credit
Advances...........................................................................................................................................
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Section
2.02 Making
the Revolving Credit
Advances..............................................................................................................................
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20
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Section
2.03 Issuance
of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of
Credit.........................................................................
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21
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Section
2.04 Fees............................................................................................................................................................................................
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23
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Section
2.05 Reduction
of
Commitments.....................................................................................................................................................
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23
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Section
2.06 Repayment
of Advances; Required Cash
Collateral...........................................................................................................
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23
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Section
2.07 Interest.......................................................................................................................................................................................
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25
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Section
2.08 Additional
Interest on Eurodollar Rate
Advances..............................................................................................................
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26
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Section
2.09 Interest
Rate
Determination....................................................................................................................................................
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26
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Section
2.10 Optional
Prepayments.............................................................................................................................................................
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27
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Section
2.11 Payments
and
Computations..................................................................................................................................................
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28
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Section
2.12 Increased
Costs and Capital
Requirements..........................................................................................................................
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29
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Section
2.13 Taxes..........................................................................................................................................................................................
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30
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Section
2.14 Sharing
of Payments,
Etc........................................................................................................................................................
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33
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Section
2.15 Illegality.....................................................................................................................................................................................
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33
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Section
2.16 Conversion
of
Advances........................................................................................................................................................
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34
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Section
2.17 Replacement
or Removal of
Bank..........................................................................................................................................
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35
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Section
2.18 Evidence
of
Indebtedness......................................................................................................................................................
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35
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Section
2.19 Increase
in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments; Increase in
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Letter of Credit
Commitment...................................................................................................................................................
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Article
III
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CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
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Section
3.01 Conditions
Precedent to
Effectiveness................................................................................................................................
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Section
3.02 Conditions
Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Advance, Each
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Commitment Increase and Each Issuance, Renewal, Amendment,
Increase
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and Extension of Each Letter of
Credit.................................................................................................................................
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Section
3.03 Determinations
Under Section
3.01.......................................................................................................................................
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Article
IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Section
4.01 Representations
and Warranties of the
Borrower..............................................................................................................
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Article
V
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COVENANTS
OF THE BORROWER
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Section
5.01 Affirmative
Covenants............................................................................................................................................................
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45
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Section
5.02 Negative
Covenants................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
5.03 Financial
Covenants................................................................................................................................................................
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58
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Section
5.04 Pre-IPO
Repositioning
Exclusion...........................................................................................................................................
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59
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Article
VI
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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Section
6.01 Events
of
Default......................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
6.02 Actions
in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon
Default.................................................................................................
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Article
VII
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THE
AGENT
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Section
7.01 Authorization
and
Action.......................................................................................................................................................
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62
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Section
7.02 Agent’s
Reliance,
Etc..............................................................................................................................................................
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62
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Section
7.03 The
Agent and its
Affiliates...................................................................................................................................................
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Section
7.04 Bank
Credit
Decision...............................................................................................................................................................
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Section
7.05 Indemnification.........................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
7.06 Successor
Agent......................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
7.07 Co-Lead
Arrangers, Co-Administrative Agents, Syndication Agent,
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Co-Documentation
Agents....................................................................................................................................................
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Article
VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
8.01 Amendments,
Etc.....................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.02 Notices,
Etc...............................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.03 No
Waiver;
Remedies..............................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.04 Expenses
and Taxes;
Compensation.....................................................................................................................................
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67
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Section
8.05 Right
of
Set-Off.........................................................................................................................................................................
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68
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Section
8.06 Limitation
and Adjustment of
Interest..................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.07 Binding
Effect...........................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.08 Assignments
and
Participations............................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.09 No
Liability of Issuing
Banks.................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.10 Execution
in
Counterparts.......................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.11 Judgment...................................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.12 Governing
Law..........................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.13 Jurisdiction;
Damages.............................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.14 Confidentiality..........................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.15 Patriot
Act
Notice.....................................................................................................................................................................
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Section
8.16 Waiver
of Jury
Trial.................................................................................................................................................................
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
I - Commitments
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Schedule
II - Bank
Information
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Schedule
III - Subsidiary
Guarantors
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Schedule
4.01(b) - Loan
Parties
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Schedule
4.01(i) - Disclosed
Litigation
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Schedule5.02(a)(i) - Existing
Liens
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Schedule
5.02(b)(ii) - Existing
Debt
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A - Form
of Note
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Exhibit
B-1 - Form
of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
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Exhibit
B-2 - Form
of Notice of Issuance and Application for Letter of Credit
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Exhibit
C-1 - Form
of Opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Exhibit
C-2 - Form
of Opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Exhibit
C-3 - Form
of Opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx, LLP as Counsel to the Borrower
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Exhibit
D - Form
of Guarantee
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Exhibit
E - Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit
F - Form
of Subordination Agreement
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Exhibit
G - Form
of Halliburton Cash Management Note
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Exhibit
H - Form
of Indemnity Agreement
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Exhibit
I - Form
of KBR Cash Management Note
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FIVE
YEAR
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of December 16, 2005
KBR
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”),
the
lenders party hereto and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association
(“Citibank”),
as
Paying Agent hereunder, agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section
1.01 Certain
Defined Terms.
As used
in this Agreement, the terms “Borrower” and “Citibank” shall have the meanings
set forth above and the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the
terms defined):
“Advance”
means
a
Revolving Credit Advance under Section 2.01 or a Letter of Credit Advance under
Section 2.03 and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance
(each, a “Type”
of
Advance).
“Affected
Bank”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“Affiliate”
means,
as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls,
is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Subsidiary
of
such Person.
“Agent”
means
Citibank in its capacity as Paying Agent pursuant to Article VII and any
successor in such capacity pursuant to Section 7.06.
“Agent’s
Account”
means
the account of the Agent maintained by the Agent with Citibank at its office
at
0 Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Account No. 00000000,
Attention: Halliburton Account Officer, or such other account as the Agent
shall
specify in writing to the Banks.
“Agent
Parties”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Agreement”
means
this Five Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among
the
Borrower, the Banks and the Agent, as amended from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate”
has
the
meaning specified in Annex A hereto.
“Applicable
Lending Office”
means,
with respect to each Bank, (i) in the case of a Base Rate Advance, such Bank’s
Domestic Lending Office, and (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance,
such
Bank’s Eurodollar Lending Office.
“Applicable
Margin”
has
the
meaning specified in Annex A hereto.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”
means
an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee,
and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E.
“Assuming
Lender”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
“Assumption
Agreement”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
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“Available
Amount”
of
any
Letter of Credit means, at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time as set forth
in
Section 2.01(b) (assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to
drawing).
“Banks”
means
the Issuing Banks and the other banks and other financial institutions party
hereto from time to time as lenders, including each Eligible Assignee that
becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.08(a), (b) and (d).
“Barracuda-Caratinga
Guaranteed Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Barracuda-Caratinga
L/C”
means
each of the following: Standby Letters of Credit No. B2483 in a principal amount
of $1,139,303.70, No. 96143/80085 in a principal amount of $3,128,674.90, No.
S842511 in a principal amount of $11,826,120.00, No. S825023 in a principal
amount of $259,400,000.00, No. 96130/80085 in a principal amount of
$5,877,227.50 and No. S331669 in a principal amount of $107,341,282.35, which
Standby Letters of Credit have an aggregate principal amount of $388,712,608.45
(as each of the same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or
replaced from time to time) issued by ABN AMRO Bank NV, Bank of Nova Scotia,
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and HSBC Bank USA (or any
of
their respective assigns or successors) for the account of the Borrower or
a
Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of the Barracuda-Caratinga Project and
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by, or the direct obligation of,
the
Parent.
“Barracuda-Caratinga
Losses”
means
any cash losses in respect of the Barracuda-Caratinga Project relating to or
arising from any accounting charges arising from, or in connection with, the
disclosure regarding bolts made in Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements in Form 10-Q of the Parent for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Barracuda-Caratinga
Project”
means
the development, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and
maintenance of an offshore oil field FPSO project in Brazil by certain of the
Parent’s Subsidiaries and Petrobras S.A.
“Base
Rate”
means,
for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect
from
time to time which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest
of:
(a) the
rate
of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time
to
time, as Citibank’s base rate; and
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(b) the
sum
(adjusted to the nearest 1/8 of 1% or, if there is no nearest 1/8 of 1%, to
the
next higher 1/8 of 1%) of (i) ½ of one percent per annum plus (ii) the rate
obtained by dividing (A) the latest three-week moving average of secondary
market morning offering rates in the United States for three-month certificates
of deposit of major United States money market banks, such three-week moving
average (adjusted to the basis of a year of 360 days) being determined weekly
on
each Monday (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding
Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the previous Friday by
Citibank on the basis of such rates reported by certificate of deposit dealers
to and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, if such publication
shall be suspended or terminated, on the basis of quotations for such rates
received by Citibank from three New York certificate of deposit dealers of
recognized standing selected by Citibank, by (B) a percentage equal to 100%
minus the average of the daily percentages specified during such three-week
period by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency, supplemental or
other
marginal reserve requirement) for Citibank with respect to liabilities
consisting of or including (among other liabilities) three-month Dollar
non-personal time deposits in the United States, plus (iii) the average during
such three-week period of the annual assessment rates estimated by Citibank
for
determining the then current annual assessment payable by Citibank to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insuring Dollar
deposits of Citibank in the United States; and
(c) the
sum
of ½ of one percent per annum plus the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to
time.
“Base
Rate Advance”
means
an Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a).
“Borrowing”
means
a
borrowing consisting of Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the
Banks pursuant to Section 2.01 and, if such Advances are Eurodollar Rate
Advances, having Interest Periods of the same duration.
“Borrowing
Sublimit”
means
an amount equal to $850,000,000 available to the Borrower for Revolving Credit
Advances, as the same may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05(b); provided
that the
Borrowing Sublimit shall not be applicable to any Revolving Credit Advances
with
respect to which the proceeds therefrom are used to repay any Letter of Credit
Advance pursuant to Section 2.06(c).
The
Borrowing Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit
Facility.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New
York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Advance, on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London
interbank market
“Capital
Expenditures”
means,
for any period, all expenditures made, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower
or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period for equipment, fixed
assets, real property or improvements, or for replacements or substitutions
therefore or additions thereto, that have been or should be, in accordance
with
GAAP, reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower or have a useful life of more than one
year.
“Cash
Equivalents”
means
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from
the
date of acquisition thereof;
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(b) marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each
case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the
acquisition thereof, the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or
Xxxxx’x;
(c) commercial
paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and
having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from
S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x;
(d) certificates
of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and
issued or accepted by any Bank or by any commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any
foreign country recognized by the United States that (a) is at least “adequately
capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
regulator), (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not
less
than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and (c) has
outstanding debt which is rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or
higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization
(as
defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act);
(e) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for
securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial
institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above;
and
(f) money
market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule 2a 7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii)
are
rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxx’x and (iii) have portfolio assets of at
least $5,000,000,000; and
(g) substantially
similar investments denominated in foreign currencies (including similarly
capitalized foreign banks).
“CERCLIS”
means
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information
System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Co-Administrative
Agents”
means
Citibank and HSBC Bank, solely in their capacities as co-administrative agents
under the Agreement.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
means
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, solely
in their capacities as co-documentation agents under the Agreement.
“Co-Lead
Arrangers”
means
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities
LLC.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor Federal tax
code, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, in each
case as now or hereafter in effect, and any reference to any statutory provision
shall be deemed to be a reference to any successor provision or
provisions.
“Commercial
Letter of Credit”
means
a
letter of credit qualifying as a “commercial letter of credit” under 12 C.F.R.
Part 3, Appendix A, Section 3(b)(3)(i) or any successor U.S. Comptroller of
the
Currency regulation.
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“Commitment”
means
a
Revolving Credit Commitment or a Letter of Credit Commitment.
“Commitment
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
“Commitment
Fee”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Commitment
Increase”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
“Communications”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Consolidated
Debt”
means
at any time (i) the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time, determined
in
accordance with GAAP (excluding (x) Project Financing and Permitted Non-Recourse
Indebtedness and (y) at the time of determination, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of any Subordinated Debt to the extent of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of any Halliburton Cash Management Note)
minus
(ii)
Unrestricted Cash.
“Consolidated
Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization Ratio”
means,
as of any date of calculation, the ratio of the Borrower’s Consolidated Debt
outstanding on such date to the sum of (i) Consolidated Debt and (ii)
Consolidated Net Worth outstanding on such date; provided,
however,
no
amounts attributable to Project Finance Subsidiaries shall be included in the
calculation of Consolidated Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization
Ratio.
“Consolidated
Net Worth”
means
at any time the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time
(excluding treasury stock but including minority interests), determined in
accordance with GAAP (excluding from such calculation (i) charges to the extent
indemnified or required to be indemnified pursuant to the Indemnity Agreement
or
in respect of which a subordinated loan or a capital contribution is or will
be
required to be made pursuant to the Subordination Agreement and (ii) any such
indemnification, subordinated loan or capital contribution).
“Convert”,
“Conversion”
and
“Converted”
each
refers to a conversion of Revolving Credit Advances of one Type into Revolving
Credit Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.15 or
2.16.
“Default”
means
any event or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would, unless
cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Disclosed
Litigation”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 4.01(i).
“Dollar
Equivalent”
means,
on any date, (i) in relation to an amount denominated in a currency other than
Dollars, the equivalent in Dollars determined by using the quoted spot rate
at
which the Agent’s principal office in London offers to exchange Dollars for such
currency in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) on such date and (ii) in
relation to an amount denominated in Dollars, such amount.
“Dollars”
and
“$”
means
lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Lending Office”
means,
with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its “Domestic
Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto, in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Bank, or such other office of such
Bank
as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the
Agent.
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“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of a state of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
“EBITDA”
means,
for any period, (a) the sum, determined on a consolidated basis, of (i) net
income (or net loss), (ii) interest expense, including commissions and fees
incurred in respect of letters of credit, (iii) income tax expense,
(iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense, (vi) minority
interest in income of Subsidiaries, (vii) charges related to restructuring,
asset impairment or other extraordinary items, (viii) charges indemnified
or required to be indemnified pursuant to the Indemnity Agreement or in respect
of which a subordinated loan or a capital contribution is or will be required
to
be made pursuant to the Subordination Agreement, minus
(b) cash payments related to restructuring, asset impairment or other
extraordinary items to the extent previously included in the computation of
EBITDA pursuant to clause (a)(vii) of this definition (except to the extent
indemnified or required to be indemnified pursuant to the Indemnity Agreement
or
in respect of which a subordinated loan or a capital contribution is or will
be
required to be made pursuant to the Subordination Agreement), in each case
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP for such
period (excluding any Project Finance Subsidiary); provided however
that
with respect to any Project Finance Subsidiary, any cash distribution made
by
such Project Finance Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower (other than any Project Finance Subsidiary) to the extent not
previously included in the equity and earnings of such Person shall be included
for purposes of calculation of EBITDA.
“Effective
Date”
means
has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Eligible
Assignee”
means
(i) any Bank, (ii) any Affiliate of any Bank and (iii) with the consent of
the
Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and, so long as no
Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(e) shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
any
other Person not covered by clause (i) or (ii) of this definition; provided,
however,
that
neither any Relevant Party nor any Affiliate of any Relevant Party shall be
an
Eligible Assignee.
“Environmental
Action”
means
any action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non compliance or
violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation,
proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any
Environmental Law, any Environmental Permit or Hazardous Material or arising
from alleged injury or threat to health, safety or the environment, including,
without limitation, (a) by any Governmental Authority for enforcement, cleanup,
removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any
Governmental Authority or third party for damages, contribution,
indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief.
“Environmental
Law”
means
any Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or agency
interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution or protection of the
environment, health, safety or natural resources, including, without limitation,
those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage,
disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental
Permit”
means
any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization
required under any Environmental Law.
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“Equity
Interests”
means,
with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership
or
profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the
purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of
(or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible
into
or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests),
and
other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without
limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting
or
nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other
interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of
determination.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means
any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the Borrower’s
controlled group, or under common control with the Borrower, within the meaning
of Section 414(a) or (b) of the Code, and, for purposes of Section 412 of the
Code, Section 414(m) of the Code.
“ERISA
Event”
means
(a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section
4043
of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with
respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements
of
subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2)
of
such Section) are met with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph
(9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected
to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the
application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the
provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate
such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice
with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA);
(d)
the cessation of operations at a facility of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during
a
plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under
Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the
adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such
Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution by the PBGC of
proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the
occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that
constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
to
administer, a Plan.
“Eurocurrency
Liabilities”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board,
as
in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar
Lending Office”
means,
with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its “Eurodollar
Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto, in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Bank (or, if no such office is
specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Bank
as
such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the
Agent.
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“Eurodollar
Rate”
means,
for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of
the
same Borrowing, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page)
as
the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars at 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period
for
a period equal to such Interest period (provided
that, if
for any reason such rate is not available, the term “Eurodollar Rate” shall
mean, for any Interest Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part
of the same Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/100 of 1% per annum, if such rate per annum is not such
a
multiple) equal to the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered
by the principal office of Citibank in London, England to prime banks in the
London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before
the
first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to Citibank’s
Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing and for a period
equal
to such Interest Period).
“Eurodollar
Rate Advance”
means
an Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(b).
“Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage”
of
any
Bank for any Interest Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part
of
the same borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable during such Interest
Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily
average of such percentages for those days in such Interest Period during which
any such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from time
to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or
other
marginal reserve requirement) for such Bank with respect to liabilities or
assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal
to such Interest Period.
“Events
of Default”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Existing
Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 5.02(b)(ii).
“Federal
Funds Rate”
means,
for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for such day to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of
the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Federal
Reserve Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor
thereof.
“FIN
46”
means
FASB Interpretation No. 46 “Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities”
published January 2003 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as the
same
may be amended from time to time.
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“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
means,
for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA minus
Capital
Expenditures plus
the net
cash proceeds of any fixed assets sold in the ordinary course of business during
such period to (b) the sum of (i) interest payable on, and
amortization of debt discount in respect of, all Indebtedness, plus
(ii)
principal amounts of all Indebtedness due and payable, if any, plus
(iii) commissions and fees incurred in respect of letters of credit, in
each case, of or by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for or during such period;
provided,
however,
no
amounts attributable to Project Finance Subsidiaries and Permitted Non-Recourse
Indebtedness shall be included in the calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio.
“Foreign
Currency”
means
any lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is freely transferable or
convertible into Dollars.
“G&I
Business Unit”
means
the Government & Infrastructure Business Unit of the Borrower.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“Governing
Body”
means
the board of directors or other body having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person that is a corporation,
partnership, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, or limited liability
company.
“Government
Working Capital Reduction”
means
any amount by which any working capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
of
the Borrower pursuant to the GWC Contracts is less than the level certified
pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(viii), which working capital shall be determined
using the same methodology as used in the officer’s certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(viii).
