LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXECUTION VERSION
Exhibit 10.1
By and Between
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
as Borrower
and
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
as Lender
Dated
as of January 16, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS | 1 | ||||
1.01 |
Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.02 |
Interpretation | 18 | ||||
1.03 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations | 19 | ||||
SECTION 2. |
ADVANCE, NOTE AND PAYMENTS | 19 | ||||
2.01 |
Advance | 19 | ||||
2.02 |
The Note | 20 | ||||
2.03 |
Procedure for Borrowing | 20 | ||||
2.04 |
Limitation on Type of Advance; Illegality | 20 | ||||
2.05 |
Repayment of the Advance; Interest | 21 | ||||
2.06 |
Optional Prepayments | 21 | ||||
2.07 |
Mandatory Prepayments | 22 | ||||
2.08 |
Requirements of Law | 22 | ||||
2.09 |
Use of Proceeds | 23 | ||||
SECTION 3. |
PAYMENTS; COMPUTATIONS; TAXES | 23 | ||||
3.01 |
Payments | 23 | ||||
3.02 |
Computations | 24 | ||||
3.03 |
US Taxes | 24 | ||||
SECTION 4. |
COLLATERAL SECURITY | 26 | ||||
4.01 |
Collateral; Security Interest | 26 | ||||
4.02 |
UCC Matters; Further Assurances | 27 | ||||
4.03 |
Changes in Locations, Name, etc. | 27 | ||||
4.04 |
Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact | 27 | ||||
4.05 |
Performance by the Lender of the Borrower’s Obligations | 28 | ||||
4.06 |
Proceeds | 28 | ||||
4.07 |
Remedies | 29 | ||||
4.08 |
Continuing Liability of the Borrower | 30 | ||||
4.09 |
Limitation on Duties Regarding Preservation of Facility Collateral | 30 | ||||
4.10 |
Powers Coupled with an Interest | 30 | ||||
4.11 |
Release of Security Interest Upon Satisfaction of all Obligations | 30 | ||||
4.12 |
Partial Release of Facility Collateral | 30 | ||||
4.13 |
Option to Exchange Obligations for Rights Offering Equity | 31 | ||||
SECTION 5. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 31 | ||||
5.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Advance | 31 | ||||
SECTION 6. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 35 | ||||
6.01 |
Existence | 35 | ||||
6.02 |
Financial Condition | 35 | ||||
6.03 |
Litigation | 35 | ||||
6.04 |
No Breach | 35 | ||||
6.05 |
Action, Binding Obligations | 36 | ||||
6.06 |
Approvals | 36 | ||||
6.07 |
Taxes | 36 |
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6.08 |
Investment Company Act | 36 | ||||
6.09 |
No Default | 36 | ||||
6.10 |
Chief Executive Office; Chief Operating Office | 36 | ||||
6.11 |
Location of Books and Records | 36 | ||||
6.12 |
True and Complete Disclosure | 37 | ||||
6.13 |
Material Agreements | 37 | ||||
6.14 |
ERISA | 37 | ||||
6.15 |
Expense Policy | 38 | ||||
6.16 |
Subsidiaries | 38 | ||||
6.17 |
Reserved | 38 | ||||
6.18 |
Fraudulent Conveyance | 38 | ||||
6.19 |
USA PATRIOT Act | 38 | ||||
6.20 |
Embargoed Person | 38 | ||||
6.21 |
Borrowing for Own Benefit | 39 | ||||
6.22 |
Indebtedness | 39 | ||||
6.23 |
Labor Matters | 39 | ||||
6.24 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 39 | ||||
6.25 |
Representations Concerning the Facility Collateral | 40 | ||||
6.26 |
Reserved | 40 | ||||
6.27 |
JV Agreements | 40 | ||||
SECTION 6A |
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY OF THE LENDER | 41 | ||||
SECTION 7. |
AFFIRMATIVE AND FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES | 41 | ||||
7.01 |
Financial Statements | 41 | ||||
7.02 |
Reporting Requirements | 43 | ||||
7.03 |
Financial Covenants | 44 | ||||
7.04 |
Existence, Etc. | 44 | ||||
7.05 |
Use of Proceeds | 45 | ||||
7.06 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 45 | ||||
7.07 |
Further Identification of Facility Collateral | 45 | ||||
7.08 |
Defense of Title | 46 | ||||
7.09 |
Preservation of Facility Collateral | 46 | ||||
7.10 |
Maintenance of Papers, Records and Files | 46 | ||||
7.11 |
Maintenance of Licenses | 46 | ||||
7.12 |
Payment of Obligations | 46 | ||||
7.13 |
OFAC | 47 | ||||
7.14 |
Investment Company | 47 | ||||
7.15 |
Due Diligence | 47 | ||||
7.16 |
Further Assurances | 47 | ||||
7.17 |
Executive Privileges and Compensation | 47 | ||||
7.18 |
Asset Divestiture | 48 | ||||
7.19 |
Restrictions on Expenses | 48 | ||||
7.20 |
Reserved | 49 | ||||
7.21 |
Reserved | 49 | ||||
7.22 |
Reserved | 49 | ||||
7.23 |
Reserved | 49 | ||||
7.24 |
Cash Management | 49 | ||||
7.25 |
Provide Additional Information | 49 | ||||
7.26 |
Material Transaction | 49 | ||||
7.27 |
Information and Report Deliveries | 49 |
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7.28 |
Equity Interest Trustees | 49 | ||||
SECTION 8. |
NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES | 49 | ||||
8.01 |
Prohibition of Fundamental Changes | 49 | ||||
8.02 |
Lines of Business | 50 | ||||
8.03 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 50 | ||||
8.04 |
Limitation on Liens | 50 | ||||
8.05 |
Limitation on Distributions | 50 | ||||
8.06 |
No Amendment or Waiver | 51 | ||||
8.07 |
Prohibition of Certain Prepayments | 51 | ||||
8.08 |
Change of Fiscal Year | 51 | ||||
8.09 |
Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses | 51 | ||||
8.10 |
Limitations on Indebtedness | 51 | ||||
8.11 |
Limitations on Investments | 51 | ||||
8.12 |
ERISA | 51 | ||||
8.13 |
Action Adverse to the Facility Collateral | 51 | ||||
8.14 |
Limitation on Sale of Assets | 52 | ||||
8.15 |
Restrictions on Pension Plans | 52 | ||||
8.16 |
JV Agreements | 52 | ||||
8.17 |
Permitted Transactions | 52 | ||||
SECTION 9. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; TERMINATION EVENTS | 52 | ||||
9.01 |
Events of Default | 52 | ||||
SECTION 10. |
REMEDIES | 55 | ||||
SECTION 11. |
MISCELLANEOUS | 56 | ||||
11.01 |
Waiver | 56 | ||||
11.02 |
Notices | 57 | ||||
11.03 |
Indemnification and Expenses | 57 | ||||
11.04 |
Amendments | 59 | ||||
11.05 |
Successors and Assigns | 59 | ||||
11.06 |
Survival | 59 | ||||
11.07 |
Captions | 59 | ||||
11.08 |
Counterparts and Facsimile | 59 | ||||
11.09 |
Loan Agreement Constitutes Security Agreement | 59 | ||||
11.10 |
Governing Law | 59 | ||||
11.11 |
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS | 59 | ||||
11.12 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 60 | ||||
11.13 |
Acknowledgments | 60 | ||||
11.14 |
Hypothecation or Pledge of Facility Collateral | 60 | ||||
11.15 |
Assignments; Participations | 60 | ||||
11.16 |
Periodic Due Diligence Review | 61 | ||||
11.17 |
Set-Off | 62 | ||||
11.18 |
Reliance | 63 | ||||
11.19 |
Reimbursement | 63 | ||||
11.20 |
Waiver Of Redemption And Deficiency Rights | 63 | ||||
11.21 |
Single Agreement | 63 | ||||
11.22 |
Severability | 63 | ||||
11.23 |
Entire Agreement | 64 |
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SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 1.1
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List of Pledgors | |
SCHEDULE 1.2
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Reserved | |
SCHEDULE 6.03
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Litigation | |
SCHEDULE 6.10
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Chief Executive Office, Chief Operating Office | |
SCHEDULE 6.13
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Existing Agreements | |
SCHEDULE 6.16
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Subsidiaries | |
SCHEDULE 6.17
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Reserved | |
SCHEDULE 6.22
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Existing Indebtedness | |
SCHEDULE 6.25
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Filing Jurisdictions and Offices | |
SCHEDULE 6.26
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Reserved | |
SCHEDULE 6.27
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JV Agreements | |
EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Note | |
EXHIBIT B
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Acknowledgment and Consent | |
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
EXHIBIT D
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Form of Confidentiality Agreement | |
EXHIBIT E
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Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT F
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Form of Exemption Certificate |
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LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of January 16, 2009, between the GENERAL MOTORS
CORPORATION (the “Borrower”) and THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (the
“Lender”).
RECITALS
The Borrower wishes to obtain financing with which to purchase up to $1 billion of Class B
Membership Interests of GMAC LLC pursuant to an offering of approximately $1.25 billion Common
Membership Interests of GMAC LLC to GMAC LLC’s existing Common Holders, and the Lender has agreed,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement, to provide such financing to the
Borrower.
Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS.
1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (all terms defined in this Section 1.01 or in other provisions of this Loan
Agreement in the singular to have the same meanings when used in the plural and vice versa):
“Acknowledgement and Consent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01(r)
hereof.
“Advance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly
or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For
purposes of this Loan Agreement, “control” (together with the correlative meanings of “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, 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.
“Applicable Law” shall mean, with reference to any Person, all laws (including common
law), statutes, regulations, ordinances, treaties, judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs and
orders of any court, governmental agency or authority and rules, regulations, orders, directives,
licenses and permits of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or its property or in
respect of its operations.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time
to time.
“Bankruptcy Exceptions” shall mean limitations on, or exceptions to, the
enforceability of an agreement against a Person due to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
or the application of general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
“Benefit Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3)
of ERISA and any other plan, arrangement or agreement which provides for compensation, benefits,
fringe benefits or other remuneration to any employee, former employee, individual independent
contractor or director, including without limitation, any bonus, incentive, supplemental
retirement plan, golden parachute, employment, individual consulting, change of control, bonus or
retention agreement, whether provided directly or indirectly by any Loan Party or otherwise.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Borrower” shall mean General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a Federal
holiday or other day on which banks in New York, New York or the District of Columbia are permitted
to close, or (iii) a day on which trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or any other
major securities exchange in the United States is not conducted.
“Capital Lease Obligations” shall mean, for any Person, all obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use)
Property to the extent such obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes of this Loan
Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean (a) U.S. dollars, or money in other currencies received
in the ordinary course of business, (b) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the
date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. Government or any agency
thereof, (c) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued
or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political
subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign
government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing
authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Xxxxx’x,
(d) demand deposit, certificates of deposit and time deposits with maturities of one (1) year or
less from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of any commercial bank, supranational
bank or trust company having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (e) repurchase
obligations with respect to securities of the types (but not necessarily maturity) described in
clauses (b) and (c) above, having a term of not more than ninety (90) days, of banks (or bank
holding companies) or subsidiaries of such banks (or bank holding companies) and non-bank
broker-dealers listed on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s list of primary and other reporting
dealers (“Repo Counterparties”), which Repo Counterparties have capital, surplus and
undivided profits aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign equivalent thereof) and
which Repo Counterparties or their parents (if the Repo Counterparties are not rated) will at the
time of the transaction be rated “A-1” by S&P (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at
least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (f) commercial paper rated at
least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x and in
either case maturing within one (1) year after the day of acquisition, (g) short-term marketable
securities of comparable credit quality, (h) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which
invest at least 95% in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (g) of this
definition, and (i) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, substantially similar investments, of
comparable credit quality, denominated in the currency of any jurisdiction in which such Person
conducts business.
