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EXHIBIT 10.1
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION,
THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO,
MELLON BANK, N.A., as Funding Agent
and
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent
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Dated as of September 20, 1995
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Table of Contents
Section Title Page
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.01 Certain Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.02 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.03 Accounting Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.04 Designated Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.01 Revolving Credit Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.02 Fees; Reduction
of the Committed Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.03 Competitive Bid Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.04 Maximum Aggregate Amount of Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.05 Short Term Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.06 Making of Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.07 Interest Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.08 Conversion or Renewal of Interest Rate
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.09 Prepayments Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2.10 Optional Prepayments; Mandatory
Prepayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2.11 Interest Payment Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.12 Pro Rata Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.13 Additional Compensation in Certain
Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2.14 Payments Generally; Interest on
Overdue Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.15 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.16 Funding by Branch, Subsidiary or
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.17 Extension of Revolving Credit
Maturity Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3.01 Corporate Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3.02 Corporate Power and Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.03 Execution and Binding Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.04 Governmental Approvals and Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.05 Absence of Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.06 Audited Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.07 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.08 Absence of Material Adverse Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.09 Accurate and Complete Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.10 Margin Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.11 Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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3.12 Partnerships, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.13 Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.14 Absence of Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.15 Absence of Other Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.16 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.17 Title to Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.18 Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.19 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.20 Employee Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.21 Environmental Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF LENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.01 Conditions to Initial Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.02 Conditions to All Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.01 Basic Reporting Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.02 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.03 Payment of Taxes and Other Potential
Charges and Priority Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.04 Preservation of Corporate Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.05 Governmental Approvals and Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.06 Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.07 Avoidance of Other Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.08 Financial Accounting Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.09 Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.10 Continuation of or Change in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.11 Consolidated Tax Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.12 Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.13 ERISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.14 Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.01 Financial Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.02 Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.03 Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.04 Loans, Advances and Certain Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.05 Changes in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.06 Amendment of Certain Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.07 Mergers; Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.08 ERISA Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.09 Principal Foreign Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.10 Certain Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.01 Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.02 Consequences of an Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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ARTICLE VIII THE AGENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.01 Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.02 General Nature of Agents' Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.03 Exercise of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.04 Certain Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.05 Administration by the Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.06 Lender Not Relying on Agents or
Other Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.07 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.08 Agents in their Individual Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.09 Holders of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.10 Successor Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.11 Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8.12 Funding by Funding Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
9.01 Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
9.02 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
9.03 Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
9.04 No Implied Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
9.05 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
9.06 Expenses; Taxes; Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
9.07 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
9.08 Prior Understandings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
9.09 Duration; Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
9.10 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.11 Limitation on Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.12 Set-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.13 Sharing of Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
9.14 Successors and Assigns; Participations;
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9.15 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction:
Waiver of Jury Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
9.16 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9.17 Replacement of Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Exhibit A Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit B Form of Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request
Exhibit C Form of Competitive Bid Loan Quote
Exhibit D Form of Competitive Bid Note
Exhibit E Form of Short Term Advance Note
Exhibit F Form of Quarterly Compliance Certificate
Exhibit G Form of Transfer Supplement
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Schedule 1.04 Designated Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.01 Corporate Status
Schedule 3.02 Consents and Approvals
Schedule 3.07 Indebtedness
Schedule 3.11 Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.12 Partnerships
Schedule 3.21 Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.02 Liens
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of September 20, 1995, by and among
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), the lenders
parties hereto from time to time (the "Lenders", as defined further below),
MELLON BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as Funding Agent for the
Lenders hereunder and NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders hereunder.
Recitals:
A. The Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit to
the Borrower to enable it to borrow, repay and reborrow hereunder amounts not
exceeding $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, and
the Lenders are willing to extend such credit upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
B. The Borrower and the Lenders desire to establish an
uncommitted competitive bid facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
1.01. Certain Definitions. In addition to other words and
terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used herein the following words
and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
hereof otherwise clearly requires:
"Absolute Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(d)(ii)(F) hereof.
"Absolute Rate Auction" shall mean a solicitation of
Competitive Bid Loan Quotes setting forth Absolute Rates pursuant to
Section 2.03 hereof.
"Absolute Rate Loan" or "Absolute Rate Loans" shall mean any
or all Competitive Bid Loans the interest rates of which are
determined on the basis of Absolute Rates pursuant to an Absolute Rate
Auction.
"Administrative Agent" shall mean, initially, National
Westminster Bank PLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders hereunder, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed in
accordance with Section 8.10 hereof.
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"Affected Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(e) hereof.
"Affiliate" of a Person (the "Specified Person") shall mean
(a) any Person which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the Specified Person, and (b) any
director or officer (or, in the case of a Person which is not a
corporation, any individual having analogous powers) of the Specified
Person or of a Person who is an Affiliate of the Specified Person
within the meaning of the preceding clause (a). For purposes of the
preceding sentence, "control" of a Person means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agents" shall mean, collectively, the Funding Agent and the
Administrative Agent and "Agent" shall mean either of the foregoing.
"Anniversary Date" shall mean each September 20 during the
term of this Agreement.
"Applicable Margin" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(b) hereof.
"Assessment Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(ii) hereof.
"Base Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(i) hereof.
"Base Rate Auction" shall mean a solicitation of Competitive
Bid Loan Quotes setting forth Base Rate Margins based on the Base Rate
pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
"Base Rate Loans" shall mean Competitive Bid Loans the
interest rates of which are determined on the basis of the Base Rate
pursuant to a Base Rate Auction.
"Base Rate Margin" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(d)(ii)(E) hereof.
"Base Rate Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(i) hereof.
"Base Rate Portion" of any Loan or Loans shall mean at any
time the portion, including the whole, of such Loan or Loans bearing
interest at such time (i) under the Base Rate Option or (ii) in
accordance with Section 2.14 hereof. If no
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Loan or Loans is specified, "Base Rate Portion" shall refer to the
Base Rate Portion of all Loans outstanding at such time.
"Benefit Plan" shall mean any plan, agreement, arrangement or
commitment which is an employment or consulting agreement, executive
compensation plan, bonus plan, deferred compensation agreement,
employee pension, profit-sharing, savings or retirement plan, employee
stock option or stock purchase plan, retiree medical or life, group
life, health, or accident insurance or other benefit plan, agreement,
arrangement or commitment, including, without limitation, severance,
or other bonus practice (including, but not limited to, employee
benefit plans, as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA), with respect to
which the Borrower, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or a member
of their respective Controlled Group, at any relevant time have some
liability or obligation to contribute or pay benefits and which
relates to current or former employees of the Borrower, any
Significant Subsidiary or any member of their respective Controlled
Group.
"Business Day" shall mean (a) with respect to selection of the
Euro-Rate Option, prepayment of any Euro-Rate Portion of any Revolving
Credit Loans, determining the first or last day of any Euro-Rate
Funding Period, the giving of notices or quotes in connection with a
LIBOR Auction or a payment of principal of or interest on, or the
Interest Period for, a LIBOR-based Loan, a day for dealings in
deposits in Dollars by and among banks in the London interbank market
and on which commercial banks are open for domestic and international
business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and New York, New York and (b)
with respect to selection of any other interest rate Option,
prepayment of any part of any other Portion of any Revolving Credit
Loans, determining the first or last day of any other Funding Period,
the giving of notices or quotes in connection with an Absolute Rate or
a payment of principal of or interest on, or the Interest Period for,
an Absolute Rate Loan and in every other context, any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are
authorized or obligated to close in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and New
York, New York.
"Capitalized Lease" shall mean at any time any lease which is,
or is required under GAAP to be, capitalized on the balance sheet of
the lessee at such time, and "Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any
Person at any time shall mean the aggregate amount which is, or is
required under GAAP to be, reported as a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person at such time as lessee under a Capitalized Lease.
"CD Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(ii) hereof.
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"CD Rate Funding Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(c) hereof.
"CD Rate Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(ii) hereof.
"CD Rate Portion" of any Loan or Loans shall mean at any time
the portion, including the whole, of such Loan or Loans bearing
interest at any time under the CD Rate Option or at a rate calculated
by reference to the CD Rate under Section 2.14 hereof. If no Loan or
Loans is specified, "CD Rate Portion" shall refer to the CD Rate
Portion of all Loans outstanding at such time.
"CD Rate Reserve Percentage" for any day and for any CD Rate
Funding Period shall mean the percentage (expressed as a decimal,
rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%), as determined in good
faith by the Funding Agent (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error), which is in effect on such day as prescribed
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) representing the maximum reserve requirement (including
without limitation supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve
requirements) for a member bank of such System in respect of
nonpersonal time deposits in Dollars in the United States having a
maturity comparable to such CD Rate Funding Period.
"Change of Control" shall mean (a) any Person or group of
Persons (as used in Sections 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and
regulations thereunder) shall have become the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more
of the Borrower's outstanding Voting Stock, unless a majority of the
Continuing Directors approves the acquisition not later than 10 days
after such acquisition or (b) a change in the board of directors of
the Borrower shall have occurred which results in a majority of
directors not being Continuing Directors.
"Closing Date" shall mean the date on which the last of the
conditions set forth in Section 4.01 hereof has been satisfied.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and any successor statute of similar import, and regulations
thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References
to sections of the Code shall be construed also to refer to any
successor sections.
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"Commitments" of a Lender shall mean the Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Lender.
"Commitment Percentage" of a Lender at any time shall mean the
Commitment Percentage for such Lender set forth below its name on the
signature page hereof, subject to adjustment as provided in Section
9.17 hereof and subject to transfer to another Lender as provided in
Section 9.14 hereof.
"Competitive Bid Borrowing" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.03(b) hereof.
"Competitive Bid Expiration Date" shall mean September 20,
1999, or such later date as may be established as the Competitive Bid
Expiration Date pursuant to Section 2.17 hereof.
"Competitive Bid Loan" or "Competitive Bid Loans" shall mean
any or all loans provided for by Section 2.03 hereof.
"Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.03(j) hereof.
"Competitive Bid Loan Quote" shall mean an offer in accordance
with Section 2.03(d) hereof by a Lender to make a Competitive Bid
Loan.
"Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.03(b) hereof.
"Competitive Bid Note" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(p) hereof.
"Competitive Bid Register" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(l) hereof.
"Consolidated Adjusted EBIT" for any period, with respect to
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, shall mean the sum of
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, (b) Consolidated Adjusted
Interest Expense for such period, (c) charges against income for
foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such period, (d)
Consolidated Adjusted Rental Expense for such period, all as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Adjusted Interest Expense" for any period shall
mean the total interest expense of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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"Consolidated Adjusted Rental Expense" for any period shall
mean aggregate rent and lease payments made pursuant to operating
leases for such period by the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Capitalization" at any time shall mean the sum
of Consolidated Net Worth at such time and Consolidated Indebtedness
at such time.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" for any period shall mean the sum
of Consolidated Adjusted Interest Expense for such period and
Consolidated Adjusted Rental Expense for such period.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio" for any period
shall mean the ratio of the Consolidated Adjusted EBIT for such period
to the Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" at any time shall mean the
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such
time determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio" at any time shall mean the ratio
of Consolidated Indebtedness to the Consolidated Capitalization at
such time.
"Consolidated Net Income" for any period shall mean the net
earnings (or loss) after taxes of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Worth" at any time shall mean the total
amount of stockholders' equity of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries at such time determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
"Continuing Directors" shall mean members of the board of
directors of the Borrower who (a) were directors on August 1, 1995 or
(b) have been directors for at least two years, or (c) were nominated
or elected with the affirmative vote of the greater of (x) a majority
of the Continuing Directors on the board or (y) three Continuing
Directors.
"Controlled Group" shall mean with respect to any Person, all
members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which,
together with such Person, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code or Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA.
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"Corresponding Source of Funds" shall mean:
(a) In the case of any Funding Segment of the CD
Rate Portion, the proceeds of hypothetical issuances by a
Lender of one or more of its certificates of deposit at the
beginning of the CD Rate Funding Period corresponding to such
Funding Segment, having maturities approximately equal to such
CD Rate Funding Period and in an aggregate amount
approximately equal to such Lender's Pro Rata share of such
Funding Segment; and
(b) In the case of any Funding Segment of the
Euro-Rate Portion, the proceeds of hypothetical receipts by a
Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office or by a Lender through a
Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office of one or more Dollar
deposits in the interbank eurodollar market at the beginning
of the Euro-Rate Funding Period corresponding to such Funding
Segment having maturities approximately equal to such
Euro-Rate Funding Period and in an aggregate amount
approximately equal to such Lender's Pro Rata share of such
Funding Segment.
"Cost of Funds" shall mean the arithmetic average of the per
annum rates at which Dollar deposits in an amount and for a term
approximately equal to or comparable to a Short Term Advance requested
by the Borrower are offered to the Short-Term Lenders by prime banks
in the New York interbank market.
"Debt Instrument" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.01(f) hereof.
"Designated Subsidiary" shall mean each Subsidiary so
designated pursuant to Section 1.04 hereof.
"Dollar," "Dollars" and the symbol "$" shall mean lawful money
of the United States of America.
"Dollar Equivalent Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(r) hereof.
"Environmental Claim" shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any action, suit, proceeding, investigation, notice, claim, complaint,
demand, request for information or other communication (written or
oral) by any other Person (including but not limited to any
Governmental Authority, citizens' group or present or former employee
of such Person) alleging, asserting or claiming any actual or
potential (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) liability under
any Environmental Law or (c) liability for investigatory costs,
cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages,
property damages, personal injuries, fines or
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penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or
release into the environment, of any Hazardous Materials at any
location, whether or not owned by such Person.
"Environmental Matters" means any matter arising out of,
relating to, or resulting from any emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of Hazardous Materials into the air, surface
water, groundwater, or soil, or otherwise arising out of, relating to,
or resulting from the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials.
"Environmental Permits" means all permits, licenses,
authorizations, registrations and other governmental consents required
by applicable Requirements of Law for the use, storage, treatment,
transportation, release, emission and disposal of raw materials,
by-products, wastes and other substances used or produced by or
otherwise relating to the operations of the Borrower and any
Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, and
regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to
any successor sections.
"ERISA Lien" shall mean a security interest or lien arising
under or in connection with a Pension Plan or Title IV of ERISA or a
claim asserted (including for failure to withhold) by the government
which if successful would result in such a lien; provided, however,
that any claim asserted, (a) for which the Borrower has reasonable
grounds to contest and (b) which the Borrower is diligently contesting
in good faith through appropriate proceedings with the IRS or a court
of law, shall not be deemed an ERISA Lien for so long as all of the
above conditions are met.
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" shall have the meaning set forth in
the definition of Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage set forth in Section
1.01 hereof.
"Eurocurrency Loan" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(r) hereof.
"Euro-Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(iii) hereof.
"Euro-Rate Funding Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(c) hereof.
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"Euro-Rate Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(iii) hereof.
"Euro-Rate Portion" of any Loan or Loans shall mean at any
time the portion, including the whole, of such Loan or Loans bearing
interest at any time under the Euro-Rate Option or at a rate
calculated by reference to the Euro-Rate under Section 2.14 hereof.
If no Loan or Loans is specified, "Euro-Rate Portion" shall refer to
the Euro-Rate Portion of all Loans outstanding at such time.
"Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage" for any day for any Lender
shall mean the percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%), as determined in good faith by such Lender
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), which
is in effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) representing the maximum
reserve requirement of such Lender (including, without limitation,
supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with
respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency Liabilities") of a member bank in such System.
"Event of Default" shall mean any of the Events of Default
described in Section 7.01 hereof.
"Facility Fee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.02(a) hereof.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" for any day shall mean the rate
per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by
the Funding Agent (which determination shall be conclusive) to be the
rate per annum announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or
any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions arranged by Federal funds
brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such
Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same
manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the
weighted average it refers to as the "Federal Funds Effective Rate" as
of the date of this Agreement; provided, that if such Federal Reserve
Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" for such day shall be the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.
"Financial Provisions" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.03(d) hereof.
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"Funding Agent" shall mean, initially, Mellon Bank, N.A., in
its capacity as Funding Agent for the Lenders hereunder, and any
successor Funding Agent appointed in accordance with Section 8.10
hereof.
"Funding Periods" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(c) hereof.
"Funding Segment" of the CD Rate Portion or the Euro-Rate
Portion, as the case may be, of the Revolving Credit Loans at any time
shall mean the entire principal amount of such Portion to which at the
time in question there is applicable a particular Funding Period
beginning on a particular day and ending on a particular day. (By
definition, each such Portion is at all times composed of an integral
number of discrete Funding Segments and the sum of the principal
amounts of all Funding Segments of any such Portion at any time equals
the principal amount of such Portion at such time.)
"GAAP" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.03
hereof.
"Governmental Action" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.04 hereof.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any government or
political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank,
commission, department or instrumentality of either, or any court,
tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or
domestic.
"Guarantee" shall mean the guarantee by any Person to pay or
perform the obligations of any other Person, including any agreement,
whether such agreement is on a contingency basis or otherwise, to
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire Indebtedness of any other
Person, or to purchase, sell or lease, as lessee or lessor, property
or services, in any such case primarily for the purpose of enabling
another Person to make payment of Indebtedness.
"Hazardous Materials" means any pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes (including
petroleum, petroleum by-products, PCBs, and friable asbestos) as those
concepts are used in the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the Clean
Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other similar federal or state
statutes or regulations.
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"Indebtedness" of a Person shall mean with respect to any
Person, without duplication, all (a) liabilities or obligations
incurred in connection with borrowings (including reimbursement
obligations in respect of letters of credit or banker's acceptances
which have been drawn and including the sale of debt securities) of
such Person which in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles would be included in determining total liabilities as shown
on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person at the date as
of which Indebtedness is to be determined, including, without
limitation, Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (b)
liabilities or obligations of such Person issued, incurred or assumed
in respect of the purchase price of property except for trade accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business on which interest
is not being accrued; (c) liabilities or obligations of others of any
of the types specified in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) for which
such Person is directly or indirectly liable, by way of guaranty
(whether by direct guaranty, suretyship, discount, endorsement,
take-or-pay agreement, agreement to purchase or advance or keep in
funds or other agreement having the effect of a guaranty) or
otherwise; and (d) liabilities or obligations of others of any of the
types specified in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) which are secured
by Liens on any assets of such Person, whether or not such liabilities
or obligations shall have been assumed by it.
"Indemnified Parties" shall mean the Agents, the Lenders,
their respective affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees,
attorneys and agents of each of the foregoing.
"Initial Revolving Credit Committed Amount" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
"Interest Period" shall mean with respect to any Competitive
Bid Loan, the period commencing on the date such Competitive Bid Loan
is made and ending on a date not less than seven days nor more than
180 days thereafter (with respect to any Absolute Rate Loan) or 30,
60, 90 or 180 days thereafter (with respect to any CD Rate Loan) or
one, two, three or six months (with respect to any LIBO-Rate Loan), as
the Borrower may specify in the related Competitive Bid Loan Quote
Request as provided in Section 2.03(b) hereof, provided that:
(a) No Interest Period may end after the Competitive
Bid Expiration Date;
(b) Each Interest Period that would otherwise end on
a day that is not a Business Day shall end on the next
succeeding Business Day or, in the case of an Interest Period
for a LIBOR-based Loan, if such next
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succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, then such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day; and
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, no
Interest Period for any Competitive Bid Loan shall have a
duration of less than seven days and, if the Interest Period
for any Competitive Bid Loan would otherwise be a shorter
period, such Competitive Bid Loan shall not be available
hereunder.
"Investment" by any Person in any other Person shall mean:
(a) the amount paid, or the value of property or services
contributed, by such Person for or in connection with the
acquisition by such Person of any stock, bonds, notes,
debentures, option contracts, investment contracts,
partnership or other ownership interests or other securities
of any other Person;
(b) the amount of any advance, loan or extension of credit to
any other Person by such Person; and
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness of any other Person which
such Person has guaranteed and which by its terms or as a
consequence of any default thereunder such Indebtedness has or
may, at the option of the holder thereof, become due and
payable by acceleration or otherwise.
"IRS" shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
"Law" shall mean any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, convention, regulation, rule, ordinance, order,
injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental Authority.
"Lender" shall mean any of the Lenders listed on the signature
pages hereof, subject to the provisions of Section 9.14 hereof
pertaining to Persons becoming or ceasing to be Lenders.
"Level I Day" shall mean a day on which there is in effect a
Xxxxx'x Rating of A3 or better and an S&P Rating of A- or better.
"Level II Day" shall mean a day which is not a Level I Day and
on which there is in effect a Xxxxx'x Rating of Baa1 or better and an
S&P Rating of BBB+ or better.
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"Level III Day" shall mean a day which is not a Level I Day or
a Level II Day and on which there is in effect a Xxxxx'x Rating of
Baa2 or better and an S&P Rating of BBB or better.
"Level IV Day" shall mean a day which is not a Level I Day, a
Level II Day or a Level III Day and on which there is in effect a
Xxxxx'x Rating of Baa3 or better and an S&P Rating of BBB- or better.
"Level V Day" shall mean a day which is not a Level I Day, a
Level II Day, a Level III Day or a Level IV Day.
"LIBO-Rate" for any day, as used herein, shall mean with
respect to each proposed LIBOR-based Loan a rate of interest (which
shall be the same for each day in the applicable Interest Period)
equal to the rate of interest determined in good faith by the Funding
Agent in accordance with its usual procedures from the Reuters Screen
LIBO page (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) to be the average of the rates per annum for deposits in
Dollars offered to the leading banks in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period for delivery on the first day of
such Interest Period in amounts comparable to the amount of the
LIBOR-based Loan to be funded and having maturities comparable to such
Interest Period.
"LIBOR Auction" shall mean a solicitation of Competitive Bid
Loan Quotes setting forth LIBOR-based Margins based on the LIBO-Rate
pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
"LIBOR-based Loans" shall mean Competitive Bid Loans the
interest rates of which are determined on the basis of the LIBO-Rate
pursuant to a LIBOR Auction.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement
of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to any conditional
sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit
arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security.
"Loan" shall mean any loan or advance by a Lender under this
Agreement, whether a Revolving Credit Loan, a Competitive Bid Loan or
a Short Term Advance and "Loans" shall mean all Revolving Credit
Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Short Term Advances made by Lenders
under this Agreement.
"Loan Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Notes and the
Transfer Supplements, and all other agreements and instruments
extending, renewing, refinancing or refunding any indebtedness,
obligation or liability arising under any of
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the foregoing, and any certificate or instrument delivered by the
Borrower in connection herewith or therewith, in each case as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time hereafter.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect
on the business, operations, properties, assets or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole.
"Xxxxx'x" shall mean Xxxxx'x Investor's Services, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
"Xxxxx'x Rating" shall mean the rating assigned to the
Borrower's senior unsecured long term debt by Xxxxx'x, or in the event
the Borrower has no Xxxxx'x-rated senior unsecured long-term debt
outstanding, the "hypothetical senior long-term debt rating" most
recently assigned to the Borrower by Xxxxx'x, which assignment shall
have been made not more than fifteen months prior to the time in
question and not more than ninety (90) days after a request therefor
by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof.
"Nonextending Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.17 hereof.
"Note" or "Notes" shall mean the Revolving Credit Note(s), the
Short Term Advance Note(s) or the Competitive Bid Note(s), as the case
may be, of the Borrower executed and delivered under this Agreement,
together with all extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings of
any thereof in whole or part.
"Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office" shall have the meaning
given to that term in Section 2.16(a) hereof.
"Obligations" shall mean all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower to any Lender or either Agent from time to
time arising under or in connection with or related to or evidenced by
or secured by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and all
extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof, whether such
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are direct or indirect,
otherwise secured or unsecured, joint or several, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, whether for payment or performance,
now existing or hereafter arising. Without limitation of the
foregoing, such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities include the
principal amount of Loans, interest, fees, indemnities or expenses
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
and all extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof, whether or not
such Loans were made in compliance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement or in excess of the obligation of the Lenders to
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lend. Obligations shall remain Obligations notwithstanding any
assignment or transfer or any subsequent assignment or transfer of any
of the Obligations or any interest therein.
"Office," (a) when used in connection with the Funding Agent,
shall mean its office located at Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other office or offices of the Funding
Agent or any branch, subsidiary or affiliate thereof as may be
designated in writing from time to time by the Funding Agent to the
Borrower and (b) when used in connection with the Administrative
Agent, shall mean its office located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other office or offices of the
Administrative Agent or any branch, subsidiary or affiliate thereof as
may be designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower.
"Option" shall mean the Base Rate Option, the CD Rate Option
or the Euro-Rate Option, as the case may be.
"Participants" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.14(b) hereof.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established under Title IV of ERISA or any other governmental agency,
department or instrumentality succeeding to the functions of said
corporation.
"Pension Plan" shall mean a single employer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA or an individual account plan which is
subject to the funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA with respect
to which the Borrower, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or members
of their respective Controlled Groups, at any relevant time have some
liability or obligation to contribute or pay benefits and which
relates to current or former employees of the Borrower, any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any member of their respective Controlled
Groups.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean (a) pledges or deposits by the
Borrower under workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance
laws, social security laws, or similar legislation, or good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for
the payment of Indebtedness of the Borrower), or leases to which the
Borrower is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of the Borrower or deposits of cash or U.S. Governmental
Bonds to secure surety, appeal, performance or other similar bonds to
which the Borrower is a party, or deposits as security for contested
taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent; (b) Liens imposed
by law such as carriers', warehousemen's, materialmen's and mechanics'
or other similar liens, or Liens
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arising out of judgments or awards against the Borrower with respect
to which the Borrower at the time shall currently be prosecuting an
appeal or proceedings for review; (c) Liens for taxes not yet subject
to penalties for nonpayment and Liens for taxes the payment of which
is being contested as permitted by Section 5.03 hereof; and (d) minor
survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of,
or rights of others for rights of way, highways and railroad
crossings, sewers, electric lines, telephone and telegraph lines and
other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use
of real property; all of which Liens described in clause (d) hereof do
not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the
properties to which they relate or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of the Borrower.
"Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,
trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, joint-stock company,
Governmental Authority or any other entity.
"Portion" shall mean the Base Rate Portion, the CD Rate
Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion, as the case may be.
"Potential Default" shall mean any event or condition which
with notice or passage of time, or any combination of the foregoing,
would constitute an Event of Default.
"Prime Rate" as used herein, shall mean the arithmetic average
of the interest rates per annum announced from time to time by Mellon
Bank, N.A. and National Westminster Bank PLC, respectively, as their
prime rates.
"Principal Foreign Affiliates" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6.09 hereof.
"Project" shall mean any municipal solid waste project or any
other project the assets of which are financed on a limited recourse
basis.
"Pro Rata" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12
hereof.
"Purchasing Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.14(c) hereof.
"Register" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(d)
hereof.
"Regular Payment Date" shall mean the last Business Day of
each March, June, September and December after the date hereof.
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"Relevant Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.03(a) hereof.
"Replacement Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.17 hereof.
"Reportable Event" means an event described in Section 4043 of
ERISA or in the regulations thereunder with respect to which the
30-day notice is not waived or an event described in Section 4043 or
in the regulations thereunder with respect to which the 30-day notice
has been waived and which involves a liability of $1,000,000 or more
or a material plan or a receipt of a notice of withdrawal liabilities
pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA. For purposes of this definition a
material plan is a plan in which benefit liabilities exceed assets on
a termination basis based on PBGC assumptions by $1,000,000.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time prior to the
termination or expiration of the Commitments, Lenders which have
Commitments constituting, in the aggregate, at least 66 2/3% of the
total Commitments of all the Lenders at such time and shall mean, at
any time thereafter, Lenders which have outstanding Loans
constituting, in the aggregate, at least 66 2/3% of all Loans
outstanding at such time.
"Requirements of Law" means all applicable federal, state, and
local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, directives, permits, licenses and judgments relating to
Environmental Matters in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
"Responsible Officer" of the Borrower shall mean its Chief
Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President,
the Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers.
"Revolving Credit Commitment" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
"Revolving Credit Committed Amount" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
"Revolving Credit Loans" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(a) hereof.
"Revolving Credit Maturity Date" shall mean September 20,
1999, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.17 hereof.
"Revolving Credit Note" shall mean the promissory note of the
Borrower executed and delivered under Section 2.01(c) hereof, any
promissory note issued in substitution therefor
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pursuant to Sections 2.16(b) or 9.14(c) hereof, together with all
extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or
part.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Rating Services, or any
successor thereto.
"S&P Rating" shall mean the rating assigned to the Borrower's
senior unsecured long term debt by S&P, or in the event the Borrower
has no S&P-rated senior unsecured long-term debt outstanding, the
"issuer credit rating" most recently assigned to the Borrower by S&P,
which assignment shall have been made not more than fifteen months
prior to the time in question and not more than ninety (90) days after
a request therefor by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 5.14
hereof.
"Short Term Advance" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05 hereof.
"Short Term Advance Commitment" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.05 hereof.
"Short Term Advance Committed Amount" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.05 hereof.
"Short Term Advance Maturity Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.05 hereof.
"Short Term Advance Participating Interest" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.05 hereof.
"Short Term Lender" shall mean, individually, Mellon Bank,
N.A. and National Westminster Bank PLC and any Lender which is
appointed as a successor Agent pursuant to Section 8.10 hereof.
"Short Term Outstandings" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12 hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" shall mean (a) each Special Purpose
Subsidiary, (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower which in the
most recent fiscal year of the Borrower accounted for more than 10% of
the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or which
accounted for more than 10% of the consolidated income of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for each of the most recent three fiscal years of
the Borrower; provided, however, that with respect to Subsidiaries
created or acquired after the date hereof, if thereafter such entity,
in a fiscal year, accounts for more than 10% of the consolidated
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or accounts for more than
10% of the consolidated income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
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such fiscal year, it shall be deemed to be a Significant Subsidiary
for such fiscal year and (c) each other Subsidiary of the Company
other than any Designated Subsidiary.
"Special Purpose Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of the
Borrower formed with the express and sole purpose of, and which is
engaged solely in the business of, constructing or owning, leasing or
operating a specific Project, and with respect to which Subsidiary,
neither the Borrower nor any of its other Subsidiaries is obligated
(except as guarantor of completion or performance) to pay any
Indebtedness (including lease obligations) incurred to construct, own,
lease or operate any such Project or any other Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary.
"Specified Percentage" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12 hereof.
"Standard Notice" shall mean an irrevocable notice provided to
the Funding Agent on a Business Day which is
(a) At least two Business Day in advance in the case
of selection of, conversion to or renewal of the CD Rate
Option or prepayment of CD Rate Portion;
(b) At least three Business Days in advance in the
case of selection of, conversion to or renewal of the
Euro-Rate Option or prepayment of any Euro-Rate Portion;
(c) On the same Business Day in the case of
selection of, conversion to or renewal of the Base Rate Option
or prepayment of Base Rate Portion; and
(d) On the same Business Day in the case of
Short-Term Advances.
Standard Notice must be provided no later than 10:00 a.m., Pittsburgh
time, on the last day permitted for such notice in the case of notices
given pursuant to clauses (c) and (d) above, and no later than 1:00
p.m., Pittsburgh time, on the last day permitted for such notice in
the case of notices given pursuant to clauses and (a) and (b) above.
"Stock Payment" by any Person shall mean any dividend,
distribution or payment of any nature (whether in cash, securities, or
other property) on account of or in respect of any shares of the
capital stock (or warrants, options or rights therefor) of such
Person, including but not limited to any payment on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition of any
shares of the capital stock (or warrants, options or rights therefor)
of
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such Person, in each case regardless of whether required by the terms
of such capital stock (or warrants, options or rights) or any other
agreement or instrument.
"Subsidiary" of a Person at any time shall mean any
corporation of which a majority (by number of shares or number of
votes) of any class of outstanding capital stock normally entitled to
vote for the election of one or more directors (regardless of any
contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights of
such class) is at such time owned directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person, and any trust of which a majority of the beneficial interest
is at such time owned directly or indirectly, beneficially or of
record, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Taxes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15
hereof.
"Total Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean at any time,
the aggregate Revolving Credit Committed Amounts of all Lenders
hereunder at such time.
"Transfer Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
the applicable Transfer Supplement.
"Transfer Supplement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.14(c) hereof.
"Unutilized Commitment" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12 hereof.
"Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to any corporation,
the capital stock of such corporation having the power to vote for a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation under ordinary
circumstances.
1.02. Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement
otherwise clearly requires, references to the plural include the singular, the
singular the plural and the part the whole; "or" has the inclusive meaning
represented by the phrase "and/or"; and "property" includes all properties and
assets of any kind or nature, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed.
References in this Agreement to "determination" (and similar terms) by either
Agent or by any Lender include reasonable and good faith estimates by such
Agent or by such Lender (in the case of quantitative determinations) and good
faith beliefs by such Agent or by such Lender (in the case of qualitative
determinations). The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and similar terms
in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement. The section and other headings contained in this
Agreement and the
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Table of Contents preceding this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not control or affect the construction of this Agreement or the
interpretation thereof in any respect. Section, subsection and exhibit
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
1.03. Accounting Principles. (a) As used herein, "GAAP"
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as such principles shall be
in effect at the Relevant Date, subject to the provisions of this Section 1.03.
As used herein, "Relevant Date" shall mean the date a relevant computation or
determination is to be made or the date of relevant financial statements, as
the case may be.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters shall be
made, and all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP (including principles of
consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting or financial terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP.
(c) If any change in GAAP after the date of this Agreement is
or shall be required to be applied to transactions then or thereafter in
existence, and a violation of one or more provisions of this Agreement shall
have occurred or in the opinion of the Borrower would likely occur which would
not have occurred or be likely to occur if no change in accounting principles
had taken place,
(i) The parties agree that such violation shall not be
considered to constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Default
for a period of 60 days from the date the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent of the application of this Section 1.03(c);
(ii) The parties agree in such event to negotiate in good
faith an amendment of this Agreement which shall approximate to the
extent possible the financial effect of the original financial
covenants after taking into account such change in GAAP; and
(iii) If the parties are unable to negotiate such an
amendment within 60 days, the Borrower shall have the option of
prepaying the Loans (subject to Section 2.13(b) hereof). If the
Borrower does not exercise such option within said period, then as
used in this Agreement, "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted
accounting principles in effect at the Relevant Date.
(d) If any change in GAAP after the date of this Agreement is
required to be applied to transactions or conditions then or thereafter in
existence, and the Administrative Agent
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shall assert that the effect of such change is or shall likely be to distort
materially the effect of any of the definitions of financial terms in Article I
hereof or any of the covenants of the Borrower in Article VI hereof (the
"Financial Provisions"), so that the intended financial effect of any of the
Financial Provisions will not in fact be accomplished,
(i) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of
such assertion, specifying the change in GAAP which is objected to,
and until otherwise determined as provided below, the specified change
in GAAP shall not be made by the Borrower in its financial statements
for the purpose of applying the Financial Provisions; and
(ii) The parties shall follow the procedures set forth in
paragraph (ii) and the first sentence of paragraph (iii) of subsection
(c) of this Section. If the parties are unable to agree on an
amendment as provided in said paragraph (ii) and if the Borrower does
not exercise the option set forth in the first sentence of said
paragraph (iii) within the specified period, then as used in this
Agreement "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles
in effect at the Relevant Date, except that the specified change in
GAAP which is objected to by the Administrative Agent shall not be
made in applying the Financial Provisions.
(e) All expenses of compliance with this Section 1.03 shall
be paid for by the Borrower upon demand.
1.04. Designated Subsidiaries. (a) The Borrower may from
time to time designate any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Subsidiary)
as a Designated Subsidiary by notice to the Administrative Agent, and such
Subsidiary shall continue to be a Designated Subsidiary until the Borrower
provides notice to the contrary to the Administrative Agent provided that, (i)
the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) of any Designated
Subsidiary shall also constitute Designated Subsidiaries, (ii) at the time of
such notice, and at each time thereafter that the Borrower furnishes the
financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) hereof, such Subsidiary (when
taken together with its Subsidiaries) does not qualify as a Significant
Subsidiary under clause (b) of the definition of "Significant Subsidiary" and
(iii) at the time of such notice, and at each time thereafter that the Borrower
furnishes the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) hereof, the
Designated Subsidiaries in the aggregate account for no more than 20% of the
consolidated assets and no more than 20% of the consolidated income of the
Borrower for the most recent fiscal year. The initial list of Designated
Subsidiaries is attached hereto as Schedule 1.04.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.01. Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the terms and
conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set
forth, each Lender, severally and not jointly, agrees (such agreement being
herein called such Lender's "Revolving Credit Commitment") to make loans (the
"Revolving Credit Loans") to the Borrower from time to time on or after the
date hereof and to but not including the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. A
Lender shall have no obligation to make any Revolving Credit Loan to the extent
that, upon the making of such Revolving Credit Loan, the aggregate principal
amount of such Lender's outstanding Loans (other than Competitive Bid Loans and
Short Term Advances notice of the request for which is received by the Funding
Agent after the Funding Agent's receipt of the Borrower's request for such
Revolving Credit Loan) would exceed such Lender's Revolving Credit Committed
Amount. No Revolving Credit Loans shall be made hereunder to the extent that
such Revolving Credit Loans would cause the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Loans outstanding hereunder to exceed the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment. Each Lender's "Revolving Credit Committed Amount" at any time shall
be equal to the amount set forth as its "Initial Revolving Credit Committed
Amount" below its name on the signature pages hereof, as such amount may have
been reduced pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof at such time, and subject to
transfer to another Lender as provided in Section 9.14 hereof.
(b) Nature of Credit. Within the limits of time and amount
set forth in this Section 2.01, and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder.
(c) Revolving Credit Notes. The obligation of the Borrower
to repay the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans made to it
by each Lender and to pay interest thereon shall be evidenced in part by
promissory notes of the Borrower, one to each Lender, dated the Closing Date
(the "Revolving Credit Notes") in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A, with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to the order of such
Lender in a face amount equal to such Lender's Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount.
(d) Maturity. To the extent not due and payable earlier, the
Revolving Credit Loans shall be due and payable on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date.
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2.02. Fees; Reduction of the Committed Amounts.
(a) Facility Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Funding
Agent for the account of each Lender a fee (the "Facility Fee") for each day
from and including the date hereof and to but not including the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date, on the amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Committed
Amount (whether borrowed or unborrowed) on such day (based upon a year of 365
or 366 days and actual days elapsed) equal to (i) 0.100% per annum for each
Level I Day, (ii) 0.125% per annum for each Level II Day, (iii) 0.150% per
annum for each Level III Day, (iv) 0.200% per annum for each Level IV Day and
(v) 0.350% per annum for each Level V Day. Facility Fees shall be due and
payable for the preceding period for which such fees have not been paid on each
Regular Payment Date and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to each Agent an
agency fee and other fees at the times and in the amounts previously agreed
upon among the Agents and the Borrower.
(c) Optional Reduction of the Revolving Credit Committed
Amounts. The Borrower may at any time or from time to time reduce Pro Rata the
Revolving Credit Committed Amounts of the Lenders to an aggregate amount (which
may be zero) not less than the sum of the unpaid principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans, Short Term Advances and Competitive Bid Loans then
outstanding plus the principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Short Term
Advances and Competitive Bid Loans not yet made as to which notice has been
given by Borrower under Section 2.06 hereof or Section 2.05 hereof, as the case
may be. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Committed Amounts shall be in an
aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 which is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000. Reduction of the Revolving Credit Committed Amounts shall be made
by providing not less than three Business Days notice (which notice shall be
irrevocable) to such effect to the Funding Agent. After the date specified in
such notice the Facility Fee shall be calculated upon the Revolving Credit
Committed Amounts as so reduced. The Funding Agent will promptly send copies
of such notice to the Lenders.
2.03. Competitive Bid Loans.
(a) Making of Competitive Bid Loans. In addition to
Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower may, as set forth in this Section 2.03,
request the Lenders to make offers to make one or more Competitive Bid Loans to
the Borrower. Each Lender may, but shall have no obligation to, make one or
more such offers and, subject to the terms and provisions hereof, the Borrower
may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set
forth in this Section 2.03. Competitive Bid Loans may be Base Rate Loans, CD
Rate Loans, Absolute Rate Loans or LIBOR-based Loans (each a "type" of
Competitive Bid Loan) and, subject to Section 2.03(r) hereof, may be in any
freely available currency
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agreed upon by the Borrower and each Lender. Competitive Bid Loans shall be
due and payable on the earlier of the Competitive Bid Expiration Date and the
applicable Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date.
(b) Competitive Bid Loan Quote Requests. When the Borrower
wishes to request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this Section 2.03,
it shall transmit to the Funding Agent by telex or telecopy, at its Office,
notice (a "Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request") so as to be received no later
than 11:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time on (x) the fourth Business Day prior to the
date of borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the
Business Day next preceding the date of borrowing proposed therein, in the case
of a Base Rate Auction, CD Rate Auction or Absolute Rate Auction (or, in any
case, such other time as the Borrower and Funding Agent may agree). The
Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for different
Interest Periods in a single notice; provided that the request for each
separate Interest Period shall be deemed to be a separate Competitive Bid Loan
Quote Request for a separate Competitive Bid Loan (all Competitive Bid Loans
proposed to be made at one time herein collectively referred to as a
"Competitive Bid Borrowing"). Each such notice shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto and in any case shall specify as to each Competitive
Bid Borrowing:
(i) The proposed date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing,
which shall be a Business Day;
(ii) The currency or currencies in which such Competitive
Borrowing is to be made;
(iii) The aggregate amount of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing which shall be a Dollar Equivalent Amount of at least
$5,000,000 (or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000) (to the
extent practical in the case of Eurocurrency Loans), but shall not
cause the limits specified in Section 2.04 hereof to be violated;
(iv) The duration of the initial Interest Period or
Periods applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the
definition of "Interest Period" (including without limitation that no
such Interest Period shall end after the Competitive Bid Expiration
Date); and
(v) Whether the Competitive Bid Loan Quotes requested are
to set forth a LIBOR-based Margin, a Base Rate Margin, a CD Rate
Margin or an Absolute Rate.
(c) Invitation for Competitive Bid Loan Quotes. Not later
than 3:00 p.m. Pittsburgh time on the date of receipt of a Competitive Bid Loan
Quote Request, the Funding Agent shall transmit to the Lenders by telex or
telecopy notice of such
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request, which notice shall constitute an invitation by the Borrower to each
Lender to submit Competitive Bid Loan Quotes offering to make Competitive Bid
Loans in accordance with such Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request.
No Competitive Bid Loan Request shall be given if such request
could result in more than six Competitive Bid Loans being outstanding at any
one time unless otherwise permitted by the Funding Agent.
(d) Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Loan Quotes.
(i) Each Lender may submit one or more Competitive Bid
Loan Quotes, each containing an offer to make a Competitive Bid Loan
in response to any Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request; provided that,
if the Borrower's request under Section 2.03(b) hereof specifies more
than one Interest Period, such Lender may make a single submission
containing one or more Competitive Bid Loan Quotes for each such
Interest Period. Each Competitive Bid Loan Quote must comply with the
requirements of this Section 2.03(d) and must be submitted to the
Funding Agent by telex or telecopy at its Office not later than (x)
11:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time on the third Business Day prior to the
proposed date of borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y)
10:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time on the proposed date of borrowing, in the
case of a Base Rate Auction, CD Rate Auction or an Absolute Rate
Auction (or, in either case upon reasonable notice to the Lenders,
such other time and date as the Borrower and the Funding Agent may
agree); provided that any Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted by the
Funding Agent (or an Affiliate of the Funding Agent) in the capacity of
a Lender may be submitted, and may only be submitted, if the Funding
Agent (or such Affiliate) notifies the Borrower of the terms of the
offer or offers contained therein not later than (x) 10:30 a.m.
Pittsburgh time on the third Business Day prior to the proposed date of
borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 9:30 a.m. Pittsburgh
time on the proposed date of borrowing, in the case of a Base Rate
Auction, CD Rate Auction or an Absolute Rate Auction. Subject to
Sections 2.13, 2.03(r) and 4.01 hereof, any Competitive Bid Loan Quote
so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the
Funding Agent given on the written instructions of the Borrower.
(ii) Each Competitive Bid Loan Quote shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto and shall in any case
specify:
(A) The proposed date of borrowing, the proposed currency and
the Interest Period therefor;
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(B) The principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for
which each such offer is being made, which principal amount
shall be a Dollar Equivalent Amount of at least $5,000,000 or
a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided that the
aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Bid Loans for
which a Lender submits Competitive Bid Loan Quotes (x) may be
greater than, less than or equal to the Revolving Credit
Committed Amount of such Lender but (y) may not exceed the
principal amount of the Competitive Bid Borrowing for which
offers were requested in the related Competitive Bid Loan
Quote Request;
(C) In the case of a LIBOR Auction, the margin above (or, if
a negative margin is offered, below) the applicable LIBO-Rate
(the "LIBOR-based Margin") offered for each such Competitive
Bid Loan, expressed as a percentage (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to the
applicable LIBO-Rate;
(D) In the case of a CD Rate Auction, the margin above (or,
if a negative margin is offered, below) the applicable CD Rate
(the "CD Rate Margin") offered for each such Competitive Bid
Loan expressed as a percentage (rounded upward, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to the applicable
CD Rate;
(E) In the case of a Base Rate Auction, the margin above (or,
if a negative margin is offered, below) the applicable Base
Rate (the "Base Rate Margin") offered for each such
Competitive Bid Loan, expressed as a percentage (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) to be
added to the applicable Base Rate;
(F) In the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the rate of
interest per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000th of
1%) (the "Absolute Rate") offered for each such Competitive
Bid Loan; and
(G) The identity of the quoting Lender.
(iii) No Competitive Bid Loan Quote shall contain
qualifying, conditional or similar language or propose terms other
than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Competitive
Bid Loan Quote Request and, in particular, no Competitive Bid Loan
Quote may be conditioned upon acceptance by the Borrower of all (or
some specified minimum) of the principal amount of the Competitive Bid
Loan for which such Competitive Bid Loan Quote is being made, and the
Funding Agent shall disregard any Competitive Bid Loan
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Quote that contains such language or terms or conditions or that
arrives at the Funding Agent's Office after the time set forth for
submission of Competitive Bid Loan Quotes in Section 2.03(d)(i)
hereof.
(e) Notice to the Borrower. The Funding Agent shall (x) in
the case of a LIBOR Auction, by 12:00 Noon Pittsburgh time on the day (which
shall be a Business Day) a Competitive Bid Loan Quote is submitted or (y) in
the case of a Base Rate Auction, CD Rate Auction or an Absolute Rate Auction,
by 10:15 a.m. Pittsburgh time on the day (which shall be a Business Day) a
Competitive Bid Loan Quote is submitted, notify the Borrower by telex or
telecopy of the terms (i) of any Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted by a
Lender that is in accordance with Section 2.03(d) hereof and (ii) of any
Competitive Bid Loan Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent
with a previous Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted by such Lender with
respect to the same Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request. Any such subsequent
Competitive Bid Loan Quote shall be disregarded by the Funding Agent unless
such subsequent Competitive Bid Loan Quote is submitted solely to correct a
manifest error in such former Competitive Bid Loan Quote. The Funding Agent's
notice to the Borrower shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of each
Competitive Bid Loan for which Competitive Bid Loan Quotes have been received
for each Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Loan Quote
Request, (B) the respective principal amounts and LIBOR-based Margins, CD Rate
Margins, Base Rate Margins, or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered
by each Lender, identifying the Lender that made each Competitive Bid Loan
Quote and (C) if the Funding Agent is notifying the Borrower of more than one
Competitive Bid Loan Quote for a single Interest Period, the Funding Agent
shall arrange the Competitive Bid Loan Quotes in ascending yield order.
(f) Acceptance and Notice by the Borrower. Not later than
(x) 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh time on the third Business Day prior to the proposed
date of the borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 10:45 a.m.
Pittsburgh time on the proposed date of the borrowing, in the case of a Base
Rate Auction, CD Rate Auction or an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case
upon reasonable prior notice to the Lenders, such other time and date as the
Borrower and the Funding Agent may agree), the Borrower shall notify the
Funding Agent by telex or telecopy at its Office of its acceptance or
nonacceptance of the Competitive Bid Loan Quotes so notified to it pursuant to
Section 2.03(e) hereof (and the failure of the Borrower to give such notice by
such time shall constitute nonacceptance) and the Funding Agent shall promptly
notify each affected Lender in accordance with Section 2.03(h) hereof. In the
case of acceptance, such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of
Competitive Bid Loan Quotes for each Interest Period that are accepted. The
Borrower may accept one or more Competitive Bid Loan Quotes in whole or in part
(provided that any Competitive Bid Loan Quote accepted in part shall be a
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Dollar Equivalent Amount of at least $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple
of $1,000,000, to the extent practical in the case of Eurocurrency Loans);
provided that:
(i) The aggregate principal amount of each Competitive
Bid Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the
related Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request;
(ii) The aggregate principal amount of each Competitive
Bid Borrowing shall be a Dollar Equivalent Amount of at least
$5,000,000 (or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000);
(iii) Acceptance of offers may be made only in ascending
yield order of LIBOR-based Margins, CD Rate Margins, Base Rate Margins
or Absolute Rates, as the case may be; and
(iv) The Borrower shall not accept any offer where the
Funding Agent has advised the Borrower that such offer fails to comply
with Section 2.03(d)(ii) hereof or otherwise fails to comply with the
requirements of this Agreement.
(g) Allocation by Funding Agent. If Competitive Bid Loan
Quotes are made by two or more Lenders with the same LIBOR-based Margins, CD
Rate Margins, Base Rate Margins or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a
greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which
Competitive Bid Loan Quotes are accepted for the related Interest Period, the
principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such Competitive
Bid Loan Quotes are accepted shall be allocated by the Funding Agent among such
Lenders as nearly as possible (in such multiples, not less than $500,000, as
the Funding Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate
principal amount of such offers. If two or more such Competitive Bid Loan
Quotes cannot be allocated evenly within the limits set forth in the
immediately preceding sentence, the Funding Agent shall have discretion to
allocate a larger share of such Competitive Bid Loans to one or more of the
successful Lenders and in making such allocation shall use reasonable efforts
to take into account previous allocations of unequal shares to one or more of
such Lenders in connection with other Competitive Bid Loans. Determinations by
the Funding Agent of the amounts of Competitive Bid Loans to be allocated to
each such Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(h) Notice to Lenders. On the date the Borrower notifies the
Funding Agent of its acceptance of one or more of the offers made by any Lender
or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03(f) hereof, the Funding Agent shall (x) not
later than 4:00 p.m. Pittsburgh time on such date, in the case of a LIBOR
Auction or (y) as promptly as practicable on such date, in the case of a Base
Rate Auction, CD Rate Auction or an Absolute Rate Auction notify each Lender
which has made an offer (i) of the aggregate amount of each Competitive Bid
Borrowing with respect to which the Borrower
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accepted one or more Competitive Bid Loan Quotes and such Lender's share of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing or (ii) that the Borrower accepted no offers,
such notice to be by telex or telecopy.