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any nation or government, any state, province, city, municipal entity or other
political subdivision thereof, and any governmental, executive, legislative,
judicial, administrative or regulatory agency, department, authority,
instrumentality, commission, board, bureau or similar body, whether xxxxxxx,
xxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxx, local or foreign.
“Guarantee”
means
the guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantors substantially in the form of Exhibit
D, together with each other guarantee and guarantee supplement delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(j), in each case as amended, amended and restated,
modified or otherwise supplemented.
“GWC
Contracts”
means
Restore Iraqi Oil Contract No. DACA63-03-D-C005, Project and Contracting Office
Contract No. W9126G-04-D-0001 and Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (Logcap)
Support Contract No. DAAA09-02-D-0007, including any related
subcontracts.
“Halliburton
Cash Management Note”
shall
mean the demand promissory note made by the Parent or, to the extent that HESI,
at the time such demand promissory note is made and during the term thereof,
continues to engage in substantially the same or similar business activities
as
of the date hereof, HESI, in favor of Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
(a) petroleum or petroleum products, by-products or breakdown products,
radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls
and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated,
classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant
under any Environmental Law.
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“Hedging
Obligation”
means
an Obligation of the Borrower or a Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary
course of business pursuant to an interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement,
interest rate future or option contract, currency swap agreement, currency
future or option contract or other hedging agreement.
“HESI”
means
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“HSBC
Bank”
means
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a national banking
association.
“Increase
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
“Increasing
Lender”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.19.
“Indebtedness”
means,
for any Person, (a) its liabilities for borrowed money including, with respect
to the Borrower, the Intercompany Note and the KBR Cash Management Note, or
the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current accounts
and
salaries payable or accrued in the ordinary course of business), (b) Obligations
of such Person for borrowed money evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other
similar instruments, (c) all Obligations of such Person under acceptance, letter
of credit or similar facilities including, with respect to the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries, Other Guaranteed L/C Debt, (d) all Indebtedness of others the
payment, purchase or other acquisition or Obligation of which such Person has
assumed, or the payment, purchase or other acquisition or Obligation of which
such Person has otherwise become directly or contingently liable for, (e) leases
required to be capitalized, each determined in accordance with GAAP,
(f) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of
another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has
an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such indebtedness (other than a pledge by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
permitted by Section 5.02(a)(vii) and (viii)) (provided
that,
for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness of the type described
in
this clause, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser
of
the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such
Indebtedness); provided
that for
the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include (i) the Obligations
under
letter of credit reimbursement agreements with respect to (x) fifty percent
(50%) of the face amount of any Performance Letters of Credit and (y) one
hundred percent (100%) of the face amount of any Commercial Letters of Credit,
in each case, so long as such letters of credit remain undrawn, (ii) the
Obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower under letters
of credit, acceptances and bank guarantees issued on account of the Borrower
and
such Subsidiaries to the extent that the Obligations of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary thereunder are irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed or
collateralized with cash or cash equivalents by the Parent, (iii) Hedging
Obligations, and (iv) letters of credit, acceptances and bank guarantees to
the
extent collateralized with cash and/or cash equivalents. For the avoidance
of
doubt, where one letter of credit, acceptance or bank guarantee is issued for
the account of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and which supports
another letter of credit, acceptance or bank guarantee of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, the related Indebtedness shall only be included once.
“Indemnity
Agreement”
means
the indemnity agreement among the Parent and the Banks, substantially in the
form of Exhibit H.
“Indemnified
Costs”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Indemnified
Party”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.04(c).
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“Initial
Extension of Credit”
means
the earlier to occur of the initial Revolving Credit Borrowing and the initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder.
“Intercompany
Note”
means
that certain existing intercompany note made by the Borrower to HESI in an
amount not to exceed $774,000,000.
“Interest
Period”
means,
for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date of
the
Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate Advance and ending
on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the
provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances,
each
subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding
Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest
Period shall be one, two, three or six months (or, as to any Interest Period,
such other period as the Borrower and each of the Banks may agree to for such
Interest Period), in each case as the Borrower may, upon notice received by
the
Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business
Day
prior to the first day of such Interest Period (or, as to any Interest Period,
at such other time as the Borrower and the Banks may agree to for such Interest
Period), select; provided,
however,
that:
(i) Interest
Periods commencing on the same date for Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(ii) whenever
the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than
a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur
on
the next succeeding Business Day, provided
that if
such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in
the
next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur
on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) any
Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of the calendar month
(or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of
the calendar month in which it would have ended if there were a numerically
corresponding day in such calendar month; and
(iv) the
Borrower may not select an Interest Period for any Advance if the last day
of
such Interest Period would be later than the date on which the Advances are
then
payable in full or if any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of selection.
“Investment”
in
any
Person means any loan or advance to such Person, any purchase or other
acquisition of any Equity Interests or Indebtedness or the assets comprising
a
division or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such
Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other direct or indirect
investment in such Person, including, without limitation, any acquisition by
way
of a merger or consolidation (or similar transaction) and any arrangement
pursuant to which the investor incurs Indebtedness of the type referred to
in
clause (c) or (d) of the definition of “Indebtedness” in respect of such
Person.
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“Issuing
Bank”
means
each of (a) Citibank, HSBC Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The
Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Standard Chartered Bank and Lloyds TSB Bank Plc,
in
their capacities as initial issuing banks, (b) any other Bank that, by written
agreement with the Borrower (and with the consent of the Agent not to be
unreasonably withheld), agrees to be an Issuing Bank, and (c) any Eligible
Assignee to which a Letter of Credit Commitment has been assigned pursuant
to
Section 8.08 so long as each such Eligible Assignee expressly agrees to
perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations that by the terms
of
the Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies
the Agent of its Applicable Lending Office and the amount of its Letter of
Credit Commitment (which information shall be recorded by the Agent in the
Register), for so long as such initial Issuing Bank or Eligible Assignee, as
the
case may be, shall have a Letter of Credit Commitment. An Issuing Bank may,
with
the prior consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), arrange
for
one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by an Affiliate of such Issuing
Bank,
in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate solely
with respect to such Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate; provided
that
such designation shall not result in or grant to such Affiliate the status
or
rights of a Bank pursuant to this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 5.02(a)(viii).
“JV
Subsidiary”
means
each Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) that, at any time, directly holds an Equity
Interest in any joint venture (not a Subsidiary) and (b) that has no other
material assets.
“KBR
Cash Management Note”
shall
mean the demand promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Parent
or
HESI, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, and which is Subordinated
Debt.
“L/C
Cash Collateral Account”
means
the l/c cash collateral deposit account, Account No. 00000000, with Citibank,
as
securities intermediary and depository bank, at its office at Xxx Xxxxx Xxx,
0xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, in the name of the Borrower but under the
sole control and dominion of the Agent and subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
“L/C
Related Documents”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(iii)(A).
“Letter
of Credit”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Letter
of Credit Advance”
means
an Advance made by any Issuing Bank or any Bank pursuant to Section
2.03(c).
“Letter
of Credit Commitment”
of
any
Issuing Bank means, at any time, the amount set opposite such Issuing Bank’s
name on Schedule I under the heading “Letter of Credit Commitments” or as
reflected for such Issuing Bank in the relevant Assignment and Acceptance to
which it is a party, as such amount may be terminated, reduced or increased
pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.19, Section 6.01 or Section 8.08.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means,
at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries at such date to EBITDA; provided,
however,
no
amounts attributable to Project Finance Subsidiaries shall be included in the
calculation of Leverage Ratio.
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“Lien”
means
any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or
any
other type of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the
lien
or retained security title of a conditional vendor, a statutory deemed trust
and
any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property;
provided,
however,
that
for the avoidance of doubt, the interest of a Person as owner or lessor under
charters or leases of property and the rights of setoff of banks shall not
constitute a “Lien” on or in respect of the relevant property.
“Loan
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Guarantee, the Notes, the Indemnity Agreement and the
Subordination Agreement.
“Loan
Parties”
means
the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Material
Adverse Change”
means
a
material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties, contingent liabilities, material agreements
or prospects of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties, contingent liabilities, material agreements
or prospects of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent or
any Bank under any Loan Document or (c) the ability of each of the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its Obligations under any Loan Document
to
which it is or is to be a party.
“Material
Domestic Subsidiary”
means,
at any date, any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower which is
a
Material Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Material
Subsidiary”
means,
as at any date of determination, each first-tier Subsidiary now existing or
hereafter acquired or formed by the Borrower generating more than $30,000,000
of
revenues for the most recently ended four quarters.
“Maturity
Date”
means
December 16, 2010.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its debt ratings
business.
“MMM”
means
a
joint venture formed under a Partners Agreement dated July 3, 2000, which was
later amended and restated on August 22, 2000 and March 29, 2002, as the same
may be amended from time to time, including its associated joint
ventures.
“Multiple
Employer Plan”
means
a
single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a)
is
maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least
one
Person other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained
and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability
under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were
to
be terminated.
“NPL”
means
the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“Note”
means
a
promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of any Bank, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the aggregate
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Bank resulting from the Advances owing
to
such Bank.
“Notice”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).
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“Notice
of Issuance and Application for Letter of Credit”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).
“Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“Obligation”
means,
with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligation of
such
Person of any kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person
on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect
of
such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent,
matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and
whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any
proceeding referred to in Section 6.01(f). Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents include
(a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions,
charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and
other amounts payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) the
obligation of the Borrower to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the
foregoing that any Bank, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance
on
behalf of the Borrower.
“Other
Guaranteed Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Other
Guaranteed L/C Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Other
L/C Guarantees”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Other
Taxes”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).
“Parent”
means
Halliburton Company, a Delaware corporation.
“Patriot
Act”
shall
mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed
into law October 26, 2001.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
“Performance
Letter of Credit”
means
a
letter of credit qualifying as a “performance based standby letter of credit”
under 12 C.F.R. Part 3, Appendix A, Section 3(b)(2)(i) or any successor U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency regulation.
“Permitted
Non-Recourse Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness and other Obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Project
Finance Subsidiary of the Borrower incurred in connection with the acquisition
or construction by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of any property with respect
to which:
(a) the
holders of such Indebtedness and other Obligations agree that they will look
solely to the property so acquired or constructed and securing such Indebtedness
and other Obligations, and neither the Borrower nor any such Subsidiary (i)
provides any direct or indirect credit support, including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness or (ii) is otherwise
directly or indirectly liable for such Indebtedness; and
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(b) no
default with respect to such Indebtedness or Obligations would cause, or permit
(after notice or passage of time or otherwise), according to the terms thereof,
any holder (or any representative of any such holder) of any other Indebtedness
of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (other than a Project Finance Subsidiary
and
Subsidiaries thereof) to declare a default on such Indebtedness or cause the
payment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
for value thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to any scheduled principal
payment, scheduled sinking fund or maturity.
“Person”
means
an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity,
or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof or any trustee,
receiver, custodian or similar official.
“Plan”
means
a
Single Employer Plan, a Multiple Employer Plan or a Welfare Plan.
“Platform”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Pre-IPO
Repositioning”
means
an internal repositioning of the corporate structure of the Borrower and direct
and indirect Subsidiaries of the Parent and the Borrower that would result
in a
corporate structure for the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the
interest holders in the Borrower and the Parent as follows: The Borrower will
initially continue to be a 100% indirect Subsidiary of the Parent if and until
such time as an entity that is a Subsidiary of the Parent and of which the
Borrower is a direct or indirect Subsidiary has shares of common equity sold
to
third parties unrelated to the Parent or the Borrower in an underwritten public
offering or otherwise. Prior to any such sale of common equity, the corporate
positioning of the Subsidiaries of the Parent directly or indirectly holding
interests of the Borrower may be changed. The corporate structure within the
Parent group of the Borrower and Subsidiaries of the Borrower may also be
repositioned in advance of any sale of such common equity.
“Primary
Currency”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.11(c).
“Pro
Rata Share”
of
any
amount means, with respect to any Bank at any time, such amount times a fraction
the numerator of which is the amount of such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment
at such time (or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01, such Revolving Credit Commitment as in effect immediately
prior to such termination) and the denominator of which is the Revolving Credit
Facility at such time (or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated
pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01, the Revolving Credit Facility as in effect
immediately prior to such termination).
“Project
Finance Subsidiary”
means
(a) a Subsidiary of the Borrower and (b) any Person which is not a Subsidiary
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries holds a minority interest with respect to which the earnings of
such Person are included in the consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case, that is a
special-purpose entity created solely to (i) construct or acquire any asset
or
project that will be or is financed solely with Project Financing for such
asset
or project and related equity investments in, loans to, or capital contributions
in, such Person that are not prohibited hereby and/or (ii) own an interest
in
any such asset or project.
“Project
Financing”
means
Indebtedness and other Obligations that (a) are incurred by a Project Finance
Subsidiary, (b) are secured by a Lien of the type permitted under Section
5.02(a)(vii) and (c) constitute Permitted Non-Recourse Indebtedness (other
than recourse to the assets of, and Equity Interests in, any Project Finance
Subsidiary).
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“Project
L/C Guarantee”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Projections”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 4.01(m).
“Property”
or
“asset”
(in
each case, whether or not capitalized) means any interest in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or
intangible.
“Register”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8.08(c).
“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board, as the same is from time to time
in
effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
“Relevant
Parties”
means
the Parent, HESI and the Loan Parties.
“Required
Banks”
means
at any time Banks owed or holding at least a majority in interest of the sum
of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding at such
time; (ii) the Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at
such time (calculated by reference to each Bank’s Pro Rata Share) and
(iii) the aggregate Unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time.
“Responsible
Officer”
means
each of the chairman and chief executive officer, the president, the chief
financial officer, the treasurer, the secretary or any vice president (whether
or not further described by other terms, such as, for example, senior vice
president or vice president-operations) of the Borrower or, if any such office
is vacant, any Person performing any of the functions of such
office.
“Revolving
Credit Advance”
means
an Advance by a Bank to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 and refers to
a
Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance.
“Revolving
Credit Borrowing”
means
a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same
Type
made by the Banks.
“Revolving
Credit Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s
name on Schedule I hereto under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or, if
such Bank has entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances, set forth
for
such Bank in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.08(c)
as
such Bank’s “Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or
prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.05 or increased pursuant to Section
2.19.
“Revolving
Credit Facility”
means,
at any time, the aggregate amount of the Banks’ Revolving Credit Commitments at
such time.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. on the date hereof, or any successor to its debt ratings
business.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereof.
“Single
Employer Plan”
means
a
single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a)
is
maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person
other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and
in
respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
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“Solvent”
and
“Solvency”
mean,
with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the
fair
value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such
Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is
not
less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
such
Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does
not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature
and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not
about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent
liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light
of
all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount
that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
“Subordinated
Debt”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Subordination
Agreement”
means
the subordination and undertaking agreement among the Parent, the Borrower
and
the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Subsidiary”
of
any
Person means any corporation (including a business trust), partnership, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity
of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock, securities or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect directors of such
corporation or, in the case of any other entity, others performing similar
functions (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock, securities
or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation
or such other entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of
any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, by
such
Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by one or more
other
Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Subsidiary
Guarantors”
means
the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule III hereto and each other
Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute
and deliver a guarantee supplement pursuant to Section 5.01(j) and each other
Subsidiary which shall execute and deliver a guarantee supplement in accordance
with the procedures set forth for Material Domestic Subsidiaries in Section
5.01(j); provided
that (i)
within 10 Business Days after the date financial statements are delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(d)(i) or (ii), as the case may be, the Borrower shall
cause additional Subsidiaries, if any are required, to each duly execute and
deliver to the Agent a guarantee supplement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ Obligations
under the Loan Documents such that the aggregate revenues of the Borrower and
all Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be less than 95% of the aggregate revenues
of the Borrower and the wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower
for
the four-quarter period ending on the date of such financial statements and
(ii)
within 60 days thereafter, deliver to the Agent, upon the request of the Agent
in its sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to
the
Agent and the Banks, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable
to
the Agent as to (A) such guarantee supplement being the legal, valid and binding
obligations of each additional Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto enforceable
in
accordance with its terms and (B) such other matters as the Agent may reasonably
request.
“Surety
Guarantees”
has
the
meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.
“Syndication
Agent”
means
UBS Securities LLC, solely in its capacity as syndication agent under the
Agreement.
“Taxes”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
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“Termination
Date”
means
December 16, 2010, or the earlier date of termination in whole of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 6.01.
“Type”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Advance.
“Unrestricted
Cash”
means
cash available to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to pay any indebtedness
or
other Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries without need of third
party approval or consent and net of any tax that would be imposed in order
to
repatriate such cash to the Borrower.
“Unused
Revolving Credit Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Bank at any time, (a) such Bank’s Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time minus
(b)
without duplication, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Advances and Letter of Credit Advances made by such Bank and
outstanding at such time plus
(ii) such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of (A) the aggregate Available Amount
of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (B) the aggregate
principal amount of all Letter of Credit Advances made by the Issuing Banks
pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and outstanding at such time.
“Utilization
Spread”
means,
on any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
Advances and Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such
time
divided
by
(b) the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Welfare
Plan”
means
a
welfare plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that is maintained for
employees of any Loan Party or in respect of which any Loan Party could have
liability.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
has
the
meaning specified in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Section
1.02 Computation
of Time Periods.
In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified
date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and
the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.
Section
1.03 Accounting
Terms;
GAAP.
(a)
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to
time; provided
that, if
the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to
any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the
date
hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision
(or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Banks request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether
any
such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective
until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any entity that is not
a
Subsidiary but would be required to be consolidated in the financial statements
of the Borrower because of FIN 46, (i) shall not be considered a “Subsidiary”
for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) shall not be included in any computation
of any financial covenant herein.
(b)
In
this Agreement, references to “pro forma compliance” shall mean pro forma
compliance as determined in accordance with GAAP for the immediately preceding
four fiscal quarters as of the date of determination and as such methodology
is
reasonably approved by the Agent.
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Section
1.04 Miscellaneous.
The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when
used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Article, Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits
to
this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
Section
1.05 Ratings.
A
rating, whether public or private, by S&P or Xxxxx’x shall be deemed to be
in effect on the date of announcement or publication by S&P or Xxxxx’x, as
the case may be, of such rating or, in the absence of such announcement or
publication, on the effective date of such rating and will remain in effect
until the announcement or publication of, or (in the absence of such
announcement or publication) the effective date of, any change in such rating.