“Certification Deadline” shall mean March 31, 2009 or such later date (not to exceed
thirty (30) days after March 31, 2009) as determined by the President’s Designee in his or her sole
discretion.
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“Change of Control” shall mean with respect to the Borrower, the acquisition, after
the Effective Date, by any other Person, or two or more other Persons acting in concert other than
the Permitted Investors, the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender, of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Borrower at any time if after
giving effect to such acquisition such Person or Persons owns twenty percent (20%) or more of such
outstanding voting stock.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a) hereof.
“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any material provision of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of
its property is bound or any material provision of any security issued by such Person.
“Controlled Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.19.
“Default” shall mean an event that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or
both, would become an Event of Default.
“Disposition” shall mean with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof; and the terms
“Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful currency of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized or existing under
the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Due Diligence Review” shall mean the performance by or on behalf of the Lender of any
or all of the reviews permitted under Section 11.16, as desired by the Lender from time to time.
“EESA” shall mean the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Public Law No:
110-343, effective as of October 3, 2008, as amended from time to time.
“Effective Date” shall mean January 16, 2009.
“EISA” shall mean the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law
110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17013), as amended.
“Electronic Transmission” shall mean the delivery of information by electronic mail,
facsimile or other electronic format acceptable to the Lender. An Electronic Transmission shall be
considered written notice for all purposes hereof.
“Equity Interest Disposition” shall mean any Disposition of all or any portion of
Equity Interests that constitute Facility Collateral by any Equity Interest Trustee, as
contemplated by, or in connection with, the GMAC Reorganization.
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“Equity Interest Trustee” shall mean any trustee who acquires legal title to all or
any portion of (i) Equity Interests in GMAC (other than Rights Offering Equity), in respect of the
GM Trust, or (ii) Rights Offering Equity, in respect of the Treasury Trust, in each case, as
contemplated by, or in connection with, the GMAC Reorganization.
“Equity Interests” shall mean any and all equity interests, including any shares of
stock, membership or partnership interests, participations or other equivalents whether
certificated or uncertificated (however designated) of a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or any other entity, and any and all similar ownership interests in a Person and any
and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Equity Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain pledge agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, by each Pledgor in favor of the Lender.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or trade or business or other entity,
whether or not incorporated, that is a member of any group of organizations (i) described in
Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which any Loan Party is a member or (ii) which is
under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (i) any Reportable Event or a determination that a Plan is
“at risk” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA); (ii) the incurrence by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any
Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its respective ERISA
Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (iv) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in
reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; or (v) the occurrence of a nonexempt
“prohibited transaction” with respect to which the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or their ERISA
Affiliates is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with
respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could otherwise be liable.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.01.
“Exchange Date” shall mean the date on which the Lender receives the Rights Offering
Equity in full satisfaction of the Obligations outstanding at such time.
“Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).
“Executive Order” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.20.
“Existing Agreements” shall mean the agreements of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries in effect on the Effective Date and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof
so long as any such extension, renewal and replacement could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents.
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“Expense Policy” shall mean the Borrower’s comprehensive written policy on corporate
expenses maintained and implemented in accordance with Section 7.19.
“Expiration Date” shall mean January 16, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time).
“Facility Collateral” shall mean collectively, (i) the Collateral pledged hereunder,
(ii) the Collateral (as defined in the Equity Pledge Agreement) pledged to the Lender under the
Equity Pledge Agreement, and (iii) any other collateral security pledged to Lender under any other
Loan Document.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Funding Date” shall mean the date on which the Lender funds the Advance in accordance
with the terms hereof, which shall be the Effective Date.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time in the United States.
“XX XxxXx Facility” shall mean the loan facility made available to the Borrower
pursuant to the terms of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
“XX XxxXx Facility Collateral” shall have the meaning given to the term “Facility
Collateral” in the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
“XX XxxXx Loan Agreement” means that certain $13,400,000,000 Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008, between the Borrower and the Lender.
“XX XxxXx Loan Documents” shall have the meaning given to the term “Loan Documents” in
the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
“GM Trust” shall mean a trust formed in connection with the GMAC Reorganization, into
which the Loan Parties will deposit certain Equity Interests in GMAC (other than Rights Offering
Equity).
“GMAC” shall mean GMAC LLC and its Subsidiaries.
“GMAC Reorganization” shall mean any transactions consummated for the purpose of or in
connection with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (a) not being in control of GMAC for purposes
of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, (b) not being an affiliate of GMAC for purposes of
Sections 23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, or (c) otherwise complying with the commitments
made by the Borrower to the Federal Reserve System with regard to GMAC, including but not limited
to, in each case, (i) the Disposition of all or any portion of the Equity Interests in GMAC owned
by the Loan Parties to one or more trusts, and (ii) the Disposition of all or any portion of such
Equity Interests by any Equity Interest Trustee.
“GMAC Trust Disposition” shall mean the Disposition of all or any portion of Equity
Interests in GMAC owned by the Loan Parties to either (i) with respect to the Equity Interests in
GMAC (other than the Rights Offering Equity), to the GM Trust or (ii) with respect to the Rights
Offering Equity, to the Treasury Trust.
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“Governmental Authority” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of its properties.
“Guarantee” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person or in any manner providing for the
payment of any Indebtedness of any other Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such
Indebtedness against loss (whether by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, or to take-or-pay or otherwise),
provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business, or (ii) obligations to make servicing advances for delinquent
taxes and insurance, or other obligations in respect of a mortgaged property, to the extent
required by the Lender. The amount of any Guarantee of a Person shall be deemed to be an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith. The terms “Guarantee” and
“Guaranteed” used as verbs shall have correlative meanings.
“Hedging Agreement” means any (i) interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or (ii)
foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect
against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates or (iii) commodity or raw material futures contract
or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in raw material prices.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, for any Person: (a) obligations created, issued or incurred
by such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the
sale of Property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or
otherwise, to repurchase such Property from such Person); (b) obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services; (c) indebtedness of others of the
type referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this definition secured by a Lien on
the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective indebtedness so secured has been assumed
by such Person; (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person in respect of letters of
credit or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for the
account of such Person; (e) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) obligations of such
Person under repurchase agreements or like arrangements; (g) indebtedness of others of the type
referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this definition Guaranteed by such
Person; (h) all obligations of such Person incurred in connection with the acquisition or carrying
of fixed assets by such Person; (i) indebtedness of general partnerships of which such Person is a
general partner unless the terms of such indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not
liable therefor; and (j) any other indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture
or similar instrument.
“Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning given to such term in the XX XxxXx Loan
Agreement.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean the last Business Day of each calendar quarter,
commencing with the first calendar quarter in 2009.
“Interest Period” shall mean (i) initially, the period commencing on the Funding Date
and ending on the calendar day prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, and (ii)
thereafter, each period commencing on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the calendar day prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Interest Period
may end after the Maturity Date.
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“Investment” shall mean any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase of any Equity Interests, bonds, notes,
debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or any other
similar investment in, any Person.
“Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
from time to time, including all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Joint Venture” shall mean any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement
between any Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries and independent third parties which are not
Subsidiaries of a Loan Party.
“JV Agreement” shall mean each partnership or limited liability company agreement (or
similar agreement) between a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries and the relevant JV Partner as
the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“JV Partner” shall mean each Person party to a JV Agreement that is not a Loan Party
or one of its Subsidiaries.
“Lender” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble hereof.
“LIBOR” shall mean with respect to the Advance, the greater of (a) the LIBOR Floor and
(b) the rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for eurocurrency liabilities) for
eurodollar deposits for a period equal to three months appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or
if such rate ceases to appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, on any other service providing
comparable rate quotations at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time. LIBOR shall be determined on
the Effective Date and reset on each Interest Payment Date.
“LIBOR Floor” shall mean 2.00%.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or other charge or
encumbrance (in the nature of a security interest and other than licenses of Intellectual
Property), including the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor, upon or with
respect to any property or assets.
“Loan Agreement” shall mean this Loan and Security Agreement, as may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Loan Agreement, the Note and the Equity Pledge
Agreement, together with all other such documentation entered into in connection with the
transactions contemplated under such documents and to fully evidence and secure the Borrower’s
Obligations hereunder.
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Pledgors, and “Loan Party” shall mean
each of them.
“Mandatory Prepayment” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.07.
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“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform
any of their obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (c) the
validity or enforceability in any material respect of any of the Loan Documents to which they are a
party, (d) the rights and remedies of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents, or (e) the
Facility Collateral (taken as a whole).
“Maturity Date” shall mean the earliest of (i) the Expiration Date, (ii) the date
specified in the proviso in Section 2.05(a), (iii) the Exchange Date, and (iv) the occurrence of an
Event of Default, at the option of the Lender.
“Maximum Loan Amount” shall mean $1,000,000,000.
“Moody’s” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37)
of ERISA to which contributions are required to be made by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or
to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may have any direct or indirect liability or
obligation contingent or otherwise.
“Net Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received
in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any
interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance
proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar
payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third
parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a Disposition of
an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or
similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to
repay Indebtedness (other than the Advance) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory
prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably
estimated to be payable, including under any tax sharing arrangements) and the amount of any
reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each
case that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a
Responsible Person).
“New VEBA” shall mean the new trust fund to be established pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement.
“Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).
“Note” shall mean the promissory note provided for by Section 2.02(a) for the Advance
and any promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, in each case as the same
shall be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.
“Obligations” shall mean (a) all of the Borrower’s obligations to repay the Advance on
the Maturity Date, to pay interest on an Interest Payment Date and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender, or any other Person arising under, or in connection
with, the Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising; (b) any and all sums paid by
the Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents in order to preserve any Facility Collateral or the
interest of the Lender therein;
(c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of any of the Borrower’s
obligations or liabilities referred to in clause (a), the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding,
collecting, preparing
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for sale, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on any Facility Collateral, or of any
exercise by the Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents, including without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs; and (d) all of the Borrower’s
indemnity obligations to the Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents.
“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department
of the Treasury.
“Optional Prepayment” shall mean a prepayment of all or any portion of the Advance
pursuant to Section 2.06.
“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding, in each case, amounts imposed on an
assignment, a grant of a participation or other transfer of an interest in the Advance or Loan
Document), except pursuant to Section 3.03.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to
any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Capped Call” shall mean any capped call, ratio capped call or other similar
derivative transaction entered into by a Loan Party on or before the Effective Date.
“Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean any of the following:
(i) Indebtedness created under any Loan Document;
(ii) purchase money Indebtedness for real property, improvements thereto or equipment
or personal property hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by,
or Capitalized Lease Obligations of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(iii) trade payables, if any, in the ordinary course of its business;
(iv) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof;
(v) Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof under Existing Agreements;
(vi) intercompany Indebtedness of a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business;
provided that, the right to receive any repayment of such Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness meeting the criteria of clauses (iv) or (v) above, or any
extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements thereof) shall be subordinated to the
Lender’s rights to receive repayment of the Obligations;
(vii) Indebtedness consisting of loans made, or guaranteed, by any Specified
Governmental Authority;
(viii) Indebtedness existing at the time any Person merges with or into or becomes a
Loan Party and not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person merging
with or into or becoming a Loan Party; provided that any such merger shall
comply with Section 8.01;
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(ix) Hedging Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;
(x) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan Parties incurred in the ordinary course of
business; provided that such Indebtedness shall not mature, and there shall
be no scheduled principal payments due under such Indebtedness, prior to the date that is
six (6) months after the Maturity Date;
(xi) Indebtedness with respect to (x) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and
similar instruments issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments in respect of the financing of insurance
premiums, customs, stay, performance, bid, surety or appeal bonds and similar obligations,
completion guaranties, “take or pay” obligations in supply agreements, reimbursement
obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, indemnification, adjustment of purchase
price and similar obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of
any business or assets, and sales contracts, coverage of long-term counterparty risk in
respect of insurance companies, purchasing and supply agreements, rental deposits, judicial
appeals and service contracts and (y) appeal, bid, performance, surety, customs or similar
bonds issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business;
(xii) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with cash
management and deposit accounts and operations, netting services, employee credit card
programs and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within five (5) Business Days of its incurrence;
(xiii) any guarantee by any Loan Party of Permitted Indebtedness;
(xiv) Indebtedness entered into under Section 136 of EISA;
(xv) any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements of Indebtedness of the kind in
clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii), (xiv), (xv) and (xvii) of this definition to the
extent (a) the principal amount of or commitment for such Indebtedness is not increased
(except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other
reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewals or
replacement), (b) neither the final maturity nor the weighted average life to maturity of
such Indebtedness is decreased and (c) such Indebtedness, if subordinated in right of
payment to the Lender of the Indebtedness under this Loan Agreement, remains so subordinated
on terms no less favorable to the Lender;
(xvi) other Indebtedness not incurred under any other clause of this definition in an
amount not to exceed an aggregate principal balance of $100,000,000 outstanding at any one
time;
(xvii) Settlement Agreement Debt;
(xviii) any Warrant Notes;
(xix) any Permitted Transaction; and
(xx) the Indebtedness incurred in connection with the XX XxxXx Facility.
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“Permitted Investments” shall mean any of the following:
(i) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(ii) any Investment by a Loan Party in the Borrower or another Loan Party or a Pledged
Entity that is a Domestic Subsidiary;
(iii) any Investment by a Loan Party in any Domestic Subsidiary that is neither a Loan
Party nor a Pledged Entity, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(iv) prior to the Certification Deadline, pursuant to the schedules of such Investments
that has been preliminarily approved by the President’s Designee prior to the Effective Date
(which shall include Investments pursuant to Existing Agreements), which are scheduled to be
fulfilled prior to March 31, 2009, provided that, the President’s Designee
shall have the right to further review and, at any time revoke approval of, any such
Investment if the President’s Designee determines that it would be inconsistent with the
objective of this Loan Agreement;
(v) any Investment existing on the Effective Date (including under the Settlement
Agreement) or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Effective Date or an
investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing
on the Effective Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment is
not increased through such extension, modification or renewal;
(vi) any Investment acquired solely in exchange for Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(vii) Investments in Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount, taken together with all
other Investments made in reliance on this clause, not to exceed $25,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding plus the aggregate cash distributions received by the
Borrower and the Loan Parties from Joint Ventures after the Effective Date;
(viii) Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent funded by grants from, Investments
in the Borrower and the Subsidiaries by, or Indebtedness of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries guaranteed by, any Specified Governmental Authority and required to be so
invested by the terms of the related arrangements with such Specified Governmental
Authority;
(ix) any Investment otherwise permitted under the Loan Agreement;
(x) Investments in Indebtedness of, or Investments guaranteed by, Specified
Governmental Authorities, in connection with industrial revenue, municipal, pollution
control, development or other bonds or similar financing arrangements;
(xi) any Permitted Capped Call;
(xii) Trade Credit;
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise addressed in this definition, Investments in the
ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business if the value of such Investments do not exceed
$25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding for all Loan Parties;
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(xiv) Investments not in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business or if the
value of such Investment exceeds $100,000,000, and, in each case, such Loan Party has
provided at least twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the President’s Designee of such
Investments and the details thereof (or such lesser time as may be agreed by the President’s
Designee), and the President’s Designee has not notified such Loan Party that he or she has
determined that such Investment would be inconsistent with, or detrimental to, the long-term
viability of such Loan Party;
(xv) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees in the ordinary course of
business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses consistent with the
Expense Policy);
(xvi) Investments (i) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of delinquent
accounts and disputes with customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business, or
(ii) acquired as a result of foreclosure of a Lien securing an Investment or the transfer of
the assets subject to such Lien in lieu of foreclosure;
(xvii) Investments constituting non-cash consideration useful in the operation of the
business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and acquired in connection with a
Disposition permitted by this Loan Agreement;
(xviii) commercial transactions in the ordinary course of business with the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such transactions would constitute an Investment;
(xix) conveyance of Facility Collateral in an arms length transaction to a Subsidiary
that is not a Loan Party or an Affiliate of the Borrower for non-cash consideration
consisting of Trade Credit or other Property to become Facility Collateral having a fair
market value equal to or greater than the fair market value of the conveyed Facility
Collateral;
(xx) Investments in dealerships in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the Investment made in connection with the credit facility provided under this
Loan Agreement;
(xxii) any Permitted Transaction; and
(xxiii) Investments in connection with the GMAC Reorganization.
For the avoidance of doubt, no Investment may be made in a Foreign Subsidiary other than in
accordance with subclauses (iv) and (xii) of this definition.
“Permitted Investors” shall mean the New VEBA and any other trust fund established
pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (and any trustee, Affiliate or Subsidiary of the New VEBA or
such other trust fund).
“Permitted Liens” shall mean, with respect to any Property of the Borrower or any Loan
Party:
(i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
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(ii) Liens on Property of a Loan Party existing on the date hereof (including Liens on
Property of a Loan Party pursuant to Existing Agreements; provided that such Liens shall
secure only those obligations that they secure on the date hereof);
(iii) any Lien existing on any Property prior to the acquisition thereof by a Loan
Party or existing on any Property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date
hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be;
provided that (x) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such acquisition or such Person becoming a Loan Party, (y) such Lien does not apply to any
other Property or assets of a Loan Party, and (z) such Lien secures only those obligations
that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan
Party, as the case may be; Liens for taxes and utility charges not yet due or that are being
contested in compliance with Section 6.07;
(iv) Liens for taxes and utility charges not yet due or that are being contested in
compliance with Section 6.07;
(v) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due
and payable or that are being contested in compliance with Section 7.12;
(vi) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit that
encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and the proceeds
thereof;
(vii) Liens securing Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder;
(viii) Liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other
financial institutions over balances of any accounts held at such banks or financial
institutions or over investment property held in a securities account, as the case may be,
to facilitate the operation of cash pooling, cash management or interest set-off
arrangements;
(ix) customary Liens in favor of trustees and escrow agents, and netting and set-off
rights, banker’s liens and the like in favor of counterparties to financial obligations and
instruments, including, without limitation, Hedging Agreements;
(x) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under Section 136 of EISA;
(xi) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workmen’s compensation, unemployment or other insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(xii) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety,
customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, or to
secure the payment of import or customs duties, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
(xiii) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real
property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in
the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of
the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(xiv) purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or
equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by a Loan Party,
including pursuant to Capital Lease Obligations; provided that (w) such security
interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.10, (x) such security interests are
incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such
acquisition (or construction), (y) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the
lesser of the cost or the fair market value of such real property, improvements or equipment
at the time of such acquisition (or construction) and (z) such security interests do not
apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(xv) judgment Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under
Section 9.01(f);
(xvi) any Lien consisting of rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority
by statutory provision;
(xvii) Liens securing Indebtedness described in clause (vi) or clause (vii) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(xviii) pledges or deposits made to secure reimbursement obligations in respect of
letters of credit issued to support any obligations or liabilities described in clauses (xi)
or (xii) of this definition;
(xix) other Liens created or assumed in the ordinary course of business of a Loan
Party; provided that the obligations secured by all such Liens shall not
exceed the principal amount of $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(xx) Liens incurred in connection with the credit facility provided under this Loan
Agreement;
(xxi) any Permitted Transaction;
(xxii) Liens arising in connection with the commitments made by the Borrower to the
Federal Reserve System with respect to GMAC; and
(xxiii) Liens incurred pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and the Settlement
Agreement Debt.
“Permitted Transaction” shall mean any transaction, including, without limitation, the
making of an Investment, the incurrence of Indebtedness, the creation of a Lien or the making of a
Disposition, that is permitted under by the XX XxxXx Facility (including, without limitation,
pursuant to the GMAC Reorganization).
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or
government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
“Plan” shall mean an employee benefit or other plan covered by Title IV of ERISA,
other than a Multiemployer Plan which is sponsored, established, contributed to or maintained by
any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, or for which any of the Loan Parties or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates could have any liability, whether actual or contingent (whether
pursuant to section 4069 of
ERISA or otherwise) or to which any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates previously maintained or contributed to during the six years prior to the Effective
Date.
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“Plan Completion Certification” shall mean the certification of the President’s
Designee delivered in accordance with Section 7.23 of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
“Pledged Entity” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Loan Party whose Equity Interests are
Pledged Equity pursuant to the Equity Pledge Agreement.
“Pledged Equity” shall mean all of the Equity Interests of a Pledged Entity (or such
lesser amount as may be required pursuant to the Pledge Limitation (as defined in the Equity Pledge
Agreement)), together with all ownership certificates, options or rights of any nature whatsoever
which may be issued, granted or pledged by the owners of such interests to the Lender while this
Loan Agreement is in effect.
“Pledgors” shall mean the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereof.
“Post-Default Rate” shall mean, in respect of any principal of the Advance or any
other amount under this Loan Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document that is not paid when
due to the Lender (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or mandatory prepayment or
otherwise), a rate per annum during the period from and including the due date to but excluding the
date on which such amount is paid in full equal to 5.00% per annum, plus (x) the interest rate
otherwise applicable to the Advance or other amount, or (y) if no interest rate is otherwise
applicable, the sum of (i) LIBOR plus (ii) the Spread Amount.
“Prepayment Event” shall mean Disposition of any Facility Collateral to any Person
other than in connection with (i) a Disposition of Facility Collateral to any Loan Party or any
Pledged Entity or (ii) any GMAC Trust Disposition.
“President’s Designee” shall mean (i) one or more officers from the Executive Branch
appointed by the President to monitor and oversee the restructuring of the U.S. domestic automobile
industry and (ii) if no such officer has been appointed, the Secretary of the Treasury.
“proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term under the Uniform Commercial
Code.
“Prohibited Jurisdiction” shall mean, any country or jurisdiction, from time to time,
that is the subject of a prohibition order (or any similar order or directive), sanctions or
restrictions promulgated or administered by any Governmental Authority of the United States.
“Prohibited Person” shall mean any Person:
(i) listed in the Annex to (the “Annex”), or otherwise subject to the
provisions of the Executive Order;
(ii) that is owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person
or entity that is listed in the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, the Executive Order;
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(iii) with whom the Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in
any transaction by any terrorism or money laundering law, including the Executive
Order;
(iv) who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in the Executive Order;
(v) that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on
the most current list published by the OFAC at its official website,
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx.xxxx/x00xxx.xxx or at any replacement website or other
replacement official publication of such list; or
(vi) who is an Affiliate of or affiliated with a Person listed above.