(i) Funding of Competitive Bid Loans. Any Lender whose offer
to make any Competitive Bid Loan has been accepted shall, not later than 1:00
p.m. Pittsburgh time, on the date specified in the related Competitive Bid Loan
Quote Request for the making of such Competitive Bid Loan, make the amount of
such Competitive Bid Loan available to the Borrower at the Funding Agent's
Office in immediately available funds. If any Lender makes a new Competitive
Bid Loan hereunder on a day on which the Borrower is to repay all or any part
of an outstanding Competitive Bid Loan from such Lender, such Lender shall
apply the proceeds of its new Competitive Bid Loan to make such repayment and
only an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the amount being
borrowed and the amount being repaid shall be made available by such Lender to
the Borrower as provided by this Section 2.03(i), or remitted by the Borrower
to the Funding Agent as provided in Section 2.13 hereof, as the case may be.
(j) Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Dates. The principal
amount of each Competitive Bid Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of
the applicable Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Loan
Quote Request (the "Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date").
(k) Competitive Bid Loan Interest Payment Dates. Interest on
each Competitive Bid Loan shall be due and payable on the Competitive Bid Loan
Maturity Date thereof and thereafter on demand at the rates provided for in
Section 2.03(o), and if any Interest Period is longer than 90 days, also on
each 90th day of such Interest Period.
(l) Competitive Bid Register. The Funding Agent shall
maintain a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders
that have made Competitive Bid Loans and the principal amount of the
Competitive Bid Loans owing to each Lender from time to time together with the
Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Dates and interest rates applicable to each such
Competitive Bid Loan, and other terms applicable thereto (the "Competitive Bid
Register"). The entries in the Competitive Bid Register shall be prima facie
evidence with respect to the entries therein.
(m) Inspection of Competitive Bid Register. The Competitive
Bid Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(n) Interest Rates for Competitive Bid Loans. The
outstanding principal amount of each Competitive Bid Loan shall bear interest
for each day until due at the following rate or rates per annum:
(i) For each LIBOR-based Loan, a rate per annum (computed
on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal to
the LIBO Rate applicable to the Interest Period therefor plus the
LIBOR-based Margin quoted by the Lender making such Loan in the
related Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted in accordance with
Section 2.03(d) hereof;
(ii) For each Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum (computed
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days and actual days elapsed)
equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Base
Rate Margin quoted by the Lender making such Loan in the related
Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted in accordance with Section
2.03(d) hereof;
(iii) For each CD Rate Loan, a rate per annum (computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal to the
CD Rate applicable to the Interest Period therefor plus the CD Rate
Margin quoted by the Lender making such Loan in the related
Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted in accordance with Section
2.03(d) hereof;
(iv) For each Absolute Rate Loan, a rate per annum
(computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed)
equal to the Absolute Rate quoted by the Lender making such Loan in
the related Competitive Bid Loan Quote submitted in accordance with
Section 2.03(d) hereof.
(o) Interest After Maturity for Competitive Bid Loans. After
the principal amount of any Competitive Bid Loan shall have become due (by
acceleration or otherwise), such Loan shall bear interest for each day until
paid (before and after judgment) (i) until the Competitive Bid Loan Maturity
Date of the applicable Interest Period of such Loan, at a rate per annum 2%
above the rate applicable to such Loan prior to such Competitive Bid Loan
Maturity Date and (ii) thereafter at a rate per annum equal to 2% in excess of
the Base Rate, such interest rate to change automatically from time to time
effective as of the effective date of each change in the Base Rate.
(p) Competitive Bid Notes. The obligation of the Borrower to
repay the unpaid principal amount of any Competitive Bid Loans made by any
Lender and to pay interest thereon shall be evidenced by a single promissory
note of the Borrower (a "Competitive Bid Note") in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D, with the blanks appropriately filled. The
Competitive Bid Note payable to each Lender shall be dated the Closing Date,
shall bear interest as provided in Section 2.03(n) or as otherwise provided
herein, and shall be payable to the order
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of the Lender named as payee therein in a maximum face amount of $300,000,000.
The Competitive Bid Note for each Lender shall be delivered, duly executed by
the Borrower to the Funding Agent at or prior to the funding of the first
Competitive Bid Loan made by such Lender hereunder and the Funding Agent shall
promptly forward such Competitive Bid Note to such Lender.
The outstanding principal amount of each Competitive Bid Loan
evidenced by each Competitive Bid Note from time to time, the Competitive Bid
Loan Maturity Date of such Competitive Bid Loan and the rate of interest and
the amount of accrued and unpaid interest payable in respect thereof shall be
determined from the records of the Funding Agent, which shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. In the event the holder of a Competitive Bid Note shall
assign said Competitive Bid Note, it shall attach thereto a schedule, which
shall be verified by the Funding Agent, setting forth the then outstanding
principal amount of each Competitive Bid Loan evidenced by such Competitive Bid
Note and the Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date thereof.
(q) Payments. All payments to be made by the Borrower in
Dollars in respect of any Competitive Bid Loan shall be payable at 12:00
o'clock Noon, Pittsburgh time, on the day when due without presentment, demand,
protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and an
action therefor shall immediately accrue, without setoff, counterclaim,
withholding or other deduction of any kind or nature, except for payments to a
Lender subject to a withholding deduction under Section 2.15(c) hereof. Such
payments shall be made to the Funding Agent at its Office in Dollars in funds
immediately available at such Office. Any payment received by the Funding
Agent or such Lender after 12:00 o'clock Noon, Pittsburgh time, on any day
shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day. The
Funding Agent shall distribute to the Lenders all such payments received by it
from the Borrower as promptly as practicable after receipt by the Funding
Agent. If and to the extent that the Funding Agent has not forwarded to any
Lender such Lender's share of any such payment on the same Business Day as such
payment is received (or deemed received) from the Borrower, the Funding Agent
shall pay to such Lender interest on such amount at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate for each day until such payment is made. All payments of any Competitive
Bid Loans to be made in any currency other than Dollars shall be made by
payment in that currency in immediately available and freely transferable funds
by the time required by relevant local regulation and practice in the principal
financial center in the country of such currency for value on the applicable
payment date and such payment shall be due without presentment, demand, protest
or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and an action
therefor shall immediately accrue, without setoff, counterclaim, withholding or
other deduction of any kind or nature, except for payments to a Lender subject
to a withholding deduction under Section 2.15(c) hereof.
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(r) Multiple Currency Option. (i) Competitive Bid Loans may
be made in any currency requested by the Borrower and acceptable to the
applicable Lender (each a "Eurocurrency Loan"). If Eurocurrency Loans are to
be made or are made, the amount of such Loans (the "Dollar Equivalent Amount")
shall be deemed to be, for purposes of determining Unutilized Commitments and
other provisions of this Agreement, equal to the amount of Dollars which the
amount of such currency could purchase at noon, London time, two Business Days
prior to the date of determination (as set forth below), based upon the average
quoted spot rates of the Funding Agent at which its applicable branch or office
offers to exchange Dollars for such Eurocurrency in the foreign exchange
market, such determination to be made on the date of such Loans. If the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent Amount of all Eurocurrency Loans outstanding on the
day of any such determination plus the outstanding Loans made in Dollars
exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Commitment as then in effect, the Funding
Agent shall immediately notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall prepay on
such day Base Rate Loans and then, if necessary, Eurocurrency Loans to the
extent required so that such aggregate unpaid amount (calculating the Dollar
Equivalent Amount as aforesaid) will not exceed the Commitments as then in
effect; such prepayment being subject however to Section 2.13(b) hereof. The
Borrower will designate the Loans to be prepaid by notice to the Funding Agent
at least two Business Days before each such prepayment, provided that no such
notice shall be required if at the time all outstanding Loans were made on the
same date.
(ii) Changes in Law Rendering Eurocurrency Loans Unlawful.
In the event that any change in Law or guideline or interpretation or
application thereof should at any time make it unlawful for any Lender to make,
maintain or fund its Eurocurrency Loans, such Lender shall promptly notify the
Borrower and the Funding Agent thereof. Thereupon, (i) the obligation of such
Lender to make its Eurocurrency Loans shall, upon the later of the
effectiveness of such event and the receipt of such notice, be suspended for
the duration of such illegality, and (ii) the Borrower shall, on the applicable
Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans (or,
if later, on the last Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date with respect to such
Eurocurrency Loans to end prior to the effectiveness of such change) or, in any
event, if such Lender so requests, on such earlier date as may be required by
the relevant Law, prepay or repay such Eurocurrency Loans.
2.04. Maximum Aggregate Amount of Loans. No Revolving Credit
Loan, Competitive Bid Loan or Short Term Advance shall be made or requested or
permitted to remain outstanding hereunder if the making or maintenance of such
Loan would cause the aggregate amount of all Loans to the Borrower outstanding
hereunder to exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Committed Amounts of all
Lenders.
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2.05. Short Term Advances.
(a) Short Term Advances. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement and relying upon the representations and warranties
herein set forth, each Short Term Lender, severally and not jointly, agrees
(such agreement being herein called such Short Term Lender's "Short Term
Advance Commitment") to make loans (the "Short Term Advances") to the Borrower
from time to time on or after the date hereof and to but not including the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date. A Short Term Lender shall have no obligation
to make any Short Term Advance to the extent that the aggregate principal
amount of such Short Term Lender's Short Term Advances at any time outstanding
would exceed such Short Term Lender's Short Term Advance Committed Amount at
such time. Each Short Term Lender's "Short Term Advance Committed Amount"
shall be equal to $2,500,000. Short Term Advances may be requested by the
Borrower in any principal amount up to the Short Term Advance Committed Amount.
A Short Term Lender shall have no obligation to make any Short Term Advance to
the extent that doing so would cause the aggregate amount of its outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Short Term Advances to exceed
its Revolving Credit Committed Amount.
(b) Nature of Credit. Within the limits of time and amount
set forth in this Section 2.05, and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Short Term Advances
hereunder.
(c) Short Term Advance Notes. The obligation of the Borrower
to repay the unpaid principal amount of the Short Term Advances made to it by
each Short Term Lender and to pay interest thereon shall be evidenced in part
by promissory notes of the Borrower, one to each Short Term Lender, dated the
Closing Date (the "Short Term Advance Notes") in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E, with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to
the order of such Short Term Lender in a face amount equal to $2,500,000.
(d) Maturity. To the extent not due and payable earlier,
each Short Term Advance shall be due and payable on the seventh day after such
Short Term Advance is made to the Borrower hereunder.
(e) Interest Rate. The unpaid amount of all Short Term
Advances shall bear interest for each day until due at a rate per annum equal
to the Short Term Lenders' Cost of Funds plus 0.200% for each Level I Day,
0.250% for each Level II Day, 0.300% for each Level III Day, 0.375% for each
Level IV Day and 0.600% for each Level V Day.
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(f) Short Term Advance Participating Interests.
(i) Generally. At the discretion of each Short Term
Lender at any time, on one Business Day's notice to each Lender, such
Short Term Lender may require each other Lender to purchase, acquire,
accept and assume from such Short Term Lender, without recourse to, or
representation or warranty by, such Short Term Lender, an undivided
interest, in a proportion equal to such Lender's Pro Rata share, in
all of such Short Term Lender's rights and obligations in, to or under
such Short Term Lender's outstanding Short Term Advances, together
with accrued and unpaid interest thereon (such interest of each Lender
being referred to herein as a "Short Term Advance Participating
Interest"). On the date that any Purchasing Lender becomes a party to
this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.14 hereof, Short Term
Advance Participating Interests in any outstanding Short Term Advances
held by the Lender from which such Purchasing Lender acquired its
interest hereunder shall be proportionately reallotted between such
Purchasing Lender and such transferor Lender (and, to the extent such
transferor Lender is a Short Term Lender, the Purchasing Lender shall
be deemed to have acquired a Short Term Advance Participating Interest
from such transferor Lender to such extent).
(ii) Obligations Absolute. Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, each Lender hereby agrees that its obligation to
participate in each Short Term Advance issued in accordance herewith,
and its obligation to make the payments specified in Section
2.05(f)(iii) hereof, are each absolute, irrevocable and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any event, condition or circumstance
whatever. The failure of any Lender to make any such payment shall
not relieve any other Lender of its funding obligation hereunder on
the date due, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any other Lender to meet its funding obligations hereunder.
(iii) Payment by Lenders on Account of Short Term Advances.
If a Short Term Lender desires to sell Short Term Advance
Participating Interests to the Lenders, such Short Term Lender will
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof (which notice may be
by telephone), and the Administrative Agent shall forthwith notify
each Lender (which notice may be by telephone promptly confirmed in
writing) thereof. No later than the Administrative Agent's close of
business on the date such notice is given by the Administrative Agent
(if such notice is given by the Administrative Agent before 12:00
p.m., Pittsburgh time on such date), each such Lender will pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of such Short Term Lender, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata
share of the outstanding principal amount of the
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Short Term Advances and accrued and unpaid interest thereon. If and
to the extent that any Lender fails to make such payment to the
applicable Short Term Lender on such date, such Lender shall pay such
amount on demand, together with interest, for such Short Term Lender's
own account, for each day from and including the date of such Short
Term Lender's payment to and including the date of repayment to such
Short Term Lender (before and after judgment) following rates per
annum: (x) for each day from and including the date of such payment
by such Short Term Lender to and including the second Business Day
thereafter, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day, and (y)
for each day thereafter, at the rate applicable to the Short Term
Advances for such day.
(iv) Distributions to Participants. If, at any time,
after a Short Term Lender has made a Short Term Advance and has
received from any Lender such Lender's share of such Short Term
Advance, and such Short Term Lender receives any payment or makes any
application of funds on account of such Short Term Advance, such Short
Term Lender will pay on the same day as received or deemed to be
received to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender,
such Lender's ratable share of such payment.
(v) Rescission. If any amount received by a Short Term
Lender on account of any Short Term Advance or interest thereon shall
be avoided, rescinded or otherwise returned or paid over by such Short
Term Lender for any reason at any time, whether before or after the
termination of this Agreement (or such Short Term Lender believes in
good faith that such avoidance, rescission, return or payment is
required, whether or not such matter has been adjudicated), each such
Lender will, promptly upon notice from the Administrative Agent or
such Short Term Lender, pay over to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Short Term Lender its ratable share of such amount.
(vi) Equalization. If any Lender receives any payment or
makes any application on account of its Short Term Advance
Participating Interest, such Lender shall forthwith pay over to the
applicable Short Term Lender, in Dollars and in like kind of funds
received or applied by it the amount in excess of such Lender's
ratable share of the amount so received or applied.
2.06. Making of Loans. Whenever the Borrower desires that the Lenders
make Revolving Credit Loans or Short-Term Advances, the Borrower shall provide
Standard Notice to the Funding Agent setting forth the following information (a
separate notice being required for each such type of Loans):
(a) Whether the proposed Loans are Revolving Credit Loans or
Short-Term Advances;
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(b) The date, which shall be a Business Day, on which such
proposed Loans are to be made;
(c) In the case of proposed Revolving Credit Loans, the
aggregate principal amount of such proposed Loans, which shall be the
sum of the principal amounts selected pursuant to clause (e) of this
Section 2.06, and which shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000
not less than $5,000,000;
(d) In the case of proposed Short Term Advances, the
aggregate principal amount of such proposed Short Term Advances, which
shall be in any principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000;
(e) In the case of proposed Revolving Credit Loans, the
interest rate Option or Options selected in accordance with Section
2.07(a) hereof and the principal amounts selected in accordance with
Section 2.07(d) hereof of the Base Rate Portion and each Funding
Segment of the CD Rate Portion and the Euro-Rate Portion, as the case
may be, of such proposed Loans; and
(f) In the case of proposed Revolving Credit Loans, with
respect to each such Funding Segment of such proposed Loans, the
Funding Period to apply to such Funding Segment, selected in
accordance with Section 2.07(c) hereof.
Standard Notice having been so provided, the Funding Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the information contained therein and of the amount of
such Lender's Loan, calculated in accordance with Section 2.12. Unless any
applicable condition specified in Article IV hereof has not been satisfied, on
the date specified in such Standard Notice each Lender shall make the proceeds
of its Loan available to the Funding Agent at the Funding Agent's Office, no
later than 12:00 o'clock Noon, Pittsburgh time, in funds immediately available
at such Office. The Funding Agent will make the funds so received available to
the Borrower in funds immediately available at the Funding Agent's Office. If
and to the extent that the Funding Agent does not make such funds available to
the Borrower on the date specified in such Standard Notice the Funding Agent
shall pay to each Lender interest on the amount made available by such Lender
at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day until either (i) the date such
funds are made available to the Borrower or (ii) the date such amounts are
returned to such Lender.
2.07. Interest Rates.
(a) Optional Bases of Borrowing. The unpaid principal amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest for each day from and
including the date on which funds are made available to the Borrower by the
Funding Agent and to but excluding the date of repayment on one or more bases
selected by the Borrower from
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among the interest rate Options set forth below. Subject to the provisions of
this Agreement the Borrower may select different Options to apply
simultaneously to different Portions of the Loans and may select different
Funding Segments to apply simultaneously to different parts of the CD Rate
Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion of the Loans. Each selection of a rate Option
shall apply separately and without overlap to the Revolving Credit Loans as a
class. The aggregate number of Funding Segments applicable to the CD Rate
Portion and the Euro-Rate Portion of the Revolving Credit Loans at any time
shall not exceed ten unless otherwise permitted by the Funding Agent.
(i) Base Rate Option: A rate per annum (computed on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days and actual days elapsed) for each
day equal to the Base Rate for such day. The "Base Rate" for any day
shall mean the greater of (A) the Prime Rate for such day or (B) 0.50%
plus the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day, such interest rate
to change automatically from time to time effective as of the
effective date of each change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate.
(ii) CD Rate Option: A rate per annum (based on a year of
360 days and actual days elapsed) for each day equal to the CD Rate
for such day plus the Applicable Margin for such day. "CD Rate" for
any day shall mean for each Funding Segment of the CD Rate Portion
corresponding to a proposed or existing CD Rate Funding Period the
rate per annum determined by the Funding Agent by adding
(A) the rate per annum (which shall be the same for
each day in such CD Rate Funding Period) determined in good
faith by the Funding Agent in accordance with its usual
procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) to be the arithmetic average of the secondary
market bid rates at or about 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the
first day of such CD Rate Funding Period by dealers of
recognized standing in negotiable certificates of deposit for
the purchase at face value of negotiable certificates of
deposit of major money center banks for delivery on such day
in amounts comparable to such Funding Segment and having
maturities comparable to such CD Rate Funding Period plus
(B) the Assessment Rate.
"Assessment Rate" for any day shall mean the rate per annum
(rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined in good faith
by the Funding Agent in accordance with its usual procedures (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be the
maximum effective rate per annum payable by a depository institution
insured by the
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for such day
as an assessment for insurance on Dollar time deposits, exclusive of
any credit that is or may be allowed against such assessment on
account of assessment payments made or to be made by such depository
institution. The CD Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the
effective date of each change in the Assessment Rate. The CD Rate
Option shall be calculated in accordance with the foregoing if any
Lender is actually required to pay FDIC assessments or, if required to
pay such assessments, is required to pay such assessments at the
"Assessment Rate" as herein defined.
The Funding Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and
to the Lenders of the CD Rate determined or adjusted in accordance
with the definition of CD Rate, which determination or adjustment
shall be conclusive if made in good faith.
(iii) Euro-Rate Option: A rate per annum (based on a year
of 360 days and actual days elapsed) for each day equal to the
Euro-Rate for such day plus, in each case, the Applicable Margin for
such day. "Euro-Rate" for any day, as used herein, shall mean for
each Funding Segment of the Euro-Rate Portion corresponding to a
proposed or existing Euro-Rate Funding Period the rate per annum
determined by the Funding Agent to be the rate of interest (which
shall be the same for each day in such Euro-Rate Funding Period)
determined in good faith by the Funding Agent in accordance with its
usual procedures from the Reuters Screen LIBO page (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be the
average of the rates per annum for deposits in Dollars offered to the
leading banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Euro-Rate Funding Period for delivery on the first day of such
Euro-Rate Funding Period in amounts comparable to such Funding Segment
and having maturities comparable to such Funding Period.
The Funding Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and
to the Lenders of the Euro-Rate determined in accordance with the
definition of the Euro-Rate, which determination shall be conclusive
if made in good faith.
(b) Applicable Margins. The "Applicable Margin" with respect
to the CD Rate Option shall be 0.325% for each Level I Day, 0.375% for each
Level II Day, 0.425% for each Level III Day, 0.500% for each Level IV Day and
0.725% for each Level V Day. The Applicable Margin with respect to the
Euro-Rate Option shall be 0.200% for each Level I Day, 0.250% for each Level II
Day, 0.300% for each Level III Day, 0.375% for each Level IV Day and 0.600% for
each Level V Day.
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(c) Funding Periods. At any time when the Borrower shall
select, convert to or renew the CD Rate Option or the Euro-Rate Option to apply
to any part of the Loans, the Borrower shall specify one or more periods (the
"Funding Periods") during which each such Option shall apply, such Funding
Periods being as set forth below:
Interest Rate Option Available Funding Periods
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CD Rate Option 30, 60, 90 or 180 days or such longer period
as may be offered by all of the Lenders ("CD
Rate Funding Period"); and
Euro-Rate Option One, two, three or six months or such longer
period as may be offered by all of the Lenders
("Euro-Rate Funding Period");
provided, that:
(i) Each CD Rate Funding Period which would otherwise end
on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day;
(ii) Each Euro-Rate Funding Period shall begin on a
Business Day, and the term "month", when used in connection with a
Euro-Rate Funding Period, shall be construed in accordance with
prevailing practices in the interbank eurodollar market at the
commencement of such Euro-Rate Funding Period, as determined in good
faith by the Funding Agent (which determination shall be conclusive);
and
(iii) In the case of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower
may not select a Funding Period that would end after the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date.
(d) Transactional Amounts. Every selection of, conversion
from, conversion to or renewal of an interest rate Option and every payment or
prepayment of any Loans shall be in a principal amount such that after giving
effect thereto the aggregate principal amount of the Base Rate Portion of the
Revolving Credit Loans, or the aggregate principal amount of each Funding
Segment of the CD Rate Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion of the Revolving Credit
Loans, shall be $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 thereof.
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(e) CD Rate or Euro-Rate Unascertainable; Impracticability. If
(i) on any date on which a CD Rate or a Euro-Rate would
otherwise be set the Funding Agent (in the case of clauses (A) or (B)
below) shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error) that:
(A) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining such CD Rate or Euro-Rate, or
(B) a contingency has occurred which materially and
adversely affects the secondary market for negotiable
certificates of deposit maintained by dealers of recognized
standing or the interbank eurodollar market, as the case may
be, or
(ii) at any time any Lender shall have determined in good
faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
that the making, maintenance or funding of any part of the CD Rate
Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion has been made impracticable or
unlawful by compliance by such Lender or a Notional Euro-Rate Funding
Office in good faith with any Law or guideline or interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof or with any request or
directive of any such Governmental Authority (whether or not having
the force of law);
then, and in any such event, the Funding Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be, may notify the Borrower of such determination (and any Lender giving such
notice shall notify the Funding Agent). Upon such date as shall be specified
in such notice (which shall not be earlier than the date such notice is given),
the obligation of each of the Lenders to allow the Borrower to select, convert
to or renew the CD Rate Option or Euro-Rate Option, as the case may be, shall
be suspended until the Funding Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall
have later notified the Borrower (and any Lender giving such notice shall
notify the Funding Agent) of the Funding Agent's or such Lender's determination
in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
that the circumstance giving rise to such previous determination no longer
exist.
If any Lender notifies the Borrower of a determination under
subsection (ii) of this Section 2.07(e), the CD Rate Portion or the Euro-Rate
Portion, as the case may be, of the Loans of such Lender (the "Affected
Lender") shall, subject to Section 2.13(b) hereof, automatically be converted
to the Base Rate Option as of the last day of the then current Funding Period
with respect to such Loans (in the case of a determination that the making,
maintenance or funding of any CD Rate Portion or Euro-Rate Portion
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of such Loans is impracticable) and the last day on which the making,
maintenance or funding of any CD Rate Portion or Euro-Rate Portion of such
Loans is not unlawful (in the case of a determination that the making,
maintenance or funding of any CD Rate Portion or Euro-Rate Portion of such
Loans is unlawful) and accrued interest thereon shall be due and payable on
such date.
If at the time the Funding Agent or a Lender makes a
determination under subsection (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.07(e) the Borrower
previously has notified the Funding Agent that it wishes to select, convert to
or renew the CD Rate Option or the Euro-Rate Option, as the case may be, with
respect to any proposed Loans but such Loans have not yet been made, such
notification shall be deemed to provide for selection of, conversion to or
renewal of the Base Rate Option instead of the CD Rate Option or the Euro-Rate
Option, as the case may be, with respect to such Loans or, in the case of a
determination by a Lender, such Loans of such Lender.