In the event the standards for any rating by Xxxxx’x or S&P are revised, or
such rating is designated differently (such as by changing letter designations
to numerical designations), then the references herein to such rating shall
be
deemed to refer to the revised or redesignated rating for which the standards
are closest to, but not lower than, the standards at the date hereof for the
rating which has been revised or redesignated, all as determined by the Required
Banks in good faith. Long-term debt supported by a letter of credit, guarantee
or other similar credit enhancement mechanism shall not be considered as senior
unsecured long-term debt. If either Xxxxx’x or S&P has at any time more than
one rating applicable to senior unsecured long-term debt of any Person, the
lowest such rating shall be applicable for purposes hereof. For example, if
Xxxxx’x rates some senior unsecured long-term debt of any Person Baa1 and other
such debt of such Person Baa2, the senior unsecured long-term debt of such
Person shall be deemed to be rated Baa2 by Xxxxx’x.
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES
Section
2.01 The
Revolving Credit Advances.
(a) Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, to make Revolving Credit Advances in Dollars to the Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date
until
the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Bank’s Unused
Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that (i) no
Revolving Credit Advance shall be required to be made, except as a part of
a
Revolving Credit Borrowing that is in an aggregate amount not less than
$10,000,000 in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances and $5,000,000 in the case
of Base Rate Advances and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000, (ii) each
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances of the
same Type made on the same day by the Banks ratably according to their
respective Revolving Credit Commitments and (iii) the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Credit Advances outstanding at such time shall not
exceed the Borrowing Sublimit. Within the limits of each Bank’s Unused Revolving
Credit Commitment in effect from time to time, the Borrower may borrow, prepay
pursuant to Section 2.10 and reborrow under this Section 2.01. The Borrower
agrees to give a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.02(a) as to each Revolving Credit Advance.
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(b) Letters
of Credit.
Each
Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to
issue
letters of credit (collectively, the “Letters
of Credit”,
and
each a “Letter
of Credit”)
for
the account of the Borrower (such issuance, and any funding of a draw
thereunder, to be made by the Issuing Banks (including through such branches
or
Affiliates as such Issuing Bank and the Borrower shall jointly agree) in
reliance on the agreements of the other Banks pursuant to Section 2.03) from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date
until
10 days prior to the Maturity Date in an aggregate Available Amount (i) for
all Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Banks not to exceed at any time
the
lesser of (A) the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments at such time and (B)
the Letter of Credit Commitment of such Issuing Bank at such time (or such
greater amount as such Issuing Bank shall approve) and (ii) for each such Letter
of Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the Unused Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Banks at such time. No Letters of Credit shall have
expiration dates later than 10 Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. Within
the limits referred to above, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters
of Credit under this Section 2.01(b), repay any Letter of Credit Advances
resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant to Section 2.03(a) and request
the
issuance of additional Letters of Credit under this Section 2.01(b).
Section
2.02 Making
the Revolving Credit Advances.
(a)
Each
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice in the form of Exhibit B-1
(a
“Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing”),
given
not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) (i) on the date of a proposed
Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances and (ii) on the
third
Business Day prior to the date of a proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing
comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, by the Borrower to the Agent, which
shall
give to each Bank prompt notice thereof by facsimile. Each Notice of Revolving
Credit Borrowing shall be by facsimile, confirmed immediately in writing, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B-1, specifying therein the requested (i)
date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (ii) Type of Revolving Credit Advances
comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such
Revolving Credit Borrowing, and (iv) if such Revolving Credit Borrowing is
to be
comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the initial Interest Period for each
such
Revolving Credit Advance. Each Bank shall, before 2:00 p.m. (New York City
time)
on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, make available for the account
of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at its address referred to in
Section 8.02, in same day funds, such Bank’s ratable portion of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment
of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make
such
funds available to the Borrower at the Agent’s aforesaid address.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Agreement, at no time shall there be more than
ten
Revolving Credit Borrowings outstanding; provided
that for
purposes of the limitation set forth in this sentence, all Revolving Credit
Borrowings consisting of Base Rate Advances shall constitute a single Revolving
Credit Borrowing.
(c) Each
Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower. In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that the related Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Bank against any loss, cost or
expense incurred by such Bank as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before
the date specified in such Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing for such
Revolving Credit Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III,
including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits),
cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of
deposits or other funds acquired by such Bank to fund the Revolving Credit
Advance to be made by such Bank as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing
when
such Revolving Credit Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on
such
date.
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(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the time of any
Revolving Credit Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Agent
such Bank’s ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent may
assume that such Bank has made such portion available to the Agent on the date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that
such Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent,
such Bank and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith
on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date
such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate applicable at the time to Revolving Credit Advances comprising such
Revolving Credit Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds
Rate. If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such
amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Revolving Credit Advance as part
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing for all purposes.
(e) The
failure of any Bank to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by it as
part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall not relieve any other Bank of
its
obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Advance on the date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, but no Bank shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Bank to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by
such other Bank on the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing.
Section
2.03 Issuance
of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit.
(a) Request
for Issuance.
Each
Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice and application, given not later
than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on at least the third Business Day (or
a
later day, if acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank in its sole discretion,
but in no event later than the first Business Day) prior to the date of the
proposed issuance of such Letter of Credit, by the Borrower to any Issuing
Bank:
Each of the Borrower and such Issuing Bank shall give to the Agent prompt notice
of such notice of issuance by telex or facsimile. Each such notice of issuance
of a Letter of Credit (a “Notice
of Issuance and Application for Letter of Credit”)
shall
be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telex or facsimile (or
by
electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by
the
applicable Issuing Bank), in the form of Exhibit B-2, specifying therein the
requested (A) date of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day), (B)
Available Amount of such Letter of Credit, (C) expiration date of such Letter
of
Credit, (D) name and address of the Subsidiary on behalf of which such
issuance of such Letter of Credit is requested, if applicable, (E) name and
address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, (F) form of such Letter
of
Credit and (G) the requested currency of such Letter of Credit, if other than
Dollars. If the requested form of such Letter of Credit is acceptable to such
Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion, such Issuing Bank will, upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make such
Letter of Credit available to the Borrower at its office referred to in Section
8.02 or as otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with such issuance;
provided
that no
Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit in a Foreign
Currency, but each Issuing Bank shall be permitted to do so in its sole
discretion if requested by the Borrower; provided,
further
that no
Issuing Bank shall be required to issue any Letter of Credit if after giving
effect to such issuance the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters
of
Credit issued under this Agreement by such Issuing Bank would exceed its Letter
of Credit Commitment, unless such Issuing Bank shall have otherwise agreed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit
after it has received a notice from the Agent or the Required Banks that a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, until it receives
a
subsequent notice from the Agent or the Required Banks that such Default or
Event of Default has been cured or waived. Each of the Borrower and each Issuing
Bank shall promptly notify the Agent of any issuance of, amendment to, or
extension of, any Letter of Credit issued hereunder.
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(b) Letter
of Credit Reports.
Each
Issuing Bank shall furnish (A) to the Agent on the first Business Day of each
week a written report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Letters
of
Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the previous week and drawings during
such week under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, (B) to the
Agent on the first Business Day of each month a written report summarizing
issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank
during the preceding month and drawings during such month under all Letters
of
Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and (C) to the Agent on the first Business
Day of each calendar quarter a written report setting forth the average daily
aggregate Available Amount during the preceding calendar quarter of all Letters
of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. The Agent shall promptly deliver such
report to the Banks and the Borrower by the means provided for delivery of
Communications pursuant to Section 8.02.
(c) Drawing
and Reimbursement.
The
payment by any Issuing Bank of a draft drawn under any Letter of Credit shall
constitute for all purposes of this Agreement the making by such Issuing Bank
of
a Letter of Credit Advance, which shall be a Base Rate Advance, in the Dollar
Equivalent amount of such draft. Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit by
any
Issuing Bank under Section 2.03(a), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without
further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Bank, and each Bank
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased
from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount
for each Bank equal to such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the Available Amount of
such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit.
In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Bank hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees to pay such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of each Letter of
Credit Advance made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower
forthwith on the date due by making available for the account of its Applicable
Lending Office to the Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank by deposit
to
the Agent’s Account, in same day funds, an amount equal to such Bank’s Pro Rata
Share of such Letter of Credit Advance. Each Bank acknowledges and agrees that
its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) in
respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any off-set,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Upon any such participation
of a
Bank of a portion of a Letter of Credit Advance, such Issuing Bank represents
and warrants to such other Bank that such Issuing Bank is the legal and
beneficial owner of such interest being assigned by it, free and clear of any
liens, but makes no other representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to such Letter of Credit Advance, the Loan Documents
or the Borrower. If and to the extent that any Bank shall not have so made
the
amount of such Letter of Credit Advance available to the Agent, such Bank agrees
to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with interest
thereon, for each day from the date such Letter of Credit Advance is due until
the date such amount is paid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for its
account or the account of such Issuing Bank, as applicable. If such Bank shall
pay to the Agent such amount for the account of such Issuing Bank on any
Business Day, such amount so paid in respect of principal shall constitute
a
Letter of Credit Advance made by such Bank on such Business Day for purposes
of
this Agreement, and the outstanding principal amount of the Letter of Credit
Advance made by such Issuing Bank shall be reduced by such amount on such
Business Day.
(d) Failure
to Make Letter of Credit Advances.
The
failure of any Bank to make the Letter of Credit Advance to be made by it on
the
date specified in Section 2.03(c) shall not relieve any other Bank of its
obligation hereunder to make its Letter of Credit Advance on such date, but
no
Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Letter
of Credit Advance to be made by such other Bank on such date.
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Section
2.04 Fees.
(a) Commitment
Fees.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Bank a commitment
fee through the Termination Date on the amount of such Bank’s Unused Revolving
Credit Commitment, (i) from the date of this Agreement in the case of each
Bank
listed on the signature pages hereof or (ii) from the effective date specified
in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Bank, payable
quarterly in arrears (within three Business Days after receipt from the Agent
of
an invoice therefore) for each period ending on the last day of each March,
June, September and December hereafter, commencing December 31, 2005, and on
the
Termination Date, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee
Rate in effect from time to time (the “Commitment
Fee”).
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees, Etc.
(i) The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Bank a commission,
payable in arrears quarterly (within three Business Days after receipt from
the
Agent of an invoice therefor) for each period ending on the last day of each
March, June, September and December, commencing December 31, 2005 and on the
Termination Date, on such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the average daily aggregate
Available Amount during such quarter of all Letters of Credit then outstanding
at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin on Eurodollar Rate Advances in effect
from time to time; provided,
however,
that
with respect to Performance Letters of Credit and Commercial Letters of Credit
such commission shall be equal to 50% of such Applicable Margin from time to
time.
(ii) The
Borrower shall pay to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, (A) an issuance
fee for each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank in an amount equal
to
0.125% of the Available Amount of such Letter of Credit on the date of issuance
of such Letter of Credit, payable on such date and (B) such other commissions,
fronting fees, transfer fees and other fees and charges in connection with
the
issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as the Borrower and Issuing
Bank shall agree.
(c) Other
Fees.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, the Co-Lead Arrangers, and the Banks such
other fees as may be separately agreed to in writing.
Section
2.05 Reduction
of Commitments.
(a) Optional.
The
Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the
Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the Unused Revolving
Credit Commitments; provided
that
each partial reduction shall be in the minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000
and in an integral multiple of $5,000,000. Any termination or reduction of
any
of the Commitments shall be permanent.
(b) Mandatory.
The
Borrowing Sublimit shall be automatically and permanently reduced upon any
sale,
lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the G&I
Business Unit to a Person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to $350,000,000; provided
that
such reduction shall become effective upon the compliance by the Borrower or
such Subsidiary of all terms and conditions specified in Section
5.02(e)(iii).
Section
2.06 Repayment
of Advances; Required Cash Collateral.
(a) Revolving
Credit Advances.
The
Borrower shall repay the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance
owing
to each Bank on the Termination Date or on such earlier date as may be
applicable pursuant hereto.
(b) Letter
of Credit Advances.
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(i) Each
Issuing Bank, shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all
documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile)
of
such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make
a
Letter of Credit Advance with respect thereto; provided that any failure to
give
or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation
to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Banks with respect to any such Letter
of
Credit Advance.
(ii) The
Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the account of each Issuing Bank and
each
other Bank that has made a Letter of Credit Advance on the earlier of the third
Business Day following the date on which such Letter of Credit Advance is made
and the Termination Date the outstanding principal amount of each Letter of
Credit Advance made by each of them.
(iii) The
Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and any other agreement or
instrument, in each case relating to any Letter of Credit, shall be
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement and such other agreement or instrument under all
circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances (it
being understood that any such payment by the Borrower is without prejudice
to,
and does not constitute a waiver of, any rights the Borrower might have or
might
acquire as a result of the payment by any Issuing Bank of any draft or the
reimbursement by the Borrower thereof):
(A) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any Letter of Credit or
any
other agreement or instrument relating thereto (all of the foregoing being,
collectively, the “L/C
Related Documents”);
(B) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of any L/C Related Document
or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or
any
of the L/C Related Documents;
(C) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), any Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents or any unrelated
transaction;
(D) any
statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving
to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(E) payment
by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft
or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit;
(F) any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guarantee, for all
or
any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the L/C Related Documents;
or
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(G) any
other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any other circumstance that might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower
or
a guarantor.
(c) Required
Payment and Cash Collateral.
(i) Letters
of Credit.
If on
any date the sum of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding on such date plus the aggregate principal amount of Advances
outstanding on such date exceeds the aggregate Commitments on such date, the
Borrower shall, within three Business Days thereafter, (i) prepay Advances
in an
aggregate principal amount sufficient to reduce the sum of the Available Amount
of all Letters of Credit outstanding on such date plus the aggregate principal
amount of Advances outstanding on such date to be less than or equal to the
aggregate Commitments on such date or (ii) if no Advances are outstanding at
such time, pay to the Agent in same day funds at the Agent’s office, for deposit
in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to such excess, which amount
shall be released within three Business Days after notice from the Borrower
to
the Agent that the sum of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit plus the aggregate principal amount of Advances outstanding on such
date
no longer exceeds the aggregate Commitments.
(ii) Revolving
Credit Advances.
If on
any date the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances
outstanding on such date exceeds the Borrowing Sublimit on such date, the
Borrower shall, within three Business Days thereafter, prepay Revolving Credit
Advances in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to reduce the sum of the
Revolving Credit Advances outstanding on such date to be less than or equal
to
the Borrowing Sublimit on such date.
Section
2.07 Interest.
The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Advance from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be
paid
in full, at the following rates per annum:
(a) During
such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal
at
all times to the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable
Margin in effect from time to time, payable quarterly in arrears on the last
day
of each March, June, September and December and on the date such Base Rate
Advance shall be Converted or paid in full; provided
that
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default any amount
of principal of a Base Rate Advance due hereunder shall bear interest, payable
on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the rate
otherwise payable thereon plus 2%.
(b) During
such periods as such Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum
equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Advance to the sum
of
the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin in
effect from time to time, payable on the last day of such Interest Period and,
if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day
that occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day
of
such Interest Period and on the date such Revolving Credit Advance shall be
Converted or paid in full; provided
that
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default any amount
of principal of a Eurodollar Rate Advance due hereunder shall bear interest,
payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the
Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin in effect
from time to time plus 2%.
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(c) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section
6.01(a), the Borrower shall pay simple interest, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, on the amount of any interest, fee or other amount (other than principal
of Advances which is covered by Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(b)) payable hereunder
that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such
amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall
be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the
sum
of the rate of interest in effect from time to time for Base Rate Advances
plus
2% per annum.
Section
2.08 Additional
Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances.
The Borrower shall pay to each Bank, so long as such Bank shall be
required under regulations of the Federal Reserve Board to maintain reserves
with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance
of such Bank during such periods as such Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance,
from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in full,
at an
interest rate per annum equal at all times to the remainder obtained by
subtracting (i) the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period then in effect
for
such Eurodollar Rate Advance from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing such
Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve
Percentage of such Bank for such Interest Period, payable on each date on which
interest is payable on such Eurodollar Rate Advance. Such additional interest
shall be determined by such Bank and notified to the Borrower through the
Agent.
Section
2.09 Interest
Rate Determination.
(a) The
Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Banks of the applicable
interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section
2.07(b).
(b) If
the
Agent is unable to determine the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate
Advances:
(i) the
Agent
shall forthwith notify the Borrower and the Banks that the interest rate cannot
be determined for such Eurodollar Rate Advances,
(ii) each
such
Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefore, Convert into a Base Rate Advance (or if such Advance
is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate Advance),
and
(iii) the
obligation of the Banks to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to Convert Revolving
Credit Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the
Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist.
(c) If,
with
respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Required Banks notify the Agent
(A)
that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will not
adequately reflect the cost to such Required Banks of making, funding or
maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Interest Period
or (B) that Dollar deposits for the relevant amounts and Interest Period for
their respective Advances are not available to them in the London interbank
market, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Banks,
whereupon
(i) each
Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefore, Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and
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(ii) the
obligation of the Banks to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar
Rate
Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and
the
Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
(d) If
the
Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the
definition of “Interest Period” in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith so
notify the Borrower and the Banks and such Revolving Credit Advances will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefore,
Convert into Base Rate Advances (or if such Advances are then Base Rate
Advances, will continue as Base Rate Advances).
(e) On
the
date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Rate Advances
comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or
otherwise, to less than $10,000,000, such Advances shall automatically Convert
into Base Rate Advances, and on and after such date the right of the Borrower
to
Convert such Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall
terminate.
(f) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section
6.01(a), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day
of
the then existing Interest Period therefore, Convert into a Base Rate Advance
and (ii) the obligation of the Banks to make, or to Convert Advances into,
Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended.
Section
2.10 Optional
Prepayments.
The Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any
Advance other than as provided in this Section 2.10. The Borrower may, upon
notice given to the Agent before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on at least
the
first Business Day prior to the date of prepayment in the case of Base Rate
Advances or upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Agent in the case
of Eurodollar Rate Advances, in each case stating the proposed date (which
shall
be a Business Day) and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if
such
notice is given the Borrower shall, subject to the terms thereof, prepay the
outstanding principal amounts of the Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the
date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided,
however,
that
(x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less
than $10,000,000 in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances and $5,000,000 in
the
case of Base Rate Advances and in integral multiples of $1,000,000, and after
giving effect thereto no Borrowing then outstanding shall have a principal
amount of less than $5,000,000; and (y) in the case of any such prepayment
of a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Banks
in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(b).
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Section
2.11 Payments
and Computations.
(a)
The
Borrower shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Agent
(except that payments under Section 2.08 shall be paid directly to the Bank
entitled thereto) at Xxx Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
in
same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed
like
funds relating to the payment of principal, interest, Commitment Fees or Letter
of Credit Fees ratably (except amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or
Section 2.13 and except that any Bank may receive less than its ratable share
of
interest to the extent Section 8.06 is applicable to it) to the Banks for the
account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating
to the payment of any other amount payable to any Bank to such Bank for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an
Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein
in
the Register pursuant to Section 8.08(c), from and after the effective date
specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments
hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to
the
Bank assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance
shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to
such effective date directly between themselves. At the time of each payment
of
any principal of or interest on any Borrowing to the Agent, the Borrower shall
notify the Agent of the Borrowing to which such payment shall apply. In the
absence of such notice the Agent may specify the Borrowing to which such payment
shall apply.