“Property” shall mean any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever,
whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Records” shall mean all books, instruments, agreements, customer lists, credit files,
computer files, storage media, tapes, disks, cards, software, data, computer programs, printouts
and other computer materials and records generated by other media for the storage of information
maintained by any Person with respect to the business and operations of the Loan Parties and the
Facility Collateral.
“Relevant Companies” shall mean the Borrower.
“Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA,
other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived.
“Requirement of Law” shall mean as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Person” shall mean, as to any Person, the chief executive officer or,
with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of such Person, an individual so
designated from time to time by such Person’s board of directors or, in the event any such officer
is unavailable at any time he or she is required to take any action hereunder, Responsible Person
shall mean any officer authorized to act on such officer’s behalf as demonstrated by a certificate
of corporate resolution (or equivalent); provided that the Lender is notified in
writing of the identity of such Responsible Person.
“Restricted Payments” shall mean with respect to any Person, collectively, all direct
or indirect dividends or other distributions of any nature (cash, securities, assets or otherwise)
on, and all payments for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance or retirement or other acquisition
for value of, any class of Equity Interests issued by such Person, whether such securities are now
or may hereafter be authorized or outstanding, and any distribution in respect of any of the
foregoing, whether directly or indirectly.
“Restructuring Plan” shall mean the plan to achieve and sustain the long-term
viability, international competitiveness and energy efficiency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
required by Section 7.20 of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
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“Restructuring Plan Report” shall mean the report to be submitted by the Borrower to
the President’s Designee in accordance with Section 7.22 of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement.
“Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page” shall mean the display page currently so designated on
the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
“Rights Offering Equity” shall mean Class B Membership Interests of GMAC to be
purchased pursuant to an offering of approximately $1.25 billion of common membership interests of
GMAC to GMAC’s existing common membership interest holders.
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
“Senior Employee” shall mean, with respect to the Loan Parties collectively, any of
the twenty-five (25) most highly compensated employees (including the SEOs).
“Senior Lien Loan” shall have the meaning given to such term in the XX XxxXx Loan
Agreement.
“SEO” shall mean a senior executive officer within the meaning of section 111(b)(3) of
EESA and any interpretation of the United States Department of the Treasury thereunder, including
the rules set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 30.
“Settlement Agreement” shall mean that Settlement Agreement, dated February 21, 2008
(as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented on or prior to the Effective Date), between the
Borrower, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers
of America, and certain class representatives, on behalf of the class of plaintiffs in (1) the
class action of Int’l Union, UAW, et. al. v. General Motors Corp., Civil Action No. 07-14074 (E.D.
Mich. filed Sept. 9, 2007) and/or (2) the class action of UAW et al. v. General Motors Corp., No.
05-CV-73991, 2006 WL 891151 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 31, 2006, aff’d, Int’l Union, UAW v. General Motors
Corp., 497 F.3d 615 (6th Cir. 2007)) and the transactions, agreements or arrangements contemplated
thereby or by similar agreements.
“Settlement Agreement Debt” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred or to be
incurred pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement as in effect on the Effective Date
(including the Borrower’s 6.75% Series U Convertible Senior Debentures due December 31, 2012 and
the Borrower’s $4,015,187,871 Short Term Note, dated February 21, 2008, payable to the order of
LBK, LLC) or similar debt issued pursuant to any Settlement Agreement.
“Specified Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof or any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and
any quasi-governmental entity, including any international organization or agency.
“Spread Amount” shall mean 3.00%.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership or
other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by
the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (irrespective
of whether or not at the
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time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such
corporation, partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person.
“supporting obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term under the
Uniform Commercial Code.
“Termination Event” shall mean if the President’s Designee shall not have issued the
Plan Completion Certification by the Certification Deadline.
“Trade Credit” shall mean accounts receivable, trade credit or other advances extended
to, or investment made in, customers or suppliers, including intercompany, in the ordinary course
of business.
“Treasury Trust” shall mean a trust formed in connection with the GMAC Reorganization,
into which the Loan Parties will deposit the Rights Offering Equity.
“Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions
of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in
any Facility Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction
other than New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or
effect of perfection or non-perfection.
“Union” shall mean the leadership of each major United States labor organization that
represents the employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“United States” or “U.S.” shall mean the United States of America.
“Warrant” shall mean that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated as of
December 31, 2008, issued by the Borrower in favor of the Lender.
“Warrant Agreement” shall mean the Warrant Agreement, dated as December 31, 2008, by
and between the Borrower and the Lender.
“Warrant Note” shall mean the Borrower’s note dated December 31 2008, delivered
pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.
1.02 Interpretation. The following rules of this Section 1.02 apply unless the
context requires otherwise. A gender includes all genders. Where a word or phrase is defined, its
other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning. A reference to a subsection, Section,
Appendix, Annex or Exhibit is, unless otherwise specified, a reference to a Section of, or annex or
exhibit to, this Loan Agreement. A reference to a party to this Loan Agreement or another
agreement or document includes the party’s successors and permitted substitutes or assigns. A
reference to an agreement or document (including any Loan Document) is to the agreement or document
as amended, restated, modified, novated, supplemented or replaced, except to the extent prohibited
thereby or by any Loan Document and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof. A reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a modification or
re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation or statutory
instrument issued under it. A reference to writing includes a facsimile transmission and any means
of reproducing words in a tangible and permanently visible form.
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A reference to conduct includes, without limitation, an omission, statement or undertaking,
whether or not in writing. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar words refer to
this Loan Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Loan Agreement. The
term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation”. In the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means
“to and including”.
Except where otherwise provided in this Loan Agreement, any determination, consent, approval,
statement or certificate made or confirmed in writing with notice to the Borrower by the Lender or
an authorized officer of the Lender provided for in this Loan Agreement is conclusive and binds the
parties in the absence of manifest error. A reference to an agreement includes a security interest,
guarantee, agreement or legally enforceable arrangement whether or not in writing related to such
agreement.
A reference to a document includes an agreement (as so defined) in writing or a certificate,
notice, instrument or document, or any information recorded in computer disk form. Where a Loan
Party is required to provide any document to the Lender under the terms of this Loan Agreement, the
relevant document shall be provided in writing or printed form unless the Lender requests
otherwise. At the request of the Lender, the document shall be provided in computer disk form or
both printed and computer disk form.
This Loan Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by counsel to,
the Lender and the Loan Parties, and is the product of all parties. In the interpretation of this
Loan Agreement, no rule of construction shall apply to disadvantage one party on the ground that
such party proposed or was involved in the preparation of any particular provision of this Loan
Agreement or this Loan Agreement itself. Except where otherwise expressly stated, the Lender may
give or withhold, or give conditionally, approvals and consents and may form opinions and make
determinations at its absolute discretion. Any requirement of good faith, discretion or judgment
by the Lender shall not be construed to require the Lender to request or await receipt of
information or documentation not immediately available from or with respect to the Borrower, any
other Loan Party, any other Person, or the Facility Collateral themselves.
It is understood and agreed that any reference to the terms “Subsidiary” and “Affiliate” shall
not be deemed or interpreted to include GMAC; provided that, the ownership thereof
does not increase beyond the amount owned immediately following the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the GMAC Reorganization and this Loan Agreement.
1.03 Accounting Terms and Determinations. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and
certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the Lender hereunder
shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION
2. ADVANCE, NOTE AND PAYMENTS.
2.01 Advance.
(a) Subject to fulfillment of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01 hereof, and
provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing hereunder, the
Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement, to make a loan (the
“Advance”) to the Borrower in Dollars, on the Funding Date in an aggregate principal
amount up to but not exceeding the Maximum Loan Amount.
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(b) The Advance made on the Effective Date shall be used by the Borrower exclusively to pay
the purchase price for the Rights Offering Equity to be purchased by the Borrower, and shall not
exceed $1,000,000,000.
(c) The Advance shall be a term loan and no amounts repaid may be reborrowed hereunder.
(d) Reserved.
(e) Without limiting any other provision of this Loan Agreement, the obligation of the Lender
to fund the Advance is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Lender) of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 5.01.
2.02 The Note.
(a) The Advance shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Note”), dated the date hereof, payable to the Lender
in a principal amount equal to the amount of the Advance and otherwise duly completed. The Lender
shall have the right to have its Note subdivided, by exchange for promissory notes of lesser
denominations or otherwise.
(b) The date, amount and interest rate of the Advance, and each payment made on account of
the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of
the Note, noted by the Lender on the grid attached to the Note or any continuation thereof;
provided, that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall
not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing
hereunder or under the Note in respect of the Advance.
2.03 Procedure for Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower may request the borrowing to be made on the Funding Date by delivering to
the Lender an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (a
“Notice of Borrowing”), appropriately completed, which Notice of Borrowing must be
received no later than 3:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on the Effective Date.
(b) Upon the Borrower’s request for the borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Lender
shall, assuming all conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2.03 and in Section 5.01 have
been met, and provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, make
the Advance. Subject to the foregoing, the Lender shall deliver the Advance to the Borrower in
immediately available funds, via wire transfer pursuant to the wire transfer instructions set
forth immediately below:
Bank: XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx
ABA No.: 000000000
Beneficiary: General Motors Corporation
Account No.: 000-000-0000.
ABA No.: 000000000
Beneficiary: General Motors Corporation
Account No.: 000-000-0000.
2.04 Limitation on Type of Advance; Illegality. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of LIBOR:
(a) the Lender determines, which determination shall be conclusive, that quotations of
interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of “LIBOR” in Section 1.01
hereof
are not being provided in the relevant amounts or for the relevant maturities for purposes of
determining rates of interest for the Advance as provided herein; or
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(b) the Lender determines, which determination shall be conclusive, that the Spread Amount
plus the relevant rate of interest referred to in the definition of “LIBOR” in Section 1.01 hereof
upon the basis of which the rate of interest for the Advance is to be determined is not likely
adequately to cover the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining the Advance; or
(c) it becomes unlawful for the Lender to make or maintain the Advance hereunder using LIBOR;
then the Lender shall give the Borrower prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition
remains in effect, the Borrower shall pay interest on the outstanding Advance at a rate per annum
as determined by the Lender taking into account the cost to the Lender of making and maintaining
the Advance.
2.05 Repayment of the Advance; Interest.
(a) Subject to the exchange right option pursuant to Section 4.13, on the Maturity Date, the
Borrower shall repay to the Lender the aggregate principal amount of the Advance then outstanding
under the Note, together with all interest thereon and fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the
Lender accruing under this Loan Agreement; provided that, if a Termination Event
shall have occurred, all such amounts shall become due and payable on the thirtieth (30th) day
after the Certification Deadline without any further action on the part of the Lender.
(b) The Advance shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per
annum equal to LIBOR plus the Spread Amount, payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date
in respect of the previous Interest Period, (ii) on the Maturity Date and (iii) on payment or
prepayment of the Advance in whole or in part, in the amount of interest accrued on the amount
paid or prepaid, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraphs (c) or (d) of this Section
shall be payable from time to time on demand.
(c) If all or a portion of the Advance, any interest payable on the Advance or any fee or
other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the Post Default Rate, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in
full (as well after as before judgment).
(d) Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Default or Event of Default, at the option of
the Lender, all amounts payable hereunder shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Post Default Rate, in each case from the date of such Default or Event of Default until such
amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).
