EXHIBIT 10.1
dated as of
December 23, 2010
among
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.,
The Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto,
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
XXXXXXX SACHS BANK USA,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
UBS SECURITIES LLC
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
as Co-Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally |
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms and Determinations |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections |
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SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.09. Fees |
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SECTION 2.10. Interest |
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SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest |
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SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs |
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SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments |
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SECTION 2.14. Taxes |
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SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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SECTION 2.17. Increase in Commitments |
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SECTION 2.18. Defaulting Lenders |
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SECTION 2.19. Designation of Subsidiary Borrowers |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers |
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Authorizations |
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SECTION 3.04. No Contravention |
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SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change |
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SECTION 3.06. Properties |
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SECTION 3.07. Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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SECTION 3.08. Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 3.09. No Default |
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SECTION 3.10. Investment Company Status |
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SECTION 3.11. Taxes |
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SECTION 3.12. ERISA |
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SECTION 3.13. Disclosure |
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SECTION 3.14. Margin Regulations |
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SECTION 3.15. Certain Representations by Subsidiary Borrowers |
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SECTION 3.16. Sanctioned Persons |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS |
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date |
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SECTION 4.02. Closing Date |
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SECTION 4.03. Each Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information |
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events |
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SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties |
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SECTION 5.06. Books and Records |
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SECTION 5.07. Inspection Rights |
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SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations |
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SECTION 5.09. Insurance |
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SECTION 5.10. Use of Proceeds |
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.01. Priority Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.02. Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 6.04. Lines of Business |
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SECTION 6.05. Dispositions |
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SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 6.07. Certain Restrictive Agreements |
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SECTION 6.08. Fiscal Year |
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SECTION 6.09. Financial Covenants |
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 9.01. Notices |
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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments |
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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.05. Survival |
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SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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SECTION 9.07. Severability |
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SECTION 9.08. Payments Set Aside |
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SECTION 9.09. Right of Setoff |
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SECTION 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.12. Headings |
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SECTION 9.13. Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.14. USA PATRIOT Act |
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SECTION 9.15. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationships |
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ARTICLE X GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 10.01. Guarantee |
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SECTION 10.02. Obligations Unconditional |
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SECTION 10.03. Reinstatement |
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SECTION 10.04. Subrogation |
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SECTION 10.05. Remedies |
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SECTION 10.06. Continuing Guarantee |
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 2.01
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Commitments |
SCHEDULE 2.01A
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Existing Operating Indebtedness |
SCHEDULE 4.02(f)
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Index Debt Ratings |
SCHEDULE 9.01
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Notice Information |
EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
EXHIBIT B-1
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Form of Subsidiary Borrower Designation |
EXHIBIT B-2
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Form of Subsidiary Borrower Termination Notice |
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Promissory Note |
EXHIBIT D
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Forms of U.S. Tax Certificates |
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THREE-YEAR
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 23, 2010 among AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP,
INC., the SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Company has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the
Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address as set forth
on Schedule 9.01, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“
Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is
under common Control with the Person specified;
provided that neither Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York nor United States Department of the Treasury shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any
Loan Party for purposes of this Agreement.
“Agents” means each of the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents.
“Agreement Value” means, for each Swap Contract, on any date of determination, the
maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements and netting amounts arising out
of intercompany Swap Contracts) that the Company or any Subsidiary would be required to pay if such
Swap Contract were terminated on such date.
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“AIG FP” means AIG Financial Products Corp.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period (the
“Relevant LIBO Rate”) on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, for avoidance of doubt, the
Relevant LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on
any successor or substitute page thereof, or any successor service, providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market comparable to those
currently provided on such page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at
approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Relevant LIBO Rate shall be
effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Relevant LIBO Rate, respectively.
“Applicable Fee Rate” means, for any day, a percentage per annum determined by
reference to the Index Debt Ratings applicable on such day as set forth below:
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Applicable |
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Ticking Fee Rate/ Commitment |
Index Debt Ratings |
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Category 1 |
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0.15 |
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≥ AA- / Aa3 |
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Category 2 |
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0.20 |
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A+ / A1 |
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Category 3 |
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0.25 |
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A / A2 |
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Category 4 |
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0.30 |
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A- / A3 |
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Category 5 |
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0.375 |
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BBB+ / Baa1 |
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Category 6 |
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0.50 |
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BBB / Baa2 |
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or unrated |
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Initially, commencing on the Effective Date the Applicable Fee Rate shall be deemed to be in
Category 4 above. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Fee Rate resulting from a publicly
announced change in the Index Debt Ratings shall be effective during the period commencing on the
date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective
date of the next such change.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in
effect, giving effect to any assignments.
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“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, a per annum percentage equal to: (a) with
respect to any ABR Loan, the applicable Credit Default Swap Spread minus 1.00%
(provided that such percentage for purposes of this clause (a) shall in no event be less
than 0%); (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the applicable Credit Default Swap Spread; and
(c) with respect to ticking fees or commitment fees pursuant to Section 2.09(a) or (b),
respectively, the Applicable Fee Rate.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender as assignor and an assignee (with the consent of each Person whose consent is required by
Section 9.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other
form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Assuming Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Commitment Termination Date and the date of termination of the
Commitments.
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject
of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the
reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination
of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a
Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of
any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof,
provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such
Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such
Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts
or agreements made by such Person.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Borrower” means any of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers, as the context may
require, and “Borrowers” means all of the foregoing. References herein to the “applicable
Borrower” with respect to any Borrowing or Loan shall refer to that Borrower to which such Loan or
Borrowing is (or is to be, as applicable) made by the Lenders.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same
date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
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“Borrowing Request” means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.03.
“
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
banks in
New York City are authorized or required by Law to remain closed;
provided that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “
Business Day” shall also exclude
any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Catastrophe Bond” means any note, bond or other instrument of Indebtedness or any
Swap Contract or other similar agreement which has a catastrophe, weather or other risk feature
linked to payments thereunder.
“CDS Spread Determination Date” means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the
date which is two Business Days prior to the first day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar
Loan, and, for such Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period longer than three months, at the end
of each successive three-month period after the first day of such Interest Period, and (b) with
respect to any ABR Loan, on the Closing Date and the last Business Day of each calendar quarter,
commencing with the calendar quarter in which the Closing Date occurs.
A “
Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any “person” or “group”
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date
hereof), other than Federal Reserve Bank of
New York and United States Department of the Treasury
(the “
Permitted Investors”), shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
shares representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company; (b) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats)
on the board of directors of the Company shall at any time be occupied by persons who were not (i)
nominated by the board of directors of the Company, (ii) appointed by directors so nominated or
(iii) elected with the favorable vote of the Permitted Investors; or (c) any change in control (or
similar event, however denominated) with respect to the Company shall occur under and as defined in
any indenture or agreement in respect of Material Indebtedness to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party, which event enables or permits the holder or holders of such Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to
become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to
its scheduled maturity.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any Law after the date of this Agreement,
(b) any change in any Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s
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holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement;
provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives
thereunder issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof shall be deemed to be a
“Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“
Chartis Letter of Credit Agreement” means the Letter of Credit and Reimbursement
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Chartis Inc., the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as
administrative agent thereunder, and certain other parties thereto.
“Closing Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.06, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.17 and (c) reduced
or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section
9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Assumption (or, in the case of any Assuming Lender, the agreement entered into by
such Assuming Lender under Section 2.17) pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is
$1,500,000,000 as of the Effective Date.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17.
“Commitment Increase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17.
“Commitment Termination Date” means the third anniversary of the Closing Date (or if
such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
“Company” means American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(b).
“
Consolidated Net Worth” means, at any date, the total shareholders’ equity of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded from “Consolidated Net Worth” (a) accumulated other
comprehensive income (or loss), (b) all noncontrolling interests (as determined in accordance with
the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, entitled “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements”) and (c) amortization of prepaid commitment fees in respect of
the FRBNY
Credit Agreement.
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“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, at any date, the sum of (a) Consolidated
Total Debt plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, at any date, without duplication, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding (i) all
Operating Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) all Indebtedness of
International Lease Finance Corporation, American General Finance, Inc. and their respective
subsidiaries; provided that, with respect to clause (ii) above, neither the Company nor any
other Subsidiary shall provide any credit support of any kind with respect to such Indebtedness)
plus (b) the aggregate amount of Hybrid Securities, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party
or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“
Credit Default Swap Spread” mean, at any time with respect to any Loan as at any CDS
Spread Determination Date, the Company’s three-year credit default swap mid-rate spread as provided
by Markit Group, Ltd. (“
Markit”) to the Administrative Agent after the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding such CDS Spread Determination Date;
provided that
the Credit Default Swap Spread with respect to any Loan to any Borrower shall not be (a) less than
the “Minimum CDS Spread” (as determined below in this definition) (the “
Minimum CDS
Spread”) or (b) greater than the “Maximum CDS Spread” (as determined below in this definition)
(the “
Maximum CDS Spread”). If for any reason the Credit Default Swap Spread is not
available or is not provided by Markit to the Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m.
New York City time
on any date of determination of the Credit Default Swap Spread, the Company and the Lenders shall
negotiate in good faith, for a period of up to 30 days thereafter (such 30-day period, the
“
Negotiation Period”), to agree on an alternative method for establishing the Credit
Default Swap Spread;
provided that (i) the Credit Default Swap Spread applicable to each
CDS Spread Determination Date which falls during the Negotiation Period shall be based upon the
then most recently available Credit Default Swap Spread and (ii) if no such alternative method is
agreed upon during the Negotiation Period, the Credit Default Swap Spread with respect to any Loans
shall be the Credit Default Swap Spread determined under clause (i) above and increased by (A)
0.25% on the first Business Day following the expiration of the Negotiation Period (the
“
Initial Rate Increase Date”) and (B) an additional 0.25% on each succeeding 90-day
anniversary of the Initial Rate Increase Date (or if any such 90
th day is not a Business
Day, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), in each case, so long as the Credit Default Swap
Spread remains unavailable or is not provided by Markit and an alternative method for establishing
the Credit Default Swap Spread has not been agreed upon by the Company and the Lenders hereunder
(
provided that the Credit Default Swap Spread determined under this clause (ii) shall in no
event be less than the Minimum CDS Spread or greater than the Maximum CDS Spread). For purposes of
this definition, “Minimum CDS Spread” and the “Maximum CDS
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Spread” means, for any day, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below under the
caption “Minimum CDS Spread” or “Maximum CDS Spread”, respectively, determined by reference to the
Index Debt Ratings applicable on such day:
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Index Debt Ratings |
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Minimum CDS Spread |
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Maximum CDS Spread |
Category 1 |
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0.75 |
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3.25 |
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≥ AA- / Aa3 |
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Category 2 |
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1.00 |
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3.50 |
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A+ / A1 |
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Category 3 |
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1.25 |
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3.75 |
% |
A / A2 |
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Category 4 |
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1.50 |
% |
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4.00 |
% |
A- / A3 |
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Category 5 |
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2.00 |
% |
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4.25 |
% |
BBB+ / Baa1 |
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Category 6 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
|
|
4.50 |
% |
≤ BBB / Baa2 |
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or unrated |
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“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or
which, upon notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 2.00% plus the Alternate Base
Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate applicable to ABR Loans;
provided that, with respect to principal of any Eurodollar Loan that shall become due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by prepayment or otherwise) on a day other than the
last day of the Interest Period therefor, the “Default Rate” shall be a rate per annum equal to,
for the period from and including such due date to but excluding the last day of such Interest
Period, 2.00% plus the interest rate for such Eurodollar Loan as provided in Section
2.10(b) and, thereafter, the rate provided for above in this definition.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of
the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder,
unless, in the case of clause (i) above, (x) such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in
writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition
precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not
been satisfied or (y) such failure has been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or the
Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not
intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such
writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith
determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular
default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under
other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days
after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to confirm in writing in a manner
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder
(provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this
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clause (c) upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such confirmation) or (d) has become
the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
“Department” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the Governmental
Authority of such Insurance Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of domicile with which such Insurance
Subsidiary is required to file its annual statutory financial statement (including any jurisdiction
of domicile deemed to be such by virtue of a “commercially domiciled” or similar standard).