2.08. Conversion or Renewal of Interest Rate Options.
(a) Conversion or Renewal. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.13(b) hereof the Borrower may convert any part of its Revolving
Credit Loans from any interest rate Option or Options to one or more different
interest rate Options and may renew the CD Rate Option or the Euro-Rate Option
as to any Funding Segment of the CD Rate Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion:
(i) At any time with respect to conversion from the Base
Rate Option; or
(ii) At the expiration of any Funding Period with respect
to conversions from or renewals of the CD Rate Option or the Euro-Rate
Option, as the case may be, as to the Funding Segment corresponding to
such expiring Funding Period.
Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or renew any interest rate Option or
Options, the Borrower shall provide to the Funding Agent Standard Notice
setting forth the following information:
(w) The date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the
proposed conversion or renewal is to be made;
(x) The principal amounts selected in accordance with
Section 2.07(d) hereof of the Base Rate Portion and each Funding
Segment of the CD Rate Portion and the Euro-Rate Portion, as the case
may be, to be converted from or renewed;
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(y) The interest rate Option or Options selected in
accordance with Section 2.07(a) hereof and the principal amounts
selected in accordance with Section 2.07(d) hereof of the Base Rate
Portion and each Funding Segment of the CD Rate Portion and the
Euro-Rate Portion, as the case may be, to be converted to; and
(z) With respect to each Funding Segment to be converted
to or renewed, the Funding Period selected in accordance with Section
2.07(c) hereof to apply to such Funding Segment.
Standard Notice having been so provided, after the date specified in such
Standard Notice, interest shall be calculated upon the principal amount of the
Loans as so converted or renewed.
(b) Failure to Convert or Renew. Absent due notice from the
Borrower of conversion or renewal in the circumstances described in Section
2.08(a)(ii) hereof, any part of the CD Rate Portion or Euro-Rate Portion for
which such notice is not received shall be converted automatically to the Base
Rate Option on the last day of the expiring Funding Period.
2.09. Prepayments Generally. Whenever the Borrower desires
to prepay any part of its Loans, it shall provide Standard Notice to the
Funding Agent setting forth the following information:
(a) The date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the
proposed prepayment is to be made;
(b) The total principal amount of such prepayment, which
shall be the sum of the principal amounts selected pursuant to clause
(c) of this Section 2.09; and
(c) The principal amounts selected in accordance with Section
2.07(d) hereof of the Base Rate Portion and each part of each Funding
Segment of the CD Rate Portion and the Euro-Rate Portion, as the case
may be, to be prepaid.
2.10. Optional Prepayments; Mandatory Prepayments. (a)
Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at its option from
time to time to prepay its Revolving Credit Loans and Short Term Advances in
whole or part without premium or penalty (subject, however, to Section 2.13(b)
hereof):
(i) At any time with respect to any part of the Base Rate
Portion; or
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(ii) At the expiration of any Funding Period with respect to
prepayment of the CD Rate Portion or the Euro-Rate Portion, as the
case may be, with respect to any part of the Funding Segment
corresponding to such expiring Funding Period.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. The Borrower shall, within 15
days after a Change in Control, prepay in full all outstanding Loans (subject
to Section 2.13(b) hereof) and terminate, permanently and irrevocably, all
existing Commitments of the Lenders hereunder.
(c) General. All prepayments shall be made in accordance
with Section 2.09 hereof. No prepayments shall be permitted with respect to
Competitive Bid Loans except as required by Sections 2.17 and 9.17.
2.11. Interest Payment Dates. Interest on the Base Rate
Portion shall be due and payable on the date of any conversion of all or part
of the Base Rate Portion to a different interest rate Option on the amount
converted, any prepayment of any part of the Base Rate Portion on the amount
prepaid, and on each Regular Payment Date. Interest on each Funding Segment of
the CD Rate Portion shall be due and payable on the last day of the
corresponding CD Rate Funding Period and, if such CD Rate Funding Period is
longer than 90 days, also every 90th day during such CD Rate Funding Period.
Interest on each Funding Segment of the Euro-Rate Portion shall be due and
payable on the last day of the corresponding Euro-Rate Funding Period and, if
such Euro-Rate Funding Period is longer than three months, also on the last day
of every third month during such Funding Period. After maturity of any part of
the Loans (by acceleration or otherwise), interest on such part of the Loans
shall be due and payable on demand.
2.12. Pro Rata Treatment.
(a) Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings indicated:
"Pro Rata" means from or to each Lender: (i) in the case of
payments of Facility Fee, reductions pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof of the
Revolving Credit Committed Amounts and indemnification payments under Section
8.07 hereof, ratably in accordance with such Lender's Commitment Percentage;
(ii) in the case of payments of principal of and interest on, and conversions
and renewals of interest rate options with respect to, any particular Funding
Segments, ratably in accordance with such Lender's percentage share of such
Funding Segment; (iii) in the case of payments of principal and conversions and
renewals of interest rate options with respect to, the Base Rate Portion of
some or all of the Revolving Credit Loans, ratably in accordance with such
Lender's percentage share of such Base Rate Portion; (iv) in the case of
payments of interest for any day with respect
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to the Base Rate Portion of some of all of the Revolving Credit Loans, ratably
in accordance with such Lender's percentage share of such Base Rate Portion on
such day; and (v) in the case of payments on account of Short Term Advance
Participating Interests under Section 2.05(f) hereof, ratably in accordance
with paragraph (b) of this Section 2.12 as if such payments were Revolving
Credit Loans to be made by Lenders on the date of such payments.
"Short Term Outstandings" at any time shall mean (i) in the
case of each Short Term Lender, the aggregate net outstanding amount of its
Short Term Advances for which it has not received payment from other Lenders on
account of Short Term Advance Participating Interests and (ii) in the case of
each Lender, the aggregate principal amount which it has paid on account of
Short Term Advance Participating Interests.
"Specified Percentage" means, with respect to a Lender, the
quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans made by
such Lender by such Lender's Revolving Credit Committed Amount.
"Unutilized Commitment" means, with respect to a Lender, the
difference obtained by subtracting (i) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Short Term
Outstandings made by such Lender from (ii) the Revolving Credit Committed
Amount of such Lender.
(b) Making of Revolving Credit Loans. Revolving Credit Loans
shall be made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitment Percentages; provided, however, that if the Specified Percentage of
any Lender would, upon the making of such Loans in accordance with such
allocation, be different from the Specified Percentage of any other Lender, or
if such allocation of any Revolving Credit Loans requested by the Borrower (the
"Requested Loans") would result in any Lender having an aggregate principal
amount of Competitive Bid Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Short Term
Outstandings which would exceed such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, then
the amount of such Requested Loans to be made by each Lender shall be
calculated as follows:
(i) any Lender which, on the date such Requested Loans
are to be made and (unless the proceeds of such Requested Loans are to
be used to pay such Lender's Competitive Bid Loans at maturity in
accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 2.12) without giving
effect to such Requested Loans, has an Unutilized Commitment equal to
zero shall not make any portion of such Requested Loans;
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(ii) the Funding Agent shall determine the identity of
each Lender which on the date such Requested Loans are to be made has
an Unutilized Commitment greater than zero (each such Lender herein
called an "Initially Applicable Lender") and the Funding Agent shall
determine the Specified Percentage of each Initially Applicable
Lender;
(iii) if any Initially Applicable Lender would, immediately
prior to the making of the Requested Loans, have a Specified
Percentage which is smaller than the Specified Percentage of one or
more other Initially Applicable Lenders, the Funding Agent shall rank
the respective Specified Percentages in the order of size and shall
allocate the Requested Loans to the Initially Applicable Lenders in a
manner that eliminates or (if the amount of the Requested Loans is not
sufficient to eliminate) minimizes the difference between the smallest
and the largest Specified Percentages and the Requested Loans (or the
initial portion thereof) shall be made in accordance with such
allocation, provided, however, that such allocation shall not cause
any Initially Applicable Lender to have an aggregate principal amount
of Revolving Credit Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Short Term
Outstandings which would exceed its Revolving Credit Committed Amount;
(iv) if clause (iii) above is inapplicable or if the
allocation referred to in clause (iii) above does not provide for the
making of all of the Requested Loans, the Funding Agent shall
determine the identity of each Lender which on the date such Requested
Loans are to be made (and after the application, if any, of clause
(iii) above) has an Unutilized Commitment greater than zero (each such
Lender herein called an "Applicable Lender") and the Funding Agent
shall calculate the percentage (the "Applicable Percentage") equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing each Applicable Lender's Committed
Amount by the aggregate Committed Amounts of all Applicable Lenders;
(v) if, after the making of the Requested Loans (or, if
clause (iii) above is applicable, the remaining portion thereof) in
accordance with the respective Applicable Percentages of the
Applicable Lenders, each Applicable Lender would have an Unutilized
Commitment of either zero or greater than zero, then the Requested
Loans (or such portion) shall be made in accordance with such
Applicable Percentages;
(vi) if, after the making of the Requested Loans in
accordance with the respective Applicable Percentages of the
Applicable Lenders, any Applicable Lender would have an aggregate
principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and
Short Term Outstandings which would exceed its Revolving Credit
Committed Amount, then the Funding Agent shall then identify the
portion of the
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Requested Loans which, when made in accordance with the respective
Applicable Percentages, would result in each Applicable Lender having
an Unutilized Commitment of either zero or greater than zero, and such
portion of the Requested Loans shall be made in accordance with the
Applicable Percentages, with the Lenders whose Unutilized Commitments
are greater than zero after such portion is made being referred to as
the "Remaining Applicable Lenders";
(vii) if the procedure in clause (vi) above is applicable,
the Funding Agent shall calculate the percentage equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing each Remaining Applicable Lender's Committed
Amount by the aggregate Committed Amounts of all Remaining Applicable
Lenders (the "Revised Applicable Percentage") and shall calculate the
next portion of the Requested Loans which, when made in accordance
with the Revised Applicable Percentage, would result in each
Applicable Lender having an Unutilized Commitment of either zero or
greater than zero, and such portion of the Requested Loans shall be
made in accordance with such Revised Applicable Percentage; and
(viii) the Funding Agent shall continue to make calculations
of Revised Percentages in accordance with clause (vii) above until the
entire amount of the Requested Loans is allocated among Lenders.
(c) Calculation not to Include Certain Loans. In making
calculations under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.12 with respect to any
Requested Loans, no effect shall be given to Competitive Bid Loans or Short
Term Advances notice of the request for which has not been received by the
Funding Agent prior to the Funding Agent's receipt of the Borrower's request
for such Requested Loans.
(d) Use of Proceeds of Certain Revolving Credit Loans. If
any Competitive Bid Loans mature on a day on which Revolving Credit Loans are
being made, the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans (to the extent not used
to pay other Revolving Credit Loans or Short Term Advances) shall be applied to
pay such Competitive Bid Loans. The Funding Agent shall take such application
into account in making the calculations required under paragraph (b) of this
Section 2.12.
(e) Several Obligations. The failure of any Lender to make a
Revolving Credit Loan shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to
lend hereunder, but neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan.
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2.13. Additional Compensation in Certain Circumstances.
(a) Increased Costs or Reduced Return Resulting From Taxes,
Reserves, Capital Adequacy Requirements, Expenses, Etc. If any Law or change
therein or guideline or interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof or compliance with any request or directive of any Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) adopted or made after the
date hereof:
(i) subjects any Lender or any Notional Euro-Rate Funding
Office to any tax or changes the basis of taxation with respect to
this Agreement, the Notes, the Loans or payments by the Borrower of
principal, interest, commitment fee or other amounts due from the
Borrower hereunder or under the Notes (except for taxes on the overall
net income or overall gross receipts of such Lender or such Notional
Euro-Rate Funding Office imposed by the jurisdictions (federal, state
and local) in which the Lender's principal office or Notional
Euro-Rate Funding Office is located),
(ii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve,
special deposit or similar requirement against credits or commitments
to extend credit extended by, assets (funded or contingent) of,
deposits with or for the account of, other acquisitions of funds by,
such Lender or any Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office (other than
requirements expressly included herein in the determination of the CD
Rate or the Euro-Rate, as the case may be, hereunder),
(iii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any capital
adequacy or similar requirement (A) against assets (funded or
contingent) of, or credits or commitments to extend credit extended
by, any Lender or any Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office, or (B)
otherwise applicable to the obligations of any Lender or any Notional
Euro-Rate Funding Office under this Agreement, or
(iv) imposes upon any Lender or any Notional Euro-Rate
Funding Office any other condition or expense directly related to this
Agreement, the Notes or its making, maintenance or funding of any Loan
and the result of any of the foregoing is determined by any Lender to increase
the cost to, reduce the income receivable by, or impose any expense (including
loss of margin) upon such Lender, any Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office or, in
the case of clause (iii) hereof, any Person controlling a Lender, with respect
to this Agreement, the Notes or the making, maintenance or funding of any Loan
(or, in the case of any capital adequacy or similar requirement, to have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or controlling Person's
capital, taking into consideration such Lender's or controlling Person's
policies with
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respect to capital adequacy) by an amount which such Lender deems to be
material (such Lender being deemed for this purpose to have made, maintained or
funded each Funding Segment of the CD Rate Portion and the Euro-Rate Portion
from a Corresponding Source of Funds), such Lender may from time to time
promptly notify the Borrower of the amount determined in good faith (using any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods) by such Lender (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be necessary to
compensate such Lender or such Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office for such
increase, reduction or imposition. The Borrower shall have no obligation to
reimburse a Lender under this Section 2.13(a) for any amount with respect to
any such increase, reduction or imposition which amount is attributable to a
period of more than 60 days ending prior to the date of such Lender's first
notice to the Borrower of such increase, reduction or imposition. Each Lender
will notify the Borrower and each Agent of any event occurring after the date
of this Agreement which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to
this Section 2.13 as promptly as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof
and determines to request such compensation. Each Lender will furnish the
Borrower and each Agent with a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis, the manner of calculation and the amount of each request by such Lender
for compensation from the Borrower under this Section 2.13. Such amount shall
be due and payable by the Borrower to such Lender five Business Days after such
notice is given. In the event that after the Borrower shall have paid any
additional amount under this Section 2.13(a) with respect to any Loan such
Lender shall have successfully contested such law, regulation, treaty, order,
directive, interpretation or condition, then, to the extent that such Lender is
or will be placed in the same position it was prior to the incurrence of the
additional costs received or receivable (on an after-tax basis) and its contest
of such law, regulation or other condition, such Lender shall refund to the
Borrower such additional amount or any portion thereof with respect to which
such Lender is or will be placed in such position.
(b) Funding Breakage. In addition to the compensation
required under Section 2.13(a) hereof, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
against any loss or expense (including loss of margin) which such Lender has
incurred as a consequence of:
(i) any payment, prepayment or conversion of any part of
any Funding Segment of any CD Rate Portion or Euro- Rate Portion of
the Loans on a day other than the last day of the corresponding
Funding Period or any prepayment of any Competitive Bid Loan or any
Short Term Advance (whether or not such payment, prepayment or
conversion is mandatory or automatic and whether or not such payment
or prepayment is then due),
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(ii) any attempt by the Borrower to revoke (expressly, by
later inconsistent notices or otherwise) in whole or in part any
notice stated herein to be irrevocable (the Funding Agent having in
its sole discretion the options (A) to give effect to such attempted
revocation provided that indemnity under this Section 2.13(b) is
obtained or (B) to treat such attempted revocation as having no force
or effect, as if never made), or
(iii) any failure of the Borrower to pay when due (by
acceleration or otherwise) any principal, interest, commitment fee,
facility fee or any other amount due hereunder or under any Note.
If any Lender sustains or incurs any such loss or expense it
shall from time to time notify the Borrower and the Funding Agent in writing
setting forth in reasonable detail the amount determined in good faith by such
Lender (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be
necessary to indemnify such Lender for such loss or expense. Such amount shall
be due and payable by the Borrower to the Funding Agent for the account of such
Lender, five Business Days after such notice is given.
(c) Additional Interest. (i) So long as any Lender shall
be required under regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or
assets consisting of or including loans made with reference to the CD
Rate, such Lender may require the Borrower to pay, but only in respect
of any period during which such reserves shall actually be maintained
by such Lender, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of
the CD Rate Portion of the Loans, at an interest rate per annum equal
at all times during each CD Rate Funding Period to the difference
obtained by subtracting (A) the CD Rate for such CD Rate Funding
Period from (B) the rate obtained by dividing such CD Rate referred to
in clause (A) above by that percentage equal to 100% minus the CD Rate
Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such CD Rate Funding Period,
payable on each date on which interest is payable on such CD Rate
Portion.
(ii) So long as any Lender shall be required under
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to
maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of
or including Eurocurrency Liabilities, such Lender may require the
Borrower to pay, but only in respect of any period during which such
reserves shall actually be maintained by such Lender, additional
interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Euro-Rate Portion of
the Loans, at an interest rate per annum equal at all times during
each Euro-Rate Funding Period to the difference obtained by
subtracting (A) the Euro-Rate for such Euro-Rate
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Funding Period from (B) the rate obtained by dividing such Euro-Rate
referred to in clause (A) above by that percentage equal to 100%
minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such
Euro-Rate Funding Period, payable on each date on which interest is
payable on such Euro-Rate Portion.
(iii) If any Lender shall claim entitlement to any
additional amount pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), then such Lender
shall deliver to the Borrower a certificate setting forth the basis
for the determination thereof as promptly as practicable. More than
one such certificate may be so delivered. Each such certificate shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes as to the amount due absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within five days after its
receipt of the same.
2.14 Payments Generally; Interest on Overdue Amounts.
(a) Payments Generally. All payments and prepayments to be
made by the Borrower in respect of principal, interest, fees, indemnity,
expenses or other amounts due from the Borrower hereunder or under any Loan
Document in Dollars shall be payable at 12:00 o'clock Noon, Pittsburgh time, on
the day when due without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived, and an action therefor shall
immediately accrue, without setoff, counterclaim, withholding or other
deduction of any kind or nature, except for payments to a Lender subject to a
withholding deduction under Section 2.15(c) hereof. Except for payments under
Sections 2.03(q), 2.13 and 9.06 hereof, such payments shall be made to the
Funding Agent at its Office in Dollars in funds immediately available at such
Office, and payments under Sections 2.13 and 9.06 hereof shall be made to the
applicable Lender at such domestic account as it shall specify to the Borrower
from time to time in funds immediately available at such account. Any payment
or prepayment received by the Funding Agent or such Lender after 12:00 o'clock
Noon, Pittsburgh time, on any day shall be deemed to have been received on the
next succeeding Business Day. The Funding Agent shall distribute to the
Lenders all such payments received by it from the Borrower as promptly as
practicable after receipt by the Funding Agent. If and to the extent that the
Funding Agent has not forwarded to any Lender such Lender's share of any such
payment on the same Business Day as such payment is received (or deemed
received) from the Borrower, the Funding Agent shall pay to such Lender
interest on such amount at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day until
such payment is made. Upon termination of this Agreement and payment in full
of all principal, interest, fees, expenses and other amounts due from the
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, each Lender will promptly
xxxx its Notes "cancelled" and forward them to the Administrative Agent for
delivery to the Borrower.
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(b) Interest on Overdue Amounts. To the extent permitted by
law, after there shall have become due (by acceleration or otherwise)
principal, interest, fees, indemnity, expenses or any other amounts due from
the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, such amounts shall
bear interest for each day until paid (before and after judgment), payable on
demand, at a rate per annum based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and actual days elapsed (in the case of any Portion of Loans bearing
interest at the Base Rate Option) and 360 days and actual days elapsed (in the
case of any Portion of Loans bearing interest at the CD Rate Option or the
Euro-Rate Option) which for each day shall be equal to the following:
(i) In the case of any part of the CD Rate Portion or
Euro-Rate Portion of any Loans, (A) until the end of the applicable
then-current Funding Period at a rate per annum 2% above the rate
otherwise applicable to such part, and (B) thereafter in accordance
with the following clause (ii); and
(ii) In the case of any other amount due from any Borrower
hereunder or under any Loan Document, 2% above the then-current Base
Rate.
2.15 Taxes.
(a) Payments Net of Taxes. All payments made by the Borrower
under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without reduction or
withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now
or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding
(i) in the case of each Agent and each Lender, income or
franchise taxes imposed on such Agent or such Lender by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Agent or such Lender is
organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein or as a result of a connection between such Lender and any
jurisdiction other than a connection resulting solely from this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and
(ii) in the case of each Lender, income or franchise taxes
imposed by any jurisdiction in which such Lender's lending offices
which make or book Loans are located or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein
(all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings being hereinafter called "Taxes"). If any Taxes are required to
be withheld or deducted from any amounts payable to either Agent or any Lender
under this Agreement or any other
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Loan Document, the Borrower shall pay the relevant amount of such Taxes and the
amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the
extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after payment of all
Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in
the amounts specified in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Whenever
any Taxes are paid by the Borrower with respect to payments made in connection
with this Agreement, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower shall
send to the Funding Agent for its own account or for the account of such
Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt
received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. In the event that after the
Borrower shall have paid any additional amount under this Section 2.15(a) with
respect to any Loan the Lender shall have received a refund of any Taxes paid
by the Borrower with respect to payments made in connection with this
Agreement, then, to the extent that such Lender receives a refund of all or a
portion of such Taxes from the Governmental Authority to whom such Taxes were
paid by the Borrower, such Lender shall refund to the Borrower such additional
amount or any portion thereof with respect to which such Lender receives such
refund. Nothing contained in this paragraph (a) shall require any Lender or
Agent to make available any of its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes which it deems to be confidential).
(b) Indemnity. The Borrower hereby indemnifies each Agent
and each of the Lenders for the full amount of all Taxes attributable to
payments by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder or under any of the other
Loan Documents, any such Taxes paid by such Agent or such Lender, as the case
may be, any present or future claims, liabilities or losses with respect to or
resulting from any omission of the Borrower to pay or delay in paying any Taxes
(including any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable
by such Agent or such Lender as a result of any failure of the Borrower to pay
such Taxes), whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or
such Agent, as the case may be, makes written demand therefor.
(c) Withholding and Backup Withholding. Each Lender that is
incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States or any State thereof agrees that, on or prior to the Closing Date
(or, with respect to any Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.14 hereof, the Transfer Effective Date), it will furnish
to the Borrower and each Agent
(i) two valid, duly completed copies of United States
Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or United States Internal Revenue
Form 1001 or successor applicable form, as the case may be, certifying
in each case that such Lender is entitled
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to receive payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes, and
(ii) a valid, duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8 or W-9 or successor applicable form, as the case may be, to
establish an exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
Each Lender which so delivers to the Borrower and each Agent a Form 1001 or
4224 and Form W-8 or W-9 applicable forms (the "Forms") agrees to deliver to
the Borrower and each Agent two further copies of the Forms, or other manner of
certification, as the case may be, on or before the date that any such form
expires or becomes obsolete or otherwise is required to be resubmitted as a
condition to obtaining an exemption from withholding tax, or after the
occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously
delivered by it, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be
requested by the Borrower and either Agent, certifying in the case of a Form
1001 or Form 4224 that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document without deduction or withholding of any
United States federal income taxes, unless in any such cases an event
(including any changes in Law) has occurred prior to the date on which any such
delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable
or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such
letter or form with respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and each
Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax, and in the case of a Form W-8
or W-9, establishing an exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall
not be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.15 or
pursuant to Section 2.13 if the obligation to pay such additional amounts would
not have arisen but for the failure by any Lender to comply with its
obligations hereunder, or if such Lender shall have delivered the appropriate
Forms and such Lender is not entitled to exemption from deduction or
withholding of U.S. federal income tax in respect of payments made by the
Borrower hereunder for any reason other than a change in U.S. law or
regulations or in the official interpretation thereof after the date of
delivery of such Forms.
2.16. Funding by Branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate.
(a) Notional Funding. Each Lender shall have the right from
time to time, prospectively or retrospectively, without notice to the Borrower,
to deem any branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender to have made,
maintained or funded any part of the Euro-Rate Portion at any time. Any
branch, subsidiary or affiliate so deemed shall be known as a "Notional
Euro-Rate
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Funding Office." Such Lender shall deem any part of the Euro-Rate Portion of
the Loans or the funding therefor to have been transferred to a different
Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office if such transfer would avoid or cure an event
or condition described in Section 2.07(e)(ii) hereof or would lessen
compensation payable by the Borrower under Sections 2.13(a) or 2.15(b) hereof,
and provided that such Lender determines in its sole discretion that such
transfer would be practicable and would not have a material adverse effect on
such part of the Loans, such Lender or any Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office
(it being assumed for purposes of such determination that each part of the
Euro-Rate Portion is actually made or maintained by or funded through the
corresponding Notional Euro-Rate Funding Office). Notional Euro-Rate Funding
Offices may be selected by such Lender without regard to such Lender's actual
methods of making, maintaining or funding Loans or any sources of funding
actually used by or available to such Lender.