(b) All
computations of interest based on the Base Rate (except during such times as
the
Base Rate is determined pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof),
of
Commitment Fees and of Letter of Credit Fees shall be made by the Agent on
the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations
of
interest based on the Eurodollar Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or, during such
times as the Base Rate is determined pursuant to clause (c) of the definition
thereof, the Base Rate shall be made by the Agent, and all computations of
interest pursuant to Section 2.08 shall be made by a Bank, on the basis of
a
year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the
first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent (or in the case
of
Section 2.08, by a Bank) of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive
and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Whenever
any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
the
computation of payment of interest, Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees,
as the case may be; provided,
however,
if such
extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate
Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall
be
made on the next preceding Business Day.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on
which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not
make
such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount
equal to the amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent that the Borrower
shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Bank shall repay
to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank together
with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed
to
such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the Agent, at the
Federal Funds Rate.
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Section
2.12 Increased
Costs and Capital Requirements.
(a) If,
due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than any change
by
way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements included in the Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation
by
any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of agreeing to make or
making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Advance or of agreeing to
issue or of issuing or maintaining or participating in Letters of Credit or
of
agreeing to make or of making or maintaining Letter of Credit Advances
(excluding, for purposes of this Section 2.12, any such increased costs
resulting from (x) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.13 shall govern)
and (y) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross
income by the United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the
laws of which such Bank is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or
any
political subdivision thereof), then the Borrower shall from time to time,
within 15 days after demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the
Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increased cost; provided,
however,
that
the Borrower shall not be required to pay to such Bank any portion of such
additional amounts that are incurred more than 90 days prior to any such demand,
unless such additional amounts had not been imposed or were not determinable
on
the date that is 90 days prior to such demand. A certificate setting forth
in
reasonable detail the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower
and the Agent by such Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
(b) If
following the introduction of or any change in any applicable law or regulation
or any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) any Bank determines that
compliance by such Bank with any such law or regulation or guideline or request
regarding capital adequacy affects or would affect the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Bank or any Person controlling
such Bank and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon
the
existence of such Bank’s commitment to lend or to issue or participate in
Letters of Credit hereunder and other commitments of such type or the issuance
or maintenance of or participation in Letters of Credit (or similar contingent
Obligations), then, within 15 days after demand by such Bank (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account
of such Bank, from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Bank or such Person in the light of such
circumstances, to the extent that such Bank reasonably determines such increase
in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Bank’s commitment to lend or
to issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder or to the issuance of
or
participation in any Letters of Credit; provided,
however,
that
the Borrower shall not be required to pay to such Bank any portion of such
additional amounts that are incurred more than 90 days prior to any such demand,
unless such additional amounts had not been imposed or were not determinable
on
the date that is 90 days prior to such demand. A certificate setting forth
in
reasonable detail such amounts submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such
Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Each
Bank
shall make reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and legal
and regulatory restrictions) to select a jurisdiction for its Applicable Lending
Office or change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office, as the
case
may be, so as to avoid the imposition of any increased costs under this Section
2.12 or to eliminate the amount of any such increased cost which may thereafter
accrue; provided
that no
such selection or change of the jurisdiction for its Applicable Lending Office
shall be made if, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, such selection or
change would be disadvantageous to such Bank.
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Section
2.13 Taxes.
(a) Any
and all payments by the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be made,
in
accordance with Section 2.11, free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges and
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding,
in the
case of each Bank and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income
(including branch profits), and franchise taxes imposed on or measured by net
income, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank or the Agent
(as
the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in
the
case of each Bank, taxes imposed on its overall net income (including branch
profits), and franchise taxes imposed on or measured by net income, by the
jurisdiction of such Bank’s Applicable Lending Office or principal executive
office or any political subdivision thereof, and all liabilities with respect
thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges,
withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”),
except as may otherwise be required by law. If the Borrower shall be required
by
law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or
under
any Note to any Bank or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased by
such amount (an “Additional
Amount”)
as may
be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.13) such Bank or
the
Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law. Any such payment by the Borrower shall be made in the name of the relevant
Bank or the Agent (as the case may be).
(b) In
addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which
arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, performing under, or otherwise with respect to,
this Agreement or any of the Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
(c) The
Borrower will indemnify each Bank and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes
and
Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed
by
any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.13) imposed on or
paid
by such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. Payments under any indemnification provided for in this Section
2.13(c) shall be made within 30 days from the date such Bank or the Agent (as
the case may be) makes written demand therefore describing such Taxes or Other
Taxes in reasonable detail.
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(d) If
the
Agent or a Bank reasonably determines that it has finally and irrevocably
received a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has
been
indemnified by the Borrower, or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
Additional Amounts, pursuant to this Section 2.13, it shall within 30 days
from
the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to
the
extent such refund is attributable, as reasonably determined by such Agent
or
Bank, to such indemnity payments made, or Additional Amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section 2.13 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving
rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent
or Bank and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant taxation
authority with respect to such refund); provided,
however,
that
the Borrower, upon the request of the Agent or Bank, agrees to repay the amount
paid over to the Borrower (plus penalties, interest or other charges, if any,
imposed by the relevant taxation authority in respect of such repayment) to
the
Agent or Bank in the event the Agent or Bank is required to repay such refund
to
the applicable taxation authority. Nothing contained in this Section 2.13(d)
shall interfere with the right of the Agent or any Bank to arrange its tax
affairs in whatever manner it determines appropriate nor oblige the Agent or
any
Bank to claim any tax credit or to disclose any information relating to its
tax
affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require the Agent or any
Bank
to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other tax
relief to which it may be entitled.
(e) Within
30
days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrower will furnish to the
Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02, the original or a certified
copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof (or other evidence of payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). In the case of any payment hereunder
or
under the Notes by or on behalf of the Borrower through an account or branch
outside the United States or by or on behalf of the Borrower by a payor that
is
not a United States person, if the Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable
in respect thereof, the Borrower shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to
furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes imposed
by the jurisdiction from which such payment is made. For purposes of this
Section 2.13(e) and Section 2.13(f), the terms “United
States”
and
“United
States person”
shall
have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Code.
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(f) Each
Bank
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, (i) on
or
prior to the date of the Initial Extension of Credit in the case of each such
Bank listed on the signature pages hereof, (ii) on the date of the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Bank, (iii) on or before the
date,
if any, it changes its Applicable Lending Office, and (iv) from time to time
thereafter if reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the Agent
or
promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered
by
such Bank (but only so long as such Bank remains lawfully able to do so), shall
provide the Agent and the Borrower with two original Internal Revenue Service
Forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or, in the case of a Bank that is entitled to claim
exemption from withholding of United States federal income tax under Section
871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate representing that such Bank
is
not a “bank” for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent
shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the
Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower
(within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code) and (B) Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN), as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed
by the Internal Revenue Service, properly completed and duly executed by such
Bank, certifying that such Bank is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate
of
United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or the
Notes (or, in the case of a Bank providing the certificate described in clause
(A), certifying that such Bank is a foreign corporation, partnership, estate
or
trust). If the forms provided by a Bank at the time such Bank first becomes
a
party to this Agreement indicate or require a United States interest withholding
tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered
excluded from Taxes for purposes of this Section 2.13 unless and until such
Bank
provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon
withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from
Taxes
for periods governed by such forms; provided,
however,
that
if, at the effective date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which
a
Bank becomes a party to this Agreement (or the date, if any, a Bank changes
its
Applicable Lending Office), the Bank assignor (or such Bank) was entitled to
payments under subsection (a) of this Section 2.13 in respect of United States
withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such
extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that
may
be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes, subject
to the provisions of this subsection (f)) United States withholding tax, if
any,
applicable with respect to the Bank assignee (or such Bank) on such
date.
(g) For
any
period with respect to which a Bank has failed to provide the Borrower with
the
appropriate form described in subsection (f) above (other than if such failure
is due to a change in law, or in the interpretation or application thereof
by
any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or application
thereof, occurring after the date on which a form originally was required to
be
provided or if such form otherwise is not required under subsection (f) above),
such Bank shall not be entitled to indemnification or payment of an Additional
Amount under subsection (a) or (c) of this Section 2.13 with respect to Taxes
imposed by the United States to the extent such United States Taxes exceed
the
United States Taxes that would have been imposed had such form been provided;
provided,
however,
that
should a Bank become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form
required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Bank shall
reasonably request to assist such Bank to recover such Taxes.
(h) Any
Bank
claiming any indemnity payment or Additional Amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 2.13 shall use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its
generally applicable internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions)
to
file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower
or to designate a different Applicable Lending Office following the reasonable
request in writing of the Borrower if the making of such a filing or change
would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such indemnity payment
or
Additional Amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the sole
determination of such Bank, require the disclosure of information that the
Bank
reasonably considers confidential, or be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Bank.
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Section
2.14 Sharing
of Payments, Etc.
If any Bank shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through
the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the principal
of or interest on the Advances owing to it (except amounts payable pursuant
to
Sections 2.08, 2.12 or 2.13, and except that any Bank may receive less than
its
ratable share of interest to the extent Section 8.06 is applicable to it) in
excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the principal of or
interest on the Advances obtained by all the Banks, such Bank shall forthwith
purchase from the other Banks such participations in the Advances owing to
them
as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment
ratably with each of them, provided,
however,
that if
all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Bank, such purchase from each Bank shall be rescinded and such Bank
shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price to the extent of such
Bank’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of the
participation purchased from such Bank as a result of such excess payment to
(ii) the total amount of such excess payment) of such recovery together with
an
amount equal to such Bank’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i)
the amount of such Bank’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so
recovered from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or
payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered.
The
Borrower agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation from another Bank
pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of
the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
Section
2.15 Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Bank
(“Affected
Bank”)
shall
notify the Borrower and the Agent that the introduction of or any change in
any
law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental
Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any Bank, or its Eurodollar Lending
Office, to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances
or
to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, (i) the obligation
of
the Affected Bank to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances
shall forthwith be suspended (and any request by the Borrower for a Borrowing
comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances shall, as to each Affected Bank, be deemed
a request for a Base Rate Advance to be made on the same day as the Eurodollar
Rate Advances of the Banks that are not Affected Banks and such Base Rate
Advance shall be considered as part of such Borrowing) until the Affected Bank
shall notify the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent that the circumstances
causing such suspension no longer exist and (ii) forthwith after such notice
from an Affected Bank to the Agent and the Borrower, all Eurodollar Rate
Advances of such Affected Bank shall be deemed to be Converted to Base Rate
Advances (but will otherwise continue to be considered as a part of the
respective Borrowings that they were a part of prior to such Conversion);
provided,
however,
that,
before making any such demand, such Bank agrees to use reasonable efforts
(consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions)
to
designate a different Eurodollar Lending Office if the making of such a
designation would allow such Bank or its Eurodollar Lending Office to continue
to perform its obligations to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to continue
to
fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances and would not, in the judgment of
such
Bank, be otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Bank. In the event any
Bank shall notify the Agent of the occurrence of any circumstance contemplated
under this Section 2.15, all payments and prepayments of principal that would
otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurodollar Rate Advances that would
have been made by such Bank or the Converted Eurodollar Rate Advances shall
instead be applied to repay the Base Rate Advances made by such Bank in lieu
of
such Eurodollar Rate Advances or resulting from the Conversion of such
Eurodollar Rate Advances and shall be made at the time that payments on the
Eurodollar Rate Advances of the Banks that are not Affected Banks are made.
Each
Bank that has delivered a notice of illegality pursuant to this Section 2.15
above agrees that it will notify the Borrower as soon as practicable if the
conditions giving rise to the illegality cease to exist.
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Section
2.16 Conversion
of Advances.
The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior
to
the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections
2.02(b), 2.09 and 2.15, Convert all Advances of one Type comprising the same
Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided,
however,
that
(i) any Conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances
shall
be made on, and only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar
Rate Advances, except as provided in Section 2.15, and (ii) Advances comprising
a Borrowing may not be Converted into Eurodollar Rate Advances if the
outstanding principal amount of such Borrowing is less than $10,000,000 or
if
any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date the related notice of Conversion would otherwise be given pursuant
to this Section 2.16. Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii)
the
Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate
Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for each such Advance.
Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.
If
any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing
on the third Business Day prior to the last day of any Interest Period for
any
Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower agrees to Convert all such Advances
into
Base Rate Advances on the last day of such Interest Period.
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Section
2.17 Replacement
or Removal of Bank.
In the event that any Bank shall claim payment of any increased costs
pursuant to Section 2.12 or the Borrower is required to pay any Additional
Amounts, Taxes or Other Taxes to or on account of any Bank pursuant to Section
2.13, or exercises its rights under Section 2.15, or if any Bank fails to
execute and deliver a consent, amendment or waiver to this Agreement requested
by the Borrower by the date specified by the Borrower (or gives the Borrower
written notice prior to such date of its intention not to do so) the Borrower
shall have the right, if no Default or Event of Default then exists, to (a)
replace such Bank with an Eligible Assignee in accordance with Section 8.08(a),
(b) and (d) (including execution of an appropriate Assignment and Acceptance);
provided
that
such Eligible Assignee (i) shall unconditionally offer in writing (with a copy
to the Agent) to purchase on a date therein specified all of such Bank’s rights
hereunder and interest in the Advances owing to such Bank and the Note held
by
such Bank without recourse at the principal amount of such Note plus interest,
Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees accrued thereon to the date of such
purchase and (ii) shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance, as assignee, pursuant to which such Eligible Assignee becomes a
party hereto with a Commitment equal to that of the Bank being replaced
(plus,
if such
Eligible Assignee is already a Bank, the amount of its Commitment prior to
such
replacement), provided,
further,
that no
Bank or other Person shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment or
otherwise to replace, in whole or in part, any Bank or (b) remove such Bank
without replacing it; provided
that the
Borrower may not remove a Bank pursuant to this clause (b) if the aggregate
Commitments of all Banks so removed would exceed $100,000,000. Upon satisfaction
of the requirements set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.17,
acceptance of such offer to purchase by the Bank to be replaced, payment to
such
Bank of the purchase price in immediately available funds by the Eligible
Assignee replacing such Bank, execution of such Assignment and Acceptance by
such Bank, such Eligible Assignee and the Agent, the payment by the Borrower
of
all requested costs accruing to the date of purchase which the Borrower is
obligated to pay under Section 8.04 and all other amounts owed by the Borrower
to such Bank (other than Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees accrued
for
the account of such Bank and the principal of and interest on the Advances
of
such Bank purchased by such Eligible Assignee) and notice by the Borrower to
the
Agent that such payment has been made, such Eligible Assignee shall constitute
a
“Bank” hereunder with a Commitment as so specified and the Bank being so
replaced shall no longer constitute a “Bank” hereunder except that the rights
under Sections 2.07, 2.12, 2.13 and 8.04 of the Bank being so replaced shall
continue with respect to events and occurrences before or concurrently with
its
ceasing to be a “Bank” hereunder. If, however, (x) a Bank accepts such an offer
and such Eligible Assignee fails to purchase such rights and interest on such
specified date in accordance with the terms of such offer or such Eligible
Assignee or the Agent fails to execute the relevant Assignment and Acceptance,
the Borrower shall continue to be obligated to pay the increased costs to such
Bank pursuant to Section 2.12 or the additional amounts pursuant to Section
2.13, as the case may be, or (y) the Bank proposed to be replaced fails to
accept such purchase offer or to execute the relevant Assignment and Acceptance,
the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay to such Bank such increased costs
or
additional amounts incurred or accrued from and after the date of such purchase
offer.
Section
2.18 Evidence
of Indebtedness.
Each
Bank
shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Bank resulting from each
Advance owing to such Bank from time to time, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Bank from time to time hereunder. The
Borrower agrees that upon notice by any Bank to the Borrower (with a copy of
such notice to the Agent) to the effect that a promissory note or other evidence
of indebtedness is required or appropriate in order for such Bank to evidence
(whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) the Advances owing
to, or to be made by, such Bank, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver
to such Bank, with a copy to the Agent, a Note in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto, payable to the order of such Bank in a principal amount equal
to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank. All references to Notes in
the
Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any, to the extent issued
hereunder.
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Section
2.19 Increase
in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments; Increase in Letter of Credit
Commitment.
(a) The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time prior to the Termination Date,
by notice to the Agent, request that the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments to be used solely for the issuance of Letters of Credit
be
increased by an amount of not less than $50,000,000 and in integral multiples
of
$10,000,000 in excess thereof (each a “Commitment
Increase”)
to be
effective as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to the scheduled Maturity
Date (the “Increase
Date”)
as
specified in the related notice to the Agent; provided,
however,
that
(i) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
at any time exceed $1,100,000,000 and (ii) on the date of any request by the
Borrower for a Commitment Increase and on the related Increase Date, the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.02 shall be satisfied. Any
Commitment Increase shall not increase the Borrowing Sublimit.
(b) The
Agent
shall promptly notify the Banks of a request by the Borrower for a Commitment
Increase, which notice shall include (i) the proposed amount of such requested
Commitment Increase, (ii) the proposed Increase Date and (iii) the date by
which
Banks wishing to participate in the Commitment Increase must commit to an
increase in the amount of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (the
“Commitment
Date”).
Each
Bank that is willing to participate in such requested Commitment Increase (each
an “Increasing
Lender”)
shall,
in its sole discretion, give written notice to the Agent on or prior to the
Commitment Date of the amount by which it is willing to increase its Revolving
Credit Commitment. If the Banks notify the Agent that they are willing to
increase the amount of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments by an
aggregate amount that exceeds the amount of the requested Commitment Increase,
the requested Commitment Increase shall be allocated among the Banks willing
to
participate therein in such amounts as are agreed between the Borrower and
the
Agent.
(c) Promptly
following each Commitment Date, the Agent shall notify the Borrower as to the
amount, if any, by which the Banks are willing to participate in the requested
Commitment Increase. If the aggregate amount by which the Banks are willing
to
participate in any requested Commitment Increase on any such Commitment Date
is
less than the requested Commitment Increase, then the Borrower may extend offers
to one or more Eligible Assignees to participate in any portion of the requested
Commitment Increase that has not been committed to by the Banks as of the
applicable Commitment Date; provided,
however,
that
the Revolving Credit Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in
an
amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
The Borrower, at its discretion, may withdraw its request for a Commitment
Increase at any time prior to the Increase Date.