“Designated Subsidiaries” means, without duplication, (a) AIG FP, Chartis Inc.,
Chartis International, LLC, Chartis Overseas Limited, Chartis U.S., Inc., National Union Fire
Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., American Home Assurance Company, AIG Life Holdings (US),
Inc., Western National Life Insurance Company, American General Life Insurance Company, SAFG
Retirement Services, Inc., and SunAmerica Life Insurance Company; (b) any Subsidiary that has total
assets in excess of 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (based
upon and as of the date of delivery of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company
furnished pursuant to Section 3.05(a) or 5.01); (c) any Subsidiary formed or organized after the
Effective Date that owns, directly or indirectly, greater than 10% of the Equity Interests in any
other Designated Subsidiary; and (d) each Subsidiary Borrower (so long as it remains a Subsidiary
Borrower hereunder).
“Disclosed Matters” means any matters disclosed in any Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filed by
the Company with the SEC during the period from and including January 1, 2010 to and including
November 5, 2010.
“Disclosed Tax Matters” means any matters relating to taxes set forth or accounted for
in the “Federal Income Taxes” or “Income Taxes” notes, as applicable, to the Company’s consolidated
financial statements in any Form 10-Q or 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC during the period
from and including January 1, 2008 to and including November 5, 2010.
“Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, sublicense, lease, sublease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale of Equity Interests) of any
property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of
any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening
of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the
issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case other than
solely for Capital Stock in such Person that does not constitute Disqualified Stock and cash in
lieu of fractional shares of such Capital Stock and at any time on or prior to the first
anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date, or (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless
at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interest
referred to in clause (a) above (other than solely for Capital Stock in such Person that do not
constitute Disqualified Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Capital
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Stock), in each case at any time prior to the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination
Date; provided, however, that Capital Stock in any Person that would not constitute
Disqualified Stock but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to
redeem or purchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a disposition or a change of control
shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if any such requirement becomes operative only after
repayment in full of all the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the
laws of any jurisdiction of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local, municipal and foreign Laws
(including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, permits, directives, orders (including consent orders), and legally binding
requirements of any Governmental Authority, in each case concerning the protection of the
environment, natural resources, human health and safety as it relates to any Hazardous Materials or
the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling, disposal or handling of,
or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials, in each case not
relating to or arising out of the insurance or reinsurance activities of the Company or the
Subsidiaries.
“Environmental Liability” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims,
actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including
administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent
or otherwise, arising out of (a) actual or alleged compliance or noncompliance with any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, handling,
transport, storage, treatment, recycling or disposal of, or the arrangement for such activities
with respect to, any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release
of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant
to which a liability or obligation is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Liabilities of the type described above arising out of the obligation of any Insurance Subsidiary
with respect to its insurance operations shall not constitute “Environmental Liabilities”
hereunder.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests
in any Person, and any option, warrant or other right entitling the holder thereof to purchase or
otherwise acquire any such equity interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the
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Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day
notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard
(within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan,
whether or not waived, (c) the determination that any Plan is in “at-risk status” (within the
meaning of Section 430 of the Code and Section 303 of ERISA, (d) the filing pursuant to Section
412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding
standard with respect to any Plan, (e) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates
of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the
withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan, (f) the receipt by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or
a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the requirement that a Plan provide a security
pursuant to Section 436(f)(i) of the Code, (h) the receipt by the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any of its
ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (i) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries engaging in a
“prohibited transaction” with respect to a plan for which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which
the Company or any such Subsidiary could otherwise be liable, (j) any other event or condition with
respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in liability of
the Company or any Subsidiary under Title IV of ERISA or (k) any Foreign Benefit Event.
“Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any payment made by any Borrower, any of the
following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Recipient: (a) Other Connection Taxes; (b) Taxes
attributable to such Recipient’s failure or inability to comply with Section 2.14(f); and (c) U.S.
Federal withholding Taxes from a Law in effect (including FATCA) on the date on which (i) such
Recipient acquires directly or indirectly its applicable ownership interest in the Loans,
participations therein or Commitment (other than a Recipient acquiring its applicable ownership
interest pursuant to Section 2.16(b)) or (ii) such Recipient changes its lending office, except in
each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14, amounts with respect to such taxes were
payable either to such Recipient’s assignor immediately before such Recipient became a Recipient
with respect to its applicable ownership interest in the Loans or Commitment or to such Recipient
immediately before it changed its lending office.
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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official
interpretations thereof.
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding 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 (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Company.
“Foreign Benefit Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the
existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law or in
excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the
failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the
due date for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice by a Governmental
Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Pension Plan or to appoint a
trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging the insolvency
of any such Foreign Pension Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any
Subsidiary under applicable Law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign
Pension Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein or (e) the
occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable Law and that could reasonably
be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
or the imposition on the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of any fine, excise tax or penalty
resulting from any noncompliance with any applicable Law.
“Foreign Pension Plan” means any benefit plan maintained outside of the U.S. primarily
for the benefit of employees working outside the U.S. that under applicable Law is required to be
funded through a trust or other funding vehicle other than a trust or funding vehicle maintained
exclusively by a Governmental Authority.
“
FRBNY Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 22, 2008
between the Company and Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, as amended.
“Fund” means any investment vehicle managed by the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company and created in the ordinary course of the Company’s asset management business or tax credit
investment business for the purpose of selling and/or holding, directly or indirectly, Equity
Interests in such investment vehicle to third parties.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis.
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“GIC” means a guaranteed investment contract or funding agreement or other similar
agreement issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that guarantees to a counterparty a rate
of return on the invested capital over the life of such contract or agreement.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, municipal or foreign court
or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body (including any board of
insurance, insurance department or insurance commissioner), court, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment of
such Indebtedness or other obligation or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee”
shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
“Hazardous Materials” means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or any toxic,
radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substance, waste or material,
including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas,
asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, chlorofluorohydrocarbons, and any substance, waste or material regulated under any
Environmental Law.
“Hybrid Securities” means (a) the Company’s 6.25% Series A-1 Junior Subordinated
Debentures, 5.75% Series A-2 Junior Subordinated Debentures, 4.875% Series A-3 Junior Subordinated
Debentures, 6.45% Series A-4 Junior Subordinated Debentures, 7.70% Series A-5 Junior Subordinated
Debentures, 8.175% Series A-6 Junior Subordinated Debentures, 8.00% Series A-7 Junior Subordinated
Debentures and 8.625% Series A-8 Junior Subordinated Debentures and (b) any similar junior
subordinated debt or trust preferred securities issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
after the Effective Date that receive equivalent hybrid equity treatment from S&P and Moody’s.
“Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
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debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person,
(d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course
of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property
owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed
(provided that, for purposes of this clause (e), if such Person has not assumed or
otherwise become personally liable for any such Indebtedness, the amount of the Indebtedness of
such Person in connection therewith shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the fair market value of
such property and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien), (f) all Guarantees by such
Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all
Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person as an account party
in respect of letters of credit, (j) all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’
acceptances and (k) all obligations of such person in respect of Disqualified Stock. Indebtedness
shall not include: (i) any obligation of any Person to make any payment, hold funds or securities
or to segregate funds or securities for the benefit of one or more third parties pursuant to any
surety or fidelity bond, any insurance or reinsurance contract or program, any distribution
agreement, any program administrator agreement, managing general agency agreement, third party
administrator agreement, claims services agreement or similar insurance services agreement, or any
annuity contract, variable annuity contract or other similar agreement or instrument (including
GICs and financial guarantees), including any policyholder account, arising in the ordinary course
of any such Person’s business; (ii) all other liabilities (or guarantees thereof) of any Person
arising in the ordinary course of any such Person’s business as an insurance company, reinsurance
company (including GICs), agency, producer or claims services company or as a provider of financial
or investment services (including GICs); (iii) obligations of any Person under Swap Contracts; (iv)
obligations of any Person under or arising out of any employee benefit plan, employment contract or
other similar arrangement; (v) obligations of any Person under any severance or termination of
employment agreement or plan; (vi) obligations of any Person in respect of the sponsorship of
Catastrophe Bonds transactions; (vii) utilizing proceeds from the disposition of properties (or
interests therein) generating tax credits to secure guarantee obligations to third party investors
in tax credit Funds, or providing guarantees to third-party investors in tax credit Funds to
protect against recapture of previously-allocated tax credits occurring after the disposition of
such properties (or interests therein); (viii) obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to the Recapitalization Documents or in connection with the
transactions contemplated thereby; or (ix) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are held for sale (and
accounted for as such under GAAP) as of the Effective Date. The Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any partnership (other than Indebtedness that is nonrecourse to such
Person) in which such Person is a general partner.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with
respect to any payment made by any Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes. For
avoidance of doubt, Indemnified Taxes does not include Taxes imposed by applicable Law on a
distribution or similar payment made by a Lender to a Person that is an owner of such Lender with
respect to its ownership interest in such Lender and distributions and similar payments made by
such owners to their owner.
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“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the
Company that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Index Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined
by S&P or Moody’s of the Index Debt; provided that (a) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not
have in effect an Index Debt Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the
penultimate sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have
established an Index Debt Rating in Category 6 of the relevant pricing grids set forth in the
definition of “Applicable Fee Rate” and “Credit Default Swap Spread” (each, a “pricing
grid”); (b) if the Index Debt Rating established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s
and S&P shall fall within different rating levels (and, for purposes hereof, a rating level shall
be the comparable rating level for the Xxxxx’x rating and the S&P’s rating (i.e., ratings of A-/A3
are the same rating level)), the Applicable Fee Rate, the Minimum CDS Spread and the Maximum CDS
Spread shall be based on the higher of the two ratings, provided that if one of the two
ratings is two or more rating levels lower than the other, the Applicable Fee Rate, the Minimum CDS
Spread and the Maximum CDS Spread shall be determined by reference to the rating level next above
that of the lower of the two ratings; and (c) if the Index Debt Rating established or deemed to
have been established by Moody’s and S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in
the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is
first announced by the applicable rating agency, irrespective of when notice of such change shall
have been furnished by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
5.02 or otherwise. Each change in the Applicable Fee Rate, the Minimum CDS Spread and the Maximum
CDS Spread resulting from a publicly announced change in the Index Debt Ratings shall be effective
during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date
immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s
or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating
corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this
definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating
agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Fee Rate, the Minimum
CDS Spread and the Maximum CDS Spread shall be determined by reference to the ratings most recently
in effect prior to such change or cessation. At any time an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Applicable Fee Rate, the Minimum CDS Spread and the Maximum CDS Spread shall be
deemed to be in Category 6 of the relevant pricing grids (as defined above in this definition).
“Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is required to be licensed as an
insurer or reinsurer.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, each Quarterly Payment
Date and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of any Interest Period
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that is more than three months long, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period
that occurs at intervals of three months after the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may
elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the
last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing
initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective
date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners listed on
the cover page of this Agreement.
“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an instrument executed by
such Person pursuant to Section 2.17, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on any successor or substitute page thereof, or any
successor service, providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the
London interbank market comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for
any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such
Interest Period shall be the rate at which Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at
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approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call
or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the promissory notes (if any)
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.07(e) and each Subsidiary Borrower Designation.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of
the Board.
“Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Indebtedness of a
Subsidiary of the type permitted under Section 6.01(h)), or obligations in respect of one or more
Swap Contracts, of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $500,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal
amount” of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Contract at any
time shall be the Agreement Value of such Swap Contract at such time.
“Material Subsidiaries” means, without duplication, (a) any Designated Subsidiary; (b)
any Subsidiary that has total assets in excess of 2% of the consolidated total assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (based upon and as of the date of delivery of the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Company furnished pursuant to Section 3.05(a) or 5.01); and (c)
any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, greater than 10% of the Equity Interests in any
other Material Subsidiary; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as Fuji
Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Limited (“Fuji Fire & Marine”) shall not be a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company, neither Fuji Fire & Marine nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be
considered a Material Subsidiary.