2.06 Optional Prepayments.
(a) The Advance is prepayable without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time, in
accordance herewith and subject to clause (b) below. Any amounts prepaid shall be applied (i)
first, to pay any fees and indemnity obligations owed to the Lender, (ii) second, to pay accrued
and unpaid interest and (iii) third, to repay the outstanding principal amount of the Advance
until paid in full. Amounts repaid may not be reborrowed. If the Borrower intends to prepay the
Advance in whole or in part from any source, the Borrower shall give two (2) Business Days’ prior
written notice thereof to the Lender. If such notice is given, the amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date
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specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.
Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000,000 and in
integral multiples of $50,000,000 thereafter.
(b) In connection with each prepayment, other than on an Interest Payment Date, the Borrower
shall indemnify the Lender and hold the Lender harmless from any actual loss or expense which the
Lender may sustain or incur arising from (i) the re-employment of funds obtained by the Lender to
maintain the Advance hereunder or (ii) fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such
funds were obtained, in either case, which actual loss or expense shall be equal to an amount
equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by the Lender, of (x) its cost of obtaining funds
for the Advance for the period from the date of such payment through the next Interest Payment
Date over (y) the amount of interest likely to be realized by the Lender in redeploying the funds
not utilized by reason of such payment for such period. This Section 2.06 shall survive
termination of this Loan Agreement and payment of the Note.
(c) Notwithstanding the Borrower’s right to prepay the Advance pursuant to this Section 2.06,
in no event will the Lender’s Lien on any of the Facility Collateral be released upon any such
prepayment until payment in full of the Advance and the satisfaction of all other Obligations.
2.07 Mandatory Prepayments. In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds
are received by or on behalf of any Loan Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower
shall, within one (1) Business Day after such Net Proceeds are received by the applicable Loan
Party, prepay the Advance, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds (a
“Mandatory Prepayment”). Upon receiving any Mandatory Prepayment in connection with the
Disposition of Facility Collateral, the Lender shall release its Lien thereon in accordance with
Section 4.12. Unless and until the Advance has been paid in full and all other Obligations have
been satisfied, the Lender shall not be required to release its Lien on any Facility Collateral
other than Facility Collateral for which the Disposition thereof gave rise to such Mandatory
Prepayment.
2.08 Requirements of Law.
(a) If any Requirement of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to the Lender’s
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or governing documents) or any
change in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the Lender with any request
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject the Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Loan Agreement, the Note or the Advance (excluding net income taxes) or change the basis of
taxation of payments to the Lender in respect thereof (provided that, this
clause (i) shall not apply to any withholding taxes, Excluded Taxes or taxes covered by
Section 3.03);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
advance or similar requirement against assets held by deposits or other liabilities in or
for the account of the Advance or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of
funds by any office of the Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of
LIBOR hereunder;
(iii) shall impose on the Lender any other condition;
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Lender, by an amount which
the Lender deems to be material, of making, continuing or maintaining the Advance or to reduce any
amount
receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay
the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender for such increased cost
or reduced amount receivable thereafter incurred.
(b) If the Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to the Lender’s certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or governing documents) regarding capital adequacy
or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the Lender or any Person
controlling the Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not
having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s or such Person’s capital as a
consequence of any obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Lender or such Person
(taking into consideration the Lender’s or such Person’s policies with respect to capital
adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Lender to be material, then from time to time, the Borrower
shall promptly pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will thereafter compensate
the Lender for such reduction.
(c) If the Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
subsection, it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event by reason of which it has become so
entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection
submitted by the Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
2.09 Use of Proceeds.
The Borrower shall only utilize the proceeds from the Advance to pay the purchase price for
the Rights Offering Equity. The Advance made hereunder is not and shall not be construed as an
extension of United States Government Federal funding associated with any specific project.
SECTION
3. PAYMENTS; COMPUTATIONS; TAXES.
3.01 Payments.
(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and
other amounts to be made by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, shall be made in Dollars, in
immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Lender at the
account set forth in Section 3.01(b) herein not later than 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), on
the date on which such payment shall be due. Any amounts received after such time on any date
may, in the discretion of the Lender, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. If any payment hereunder shall be due
on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable
for the period of such extension. The Borrower acknowledges that it has no rights of withdrawal
from the foregoing account.
(b) All payments should be made to the following account maintained by the Lender:
Bank: The Bank of New York Mellon
ABA No.: 000000000
Beneficiary: For credit to 630234
Account No.: GLA/211705
Account Name: Auto Program Account
Reference: Xxxxxxxx X’Xxxxxx 000-000-0000
ABA No.: 000000000
Beneficiary: For credit to 630234
Account No.: GLA/211705
Account Name: Auto Program Account
Reference: Xxxxxxxx X’Xxxxxx 000-000-0000
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3.02 Computations. Interest on the Advance shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring in the period for which payable.
3.03 US Taxes.
(a) Except as required by Applicable Law, all payments made by the Borrower under this Loan
Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of, any present or future income, or Other Taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by
any Governmental Authority, excluding net or overall gross income taxes or net or overall gross
profit taxes, franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net or overall gross income taxes) and branch
profit taxes imposed on the Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the
Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely
from the Lender’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment
under, or enforced, this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded
Taxes”) or any Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Lender
hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to
yield to the Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such
other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Loan Agreement;
provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such
amounts payable to the Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes that are (i) attributable to
the Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 3.03,
(ii) backup withholding taxes, imposed under Section 3406 of the Code, (iii) taxes imposed by way
of withholding on net or gross income, but not excluding such taxes arising as a result of a
change in Applicable Law occurring after (A) the date that such Person became a party to this Loan
Agreement, or (B) with respect to an assignment, acquisition, grant of a participation the
effective date of such assignment, acquisition, participation or appointment, except to the extent
that such Person’s predecessor was entitled to such amounts, or (C) with respect to the
designation of a new lending office, the effective date of such designation, except to the extent
such Person was entitled to receive such amounts with respect to its previous lending office; and
(iv) taxes resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (collectively, and
together with the taxes excluded by the first sentence of this Section 3.03(a), “Excluded
Taxes”).
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly
as possible thereafter, the Borrower shall send to the Lender, a certified copy of an original
official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof (or if an official receipt is
not available, such other evidence of payment as shall be satisfactory to such Lender). If the
Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes required to be paid by the Borrower
under this Section 3.03 when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the
Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify
the Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Lender
as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of
this Loan Agreement and the payment of the Advance and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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(d) If the Lender (or Participant or the Lender’s assignee) is not a “United States person”
as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”), such Person shall
deliver
to the Borrower (and, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related
participation shall have been purchased) two original copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI and/or Form W-8IMY, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming
exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with
respect to payments of “portfolio interest” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit F and
a Form W-8BEN, and/or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it
becomes a party to this Loan Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant or the Lender’s
assignee, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation, or Lender’s
assignee takes its assignment, as the case may be). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall
deliver such forms promptly upon (i) the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form
previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender and (ii) the written request of the Borrower. If the
Lender (or a Participant or the Lender’s assignee) is a “United States person” as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, it shall deliver a duly executed and properly completed Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 to the Borrower at the time(s) and in the manner(s) described above with
respect to the other forms referenced in this clause (d) above certifying that such person is
exempt from United States backup withholding tax on payments made hereunder under the Loan
Documents; provided, however, that if the Lender is an “exempt recipient” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.6049-4(c), it shall not be required to provide a
Form W-9 except to the extent required under Treasury Regulations section 1.1441-1.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the Lender shall not be required to deliver
any form pursuant to this paragraph that it is not legally able to deliver.
(e) If the Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Loan Agreement then the Lender shall
deliver to the Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested
by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law
as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that
the Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in the
Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially
prejudice the legal position of the Lender.
(f) If the Lender determines that it has received a refund, credit, or other reduction of
taxes in respect of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower, which refund,
credit or other reduction is directly attributable to any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid
by the Borrower, the Lender shall within sixty (60) days from the date of actual receipt of such
refund or the filing of the tax return in which such credit or other reduction results in a lower
tax payment, pay over such refund or the amount of such tax reduction to the Borrower (but only to
the extent of Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower), net of all out of pocket
expenses of such Person, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Loan Agreement, upon the request of the Lender, the Borrower agrees to repay any amount paid
over to the Borrower pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (plus penalties, interest, or
other charges) if such Person is required to repay such amount to the taxing Governmental
Authority.
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SECTION
4. COLLATERAL SECURITY.
4.01 Collateral; Security Interest.
(a) As security for the prompt and complete payment when due of the Obligations and the
performance by the Borrower of all the covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to
this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the
Lender a Lien on and security interest in all of its rights, title and interest in and to all of
the following personal property wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or intangible:
(i) all Equity Interests in GMAC owned by the Borrower (including without
limitation, uncertificated Equity Interests);
(ii) all cash and Cash Equivalents, and all other property from time to time
deposited in any account or deposit account and the monies and property in the
possession or under the control of the Lender or any affiliate, representative,
agent or correspondent of the Lender related to any of the property described in the
preceding clause (i);
(iii) all books, correspondence, files and other Records in the possession or
under the control of the Borrower or any other Person from time to time acting for
the Borrower that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the
property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 4.01(a) or are otherwise
necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof;
(iv) all rights, title and interest of the Borrower (but not any of the
obligations, liabilities or indemnifications of the Borrower) in, to and under the
Loan Documents; and
(v) and all products and proceeds relating to or constituting any or all of the
foregoing (clauses (i) through (iv) collectively, the “Collateral”);
in each case howsoever the Borrower’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership,
security interest, claim or otherwise).
The Liens granted to Lender hereinabove shall be first priority Liens on all of the Collateral
(subject to Permitted Liens and to the extent legally and contractually permissible).
Subject to Section 4.13 and Section 10(h), the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan
Documents constitute recourse obligations of the Borrower, and therefore, their satisfaction is not
limited to payments from the Facility Collateral.
(b) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the Collateral from time
to time, the Lien granted therein includes a continuing security interest in (i) any supporting
obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (A) secures such right
to payment or performance or (B) secures any such supporting obligation (excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, any cash and Cash Equivalents and other property related to the ordinary
commercial relationship between the Loan Parties and GMAC and not to the Equity Interests in GMAC
owned by the Loan Parties).
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4.02 UCC Matters; Further Assurances. The Borrower, shall, at all times on and after
the date hereof, and at its expense, cause Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and
continuation statements to be filed in all applicable jurisdictions as required to continue the
perfection of the security interests created by this Loan Agreement. The Borrower shall, from time
to time, at its expense and in such manner and form as the Lender may reasonably require, execute,
deliver, file and record any other statement, continuation statement, specific assignment or other
instrument or document and take any other action that may be necessary, or that the Lender, may
reasonably request, to create, evidence, preserve, perfect or validate the security interests
created hereunder or to enable the Lender to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect
to any of the Facility Collateral. The Borrower agrees that, if the grant of a security interest in
any Property to Lender requires a consent to such grant from any other Person (other than the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates), the Borrower shall use its best efforts to procure such
consent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall, upon the request of
the Lender, execute and file such Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be
necessary or appropriate or as the Lender may request. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender
to file one or more Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, and amendments
thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Collateral now existing or hereafter
arising without the signature of the Borrower where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or
other reproduction of this Loan Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any
part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement.
4.03 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. If the Borrower shall (i) change the location
of its chief executive office/chief place of business from that specified in Section 6.10 hereof,
(ii) change its name, identity or corporate structure (or the equivalent) or change the location
where it maintains records with respect to the Collateral, or (iii) reincorporate or reorganize
under the laws of another jurisdiction, it shall give the Lender written notice thereof not later
than ten (10) days after such event occurs, and shall deliver to the Lender all Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements and amendments as the Lender shall request and taken all other actions
deemed reasonably necessary by the Lender to continue its perfected status in the Collateral with
the same or better priority.