(b) Actual Funding. Each Lender shall have the right from
time to time to make or maintain any part of the Euro-Rate Portion by arranging
for a branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender to make or maintain such
part of the Euro-Rate Portion. Such Lender shall have the right to (i) hold
any applicable Note payable to its order for the benefit and account of such
branch, subsidiary or affiliate or (ii) request the Borrower to issue one or
more promissory notes in the principal amount of such Euro-Rate Portion, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A with the blanks
appropriately filled, payable to such branch, subsidiary or affiliate and with
appropriate changes reflecting that the holder thereof is not obligated to make
any additional Loans to the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to comply promptly
with any request under subsection (ii) of this Section 2.16(b). If any Lender
causes a branch, subsidiary or affiliate to make or maintain any part of the
Euro-Rate Portion hereunder, all terms and conditions of this Agreement shall,
except where the context clearly requires otherwise, be applicable to such part
of the Euro-Rate Portion and to any note payable to the order of such branch,
subsidiary or affiliate to the same extent as if such part of the Euro-Rate
Portion were made or maintained and such note were a Revolving Credit Note
payable to such Lender's order.
2.17. Extension of Revolving Credit Maturity Date. On and after the
first Anniversary Date hereof, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the
Competitive Bid Expiration Date may be extended for successive one year periods
at the request of the Borrower with the express consent of each Lender (to be
at such Lender's sole discretion) as provided below. Not later than the date
60 days prior to each Anniversary Date, the Borrower shall, at its option, in a
written notice to the Administrative Agent request (an "Extension Request")
that the Revolving Credit Maturity Date be extended for a period of one year.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly inform the Lenders of such Extension
Request. Each Lender that agrees with such Extension
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Request shall deliver to the Administrative Agent its express written consent
thereto no later than such Anniversary Date. If (i) any Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent in writing prior to such Anniversary Date that it will not
consent to such Extension Request or (ii) all of the Lenders have not in
writing expressly consented to any such Extension Request as provided in the
preceding sentence, then the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower
and the Borrower, at its option, may replace each Lender which has not agreed
to such Extension Request (a "Nonextending Lender") with another commercial
lending institution reasonably satisfactory to each Agent (a "Replacement
Lender") by giving (not later than 160 days after such Anniversary Date) notice
of the name of such Replacement Lender to the Administrative Agent. Upon
receipt by it of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall inform the
Funding Agent of the name of such proposed Replacement Lender. Unless either
Agent shall object to the identity of such proposed Replacement Lender prior to
the date 170 days after such Anniversary Date, upon notice from the
Administrative Agent, each Nonextending Lender shall promptly (but in no event
later than the date which is sixty days after such Anniversary Date) assign all
of its interests hereunder to such Replacement Lender in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.14(c) hereof. If all Lenders consent to any such
Extension Request (or, if all Nonextending Lenders are replaced in accordance
with this Section), then as of 5:00 p.m. New York time on the date which is 180
days after such Anniversary Date the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be
deemed to have been extended for, and shall be the date, one year after the
then effective Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and if the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date is so extended, the Competitive Bid Expiration Date (as such
dates may have been previously extended pursuant to this Section) shall be
deemed to have been extended for, and shall be the date, one year after the
then effective Competitive Bid Expiration Date.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Agent and
each Lender as follows:
3.01. Corporate Status. The Borrower and each Subsidiary
thereof (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) has corporate
power and authority to own its property and to transact the business in which
it is engaged or presently proposes to engage; and (c) is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all jurisdictions
in which the ownership of its properties or the nature of its activities or
both makes such qualification necessary, except for matters that, individually
or in the aggregate, could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Schedule 3.01 hereof states as of the date hereof the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Borrower, each Significant Subsidiary and each Special
Purpose Subsidiary.
3.02. Corporate Power and Authorization. The Borrower has
the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to be
executed by it, has the power to borrow hereunder and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the borrowings hereunder on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, has taken all necessary action, corporate or
otherwise, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be executed by it. No consent or
approval of any Person (including, without limitation, any stockholder of the
Borrower), no consent or approval of any landlord or mortgagee, no waiver of
any Lien of right or distraint or other similar right and no consent, license,
approval, authorization or declaration of any governmental authority, bureau or
agency, is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by it, or the validity, enforcement or priority, of the Loan
Documents to be executed by it, except as set forth on Schedule 3.02 hereto,
each of which either has been duly and validly obtained on or prior to the date
hereof and is now in full force and effect and is sufficient for its intended
purpose.
3.03. Execution and Binding Effect. This Agreement and each
other Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party has been, or upon its
execution and delivery will be, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and
each constitutes, or upon its execution and delivery will constitute, the valid
and legally binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws, now or hereafter
in effect, relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except that the remedy of specific performance and other
equitable remedies are subject to judicial discretion. There is no action,
suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which
questions the validity or the enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
3.04. Governmental Approvals and Filings. No approval,
order, consent, authorization, certificate, license, permit or validation of,
or exemption or other action by, or filing, recording or registration with, or
notice to, any Governmental Authority (collectively, "Governmental Action") is
or will be necessary or advisable in connection with execution and delivery of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, consummation by the Borrower of the
transactions herein or therein contemplated, or performance of or compliance
with the terms and conditions hereof or thereof. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary thereof is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act
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of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or to any Federal or state statute or regulation limiting
the Borrower's ability to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed. Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company," within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3.05. Absence of Conflicts. The execution and delivery by
the Borrower of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a
party and performance by it hereunder and thereunder, will not violate any Law
(including, without limitation, Regulations G, U, T and X of the Federal
Reserve Board) and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any order,
writ, injunction, ordinance, resolution, decree, or other similar document or
instrument of any court or governmental authority, bureau or agency, domestic
or foreign, or its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or create (with or
without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) a default under or
breach of any agreement, bond, note or indenture to which it is a party (by
successor in interest or otherwise), or by which it is bound or any of its
properties or assets is affected, or result in the imposition of any Lien of
any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets owned by or used in
connection with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.06. Audited Financial Statements. The Borrower has
heretofore furnished to each Agent and each Lender consolidated balance sheets
of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and
December 30, 1994 and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows
and changes in stockholders' equity for the fiscal years then ended, as
examined and reported on by Coopers & Xxxxxxx, independent certified public
accountants for the Borrower, who delivered an unqualified opinion in respect
thereof. Such financial statements (including the notes thereto) present
fairly the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the end of each such fiscal year and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the fiscal years then ended, all in
conformity with GAAP.
3.07. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has any liability or obligation of
any nature whatever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise,
whether or not due), forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or
anticipated losses from unfavorable commitments, except (a) as disclosed in the
financial statements referred to in Section 3.06 hereof, (b) matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, in the Borrower's reasonable judgment, could
not have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) liabilities, obligations,
commitments and losses incurred after December 30, 1994 in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with past practices. As of the Closing Date,
neither the Borrower nor any
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Subsidiary of the Borrower has any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.07 hereto.
3.08. Absence of Material Adverse Changes. Since December
31, 1994, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
3.09. Accurate and Complete Disclosure. No information
heretofore, contemporaneously or hereafter provided by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in writing to either Agent or any Lender in
writing pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such information (taken
as a whole) not misleading at such time in light of the circumstances in which
it was provided. The Borrower has disclosed to each Agent and each Lender in
writing every fact or circumstance known to the Borrower which has, or which in
the foreseeable future will have, a Material Adverse Effect.
3.10. Margin Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any
Loan hereunder will be used for the purpose of buying or carrying any "margin
stock", as such term is used in Regulations G and U of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to time, or to extend
credit to others for the purpose of buying or carrying any "margin stock."
Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged in the business of
extending credit to others for the purpose of buying or carrying "margin
stock." Neither the making of any Loan nor any use of proceeds of any such
Loan will violate or conflict with the provisions of Regulation G, T, U or X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to
time.
3.11. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.11 hereof states as of the
Closing Date each Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower and the percentage of
outstanding shares owned by the Borrower and by each Significant Subsidiary.
The outstanding shares of each Subsidiary of the Borrower have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The
Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary thereof owns beneficially and of
record and has good title to all of the shares represented by the ownership
percentage shown in such Schedule 3.11, free and clear of any Lien. There are
no options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, conversion rights, exchange rights,
preemptive rights or other rights, agreements or arrangements (contingent or
otherwise) which may in any circumstances now or hereafter obligate any
Subsidiary to issue any shares of its capital stock or any other securities.
As of the Closing Date, no Subsidiary has outstanding any class of preferred
stock or any class of common stock with a prior right to dividends.
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3.12. Partnerships, etc. As of the Closing Date, neither the
Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary thereof is a partner (general or
limited) of any partnership, is a party to any joint venture or owns
(beneficially or of record) any equity or similar interest in any Person
(including but not limited to any interest pursuant to which the Borrower or
such Significant Subsidiary has or may in any circumstance have an obligation
to make capital contributions to, or be generally liable for or on account of
the liabilities, acts or omissions of such other Person), except for the
partnership interests set forth in Schedule 3.12 hereof.
3.13. Litigation. There is no pending or (to the Borrower's
knowledge) threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or before
any Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower, except for (a) matters described in the financial statements
referred to in Section 3.06 hereof, and (b) matters that, individually or in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.14. Absence of Events of Default. No event has occurred
and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes an Event of Default
or Potential Default.
3.15. Absence of Other Defaults. Neither the Borrower nor
any Subsidiary thereof is in default under any agreement, ordinance,
resolution, decree, bond, note, indenture, order or judgment to which it is a
party (by successor in interest or otherwise) or by which it is bound, or any
other agreement or other instrument by which any of the properties or assets
owned by it or used in the conduct of its business is affected, which
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof have complied and are in compliance in all
respects with all Laws, except for such instances of non-compliance that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.16. Insurance. The policies, binders or self-insurance
programs for fire, liability, product liability, workmen's compensation,
vehicular and other insurance currently held by or on behalf of the Borrower
and each Subsidiary thereof insure its properties and business activities
against such losses and risks as are adequate to protect its properties in
accordance with customary industry practice when entered into or renewed. To
the best knowledge of the Borrower, all such policies, binders and
self-insurance programs are in full force and effect. As of the date hereof,
neither the Borrower nor, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that
substantial capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in
order to continue such insurance and, to the best knowledge of the
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Borrower, no such improvements or expenditures are required. As of the date
hereof, neither the Borrower nor, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries has received notice of cancellation of any material insurance
policy or binder.
3.17. Title to Property. The Borrower and each Subsidiary
thereof has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned
or purported to be owned by it and necessary for the operation of its business
and good title to all other property of whatever nature owned or purported to
be owned by it, including but not limited to all property reflected in the most
recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 3.06 hereof or submitted
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) hereof, as the case may be (except as sold or
otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business after the date of such
balance sheet or, after the Closing Date, as otherwise expressly permitted by
the Loan Documents) in each case free and clear of all Liens, other than
Permitted Liens or Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof.
3.18. Intellectual Property. The Borrower and each
Subsidiary thereof owns, or is licensed or otherwise has the right to use, all
the patents, trademarks, service marks, names (trade, service, fictitious or
otherwise), copyrights, technology (including but not limited to computer
programs and software), processes, data bases and other rights, free from
burdensome restrictions, necessary to own and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as presently conducted and presently planned to be
conducted without conflict with the rights of others, except for such instances
of non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.19. Taxes. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof have
filed all Federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed by it and
has not failed to pay any taxes, or interest and penalties relating thereto, on
or before the due dates thereof except for taxes not yet due and except for
those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings. Except to the extent that reserves therefor
are reflected in the financial statements, to the best knowledge of the
Borrower (a) there are no material Federal, state or local tax liabilities of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries due or to become due for any tax year
ended on or prior to the Closing Date relating to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether incurred in respect of or measured by the income of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which are not properly reflected in the
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 3.06, and (b) there are no
material claims pending, proposed or threatened against the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries for past Federal, state or local taxes, except those, if any,
as to which proper reserves in accordance with GAAP are reflected in such
financial statements.
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3.20. Employee Benefits. (a) No borrowing contemplated by
this Agreement is a transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of Section
406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to
Section 4975 of the Code or a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i)
of ERISA (assuming that monies other than monies representing plan assets are
borrowed hereunder). Neither the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries nor any
other Person, including any fiduciary, has engaged in any prohibited
transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA)
which could subject any of the Benefit Plans, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary
(or any entity which they have an obligation to indemnify) to any tax or
penalty imposed under 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA or any other
material liability under a foreign law of similar nature which alone or
together with any other item described in this Section 3.20 would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries (including any member of their respective Controlled Group) (i)
has incurred or expects to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA or
Section 502(g) of ERISA or any analogous provision relating to Section 515 of
ERISA or (ii) has become subject or expects to be subject to the lien described
in Section 412(n) of the Code, which alone or together with any other item
described in this Section 3.20 would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Pension Plans do not have an "accumulated funding
deficiency" (whether or not waived) within the meaning of Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA. No Pension Plan has benefit liabilities as
defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA which exceed the assets of such Pension
Plan by such an amount that the termination of such Pension Plan alone or
together with any other item described in this Section would have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Borrower has received a favorable determination letter
from the IRS with respect to all Pension Plans except for such Pension Plans
with respect to which the failure to receive such a favorable determination
would not alone or together with any other item described in this Section 3.20
have a Material Adverse Effect and nothing has happened since the date of such
letter that has adversely affected such qualification. There is no Lien
outstanding or security interest given in connection with a Pension Plan or
under Title IV of ERISA which would exceed the percentage limitations of
Section 6.02(a) hereof. As of the date hereof, the Borrower has received both
IRS and PBGC approval with respect to any terminated Benefit Plans subject to
Title IV of ERISA.
(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
(including any member of their respective Controlled Group) is in default in
any material respect under any Benefit Plan and all Benefit Plans are
administered in accordance with their terms and are in all material respects in
compliance with all applicable
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Laws, except where any such default or failure to comply would not alone or
together with any other item described in this Section 3.20 have a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.21 Environmental Matters
(a) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower, to its knowledge, has been operated in compliance with all applicable
Requirements of Law, except for (i) matters set forth in Schedule 3.21(a)
hereof and (ii) matters which, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower, to its knowledge, has obtained all Environmental Permits required by
applicable Requirements of Law for the ownership and operation of their
respective properties, and all such Environmental Permits are in full force and
effect or the Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower, as the
case may be, has made all appropriate filings for issuance or renewal of such
Environmental Permits, except for (i) matters set forth in Schedule 3.21(b)
hereof, and (ii) matters which, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower, to its knowledge, is not aware of any acts, omissions, events or
circumstances that may interfere with or prevent continued compliance with the
Requirements of Law and Environmental Permits referred to in (a) and (b) above,
except for (i) matters set forth in Schedule 3.21(c) hereof, and (ii) matters
which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower will use its best efforts to comply with all Requirements of Law and
obtain all Environmental Permits which may be legally imposed in the future in
jurisdictions in which the Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary, as the
case may be, may then be doing business; provided, however, that the Borrower
and each Significant Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be in violation of
Section 3.21 of this Agreement as a result of any failure to comply with any
provisions of such Requirements of Law and Environmental Permits (i) the
applicability or validity of which is being contested by the Borrower or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, or
(ii) the noncompliance with which would not result in fines, penalties,
injunctive relief of other civil or criminal liabilities which, individually or
in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower, to its knowledge, has not received notice of any asserted or
threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation or request
for information relating to any Environmental Matter, except for (i) matters
set forth in Schedule 3.21(e) hereof, and (ii) matters which, individually or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f) The Borrower and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Borrower, to its knowledge, has not received notice from any governmental
authority that any of them is a potentially responsible party under any
Requirements of Law at any disposal site containing Hazardous Materials, nor
received any notice that any lien under any Requirements of Law against any
property of the Borrower or Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower exists,
except for (i) matters setting forth in Schedule 3.21(f) hereof, and (ii)
matters, which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
4.01. Conditions to Initial Loans. The obligation of each
Lender to make Loans on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction,
immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loan, of the
following conditions precedent, in addition to the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 4.02 hereof:
(a) Agreement; Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have
received executed counterparts of this Agreement for each Lender, duly
executed by the Borrower, each Agent and each Lender, and executed
Revolving Credit Notes, Competitive Bid Loan Notes and Short-Term
Advance Notes conforming to the requirements hereof, duly executed on
behalf of the Borrower.
(b) Corporate Proceedings. The Administrative Agent shall
have received, with a counterpart for each Lender, certificates by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower dated as of the
Closing Date as to (i) true copies of the articles of incorporation
and by-laws (or other constituent documents) of the Borrower in effect
on such date, (ii) true copies of all corporate action taken by the
Borrower relative to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
(iii) the incumbency and signature of the respective officers of the
Borrower executing this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which the Borrower is a party, together with satisfactory evidence of
the incumbency of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary. The
Administrative Agent shall have received, with a copy for each Lender,
certificates from the appropriate Secretary of State or other
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applicable Governmental Authority dated not more than 30 days before
the Closing Date showing the good standing of the Borrower in its
state of incorporation.
(c) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall
have received, with a counterpart for each Lender, copies of the
consolidated financial statements referred to in Section 3.06 hereof.
(d) Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Borrowers. The
Administrative Agent shall have received, with an executed counterpart
for each Lender, opinions addressed to the Agents and each Lender,
dated the Closing Date, of (i) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esquire, Deputy
General Counsel of the Borrower, and (ii) White & Case, special New
York counsel to the Borrower, each in a form reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Fees, Expenses, etc. All fees and other compensation
required to be paid to each Agent or the Lenders pursuant hereto or
pursuant to any other written agreement on or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been paid or received.
(f) Additional Matters. All corporate and other proceedings,
and all documents, instruments and other matters in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
each Agent and each Lender.
4.02. Conditions to All Loans. The obligation of each Lender
to make any Loan (including the initial Loans) is subject to satisfaction of
the following further conditions precedent:
(a) Notice. Appropriate notice of such Loan shall have been
given by the Borrower as provided in Article II hereof.
(b) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if
made on and as of such date (except with respect to representations
and warranties which specifically refer to an earlier date, which
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date), both before and after giving effect to the Loans requested to
be made on such date, except that the foregoing shall not apply to the
representations and warranties set forth in 3.08 hereof in the case of
any Loans the proceeds of which are used solely to repay Loans
maturing on such date.
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(c) No Defaults. No Event of Default or Potential Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving
effect to the Loans requested to be made on such date.
(d) No Violations of Law, etc. Neither the making nor use of
the Loans shall cause any Lender to violate or conflict with any Law.
Each request by the Borrower for any Loan (including the initial Loans) shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions
set forth in this Section 4.02 have been satisfied as of the date of such
request. Failure of the Funding Agent to receive notice from the Borrower to
the contrary before such Loan is made shall constitute a further representation
and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions referred to in this Section
4.02 have been satisfied as of the date such Loan is made.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby covenants to each Agent and each Lender as
follows:
5.01. Basic Reporting Requirements.
(a) Annual Audit Reports. The Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent, with a copy for each Lender, as soon as available, but in
any event within 90 days after the last day of each of its fiscal years, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at such last day of the fiscal
year, and the related consolidated statement of income and retained earnings
and changes in financial position, for such fiscal year, each prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except as required by any change in accounting principles
or concurred in by the Borrower's independent certified public accountants), in
reasonable detail, and, as to the financial statements, certified without
qualification (other than relating to a change in accounting principles with
which such accountants concur and other than any other qualification which the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders deem, in their reasonable
judgment, to be immaterial) by Coopers & Xxxxxxx or another firm of independent
certified public accountants satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as fairly
presenting the financial position and the results of operations of the Borrower
as at and for the year ending on such date and as having been prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
(b) Quarterly Consolidated Reports. The Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, with a copy for each Lender, as soon as
available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the
Borrower's fiscal quarterly periods, a
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consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the last day of such quarter
and consolidated statement of income and retained earnings and changes in
financial position, for such quarter, and on a comparative basis figures for
the corresponding period of the immediately preceding fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail, each such statement to be certified in a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, as the case may be, as fairly presenting
the financial position and the results of operations of the Borrower as at such
date and for such quarter and as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(subject to customary year-end audit adjustments).
(c) Quarterly Compliance Certificates. The Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, with a copy for each Lender, a Quarterly
Compliance Certificate in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit F hereto,
duly completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section 5.01. Each such Quarterly Compliance Certificate shall
in addition include a listing, as of the end of the most recently completed
fiscal quarter, showing the respective amounts of Indebtedness for borrowed
money of each Subsidiary (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) of the
Borrower which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United
States. To the extent such information is not included in the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) hereof, each Quarterly
Compliance Certificate with respect to the last quarter of a fiscal year shall
in addition include a listing, as of the end of such quarter, of the respective
amounts of Indebtedness for borrowed money of each Special Purpose Subsidiary
of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States.
(d) Certain Other Reports and Information. Promptly upon
their becoming available to the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent, with a copy for each Lender, a copy of (i) all regular or
special reports, registration statements and amendments to the foregoing which
the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (or any successor thereto) or any securities exchange, and (ii) all
reports, proxy statements, financial statements and other information
distributed by the Borrower to its stockholders or bondholders.
(e) Further Information. The Borrower will promptly furnish
to the Administrative Agent, with a copy for each Lender, such other
information and in such form as either Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request from time to time.
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(f) Notice of Certain Events. Promptly upon becoming aware
of any of the following, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
notice thereof, together with a written statement of a Responsible Officer of
the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect
thereto taken or proposed to be taken by the Borrower:
(i) Any Event of Default or Potential Default; provided,
however, that the Borrower shall not be required to deliver notice of
any violation of any covenant contained in Article V hereof (other
than Section 5.01 hereof) during the 30 days immediately following the
first occurrence of such violation if the Borrower reasonably believes
that such violation will be cured within such 30 day period; and
provided, further, that the Borrower shall not be required to deliver
notice of any violation of any covenant contained in Section 5.01
hereof (other than subparagraph (f)(i) thereof) during the first 10
days after the first occurrence of such violation if the Borrower
reasonably believes that such violation will be cured within such 10
day period.
(ii) Any change in the business, operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iii) Any pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority against the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for matters that, if adversely
decided, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Any violation, breach or default by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary of the Borrower of or under any agreement or instrument
material to the business, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole which
could in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v) Any material correspondence with the PBGC, the
Secretary of Labor or any representative of the IRS with respect to
any Benefit Plan or Pension Plan, relating to an actual or threatened
change or development which would materially and adversely affect the
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and (ii) copies of any notices from the PBGC to the Borrower
with respect to the intent of the PBGC to institute involuntary
proceedings.
(vi) Any Environmental Claim pending or threatened against
the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any
past or present acts, omissions, events or
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circumstances (including but not limited to any dumping, leaching,
deposition, removal, abandonment, escape, emission, discharge or
release of any Hazardous Material at, on or under any facility or
property now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Borrower
or any Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower) that could form the
basis of such Environmental Claim, which Environmental Claim,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Visitation; Verification. The Borrower shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Lenders to make or cause to be
made, at their own expense (and with respect to the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders, after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, at the Borrower's expense), inspections and audits of any of
its books, records and papers and to make extracts therefrom and copies
thereof, or to make inspections and examinations of any of its properties and
facilities (including, without limitation, any Project sites), on reasonable
notice, at all such reasonable times and as often as any Lender may reasonably
require, in order to assure that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are and will
be in compliance with their respective obligations under the Loan Documents or
to evaluate the Lenders' investment in the then outstanding Notes. The
Borrower shall have the right to have an authorized representative present
during the inspection and examination of any of the Borrower's or any of its
Subsidiaries' properties and facilities; provided, however, that the exercise
of such right shall not delay or hinder the Lenders' right to such inspection
and examination.
(h) Designated Subsidiaries List. At the time of delivery of
financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) hereof and at the time of each
change in the composition of Subsidiaries which are Designated Subsidiaries the
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent a complete list of the
Designated Subsidiaries.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to each Lender
copies of all notices received pursuant to this Section 5.01.
5.02. Insurance. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, maintain, at its expense, and keep in effect with
responsible insurance companies, such liability insurance for bodily injury and
third party property damage as is customary in the case of corporations engaged
in the same or similar business or having similar properties, similarly
situated, provided, however, that the Borrower may maintain a system of
self-insurance in accordance with sound business practice as is customary for
corporations having a similar net worth as the Borrower. The Borrower shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain, at its expense,
its real and
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personal property insured against loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion,
spoilage, and all other risks ordinarily insured against by other owners or
users of such properties in similar businesses in an amount equal to the full
replacement or cash value thereof, subject to deductible amounts which the
Borrower, in its reasonable judgment, deems prudent. The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, carry all insurance required by Law to
cover its obligations to the PBGC.
5.03. Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Charges and
Priority Claims. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, pay
or discharge
(a) on or prior to the date on which penalties are imposed by
a taxing authority with respect thereto, all taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties;
(b) on or prior to the date when due, all lawful claims of
materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other
like Persons which, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien
upon any such property; and
(c) on or prior to the date when due, all other lawful claims
which, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien upon any such
property or which, if unpaid, might give rise to a claim entitled to
priority over general creditors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in
a case under Title 11 (Bankruptcy) of the United States Code, as
amended;
provided, that unless and until foreclosure, distraint, levy, sale or similar
proceedings shall have been commenced the Borrower or such Subsidiary need not
pay or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge or claim so long as (x) the
validity thereof is contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted, (y) such reserves or other appropriate provisions as may
be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (z) such failure will
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.04. Preservation of Corporate Status. The Borrower shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do, or cause to be done, all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and all permits, rights and privileges necessary for the proper
conduct of its business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.04
shall prevent the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its
qualification as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where such
withdrawal could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the business of such entity; and provided further, that nothing in this
Section 5.04 shall prevent the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from failing
to maintain or terminating any right, privilege or permit, if such failure or
termination is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
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Lenders, is not in violation of, will not cause an Event of Default under, any
provision of this Agreement and does not have a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder.