“Maximum CDS Spread” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Credit Default Swap Spread”.
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“Minimum CDS Spread” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Credit Default Swap Spread”.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor
thereto, or in the absence of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or such
successor, any other association, agency or other organization performing advisory, coordination or
other like functions among insurance departments, insurance commissioners and similar Governmental
Authorities of the various states of the United States toward the promotion of uniformity in the
practices of such Governmental Authorities.
“Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of, the Company and the other Loan Parties arising under any Loan Document or otherwise
with respect to any Loans (including with respect to principal, interest, fees and other amounts
payable by the Loan Parties thereunder), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Company, any other
Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization naming such Person as the debtor in such case, proceeding
or action, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16.
“Operating Indebtedness” of any Person means, at any date, without duplication, any
Indebtedness of such Person (a) in respect of AXXX, XXX and other similar life reserve
requirements, (b) incurred in connection with repurchase agreements and securities lending, (c) to
the extent the proceeds of which are used directly or indirectly (including for the purpose of
funding portfolios that are used to fund trusts in order) to support AXXX, XXX and other similar
life reserves, (d) to the extent the proceeds of which are used to fund discrete customer-related
assets or pools of assets (and related hedge instruments and capital) that are at least notionally
segregated from other assets and have sufficient cash flow to pay principal and interest thereof,
with insignificant risk of other assets of such Person being called upon to make such principal and
interest payments, (e) incurred as operating leverage and existing as of September 30, 2010 and set
forth in Schedule 2.01A (and any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements of such
Indebtedness to the extent the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased, unless
otherwise permitted under another clause of this definition) or (f) incurred after September 30,
2010 that is excluded entirely from financial leverage by both S&P and Xxxxx’x in their evaluation
of such Person.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate
or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive
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documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating
agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization
and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its
formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its
formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a
result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such
Taxes (other than a connection solely arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered,
enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or
perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced,
or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan Document). For avoidance of doubt, branch profit taxes
shall be treated as Other Connection Taxes.
“Other Credit Agreement” means the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of the date
hereof between the Company, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, certain lenders party thereto
and JPMCB, as administrative agent thereunder.
“Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from
the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration,
receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan
Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes or Taxes imposed with respect to an
assignment or participation.
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture,
association, company, limited liability company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated,
would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
“Potential Divestitures” means the potential divestitures by the Company and its
Subsidiaries identified in the letter delivered by the Company in connection with this Agreement to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.
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“
Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in
New York City; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective.
“Priority Indebtedness” means (a) all Indebtedness of the Company that is secured by a
Lien on any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries and (b) all Indebtedness of the
Material Subsidiaries.
“Quarterly Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each of March, June, September
and December in each year.
“
Recapitalization Documents” means the Master Transaction Agreement dated as of
December 8, 2010 among the Company, the SPVs, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, United States
Department of the Treasury and AIG Credit Facility Trust (including all exhibits).
“Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender
(and, in the case of a Lender that is classified as a partnership for U.S. Federal tax purposes, a
Person treated as a beneficial owner thereof for U.S. Federal tax purposes).
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Reinsurance Agreements” means any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate or other
arrangement by which any Insurance Subsidiary agrees to transfer or cede to another insurer that is
not an Affiliate of the Company all or part of the liability assumed or assets held by it under one
or more insurance, annuity, reinsurance or retrocession policies, agreements, contracts, treaties,
certificates or similar arrangements. Reinsurance Agreements shall include, but not be limited to,
any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate or other arrangement that is treated as such by the
applicable Department.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and
other professional advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, pumping, emptying,
escaping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or
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migration into or through the environment or within, at, to, under, from or upon any building,
structure, facility or fixture.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the Revolving Credit Exposure and unused
Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means any executive officer or Financial Officer of the Company
and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the
obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
“SAP” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the statutory accounting
practices prescribed or permitted by the insurance commissioner (or other similar authority) in the
domicile of such Insurance Subsidiary for the preparation of annual statements and other financial
reports of such Insurance Subsidiary, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
filing of such statement or report.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any regulatory body that
succeeds to the functions thereof.
“SPVs” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(k).
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate
of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is
subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation
D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurodollar
Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve
requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The
Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the
“parent”), any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other
business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership or managing limited liability
company interests (as applicable) are, at the time any determination is being made, owned,
Controlled or held directly or indirectly by such parent; provided that no Fund shall be a
“subsidiary” for the purpose hereof.
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“Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Borrower” mean each Subsidiary of the Company that shall become a
Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, so long as such Subsidiary shall remain a Subsidiary
Borrower hereunder. As of the Effective Date, there are no Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto.
“Subsidiary Borrower Designation” means a Subsidiary Borrower Designation entered into
by the Company and the applicable Subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to which such Subsidiary
shall (subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.19) be designated as a Borrower hereunder,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary Borrower Termination Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.19(c).
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
emission rights, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the
foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such
transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of
any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master
agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master
Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement;
provided that Swap Contracts shall not include (i) the stock purchase contracts that
constitute a component of the Hybrid Securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries issued in the
form of equity units and outstanding as of the Effective Date, (ii) any right, option, warrant or
other award made under an employee benefit plan, employment contract or other similar arrangement
or (iii) any right, warrant or option or other convertible or exchangeable security or other
instrument issued by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary
for capital raising purposes.
“Syndication Agents” means the Co-Syndication Agents listed on the cover page of this
Agreement.
“Synthetic Lease” means, as to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be
terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) (a) that is
accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or
obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any
such lease under which such Person is the lessor.
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“Synthetic Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, an amount equal to the
capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under any Synthetic Lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP if such obligations were accounted for as
Capital Lease Obligations.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of
the Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.14(f)(ii)(D)(2).
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
1.02. Terms Generally.
The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a)
any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference to any Law shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and
any reference to any Law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law or
regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (c) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer
to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all
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tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms and Determinations. 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 Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company 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 Administrative Agent
notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for
such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP
or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be 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.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to
one or more of the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate
principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such
Lender’s Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Obligations of Lenders. Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting
of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the
Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans
as required.
(b) Type of Loans. Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be comprised
entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in
accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such
Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings. At the commencement of the
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of
$10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $10,000,000
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or a larger multiple of $1,000,000;
provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire
unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at
the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten
Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Limitations on Lengths of Interest Periods. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue
as a Eurodollar Borrowing, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested therefor would end after
the Commitment Termination Date.
SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, a Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time,
three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.
Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved
by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower and (if such Borrower is not the
Company) the Company. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the identity of the applicable Borrower;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period therefor, which shall be
a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an
ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar
Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount
of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Funding by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon (or, in
the case of an ABR Borrowing, 2:00 p.m.), New York City time, to the
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account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts
so received, in like funds, to an account of such Borrower or the Company maintained with the
Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request.
(b) Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in
fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made
available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent (the
“Compensation Period”), at the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to
time in effect and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative
Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. If such
Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the
Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the applicable Borrower, and such Borrower
shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the
Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable
Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its
Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Borrower
may have against any other Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections.
(a) Elections by Borrowers for Borrowings. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the
Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing,
shall have the Interest Period specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable
Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such
Borrowing as a Borrowing of the same Type and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect the
Interest Period therefor, all as provided in this Section. Such Borrower may elect different
options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such
portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans constituting such Borrowing,
and the Loans constituting each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) Notice of Elections. To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing
of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each
such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be
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confirmed promptly by
hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by such Borrower and (if such Borrower is not
the Company) the Company.
(c) Information in Interest Election Requests. Each telephonic and written Interest
Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof
to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph shall be specified for each resulting
Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period therefor
after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition
of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.
(d) Notice by Administrative Agent to Lenders. Promptly following receipt of an
Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof
and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) Failure to Elect; Events of Default. If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver
a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period therefor, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of
such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so
long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period therefor.
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SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Scheduled Termination. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall
terminate on the Commitment Termination Date. Unless the Closing Date shall have occurred at or
prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 31, 2011, this Agreement and the Commitments shall
automatically terminate at such time.
(b) Voluntary Termination or Reduction. The Company may at any time terminate the
Commitments and this Agreement or from time to time reduce the Commitments; provided that
(i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is $10,000,000 or a larger
multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after
giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the total
Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments. Notwithstanding the termination of
the Commitments, this Agreement shall not terminate, and the obligations of the Loan Parties under
this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until such time as all principal of or
accrued interest on the Loans and all fees and other amounts payable under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document have been paid in full.
(c) Notice of Voluntary Termination or Reduction. The Company shall notify the
Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of
this Section at least two Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or
reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of
any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a
notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the
Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) Repayment. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders the outstanding principal amount of the Loans made
to such Borrower on the Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Lenders. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance
with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender by such Borrower from time to time
hereunder.
(c) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made to a Borrower
hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period therefor, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from any
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Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for account of the
Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) Effect of Entries. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence
and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or
the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner
affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the records of the Administrative Agent and the
records of a Lender, the records of the Administrative Agent shall control absent manifest error.
(e) Promissory Notes. Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be
evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, such Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to
such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such
Lender and its registered assigns) substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and
interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Optional Prepayments. Each applicable Borrower shall have the right at any time
and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing made to such Borrower in whole or in part, subject to
the requirements of paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) Notices, Etc. The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of any
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the
date of prepayment (which shall be a Business Day) or (ii) in the case of prepayment of any ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment (which shall be a Business Day). Each such notice shall be irrevocable and
shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to
be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a
conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such
notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with
Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial optional
prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a
Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied
by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10, together with amounts, if any, payable
pursuant to Section 2.13.
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SECTION 2.09. Fees.
(a) Ticking Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for account
of each Lender a ticking fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate
on the amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the earlier of the date on which such Commitment terminates and the Closing
Date. Accrued ticking fees shall be payable on each Quarterly Payment Date and on the earlier of
the Closing Date and the date on which the Commitment terminates, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the Effective Date.
(b) Commitment Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the
Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the
period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the date such Commitment
terminates or the Commitment Termination Date. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable on each
Quarterly Payment Date and on the earlier of the date on which the Commitment terminates and the
Commitment Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date.
(c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent,
for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between
the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(d) Payment of Fees; Computation of Fees. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on
the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the
case of commitment or ticking fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be
refundable under any circumstances. All fees payable under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
SECTION 2.10. Interest.
(a) ABR Loans. The Loans constituting each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) Eurodollar Loans. The Loans constituting each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Default Interest. If any amount of principal of any Loan, interest or any other
amount payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to
any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such
amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Without duplication of amounts payable under the
preceding sentence, while any Event of Default pursuant to clause (g) or (h) of Article VII exists
and, upon request by the Required Lenders, while any other Event of Default exists, the applicable
Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Loans made to such Borrower
at a rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
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(d) Payment of Interest. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided
that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand,
(ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR
Loan prior to the Commitment Termination Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or
prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, accrued
interest on such Borrowing shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the
Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days
(or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate
or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of the Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest
Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by telephone
or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the
Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any
Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any
Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request
requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for account of, or credit extended by, any
Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);
(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender; or
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(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) FATCA, (B) Indemnified Taxes
and (C) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits, franchise or revenues or
taxes in lieu thereof (including value-added or similar Taxes)) on its Loans (including
principal amount thereof), Commitments or other obligations hereunder, or its deposits,
reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lenders or such other
Recipient of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make
any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such
other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Company will pay
to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding
capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s
capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s
holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the Company will pay to such Lender such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) Certificates from Lenders. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as
specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to
demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days
prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include
the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the
last day of an Interest Period therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the
conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor, (c)
the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable under
Section 2.08(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar
Loan other than on the last day of
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an Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate
each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar
Loan, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount
determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that
such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from
the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current
Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the
duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or
continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for
such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such
principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such
period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) for
Dollar deposits from other banks in the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A
certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to
receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and (if such
Borrower is not the Company) the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after
receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.14. Taxes.