4.04 Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact.
(a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Lender and any officer or
agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Borrower and in the name of the
Borrower or in its own name, from time to time in the Lender’s discretion, for the purpose of
carrying out the terms of this Loan Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish
the purposes of this Loan Agreement, which the Borrower is required to do hereunder but has failed
to do within the time limits required, including without limitation, to protect, preserve and
realize upon the Collateral, to file such financing statements relating to the Collateral as the
Lender at its option deems appropriate, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Borrower hereby gives the Lender the power and right, on behalf of the Borrower, without assent
by, but with notice to, the Borrower, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, to do the following:
(i) in the name of the Borrower or its own name, or otherwise, to take
possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or
other instruments for the payment of moneys due with respect to any of the
Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any
court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Lender for the purpose
of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral
whenever payable;
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(ii) to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened
against the Collateral; and
(iii) (A) to direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to
make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the
Lender or as the Lender shall direct; (B) to ask or demand for, collect, receive
payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to
become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) to sign
and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in
connection with any of the Collateral; (D) to commence and prosecute any suits,
actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to
collect the Collateral or any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect
of any Collateral; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against the
Borrower with respect to any Collateral; (F) to settle, compromise or adjust any
suit, action or proceeding described in clause (E) above and, in connection
therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Lender may deem appropriate;
and (G) in connection with its exercise of its remedies hereunder pursuant to
Sections 4.07 or 10, generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement
with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely
as though the Lender were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at
the Lender’s option and the Borrower’s expense, at any time, or from time to time,
all acts and things which the Lender deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize
upon the Collateral and the Lender’s Liens thereon and to effect the intent of this
Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all as fully and effectively as the
Borrower might do.
The Borrower hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.
(b) The Borrower also authorizes the Lender, at any time and from time to time, to execute,
in connection with the sale provided for in Section 4.07 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or
other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.
(c) The powers conferred on the Lender are solely to protect the Lender’s interests in the
Collateral and subject to Applicable Law shall not impose any duty upon the Lender to exercise any
such powers. The Lender shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a
result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Lender nor any of its officers, directors,
agents or employees shall be responsible to the Borrower for any act or failure to act hereunder,
except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
4.05 Performance by the Lender of the Borrower’s Obligations. If the Borrower fails
to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained in the Loan Documents, the Lender may
itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement, and
the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender incurred in connection with such performance or
compliance, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Post-Default Rate,
shall be payable by the Borrower to the Lender on demand and shall constitute Obligations.
4.06 Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) all proceeds
of Facility Collateral received by the Borrower consisting of cash, checks and Cash Equivalents
shall be held by the Borrower in trust for the Lender, segregated from other funds of the Borrower,
and shall forthwith upon receipt by the Borrower be turned over to the Lender in the exact form
received by the Borrower (duly endorsed by the Borrower to the Lender, if required), and (b) any
and all such proceeds received by the Borrower will be applied by the Lender against, the
Obligations (whether matured or
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unmatured), such application to be in such order as the Lender shall elect. For purposes
hereof, proceeds shall include, but not be limited to, all principal and interest payments, royalty
payments, license fees, all prepayments and payoffs, all dividends and distributions, sale
proceeds, rents and any other income and all other amounts received with respect to the Facility
Collateral and upon the liquidation of any Facility Collateral, all such proceeds received by the
Lender will be distributed by the Lender in such order as the Lender shall elect. Any balance of
such proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full and this Loan Agreement
shall have been terminated shall be promptly paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive the same.
4.07 Remedies. If a Default or Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
Lender may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Loan
Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the
Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code, at law
and in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lender, without demand of
performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any
notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the Borrower or any other Person (all and each
of which demands, defenses, presentments, protests, advertisements and notices are hereby waived),
may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Facility
Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options
to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Facility Collateral or any part thereof (or
contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels or as an entirety at public or private
sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Lender or elsewhere upon such terms
and conditions and at prices that are consistent with the prevailing market for similar collateral
as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for
future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Lender shall act in good faith to
obtain the best execution possible under prevailing market conditions. The Lender shall have the
right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such
private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Facility Collateral so sold, free
of any right or equity of redemption in the Borrower, which right or equity is hereby waived and
released. The Borrower further agrees, at the Lender’s request, to assemble the Facility Collateral
and make it available to the Lender at places which the Lender shall reasonably select, whether at
the Borrower’s premises or elsewhere. The Lender shall apply the net proceeds of any such
collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable
costs and expenses of every kind incurred therein or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any
of the Facility Collateral or in any way relating to the Facility Collateral or the rights of the
Lender hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to
the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Lender may elect, and only
after such application and after the payment by the Lender of any other amount required or
permitted by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-504(1)(c) of the
Uniform Commercial Code, need the Lender account for the surplus, if any, to the Borrower. To the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives all claims, damages and demands it may
acquire against the Lender arising out of the exercise by the Lender of any of its rights
hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other Disposition of Facility Collateral shall be
required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least ten (10) days
before such sale or other Disposition. The Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency (plus
accrued interest thereon) if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Facility
Collateral are insufficient to pay the Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements
incurred by the Lender, including reasonable fees and expenses of any attorneys employed by the
Lender to collect such deficiency. Because the Borrower recognizes that the Lender may not be able
to purchase or sell all of the Facility Collateral on a particular Business Day, or in a
transaction with the same purchaser, or in the same manner because the market for such Facility
Collateral may not be liquid, the Borrower agrees that liquidation of the Facility Collateral does
not require a public purchase or sale and that a good faith private purchase or sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Accordingly, the Lender may elect,
in its sole discretion, the time and manner of
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liquidating any Facility Collateral and nothing contained herein shall (i) obligate the Lender
to liquidate any Facility Collateral on the occurrence of an Event of Default or to liquidate all
Facility Collateral in the same manner or on the same Business Day or (ii) constitute a waiver of
any of the Lender’s rights or remedies.
4.08 Continuing Liability of the Borrower. The security interests described above are
granted as security only and shall not subject the Lender or any of its assigns to, or transfer or
in any way affect or modify, any obligation, liability or indemnity of the Borrower with respect
to, any of the Facility Collateral or any transaction relating thereto. None of the Lender or its
assigns shall be required or obligated in any manner to make any inquiry as to the nature or
sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under
any such obligation, or to make any payment or present or file any claim, or to take any action to
collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amount thereunder to which any such Person
may be entitled at any time.
4.09 Limitation on Duties Regarding Preservation of Facility Collateral. The Lender’s
duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Facility Collateral
in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise, shall be to
deal with it in the same manner as the Lender deals with similar property for its own account.
Neither the Lender nor any of its directors, officers or employees shall be liable for failure to
demand, collect or realize upon all or any part of the Facility Collateral or for any delay in
doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Facility Collateral
upon the request of the Borrower or otherwise.
4.10 Powers Coupled with an Interest. All authorizations and agencies herein
contained with respect to the Facility Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an
interest.
4.11 Release of Security Interest Upon Satisfaction of all Obligations. Upon
termination of this Loan Agreement and repayment to the Lender of all Obligations and the
performance of all obligations under the Loan Documents, the Lender shall release its security
interest in any remaining Facility Collateral; provided that if any payment, or any
part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by
the Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Borrower, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
a trustee or similar officer for the Borrower or any substantial part of its Property, or
otherwise, this Loan Agreement, all rights hereunder and the Liens created hereby shall continue to
be effective, or be reinstated, until such payments have been made.
4.12 Partial Release of Facility Collateral. Provided that no Event of Default shall
then exist, the Lender shall, in connection with any Disposition of any Facility Collateral
permitted under this Loan Agreement (other than Dispositions of Facility Collateral (i) between and
among Loan Parties and Pledged Entities and (ii) pursuant to any GMAC Trust Disposition), release
from the Lien of the Loan Documents the portion of the Facility Collateral Disposed of, upon the
applicable Loan Parties’ satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) the Borrower shall provide the Lender with at least ten (10) Business Days prior written
notice of its request to obtain a release of such Facility Collateral;
(b) the Lender shall have received a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds in
the amount of the Net Proceeds of the Disposition, together with (i) all accrued and unpaid
interest on the amount of principal being prepaid through and including the prepayment date; and
(ii) all other sums then due and owing under this Loan Agreement, the Note or the other Loan
Documents in connection with a partial prepayment; provided, that a wire transfer need not be
effectuated in the event
of the Disposition of Facility Collateral in connection with the GMAC Reorganization unless
and until the proceeds are remitted to the Borrower;
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(c) the Borrower shall submit to the Lender, not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to
the date of such release, a release of Lien (and related Loan Documents) for such Facility
Collateral for execution by Lender. Such release shall be in a form that would be satisfactory to
a prudent institutional lender. In addition, the Borrower shall provide all other documentation
the Lender reasonably requires to be delivered by the Borrower in connection with such release,
together with a certificate of a Responsible Person of the Borrower certifying that (i) such
documentation is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, and (ii) the release will
not impair or otherwise adversely affect the Liens, security interests and other rights of the
Lender under the Loan Documents not being released (or as to the parties to the Loan Documents and
property subject to the Loan Documents not being released); and
(d) the Lender shall have received payment of all the Lender’s reasonable, third party costs
and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements incurred in connection with the
release of such Facility Collateral from the Lien of the Loan Documents and the review and
approval of the documents and information required to be delivered in connection therewith.
4.13 Option to Exchange Obligations for Rights Offering Equity. The Borrower hereby
grants to the Lender (and its successors and assigns; provided, that such successor or assign shall
not be an automobile manufacturer or any affiliate thereof unless it is otherwise approved by the
Borrower in writing), the option (the “Option”) to exchange 100% of the Obligations for the Rights
Offering Equity in full satisfaction of such Obligations. The Option may be exercised by the
Lender at any time by providing notice to the Borrower that the Lender is exercising such Option
(the date such notice is delivered by the Lender to the Borrower being referred to below as the
“Option Exercise Date”), and the Exchange Date shall occur on the third (3rd) Business Day after
the Option Exercise Date. On the Exchange Date, the Lender shall acquire all right, title and
interest of the Loan Parties in and to all Class B Membership Interests in GMAC that constitute
the Rights Offering Equity; provided, that, in the event that the Borrower has made any Optional
Prepayments or Mandatory Prepayments of the Advance during the period from the Effective Date to
the Exchange Date, the Lender shall acquire the pro-rata share of the Rights Offering Equity which
corresponds to the outstanding Advance amount. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has
prepaid 25% of the Advance as of the Exchange Date, then the Lender shall acquire 75% of the units
of Class B Membership Interests in GMAC which constitute Rights Offering Equity. For the purposes
of this Section, the term “Rights Offering Equity” shall include any securities issued with respect
to the Rights Offering Equity pursuant to a reorganization of GMAC.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
5.01 Conditions Precedent to Advance. The obligation of the Lender to make the
Advance hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the
making of the Advance, of the following conditions precedent or waiver of such conditions precedent
by the Lender:
(a) Loan Agreement. The Lender shall have received this Loan Agreement, duly executed
and delivered by a Responsible Person of the Borrower.
(b) Additional Loan Documents. The Lender shall have received the following
documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Lender in form and substance:
(i) Note. The original Note, duly completed and executed; and
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(ii) Loan Documents. Each additional Loan Document, duly executed and
delivered by a Responsible Person of each of the parties thereto.