5.05. Governmental Approvals and Filings. The Borrower
shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, keep and maintain in full force and
effect all Governmental Actions necessary in connection with execution and
delivery of any Loan Document, consummation of the transactions hereon or
therein contemplated, performance of or compliance with the terms and
conditions hereof or thereof or to ensure the legality, validity, binding
effect, enforceability or admissibility in evidence hereof or thereof.
5.06. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good
repair, working order and condition the properties now or hereafter owned,
leased or otherwise possessed by it and shall make or cause to be made all
needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements and improvements thereto so
that they are able to serve the functions for which they are currently being
used, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.07. Avoidance of Other Conflicts. The Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, violate or conflict with, be
in violation of or conflict with, or be or remain subject to any liability
(contingent or otherwise) on account of any violation or conflict with
(a) any Law,
(b) its articles of incorporation of by-laws (or other
constituent documents), or
(c) any agreement or instrument to which it is party or by
which any of them or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of them or any of their respective properties (now
owned or hereafter acquired) may be subject or bound
except for matters which, individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.08. Financial Accounting Practices. The Borrower shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and
account in accordance with normal business practice in which full and
appropriate entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions in relation
to its business and activities.
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5.09. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall apply the proceeds
of Loans hereunder for general corporate purposes. The Borrower shall not use
the proceeds of any Loans hereunder directly or indirectly for any unlawful
purpose or in any manner inconsistent with any other provision of any Loan
Document.
5.10. Continuation of or Change in Business. The Borrower
and each of its Significant Subsidiaries shall continue to engage in
substantially the same lines of business conducted and operated during the
present and preceding fiscal year and reasonably related extensions thereof,
and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Significant Subsidiary to,
engage in any other unrelated businesses.
5.11. Consolidated Tax Return. The Borrower shall not, and
shall not suffer any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of
any consolidated income tax return with any Person other than the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries.
5.12. Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
suffer any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year or fiscal quarter
except in accordance with GAAP.
5.13. ERISA. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to
(a) comply with all applicable provisions of ERISA now and
hereafter in effect, non-compliance with which would have a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(b) as soon as possible and, in any event, within 10 days
after the Borrower knows or has reason to know that a Reportable Event
has occurred with respect to a Pension Plan, that a transaction
prohibited under ERISA, the Code or a foreign law of similar nature
has occurred resulting in a material liability to a Benefit Plan, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any entity which they have an
obligation to indemnify), that an accumulated funding deficiency has
been incurred or an application is to be or has been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver of the minimum funding standard
with respect to an accumulation funding deficiency of $100,000 or
more, that a failure to make timely contributions to a Pension Plan
may give or has given rise to a lien in a material amount, that an
amendment to a Pension Plan may require or requires the granting of a
security interest in a material amount, that proceedings are likely to
be or have been instituted to terminate a Pension Plan, or that the
Borrower, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or a member of their
respective Controlled Group will or may incur any material liability
under Section 502(g) or any analogous provision relating to Section
515 or Title IV of ERISA, the Borrower will deliver to the Lenders a
certificate of a financial officer setting forth details as to such
occurrence
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and action, if any, which the Borrower, such Subsidiary or the
respective member of their Controlled Group is required or proposes to
take, together with any notices required or proposed to be filed with
or by the Borrower, such Subsidiary or the member of their respective
Controlled Group, the PBGC or the plan administrator with respect
thereto. For purposes of this Section, an item is material if alone or
taken with any other item in this Section, it results in a liability of
$1,000,000 or more. Copies of any notices required to be delivered to
the Lenders hereunder shall be delivered not later than 10 days after
the later of the date such notice has been filed with the IRS or the
PBGC or received by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or members of
their respective Controlled Group. Upon the request of the Agent or
any of the Lenders made from time to time, the Borrower will deliver a
copy of the most recent actuarial report and annual report completed
with respect to any Benefit Plan and any other financial information
the Borrower has with respect to the Benefit Plan.
5.14. Ratings. In the event that the Borrower has no rated
senior unsecured long-term debt outstanding, the Borrower will request Xxxxx'x
to assign the Borrower a "hypothetical senior long-term debt rating" and will
request S&P to assign the Borrower an "issuer credit rating," such request to be
made (i) not later than thirty days after delivery to the Administrative Agent
of the financial statements called for by Section 5.01(a) hereof and, in
addition, (ii) not later than thirty days after instructions by the Required
Lenders to make such request, which instructions may be given no more frequently
than once during any six-month period.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby covenants to each Agent and each Lender as
follows:
6.01. Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio. The
Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio shall be greater than 2.50 for each
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters.
(b) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Consolidated Leverage
Ratio shall not at any time prior to June 30, 1996 (or, if earlier, the date on
which the Borrower has received cumulative net proceeds of $100,000,000 from the
issuance of equity securities after the date of this Agreement) exceed 0.60 to
1.00 and shall not at any time thereafter exceed 0.50 to 1.00; provided,
however, that in the calculation of Indebtedness solely for purposes of this
Section 6.01(b), (i) Indebtedness shall not include indebtedness for money
borrowed incurred solely for the
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purpose of hedging foreign currency exchange risk for which the sole source of
repayment is a cash collateral deposit, (ii) Indebtedness shall not include
Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary, (iii) with respect to Guarantees
of obligations of any Special Purpose Subsidiary other than Guarantees solely
for completion or operation of the related Project, an amount shall be included
in Indebtedness of the Borrower equal to the lesser of the Indebtedness of such
Special Purpose Subsidiary and the amount of such Guarantee, and (iv) with
respect to Guarantees of completion or operation obligations of any Special
Purpose Subsidiary, an amount shall be included in Indebtedness of the Borrower
equal to 25% of the lesser of the outstanding amount of the Indebtedness of such
Special Purpose Subsidiary and the maximum amount payable by the Borrower
pursuant to such Guarantee (after giving effect to any Guarantee of obligations
of such Special Purpose Subsidiaries included in clause (iii) above) until
completion of the Project and operation thereof in accord with the operating
standards required under the terms of the financing agreement of the
Indebtedness of such Special Purpose Subsidiary, after which time no amount
shall be included in such calculation, except that if at any time such Special
Purpose Subsidiary is in default of its obligations (until such default is
remedied or cured) under the financing agreement of such Indebtedness and the
Borrower is obligated to make payments pursuant to such Guarantee, the amount to
be included shall be 25% of the outstanding amount of the Indebtedness of such
Special Purpose Subsidiary; and provided, further, that in the calculation of
Indebtedness of the Borrower solely for the purposes of this Section 6.01(b), an
amount shall be included on account of Letters of Credit equal to monetary
damages, if any, which are due but unpaid according to the terms of any Project
Documents to which the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit is entitled.
6.02. Liens. The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to create, or assume or permit to exist, any Lien on any of
the properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
any Special Purpose Subsidiary), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:
(a) ERISA Liens and Liens not otherwise permitted under this
Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
which Indebtedness and, in the case of ERISA Liens, the amount of the ERISA
Liens, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, does not exceed 15% of the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Borrower;
(b) Liens by a Borrower or Subsidiary on property or assets
securing all or part of the purchase price thereof and Liens (whether or not
assumed) existing on property or assets at the time of purchase thereof by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary (hereinafter referred to individually as a "Purchase
Money Security Interest"); provided, however, that:
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(i) Such Purchase Money Security Interest is created
before or substantially simultaneously with the purchase of such
property or assets by the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(ii) The transaction in which any Purchase Money Security
Interest is proposed to be created is not then prohibited by this
Agreement;
(iii) Any Purchase Money Security Interest shall attach only
to the property or asset so acquired in such transaction or any
addition thereto or replacement thereof and shall not extend to or
cover any other assets or properties of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries; and
(iv) The Indebtedness secured or covered by any Purchase
Money Security Interest together with any other Indebtedness secured by
the property or asset acquired shall not exceed 100% of the lesser of
the cost or fair market value of the property or asset acquired and
shall not be renewed, extended or prepaid from the proceeds of any
borrowing by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) Liens on the property or assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in existence immediately prior to the Closing Date as listed on
Schedule 6.02 hereto, provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any
additional property after the Closing Date and the amount of Indebtedness
secured thereby is not increased, provided that the maturity of such
Indebtedness may be extended or renewed;
(d) Liens on all or any part of the property or the assets of
any Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (other than a
Special Purpose Subsidiary) as security for the Indebtedness owing to the
Borrower or such other Subsidiary;
(e) Liens (whether or not assumed) existing on property or
assets at the time of purchase thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
provided that: (i) such Lien is created before the purchase of such property by
the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien is confined solely to the
property so purchased, improvements thereto and proceeds thereof and (iii) the
aggregate amount secured by all Liens permitted by this Section 6.02(e) shall
not at any time exceed $1,000,000; and
(f) Permitted Liens.
6.03. Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
or have outstanding any Indebtedness if, immediately after giving effect to such
Indebtedness and the receipt and application of any proceeds thereof, there
would exist an Event of Default or Potential Default hereunder, or any
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Indebtedness of any domestic Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose
Subsidiary) other than (i) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3.07 hereof, (ii)
intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
(iii) Indebtedness of domestic Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose
Subsidiaries) not otherwise permitted under clauses (i) or (ii) above which in
the aggregate at any time does not exceed $20,000,000.
6.04. Loans, Advances and Certain Investments. The Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, at any time make or suffer to
exist or remain outstanding any Investment in any Special Purpose Subsidiary
other than Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Special Purpose
Subsidiaries which do not exceed, in the aggregate at any time, 50% of the
Borrower's Consolidated Net Worth.
6.05. Changes in Business. The Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, (a) liquidate or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or (b) convey, sell, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any capital stock of or other ownership interest in any
Significant Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) held by it,
provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may in any fiscal year
convey, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of capital stock or other
ownership interest in one or more Significant Subsidiaries which did not account
for an aggregate of 20% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower at the end of
the prior fiscal year.
6.06. Amendment of Certain Documents. The Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, modify, amend, supplement or
terminate, or agree to modify, amend, supplement or terminate its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, in any manner which would materially and adversely
affect the interests of any of the Lenders hereunder.
6.07. Mergers; Acquisitions. The Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to, merge or consolidate
with any Person; provided, however, that the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof
may merge with another Person if (i) in the case of a merger involving the
Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) in the case of a
merger involving a Significant Subsidiary, a Subsidiary of the Borrower or, if
the Borrower is also party to such merger, the Borrower, is the surviving
corporation, and (iii) after giving effect to such merger no Potential Default
or Event of Default would then exist.
6.08. ERISA Obligations. The Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in a transaction in connection
with which the Benefit Plans, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any
entity which they have an
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obligation to indemnify could be subject to liability for either a civil penalty
assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) or 502(1) of ERISA or a tax imposed by
Section 4975 of the Code or any other material liability Plan or Benefit Plan,
take any other action with respect to any such Pension Plan or Benefit Plan if
such termination or other action could result in liability, or take any action
or fail to take any action which could result in withdrawal liabilities under
Title IV of ERISA or liability under Section 502(g) of ERISA or any analogous
provision relating to Section 515 of ERISA; fail to make any payments on a
timely basis which are required under Applicable Law (including Section 412 of
the Code) to be paid as contributions to Pension Plans; incur an accumulated
funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code), whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan; amend any
Pension Plan in a manner which would require the granting of a security interest
to maintain the continued qualification of such Pension Plan under Section
401(a)(29) of the Code, if, in any case described herein, or together with any
other event described herein, such action, failure to act, event or transaction
would (i) result in an ERISA Lien exceeding the percentage limitations of
Section 6.02(a) or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09. Principal Foreign Affiliates. The Borrower shall not
permit any of its Principal Foreign Affiliates to create, assume or permit to
exist any Indebtedness, the terms of which, prior to a payment default
thereunder, would restrict dividends to be paid with respect to the consolidated
net income of such Affiliate for any fiscal year by more than 40% of the
consolidated net income of such Affiliate for such fiscal year. For purposes of
this Section, "Principal Foreign Affiliates" shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Limited
(Reading), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx France, S.A., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana, S.p.A., Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Iberia, S.A., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energia, S.A. and their respective
successors.
6.10. Certain Agreements. The Borrower will not become or be
a party to any agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness for borrowed
money (other than agreements and instruments relating to Indebtedness for
borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $15,000,000 at any
time outstanding and other than (with respect to debt securities offered and
sold in a public offering in a principal amount not exceeding $500,000,000) the
Indenture between the Borrower and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee, as
amended and supplemented from time to time, filed as an exhibit to the
Borrower's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (registration no. 33-61809)) which
contains any covenant or event of default which could result in such
Indebtedness becoming or being declared to be due and payable prior to its
stated maturity (including by a requirement for purchase or prepayment) upon the
occurrence of an event or condition which is not an event or condition the
occurrence of which could cause the Loans to become or be declared to be (other
than pursuant to Section 7.01(f) hereto) due and
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payable prior to their stated maturity, unless the Borrower shall make an
"Amendment Offer" (as hereinafter defined); provided that this covenant shall
not be violated by an agreement to pay the principal of and interest on such
Indebtedness in accordance with its terms or to provide to the holders of such
Indebtedness or an agent or trustee for such holders any information which the
Borrower is obligated to provide to the Lender or an Agent hereunder. As used
herein, an "Amendment Offer" is an effective offer by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent to amend this Agreement, which offer shall be made no later
than ten days after the Borrower becoming party to an agreement or instrument
referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6.10, to amend this Agreement
(without deleting or overriding any term or provision of this Section 6.10) in a
way that the first sentence of this Section would not otherwise be applicable to
such agreement or instrument. The Administrative Agent, if so instructed by the
Required Lenders, shall accept or decline such Amendment Offer within thirty
days thereof, and a failure to so respond shall be deemed a declination of such
Amendment Offer.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
7.01. Events of Default. An Event of Default shall mean the
occurrence or existence of one or more of the following events or conditions
(for any reason, whether voluntary, involuntary or effected or required by Law):
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay when due principal of any
Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall fail to pay when due interest on any
Loan, any fees, indemnity or expenses, or any other amount due
hereunder or under any other Loan Document and such failure shall have
continued for a period of five Business Days.
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in or pursuant to any Loan
Document or in any certificate delivered thereunder, or any statement
made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in any financial
statement, certificate, report, exhibit or document furnished by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to either Agent or any
Lender pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document, shall prove
to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time
when made or deemed made (including by omission of material information
necessary to make such representation, warranty or statement not
misleading).
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(d) The Borrower shall default in the performance or
observance of any covenant contained in Article VI hereof which shall
remain unremedied for a period of five days after the occurrence
thereof or the Borrower shall default in the observance of any covenant
contained in Sections 5.01(f) hereof.
(e) The Borrower shall default in the performance or
observance of any other covenant, agreement or duty under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and (i) in the case of a default
under Section 5.01 hereof (other than as referred to in subsection (f)
thereof) such default shall have continued for a period of ten days
after notice of such default from the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower and (ii) in the case of any other default such default shall
have continued for a period of 30 days after notice of such default
from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.
(f) (i) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (other than
a Special Purpose Subsidiary) of the Borrower shall fail to perform or
observe any term, condition or covenant of any bond, note, debenture,
loan agreement, indenture, guaranty, trust agreement, mortgage or
similar instrument to which the Borrower or any such Significant
Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Subsidiary) is a party or by
which it is bound, or by which any of its properties or assets may be
affected (a "Debt Instrument"), so that, as a result of any such
failure to perform, the Indebtedness included therein or secured or
covered thereby may at the time be declared due and payable prior to
the date on which such Indebtedness would otherwise become due and
payable; or (ii) any event or condition referred to in any Debt
Instrument shall occur or fail to occur, so that, as a result thereof,
the Indebtedness included therein or secured or covered thereby may at
such time be declared due and payable prior to the date on which such
Indebtedness would otherwise become due and payable; or (iii) the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any
Special Purpose Subsidiary) shall fail to pay any Indebtedness when
due, pursuant to demand under any Debt Instrument or otherwise, subject
to any applicable grace period; provided, however, that the provisions
of this Section 7.01(f) shall not be applicable to Indebtedness or any
Debt Instrument or Debt Instruments which relate to or evidence
Indebtedness which, on the date this Section 7.01(f) would otherwise be
applicable thereto, is in the principal amount of less than $10,000,000
in the aggregate.
(g) One or more final, non-appealable judgments for the
payment of money shall have been entered against the Borrower or any
Significant Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Subsidiary), which
judgment or judgments exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate, and such
judgment or judgments shall have
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remained undischarged and unstayed for a period of sixty consecutive
days.
(h) One or more final, non-appealable writs or warrants of
attachment, garnishment, execution, distraint or similar process
exceeding in value the aggregate amount of $15,000,000 shall have been
issued against the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (other than a
Special Purpose Subsidiary) or any of their respective properties and
shall have remained undischarged and unstayed for a period of sixty
consecutive days.
(i) This Agreement or term or provision hereof shall cease to
be in full force and effect, or the Borrower shall, or shall purport
to, terminate, repudiate, declare voidable or void or otherwise
contest, this Agreement or term or provision thereof or any obligation
or liability of the Borrower hereunder.
(j) (i) Any Pension Plan is terminated pursuant to Section
4041 or 4042 of ERISA and the benefit liabilities exceed the assets
based upon the assumptions used by the PBGC on plan termination by an
amount such that the termination of such Pension Plan would have a
Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(or a member of their respective Controlled Group) incur a liability
under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA for an amount that such
liability would materially and adversely affect the financial condition
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (iii) any
other event or events shall occur with respect to any employee benefit
plan whether or not subject to ERISA which individually or in the
aggregate results in liability of $15,000,000.
(k) A proceeding shall have been instituted in respect of the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose
Subsidiary)
(i) seeking to have an order for relief entered in
respect of such Person, or seeking a declaration or entailing a
finding that such Person is insolvent or a similar declaration
or finding, or seeking dissolution, winding-up, charter
revocation or forfeiture, liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar relief
with respect to such Person, its assets or its debts under any
Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, relief of debtors or
protection of creditors, termination of legal entities or any
other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or
(ii) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or other custodian
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for such Person or for all or any substantial part of its
property
and such proceeding shall result in the entry, making or grant of any
such order for relief, declaration, finding, relief or appointment, or
such proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of
60 consecutive days.
(l) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (other than a
Special Purpose Subsidiary) shall state that it is unable to pay its
debts as they become due; shall voluntarily suspend transaction of its
or his business; shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; shall institute (or fail to controvert in a timely and
appropriate manner) a proceeding described in Section 7.01(k)(i)
hereof, or (whether or not any such proceeding has been instituted)
shall consent to or acquiesce in any such order for relief,
declaration, finding or relief described therein; shall institute (or
fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner) a proceeding
described in Section 7.01(k)(ii) hereof, or (whether or not any such
proceeding has been instituted) shall consent to or acquiesce in any
such appointment or to the taking of possession by any such custodian
of all or any substantial part of its or his property; shall dissolve,
wind-up, revoke or forfeit its charter (or other constituent documents)
or liquidate itself or any substantial part of its property; or shall
take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
7.02. Consequences of an Event of Default.
(a) If an Event of Default specified in subsections (a)
through (j) of Section 7.01 hereof shall occur and be continuing or shall exist,
then, in addition to all other rights and remedies which either Agent or any
Lender may have hereunder or under any other Loan Document, at law, in equity or
otherwise, the Lenders shall be under no further obligation to make Loans
hereunder, and the Administrative Agent may, and upon the written request of the
Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, from time to time do any or
all of the following:
(i) Declare the Commitments terminated, whereupon the
Commitments will terminate and any fees hereunder shall be immediately
due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or further notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby waived, and an action therefor
shall immediately accrue.
(ii) Declare the unpaid principal amount of the Loans,
interest accrued thereon and all other Obligations to be immediately
due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or further notice
of any kind, all of which are
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hereby waived, and an action therefor shall immediately accrue.
(b) If an Event of Default specified in subsection (k) or (l)
of Section 7.01 hereof shall occur or exist, then, in addition to all other
rights and remedies which either Agent or any Lender may have hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, at law, in equity or otherwise, the Commitments shall
automatically terminate and the Lenders shall be under no further obligation to
make Loans, and the unpaid principal amount of the Loans, interest accrued
thereon and all other Obligations shall become immediately due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived, and an action therefor shall immediately accrue.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENTS
8.01. Appointments. (a) Appointment of Funding Agent. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Mellon Bank, N.A. to act as Funding Agent for
such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Funding Agent to take such action on behalf of
such Lender under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties, as are expressly
delegated to or required of the Funding Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Mellon Bank,
N.A. hereby agrees to act as Funding Agent on behalf of the Lenders on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject
to its right to resign as provided in Section 8.10 hereof. Each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Funding Agent to execute and deliver each of the Loan
Documents and to accept delivery of such of the other Loan Documents as may not
require execution by the Funding Agent. Each Lender agrees that the rights and
remedies granted to the Funding Agent under the Loan Documents shall be
exercised exclusively by the Funding Agent, and that no Lender shall have any
right individually to exercise any such right or remedy, except to the extent
expressly provided herein or therein.
(b) Appointment of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby
irrevocably appoints National Westminster Bank PLC to act as Administrative
Agent for such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
action on behalf of such Lender under the provisions of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties, as
are expressly delegated to or required of the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. National Westminster Bank PLC hereby agrees to act as Administrative
Agent
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on behalf of the Lenders on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, subject to its right to resign as provided in
Section 8.10 hereof. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent to execute and deliver each of the Loan Documents and to
accept delivery of such of the other Loan Documents as may not require execution
by the Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees that the rights and remedies
granted to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents shall be exercised
exclusively by the Administrative Agent, and that no Lender shall have any right
individually to exercise any such right or remedy, except to the extent
expressly provided herein or therein.
8.02. General Nature of Agents' Duties. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document:
(a) Neither Agent shall have duties or responsibilities except
those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and no implied duties or responsibilities on the part of
either Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any Loan Document or
shall otherwise exist.
(b) The duties and responsibilities of each Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature, and neither Agent shall have a fiduciary
relationship in respect of any Lender.
(c) Each Agent is and shall be solely the agent of the
Lenders. Neither Agent assumes, and shall not at any time be deemed to
have, any relationship of agency or trust with or for, or any other
duty or responsibility to, the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower
or any other Person (except only for its relationship as agent for, and
its express duties and responsibilities to, the Lenders as provided in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
(d) Neither Agent shall be under any obligation to take any
action hereunder or under any other Loan Document if such Agent
believes in good faith after consultation with counsel that taking such
action may conflict with any Law or any provision of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or may require such Agent to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified.
8.03. Exercise of Powers. Each Agent shall take any action of
the type specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document as being within
such Agent's rights, powers or discretion in accordance with directions from the
Required Lenders (or, to the extent this Agreement or such Loan Document
expressly requires the direction or consent of some other Person or set of
Persons, then instead in accordance with the directions of such other
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Person or set of Persons). In the absence of such directions, each Agent shall
have the authority (but under no circumstances shall be obligated), in its sole
discretion, to take any such action, except to the extent this Agreement or such
Loan Document expressly requires the direction or consent of the Required
Lenders (or some other Person or set of Persons), in which case such Agent shall
not take such action absent such direction or consent. Any action or inaction
pursuant to such direction, discretion or consent shall be binding on all the
Lenders. Neither Agent shall have any liability to any Person as a result of
(x) either Agent acting or refraining from acting in accordance with the
directions of the Required Lenders (or other applicable Person or set of
Persons), (y) either Agent refraining from acting in the absence of instructions
to act from the Required Lenders (or other applicable Person or set of Persons),
whether or not such Agent has discretionary power to take such action, or (z)
either Agent taking discretionary action it is authorized to take under this
Section.
8.04. Certain Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document:
(a) Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, unless caused by its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
(b) Neither Agent shall be responsible for (i) the execution,
delivery, effectiveness, enforceability, genuineness, validity or
adequacy of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) any
recital, representation, warranty, document, certificate, report or
statement in, provided for in, or received under or in connection with,
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) any failure of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or Lender to perform any of
their respective obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(c) Neither Agent shall be under any obligation to ascertain,
inquire or give any notice relating to (i) the performance or
observance of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower, (ii) the business, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or any other Person, or (iii)
except to the extent set forth in Section 8.05(f) hereof, the existence
of any Event of Default or Potential Default.
(d) Neither Agent shall be under any obligation, either
initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender
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with any notices, reports or information of any nature, whether in its
possession presently or hereafter, except for such notices, reports and
other information expressly required by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document to be furnished by such Agent to such Lender.
8.05. Administration by the Agents.
(a) Either Agent may rely in good faith upon any notice or
other communication of any nature (written or oral, including but not limited to
telephone conversations, whether or not such notice or other communication is
made in a manner permitted or required by this Agreement or any Loan Document)
purportedly made by or on behalf of the proper party or parties, and neither
Agent shall have any duty to verify the identity or authority of any Person
giving such notice or other communication.
(b) Either Agent may consult with legal counsel (including,
without limitation, in-house counsel for such Agent or in-house or other counsel
for the Borrower), independent public accountants and any other experts selected
by it from time to time, and such Agent shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such
counsel, accountants or experts.