(a) Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan
Document shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such
withholding is required by any Law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised
in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so
withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable Law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount
payable by such Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding
(including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the
applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Loan Parties. Each Loan Party shall timely pay any
Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally
indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in
connection with any Loan Document (including amounts payable under this Section 2.14(d)) and any
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The
indemnity under this Section 2.14(d) shall be paid within 10 days
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after the Recipient delivers to
any Loan Party a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so payable by such
Recipient and describing the basis for the indemnification claim. Such certificate shall be
conclusive of the amount so payable absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of
such certificate to the Administrative Agent. In the case of any Lender making a claim under this
Section 2.14(d) on behalf of any of its beneficial owners, an indemnity payment under this Section
2.14(d) shall be due only to the extent that such Lender is able to establish that, with respect to
the applicable Indemnified Taxes, such beneficial owners supplied to the applicable Persons such
properly completed and executed documentation necessary to claim any applicable exemption from, or
reduction of, such Indemnified Taxes.
(e) Indemnification by Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the
Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent
that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes
and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) and the Loan Parties for any
Excluded Taxes, in each case attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the
Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable) in connection with any Loan
Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Taxes or Excluded Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.14(e) shall be paid within 10 days after the
Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable) delivers to the applicable Lender
a certificate stating the amount of Taxes or Excluded Taxes so paid or payable by the
Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable). Such certificate shall be
conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Loan Document
shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time such Lender becomes a Lender
hereunder or at times prescribed by Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Law or
reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be
made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding, unless a Change in Law prevents such Lender
from legally being able to complete, execute or deliver such form. In addition, any Lender, if
requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation
prescribed by Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable
the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is
subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.
Upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any
form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.14(f). If any form or
certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or
inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event
within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Company and the
Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form
or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Loan Party is a U.S. Person, any
Lender with respect to such Loan Party shall, if it is legally eligible to do so,
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deliver to such
Loan Party and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by such Loan
Party and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party
hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such
Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to
which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan
Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect
to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an
exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business
profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under the Loan Documents
constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a trade or
business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN and (2) a
certificate substantially in the applicable form attached as part of Exhibit
D (a “U.S. Tax Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank”
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of
the Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code (c) a “controlled foreign
corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (d) conducting a trade or
business in the United States with which the relevant interest payments are effectively
connected;
(E) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made
under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating Lender) (1) an IRS Form
W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C),
(D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such beneficial owner
or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender;
provided, however, that if such Lender is a partnership and one or more of
its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the
Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by Law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a
reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation
necessary to enable the applicable Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to determine the
amount of Tax (if any) required by Law to be withheld.
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(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal
withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable
reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the
Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times
prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such
documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of
the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be
necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that
such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the
amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.14(f)(iii),
“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent
reasonably determines that it has received a refund, in cash or applied as an offset against other
cash tax liability, of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section
(including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section), such indemnified party shall pay to
the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such
indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified
party the amount paid to such indemnifying party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any
interest imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event
such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g), in no event will any indemnified
party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.14(g) to
the extent such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net
after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or
additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This Section 2.14(g) shall not
be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other
information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any
other Person.
SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) Payments by Borrowers. Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made
by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or under Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14, or
otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available
funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in
the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, except that payments pursuant to
Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for account of any other
Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt
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thereof. If any payment hereunder
shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon
shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in
Dollars.
(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds are
received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and
fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts
of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal then due
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal
then due to such parties.
(c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of
set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on
any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon then due than the proportion received by
any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at
face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise
thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not
be construed to apply to any payment made by any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other
than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this
paragraph shall apply). Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of set-off and counterclaim with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party
in the amount of such participation.
(d) Presumptions of Payment. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice (which notice shall be effective upon receipt) from the applicable Borrower prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders hereunder
that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the applicable Borrower
has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
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(e) Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make
any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), 2.15(d) or 9.03(c), then the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i)
apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender
and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such
Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts
in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations
of such Lender under such Sections, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order
as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 2.12, or if any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or
any Governmental Authority for account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender
shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its
Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i)
would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in
the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby
agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any
such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section
2.12, (ii) any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or (iii) any Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to
such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse, all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall
assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided that (A) such assignment shall be effected in accordance with and
subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04 and such assignee (if not a Lender) shall
have been approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld),
(B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its
Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from
the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the
Company (in the case of all other amounts), (C) with respect to an assignment as a result of clause
(iii) above, the assignment fee shall be paid to the Administrative Agent by the Company and (D) in
the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction
in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and
delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
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SECTION 2.17. Increase in Commitments. The Company may, at any time after the Closing Date by notice to the Administrative Agent,
propose an increase in the total Commitments hereunder (each such proposed increase being a
“Commitment Increase”) either by having a Lender increase its Commitment then in effect
(each an “Increasing Lender”) or by having a Person which is not then a Lender become a
party hereto as a Lender with a new Commitment hereunder (each an “Assuming Lender”), in
each case, with the approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld). Such
notice shall specify (i) the name of each Increasing Lender and/or Assuming Lender, as applicable,
(ii) the amount of the Commitment Increase and the portion thereof being committed to by each such
Increasing Lender or Assuming Lender and (iii) the date on which such Commitment Increase is to be
effective (a “Commitment Increase Date”) (which shall be a Business Day at least five
Business Days after delivery of such notice and 30 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date).
Each Commitment Increase shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(i) unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees, the Commitment of any Assuming
Lender as part of any Commitment Increase shall be in a minimum amount of at least
$25,000,000;
(ii) unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees, each Commitment Increase shall
be in an amount of at least $25,000,000;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to any Commitment Increase, the total Commitments
hereunder shall not exceed $2,000,000,000;
(iv) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the relevant Commitment Increase Date
or shall result from any Commitment Increase; and
(v) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the
case of such representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on
and as of the relevant Commitment Increase Date as if made on and as of such date (or, if
any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific
date, as of such specific date).
Each Commitment Increase (and the increase of the Commitment of each Increasing Lender and/or
the new Commitment of each Assuming Lender, as applicable, resulting therefrom) shall become
effective as of the relevant Commitment Increase Date upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, on
or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Commitment Increase Date, of (a) a certificate
of a Responsible Officer stating that the conditions with respect to such Commitment Increase under
this Section have been satisfied and (b) an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which, effective as of such Commitment Increase
Date, each such Increasing Lender and/or such Assuming Lender, as applicable, shall provide its
Commitment (or an increase of its Commitment, as applicable), duly executed by each such Lender and
the Borrowers and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent. Upon the Administrative Agent’s
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receipt of a fully executed agreement from each such Increasing Lender and/or Assuming Lender,
together with such certificate of such Responsible Officer, the Administrative Agent shall record
the information contained in such agreement in the Register and give prompt notice of the relevant
Commitment Increase to the Company and the Lenders (including, if applicable, each Assuming
Lender). On each Commitment Increase Date, if there are Loans then outstanding, each applicable
Borrower shall simultaneously (i) prepay in full the outstanding Loans made to such Borrower
immediately prior to giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase in accordance with Section
2.08 and (ii) at such Borrower’s option in accordance with this Agreement, such Borrower may
request to borrow new Loans from all the Lenders (including, if applicable, any Assuming Lender)
such that, after giving effect thereto, the Loans are held ratably by the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Commitments (after giving effect to such Commitment Increase).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree
to increase its Commitment hereunder and any election to do so shall be in the sole discretion of
such Lender.
SECTION 2.18. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a
Defaulting Lender: (a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unused amount of the Commitment of such
Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(a) or (b), as applicable; and (b) the Commitment and
Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether
all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any
consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 9.02), except that (i) the Commitment of any
Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (ii) any
waiver, amendment or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected
Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders
shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. In the event that the Administrative Agent
and the Company each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that
caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par
such of the Loans then outstanding of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine
may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable
Percentage, whereupon such Lender shall no longer be a Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 2.19. Designation of Subsidiary Borrowers. (a) Designation of Subsidiary Borrowers. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Section, the Company may, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date upon not
less than 10 Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period which is
acceptable to the Administrative Agent), designate a wholly-owned, direct or indirect Domestic
Subsidiary of the Company to become a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Borrower;
provided that each such designation shall be subject to the prior approval of the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Upon receipt of such
notice under this Section, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.
Upon such approval and the satisfaction of the conditions specified in paragraph (b) of this
Section, such Subsidiary shall become a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder
and shall be entitled to borrow Loans on and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
and the Administrative Agent shall
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promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of such
designation. Following the giving of any notice pursuant to this Section, if the designation of
such Subsidiary Borrower obligates the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your
customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is
not already available to it, the Company shall, promptly upon the request of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, supply such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in order for the Administrative Agent or such Lender to carry
out and be satisfied it has complied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or
other similar checks under all applicable Laws and regulations.
(b) Conditions Precedent to Designation. The designation by the Company of any
Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which
the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents (each of which shall
be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance): (i) a Subsidiary Borrower
Designation, duly completed and executed by the Company and such Subsidiary,
delivered to the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days before the date on which such
Subsidiary is proposed to become a Subsidiary Borrower; (ii) a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and appropriately dated) of external or internal
counsel to such Subsidiary satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the Company and such
Subsidiary Borrower hereby, and by delivery of such Subsidiary Borrower Designation, instruct such
counsel to deliver such opinion to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders), as to such matters as
are consistent with the scope of the opinion of counsel to the Company delivered pursuant to
Section 4.02(j) and/or such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(iii) such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in
connection therewith (including certified copies of the Organization Documents of such Subsidiary
and of resolutions of its board of directors or similar governing body authorizing such Subsidiary
becoming a Borrower hereunder, and of all documents evidencing all other necessary corporate or
other action required with respect to such Subsidiary Borrower becoming party to this Agreement).
(c) Termination of Subsidiary Borrower. So long as there shall be no Loans
outstanding to a Subsidiary Borrower or other amounts owing hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents by such Subsidiary Borrower (or any pending Borrowing Request by such Subsidiary
Borrower), the Company may elect to terminate such Subsidiary Borrower as a Borrower hereunder by
delivering to the Administrative Agent a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent (each a “Subsidiary Borrower Termination
Notice”), duly completed and executed. Any Subsidiary Borrower Termination Notice furnished
hereunder shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
so notify the Lenders), whereupon all commitments of the Lenders to make Loans to such Subsidiary
Borrower and the rights of such Subsidiary Borrower to borrow hereunder shall terminate and such
Subsidiary Borrower shall immediately cease to be a Borrower hereunder and a party hereto;
provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the delivery of a
Subsidiary Borrower Termination Notice with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower shall not terminate
or discharge (i) any obligation of such Subsidiary Borrower that remains unpaid at such time or
(ii) the obligations of the Company under Article X with respect to any such unpaid obligations.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the occurrence of any event described in
clause (g) or (h) of Article VII with respect to any
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Subsidiary Borrower, or if at any time any
Subsidiary Borrower shall cease to be a wholly-owned, direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the
Company, (i) all commitments of the Lenders to make Loans to such Subsidiary Borrower and the
rights of such Subsidiary Borrower to borrow hereunder shall automatically terminate and such
Subsidiary Borrower shall immediately cease to be a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and a party
hereto and (ii) the principal amount then outstanding of, and the accrued interest on, the Loans
(if any) made to such Subsidiary Borrower and all other amounts payable by such Subsidiary Borrower
hereunder (including any amounts payable under Section 2.13) and under the other Loan Documents
shall automatically become immediately due and payable, in each case, without presentment, demand,
protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by such
Subsidiary Borrower and the Company.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company and (with respect to Section 3.15 only and to the extent provided therein) each
Subsidiary Borrower (if any) represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite
power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (c) is duly
qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction
where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the
extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which
it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action.
Each Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such
Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Authorizations. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect.