(c) Notice of Borrowing. The Lender shall have received a duly executed Notice of
Borrowing.
(d) Organizational Documents. The Lender shall have received a certificate of a
Responsible Person of each Loan Party attesting to the validity of a good standing certificate and
certified copies of the charter and by-laws (or equivalent documents) of such Person and of all
corporate or other authority for such Person with respect to the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents and each other document to be delivered by such Person from time
to time in connection herewith (and the Lender may conclusively rely on such certificate until it
receives notice in writing from the relevant Loan Party to the contrary).
(e) Incumbency Certificate. The Lender shall have received an incumbency certificate
of a secretary or assistant secretary of each Loan Party certifying the names, true signatures and
titles of such Person’s representatives duly authorized to request the Advance hereunder, if
applicable, and to execute the Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered in
connection therewith.
(f) Other Certificates. The Lender shall have received a certificate of a
Responsible Person of each Loan Party certifying that as of the Effective Date each of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Loan Agreement are true and accurate in all
material respects (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been
made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
(g) Legal Opinion. A legal opinion of (i) in-house counsel to the Loan Parties and
(ii) U.S. counsel to the Loan Parties, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
(h) Facility Collateral. The Lender’s interests in the Facility Collateral shall be
perfected and of first priority in accordance with Applicable Law (except to the extent the
interests will be perfected on a post-closing basis, as may be agreed to by the Lender), and shall
be subject to no Liens other than those created hereunder and Permitted Liens.
(i) Filings, Registrations, Recordings. Any documents (including, without
limitation, (i) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on Form UCC-1 and (ii) Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements on Form UCC-3 evidencing a termination of the Lender’s
security interest in the Facility Collateral granted in connection with the XX XxxXx Facility)
required to be filed, registered or recorded in order to perfect the Lender’s security interest in
the Facility Collateral, shall have been properly prepared and executed for filing (including the
applicable county(ies) if the Lender determines such filings are necessary in its reasonable
discretion), registration or recording in each office in each jurisdiction in which such filings,
registrations and recordations are required to perfect such first-priority security interest (or
junior lien, with respect to any portion of the Facility Collateral subject to a Permitted Lien).
(j) Searches. The Lender shall have received the results of a recent lien search in
each of the jurisdictions in which Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other filings
or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in the Facility
Collateral, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the Facility Collateral, except for
Permitted Liens, and shall in all cases be satisfactory to the Lender.
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(k) Lien Releases. With respect to the Facility Collateral on which the Lender will
have a first priority security interest, evidence that all then-existing Liens thereon (except
Permitted Liens) have been released or will be released simultaneously with the funding of the
Advance.
(l) Reserved.
(m) Fees and Expenses. The Lender shall have received all fees and expenses required
to be paid by the Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date, including, but not limited to,
counsel fees.
(n) Financial Statements. The Lender shall have received the financial statements
referenced in Section 6.02 for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and year ended December 31,
2007.
(o) Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc. The Lender shall have received copies
certified by each Loan Party of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, including, but not
limited to, consent and approvals of all relevant shareholders and members required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of, and the validity and
enforceability of, the Loan Documents, which consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full
force and effect.
(p) Insurance. The Lender shall have received evidence in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender showing compliance by each Loan Party as of the Effective Date with
Section 7.06 hereof, to the extent applicable to such Loan Party.
(q) Litigation. There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or
proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any
Governmental Authority that (i) could have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to challenge
the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the
transaction contemplated hereby.
(r) Pledged Equity. With respect to the Collateral (as defined in the Equity Pledge
Agreement) pledged to the Lender under the Equity Pledge Agreement, (i) the Pledgor shall have
complied with Sections 2.3 and 2.4 of the Equity Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the Lender shall have
received an Acknowledgment and Consent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, duly executed by
each Pledged Entity (an “Acknowledgement and Consent”). In addition, the Lender shall
have received evidence that the registries of ownership interests for all uncertificated Pledged
Equity reflects the Lender’s security interests in the Pledged Equity.
(s) Pledged Entity. The Borrower and the Pledgors shall deliver to the Lender a good
standing certificate for each Pledged Entity and copies of the certificate of formation, articles
of incorporation, by-laws and operating agreement (or equivalent documents) of such Pledged
Entity, as the Lender may reasonably require.
(t) Pledged Equity Consents. To the extent required, the Lender shall have received
all required approvals and consents to the pledge of the Pledged Equity to the Lender duly
executed by each creditor, joint venture partner, regulatory body and any other Person or
Governmental Authority with such approval and consent rights.
(u) Reserved.
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(v) Reserved.
(w) Accuracy of Information. Both immediately prior to the making of the Advance and
also after giving effect thereto and to the intended use thereof, the representations and
warranties made by each Loan party in Section 6 hereof, and by each Loan Party in each of the
other Loan Documents, shall be true and complete on and as of the date of the making of the
Advance in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date
(or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific
date, as of such specific date). At the request of the Lender, the Lender shall have received an
officer’s certificate signed by a Responsible Person of the Borrower certifying as to the truth
and accuracy of the above, which certificate shall be in form and substance acceptable to the
Lender in its sole, reasonable discretion.
(x) Maximum Loan Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Advance funded
hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Loan Amount.
(y) Due Diligence Review. Subject to the Lender’s right to perform one or more Due
Diligence Reviews pursuant to Section 11.16 hereof, the Lender shall have completed its due
diligence review of such documents, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to
the Advance as the Lender in its reasonable discretion deems appropriate to review and such review
shall be satisfactory to the Lender in its reasonable discretion.
(z) Reserved.
(aa) Other Documents. The Lender or its designee shall have received any other
documents reasonably requested by the Lender and the Borrower shall have provided such documents
within a reasonable period of time after such request.
(bb) Other Conditions. Each Loan Party shall have performed (to the satisfaction of
the Lender) all other conditions to the making of the Advance requested by the Lender.
(cc) GMAC Consents. The Common Holders of the Class A Membership Interests of GMAC
and holders of the Class C Membership Interests of GMAC shall have consented in writing to the
pledge to Lender of the Class B Membership Interests and the Preferred Membership Interests
pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(dd) Warrant Agreement. As additional consideration for the Lender to enter into this
Loan Agreement and the XX XxxXx Facility, the Borrower and the Lender have entered into the
Warrant Agreement and the Borrower has issued the Warrant to the Lender in accordance with the
terms of such Warrant Agreement.
(ee) Debt-for-Equity Exchange. Cerberus ResCap Financing, LLC (or its applicable
affiliate) and the Borrower shall each have converted 100% of their respective participation
interests in GMAC’s senior secured credit facility with Residential Funding Company, LLC and GMAC
Mortgage, LLC, dated June 4, 2008, to Common Membership Interests.
(ff) Preemptive Rights. No Common Holder of Common Membership Interests of GMAC
shall have any preemptive rights under Section 12.3 of the GMAC Operating Agreement in respect of
the Rights Offering Equity.
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The request for the Advance hereunder shall constitute a certification by the Borrower to the
effect set forth in this Section (both as of the date of such notice, request or confirmation and
as of the date of such borrowing).
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Loan Party, as applicable, represents
and warrants to the Lender that as of the Effective Date and as of the Funding Date:
6.01 Existence. Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, limited partnership or limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals, necessary to own its assets and
carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted, except where the lack of such
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (c) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all other jurisdictions
in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where failure so to qualify would not be reasonably likely (either individually or in the
aggregate) to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) is in compliance in all material respects
with all Requirements of Law.
6.02 Financial Condition. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lender a copy
of its audited Consolidated balance sheets as at December 31, 2007, with the opinion thereon of an
independent auditor, a copy of which has been provided to the Lender. The Borrower has also
heretofore furnished to the Lender the related Consolidated statements of income and retained
earnings and of cash flows for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for its most recent
fiscal year for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section
7.01(c), setting forth in comparative form the same information for the previous year. All such
financial statements are materially complete and correct and fairly present the Consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Consolidated results
of their operations for the fiscal year ended on said date, all in accordance with GAAP applied on
a consistent basis. There are no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, as of the Effective Date,
known to any Loan Party and not disclosed in the most recently publicly filed financial statements
or in the footnotes thereto (or as otherwise disclosed to the Lender prior to the Effective Date),
that involve a material amount.
6.03 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.03 hereto or otherwise disclosed
by a Responsible Person in writing to the Lender from time to time, there are no actions, suits,
arbitrations, investigations or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against any
Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries or affecting any of the property thereof before any
Governmental Authority, (i) as to which individually or in the aggregate there is a reasonable
likelihood of an adverse decision which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or (ii) which questions the validity or enforceability of this Loan Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents or any action to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or adverse
decision.
6.04 No Breach. Neither the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents nor the
consummation of the transactions therein contemplated in compliance with the terms and provisions
thereof will (a) conflict with or result in a breach of (i) the charter, by laws, operating
agreement or similar organizational document of any Loan Party, (ii) any Requirement of Law, (iii)
any Applicable Law, rule or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
Governmental Authority, (iv) any material Contractual Obligation to which any Loan Party, or any of
their Subsidiaries, is a party or by which any of them or any of their Property is bound or to
which any of them or any of their Property is subject, or (b) constitute a default under any such
Contractual Obligation, or (c) (except for the Liens created pursuant to this Loan Agreement and
Permitted Liens) result in the creation or imposition of any
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Lien upon any property of any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms
of any such agreement or instrument. The Loan Parties shall not be deemed to be in breach of this
Section 6.04, clauses (a)(iv) and (b) to the extent that any intercompany agreements that are
Existing Agreements do not satisfy the criteria of clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted
Investments.
6.05 Action, Binding Obligations. Each Loan Party has all necessary corporate or
other power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party; the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan
Party of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other action on its part; and each Loan Document has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
all of the Loan Parties, enforceable against all of the Loan Parties in accordance with its terms,
subject to the Bankruptcy Exceptions.
6.06 Approvals. No authorizations, approvals or consents of, and no filings or
registrations with, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, are necessary for the
execution, delivery or performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party
for the legality, validity or enforceability thereof, except for filings and recordings or other
actions in respect of the Liens created pursuant to this Loan Agreement unless the same has already
been obtained and provided to the Lender.
6.07 Taxes. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal income tax
returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them and have paid all
Federal and material State and local taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any
assessment received by any of them, except for any such taxes, if any, that are being appropriately
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which
adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of taxes and other governmental charges are, in the opinion
of such Loan Party, adequate. Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges payable by any Loan
Party in connection with the Advance and the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents have been
paid.
6.08 Investment Company Act. None of the Loan Parties is required to register as an
“investment company”, or is a company “controlled” by a Person required to register as an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan
Party is subject to any Federal or state statute or regulation which limits its ability to incur
Indebtedness.
6.09 No Default. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default
under or with respect to any of their Contractual Obligations in any respect which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
6.10 Chief Executive Office; Chief Operating Office. The chief executive office and
the chief operating office on the Effective Date for each Loan Party is located at the location set
forth on Schedule 6.10 hereto.
6.11 Location of Books and Records. The location where the Loan Parties keep their
books and records including all Records relating to their business and operations and the Facility
Collateral are located in the locations set forth in Schedule 6.11.