(c) Either Agent may conclusively rely upon the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed in any certificates or
opinions furnished to such Agent in accordance with the requirements of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document. Whenever either Agent shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established with respect to
the Borrower or any Lender, such matter may be established by a certificate of
the Borrower or Lender, as the case may be, and such Agent may conclusively rely
upon such certificate (unless other evidence with respect to such matter is
specifically prescribed in this Agreement or another Loan Document).
(d) Either Agent may fail or refuse to take any action unless
it shall be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction from time to time against
any and all amounts, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
(e) Either Agent may perform any of its duties under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact.
Neither Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any
agents or attorneys-in fact selected by it with reasonable care.
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(f) Neither Agent shall be deemed to have any knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Default unless
such Agent has actual knowledge or has received notice from a Lender or the
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Event of Default or
Potential Default, and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." If
either Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall give prompt notice thereof
to the other Agent and each Lender.
8.06. Lender Not Relying on Agents or Other Lenders. Each
Lender acknowledges as follows: (a) Neither Agent nor any other Lender has made
any representations or warranties to it, and no act taken hereafter by either
Agent or any other Lender shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by such Agent or such other Lender to it. (b) It has, independently
and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender, and based upon such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit and
legal analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. (c) It will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or
any other Lender, and based upon such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, make its own decisions to take or not take action under
or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
8.07. Indemnification. Each Lender agrees to reimburse and
indemnify each Agent and its directors, officers, employees and agents (to the
extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limitation of the obligations
of the Borrower to do so), Pro Rata, from and against any and all amounts,
losses, liabilities, claims, damages, expenses, obligations, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs or disbursements of any kind or nature (including,
without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel for such Agent or such
other Person in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not such Agent or such other
Person shall be designated a party thereto) that may at any time be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such other Person as a result of,
or arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of, this Agreement, any
other Loan Document, any transaction from time to time contemplated hereby or
thereby, or any transaction financed in whole or in part or directly or
indirectly with the proceeds of any Loan, provided that no Lender shall be
liable for any portion of such amounts, losses, liabilities, claims, damages,
expenses, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs or
disbursements resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Agent or such other Person, as finally determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
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8.08. Agents in their Individual Capacities. With respect to
its Commitments and the Obligations owing to it, each Agent shall have the same
rights and powers under this Agreement and each other Loan Document as any other
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not a Agent, and the terms
"Lenders," "holders of Notes" and like terms shall include each Agent in its
individual capacity as such. Each Agent and its affiliates may, without
liability to account, make loans to, accept deposits from, acquire debt or
equity interests in, act as trustee under indentures of, and engage in any other
business with, the Borrower and any stockholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the
Borrower, as though such Agent were not a Agent hereunder.
8.09. Holders of Notes. Each Agent may deem and treat the
Lender which is payee of a Note as the owner and holder of such Note for all
purposes hereof unless and until a Transfer Supplement with respect to the
assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Section 9.14 hereof. Any authority, direction or
consent of any Person who at the time of giving such authority, direction or
consent is shown in the Register as being a Lender shall be conclusive and
binding on each present and subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of any
Note or Notes payable to such Lender or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange
therefor.
8.10. Successor Agents. Either Agent may resign at any time
by giving 30 days' written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower.
Either Agent may be removed by the Required Lenders at any time by giving 10
days' prior written notice thereof to such Agent, the other Lenders and the
Borrower. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Borrower shall have the
right to appoint a successor Agent; provided, that the Required Lenders or the
remaining Agent shall have the right to disapprove such successor Agent. If no
successor Agent shall have been so appointed and consented to, and shall have
accepted such appointment, within 30 days after such notice of resignation or
removal, then the remaining Agent shall succeed to the obligations of such Agent
hereunder. Each successor Agent shall be a commercial bank or trust company
organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$1,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of its appointment as
Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the properties, rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
former Agent, without further act, deed or conveyance. Upon the effective date
of resignation or removal of a retiring Agent, such Agent shall be discharged
from its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, but the
provisions of this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken
or omitted by it while it was Agent under this
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Agreement. If and so long as no successor Agent shall have been appointed, then
any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given by the Agent
shall be sufficiently given if given by the Required Lenders, all notices or
other communications required or permitted to be given to the Agent shall be
given to each Lender, and all payments to be made to the Agent shall be made
directly to the Borrower or Lender for whose account such payment is made.
8.11. Calculations. Neither Agent shall be liable for any
calculation, apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good faith.
If such calculation, apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to
have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due
but not made shall be to recover from the other Lenders any payment in excess of
the amount to which they are determined to be entitled or, if the amount due was
not paid by the Borrower, to recover such amount from the Borrower.
8.12. Funding by Funding Agent. Unless the Funding Agent
shall have been notified in writing by any Lender not later than the close of
business on the day before the day on which Loans are requested by the Borrower
to be made that such Lender will not make its ratable share of such Loans, the
Funding Agent may assume that such Lender will make its ratable share of the
Loans, and in reliance upon such assumption the Funding Agent may (but in no
circumstances shall be required to) make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent that any Lender fails to make such
payment to the Funding Agent on such date, such Lender shall pay such amount on
demand (or, if such Lender fails to pay such amount on demand, the Borrower
shall pay such amount on demand), together with interest, for the Funding
Agent's own account, for each day from and including the date of the Funding
Agent's payment to and including the date of repayment to the Funding Agent
(before and after judgment) at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first
day and thereafter at the rate or rates per annum applicable to such Loans. All
payments to the Funding Agent under this Section shall be made to the Funding
Agent at its Office in Dollars in funds immediately available at such Office,
without set-off, withholding, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.01. Holidays. Whenever any payment or action to be made or
taken hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be stated to be due on a
day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or taken
on the next following Business Day and such extension of time shall be included
in
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computing interest or fees, if any, in connection with such payment or action.
9.02. Records. The unpaid principal amount of the Loans owing
to each Lender, the unpaid interest accrued thereon, the interest rate or rates
applicable to such unpaid principal amount, the duration of such applicability,
each Lender's Committed Amount shall at all times be ascertained from the
records of the Funding Agent, which shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
9.03. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any
Loan Document may be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with
the provisions of this Section. The Required Lenders and the Borrower may from
time to time amend, modify or supplement the provisions of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document for the purpose of amending, adding to, or waiving any
provisions or changing in any manner the rights and duties of the Borrower,
Agent or any Lender. Any such amendment, modification or supplement made by the
Borrower and the Agents in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall
be binding upon the Borrower, each Lender and each Agent. The Agents shall
enter into such amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers from time to
time as directed by the Required Lenders, and only as so directed, provided,
that no such amendment, modification, waiver or supplement may be made which
will:
(a) Increase the Committed Amount of any Lender over the
amount thereof then in effect, or extend the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date or the Competitive Bid Loan Expiration Date without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(b) Reduce the principal amount of or extend the time for any
payment of any Loan, or reduce the amount of or rate of interest or
extend the time for payment of interest borne by any Loan or extend the
time for payment of or reduce the amount of any Facility Fee or reduce
or postpone the date for payment of any other fees, expenses,
indemnities or amounts payable under any Loan Document, without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(c) Change the definition of "Required Lenders" or amend this
Section 9.03, Section 9.13 hereof or any provision of this Agreement
that states a requirement for the consent of all the Lenders, without
the written consent of all the Lenders; or
(d) Amend or waive any of the provisions of Article VIII
hereof, or impose additional duties upon either Agent or otherwise
adversely affect the rights, interests or
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obligations of either Agent, without the written consent of such Agent;
or
and provided further, that Transfer Supplements may be entered into in the
manner provided in Section 9.14 hereof. Any such amendment, modification or
supplement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set
forth in such writing. Any Event of Default or Potential Default waived or
consented to in any such amendment, modification or supplement shall be deemed
to be cured and not continuing to the extent and for the period set forth in
such waiver or consent, but no such waiver or consent shall extend to any other
or subsequent Event of Default or Potential Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
9.04. No Implied Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No course of
dealing and no delay or failure of either Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
affect any other or future exercise thereof or exercise of any other right,
power or privilege; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or privilege or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such
a right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or of any
other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Agents and the
Lenders under this Agreement and any other Loan Document are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which either Agent or any Lender would
otherwise have hereunder or thereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise.
9.05. Notices.
(a) Except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted
hereunder or thereunder, all notices, requests, demands, directions and other
communications (collectively "notices") under this Agreement or any Loan
Document shall be in writing (including telexed and telecopied communication)
and shall be sent by first-class mail, or by nationally-recognized overnight
courier, or by telex or telecopier (with confirmation in writing mailed
first-class or sent by such an overnight courier), or by personal delivery. All
notices shall be sent to the applicable party at the address stated on the
signature pages hereof or in accordance with the last unrevoked written
direction from such party to the other parties hereto, in all cases with postage
or other charges prepaid. Any such properly given notice shall be effective on
the earliest to occur of receipt, telephone confirmation of receipt of telex or
telecopy communication, one Business Day after delivery to a
nationally-recognized overnight courier, or three Business Days after deposit in
the mail.
(b) Any Lender giving any notice to the Borrower shall
simultaneously send a copy thereof to each Agent, and each Agent
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shall promptly notify the other Lenders of the receipt by it of any such notice.
(c) Each Agent and each Lender may rely on any notice (whether
or not such notice is made in a manner permitted or required by this Agreement
or any Loan Document) purportedly made by or on behalf of the Borrower, and
neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any duty to verify the identity or
authority of any Person giving such notice.
9.06. Expenses; Taxes; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay or cause to be paid and to save
each Agent and each of the Lenders harmless against liability for the payment of
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including but not limited to
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agents and, with respect to costs
incurred by the Agents, or any Lender pursuant to clause (iii) below, such
counsel (including allocated costs of in-house counsel to the extent that
outside counsel has not been retained by such Lender), local counsel, auditors,
consulting engineers, appraisers, and all other professional, accounting,
evaluation and consulting costs) incurred by either Agent or, in the case of
clause (iii) below any Lender from time to time arising from or relating to (i)
the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, administration and
performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any requested
amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents (whether or not
ultimately entered into or granted) to this Agreement or any Loan Document, and
(iii) the enforcement or preservation of rights under this Agreement or any Loan
Document (including but not limited to any such costs or expenses arising from
or relating to (A) collection or enforcement of an outstanding Loan or any other
amount owing hereunder or thereunder by either Agent or any Lender, and (B) any
litigation, proceeding, dispute, work-out, restructuring or rescheduling related
in any way to this Agreement or the Loan Documents).
(b) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all stamp, document,
transfer, recording, filing, registration, search, sales and excise fees and
taxes and all similar impositions now or hereafter determined by either Agent or
any Lender to be payable in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents or any other documents, instruments or transactions pursuant to or in
connection herewith or therewith, and the Borrower agrees to save each Agent and
each Lender harmless from and against any and all present or future claims,
liabilities or losses with respect to or resulting from any omission to pay or
delay in paying any such fees, taxes or impositions.
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(c) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse and indemnify each
of the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
claims, damages, expenses, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for such
Indemnified Party in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not such Indemnified
Party shall be designated a party thereto) that may at any time be imposed on,
asserted against or incurred by such Indemnified Party as a result of, or
arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, any transaction from time to time contemplated hereby or
thereby, or any transaction financed in whole or in part or directly or
indirectly with the proceeds of any Loan (and without in any way limiting the
generality of the foregoing, including any violation or breach of any
Requirement of Law or any other Law by the Borrower or any Subsidiary); or any
exercise by either Agent or any Lender of any of its rights or remedies under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document); but excluding any such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages, expenses, obligations, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs or disbursements resulting primarily from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. If and to the
extent that the foregoing obligations of the Borrower under this subsection (c),
or any other indemnification obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby
agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such
obligations which is permissible under applicable Law.
9.07. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are
intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction such provision
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or
enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions
hereof in any jurisdiction.
9.08. Prior Understandings. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements,
whether written or oral, among the parties hereto relating to the transactions
provided for herein and therein.
9.09. Duration; Survival. All representations and warranties
of the Borrower contained herein or in any other Loan Document or made in
connection herewith shall survive the making of, and shall not be waived by the
execution and delivery, of this
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Agreement or any other Loan Document, any investigation by or knowledge of
either Agent or any Lender, the making of any Loan, or any other event or
condition whatever. All covenants and agreements of the Borrower contained
herein or in any other Loan Document shall continue in full force and effect
from and after the date hereof so long as any Borrower may borrow hereunder and
until payment in full of all Obligations other than indemnity Obligations not
yet due and payable. Without limitation, all obligations of the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document to make payments to or indemnify each
Agent or any Lender shall survive the payment in full of all other Obligations,
termination of the Borrower's right to borrow hereunder, and all other events
and conditions whatever. In addition, all obligations of each Lender to make
payments to or indemnify the Agents shall survive the payment in full by the
Borrower of all Obligations, termination of the Borrower's right to borrow
hereunder, and all other events or conditions whatever.
9.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
9.11. Limitation on Payments. The parties hereto intend to
conform to all applicable Laws in effect from time to time limiting the maximum
rate of interest that may be charged or collected. Accordingly, notwithstanding
any other provision hereof or of any other Loan Document, the Borrower shall not
be required to make any payment to or for the account of any Lender, and each
Lender shall refund any payment made by the Borrower, to the extent that such
requirement or such failure to refund would violate or conflict with nonwaivable
provisions of applicable Laws limiting the maximum amount of interest which may
be charged or collected by such Lender.
9.12. Set-Off. The Borrower hereby agrees that, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, if any Obligation of the Borrower shall be due
and payable (by acceleration or otherwise), each Lender shall have the right,
without notice to the Borrower, to set-off against and to appropriate and apply
to the Obligation any indebtedness, liability or obligation of any nature owing
to the Borrower by such Lender, including but not limited to all deposits
(whether time or demand, general or special, provisionally credited or finally
credited, whether or not evidenced by a certificate of deposit) now or hereafter
maintained by the Borrower with such Lender. Such right shall be absolute and
unconditional in all circumstances and, without limitation, shall exist whether
or not such Lender or any other Person shall have given notice or made any
demand to the Borrower or any other Person, whether such indebtedness,
obligation or liability owed to
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the Borrower is contingent, absolute, matured or unmatured (it being agreed that
such Lender may deem such indebtedness, obligation or liability to be then due
and payable at the time of such setoff), and regardless of the existence or
adequacy of any collateral, guaranty or any other security, right or remedy
available to any Lender or any other Person. The Borrower hereby agrees that, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any Participant and any branch, subsidiary
or affiliate of any Lender or any Participant shall have the same rights of
set-off as a Lender as provided in this Section (regardless of whether such
Participant, branch, subsidiary or affiliate would otherwise be deemed in
privity with or a direct creditor of such Borrower). The rights provided by
this Section are in addition to all other rights of set-off and banker's lien
and all other rights and remedies which any Lender (or any such Participant,
branch, subsidiary or affiliate) may otherwise have under this Agreement, any
other Loan Document, at law or in equity, or otherwise, and nothing in this
Agreement or any Loan Document shall be deemed a waiver or prohibition of or
restriction on the rights of set-off or bankers' lien of any such Person.
9.13. Sharing of Collections. The Lenders hereby agree among
themselves that if any Lender shall receive (by voluntary payment, realization
upon security, set-off or from any other source) any amount on account of the
Loans, interest thereon, or any other Obligation contemplated by this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents to be made by the Borrower pro rata to all Lenders
in greater proportion than any such amount received by any other Lender, then
the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall notify each
other Lender and the Agents of such receipt, and equitable adjustment will be
made in the manner stated in this Section so that, in effect, all such excess
amounts will be shared ratably among all of the Lenders. The Lender receiving
such excess amount shall purchase (which it shall be deemed to have done
simultaneously upon the receipt of such excess amount) for cash from the other
Lenders a participation in the applicable Obligations owed to such other Lenders
in such amount as shall result in a ratable sharing by all Lenders of such
excess amount (and to such extent the receiving Lender shall be a Participant).
If all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from the
Lender making such purchase, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, together with interest or other
amounts, if any, required by Law to be paid by the Lender making such purchase.
The Borrower hereby consents to and confirms the foregoing arrangements. Each
Participant shall be bound by this Section as fully as if it were a Lender
hereunder.
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9.14. Successors and Assigns; Participations; Assignments.
(a) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lenders, all future holders
of the Notes, each Agent and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights hereunder or
interests herein without the prior written consent of all the Lenders and each
Agent, and any purported assignment without such consent shall be void.
(b) Participations. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of
its commercial banking business and in accordance with applicable Law, at any
time sell participations to one or more commercial banks or other Persons (each
a "Participant") in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it and any Note held by it);
provided, that
(i) any such Lender's obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the
other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
(iii) the parties hereto shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents,
(iv) such Participant shall be bound by the provisions of
Section 9.13 hereof, and the Lender selling such participation shall
obtain from such Participant a written confirmation of its agreement to
be so bound,
(v) no Participant (unless such Participant is an
affiliate of such Lender, or is itself a Lender) shall be entitled to
require such Lender to take or refrain from taking action under this
Agreement or under any other Loan Document, except that such Lender may
agree with such Participant that such Lender will not, without such
Participant's consent, take action of the type described in subsections
(a), (b), or (c) of Section 9.03 hereof; notwithstanding the foregoing,
in no event shall any participation by an Lender have the effect of
releasing such Lenders from its obligations hereunder, and
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(vi) no Participant shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower.
The Borrower agrees that any such Participant shall be entitled to the benefits
of Sections 2.13, 2.15 and 9.06 with respect to its participation in the
Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time but only to the extent
such Participant sustains such losses; provided, that no such Participant shall
be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the
transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount
of the participation transferred to such Participant had no such transfer
occurred.
(c) Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of
its commercial banking business and in accordance with applicable Law, at any
time assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or any portion
of its Commitments and Loans owing to it and any Note held by it) to any Lender,
any affiliate of a Lender or to one or more additional commercial banks or other
Persons (each a "Purchasing Lender"); provided, that
(i) any such assignment to a Purchasing Lender which is
not a Lender shall be made only with the consent of the Borrower and
each Agent which with respect to each Agent shall not be unreasonably
withheld,
(ii) if a Lender makes such an assignment of less than all
of its then remaining rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, such transferor Lender shall retain, after
such assignment, a minimum principal amount of $7,500,000 of the
Commitments and Loans then outstanding, and such assignment shall be in
a minimum aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 of the Commitments
and Loans then outstanding,
(iii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a
varying, percentage of each Commitment of the transferor Lender and of
all of the transferor Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(iv) each such assignment shall be made pursuant to a
Transfer Supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit G to this
Agreement, duly completed (a "Transfer Supplement").
In order to effect any such assignment, the transferor Lender and the Purchasing
Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed
Transfer Supplement (including the consents required by clause (i) of the
preceding
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sentence) with respect to such assignment, together with any Note or Notes
subject to such assignment (the "Transferor Lender Notes") and (except in the
case of a transfer required by the Borrower under Section 9.17 hereof) a
processing and recording fee of $5,000 (which shall be divided between the
Agents); and, upon receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Transfer Supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such processing and
recording fee shall be payable in the case of a replacement of a Lender pursuant
to Sections 2.17 or 9.17. Upon receipt of the Purchase Price Receipt Notice
pursuant to such Transfer Supplement, the Administrative Agent shall record such
acceptance in the Register. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the Transfer Effective Date specified in such Transfer
Supplement
(x) the Purchasing Lender shall be a party hereto and, to
the extent provided in such Transfer Supplement, shall have the rights
and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and
(y) the transferor Lender thereunder shall be released
from its obligations under this Agreement to the extent so transferred
(and, in the case of an Transfer Supplement covering all or the
remaining portion of a transferor Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such transferor Lender shall cease to be a party to
this Agreement) from and after the Transfer Effective Date.
On or prior to the Transfer Effective Date specified in an Transfer Supplement,
the Borrower, at its expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent (for delivery to the Purchasing Lender) new Notes evidencing such
Purchasing Lender's assigned Commitments or Loans and (for delivery to the
transferor Lender) replacement Notes in the principal amount of the Loans or
Commitments retained by the transferor Lender (such Notes to be in exchange for,
but not in payment of, those Notes then held by such transferor Lender). Each
such Note shall be dated the date and be substantially in the form of the
predecessor Note. The Administrative Agent shall xxxx the predecessor Notes
"exchanged" and deliver them to the Borrower. Accrued interest and accrued fees
shall be paid to the Purchasing Lender at the same time or times provided in the
predecessor Notes and this Agreement.
A transfer of by a Lender of its rights under this Agreement
from one of such Lender's branches to another of its branches shall not be
considered to be an assignment for the purposes of this Section 9.14 and shall
be permitted without the consent of the Borrower or of the Agents, provided that
to the extent such transfer would, at the time of such transfer, result in
increased costs under Sections 2.13 or 2.15 from those being charged by the
transferring branch, the Borrower shall not be
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obligated to pay such increased costs (although the Borrower shall be obligated
to pay any other increased costs of the type described above resulting from
changes after the date of the respective transfer).
(d) Register. The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its
office a copy of each Transfer Supplement delivered to it and a register (the
"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 from
time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each person whose
name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of the
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or
any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(e) Financial and Other Information. The Borrower authorizes
each Agent and each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchasing Lender
(each, a "transferee") and any prospective transferee any and all financial and
other information in such Person's possession concerning the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates which has been or may be delivered to such Person by
or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or such Person's credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 9.16 hereof.
9.15. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction: Waiver of
Jury Trial.
(a) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF ANY, OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN SUCH
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW
PRINCIPLES.
(b) Certain Waivers. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY:
(i) AGREES THAT ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BY ANY
PERSON ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR ANY STATEMENT, COURSE OF CONDUCT, ACT, OMISSION, OR EVENT
OCCURRING IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH (COLLECTIVELY, "RELATED
LITIGATION") MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION SITTING IN XXX XXXX XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX,
SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT BRING ANY RELATED LITIGATION
IN ANY OTHER FORUM (BUT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
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AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING ANY ACTION, SUIT
OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER FORUM);
(ii) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY RELATED LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT, WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH RELATED LITIGATION HAS BEEN
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH
RESPECT TO ANY RELATED LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH
COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE BORROWER;
(iii) CONSENTS AND AGREES TO SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS,
COMPLAINT OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY RELATED LITIGATION BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED U.S. MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE BORROWER AT
THE ADDRESS FOR NOTICES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 9.05 HEREOF, AND CONSENTS
AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE IN EVERY RESPECT VALID
AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE (BUT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR
EFFECTIVENESS OF PROCESS SERVED IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW);
AND
(iv) WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY RELATED
LITIGATION.
9.16. Confidentiality. Except as may be required by Law, each
Lender and each Agent covenants and agrees to use its best efforts not to permit
any data or information relating to the Borrower or the business of the Borrower
(other than any data or information which is otherwise publicly available or
which is received by any such party in a capacity in which such party is not
bound by any restriction of a nature similar to that imposed by this Section
9.16), which data or information such Lender or either Agent possesses due to
such party's relation to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, to
be out of such party's possession or the contents thereof to be divulged to any
other Person engaged in the project construction business; provided, however,
that such data or information may be disclosed to the lawyers or accountants of
such Lender or either Agent and to any Person empowered by Law to examine the
records of any such Person and to any potential participant in, or assignee or
transferee of, its rights under any Loan Documents which potential participant,
assignee or transferee shall have, in each case, agreed with such party to
comply with the terms of this Section 9.16.
9.17. Replacement of Lenders. If (a) the Borrower is required
to make a payment to a particular Lender pursuant to Sections 2.13 or 2.15
hereof (or pursuant to a comparable provision in any agreement with respect to
the Borrower's Indebtedness for borrowed money between the Borrower, such Lender
and at least five other lenders) or (b) the Borrower is precluded from
requesting Loans of any type from a particular Lender pursuant to Section
2.07(e) hereof, the Borrower may, upon not
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less than 15 Business Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, either (x)
immediately terminate the Commitments of such Lender, prepay (subject to Section
2.13(b) hereof) such Lender's Loans, together with interest accrued thereon and
all other amounts payable with respect thereto, and pay all other amounts then
due and owing to such Lender (in which event the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment shall be reduced by the amount of such Lender's Committed Amount) or
(y) cause a Replacement Lender reasonably satisfactory to the Agents (which may
be one of the other Lenders) to purchase all of such Lender's interests in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.14(c) hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers
thereunto duly authorized, have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
ATTEST: XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
----------------------- ----------------------------------
Title: Vice President Title: Vice President and
and Secretary Treasurer
[Corporate Seal]
Address for Notices:
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Vice President and Treasurer
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
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MELLON BANK, N.A., individually, and
as Funding Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $27,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 9%
Address for Notices:
Corporate Banking Department
Mellon Financial Center
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
Vice President
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Three Mellon Bank Center
Room 2303
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
or
000-000-0000 or 2028
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XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXX, XXX
XXXX BRANCH, individually, and as
Administrative Agent
By/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC,
NASSAU BRANCH, individually, and as
Administrative Agent
By/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $27,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 9%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx-XxXxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex: 000000/XXXXXX
(Xxxxxxxxxx: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXX XX XXXXXXX, NATIONAL TRUST &
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, individually,
and as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Ms. Christi Schifferele
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 or 7728
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXX XX XXXXXXXX, individually, and
as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Director
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
U.S. Corporate Banking
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Director
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
individually, and as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
By/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Assistant Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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FIRST FIDELITY BANK, N.A.,
individually, and as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X00000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 or 3450
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X00000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Lending Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX,
individually, and as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Relationship
Manager
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000 or 5091
with a copy to:
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000 or 5091
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XXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX XXXX
BRANCH, individually, and as
Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Assistant Vice President
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. High
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
New York Branch
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Assistant Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
New York Branch
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Mr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Loan Servicing Group
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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TORONTO DOMINION (NEW YORK), INC.,
individually, and as Co-Agent
By/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $21,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 7%
Address for Notices:
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Director
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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MIDLANTIC BANK, N.A.