SECTION 3.04. No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which
such Loan Party is a party do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Loan Party’s
Organization Documents; (b) conflict
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with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the
creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation
to which such Loan Party is a party or affecting such Loan Party or the properties of such Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental
Authority or any arbitral award to which such Loan Party or its property is subject; or (c) violate
any Law, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c) above, to the extent such violations or
defaults, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) Financial Statements. The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its
consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 certified by the Company’s chief financial officer. Such
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results
of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and
for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2009, there has been no event,
development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change (except for Disclosed Matters).
SECTION 3.06. Properties. Each of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, subject only to Liens
permitted by Section 6.02 and, except for defects in title or leasehold interests that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
SECTION 3.07. Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) Actions, Suits and Proceedings. Except for Disclosed Matters and Disclosed Tax
Matters, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims, disputes or investigations pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
Governmental Authority, by or against the Company or any of its Designated Subsidiaries or against
any of their properties or revenues that (i) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or (ii) purport to
affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
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(b) Environmental Matters. Except for Disclosed Matters and except with respect to
any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the Company nor any of its Designated Subsidiaries (i)
has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit,
license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any
Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any conditions or circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to result in any Environmental Liability.
(c) Change in Disclosed Matters. Since November 5, 2010, there has been no change in
the status of Disclosed Matters and Disclosed Tax Matters that, individually or in the aggregate,
has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.08. Compliance with Laws. Each of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Laws
(including any Environmental Laws) and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.09. No Default. Neither the Company nor any of its Designated Subsidiaries is in default under or with
respect to any Contractual Obligation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
SECTION 3.10. Investment Company Status. None of the Borrowers is and, after application of the proceeds of the Loans, will be an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of
1940.
SECTION 3.11. Taxes. Except for Disclosed Tax Matters, each of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries has
timely filed or caused to be filed all Federal income tax returns and all other material tax
returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes
required to have been paid by it, except (a) taxes for which such Person has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 3.12. ERISA. (a) Each of the Company and its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder as they relate to each Plan. No ERISA Event has occurred
or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events,
could reasonably be expected to result in material liability of the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates. The present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (determined
based on the projected benefit obligation with respect to such underfunded Plans based on the
assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of
the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed by more than $300,000,000 the fair
market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
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(b) Each Foreign Pension Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all requirements
of Law applicable thereto and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such plan.
With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan, none of the Company, its Affiliates or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents has engaged in a transaction that would subject
the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to a tax or civil penalty that could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Change.
With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan, reserves have been established in the financial
statements furnished to the Lender in respect of any unfunded liabilities in accordance with
applicable Law and prudent business practice or, where required, in accordance with ordinary
accounting practices in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Pension Plan is maintained. The
aggregate unfunded liabilities with respect to such Foreign Pension Plans could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The present value of the aggregate accumulated
benefit liabilities of all such Foreign Pension Plans (based on those assumptions used to fund each
such Foreign Pension Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed
by more than $900,000,000 the fair market value of the assets held in trust under all such Foreign
Pension Plans.
SECTION 3.13. Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by
or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or delivered
hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains
any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as
of the date made; provided that, with respect to projected or pro forma financial
information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time furnished (it being understood that such
projections and forecasts are subject to uncertainties and contingencies and no assurances can be
given that such projections or forecasts will be realized).
SECTION 3.14. Margin Regulations. No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying
or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used to buy or
carry any Margin Stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing,
not more than 25% of the value of the assets of any of the Loan Parties shall consist of
Margin Stock.
SECTION 3.15. Certain Representations by Subsidiary Borrowers. Each Subsidiary Borrower severally represents and warrants that the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.11 and
3.14 with respect to itself and (if applicable) its Subsidiaries are true and correct in all
material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties qualified as to
materiality, in all respects).
SECTION 3.16. Sanctioned Persons. None of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or
officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently the target of any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and no
Borrower will directly or indirectly use the
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proceeds of the Loans or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. This Agreement (other than Articles V and VI, except for such provisions thereof that shall
be effective from and after the Effective Date as expressly set forth in the introductory language
of Article V) shall become effective on the date (which shall not be later than December 31, 2010)
(the “Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) Executed Counterparts of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall
have received from each of the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent a
counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (or written evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which may include telecopy or electronic
transmission of a signed signature page to this Agreement, that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Agreement).
(b) Effectiveness of Other Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall
have received evidence that the Other Credit Agreement shall have become effective to the
extent provided therein concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2009, there has been no
event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (except
for Disclosed Matters).
(d) Corporate Documents; Incumbency Certificates. The Administrative Agent
shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Company,
the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Company,
the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, confirming
satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in this Section.
(f) Fees and Expenses. The Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the respective person or persons entitled thereto all such fees and
expenses as it shall have agreed in writing to pay to the Agents, the Lenders and the Joint
Lead Arrangers in connection herewith (including (i) the upfront fees then payable by the
Company to the Lenders and (ii) the reasonable fees and expenses of Milbank,
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Tweed, Xxxxxx &
XxXxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent) that are due and payable
on or prior to the Effective Date (and, with respect to such expenses, for which invoices
have been presented to the Company prior to the Effective Date).
(g) Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other
documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and
such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder shall not become effective unless and until the conditions specified in Section 4.02
shall be satisfied or waived in accordance therewith.
SECTION 4.02. Closing Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the provisions of Articles V and
VI (to the extent such provisions shall not have become effective as of the Effective Date pursuant
to Section 4.01) shall become effective on the date (which shall not be later than March 31, 2011)
(the “Closing Date”) on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) Effective Date. The Effective Date shall have occurred.
(b) Repayment of Amounts under FRBNY Credit Agreement. The Administrative
Agent shall have received evidence that (i) the principal of and interest on outstanding
loans, and all accrued fees and all other amounts owing, under the FRBNY
Credit Agreement shall have been (or shall be simultaneously) paid in full, (ii) all
commitments to extend credit thereunder shall have been terminated and (iii) all Guarantees
in respect of, and all Liens securing, any such Indebtedness and any other obligations
thereunder shall have been released (except for any provisions of the FRBNY Credit Agreement
relating to indemnities and tax gross-up that expressly provide for the survival of
obligations thereunder, which shall continue in effect).
(c) AIG FP. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall have
received satisfactory evidence that the aggregate contingent liquidity requirements of AIG
FP (as described in the chart entitled “AIG-FP Contingent Liquidity Tracker as of 12/7/2010”
distributed to the Lenders prior to the date hereof) shall not be greater than
$2,800,000,000 as of the Closing Date.
(d) Financial Statements. To the extent publicly available prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(or made available to them without charge and with notice by posting to the Company’s
website) the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, equity
and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, reported on by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, in accordance with Section
5.01(a).
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(e) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2009, there has been no
event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (except for Disclosed
Matters).
(f) Index Debt Ratings. The Index Debt Ratings (and the outlook thereof) from
each of S&P and Xxxxx’x as in effect on the Closing Date shall not be lower than the Index
Debt Ratings (and the outlook thereof) from such rating agencies as in effect on October 15,
2010 and as set forth on Schedule 4.02(f); provided, however, that the
condition in this Section 4.02(f) shall be satisfied if the Index Debt Rating in effect on
the Closing Date for either Xxxxx’x or S&P (but not both Xxxxx’x and S&P) shall fall not
more than one rating level.
(g) Bringdown of Representations and Warranties; and Absence of Default. (i)
The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any
such representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as
of the Closing Date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have
been made as of a specified date, as of such specified date); and (ii) as of the Closing
Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(h) Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, confirming
compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section and the Index Debt Ratings (and the
outlook thereof) as then in effect.
(i) Corporate Documents; Incumbency Certificates. The Administrative Agent
shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Loan
Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(j) Opinion of Counsel to Company. The Administrative Agent shall have
received one or more favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of counsel to the Company (which may include the
general counsel or other internal counsel of the Company satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents (and the Company hereby
instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion(s)).
(k) Opinion of Special New York Counsel to Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special
New York counsel to JPMCB as Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agents (and JPMCB hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion).
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(l) Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other
documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(m) Fees and Expenses. The Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent
on the Closing Date for the account of the respective person or persons entitled thereto all
such fees and expenses as it shall have agreed in writing to pay to the Agents, the Lenders
and the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection herewith (including (i) the upfront fees then
payable by the Company to the Lenders and (ii) the reasonable fees and expenses of Milbank,
Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent) that are
due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date (and, with respect to such expenses, for
which invoices have been presented to the Company prior to the Closing Date).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and
such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.03. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions (in addition to the satisfaction of the conditions
under Section 4.02 in the case of the initial Borrowing hereunder):
(a) the representations and warranties of the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower (if
any) set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (excluding, except in the case
of any Borrowing on the Closing Date, those representations and warranties contained in
Section 3.05(b) (but only as to clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of “Material Adverse
Change”) and Section 3.07(a) and (c)) shall be true and
correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and
warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of such
Borrowing (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made
as of a specified date, as of such specified date); and
(b) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Company on the
date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (a) and (b) of the preceding sentence and (if
applicable) by the applicable Subsidiary Borrower of its representations and warranties set forth
in Section 3.15.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
From the Closing Date (except, in the case of Sections 5.01 and 5.02, from the Effective Date)
and until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Lenders that:
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly provide to each
Lender):
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier,
within five Business Days after the Company shall have filed such financial statements with
the SEC), the audited consolidated balance sheets and related audited consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the
end of) the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or
like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope
of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, within five Business Days after the Company
shall have filed such financial statements with the SEC), the unaudited consolidated balance
sheets and related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of and for such fiscal
quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of
the balance sheet, as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods
of the previous fiscal year, in each case certified by a Financial Officer as
presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b)
above, a certificate of a Financial Officer in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (i) certifying that no Default has occurred or, if such a Default has
occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth computations in reasonable
detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants
contained in Section 6.09 (and, if relevant, providing the information contemplated in the
parenthetical clause of such section) and (iii) specifying any changes to the list of
Designated Subsidiaries and Material Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal period to
which such financial statements relate;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with
the SEC, any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC or
any national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders generally, as the case
may be;
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(e) not later than January 31, 2011, a complete and correct list (in detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of Priority Indebtedness of the Company and each
Material Subsidiary (other than AIG FP) permitted under Section 6.01(b) (other than
Indebtedness excluded in the first parenthetical clause of the proviso to Section
6.01(b)(i)), in each case, existing as of the Effective Date and, with respect to any
particular such Indebtedness, in a principal amount of at least $25,000,000; and
(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or
corporate affairs of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of
the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time
reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), (b) or (d) (to the extent any
such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered
electronically by posting on an Internet website, and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have
been furnished by the Company to the Administrative Agent (and by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders) on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (XXXXX) or (ii) on which such documents are posted on
the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the
Administrative Agent have access without charge (whether a commercial, third-party website or
whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) the Company shall
deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request
to the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper
copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Company shall notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such
documents delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and provide to the Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper
copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor
compliance by the Company with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be
solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly provide to each Lender) prompt written notice of the
following :
(a) any occurrence of any Default;
(b) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000,000;
(c) any change in the Company’s Index Debt Ratings from S&P and Xxxxx’x, or the
placement by S&P or Xxxxx’x of the Company on a “CreditWatch” or “WatchList” or any similar
list, in each case with negative implications, or its cessation of, or its intent to cease,
rating the Company’s debt; or
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(d) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a Material Adverse Change.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action
taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each
of its Designated Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect (a) its legal existence and (b) the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, other than, in the case of
clause (b), the loss of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution (i) permitted under Section 6.03 or (ii) of any SPV that is a Designated
Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Designated Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, its
obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or such Designated Subsidiary has set aside
on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or SAP, as applicable,
and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change; provided that, for avoidance of doubt, solely with respect to
Taxes, an obligation shall be considered to be delinquent or in default for purposes of this
Section only if there has first been a notice and demand therefor (as defined in section 6303 of
the Code and similar provisions of Law) by a tax authority.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Designated Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business
in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary
repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except, in each case, to the extent that
failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Designated Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and
correct entries in conformity with GAAP or SAP, as applicable, consistently applied shall be made
of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Company or such
Designated Subsidiary, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.07. Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Designated Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by any Agent and/or any Joint
Lead Arranger and (at any time a Default exists) any representatives reasonably designated by any
Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make
extracts from its books and other records reasonably requested (other than information subject to
confidentiality restrictions, insurance records and customer-related information), and
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to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants,
all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. The Company shall pay the
reasonable costs and expenses of any such visit or inspection, but only if a Default exists at the
time thereof or is discovered as a result thereof (provided that the Company shall have no
responsibility for any such costs and expenses under any other circumstance).
SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations. The Company will, and
will cause each of its Designated Subsidiaries to, comply with all Laws and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including Environmental Laws) and all
Contractual Obligations binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
SECTION 5.09. Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Designated
Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies that are not
Affiliates of the Company, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or
damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business,
of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the
following standards) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
SECTION 5.10. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used for general
corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, potentially, for commercial
paper backstop) not in contravention of any Law or any Loan Document.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
From the Closing Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal
of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Company
covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Priority Indebtedness. The Company will not, nor will it cause or
permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Priority
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Borrower incurred under the Loan Documents, and
Indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary (if any) party as a borrower under the Other Credit
Agreement;
(b) (i) Priority Indebtedness of the Company and/or any Material Subsidiary existing
on the Effective Date (provided that the aggregate principal amount of such existing
Priority Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness (x) permitted under any of the other clauses
(other than clause (o)) of this Section or (y) covered under clause (e) or (so long as the
aggregate principal amount of Priority Indebtedness of the Company and its Material
Subsidiaries constituting Operating Indebtedness as of the Effective Date is not
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greater than the aggregate principal amount of such Priority Indebtedness as of
September 30, 2010) clause (f) of the definition of “Operating Indebtedness”) shall not
exceed $2,313,000,000); (ii) if any Material Subsidiary shall become a Material Subsidiary
after the Effective Date, Priority Indebtedness of such Material Subsidiary existing on the
date such Material Subsidiary first becomes a Material Subsidiary; (iii) if any Material
Subsidiary ceases to be a Material Subsidiary and is subsequently redesignated as a Material
Subsidiary, Priority Indebtedness of such Material Subsidiary existing as of the date of
such redesignation (including, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, any
Priority Indebtedness, including Guarantees, of any Material Subsidiary owing to the Company
or another Subsidiary); and (iv) any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements of any
such Indebtedness to the extent (A) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not
increased (except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus
other reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewals or
replacement) and (B) such Indebtedness, if subordinated to the Obligations, remains so
subordinated on terms no less favorable to the Lenders;
(c) Indebtedness (including Guarantees) of any Material Subsidiary owing to the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company incurred after the Effective Date; provided
that no such Indebtedness (other than such Indebtedness of AIG FP incurred in connection
with its winding down) shall be secured;
(d) obligations of any Material Subsidiary (i) to return collateral consisting of cash
or securities arising out of or in connection with the lending of the same or substantially
similar securities or (ii) to purchase securities arising out of or in connection with the
sale of the same or substantially similar securities, in each case in the ordinary course of
the business of such Material Subsidiary, in each case consistent with past practice;
(e) Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary in respect of
securitizations of any of its assets (including notes or accounts receivable) entered into
in the ordinary course of business, which shall be secured by Liens solely on such
securitized assets (including (i) Guarantees issued in connection therewith and (ii)
repurchase obligations for breach of representations and indemnities);
(f) unsecured or secured Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary in
respect of letters of credit issued on behalf of any Insurance Subsidiary for insurance
regulatory or reinsurance purposes;
(g) Indebtedness of a Person (other than the Company or any of its Affiliates) that is
consolidated on the balance sheet of the Company or any Material Subsidiary as a “Variable
Interest Entity” under Financial Accounting Standards Boards Interpretation No. 46R (or any
successor interpretations or amendments thereto and as affected by any subsequent relevant
pronouncements of the FASB or, if, and to the extent applicable, the SEC); provided
that the satisfaction of such Indebtedness is limited to the property of
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such Person (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, breach
of representations and environmental indemnities);
(h) Indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary secured by Liens on any of its real
property (including investments in real property) and certain personal property related
thereto; provided that (i) the recourse of the holder of such Indebtedness (whether
direct or indirect and whether contingent or otherwise) under the instrument creating such
Liens or providing for such Indebtedness shall be limited to such real property and personal
property relating thereto; and (ii) such holder may not under the instrument creating such
Lien or providing for such Indebtedness collect by levy of execution or otherwise against
property of such Material Subsidiary (other than such real property and personal property
relating thereto directly securing such Indebtedness) if such Material Subsidiary fails to
pay such Indebtedness when due and such holder obtains a judgment with respect thereto,
except for recourse obligations that are customary in “non-recourse” real estate
transactions;
(i) unsecured letters of credit issued for the account of Chartis Inc. under the
Chartis Letter of Credit Agreement not exceeding an aggregate face amount of $2,000,000,000
(and any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements thereof to the extent the aggregate
face amount of such letters of credit thereunder shall not exceed $2,500,000,000);
(j) capital maintenance agreements, keep well agreements, support agreements and other
similar arrangements, whether or not constituting Indebtedness, provided by the Company or
any Material Subsidiary for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Company;
(k) advances and extensions of credit to a Material Subsidiary by any Federal Home
Loan Bank;
(l) Indebtedness of International Lease Finance Corporation and its Subsidiaries;
provided that neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary shall provide any credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would
constitute Indebtedness) with respect to such Indebtedness;
(m) Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary in respect of letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances and/or loan facilities required to support the capital
requirements of Ascot Corporate Name Ltd., as a member of Lloyds of London;
(n) Indebtedness incurred by any Material Subsidiary in connection with ordinary
course operation of the affordable housing business of SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. and
its Subsidiaries, including (i) secured or unsecured letters of credit, (ii) operating
deficit loans funded through a Material Subsidiary, (iii) purchasing, making, owning,
managing and selling loans (with customary representations and guarantees, either
individually or in pools, in whole or in structured interests) and related ordinary course
lender activities (including foreclosure) and (iv) syndicator activities, including acting
as a general partner and/or guarantor of investment funds; and
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(o) additional Priority Indebtedness of the Company and/or any of its Material
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any one time
outstanding.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Company will not, nor will it cause or permit any of its
Designated Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or
asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including
accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) (i) Liens of the Company existing on the Effective Date; and (ii) Liens of a
Designated Subsidiary existing on the date such Designated Subsidiary first becomes a
Designated Subsidiary, and, if any Designated Subsidiary ceases to be a Designated
Subsidiary and is subsequently redesignated as a Designated Subsidiary, Liens of such
Designated Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation; provided that, in each
case, such Liens (A) shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the relevant
date and extensions, renewals, exchanges and replacements thereof permitted hereunder and
(B) shall not apply to any property of the Company or any Subsidiary other than the property
thereof covered by such Liens on the relevant date;
(b) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Designated Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, (ii) such Lien does not apply to
any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien secures
only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition;
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet due or that are
being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(d) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due
and payable or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(e) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security Laws;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(g) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real
property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in
the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of
the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any Designated Subsidiary;
(h) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business on operating accounts (including
any related securities accounts) maintained by the Company or any Designated
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Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, including bankers’ Liens and rights of
setoff arising in connection therewith;
(i) judgment Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under
Article VII;
(j) Liens securing Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and
not for speculative purposes and consistent with prudent business practice to hedge or
mitigate risks to which the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct
of their business or management of their liabilities;
(k) (i) Liens on (A) Equity Interests of Xxx Xxxx Life Insurance Company, Ltd., AIG
Star Life Insurance Co. Ltd, AIG Edison Life Insurance Company, International Lease Finance
Corporation, Maiden Lane II LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC, (B) the proceeds thereof and
distributions thereon and (C) contracts with respect to the sale or other disposition of any
of the foregoing, in each case, in favor of AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC (the
“SPVs”) securing intercompany loans by the SPVs to the Company and (ii) any other
Liens incurred pursuant to the Recapitalization Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby;
(l) Liens arising out of deposits of cash or securities into collateral trusts or
reinsurance trusts with ceding companies, insurance regulators or as otherwise incurred in
the ordinary course of business of the Company and any Designated Subsidiary;
(m) Liens on assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Designated
Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
incurred prior to or within 360 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost
of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets and (iii) such Liens shall not apply to
any other property or assets of such Person;
(n) purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or
equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements constructed) by the Company or
any Designated Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the
Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such acquisition (or
construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the lesser of the cost
or the fair market value of such real property, improvements or equipment at the time of
such acquisition (or construction) or (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other
property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(o) Liens arising in connection with secured Priority Indebtedness of the Company or
any Designated Subsidiary to the extent permitted under Section 6.01 (including the Liens
permitted by Section 6.01(e) and the posting of collateral in connection with the letters of
credit permitted by Section 6.01(n)); and
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(p) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section arising in the ordinary course of
the business of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary that do not secure any
Indebtedness.
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes. Except for the Potential Divestitures and the
liquidation or dissolution of any SPV that is a Designated Subsidiary, the Company will not, nor
will it cause or permit any of its Designated Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any
other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or
dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no
Default has occurred and is continuing:
(i) any Designated Subsidiary may merge with or into the Company; provided
that the Company shall be the surviving entity;
(ii) any Subsidiary Borrower may merge with or into any other Subsidiary;
provided that such Subsidiary Borrower shall be the surviving entity; and
(iii) any other Designated Subsidiary may merge with or into any other Subsidiary;
provided that the surviving entity shall be deemed to be a Designated Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.04. Lines of Business. The Company will not, nor will it cause or permit any of
its Designated Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than the
businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries on the date hereof
and business activities reasonably related or incidental thereto (including any new insurance and
reinsurance businesses by any Insurance Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business).
SECTION 6.05. Dispositions. The Company will not, nor will it cause or permit any of
its Designated Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, any part of its business or property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired (including receivables and leasehold interests), except:
(a) Dispositions by the Company or any Designated Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
its business (including dividends and such Dispositions involving current assets or other
invested assets and sales of property or land in connection with the affordable housing
business referred in Section 6.01(n));
(b) Dispositions of equipment or other property which is obsolete or no longer used or
useful in the conduct of the business of the Company or such Designated Subsidiary;
(c) Dispositions from the Company to a Designated Subsidiary or any other Subsidiary,
and Dispositions from a Designated Subsidiary to the Company, another Designated Subsidiary
or any other Subsidiary;
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(d) discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business
or in connection with collection or compromise thereof and for which adequate reserves have
been established;
(e) (i) Potential Divestitures and (ii) Dispositions pursuant to the Recapitalization
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (including foreclosures in connection
with Liens permitted under Section 6.02(k));
(f) Dispositions of tax credits (or properties or ownership interests in properties,
or disposition of loans or interests in loans to properties, acquired to generate tax
credits);
(g) Dispositions by the Company or any Designated Subsidiary in connection with
securitizations permitted under Section 6.01(e); and
(h) other Dispositions; provided that (i) the aggregate value of assets sold,
leased, transferred or otherwise disposed after the Effective Date pursuant to this clause
(h) shall not exceed 15% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2010 and calculated after giving pro forma effect to the Potential
Divestitures (as if the same had been consummated as of such date)) and (ii) at the time of
any such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result therefrom.
SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, nor will it cause
or permit any of its Designated Subsidiaries to, sell or transfer any property or assets to, or
purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions
with, any of its Affiliates, except that: (a) the Company or any Designated Subsidiary may engage
in any such transactions on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such
Designated Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties;
and (b) the Company or any Designated Subsidiary may engage in any such transactions with any
Subsidiary (but not involving any Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary).