(d) On
each
Increase Date, each Eligible Assignee that accepts an offer to participate
in a
requested Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.19(c) (each such
Eligible Assignee, an “Assuming
Lender”)
shall
become a Bank party to this Agreement as of such Increase Date and the Revolving
Credit Commitment of each Increasing Lender for such requested Commitment
Increase shall be so increased by such amount (or by the amount allocated to
such Bank pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.19(b)) as of such Increase
Date; provided,
however,
that
the Agent shall have received on or before such Increase Date the following,
each dated such date:
(i) an
assumption agreement from each Assuming Lender, if any, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Borrower and
the Agent (each an “Assumption
Agreement”),
duly
executed by such Eligible Assignee, the Agent and the Borrower; and
(ii) confirmation
from each Increasing Lender of the increase in the amount of its Commitment
in a
writing satisfactory to
the Borrower and the Agent.
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(e) At
any
time, any Issuing Bank and the Borrower may agree to increase the Letter of
Credit Commitment of such Issuing Bank with the consent of the Agent. The Agent
shall adjust the Letter of Credit Commitments of the existing Issuing Banks
to
the extent of the increase in such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment as
the affected Issuing Banks and the Agent shall agree in writing.
(f) Any
Bank
may become an Issuing Bank by written agreement between such Bank and the
Borrower, subject to notice to and the consent of the Agent. The Agent shall
notify the Banks of the designation of any additional Issuing Bank hereunder
and
shall adjust the Letter of Credit Commitments of the existing Issuing Banks
to
the extent of such new Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment as the
affected Issuing Banks and the Agent shall agree in writing.
On
each
Increase Date, upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 2.19(d),
at the time any Issuing Bank and the Borrower agree to increase the Letter
of
Credit Commitment of such Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.19(e) and at the
time any Bank becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.19(f), the Agent
shall notify the Banks (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender,
if
applicable) and the Borrower, on or before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time),
by
telecopier, of the occurrence of the Commitment Increase to be effected on
such
Increase Date, the Letter of Credit Commitment increase and the effective date
thereof or any Bank becoming an Issuing Bank and the effective date thereof,
as
the case may be, and, in each case, shall record in the Register the relevant
information with respect to each Increasing Lender, each Assuming Lender, each
Letter of Credit Commitment increase or adjustment, as applicable, and any
addition of an Issuing Bank, as applicable, on such date. On the last day of
the
Interest Period in effect on any Increase Date, the Borrower shall make such
Borrowings and prepayments as shall be necessary to cause the outstanding
Advances to be ratable with the revised Commitments resulting from any
non-ratable increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.19.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
Section
3.01 Conditions
Precedent to Effectiveness.
This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the
“Effective
Date”)
on
which the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement duly executed
by the Borrower and all of the Banks and the following additional conditions
precedent shall have been satisfied, except that Section 2.04(a) shall become
effective as of the first date on which the Agent shall have received
counterparts of this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower and all of the
Banks:
(a) The
Borrower shall have notified the Agent in writing as to the proposed Effective
Date.
(b) The
Agent
shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated
such day, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (except
for the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Bank:
(i) The
Notes
to the order of the Banks to the extent requested by any Bank pursuant to
Section 2.18.
(ii) The
Guarantee duly executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor.
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(iii) Certified
copies of the resolutions of the Governing Body of each Relevant Party approving
each Loan Document to which it is a party, and of all documents evidencing
other
necessary corporate or organizational action and governmental approvals, if
any,
with respect to each Loan Document.
(iv) A
copy of
a certificate of the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation
of
each Relevant Party, dated reasonably near the Effective Date certifying (A)
as
to a true and correct copy of the charter or other formation document, as the
case may be, of such Relevant Party and each amendment thereto on file in such
Secretary’s office and (B) that (1) such amendments are the only amendments to
such Relevant Party’s charter on file in such Secretary’s office, (2) such
Relevant Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate
and
(3) such Relevant Party is duly incorporated and in good standing or presently
subsisting under the laws of the State of the jurisdiction of its
organization.
(v) A
certificate of the Borrower signed on behalf of the Borrower by its President
or
a Vice President and its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, dated the
Effective Date (the statements made in which certificate shall be true on and
as
of the Effective Date), certifying as to (A) the absence of any amendments
to
the formation document of the Borrower since the date of the Secretary of
State’s certificate referred to in Section 3.01(b)(iv), (B) a true and correct
copy of the limited liability company agreement of the Borrower as in effect
on
the date on which the resolutions referred to in Section 3.01(b)(iii) were
adopted and on the Effective Date, (C) the due organization and good standing
or
valid existence of the Borrower as a limited liability company organized under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and the absence of any
proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of the Borrower, (D) the truth
of
the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents as though
made on and as of the Effective Date and (E) the absence of any event occurring
and continuing, or resulting from the Initial Extension of Credit, that
constitutes a Default or Event of Default.
(vi) A
certificate of each other Relevant Party signed on behalf of such other Relevant
Party by its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, dated the Effective Date
(the
statements made in which certificate shall be true on and as of the Effective
Date), certifying as to (A) the absence of any amendments to the charter or
other formation document, as the case may be, of such Relevant Party since
the
date of the Secretary of State’s certificate referred to in Section 3.01(b)(iv),
(B) a true and correct copy of the bylaws, limited liability company agreement
or partnership agreement, as the case may be, of such Relevant Party as in
effect on the date on which the resolutions referred to in Section 3.01(b)(iii)
were adopted and on the Effective Date, and (C) the due organization and good
standing or valid existence of such Relevant Party as a corporation, limited
liability company or limited partnership organized under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, and the absence of any proceeding for the
dissolution or liquidation of such Relevant Party.
(vii) A
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Relevant Party
certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Relevant Party
authorized to sign each Loan Document to which it is a party and the other
documents to be delivered by the Relevant Parties hereunder.
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(viii) A
certificate of the President or Vice President of the Borrower certifying
working capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of
November 30, 2005 pursuant to the GWC Contracts.
(ix) A
favorable opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President-Legal of the
Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto.
(x) A
favorable opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary and Assistant
General Counsel of the Parent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2
hereto.
(xi) A
favorable opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto.
(xii) A
favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Agent, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(xiii) A
certificate of the President or Vice President of the Borrower certifying that
not less than $300,000,000 of intercompany payable owed by the Borrower to
HESI
has been capitalized.
(c) The
Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent (i) evidence satisfactory to the
Agent that (A) the maturity date of the Intercompany Note shall be on a date
on
or after December 31, 2010 and (B) the Parent and the Borrower shall have
completed the capitalization of the Intercompany Note of an amount not less
than
$300,000,000; (ii) the Subordination Agreement duly executed by the Parent,
HESI, the Borrower and the Agent and (iii) the Indemnity Agreement duly executed
by the Parent and the Agent.
(d) All
accrued fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Co-Lead Arrangers
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Co-Lead Arrangers
for which invoices have been submitted) shall have been paid.
(e) The
Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of the Agent (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for which
invoices have been submitted).
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Section
3.02 Conditions
Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Advance,
Each
Commitment Increase and Each Issuance, Renewal, Amendment, Increase and
Extension of Each Letter of Credit.
The obligation of each Bank to make an Advance (other than a Letter of
Credit Advance made by an Issuing Bank or a Revolving Credit Bank pursuant
to
Section 2.03(c)) (including, without limitation, the initial Revolving
Credit Advance) and each Issuing Bank to issue, renew, extend or amend Letters
of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit), each Commitment Increase
and
each amendment of a Letter of Credit that has the effect of increasing the
Available Amount of such Letter of Credit or extending the Expiration Date
thereof shall be subject to the conditions precedent that on the date of such
Advance, such Commitment Increase or such issuance, renewal, extension,
amendment or increase of a Letter of Credit, the following statements shall
be
true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing, Notice of Issuance and Application for Letter of Credit, request
for
amendment of any Letter of Credit, request for a Commitment Increase, request
for increase of a Letter of Credit or extending the Expiration Date thereof
and
the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Advance or such
Commitment Increase, such Letter of Credit or of the renewal, amendment,
increase or extension of such Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Advance, such Commitment
Increase or such issuance, renewal, amendment, increase or extension of such
Letter of Credit such statements are true):
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document are correct
on
and as of the date of such Revolving Credit Advance or such Letter of Credit
(except (A) those representations and warranties contained in
(I) Section 4.01(i) to the extent such matters are subject to, and covered
by, (x) the Indemnity Agreement and (y) the Disclosed Litigation, and
(II) Section 4.01(f) and (B) those other representations and
warranties that expressly relate solely to a specific earlier date, which shall
remain correct as of such earlier date) before and after giving effect to such
Borrowing or issuance or renewal and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date;
(ii) no
event
has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or such
issuance or renewal or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; and
(iii) there
exists no request or directive issued by any Governmental Authority, central
bank or comparable agency, injunction, stay, order, litigation or proceeding
purporting to affect or calling into question the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of any transaction
(including any Advance or proposed Advance or issuance, renewal, amendment,
increase or extension of a Letter of Credit or proposed Letter of Credit)
contemplated hereby.
Section
3.03 Determinations
Under Section 3.01.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Section 3.01, the Agent, the Co-Lead Arrangers and each Bank shall be deemed
to
have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document
or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to such Persons unless an officer of the Agent responsible
for
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have received notice
from
such Person prior to the date that the Borrower, by notice to the Agent,
designates as the proposed Effective Date, specifying its objection thereto.
The
Agent shall promptly notify the Banks and the Borrower of the occurrence of
the
Effective Date, which notice shall be conclusive and binding.
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
4.01 Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower.
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Each
Loan
Party and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation, limited liability
company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is duly
qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation or company in each
other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or in which the conduct of
its
business requires it to so qualify or be licensed and (iii) has all requisite
corporate, limited liability company or partnership (as applicable) power and
authority (including, without limitation, all permits, approvals, licenses
or
other authorizations to own or lease and operate its properties and to carry
on
its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except for any
failures to be so organized, existing, qualified to do business or in good
standing or to have such power and authority as would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Set
forth
on Schedule 4.01(b)
hereto
is a complete and accurate list of the Borrower and all Subsidiary Guarantors
as
of the date hereof, showing as of the date hereof (as to such Person) the
jurisdiction of its organization, the number of shares, membership interests
or
partnership interests (as applicable) of each class of its Equity Interests
authorized, and the number outstanding, on the date hereof and the percentage
of
each such class of its Equity Interests owned (directly or indirectly) by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor. All of the outstanding Equity Interests
in each Subsidiary Guarantor have been validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries
free and clear of all Liens. As of the date hereof, the copy of the charter
of
the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and each amendment thereto provided
pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(iv) is a true and correct copy of each such
document, each of which is valid and in full force and effect
(c) The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document
to
which it is or is to be a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, each Revolving
Credit Borrowing and issuance or renewal of a Letter of Credit hereunder and
the
use of the proceeds thereof) and the transactions contemplated thereby (i)
are
within such Loan Party’s organizational power, (ii) have been duly authorized by
all necessary organizational action, and (iii) do not contravene (A) such Loan
Party’s certificate of organization or by-laws, (B) any law, rule, regulation,
order, writ, injunction or decree, or (C) any contractual restriction under
any
material agreements binding on or affecting such Loan Party or any Subsidiary
of
such Loan Party or any other contractual restriction the contravention of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No
authorization, approval, consent, license or other action by, and no notice
to
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for
the
due execution, delivery and performance by any Loan Party of each Loan Document
to which it is or is to be a party, or for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, each Revolving
Credit Borrowing and issuance or renewal of a Letter of Credit hereunder and
the
use of the proceeds thereof) and the transactions contemplated thereby, except
(i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices which have been obtained
or
made and are in full force and effect, (ii) approvals that would be required
under agreements that are not material agreements and (iii) as otherwise
permitted by the Loan Documents.
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(e) This
Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document when delivered hereunder will
have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto and
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party party thereto
enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’
rights generally.
(f) The
combined balance sheet of the Borrower and its combined subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2004, and the related combined statement of income and combined
statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its combined subsidiaries for the
fiscal year then ended, accompanied by an unqualified opinion of KPMG LLP,
independent public accountants, and the combined balance sheet of the Borrower
and its combined subsidiaries as at September 30, 2005, and the related combined
statement of income and combined statement of cash flows of the Borrower and
its
combined subsidiaries for the nine months then ended, duly certified by the
chief financial officer of the Borrower, copies of which have been furnished
to
each Bank, fairly present, subject, in the case of said balance sheet as at
September 30, 2005, and said statements of income and cash flows for the nine
months then ended, to normal year-end adjustments, the combined financial
condition of the Borrower and its combined subsidiaries as at such dates and
the
combined results of operations of the Borrower and its combined subsidiaries
for
the periods ended on such dates, all in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis (which combined statements are substantially similar to
statements prepared on a consolidated basis). Since September 30, 2005 through
the date hereof there has been no Material Adverse Change (excluding the
Disclosed Litigation and matters subject to, or covered by, the Indemnity
Agreement, which is addressed in Section 4.01(i) below).
(g) Except
as
to matters subject to, or covered by the Indemnity Agreement and except for
Disclosed Litigation, each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance,
in
all material respects,
with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders,
including, without limitation, compliance with ERISA, Environmental Laws and
Environmental Permits.
(h) As
of the
Effective Date, each Loan Party is, individually and together with its
Subsidiaries, Solvent.
(i) Other
than the matters described on Schedule 4.01(i) hereto (the “Disclosed
Litigation”)
and
matters subject to, or covered by, the Indemnity Agreement, there is no
litigation, investigation or proceeding pending against or to the Borrower’s
knowledge threatened against or affecting, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of its or their respective rights or properties before any court or
by or
before any arbitrator or governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (i) that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that in any manner draws
into
question or purports to affect any transaction contemplated hereby or the
legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Borrower’s
Obligations or the rights and remedies of the Banks relating to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and, as of the Effective Date, there has been
no
material adverse change since December 15, 2005 in the status, or financial
effect on any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of the Disclosed Litigation
from that described on Schedule 4.01(i) hereto.
(j) Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending credit
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning
of
Regulation U). No proceeds of any Advance or any Letter of Credit will be used
in any manner that is not permitted by Section 5.02(m).
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(k) No
Loan
Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(l) Neither
any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company”, or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, or an “affiliate” of a “holding
company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, as such terms are
defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, so long
as such statute shall be in effect.
(m) No
statement or information contained in this Agreement or any other document,
certificate or statement furnished to the Agent or the Banks by or on behalf
of
the Borrower for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Notes (as modified or supplemented by other information
furnished) contains as of the date such statement, information, document or
certificate was so furnished any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they
were made; provided,
however,
that,
with respect to any such information, exhibit or report consisting of
statements, estimates, pro forma financial information, forward-looking
statements and projections regarding the future performance of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries (“Projections”),
no
representation or warranty is made other than that such Projections have been
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at
the
time.
(n) Other
than as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
(or
those matters constituting Disclosed Litigation), (i) there are no strikes,
lockouts or other material labor disputes or grievances against the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against or
affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no significant
unfair labor practice charges or grievances are pending against the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any
of them before any Governmental Authority. All payments due from the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions of any collective bargaining
agreement have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower
or such Subsidiary, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) (i) No
ERISA
Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan
that has resulted in or is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ii) No
Loan
Party and no ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur
any
Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted in or is
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) No
Loan
Party and no ERISA Affiliate has been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer
Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and no such Multiemployer Plan is
reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA to the extent such termination or reorganization
has resulted in or is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(p) (i)
Except
where such event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, the operations and properties of each Loan Party and each of its
Subsidiaries comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental
Permits, all past non-compliance with such Environmental Laws and Environmental
Permits has been resolved without ongoing obligations or costs, and no
circumstances exist that could be reasonably expected to (A) form the basis
of
an Environmental Action against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or
any
of their properties or (B) cause any such property to be subject to any
restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any
Environmental Law.
(ii) Except
where such event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (A) none of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated
by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed for listing
on
the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or
is
adjacent to any such property; (B) there are no and never have been any
underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic
tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have
been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or operated
by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best of its knowledge,
on
any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; (C) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any
property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; and (D) Hazardous Materials have not been released,
discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly owned or
operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iii) All
Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or
transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned or operated
by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner
not
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) (i)
Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any tax sharing
agreement other than (A) as of the Effective Date, the agreement entered
into among the Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries on January 1, 2001, as
amended and restated June 2, 2002 and further amended on January 1,
2003, and
(B) since the Effective Date, (I) tax sharing arrangements permitted
pursuant to Section 5.01(i)(vii) and (II) any other tax sharing agreement that
does not materially increase the Obligations of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to the allocation of any tax liability among such
parties.
(ii) Each
Loan
Party and each of its Subsidiaries has filed, has caused to be filed or has
been
included in all material tax returns (Federal, state, local and foreign)
required to be filed and has paid all material taxes shown thereon to be due,
together with applicable interest and penalties except taxes that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves.
For purposes of this
Section
4.01(q)(ii),
any
determination with respect to “material” shall be made as to the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries of the Borrower taken as a whole.
(r) Each
Loan
Party and each of its Subsidiaries maintains, or the Parent maintains on behalf
of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, insurance with responsible and reputable
insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks
as
is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar
properties in the same general areas in which each Loan Party and such
Subsidiary operates.
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(s) Each
Loan
Party has (i) good and marketable title to (in the case of fee interests in
real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold
interests in real or personal property), or (iii) good title to (in the
case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and
assets, in each case to the extent reasonably necessary to the conduct of such
Loan Party’s business.
(t) Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any laws relating
to
terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act,
except to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(u) As
of the
date of the
Pre-IPO
Repositioning if such Pre-IPO Repositioning shall have occurred and
immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated in
connection therewith, (i) the assets and liabilities of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall remain as specified
in
the combined financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered
pursuant to Section 4.01(f), except (A) as otherwise permitted in
accordance with this Agreement (other than Section 5.04) and (B) that a
Subsidiary of the Borrower shall cease to be the holder of the note dated
December 15, 2003 in a principal amount equal to $1,000,000,000 made by DII
Industries, LLC, and (ii) no interim action or activity in respect of the
Pre-IPO Repositioning could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
OF THE BORROWER
Section
5.01 Affirmative
Covenants.
So long as any Advance or any other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter
of
Credit shall be outstanding or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder,
the
Borrower will, unless the Required Banks shall otherwise consent in
writing:
(a) Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
Comply,
and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders (including, without limitation, ERISA, Environmental
Laws
and Environmental Permits) except to the extent that failure to so comply (in
the aggregate for all such failures) could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Preservation
of Corporate or Organizational Existence, Etc.