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $18,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 6%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V. NEW YORK BRANCH
By/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
By/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex: 62374
(Answerback: ABN UW)
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex: 62734
(Answerback: ABN UW)
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXXXXXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXX BANKING
GROUP LIMITED
By/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Assistant Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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THE BANK OF TOKYO TRUST COMPANY
By/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 or 4314
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
1251 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xx
Operations Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX XXXXX di
TORINO, S.p.A.
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Title: Vice President
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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SOCIETE GENERALE
By/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex: 428802
(Answerback: SOCIEGEN)
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex: 428802
(Answerback: SOCIEGEN)
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
By/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $12,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 4%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX, X.X.X.
By/s/ Abdel-Fattah Tahoun
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Title: Senior Vice President
By/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
Initial Revolving Credit
Committed Amount: $9,000,000
Commitment Percentage: 3%
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Vice President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telex:
(Answerback: )
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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Exhibit A
to
Credit Agreement
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
Revolving Credit Note
$ New York, New York
, 1995
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XXXXXX XXXXXXX
CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the
order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender") on or before the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date, and at such earlier dates as may be required by the Agreement (as
defined below), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of ($ ) or
(ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by
the Lender to the Borrower from time to time pursuant to the Agreement. The
Borrower further promises to pay to the order of the Lender interest on the
unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rate or
rates per annum determined pursuant to the Agreement, payable on the dates set
forth in the Agreement.
This Note is one of the "Revolving Credit Notes" as referred to
in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of September 20, 1995, by and among the Borrower, the Lenders parties thereto
from time to time, Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent, and National Westminster
Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Agreement"), which among other things
provides for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the occurrence of
certain events and for prepayments in certain circumstances and upon certain
terms and conditions. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meanings
herein.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Agreement, the Borrower
hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other
demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance,
default or enforcement of this Note and the Agreement, and an action for amounts
due hereunder or thereunder shall immediately accrue.
This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of choice of law.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By
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Title:
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Exhibit B
to
Credit Agreement
[Form of Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request]
, 1995
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To: Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent
From: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation
Re: Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request
Pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of September 20, 1995, by and among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation, the
lenders parties thereto, Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent, and National
Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (as the same may from time to time
be amended or modified, the "Agreement"), we hereby give notice that we request
Competitive Bid Loan Quotes for the following proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing(s):
Borrowing Principal Interest
Date Amount (1) Type(2) Period (3) Currency
--------- --------- ---- -------- --------
Terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement.
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(1) Each amount must be a Dollar Equivalent Amount of $5,000,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $1,000,000 (to the extent practical in the
case of Eurocurrency Loans).
(2) Insert either "LIBOR-based Margin" (in the case of LIBOR-based Loans),
"CD Rate Margin" (in the case of CD Rate Loans), "Base Rate Margin" (in
the case of Base Rate Loans) or "Absolute Rate" (in the case of
Absolute Rate Loans).
(3) Each Interest Period must be not less than seven days or more than 180
days.
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By:
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Title:
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Exhibit C
to
Credit Agreement
[Form of Competitive Bid Loan Quote]
Mellon Bank, N.A.,
as Funding Agent
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
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Re: Competitive Bid Loan Quote to
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation (the "Borrower")
This Competitive Bid Loan Quote is given in accordance with
Section 2.03(d) of the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of September 20,
1995, by and among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Borrower"), the lenders parties thereto, Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent,
and National Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (as the same may from
time to time be amended or modified, the "Agreement"). Terms defined in the
Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
In response to the Borrower's invitation dated _________, 19__,
we hereby make the following Competitive Bid Loan Quote(s) on the following
terms:
1. Quoting Bank:
2. Person to contact at Quoting Bank:
3. We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the
following principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the
following rates:
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Borrowing Principal Interest
Date (1) Amount (2) Type(3) Period (4) Rate(5) Currency
---- ------ ---- ------ ---- --------
We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above,
subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the
Agreement, irrevocably obligate(s) us to make the Competitive Bid Loan(s) for
which any offer(s) [is] [are] accepted, in whole or in part (subject to Section
2.03(g) of the Agreement).
Very truly yours,
[LENDER]
Dated: By:
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Authorized Officer
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(1) As specified in the related Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request.
(2) The principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed the
principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans requested. Bids must be made
for a Dollar Equivalent Amount of at least $5,000,000 or a higher
integral multiple of $1,000,000.
(3) Indicate "LIBOR-based Margin" (in the case of LIBOR-based Loans), "CD
Rate Margin" (in the case of CD Rate Loans), "Base Rate Margin" (in the
case of Base Rate Loans) or "Absolute Rate" (in the case of Absolute
Rate Loans).
(4) Must be not less than seven days or more than 180 days, as specified in
the related Competitive Bid Loan Quote Request.
(5) For a LIBOR-based Loan, specify margin over or under the LIBO-Rate
determined for the applicable Interest Period. For a CD Rate Loan,
specify margin over or under the CD Rate determined for the applicable
Interest Period. For a Base Rate Loan, specify margin over or under
the Base Rate determined for the applicable Interest Period. In each
case, specify percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%) and
specify whether "PLUS" or "MINUS". For an Absolute Rate Loan, specify
rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%).
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Exhibit C
to
Credit Agreement
[Form of Competitive Bid Note]
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
Promissory Note
$ , 1995
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XXXXXX XXXXXXX
CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to
the order of ____________________ (the "Lender) on the Competitive Bid Loan
Maturity Date of each Competitive Bid Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to the Agreement described below, the lesser of (i) the principal sum
of _______________________ Dollars ($__________) or (ii) the unpaid principal
amount of all such Competitive Bid Loans made by the Lender maturing on such
Competitive Bid Loan Maturity Date. The Borrower further promises to pay to the
order of the Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such
Competitive Bid Loan from time to time outstanding at the rate or rates per
annum determined pursuant to Section 2.03 of, or as otherwise provided in, the
Agreement, payable on the dates set forth in Sections 2.03(k) and 2.14 of, or as
otherwise provided in, the Agreement.
This Competitive Bid Note is one of the "Competitive Bid Notes"
referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits provided by, the Revolving
Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 1995, by and among the Borrower, the
lenders parties thereto, Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent for the lenders,
and National Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent for the lenders (as
the same may from time to time be amended or modified, the "Agreement"). Said
Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the
maturity of Competitive Bid Loans evidenced hereby upon the happening of certain
stated events, upon the terms and conditions therein specified. Terms defined
in the Agreement shall have the same meanings herein.
Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, payments of both
principal and interest shall be made at the office of Mellon Bank, N.A. located
at Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, in lawful money of
the United States of America in immediately available funds.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Agreement, the Borrower
hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, notice,
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protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Competitive Bid Note and
the Agreement, and an action for amounts due hereunder or thereunder shall
immediately accrue.
This Competitive Bid Note shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By
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Title
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Exhibit E
to
Credit Agreement
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
Short Term Advance Note
$____________ New York, New York
__________________, 199_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XXXXXX XXXXXXX
CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the
order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender") on or before the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date, and at such earlier dates as may be required by the Agreement (as
defined below), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,500,000) or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
all Short Term Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement. The Borrower further promises to pay to the order of
the Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time
outstanding at the rate or rates per annum determined pursuant to the Agreement,
payable on the dates set forth in the Agreement.
This Note is one of the "Short Term Advance Notes" as referred
to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated
as of September 20, 1995, by and among the Borrower, the Lenders parties thereto
from time to time, Mellon Bank, N.A., as Funding Agent, and National Westminster
Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Agreement"), which among other things
provides for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the occurrence of
certain events and for prepayments in certain circumstances and upon certain
terms and conditions. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meanings
herein.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Agreement, the Borrower
hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other
demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance,
default or enforcement of this Note and the Agreement, and an action for amounts
due hereunder or thereunder shall immediately accrue.
This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of choice of law.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By
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Title:
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Exhibit F
to
Credit Agreement
Quarterly Compliance Certificate
I have conducted a review of the terms and conditions of the
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 1995, (the "Agreement"),
the Notes and the other Loan Documents, and the financial statements of the
Borrower. Defined terms used herein without definition are used as defined in
the Agreement. Such review has not disclosed nor does the signer have any
knowledge of the existence as of the date of this certificate of any condition
or event which constitutes a Potential Default or Event of Default.
I further certify that all representations and warranties
contained in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with
the same effect as though such representations and warranties were made on the
date of this certificate.
Attached are Schedules 1, 2 and 3 which are detailed
calculations indicating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections
6.01, 6.02 and 6.03 of the Agreement as of the date of this certificate.
Date: By:
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Title:
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Exhibit G
to
Credit Agreement
TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT
THIS TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT, dated as of the date specified in
Item 1 of Schedule I hereto, among the Transferor Lender specified in Item 2 of
Schedule I hereto (the "Transferor Lender"), each Purchasing Lender specified in
Item 3 of Schedule I hereto (each a "Purchasing Lender"), Mellon Bank, N.A., as
Funding Agent for the Lenders under the Revolving Credit Agreement described
below and National Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
under the Credit Agreement described below.
Recitals:
A. This Transfer Supplement is being executed and delivered in
accordance with Section 9.14(c) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 20, 1995, by and among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation, a New York
corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto from time to time,
Mellon Bank, N.A., a national banking association, Funding Agent for the Lenders
and National Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as
the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meaning
specified in the Credit Agreement.
B. Each Purchasing Lender (if it is not already a Lender)
wishes to become a Lender party to the Credit Agreement.
C. The Transferor Lender is selling and assigning to each
Purchasing Lender, and each Purchasing Lender is purchasing and assuming, a
certain portion of the Transferor Lender's rights and obligations under the
Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, the Transferor Lender's
Commitments and Loans owing to it and any Notes held by it (the "Transferor
Lender's Interests").
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Transfer Effective Notice. Upon receipt by the
Administrative Agent of five counterparts of this Transfer Supplement (to each
of which is attached a fully completed Schedule I and Schedule II), and each of
which has been executed by the Transferor Lender, by each Purchasing Lender and
by any other Person required by Section 9.14(c) of the Credit Agreement to
execute this Transfer Supplement, the Administrative Agent will transmit to the
Borrower, the Transferor Lender and each Purchasing Lender a transfer effective
notice, substantially in the form of Schedule III to this Transfer Supplement (a
"Transfer Effective Notice"). The date specified in such Transfer Effective
Notice as the date on which the transfer effected by this Transfer Supplement
shall become effective (the "Transfer Effective Date")
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shall be the fifth Business Day following the date of such Transfer Effective
Notice or such other date as shall be agreed upon among the Transfer Lender, the
Purchasing Lender, the Funding Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
From and after the Transfer Effective Date each Purchasing Lender (if not
already a Lender party to the Credit Agreement) shall be a Lender party to the
Credit Agreement for all purposes thereof having the respective interests in the
Transferor Lender's interests reflected in this Transfer Supplement.
2. Purchase Price; Sale. At or before 12:00 Noon, local time
at the Transferor Lender's office specified in Schedule III, on the Transfer
Effective Date, each Purchasing Lender shall pay to the Transferor Lender, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed
between the Transferor Lender and such Purchasing Lender (the "Purchase Price"),
of the portion being purchased by such Purchasing Lender (such Purchasing
Lender's "Purchased Percentage") of the Transferor Lender's Interests. Effective
upon receipt by the Transferor Lender of the Purchase Price from a Purchasing
Lender, the Transferor Lender hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to
such Purchasing Lender, without recourse, representation or warranty (express or
implied) except as set forth in Section 6 hereof, and each Purchasing Lender
hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor Lender such
Purchasing Lender's Purchased Percentage of the Transferor Lender's Interests.
The Transferor Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the
receipt of the Purchase Price from a Purchasing Lender ("Purchase Price Receipt
Notice"). Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Purchase Price
Receipt Notice, the Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the
information with respect to such sale and purchase as contemplated by Section
9.14(d) of the Credit Agreement.
3. Principal, Interest and Fees. All principal payments,
interest, fees and other amounts that would otherwise be payable from and after
the Transfer Effective Date to or for the account of the Transferor Lender in
respect of the Transferor Lender's Interests shall, instead, be payable to or
for the account of the Transferor Lender and the Purchasing Lenders, as the case
may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this
Transfer Supplement.
4. Closing Documents. Concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, the Transferor Lender will request that the Borrower provide to
each Purchasing Lender (if it is not already a Lender party to the Credit
Agreement) conformed copies of all documents delivered to such Transferor Lender
on the Closing Date in satisfaction of conditions precedent set forth in the
Credit Agreement.
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5. Further Assurances. Each of the parties to this Transfer
Supplement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written
request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents
and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request
in order to effect the purposes of this Transfer Supplement.
6. Certain Representations and Agreements. By executing and
delivering this Transfer Supplement, the Transferor Lender and each Purchasing
Lender confirm to and agree with each other and the Administrative Agent, the
Funding Agent and the Lenders as follows:
(a) Other than the representation and warranty that it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free
and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect
to (i) the execution, delivery, effectiveness, enforceability,
genuineness, validity or adequacy of the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (ii) any recital, representation, warranty, document,
certificate, report or statement in, provided for in, received under or
in connection with, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
(iv) the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, recordation,
priority, adequacy or value, now or hereafter, of any Lien or other
direct or indirect security afforded or purported to be afforded by any
of the Loan Documents or otherwise from time to time.
(b) The Transferor Lender makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) the performance or
observance of any of the terms or conditions of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or any other
Borrower, (ii) the business, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or any other Borrower or any
other Person, or (iii) the existence of any Event of Default or
Potential Default.
(c) Each Purchasing Lender confirms that it has received a copy
of the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, together
with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 3.06
thereof, the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01 thereof, if any, and such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit and legal analysis
and decision to enter into this Transfer Supplement. Each Purchasing
Lender confirms that it has made such analysis and decision
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the
Funding Agent, the Transferor Lender or any other Lender.
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(d) Each Purchasing Lender, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent, the Funding Agent, the Transferor Lender
or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, will make its own decisions to take
or not take action under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
(e) Each Purchasing Lender irrevocably appoints (i) the
Administrative Agent to act as Administrative Agent for such Purchasing
Lender under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) the
Funding Agent to act as Funding Agent for such Purchasing Lender under
the Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all in accordance with
Article VIII of the Credit Agreement and the other provisions of the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(f) Each Purchasing Lender agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms
of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be
performed by it as a Lender.
7. Schedule II. Schedule II hereto sets forth the revised
Commitments of the Transferor Lender and each Purchasing Lender as well as
administrative information with respect to each Purchasing Lender.
8. Governing Law. This Transfer Supplement shall be governed
by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to principles of choice of law.
9. Counterparts. This Transfer Supplement may be executed on
any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Transfer Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers
on Schedule I hereto as of the date set forth in Item 1 of Schedule I hereto.
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Schedule I
to
Transfer Supplement
COMPLETION OF INFORMATION AND
SIGNATURES FOR TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT
Re: Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 1995, by and
among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto from time to time, Mellon Bank
N.A., a national banking association, as Funding Agent for the Lenders
and National Westminster Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement")
Item 1 (Date of [Insert date of
Assignment Supplement): Assignment Supplement]
Item 2 (Transferor Lender): [Insert name of Transferor
Lender]
Item 3 (Purchasing Lender[s]): [Insert name[s] of
Purchasing Lender[s]]
Item 4 (Signatures of Parties
to Transfer Supplement):
[Name of Transferor Lender]
-------------------------------,
as Transferor Lender
By:
-----------------------------
Title:
[Name of Purchasing Lender]
-------------------------------,
as Purchasing Lender
By:
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Title:
[Name of Purchasing Lender]
-------------------------------,
as Purchasing Lender
By:
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Title:
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[Following two consents required
only when Purchasing Lender is not
already a Lender [or an Affiliate of
a Lender]]
CONSENTED TO AND ACKNOWLEDGED:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By:
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Title:
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Title:
MELLON BANK, N.A., as Funding Agent
By:
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Title:
ACCEPTED FOR RECORDATION
IN PURCHASING LENDER REGISTER:
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Title:
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Schedule II
to
Transfer Supplement
LIST OF LENDING OFFICES, ADDRESSES
FOR NOTICES AND COMMITTED AMOUNTS
[Name of Transferor
Lender] Revised Commitment and Loan Amounts:
Revolving Credit
Committed Amount $
----------
Additional Committed Amount $
----------
Short Term Advance Committed Amount $
----------
Revised Commitment Percentage:
----------
[Name of Purchasing
Lender] New Commitment and Loan Amounts:
Revolving Credit
Committed Amount $
----------
Additional Committed Amount $
----------
Short Term Advance Committed Amount $
----------
New Commitment Percentage:
----------
Administrative Information
for Purchasing Lender:
Address:
----------------------
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Attention:
--------------------
Telephone:
--------------------
Telex:
------------------------
(Answerback: )
----------------
Telecopier:
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Schedule III
to
Transfer Supplement
Transfer Effective Notice
To: [Insert Name of Borrower, Transferor
Lender and each Purchasing Lender]
The undersigned, as Administrative Agent under the Revolving
Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 1995, by and among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties
thereto from time to time, Mellon Bank N.A., a national banking association, as
Funding Agent for the Lenders and National Westminster Bank PLC, as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), acknowledges receipt of five executed
counterparts of a completed Transfer Supplement, dated __________, 199_, from
[name of Transferor Lender] to [name of each Purchasing Lender] (the "Transfer
Supplement"). Terms defined in the Transfer Supplement are used herein as
therein defined.
1. Pursuant to the Transfer Supplement, you are advised that
the Transfer Effective Date will be __________, 199_. [Insert fifth Business Day
following date of Transfer Effective Notice or other date agreed to among the
Transferor Lender, the Purchasing Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Funding
Agent and the Borrower.]
2. Pursuant to Section 9.14(c) of the Credit Agreement, the
Transferor Lender has delivered to the Administrative Agent the Transferor
Lender Notes.
3. Section 9.14(c) of the Credit Agreement provides that the
Borrower is to deliver to the Administrative Agent on or before the Assignment
Effective Date the following Notes, each dated the date of the Note it replaces.
[Describe each new Revolving Credit Note, Short Term Advance
Note and Competitive Bid Note for Transferor Lender and Purchasing Lender as to
date (as required by the Credit Agreement), principal amount and payee.]
4. The Transfer Supplement provides that each Purchasing
Lender is to pay its Purchase Price to the Transferor Lender at or before 12:00
o'clock Noon, local time at the Transferor Lender's lending office specified in
Schedule II to the Transfer Supplement, on the Transfer Effective Date in
immediately available funds.
Very truly yours,
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC, as
Administrative Agent
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By:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE 1.04
DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Limited (Canada)
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Constructors, Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Real Estate Development Corporation
FW Management Operations, Ltd.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Iberia X.X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx France, S.A.
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SCHEDULE 3.01
CORPORATE STATUS
State of Incorporation
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1. Borrower
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation New York
2. Significant Subsidiaries
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana, S.p.A. Italy
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Limited United Kingdom
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Power Systems, Inc. Delaware
Glitsch International, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx USA Corporation Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energy Corporation Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energia SpA Spain
3. Special Purpose Subsidiaries
Camden County Energy Recovery Corporation Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bedminster, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bridgewater, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx County, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Camden County, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Charleston Resource Recovery, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Falls, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mt. Carmel, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Passaic, Inc. Delaware
La Societe d'Energie Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Ltd. Canada
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Penn Resources Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Twin Cities Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Facilities Delaware
Management Delaware, Inc.
FWPS Specialty Products, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Illinois, Inc. Delaware
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Resources, Inc. Delaware
Chapleau Co-Generation Ltd. Canada
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SCHEDULE 3.02
AUTHORIZATIONS
None
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SCHEDULE 3.07
INDEBTEDNESS
BANK LOANS
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation
Revolving Credit Agreement $130,000,000
Short Term Credit Agreement 30,000,000
Uncommitted Lines of Credit $15,000,000
Banco Nationale Del Lavoro 20,000,000
Gulf International Bank 10,000,000 45,000,000
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$205,000,000
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana SpA
Banco Commerciale Italiana $2,640,559
Banco Nationale Del Lavoro 1,265,231
Credito Italiano 1,341,538
Instituto Bancario San Paolo Torino 1,677,538
Re: Foreign Exchange Hedging
Banca Commericale Italiana 1,119,407
Instituto Bancario San Paolo Torino 9,566,850 17,611,123
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Limited (Canada)
ABN-AMRO Bank (Can$) 4,187,647
Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce (Can$) 5,580,750
The Toronto Dominion Bank (Can$) 4,400,241
(US$) 4,000,000 18,168,638
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energia, S.A.
Banesto (Pta) 4,170,087
National Westminster Bank (Pta) 2,424,291 6,594,378
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Glitsch International
Credit Lyonnais (FFR) 481,233
Banque Francaise Du Commerce
Exteriur (FFR) 125,259
Societe Generale (CZC) 370,600
Societe Generale (FFR) 631,975
Deutsche Bank (DEM) 102,285 1,711,352
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Power Systems
Bank of Montreal 11,161,500
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TOTAL BANK LOANS $260,246,991
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SCHEDULE 3.11
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
Glitsch International, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana S.p.A. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Ltd. (U.K.) 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Power Systems, Inc. 100%
Camden County Energy Recovery Corporation 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx USA Corporation 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energy Corporation 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energia SpA 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bedminster, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bridgewater, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx County, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Camden County, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Charleston Resource Recovery, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Falls, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mt. Carmel, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Passaic, Inc. 100%
La Societe d'Energie Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Ltd. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Penn Resources, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Twin Cities, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Facilities Management
Delaware, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Illinois, Inc. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Wood Resources, Inc. 100%
Chapleau Co-Generation Ltd. 100%
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SCHEDULE 3.12
PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
PERCENTAGE INTEREST
Adirondack Resource Recovery Associates 80%
Crossroads Business Center Associates 50%
Camden County Energy Recovery Associates 100%
Fiat Avio-Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx per I'Energia SpA 40%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Crossroads Limited Partnership 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Somerset Limited Partnership 100%
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Limited Partnership 50%
Somerset Corporate Center Associates 50%
Cogeneradora Petropower Limitada 85%
Xxxxxxx Resource Recovery Partners L.P. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Greenhouses, L.P. 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Coque Verde, L.P. 100%
Compania De Hidrogeno Xx Xxxxxxxxxx Ltde 100%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Power Machinery Company, Ltd. 52%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Group Holding Ltd. 49%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Petroleum Development & Associates Ltd 49%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Nigeria) Ltd 60%
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Pty) Ltd. 50%
Sorco AS 44.4%
Project Management Holdings Ltd 25%
Fibrowatt Ltd 20%
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SCHEDULE 3.21
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
3.21(a) Requirements of Law
None
3.21(b) Environmental Permits
None
3.21(c) Continuation of Requirements of Law and Environmental Permits
None
3.21(e) Notice of Claims Etc.
None
3.21(f) Government Notices of Any Liens
None
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GUARANTEES
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation on Behalf of:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 18,142,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Crossroads-Bedminster 2,750,000
Somerset Corporate Center-Bridgewater 6,444,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Andina 2,000,000
Centro Energia 7,180,000 36,516,000
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Glitsch International
Glitsch Japan ((Y)147,000,000) 1,434,146
TOTAL GUARANTEES 37,950,146
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LONG TERM DEBT
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Corporation
8.58% Unsecured Promissory Notes
Due 10/1/98 88,000,000
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Special Purpose Project Debt
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
Collateralized note payable, interest varies
based on one of several money market rates,
(1994 Year end rate 4%) due semiannually
January 31, 1989 through July 20, 2006 56,886,660
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mt. Carmel, Inc.
Floating/Fixed rate Resource Recovery Revenue
Bonds, interest varies based on tax-exempt
money market rates, due semiannually 3,104,221
August 1, 1990 through February 1, 1996 48,552,334
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Falls, Inc.
Resource Recovery Revenue Bonds, interest 7.90%
to 10.00%, due annually December 15, 1995
through 2012 75,804,987
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Camden County Energy Recovery Associates
Solid Waste Disposal and Resource
Recovery System revenue Bonds, interest
at fixed rates between 7.125% and 7.50%
due annually December 1, 1999 through
December 1, 2010 120,150,000
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TOTAL PROJECT DEBT 301,393,981
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Other Long Term Debt
Glitsch International
Medio Credito Di Roma 354,403
EfiBanca 1,213,283 1,567,686
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana
Government of Italy Ministry of Industry 492,308
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TOTAL LONG TERM DEBT 391,453,975
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SCHEDULE 6.02
LIENS
I Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Italiana
Banca Commerciale Italiana $ 1,119,407 Pledge Securities
Instituto Bancario San Paolo Torino 9,566,850 Pledge Securities
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10,686,257
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II Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Energia
Banesto $ 4,170,087 Receivables
National Westminster 2,424,291 Receivables
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6,594,378
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TOTAL LIENS $17,280,635
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