SECTION 6.07. Certain Restrictive Agreements. The Company will not, nor will it cause
or permit any of its Designated Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement
or other arrangement (other than this Agreement and any other Loan Document) that (a) prohibits,
restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Company or any such Subsidiary to
create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets (including Equity
Interests of such Person’s direct Subsidiaries) or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an
obligation of the Company or any such Designated Subsidiary if a Lien is granted to secure another
obligation of the Company or any such Designated Subsidiary; except:
(i) restrictions and conditions imposed by Law, any Loan Document or any
Recapitalization Document;
(ii) restrictions on the Company existing on the Effective Date, restrictions on a
Designated Subsidiary existing on the date such Designated Subsidiary first becomes a
Designated Subsidiary, and, if any Designated Subsidiary ceases to be a Designated
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Subsidiary and is subsequently redesignated as a Designated Subsidiary, restrictions on
such Designated Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation;
(iii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreements relating to
the sale of property pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and
conditions apply only to the property to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(iv) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to (A) secured
Indebtedness or secured Swap Contracts permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or
conditions apply only to the property securing such Indebtedness or such secured Swap
Contracts, as the case may be, or (B) any Indebtedness of the Company issued after the
Effective Date in the form of senior unsecured notes so long as such restrictions and
conditions are no more onerous on the Company and the Designated Subsidiaries than the
restrictions and conditions contained in the Company’s supplemental indenture with respect
to its 3.650% Notes due 2014; and
(v) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment
thereof.
SECTION 6.08. Fiscal Year. The Company will not change the last day of its fiscal
year from December 31 of each year, or the last days of the first three fiscal quarters in each of
its fiscal years from March 31, June 30 and September 30 of each year, respectively.
SECTION 6.09. Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Net Worth. The Company will not permit Consolidated Net Worth at
any time to be less than $59,600,000,000 (minus the net loss (if any) recognized by the
Company in connection with the sale by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Equity Interests or
assets of International Lease Finance Corporation or Xxx Xxxx Life Insurance Company, Limited, in
each case, in the amount disclosed by the Company in its consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal period in which such sale is consummated delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 (or otherwise
disclosed by the Company in a filing with the SEC delivered pursuant to Section 5.01) and certified
by a Financial Officer in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c) for such fiscal
period).
(b) Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization. The Company will
not permit Consolidated Total Debt at any time to exceed 35% of Consolidated Total Capitalization.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
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(a) the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a
date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration or otherwise;
(b) the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan
or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this
Article) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three or more Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company
or any other Loan Party in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in
any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection
with or pursuant to any Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof,
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, deemed made or
furnished;
(d) (i) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in Sections 5.02(a), 5.02(d), 5.03(a) and 5.10 and in Article VI; (ii)
any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Sections 5.01(e), 5.02(b) and 5.02(c) and such failure shall continue
unremedied for a period of three or more Business Days; or (iii) any Loan Party shall fail
to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.07 and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five or more Business Days after
notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (given at the request of any
Lender);
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or
(d) of this Article) and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 or more
days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (given at the request
of any Lender);
(f) (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether
of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness,
when and as the same shall become due and payable (beyond any applicable grace period
expressly set forth in the governing documents); or (ii) any event or condition occurs that
results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that
enables or permits (after taking into account any applicable grace period) the holder or
holders of any such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to
cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that
this subclause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of
the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
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(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or
any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar Law now or
hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of the assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, and, in any such
case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for a period of 60 or more days
or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under
any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar Law now or
hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and
appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (g) of this Article,
(iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or
for a substantial part of the assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an
answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such
proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable,
admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or
(vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(i) one or more judgments shall be rendered against the Company and/or its Subsidiaries
or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30
consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall
be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment, and such judgment and/or judgments either is or
are, as applicable, for (i) the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$500,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) or (ii) injunctive relief and could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change;
(k) any of the Loan Documents shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect
(other than in accordance with its terms), or any Loan Party shall deny in writing that it
has any further liability thereunder; or (without limiting the foregoing) at any time a
Subsidiary Borrower shall be party to this Agreement, the guarantee of the Company under
Article X shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its
terms), or the Company shall deny in writing that it has any liability under such guarantee;
(l) there shall have occurred a Change in Control; or
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(m) an “Event of Default” shall occur or be continuing under the Other Credit
Agreement;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Company described in clause (g)
or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the
Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable),
and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers
accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties, anything contained
herein to the contrary notwithstanding; and in case of any event with respect to the Company
described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and
the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees
and other obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties, anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by
the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the
Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to
and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other
Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall
not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that
the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders and (c) except
as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to
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disclose, any information relating to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates
in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or in the absence of its own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of
any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrowers or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or
other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and
believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for
any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants
or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs
shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any
such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication
of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in
this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the
Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation
with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank, in each case with a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or
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retired) Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations hereunder (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
paragraph). The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor.
After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section
9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each
Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time
deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based
upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then
be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (a) to file and prove a claim for the
whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.04 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative
Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.04 and 9.03. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations
or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the
claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the
Syndication Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents named on the cover page of this Agreement shall
not have any duties or liabilities under this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as
Lenders.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Notices.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) of this Section), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, to
the applicable address or telecopier number for the applicable Person in Schedule 9.01.
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept
notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No Deemed Waivers; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless
of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default
at the time.
(b) Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the
Loan Parties and the Required Lenders or by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent with the
consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall:
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(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender;
(ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or
reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly and
adversely affected thereby (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders
shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of
the applicable Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate);
(iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or
any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or
excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment,
without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(iv) change Section 2.15(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender;
(v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of the term
“Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of
Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or
grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(vi) release the Company from its guarantee obligations under Article X, without the
written consent of each Lender;
and provided further that no such agreement shall (A) amend, modify or otherwise
affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or amend, modify or waive any
provision of Section 2.18 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or (B)
amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any other Agent hereunder without the
prior written consent of such other Agent.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay or reimburse (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective
Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any
amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); and (ii) all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for any Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights
in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including in connection with any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof, including in each case the fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel, accountants, financial
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advisors and other experts engaged by the Agents or the Required Lenders (including the
allocated fees of in-house counsel). This Section shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than
any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(b) Indemnification by Company. The Company agrees to indemnify each Agent, each
Joint Lead Arranger and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each
such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto
of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use or intended use of the proceeds
therefrom or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is
initiated by a third party, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of
such Indemnitee. This Section shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that
represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount
required to be paid by it to any Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender
severally agrees to pay to such Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent in
its capacity as such.
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the extent permitted by applicable Law,
the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any
theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use or the intended
use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) Use of Information. No Person indemnified under paragraph (b) of this Section
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other
materials obtained through Intralinks or other similar information transmission systems in
connection with this Agreement other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross
negligence or wilful misconduct of such indemnified Person as determined by a final and
nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after
written demand therefor.
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.
(a) Assignments Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby, except that (i) no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by any Loan Party without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance
with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents,
the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph
(b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the Company; provided that no consent of the Company shall be required for
an assignment to (I) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (II) if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and provided,
further, that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment
requiring its consent under this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice
to the Administrative Agent within 15 Business Days after having received written notice
thereof; and
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000
unless each of the Company (except if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing)
and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld);
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of
$3,500;
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(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit
contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public
information about the Company and its Related Parties or their respective securities) will
be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s
compliance procedures and applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities Laws; and
(E) no such assignment shall be made to (I) the Company or any of the Company’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (II) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons
described in this subclause (II) or (III) a natural person or a corporation, limited
liability company, trust or other entity owned, operated or established for the primary
benefit of a natural person and/or family members or relatives of such person.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and
the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights
or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) Maintenance of Register by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent,
acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Loan Parties, shall maintain at one of its
offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation
of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Loan
Party and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Effectiveness of Assignments. Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such
assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information
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contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the
assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.04(b), 2.15(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such
payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment
shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this paragraph.
(c) Participations. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged;
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations; and (C) the Company, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the
first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Company agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 to the same extent as
if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section; provided that such Participant (A) shall be subject to the requirements and
limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.14(f) (it being understood that the
documentation required under Section 2.14(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender); (B)
agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16 as if it were an assignee under
paragraph (b) of this Section; and (C) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 2.12 or 2.14, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have
been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment
results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable
participation. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 9.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 2.15(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation
shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a
register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and
stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this
Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any
obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the
identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any
Commitment, Loan, promissory note or other obligations under any Loan Document) except if
additional payments under Sections 2.12 and 2.14 are requested with respect to such Participant and
except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan,
promissory note or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United
States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent
manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose
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name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all
purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(d) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any such pledge or assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply
to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05. Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other
parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making by the
Lenders of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Lender and
notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any
Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any
Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is
outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or been terminated. The
provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full
force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, any
assignment of rights by, or replacement of, a Lender, the expiration or termination of the
Commitments, the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under the Loan Documents,
the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of any Loan Document or any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Lender.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect
to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract between and among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement (except as
provided in Section 4.01) shall become effective as of the Effective Date and thereafter shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopy
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not
be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to
replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect
of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
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unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall
not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of
any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or
any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any
part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection
with any proceeding under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if
such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of
any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the
date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds
Effective Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the
preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
SECTION 9.09. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and its Affiliates are authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by
such Lender and its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of
and all the obligations of such Loan Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and
although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may
have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any
such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by Law, in such Federal court. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
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proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.
(c) Waiver of Venue. Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives,
to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any
such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service
of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by
Law.
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.12. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect
the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.13. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties (it being understood
that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of
such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the NAIC), (c) to the extent
required by any applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to
any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or
under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating
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to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement in writing containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this paragraph and for the benefit of the Loan Parties, to any assignee of or Participant
in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement, (g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph or (ii) becomes available
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Company. In the event that the Administrative Agent or any Lender becomes legally compelled to
disclose any confidential Information pursuant to clause (c) of this Section, the Administrative
Agent or such Lender shall, to the extent permitted by Law, give prompt written notice of that fact
to the Company prior to the disclosure, and in the event that the Company shall advise the
Administrative Agent or such Lender that it will seek an appropriate remedy to prevent or limit
such disclosure, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, shall cooperate reasonably
(at the expense of the Company) with the Company in seeking such remedy. For the purposes of this
Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company relating to the
Company, its Subsidiaries or their business, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the
Company; provided that, in the case of information received from the Company after the
Effective Date, such information is clearly identified at or prior to the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such
Person would accord to its own confidential information.
EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION) FURNISHED TO IT
PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND
ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH
MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING
FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE
SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE
COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A
CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE
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SECTION 9.14. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law
October 26, 2001)), such Lender may be required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and
other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with said
Act.
SECTION 9.15. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationships. In connection with all aspects
of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees
that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial
transactions between the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, (ii) each Loan Party has consulted its
own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and
(iii) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers each is and has been acting solely
as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is
not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Company or any of its
Affiliates, or any other Person and (ii) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Joint Lead Arrangers has any obligation to the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers
and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve
interests that differ from those of the Company and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and Joint Lead Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to
the Company or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Loan Party hereby
waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty
in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE X
GUARANTEE
SECTION 10.01. Guarantee. The Company hereby guarantees to each Lender and the
Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when
due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of each
Subsidiary Borrower strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein
collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Company hereby further agrees that
if any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations of such Subsidiary Borrower, the
Company will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of such Guaranteed Obligations, the
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same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
SECTION 10.02. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Company under
Section 10.01 are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of the Subsidiary Borrowers under this
Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or
exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, irrespective of any Law of any jurisdiction or any
other event affecting any term of any Guaranteed Obligation or any other circumstance whatsoever
that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this Article that the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or
impair the liability of the Company hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as
described above:
(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Company, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or
such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other
agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted; or
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any
right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be
waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor
shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with.
The Company hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all
notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any
right, power or remedy or proceed against any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement or any other
agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee
of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.03. Reinstatement. The obligations of the Company under this Article shall
be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of
any Subsidiary Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise
restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings
in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including
fees of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such
rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any
claim alleging that such payment constituted a
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preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
Law.