(i)
Preserve and maintain and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and
maintain (unless,
in the case of any Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Subsidiary determines that
such preservation and maintenance is no longer necessary in the conduct of
the
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole),
its
corporate or organizational existence, rights (charter and statutory),
franchises, permits, licenses, approvals and privileges in the jurisdiction
of
its organization; provided,
however,
that
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger, consolidation
conveyance, transfer, lease, disposition, spin-off, split-off or similar
transaction permitted under Section 5.02(d) and provided further
that
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve
any right, permit, license, approval, privilege, franchise or, solely in the
case of Subsidiaries, existence, where the failure to do so could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (ii) qualify and remain qualified and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to qualify and remain qualified, as a foreign organization in
each
jurisdiction in which qualification is necessary or desirable in view of its
business and operations or the ownership of its Properties, except where the
failure to so qualify or remain qualified could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Payment
of Taxes, Etc.
Pay and
discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before
the
same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments, charges and like
levies levied or imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or Property prior
to the date on which penalties attach thereto and (ii) all lawful claims
that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its Property; provided
that
neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to pay and discharge
any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if the failure to do so (in
the
aggregate for all such failures) could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Reporting
Requirements.
Furnish
to the Agent:
(i) not
later
than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year
and ending with the end of such quarter, all in reasonable detail and duly
certified (subject to normal year-end adjustments) by a Responsible Officer
of
the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with
(A)
a certificate of said officer stating that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the
Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (B) a schedule
in form satisfactory to the Agent of the computations used by the Borrower
in
determining compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03, including
a
reconciliation in reasonable detail of excluding (x) Project Finance
Subsidiaries and (y) entities excluded because of the last sentence of Section
1.03(a) with respect to FIN 46, on the computation of compliance with the
covenants contained in Section 5.03;
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(ii) not
later
than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of
the
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and audited consolidated
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and
its
consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year,
in each
case accompanied by an opinion as to such audit report of KPMG LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized standing acceptable to the Required
Lenders certified in a manner to which the Agent has not objected, together
with
a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (A) as to compliance
with
the terms of this Agreement, (B) stating that no Default or Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the
Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (C) setting
forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to demonstrate compliance
with Section 5.03 and reconciling in reasonable detail the effect of excluding
(x) Project Finance Subsidiaries and (y) entities excluded because of the last
sentence of Section 1.03(a) with respect to FIN 46, on the computation of
compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03;
(iii) as
soon
as possible, and in any event within ten days after any Responsible Officer
has
obtained knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, written
notice thereof setting forth details of such Default or Event of Default and
the
actions that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(iv) during
such time as the Parent’s senior unsecured long-term debt rating is not at least
Baa3 by Xxxxx’x and BBB- by S&P, promptly (and in any event within five
Business Days) after any change in, or withdrawal or termination of, the rating
of any senior unsecured long-term debt of the Parent by Xxxxx’x or S&P,
notice thereof;
(v) promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports that the Borrower
sends to any of its holders of common stock other than to the
Parent;
(vi) Promptly
after a Responsible Officer has obtained knowledge of the commencement thereof,
notice of all actions, suits, investigations, litigation and proceedings before
any Governmental Authority affecting any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
of the type described in Section 4.01(i), and promptly after a Responsible
Officer has obtained knowledge of the occurrence thereof, notice of any adverse
change in the status of the Disclosed Litigation from that described on Schedule
4.01(i) hereto which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(vii) (A)
(I)
Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after any Loan Party knows
or
has reason to know that any ERISA Event has occurred which is reasonably likely
to result in liability to the Loan Party in excess of $25,000,000, a statement
of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower describing such ERISA Event and the
action, if any, that such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has taken and proposes
to take with respect thereto and (II) on the date any records, documents or
other information must be furnished to the PBGC with respect to any Plan
pursuant to Section 4010 of ERISA, a copy of such records, documents and
information.
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(B) Promptly
and in any event within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan
Party
or any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, copies of
each
notice concerning (I) the imposition of Withdrawal Liability by any such
Multiemployer Plan, (II) the reorganization or termination, within the meaning
of Title IV of ERISA, of any such Multiemployer Plan, if the amount of liability
incurred, or that may be incurred, by such Loan Party in connection with any
event described in clause (I) or (II) is reasonably likely to be in excess
of
$25,000,000.
(viii) such
other information as any Bank through the Agent may from time to time reasonably
request.
Information
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d)(i) or Section 5.01(d)(ii)
shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower
provides notice to the Agent that such information has been posted on the
Borrower’s website on the Internet at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx or
at
another website identified in such notice and accessible by the Banks without
charge; provided
that the
Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the information referred to in such
Sections to the Agent for distribution to (x) any Bank to which the above
referenced websites are for any reason not available if such Bank has so
notified the Borrower and (y) any Bank that has notified the Borrower that
it
desires paper copies of all such information; provided further
that the
Agent shall notify the Banks as provided in Section 8.02 of any materials
delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(d) (other than clause (v) hereof).
Information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d)(v) shall be
deemed to have been delivered on the date when posted on a website as provided
in the preceding sentence.
(e) Inspections.
At any
reasonable time and from time to time, in each case upon reasonable notice
to
the Borrower and subject to any applicable restrictions or limitations on access
to any facility or information that is classified or restricted by contract
or
by law, regulation or governmental guidelines, permit each Bank to visit and
inspect the properties of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of the
Borrower, and to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records
and
books of account of the Borrower and its material Subsidiaries and discuss
the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and its material Subsidiaries
with its and their officers and independent accountants provided,
however,
that
advance notice of any discussion with such independent public accountants shall
be given to the Borrower and the Borrower shall have the opportunity to be
present at any such discussion.
(f) Keeping
of Books.
Keep
proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall
be
made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Borrower
and each Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis.
(g) Maintenance
of Properties, Etc.
Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to maintain
and preserve, all of its material properties that are used or useful in the
conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries, taken
as
a whole, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
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(h) Maintenance
of Insurance.
Maintain, and cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance
with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such
amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged
in
similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas
in
which the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary operates; provided
that the
Loan Parties shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this
Section 5.01(h) to the extent the Parent shall maintain such insurance on behalf
of such Loan Parties; provided further
that the
Loan Parties shall be permitted to self-insure in such amounts and covering
such
risks as is usual and customary among companies engaged in similar businesses
and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower
or
such Material Subsidiary operates.
(i) Transactions
with Affiliates.
Conduct, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions
otherwise permitted under this Agreement with any of their Affiliates on terms
that are fair and reasonable and, if a comparable arm’s-length transaction is
known by the Borrower, no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
taken as a whole, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction
with a Person not an Affiliate; provided,
however,
that
the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:
(i) transactions
between or among the Borrower and its subsidiaries;
(ii) transactions
or payments pursuant to any employment arrangements or employee, officer or
director benefit plans or arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) to
the
extent permitted by law, customary loans, advances, fees and compensation paid
to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) transactions
pursuant to any contract or agreement in effect on the date hereof, as the
same
may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time, so long as any such
contract or agreement as so amended, modified or replaced is, taken as a whole,
no less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any material respect
than the contract or agreement as in effect on the date hereof;
(v) any
transaction or series of transactions between the Borrower or any Subsidiary
and
any of their joint ventures, provided
that (a)
such transaction or series of transactions is in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices of the Borrower, and/or its Subsidiaries
and
their joint ventures and (b) such Affiliate transaction involves aggregate
consideration paid to such Affiliate not in excess of $20,000,000;
(vi) the
Intercompany Note, the Subordination Agreement, the Indemnity Agreement, the
Halliburton Cash Management Note and the KBR Cash Management Note;
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(vii) transactions
pursuant to which (i) taxes are allocated among the Borrower and its Affiliates
in any manner consistent with Section 1552 (or any successor provision) of
the
Code and Regulation 1.1502-33(d) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) insurance,
information technology, and other general and administrative expenses are
allocated among the Borrower and its Affiliates in any manner consistent with
Section 482 (or any successor provision) of the Code, and (iii) interest is
charged or credited to Affiliates in any reasonable manner not inconsistent
with
the Code; or
(viii) transactions
permitted by Section 5.02(e)(iv), Section 5.02(f)(vii) and Section
5.02(g).
(j) Covenant
to Guarantee Obligations.
Upon
the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Material Domestic
Subsidiaries by any Loan Party or upon the request of the Agent thereafter,
at
the Borrower’s expense: (i) within 10 Business Days after such formation or
acquisition, cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary to duly execute and
deliver to the Agent a guarantee supplement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ Obligations
under the Loan Documents; (ii) within 60 days after such request, formation
or acquisition, deliver to the Agent, upon the request of the Agent in its
sole
discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Agent and
the
Banks, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Agent as
to
(A) such guarantee supplement being the legal, valid and binding obligations
of
each additional Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto enforceable in accordance
with its terms and (B) such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request
and (iii) at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver,
and cause each Loan Party and each newly acquired or newly formed Material
Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver, any and all further instruments
and
documents and take, and cause each Loan Party and each such newly acquired
or
newly formed Material Domestic Subsidiary to take, all such other action as
the
Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits
of such guarantees.
In
addition, the Borrower may cause any other Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor by delivering a guarantee supplement to the Guarantee and within
60
days thereafter, deliver to the Agent, upon the request of the Agent in its
sole
discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Agent and
the
Banks, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Agent as
to
(A) such guarantee supplement being the legal, valid and binding obligations
of
each additional Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto enforceable in accordance
with its terms and (B) such other matters as the Agent may reasonably
request.
Section
5.02 Negative
Covenants.
So long as any Advance or any other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter
of
Credit shall be outstanding or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder,
the
Borrower will not, without the written consent of the Required
Banks:
(a) Liens,
Etc.
Create
or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to
exist, any
Lien
on or with respect to any of its Properties whether now owned or hereafter
acquired to secure Indebtedness or reimbursement Obligations in respect of
letters of credit, acceptances or bank guarantees, or assign, or permit any
of
its Subsidiaries to assign, any accounts or other right to receive income,
except:
(i) Liens
on
or with respect to any of the properties of the Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule
5.02(a)(i);
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(ii) (A)
Liens
upon or in property acquired (including acquisitions through merger or
consolidation) or constructed or improved by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries including general tangibles, proceeds and improvements, accessories
and upgrades thereto and created contemporaneously with, or within 12 months
after, such acquisition or the completion of construction or improvement to
secure or provide for the payment of all or a portion of the purchase price
of
such property or the cost of construction or improvement thereof (including
any
Indebtedness incurred to finance such acquisition, construction or improvement),
as the case may be and (B) Liens on property (including any unimproved portion
of partially improved property) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
created within 12 months of completion of construction of a new plant or plants
on such property to secure all or part of the cost of such construction
(including any Indebtedness incurred to finance such construction) if, in the
opinion of the Borrower, such property or such portion thereof was prior to
such
construction substantially unimproved for the use intended by the Borrower;
provided,
however,
no such
Lien shall extend to or cover any property other than the property being
acquired, constructed or improved (including any unimproved portion of a
partially improved property) including general intangibles, proceeds and
improvements, accessories and upgrades thereto;
(iii) Liens
arising in connection with capitalized leases, provided
that no
such Lien shall extend to or cover any assets other than the assets subject
to
such capitalized leases and proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds
from associated contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories
and
upgrades to, the property leased pursuant thereto;
(iv) Any
Lien
existing on any property including general intangibles, proceeds and
improvements, accessories and upgrades thereto prior to the acquisition
(including acquisition through merger or consolidation) thereof by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or existing on any property of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes
a Subsidiary, provided
that
such a Lien is not created in contemplation or in connection with such
acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary and no such Lien shall be
extended to cover property other than the asset being acquired including general
intangibles proceeds and improvements, accessories and upgrades
thereto;
(v) Liens
to
secure any extension, renewal, refunding or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals, refinancing, refundings or replacements), in whole or
in
part, of any Indebtedness or other Obligation secured by any Lien referred
to in
clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (vii), and (ix), provided
that (A)
the principal amount of the Indebtedness or other Obligation secured thereby
is
no greater than the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness or other
Obligation immediately before such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding
or
replacement and (B) such Lien shall only extend to such assets as are already
subject to a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness or other
Obligation;
(vi) Liens
on
the Equity Interests of Mid-Valley, Inc. in favor of the trusts organized
pursuant to Sections 524(g) and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code as provided in
the
Plan of Reorganization of those entities and other Subsidiaries of the
Borrower;
(vii) Liens
(A) arising in connection with the pledge of any Equity Interests in (and
assets of) any Project Finance Subsidiary, so long as such Liens secure only
Project Financing and (B) securing Permitted Non-Recourse
Indebtedness;
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(viii) Liens
arising in connection with the pledge of any Equity Interests in any joint
venture (that is not a Subsidiary), and liens on the assets of a JV Subsidiary,
in each case to secure Joint Venture Debt of such joint venture and/or such
JV
Subsidiary. “Joint
Venture Debt”
shall
mean Indebtedness and other obligations as to which the lenders will not,
pursuant to the terms in the agreements governing such Indebtedness, have any
recourse to the stock or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than
such pledged assets of such JV Subsidiary;
(ix) Liens
securing reimbursement obligations in respect of local jurisdiction overdraft
facilities, letters of credit, acceptances or bank guarantees and other
Indebtedness, provided
that at
the time of the creation, incurrence or assumption of any reimbursement
obligations in respect of local jurisdiction overdraft facilities, letters
of
credit, acceptances or bank guarantees or other Indebtedness secured by such
Liens and after giving effect thereto, the sum of the principal amount of such
reimbursement obligations in respect of such local jurisdiction overdraft
facilities, letters of credit, acceptances or bank guarantees and other
Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by this clause (ix)
shall
not exceed $75,000,000.
(b) Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create,
incur, assume or
suffer to exist, any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness
of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof specified
in Schedule 5.02(b)(ii) (“Existing
Debt”)
and
any refinancings, refundings, renewals, replacements or extensions thereof;
provided
that the
aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness is not increased at the
time
of any such refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension except
by
an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and
fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing,
refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any
existing commitments unutilized thereunder;
(iii) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of any Loan Party or is merged or
consolidated into a Subsidiary of any Loan Party after the date hereof in
accordance with the terms of Section 5.02(d), which Indebtedness is existing
at
the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Loan Party or at the time
of
such merger or consolidation, as the case may be (other than Indebtedness
incurred solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of such
Loan Party);
(iv) Indebtedness
secured by Liens permitted by Section 5.02(a)(ii) in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $75,000,000;
(v) Indebtedness
secured by Liens permitted by Section 5.02(a)(iii) and Section
5.02(a)(v);
(vi) Indebtedness
incurred by any Project Finance Subsidiary in respect of any Project Financing
or any Permitted Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(vii) Indebtedness
among Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
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(viii) Indebtedness
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to Persons other than Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time
$250,000,000; provided
that not
more than $75,000,000 of such Indebtedness may be secured by Liens pursuant
to
Section 5.02(a)(ix);
(ix) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower owed to the Parent or HESI
in
respect of the KBR Cash Management Note or the obligation of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary to reimburse the Parent or HESI in respect of payments or cash
collateralization made by the Parent or HESI under Other L/C Guarantees, Surety
Guarantees, Project L/C Guarantees or Barracuda-Caratinga Losses and acceptances
and bank guarantees issued on behalf of Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
thereunder constitute Other Guaranteed Debt; provided
that (i)
such Other Guaranteed Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than 6 months
following the Maturity Date and (ii) such Other Guaranteed Debt and KBR
Cash Management Note shall be subordinated in right of payment to the
Obligations of the Borrower hereunder pursuant to the terms of the Subordination
Agreement.
(c) Change
in Nature of Business.
Make
any material change in the nature of the business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as carried on at the date hereof, taken as a whole, except as
otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 5.02(e)(iii) and Section
5.02(e)(iv).
(d) Mergers,
Etc.
Merge
or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, all or substantially
all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person;
provided,
however,
that:
(i)
this
Section 5.02(d) shall not prohibit any such merger or consolidation if the
Borrower is the surviving entity in such merger or consolidation;
(ii) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of
assets to, or merge into or consolidate with, the Borrower (provided the
Borrower is the surviving entity) or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower;
provided,
however,
no
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be permitted to transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of, all or substantially all of its assets to a foreign Subsidiary of the
Borrower;
(iii) as
part
of any acquisition permitted under Section 5.02(f), any Subsidiary of the
Borrower may merge into or consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of assets to, any other Person or permit any other Person
to
merge into or consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of assets to it; provided
that the
Person surviving such merger shall be a Subsidiary of the Borrower; and
provided further
that,
in
the case of any merger or consolidation to which a Subsidiary Guarantor is
a
party, the Person formed by such merger or consolidation shall be a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(iv) as
part
of any acquisition permitted under Section 5.02(f), any Affiliate of the
Borrower other than a Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with, or convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to, any other Person or permit
any other Person to merge into or consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease
or otherwise dispose of assets to it;
(v) as
part
of any sale or other disposition permitted under Section 5.02(e), any Subsidiary
of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit
any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it;
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provided further
that in
each case, immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) Sales,
Etc., of Assets.
Sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any assets, or grant any option
or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to grant any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire (unless such option or other right is subject to and conditioned upon
the approval of the Required Lenders or the termination of this Agreement),
any
assets, except:
(i) sales
of
inventory in the ordinary course of its business and the granting of any option
or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire inventory in the ordinary
course of its business;
(ii) in
a
transaction authorized by Section 5.02(d);
(iii) the
sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the G&I
Business Unit; provided
that
(A) the cash portion, if any, of the purchase price for such G&I
Business Unit paid to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be either the
sole
consideration paid or shall be in an amount at least equal to the amount
required to satisfy all Obligations referred to in (E) below, (B) prior to,
and after giving effect to such sale, transfer or other disposition, the
Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants contained in
Section 5.03, (C) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (D) the Borrower shall pay the aggregate principal amount of
all Advances outstanding at such time in excess of the Borrowing Sublimit
pursuant to Section 2.05(b) and (E) to the extent of such outstanding
Obligations, the net cash proceeds thereof (net of, without limitation, amounts
contributed or to be contributed within one year to any pension plan in the
United Kingdom and other amounts the repatriation of which will require the
imposition of tax or require the approval or consent of a third party) are
used
by the Borrower to prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy the
Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Intercompany Note;
(iv) the
sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or any part of the offshore maintenance
operations of
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) sales,
transfers or other dispositions of assets among the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries; provided,
however,
no
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be permitted to transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of, all or substantially all of its assets to a foreign Subsidiary of the
Borrower;
(vi) goods,
equipment or other property that are, in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower
or such Subsidiary, obsolete or unproductive or utilized as trade-in for goods,
equipment or other property of at least comparable value;
(vii) in
order
to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business, Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries may discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face
value thereof, notes or accounts receivable;
(viii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may sell or dispose of Equity Interests of any of its
Subsidiaries in order to qualify members of the Governing Body of any such
Subsidiary if required by applicable law;
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(ix) licenses
or sublicenses by Borrower and its Subsidiaries of software, trademarks, patents
and other intellectual property and leases of real property interests in the
ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the
business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) transfers
of condemned property to the respective Governmental Authority that has
condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise),
and
transfers of properties that have been subject to a casualty to the respective
insurer of such property or its designee as part of an insurance
settlement;
(xi) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of Cash Equivalents permitted
to be made or owned pursuant to Section 5.02(f)(iv);
(xii) sales,
transfers or other dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of
Equity Interests (and assets of) in Project Finance Subsidiaries and joint
venture interests held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xiii) sales,
transfers or other dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of
assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 during any
fiscal year of the Borrower (plus any sales, transfers or other dispositions
the
net cash proceeds of which are reinvested in equipment or other productive
assets within one year of such sale, transfer or other disposition);
and
(xiv) the
sale
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of (A) the Nigg, Scotland fabrication
yard
and (B) the Greens Bayou fabrication yard.
(f) Investments
in Other Persons.
Make or
hold, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold, any Investment in
any
Person, except:
(i) Investments
existing on the date hereof;
(ii) Investments
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in their Subsidiaries (including, if as
a
result of such Investment (i) a Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower
or
(ii) a Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or
a
Subsidiary); provided
that any
advances and guarantees by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in favor of their
respective Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiary Guarantors) shall be in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(iii) advances
under the Halliburton Cash Management Note provided
that (A)
such transfers are consistent with past practices, (B) Parent’s senior unsecured
long term debt is rated at least BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Xxxxx’x at the time
of each such transfer, and (C) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(iv) any
Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(v) any
acquisition of assets solely in exchange for, or with the net cash proceeds
of,
an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(vi) any
Investment made with the proceeds of a capital contribution from the Parent
or
its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries);
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(vii) Investments
by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in all or any part of the Equity Interests in
MMM held
by
the Parent
and its
Subsidiaries.
(viii) other
Investments in (A) Allenby-Connaught not to exceed an aggregate amount of
$105,000,000, (B) Egypt Basic Industries Company (EBIC) not to exceed an
aggregate amount of $22,500,000, and (C) in other joint ventures and other
minority interests in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000 plus
the net
cash proceeds of sales permitted by Section 5.02(e)(xii) and of sales of
Investments made pursuant to this Section 5.02(f)(viii) and sales of other
minority interests and dividends and distributions received from Project Finance
Subsidiaries and other minority interests and from Investments made pursuant
to
this Section 5.02(f)(viii), in each case, at the time such Investment is
made;
(ix) Investments
in any joint venture made during any fiscal year of the Borrower or within
45
days after the end of such fiscal year in amounts that, together with all other
Investments made in such joint venture in respect of such fiscal year in
reliance on this Section 5.02(f)(ix) during such fiscal year or within 45 days
after the end of such fiscal year, do not exceed the amount of dividends or
distributions previously paid in respect of such fiscal year to the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary by such joint venture;
(x) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make Investments with the net cash proceeds from sales
of Equity Interests in the Borrower; and
(xi) Investments
of amounts referred to in Section 5.02(g)(viii) to the extent such funds are
available for distribution on account of the equity interests of the
Borrower.
(g) Restricted
Payments.
Declare
or pay any dividends, purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire
for
value any of its Equity Interests now or hereafter outstanding, return any
capital to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons
thereof) as such, make any distribution of assets, Equity Interests, Obligations
or securities to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent
Persons thereof) as such or issue or sell any Equity Interests, or permit any
of
its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Equity
Interests in the Borrower, except that, so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action
described below or would result therefrom:
(i) Borrower
and any Subsidiary may make dividends and distributions payable in Equity
Interests;
(ii) any
Subsidiary may make dividends and distributions payable to the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary;
(iii) any
Subsidiary may make dividends and distributions payable to the holders of a
class of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis or a basis
that
is more favorable to the Borrower;
(iv) any
Subsidiary may issue Equity Interests to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary;
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(v) Borrower
may issue Equity Interests to the extent not constituting an Event of Default
under Section 6.01(i);
(vi) Equity
Interests of any Subsidiary may be issued or sold to the extent permitted by
Section 5.02(d) or 5.02(e);
(vii) Borrower
or any Subsidiary may take such action to the extent constituting an Investment
permitted by Section 5.02(f);
(viii) From
and
after payment, prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other
satisfaction of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Intercompany
Note in full as provided in Section 5.02(j), the Borrower may distribute or
return any capital in an amount equal to (A) proceeds from the disposition
of
the G&I Business Unit, to the extent remaining after application to the
Intercompany Note pursuant to Section 5.02(e)(iii), (B) proceeds from the
disposition of the offshore maintenance operations and (C) the Government
Working Capital Reduction to the extent remaining after application to the
Intercompany Note pursuant to Section 5.02(j); provided
in the
case of each of clause (A), (B) and (C) above that no amount of any Advance
shall be outstanding at the time of such payment; and
(ix) Borrower
may make dividends and distributions payable with the net cash proceeds from
sales of Equity Interests in the Borrower.
(h) Amendments
of Constitutive Documents.
Amend,
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend, its certificate of incorporation
or
bylaws or other constitutive documents other than amendments that could not
be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Accounting
Changes.
Make or
permit, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or permit, any change in
(i)
accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required or permitted
by
GAAP, or (ii) fiscal year.
(j) Prepayments
of Intercompany Note.
Prepay,
redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity
thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination
terms of, the Intercompany Note, except (i) any payment of scheduled
interest on such Intercompany Note, (ii) any such prepayment, redemption,
purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of the Obligations of the Borrower
in
respect of the Intercompany Note with the net cash proceeds of any sales made
pursuant to Section 5.02(e)(iii) or Section 5.02(e)(iv), or from Government
Working Capital Reduction and (iii) any payment, redemption, purchase,
defeasance or other satisfaction of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect
of the Intercompany Note with the net cash proceeds from the sale of Equity
Interests of the Borrower or a holding company of the Borrower; provided
that
prior, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower shall be in pro forma
compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03.
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(k) Payments
of Other Guaranteed Debt, Barracuda-Caratinga Guaranteed Debt, KBR Cash
Management Note, Etc.
(i) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the
scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation
of
any subordination terms of, the Other Guaranteed Debt, except any payment of
scheduled interest on such Other Guaranteed Debt; provided
that
prior, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower shall be in pro forma
compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03, and (ii) pay,
prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy in any manner, or make
any payment in violation of any terms of the Subordination Agreement in respect
of, the Barracuda-Caratinga Guaranteed Debt; provided
that
after the payment, prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other
satisfaction of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Intercompany
Note in full as provided in Section 5.02(j), the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries may use any proceeds remaining from the disposition of the G&I
Business Unit, the offshore maintenance operations or the Government Working
Capital Reduction, as the case may be, to pay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease
or otherwise in any manner any Other Guaranteed Debt or Barracuda-Caratinga
Guaranteed Debt to the extent of such proceeds; provided,
further,
that
the Borrower may pay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy
the
Other Guaranteed Debt, the Barracuda-Caratinga Debt and the Indebtedness arising
under the KBR Cash Management Note with the net cash proceeds from the sale
of
Equity Interests of the Borrower or a holding company of the
Borrower.
(l) Amendments
to Intercompany Note.
Amend,
modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the Intercompany Note,
agree in any manner to any other amendment, modification or change of any term
or condition of the Intercompany Note or take any other action in connection
with the Intercompany Note that would impair the interest or rights of the
Agent
or any Bank, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the
foregoing.
(m) Use
of
Proceeds.
Use the
proceeds of any Advance or any Letter of Credit for any purpose other than
for
working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or use any such proceeds (i) in a manner which violates or results
in a violation of any law or regulation, (ii) to purchase or carry any margin
stock (as defined in Regulation U), (iii) to extend credit to others for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock (as defined in Regulation
U), (iv) to prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to
the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation
of any subordination terms of, the Intercompany Note, other than as permitted
pursuant to Section 5.02(e)(iii), (v) to pay any dividends, return any capital,
or make any distribution of assets, Equity Interests, Obligations or securities
to the Parent, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents, (vi) to
acquire any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to Section
12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if such acquisition
would
give the Borrower a controlling interest in the Person that has issued such
security, unless the Governing Body of such Person or of the parent of such
Person shall have approved such acquisition or (vii) to pay, prepay, redeem,
purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy any other Indebtedness (excluding any
Indebtedness arising in respect of Letters of Credit issued hereunder to
guarantee any other letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument
but
including, without limitation, the KBR Cash Management Note).
Section
5.03 Financial
Covenants.
So long as any Advance or any other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter
of
Credit shall be outstanding or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder,
the
Borrower will:
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(a) Consolidated
Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization Ratio.
Maintain at all times a maximum Consolidated Debt to Total Consolidated
Capitalization Ratio of (i) from the date hereof until June 30, 2007, 0.55
to 1.00 and (ii) thereafter, 0.50 to 1.00.
(b) Leverage
Ratio.
Maintain, as of the end of each quarter for the four quarters then ended, a
Leverage Ratio of not more than 3.50 to 1.00.
(c) Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
Maintain, as of the end of each quarter for the four quarters then ended, a
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 3.00 to 1.00.
Section
5.04 Pre-IPO
Repositioning Exclusion.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Parent and its
Subsidiaries may complete the Pre-IPO Repositioning.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
Section
6.01 Events
of Default.
If any of the following events (“Events
of Default”)
shall
occur and be continuing:
(a) (i)
The
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when the same becomes
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or by acceleration thereof
or
otherwise or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance
or
any fees hereunder or other amount payable hereunder, or any Relevant Party
shall fail to make any other payment under any Loan Document, in each case
under
this clause (ii), within five Business Days of when the same becomes due and
payable, whether at the due date thereof or by acceleration thereof or
otherwise; or
(b) Any
representation, warranty or certification made by any Relevant Party (or any
of
its Responsible Officers) herein pursuant to or in connection with any Loan
Document or in any certificate or document furnished to any Bank pursuant to
or
in connection with any Loan Document, or any representation or warranty deemed
to have been made by any Relevant Party pursuant to Section 3.02, shall prove
to
have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or so deemed
to have been made; or
(c) (i)
The
Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(b), (e), (i) or (j), 5.02 or 5.03 of this Agreement;
or (ii) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant
or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed
(other than any term, covenant or agreement covered by Section 6.01(a)) and,
in
each case under this clause (ii), such failure shall remain unremedied for
30
days after notice thereof shall have been given to such Loan Party by the Agent
or by any Bank; or
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(d) Any
Loan
Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of,
premium or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of any
Indebtedness (other than Project Financing or Permitted Non-Recourse Debt)
of
such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary (as the case may be) that is
outstanding in a principal amount of at least $100,000,000 either individually
or in the aggregate for all such Loan Parties and Material Subsidiaries (but
excluding Indebtedness outstanding hereunder), when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable
grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such
Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under
any
agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness and shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or
instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to
permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness or otherwise
to
cause, or to permit the holder thereof to cause, such Indebtedness to mature;
or
any such Indebtedness shall become due prior to its stated maturity (other
than
by a regularly-scheduled required payment and mandatory prepayments from
proceeds of asset sales, debt incurrence, excess cash flow, equity issuances
and
insurance proceeds); provided that for the avoidance of doubt the parties
acknowledge and agree that any payment required to be made under a guarantee
described in the definition herein of Indebtedness shall be due and payable
at
the time such payment is due and payable under the terms of such guarantee
(taking into account any applicable grace period) and such payment shall not
be
deemed to have been accelerated or have become due as a result of the obligation
guaranteed having become due; or
(e) Any
Relevant Party or any Material Subsidiary of any Relevant Party shall be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing
its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment
for
the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against
any Relevant Party or any such Material Subsidiary seeking to adjudicate it
a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief
of
debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of
a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any
substantial part of its Property and, in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall
remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 90 days, or any of the actions
sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order
for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or
other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its Property)
shall occur; or such Relevant Party or any such Material Subsidiary shall take
any corporate or organizational action to authorize any of the actions set
forth
above in this subsection (e) (provided that for purposes of this clause (e),
“Relevant Party” shall only include the Parent and HESI to the extent each is
party to a Loan Document); or
(f) Any
final, non-appealable judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction
for
the payment of money in excess of $100,000,000 over and above the amount of
insurance coverage available from a financially sound insurer that has
acknowledged coverage shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Material
Subsidiary of any Loan Party and not discharged within 30 days after such order
or judgment becomes final; or any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or
execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial
part of the property of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary of any Loan
Party and such judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar
process shall not be released, stayed, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days
after its issue or levy; or
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(g) Any
non
monetary judgment or order by a court or Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of
any
Loan Party that could reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and
there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(h) Any
provision of any Loan Document after delivery thereof pursuant to
Section 3.01 or 5.01(j) shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding
on or enforceable against any Relevant Party party to it, or any such Relevant
Party shall so state in writing; or
(i) The
Parent shall at any time for any reason cease to be the direct or indirect
record and beneficial owner of no less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the
Equity Interests in the Borrower; or
(j) Any
Loan
Party shall incur, or, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Banks, shall
be
reasonably likely to incur liability in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate
as a result of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA
Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Loan Party or any of
its
ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or
termination of a Multiemployer Plan; or
then,
and
in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent,
of the Required Banks, by notice to the Borrower, declare the obligation of
each
Bank to make Advances (other than Letter of Credit Advances by an Issuing Bank
or a Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) and of each Issuing Bank to issue
Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same (and all of the
Commitments) shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may
with the consent, of the Required Banks, by notice to the Borrower, declare
the
Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such
interest and all such other amounts shall become and be forthwith due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate,
notice of acceleration or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower; provided,
however,
that in
the event of any actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect
to
the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, (A) the Commitment of each Bank and
the obligation of each Bank to make Advances (other than Letter of Credit
Advances by an Issuing Bank or a Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) and of
each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall automatically be terminated,
and (B) the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under
this Agreement shall automatically and immediately become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate,
notice of acceleration, or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower.
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Section
6.02 Actions
in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default.
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent
may, or shall at the request of the Required Banks, irrespective of whether
it
is taking any of the actions described in Section 6.01 or otherwise, make
demand upon the Borrower to, and forthwith upon such demand the Borrower will,
pay to the Agent on behalf of the Banks in same day funds at the Agent’s office
designated in such demand, for deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account,
an
amount equal to the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then
outstanding. If at any time the Agent determines that any funds held in the
L/C
Cash Collateral Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other
than the Agent and the Banks or that the total amount of such funds is less
than
the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit, the Borrower will,
forthwith upon demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent, as additional funds to
be
deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to the
excess of (a) such aggregate Available Amount over (b) the total
amount of funds, if any, then held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account that
the
Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the
drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account, such funds shall be applied to reimburse the relevant
Issuing Bank or the Banks, as applicable, to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
AGENT
Section
7.01 Authorization
and Action.
Each Bank hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as
Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as
are
delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or of any other Loan Document,
together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.
As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent shall
not
be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required
to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting
or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Banks and such
instructions shall be binding upon all Banks and all holders of Notes;
provided,
however,
that
the Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent
to
personal liability or which is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable
law.
The Agent agrees to give to each Bank prompt notice of each notice given to
it
by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Section
7.02 Agent’s
Reliance, Etc. Neither
the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in
connection with any Loan Document, except for their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing,
the
Agent: (i) may consult with legal counsel (including, without limitation,
counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts
selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts; (ii) makes no warranty or representation to any Bank
and
shall not be responsible to any Bank for any statements, warranties or
representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any
of
the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document; (iii) shall not have
any
duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any
of
the terms, covenants or conditions of any of Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document on the part of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor
or
any Subsidiary of the Loan Parties or to inspect the Property (including the
books and records) of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary
of the Loan Parties; (iv) shall not be responsible to any Bank for the due
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value
of any of the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document; and (v) shall
incur no liability under or in respect of any of Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document by acting upon any notice (including telephonic notice),
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile,
telegram or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed, given or sent by
the
proper party or parties.
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Section
7.03 The
Agent and its Affiliates.
With respect to its Commitment, the Advances owed to it and the Notes issued
to
it, each Bank which is also the Agent shall have the same rights and powers
under this Agreement as any other Bank and may exercise the same as though
it
were not the Agent; and the term “Bank” or “Banks” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated, include any Bank serving as the Agent in its individual
capacity. Any Bank serving as the Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits
from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment
banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with,
the
Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Affiliate of the Loan Parties and any
Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Borrower, all as if such Bank
were
not the Agent and without any duty to account therefore to the
Banks.
Section
7.04 Bank
Credit Decision.
Each Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the
Agent or any other Bank and based on the financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(d) and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents or
any
other instrument or document.
Section
7.05 Indemnification.
The Banks agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not promptly reimbursed
by
the Borrower), ratably according to either (a) the respective amounts of the
Banks’ Revolving Credit Commitments, or (b) if no Revolving Credit Commitments
are at the time outstanding, the respective amounts of the Revolving Credit
Commitments immediately prior to the time the Revolving Credit Commitments
ceased to be outstanding), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of any of the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, or any action taken or omitted by
the
Agent under any of the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith (“Indemnified
Costs”);
provided
that no
Bank shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as found in a
final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly
upon demand for such Bank’s ratable share of any costs and expenses (including,
without limitation, counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with
the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of,
or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, any of the
Loan
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
in
connection herewith to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such
expenses by the Borrower. In the case of any investigation, litigation or
proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 7.05 applies
whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the
Agent, any other Agent, any Bank or a third party.
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Section
7.06 Successor
Agent.
The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Banks and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with or without cause
by
the Required Banks. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Banks
shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which, if such successor
Agent
is not a Bank, is approved by the Borrower (which approval will not be
unreasonably withheld). If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed
by
the Required Banks (and, if not a Bank, approved by the Borrower), and shall
have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving
of notice of resignation or the Required Banks’ removal of the retiring Agent,
then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent,
which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment
as
Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. After
any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions
of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.
Section
7.07 Co-Lead
Arrangers,
Co-Administrative Agents, Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation
Agents.
The Co-Lead Arrangers, Co-Administrative Agents, Syndication Agent and
Co-Documentation Agents shall have no duties, obligations or liabilities
hereunder or in connection herewith.
ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
8.01 Amendments,
Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, nor consent to
any
departure by the Relevant Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Banks, and then
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for
the specific purpose for which given; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a) waive any of the conditions
specified in Section 3.01 of this Agreement without the written consent of
each
Bank, (b) increase the Commitment of any Bank or subject any Bank to any
additional obligations without the written consent of such Bank, (c) reduce
the
principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder, without the written consent of each Bank affected thereby, (d)
postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the
Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder without the written
consent of each Bank affected thereby, (e) amend the definition of “Required
Banks” without the written consent of each Bank; (f) amend Section 2.14 of
this Agreement or this Section 8.01 of this Agreement without the written
consent of each Bank, or (g) except as provided in the next sentence, release
any Subsidiary Guarantor from its guarantee under the Guarantee without the
written consent of each Bank; and provided,
further,
that
(x) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
the
Agent in addition to the Banks required above to take such action, affect the
rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any of the Notes and
(y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
each Issuing Bank in addition to the Banks required above to take such action,
affect the rights or obligations of the Issuing Banks under this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee
shall
be terminated from time to time as necessary to effect the sale, merger or
consolidation of any Subsidiary Guarantor permitted by this Agreement and the
Agent shall execute and deliver all release and termination documents reasonably
requested in connection therewith.