SECTION 10.04. Subrogation. The Company hereby agrees that, until the payment and
satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the
Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement, it shall not exercise any right or remedy arising
by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 10.01, whether by subrogation or
otherwise, against any Subsidiary Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.05. Remedies. The Company agrees that, as between the Company and the
Lenders, the obligations of any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement may be declared to be
forthwith due and payable as provided in Article VII (and shall be deemed to have become
automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Article VII) for purposes of Section
10.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or
such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against such Subsidiary Borrower
and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become
automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by such Subsidiary
Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Company for purposes of Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.06. Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article is a continuing
guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Xxx Xxxxx |
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Director |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Assistant Vice President |
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Director |
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/s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx |
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Director |
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XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxx |
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Authorized Signatory |
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxx |
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Vice President |
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NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Managing Director |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Managing Director |
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UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxx |
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Associate Director |
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Associate Director |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
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/s/ Xxx Xx
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Xxx Xx |
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Title: |
General Manager |
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BNP PARIBAS
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
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By |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Credit Documentation Manager |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: |
Executive Officer |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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U.S. BANK N.A.
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By |
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx XxXxxxxxx |
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Title: |
General Manager |
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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ING BANK N.V.
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By |
/s/ C. van den Xxxxx
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Name: |
C. van den Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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By |
/s/ X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: |
X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Manager |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Deputy General Manager |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
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SOCIETE GENERALE
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
- 108 -
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
- 109 -
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UNICREDIT BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
- 110 -
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MIHI LLC
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By |
/s/ Andy Stock
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Name: |
Andy Stock |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
- 111 -
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NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH
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By |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Associate |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
- 112 -
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THE GOVERNOR & COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorised Signatory |
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorised Signatory |
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Three-Year Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE 2.01
Commitments
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Name of Lender |
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Commitment ($) |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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CITIBANK, N.A. |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
|
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A. |
|
$ |
66,000,000.00 |
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH |
|
$ |
48,000,000.00 |
|
BNP PARIBAS |
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$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
U.S. BANK N.A. |
|
$ |
40,000,000.00 |
|
DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY |
|
$ |
35,000,000.00 |
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Schedule 2.01 to Three-Year Credit Agreement
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Name of Lender |
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Commitment ($) |
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED |
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$ |
30,000,000.00 |
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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
ING BANK N.V. |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. |
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$ |
30,000,000.00 |
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NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
SOCIETE GENERALE |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
UNICREDIT BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH |
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
MIHI LLC |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
|
NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
|
THE GOVERNOR & COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
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|
TOTAL |
|
$ |
1,500,000,000.00 |
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Schedule 2.01 to Three-Year Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE 2.01A
Existing Operating Indebtedness
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Type (all AIG borrowings supported by assets) |
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Amount as of September 30, 2010 (in millions) |
MIP matched notes and bonds payable |
|
$ |
12,052 |
|
Series AIGFP matched notes and bonds payable |
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$ |
4,037 |
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Notes and bonds payable, at fair value |
|
$ |
3,386 |
|
Loans and mortgages payable, at fair value |
|
$ |
697 |
|
|
TOTAL |
|
$ |
20,172 |
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Schedule 2.01A to Three-Year Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE 4.02(f)
Index Debt Ratings
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S&P |
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Xxxxx’x |
Index Debt Rating |
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Status |
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Index Debt Rating |
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Status |
A-
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Negative
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A3
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Negative |
Schedule 4.02(f) to Three-Year Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE 9.01
Notice Information
I. Company:
American International Group, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Gender, Vice President and Treasurer
Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
II. Administrative Agent:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X Xxxxx
Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X Xxxxxxx
Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
III. Lenders
Initially, as provided in the relevant Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire
Schedule 9.01 to Three-Year Credit Agreement
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION]
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor identified in item 1
below (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee identified in item 2 below (the
“Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given
to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”),
receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and
Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by
reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and
the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in
accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective
Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights
and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest
identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the
respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit,
guarantees and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be
assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the
Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under
or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant
thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the
foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations
sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the
Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein
collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without
recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption,
without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignor:
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______________________ |
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2.
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Assignee:
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____________________ |
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[and is an [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]1 |
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3.
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Borrower(s):
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American International Group, Inc. and (if applicable) certain subsidiaries thereof |
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4. |
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Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
Assignment and Assumption
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5.
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Credit Agreement:
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The $1,500,000,000 Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 among American
International Group, Inc., the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. |
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6.
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Assigned Interest: |
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Aggregate Amount |
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Percentage |
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of Commitment/ |
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Amount of |
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Assigned of |
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Loans for all |
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Commitment/ |
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Commitment/ |
Assignor |
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Assignee |
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Lenders |
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Loans Assigned |
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Loans |
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$
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$
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% |
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$
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% |
Effective Date: _________, 201_ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
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By: |
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Title: |
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ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
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By: |
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Title: |
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Assignment and Assumption
- 3 -
[Consented to and]2 Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
[Consented to:]3
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
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2 |
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To be added only if the consent of the
Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
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3 |
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To be added only if the consent of the
Company is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
Assignment and Assumption
ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements, if any, under the Credit Agreement including
Section 9.04(b) thereof (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under such Section
9.04(b)), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the
Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire
assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising
discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring
assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has
been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it
deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and
Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and
Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest and (vii) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to
the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i)
it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents,
and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms
of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall
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make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding
the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective
Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Assignment and Assumption
EXHIBIT B-1
[FORM OF SUBSIDIARY BORROWER DESIGNATION]
SUBSIDIARY BORROWER DESIGNATION
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To JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
[Address]
Attention:
Re: Subsidiary Borrower Designation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement (the “
Credit Agreement”) dated as
of December 23, 2010 among
American International Group Inc. (the “
Company”), the
Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (the “
Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby designates [_____] (the “Designated Subsidiary”), a wholly-owned
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company and a [corporation/limited liability company] duly organized
under the laws of State of [____], as a Subsidiary Borrower in accordance with Section 2.19(a) of
the Credit Agreement until such designation is terminated in accordance with Section 2.19(c)
thereof.
The Designated Subsidiary hereby accepts the above designation and hereby expressly and
unconditionally accepts the obligations of a Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement,
adheres to the Credit Agreement and agrees and confirms that, upon your execution and return to the
Company of the enclosed copy of this Subsidiary Borrower Designation, it shall be a Subsidiary
Borrower for purposes of the Credit Agreement and agrees to be bound by and perform and comply with
the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement applicable to it as if it had originally executed
the Credit Agreement as a Subsidiary Borrower.
The Company hereby confirms and agrees that, after giving effect to this Subsidiary Borrower
Designation, the Guarantee of the Company contained in Article X of the Credit Agreement shall
apply to all of the obligations of the Designated Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement.
The Designated Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants:
1. Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.15 of the Credit
Agreement is true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such
representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects), in each case
as it relates to the Designated Subsidiary and its subsidiaries;
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2. The Designated Subsidiary’s addresses for notices, other communications and service
of process provided for in the Credit Agreement shall be given in the manner, and with the
effect, specified in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement to it at its “Address for Notices”
specified on the signature pages below; and
3. The Designated Subsidiary shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the documents
and certificates set forth in, or required by, Section 2.19(b) of the Credit Agreement.
The designation of the Designated Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit
Agreement shall become effective as of the date (the “Designation Effective Date”) on which
the Administrative Agent accepts this Subsidiary Borrower Designation as provided on the signature
pages below. As of the Designation Effective Date, the Designated Subsidiary shall be entitled to
the rights, and subject to the obligations, of a Subsidiary Borrower. Except as expressly herein
provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
The Designated Subsidiary hereby agrees that this Subsidiary Borrower Designation, the Credit
Agreement and the promissory notes (if any) executed and delivered by the Designated Subsidiary
pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the State of New York. The Designated Subsidiary hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America, in each case sitting in
New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, for the purposes of all legal
proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subsidiary Borrower Designation, the Credit
Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. THE DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSIDIARY BORROWER DESIGNATION, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.
This Subsidiary Borrower Designation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Designated Subsidiary have caused this Subsidiary
Borrower Designation to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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Address
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_________________
_________________
Attention:______________
Fax No:________________
Telephone No.:__________
With
a copy to:
American International Group, Inc.
[_____________]
[_____________]
Attention: [_____________]
Fax No.: [_____________]
Telephone No.: [_____________]
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ACCEPTED:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Subsidiary Borrower Designation
EXHIBIT B-2
[FORM OF SUBSIDIARY BORROWER TERMINATION NOTICE]
SUBSIDIARY BORROWER TERMINATION NOTICE
________, 201_
To: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
[Address]
Attention: [______]
Re: Subsidiary Borrower Termination Notice
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated as
of December 23, 2010 among American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the
Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the
Administrative Agent. Terms used herein having the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
The Company hereby gives notice pursuant to Section 2.19(c) of the Credit Agreement that,
effective as of the date hereof, [_______] (the “Subsidiary Borrower”) is terminated as a
Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement and all commitments by the Lenders to make Loans to
the Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement are hereby terminated.
Pursuant to Section 2.19(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Company hereby certifies that there
are no outstanding Loans made to the Subsidiary Borrower, any unpaid interest thereon or any other
amounts owing by the Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
All obligations of the Subsidiary Borrower arising in respect of any period in which the
Subsidiary Borrower was, or on account of any action or inaction taken by the Subsidiary Borrower
as, a Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement (and the guarantee of the Company of such
obligations pursuant to Article X of the Credit Agreement) shall survive the termination effected
by this notice.
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EXHIBIT C
[Form of Promissory Note]
PROMISSORY NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [NAME OF BORROWER], a [_______] [corporation/limited liability company]
(the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [NAME OF LENDER] (the “Lender”), at
such of the offices of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as shall be notified to the Borrower from time to
time, the principal sum of [DOLLAR AMOUNT] dollars (or such lesser amount as shall equal the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement), in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on
the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each such Loan, at such office, in like money and funds, for the period
commencing on the date of such Loan until such Loan shall be paid in full, at the rates per annum
and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.
The date, amount, Type, interest rate and duration of Interest Period (if applicable) of each
Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof,
shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of this Note, endorsed by
the Lender on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation thereof, provided that the
failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations
of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing under the Credit Agreement or
hereunder in respect of the Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower.
This Note evidences Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Three-Year Credit
Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 (as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto (including the Lender) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent. Terms used but not defined in this Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in
the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the
occurrence of certain events and for prepayments of Loans upon the terms and conditions specified
therein.
Except as permitted by Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement, this Note may not be assigned by
the Lender to any other Person.
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New
York.
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SCHEDULE OF LOANS
This Note evidences Loans made, continued or converted under the within-described Credit
Agreement to the Borrower, on the dates, in the principal amounts, of the Types, bearing interest
at the rates and having Interest Periods (if applicable) of the durations set forth below, subject
to the continuations, conversions and payments and prepayments of principal set forth below:
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Promissory Note
EXHIBIT D
FORMS OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATES
[See Attached Forms]
U.S. Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT D-1
[FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE]
(FOR NON-U.S. LENDERS THAT ARE NOT PARTNERSHIPS
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES)
Reference is hereby made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among
American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent thereunder (the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any
Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is
not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent
shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a
controlled foreign corporation related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s
conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with a certificate of
its non-U.S. person status on United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing
this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate
changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Company and the Administrative Agent and (2)
the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative Agent with a
properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such
payments.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: ________, 201_
U.S. Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT D-2
[FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE]
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among
American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent thereunder (the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing
such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are
the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)
with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement, neither the undersigned
nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered
into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled
foreign corporation related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and
(vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with United States
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by a United States Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing
this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate
changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Company and the Administrative Agent and (2)
the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative Agent with a
properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such
payments.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: ________, 201_
U.S. Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT D-3
[FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE]
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among
American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent thereunder (the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of
which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the
meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation
related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest
payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade
or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S.
person status on United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this
certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate
changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned
shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or
in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _______, 201_
U.S. Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT D-4
[FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE]
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among
American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent thereunder (the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is
providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such
participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its
partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the
ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code,
(iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the
interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each
of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate,
the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the
undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times
furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the
calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two
calendar years preceding such payments.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _______, 201_
U.S. Tax Certificate