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Section
8.02 Notices,
Etc.
(a)
All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be either (x)
in
writing (including facsimile communication) and mailed, telecopied, or delivered
or (y) as and to the extent set forth in Section 8.02(b) and in the proviso
to
this Section 8.02(a), (i) if to the Borrower, at its address at 0000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx 0, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attention: Vice President
and
Treasurer, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000; (ii) if to any Bank listed on the
signature pages hereof, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its
name on Schedule II hereto; (iii) if to any other Banks, at its Domestic Lending
Office specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes
a
Bank; (iv) if to the Agent, at the addresses set forth below:
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
Bank Loan Syndications Department
with
a
copy to:
000
Xxxx,
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxxx, Director
(but
references herein to the address of the Agent for purposes of payments or making
available funds or for purposes of Section 8.08(c) shall not include the address
to which copies are to be sent); or, as to the Borrower or the Agent, at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Agent,
provided
that
materials required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d)(i), (ii) or
(iii), unless delivered by posting to a website as provided in Section 5.01(d),
shall be delivered to the Agent as specified in Section 8.02(b) or as otherwise
specified to the Borrower by the Agent. Each such notice or communication shall
be effective (i) if mailed, upon receipt, (ii) if delivered by hand, upon
delivery with written receipt, and (iii) if telecopied, when receipt is
confirmed by telephone, except that any notice or communication to the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement shall not be effective until actually received by
the
Agent.
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(b) The
Borrower hereby agrees that it will provide to the Agent all information,
documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Agent
pursuant to the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all notices,
requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and
other information materials, but excluding any such communication that
(i) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing,
borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest
rate or interest period relating thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any
principal or other amount due under the Credit Agreement prior to the scheduled
date therefore, (iii) provides notice of any default or event of default
under the Credit Agreement, (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any
condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement and/or any
borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder or (v) is delivered by posting
to a website as provided in Section 5.01(d) (all such non-excluded
communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”),
by
transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format
acceptable to the Agent to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx. In addition, the
Borrower agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Agent in the
manner specified in the Loan Documents but only to the extent requested by
the
Agent. The Borrower further agrees that the Agent may make the Communications
available to the Banks by posting the Communications on Intralinks
or a
substantially similar electronic transmission system
(the
“Platform”).
THE
PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED
BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR
THE
ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGENT
OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ADVISORS OR REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, “AGENT
PARTIES”)
HAVE
ANY LIABILITY TO THE BORROWER, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES
(WHETHER
IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE BORROWER’S OR THE AGENT’S
TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE
LIABILITY OF ANY AGENT PARTY IS FOUND IN A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY
A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY FROM SUCH AGENT
PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. The Agent agrees that the
receipt of the Communications by the Agent at its e-mail address set forth
above
shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Agent for
purposes of the Loan Documents.
(c) Each
Bank
agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a “Notice”)
specifying that any Communications have been posted to the Platform shall
constitute effective delivery of such information, documents or other materials
to such Bank for purposes of this Agreement; provided
that if
requested by any Bank the Agent shall deliver a copy of the Communications
to
such Bank by email or facsimile. Each Bank agrees (i) to notify the Agent in
writing of such Bank’s e-mail address to which a Notice may be sent by
electronic transmission (including by electronic communication) on or before
the
date such Bank becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter to ensure that the Agent has on record an effective e-mail address
for such Bank) and (ii) that any Notice may be sent to such e-mail
address.
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(d) Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Agent or any Lender to give any notice
or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner
specified in such Loan Document.
Section
8.03 No
Waiver; Remedies.
No failure on the part of any Bank or the Agent to exercise, and no delay
in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude
any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The
remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law.
Section
8.04 Expenses
and Taxes; Compensation.
(a) The
Borrower agrees to pay on demand (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel) of the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Agent and each of their respective
affiliates in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and
administration of the Loan Documents and the other documents and instruments
delivered hereunder or in connection with any amendments, modifications,
consents or waivers in connection with the Loan Documents, (ii) all reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Agent, during
the
existence of any Event of Default, any Bank with respect to advising the Agent
or, during the existence of any Event of Default, any Bank as to its rights
and
responsibilities under the Loan Documents and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel) of the Co-Lead Arrangers, the Agent and each Bank in connection
with
the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of the Loan Documents (including the enforcement of rights under this Section
8.04(a)) and the other documents and instruments delivered hereunder and rights
and remedies hereunder and thereunder.
(b) If
any
payment or purchase of principal of, or Conversion of, any Eurodollar Rate
Advance is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Advance, as a result of a payment, purchase or Conversion pursuant to Section
2.09, Section 2.10, Section 2.15, Section 2.16 or Section 2.17, acceleration
of
the maturity of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason,
the Borrower shall, within 15 days after demand by any Bank (with a copy of
such
demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank any amounts
required to compensate such Bank for any additional losses, costs or expenses
which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, purchase or
Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense reasonably incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Bank
to
fund or maintain such Advance. A certificate as to the amount of such additional
losses, costs or expenses, submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such
Bank,
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
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(c) The
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Banks, the Co-Lead
Arrangers and their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates,
advisors, attorneys and agents (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) for which any
of
them may become liable or which may be incurred by or asserted against any
of
the Indemnified Parties in connection with or arising out of (i) any Loan
Document or any other document or instrument delivered in connection herewith
or
the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of any Advance or Letter of Credit
or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the existence
of
any condition on any property of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or
any
of their Subsidiaries that constitutes a violation of any environmental
protection law or any other law, rule, regulation or order, or (iii) any
investigation, litigation, or proceeding, whether or not any of the Indemnified
Parties is a party thereto, related to or in connection with any of the
foregoing or any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any transaction
in which any proceeds of any Advance or Letter of Credit are applied, including,
without limitation, in each of the foregoing cases, any such claim, damage,
loss, liability or expense resulting from the negligence of any Indemnified
Party, but excluding any such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense sought
to be recovered by any Indemnified Party to the extent such claim, damage,
loss,
liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnified Party.
(d) Except
as
set forth in the next succeeding sentence, each of the Banks and the Agent
and
each of their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, advisors
and agents shall not be liable to the Borrower for, and the Borrower agrees
not
to assert any claim for, amounts constituting special, indirect, consequential,
punitive, treble or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with
any
breach by such Bank or the Agent of any of its obligations hereunder. If the
Borrower becomes liable to a third party for amounts constituting punitive,
treble or exemplary damages as a result of a breach of an obligation hereunder
by a Bank or the Agent, as the case may be, the Borrower shall be entitled
to
claim and recover (and does not waive its rights to claim and recover) such
amounts from such Bank or the Agent, as the case may be, to the extent such
Bank
or the Agent, as the case may be, would be liable to the Borrower for such
amounts but for the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence.
(e) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder,
all
obligations of the Borrower under Section 2.12, Section 2.13 and this Section
8.04 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and this Agreement and
the
payment in full of all amounts hereunder and under the Notes.
Section
8.05 Right
of Set-Off.
Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
and (ii) the making by the Required Banks of the request or the granting by
the
Required Banks of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent
to declare the Advances due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.01, each Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held
and
other indebtedness at any time owing by such Bank (or by any branch, agency,
subsidiary or other Affiliate of such Bank, wherever located) to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations
of
the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any Note held
by
such Bank, whether or not such Bank shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or any such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured.
Each
Bank agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and
application made by such Bank, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of
each Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which such Bank may
have.
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Section
8.06 Limitation
and Adjustment of Interest.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, in any other Loan Document or in
any
other document or instrument, no provision of any of the Loan Documents or
any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
is intended or shall be construed to require the payment or permit the
collection of interest in excess of the maximum non-usurious rate permitted
by
applicable law. Accordingly, if the transactions with any Bank contemplated
hereby would be usurious under applicable law, if any, then, in that event,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Note payable to such Bank,
this
Agreement or any other document or instrument, it is agreed as follows: (i)
the
aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under applicable
law
that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Bank under
any Note payable to such Bank, this Agreement or any other document or
instrument shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by
such applicable law, and any excess shall be canceled automatically and, if
theretofore paid, shall, at the option of such Bank, be credited by such Bank
on
the principal amount of the indebtedness owed to such Bank by the Borrower
or
refunded by such Bank to the Borrower, and (ii) in the event that the maturity
of any Note payable to such Bank is accelerated or in the event of any required
or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest
under
law applicable to such Bank may never include more than the maximum amount
allowed by such applicable law and excess interest, if any, to such Bank
provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically
as
of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall,
at the option of such Bank, be credited by such Bank on the principal amount
of
the indebtedness owed to such Bank by the Borrower or refunded by such Bank
to
the Borrower. In determining whether or not the interest contracted for, taken,
reserved, charged or received by any Bank exceeds the maximum non-usurious
rate
permitted by applicable law, such determination shall be made, to the extent
that doing so does not result in a violation of applicable law, by amortizing,
prorating, allocating and spreading, in equal parts during the period of the
full stated term of the loans hereunder, all interest at any time contracted
for, taken, charged, received or reserved by such Bank in connection with such
loans.
(b) In
the
event that at any time the interest rate applicable to any Advance made by
any
Bank would exceed the maximum non-usurious rate allowed by applicable law,
the
rate of interest to accrue on the Advances by such Bank shall be limited to
the
maximum non-usurious rate allowed by applicable law, but shall accrue, to the
extent permitted by law, on the principal amount of the Advances made by such
Bank from time to time outstanding, if any, at the maximum non-usurious rate
allowed by applicable law until the total amount of interest accrued on the
Advances made by such Bank equals the amount of interest which would have
accrued if the interest rates applicable to the Advances pursuant to Article
II
had at all times been in effect. In the event that upon the final payment of
the
Advances made by any Bank and termination of the Commitment of such Bank, the
total amount of interest paid to such Bank hereunder and under the Notes is
less
than the total amount of interest which would have accrued if the interest
rates
applicable to such Advances pursuant to Article II had at all times been in
effect, then the Borrower agrees to pay to such Bank, to the extent permitted
by
law, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the lesser of (i) the amount of
interest which would have accrued on such Advances if the maximum non-usurious
rate allowed by applicable law had at all times been in effect or (ii) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on such Advances if the interest
rates applicable to such Advances pursuant to Article II had at all times been
in effect over (b) the amount of interest otherwise accrued on such Advances
in
accordance with this Agreement.
Section
8.07 Binding
Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective as provided in Section 3.01 hereof
and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower
and the Agent and each Bank and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any interest herein or therein
without the prior written consent of all of the Banks.
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Section
8.08 Assignments
and Participations.
(a) Each
Bank may assign to one or more banks or other entities all or a portion of
its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all
or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Notes held
by
it); provided,
however,
that
(i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage
of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) except in the case
of an assignment of all of a Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Bank being assigned pursuant
to
each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance
with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000,
(iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iv) the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for
its
acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together
with the Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation
fee
of $3,000. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights
and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment
and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder and (y) the
Bank
assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish
its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and,
in
the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of an assigning Bank’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Bank shall cease to be a
party
hereto).
(b) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Bank assignor
thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such
Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Bank makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document
or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of any Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith; (ii) such assigning Bank
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect
to the financial condition of the Borrower or any other Person or the
performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Person of any of its
respective obligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith; (iii) such
assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with
copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(d) and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate
to
make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and
Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon
the
Agent, such assigning Bank or any other Bank 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, any of
the
other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document; (v) such assignee
confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and
authorizes the Agent to take such action as Agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers and discretion under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the
Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers and discretion
as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by
the
terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a
Bank.
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(c) The
Agent
shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.02 a copy of each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for
the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks and the Commitment of,
and
the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to, each Bank from
time to time (the “Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Banks may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as a Bank hereunder for all purposes
of
this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower
or any Bank at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(d) Upon
its
receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Bank and an
assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with the Notes,
if any, subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and
Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit E,
(i)
accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained
therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower.
Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall
execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered Notes, if
any,
a new Note (if requested by the assignee) payable to the order of such Eligible
Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Bank has retained a Commitment
hereunder, a new Note payable to the order of the assigning Bank in an amount
equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder (such new Notes shall be in
an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such
surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit
A).
(e) Each
Bank
may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than
the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its rights
and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Notes held by it);
provided,
however,
that
(i) such Bank’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Bank
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance
of such obligations, (iii) such Bank shall remain the holder of any such Notes
for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agent and the other
Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection
with such Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (v) the terms
of any such participation shall not restrict such Bank’s ability to make any
amendment or waiver of this Agreement or any Note or such Bank’s ability to
consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom without the approval of
the
participant, except that the approval of the participant may be required to
the
extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of,
or
interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each
case to the extent subject to such participation, or postpone any date fixed
for
any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other
amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such
participation.
(f) Each
Issuing Bank may assign to an Eligible Assignee all of its rights and
obligations under the undrawn portion of its Letter of Credit Commitment at
any
time; provided,
however,
that
(i) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee and (ii) the parties
to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its
acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together
with a processing and recordation fee of $3,000.
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(g) Any
Bank
may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment
or participation pursuant to this Section 8.08, disclose to the assignee or
participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries furnished to such Bank by or on behalf
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided
that,
prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee
or participant shall agree to comply with Section 8.14.
(h) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Bank may at any time create
a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it and
the Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance
with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section
8.09 No
Liability of Issuing Banks.
The
Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of
Credit. Neither any Issuing Bank nor any of its officers or directors shall
be
liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit
or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection
therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of
any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or
all
respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by such
Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply with the
terms
of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference
or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other
circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any Letter
of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a claim against such Issuing
Bank, and such Issuing Bank shall be liable to the Borrower, to the extent
of
any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by the Borrower that the
Borrower proves were caused by (i) such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct
or gross negligence as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a
court
of competent jurisdiction in determining whether documents presented under
any
Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or (ii) such
Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under a Letter of Credit
after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying
with
the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, such Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear
on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation,
regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
Section
8.10 Execution
in Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a
signature page to this Agreement by facsimile shall be as effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section
8.11 Judgment
(a)
If for
the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert
a sum
due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to
the
fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used
shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Agent
could purchase Dollars with such other currency at Citibank’s principal office
in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on
which final judgment is given.
(b) If
for
the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert
a sum
due hereunder in a Foreign Currency into Dollars, the parties agree to the
fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used
shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Agent
could purchase such Foreign Currency with Dollars at Citibank’s principal office
in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on
which final judgment is given.
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(c) The
obligation of the Borrower in respect of any sum due from it in any currency
(the “Primary
Currency”)
to any
Bank or the Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any other
currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following
receipt by such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be), of any sum adjudged
to
be so due in such other currency, such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be)
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the applicable Primary
Currency with such other currency; if the amount of the applicable Primary
Currency so purchased is less than such sum due to such Bank or the Agent (as
the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, the Borrower agrees, as
a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such
Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) against such loss, and if the amount
of
the applicable Primary Currency so purchased exceeds such sum due to any Bank
or
the Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Bank
or
the Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to the Borrower such
excess.
Section
8.12 Governing
Law.
This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. Without limiting the intent
of the parties set forth above, (i) Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code
(formerly known as Chapter 15, Subtitle 3, Title 79, of the Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, 1925), as amended (relating to revolving loans and revolving
triparty accounts), shall not apply to this Agreement, the Notes or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) to the extent that any Bank may
be
subject to Texas law limiting the amount of interest payable for its account,
such Bank shall utilize the indicated (weekly) rate ceiling from time to time
in
effect as provided in Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code (formerly known
as
Article 5069-1.04 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas), as
amended.
Section
8.13 Jurisdiction;
Damages.
To the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, (i)
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits,
for
itself and its Property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York
state
court or federal court sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from
any appeal thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to
this Agreement, any of the Notes, or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or for recognition or enforcement
of
any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in any such court; (ii) each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding and any objection that
it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court; (iii) the Borrower hereby agrees that service
of
copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served
in
any such action or proceeding may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of
such process to the Borrower at its address specified in Section 8.02; and
(iv)
each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action
or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing herein
shall affect the rights of any Bank or the Agent to serve legal process in
any
other manner permitted by law or affect the right that any party hereto may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement,
any
of the Notes or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto
or in
connection herewith in the courts of any other jurisdiction. Each of the
Borrower, the Agent and the Banks hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives,
to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any right
it may have to claim or recover in any action or proceeding referred to in
this
Section 8.13 any exemplary or punitive damages. The Borrower hereby further
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any action or
proceeding referred to in this Section 8.13 any special or consequential
damages.
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Section
8.14 Confidentiality.
Each Bank agrees that it will use reasonable efforts, to the extent not
inconsistent with practical business requirements, not to disclose without
the
prior consent of the Borrower (other than to employees, auditors, accountants,
counsel or other professional advisors of the Agent or any Bank) any information
with respect to the Borrower, each Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries
which is furnished pursuant to this Agreement, provided that any Bank may
disclose any such information (a) as has become generally available to the
public, (b) as may be required or appropriate in any report, statement or
testimony submitted to or required by any municipal, state or Federal regulatory
body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over any Bank or its Affiliates
or
submitted to or required by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or similar organizations (whether in the United States
or
elsewhere) or their successors, and including any self-regulatory body having
or
claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of any Bank’s or its
Affiliates’ businesses, (c) as may be required or appropriate in response to any
summons or subpoena in connection with any litigation, (d) in order to comply
with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to any Bank, (e) to any
assignee, participant, prospective assignee, or prospective participant that
has
agreed to comply with this Section 8.14, (f) in connection with the exercise
of
any remedy by any Bank pertaining to this Agreement, any of the Notes or any
other document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, (g) in connection
with any litigation involving any Bank pertaining to any Loan Document or any
other document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, (h) to any Bank
or the Agent, or (i) to any Affiliate of any Bank.
Section
8.15 Patriot
Act Notice.
Each Bank and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Bank) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act,
it
is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
other information that will allow such Bank or the Agent, as applicable, to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Borrower shall
provide, to the extent commercially reasonable in light of applicable
restrictions or limitations under contract or law, regulation or governmental
guidelines, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested
by the Agent or any Banks in order to assist the Agent and the Banks in
maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.
Section
8.16 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
Each of the Borrower, the Agent and the Banks hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any of the Notes, any other Loan
Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
BORROWER:
KBR
HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Taxpayer
Identification of Borrower: 00-0000000
Address
of Principal Place of Business of Borrower:
0000
Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
*
Bank
signature pages omitted.
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