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6.12 True and Complete Disclosure. The information, reports, financial statements,
exhibits and schedules furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Lender or its agents or
representatives in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, it being understood that in the case of projections,
such projections are based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which such information is
stated or certified. All information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of any Loan
Party to the Lender in connection with this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be true, complete and accurate in every material
respect, or (in the case of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which
such information is stated or certified. There is no fact known to a Responsible Person of any Loan
Party that, after due inquiry, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that
has not been disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents or in a report, financial statement,
exhibit, schedule, disclosure letter or other writing furnished to the Lender for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
6.13 Material Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 6.13 is a complete and accurate list
as of the date hereof of all Existing Agreements of the Loan Parties filed by, or incorporated in,
the Borrower’s 2008 SEC filings.
6.14 ERISA. Any Benefit Plan which is intended to be a tax-qualified plan of any Loan
Party has received a favorable determination letter and such Loan Party does not know of any reason
why such letter should be revoked. The Loan Parties and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates
are in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder. (a) As of December 31, 2007, no ERISA Event has occurred
that could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
in excess of $2,000,000,000, (b) as of the Effective Date, no ERISA Event other than a
determination that a Plan is “at risk” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred or
is reasonably likely to occur that could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Loan
Party or ERISA Affiliate in excess of $2,000,000,000, (c) as of December 31, 2007, the present
value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of December 31, 2007, exceed the
fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all benefit liabilities of
all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of December 31, 2007, exceed the fair market value of the
assets of all such underfunded Plans, (d) as of December 31, 2007, the Loan Parties do not have
post-retirement medical liability in excess of $60,000,000,000 based on the actuarial assumptions
set forth in the Loan Party’s financial statements under GAAP as of December 31, 2007, and (e) as
of the Effective Date, there is not, and there is not reasonably expected to be, any withdrawal
liability from, or any obligation or liability (direct or indirect) with respect to, any
Multiemployer Plan. The representations set forth in the preceding two sentences of this Section
6.14 shall continue to be true and correct on each day that the Advance is outstanding pursuant to
the Loan Agreement except to the extent that any such change or failure when aggregated with all
other changes or failures in the preceding two sentences of this Section 6.14, would not be
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no Plans or other
arrangements which would result in the payment to any employee, former employee, individual
consultant or director of any amounts or benefits upon the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein or the exercise of the Lender of any right or remedy contemplated herein.
Assets of the Loan Parties or any ERISA Affiliate are not “plan assets” within the meaning of the
DOL Regulation Section 2510.3-101 as amended by section 3(42) of ERISA.
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6.15 Expense Policy. The Borrower has commenced steps necessary to ensure that (a)
the Expense Policy conforms to the requirements set forth herein and (b) the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Expense Policy.
6.16 Subsidiaries. All of the Subsidiaries of each Loan Party at the date hereof are
listed on Schedule 6.16, which schedule sets forth the name and jurisdiction of formation of each
of their Subsidiaries and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity
Interests owned by each Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule
6.16.
6.17 Reserved.
6.18 Fraudulent Conveyance. Each Loan Party acknowledges that it will benefit from
the Advance contemplated by this Loan Agreement. No Loan Party is incurring Indebtedness or
transferring any Facility Collateral with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its
creditors.
6.19 USA PATRIOT Act.
(a) Each Loan Party represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its respective
Affiliates over which it exercises management control (a “Controlled Affiliate”) is a
Prohibited Person, and such Controlled Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable orders,
rules, regulations and recommendations of OFAC.
(b) Each Loan Party represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its members,
directors, officers, employees, parents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates: (1) are subject to U.S. or
multilateral economic or trade sanctions currently in force; (2) are owned or controlled by, or
act on behalf of, any governments, corporations, entities or individuals that are subject to U.S.
or multilateral economic or trade sanctions currently in force; (3) is a Prohibited Person or is
otherwise named, identified or described on any blocked persons list, designated nationals list,
denied persons list, entity list, debarred party list, unverified list, sanctions list or other
list of individuals or entities with whom U.S. persons may not conduct business, including but not
limited to lists published or maintained by OFAC, lists published or maintained by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, and lists published or maintained by the U.S. Department of State.
(c) None of the Facility Collateral are traded or used, directly or indirectly by a
Prohibited Person or organized in a Prohibited Jurisdiction.
(d) Each Loan Party has established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required
by all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) (the “USA PATRIOT Act”) (collectively,
the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”).
6.20 Embargoed Person. As of the date hereof and at all times throughout the term of
this Loan Agreement, (a) none of any Loan Party’s funds or other assets constitute property of, or
are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any person, entity or government subject to
trade restrictions under U.S. law, including but not limited to, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq. (the “Trading With the Enemy Act”), any of the
foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign Assets Control Regulations”) or any enabling
legislation or regulations promulgated thereunder or executive order relating thereto (which for
the avoidance of doubt shall include but shall not be limited to (i) Executive Order No. 13224,
effective as of
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September 24, 2001 and relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons
Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the
“Executive Order”) and (ii) the USA PATRIOT Act, with the result that the investment in the
Borrower (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Advance is in violation of
law (“Embargoed Person”)); (b) no Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature
whatsoever in it with the result that the investment in it (whether directly or indirectly), is
prohibited by law or the Advance is in violation of law; (c) none of its funds have been derived
from any unlawful activity with the result that the investment in it (whether directly or
indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Advance is in violation of law; and (d) neither it nor any
of its Affiliates (i) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the
Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (ii) engages or will engage
in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such “blocked person”. For
purposes of determining whether or not a representation with respect to any indirect ownership is
true or a covenant is being complied with under this Section 6.20, no Loan Party shall be required
to make any investigation into (i) the ownership of publicly traded stock or other publicly traded
securities or (ii) the ownership of assets by a collective investment fund that holds assets for
employee benefit plans or retirement arrangements.
6.21 Borrowing for Own Benefit. The Loan Parties are the ultimate beneficiaries of
this Loan Agreement and the Advance to be received hereunder. The Borrower will use the proceeds
of the Advance solely as set forth in Section 2.09 and the use of the Advance will comply with all
Applicable Laws, including money laundering laws. No portion of the Advance is to be used, for the
“purpose of purchasing or carrying” any “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations U and
X of the Board, as amended, and the Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit to
others for such purpose.
6.22 Indebtedness. No Loan Party has incurred any Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness. The Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.22 is a complete and accurate list as of
the date hereof of all existing material Indebtedness, excluding intercompany Indebtedness of each
Loan Party, showing the parties and amendments and modifications thereto. Other than as set forth
on Schedule 6.22, as of the date hereof, each contract related to existing Indebtedness of each
Loan Party, excluding intercompany Indebtedness (i) is in full force and effect and is binding upon
and enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Loan
Parties, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, (ii) has not been otherwise
amended or modified, except as set forth on Schedule 6.22, and (iii) is not in default due to the
action of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any other party thereto, except to
the extent any such defaults would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.23 Labor Matters. (a) There are no strikes against any Loan Party pending or, to
the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of
each Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable
Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from each Loan Party on
account of employee health and welfare benefits, or health or welfare benefits to any former
employees of any Loan Party or for which any Loan Party has any liability or obligation have been
paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party in accordance with GAAP, except
where the failure to make or accrue such payments could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.24 Survival of Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party agrees that all of
the representations and warranties of such Loan Party set forth in this Section 6 and elsewhere in
this Loan Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any amount remains
owing to the Lender under this Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by any Loan Party.
All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made in this Loan Agreement or in the
other Loan
Documents by each Loan Party shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lender
notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by the Lender or on their behalf.
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6.25 Representations Concerning the Facility Collateral. Each Loan Party represents
and warrants to the Lender that as of each day that the Advance is outstanding pursuant to this
Loan Agreement:
(a) No Loan Party has assigned, pledged, conveyed, or encumbered any Facility Collateral to
any other Person (other than Permitted Liens) and immediately prior to the pledge of any such
Facility Collateral, a Loan Party was the sole owner of such Facility Collateral and had good and
marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and no Person,
other than the Lender has any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Facility Collateral. No
security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation
statement covering all or any part of the Facility Collateral which has been signed by any Loan
Party or which any Loan Party has authorized any other Person to sign or file or record, is on
file or of record with any public office, except such as may have been filed by or on behalf of a
Loan Party in favor of the Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents or in respect of applicable
Permitted Liens.
(b) The provisions of the Loan Documents are effective to create in favor of the Lender a
valid security interest in all right, title, and interest of each Loan Party in, to and under the
Facility Collateral, subject only to applicable Permitted Liens.
(c) Upon (i) the filing of termination statements on Form UCC-3 naming the Lender as “Secured
Party” and each Pledgor as “Debtor”, evidencing the termination of the security interest in the
Facility Collateral granted in connection with the XX XxxXx Facility, in the jurisdictions and
recording offices listed on Schedule 6.25 attached hereto, (ii) the filing of financing statements
on Form UCC-1 naming the Lender as “Secured Party” and each Loan Party as “Debtor”, and describing
the Facility Collateral, in the jurisdictions and recording offices listed on Schedule 6.25
attached hereto, and (iii) where any Facility Collateral constitutes certificated Pledged Equity
Interests, delivery in the State of New York by the Borrower to the Lender of all such
certificated Pledged Equity together with stock powers with respect thereto in blank, the security
interests granted hereunder in the Facility Collateral will constitute perfected first priority
security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code in all right, title and interest of the
applicable Loan Party in, to and under such Facility Collateral which can be perfected by filing
under the Uniform Commercial Code or by delivery of certificated Pledged Equity in the State of
New York, subject to applicable Permitted Liens.
(d) Each Loan Party has and will continue to have the full right, power and authority, to
pledge the Facility Collateral, and the pledge of the Facility Collateral may be further assigned
without any requirement.
(e) All Equity Interests in GMAC owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been pledged
to the Lender to secure the Obligations pursuant to this Loan Agreement or the Equity Pledge
Agreement.
6.26 Reserved.
6.27 JV Agreements.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 6.27 is a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of all
JV Agreements, showing the parties and the dates of amendments and modifications thereto.
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(b) Each JV Agreement (i) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable
against each party thereto, (ii) has not been otherwise amended or modified, except as set forth
on Schedule 6.27, and (iii) is not in default and no event has occurred that, with the passage of
time and/or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder, except to the
extent any such default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6A REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY OF THE LENDER.
The Lender represents and warrants to the Borrower that, as of the Effective Date, there is no
substantial certainty that the option granted to the Lender in Section 4.13 will be exercised.
SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE AND FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES.
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees with the Lender that, so long as the Advance is
outstanding and until payment in full of all Obligations:
7.01 Financial Statements. The Borrower shall deliver to the Lender:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within (i) forty-five (45) days after the end of
each month, the unaudited Consolidated statements of cash flow for the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries (including the Loan Parties) for such month and the portion of the
fiscal year through the end of such month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous year and (ii) fifteen (15) days following the end of each calendar month,
Consolidated monthly management reports prepared by the Borrower with respect to the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries. The management reports shall be certified to in the monthly
certificate delivered by the Borrower as provided in the last paragraph of Section 7.01;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the
first three quarterly fiscal periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Consolidated balance
sheets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including the Loan Parties) as at the
end of such period and the related unaudited Consolidated statements of income and retained
earnings and of cash flows for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including the Loan
Parties) for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year;
(c) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, the Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries (including the Loan Parties) as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
Consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous year, accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent certified public
accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that said Consolidated
financial statements fairly present the Consolidated financial condition and results of operations
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including the Loan Parties) at the end of, and
for, such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP;
(d) as soon as reasonably possible after receipt by the subject Loan Party, a copy of any
material report that may be prepared and submitted by such Loan Party’s independent certified
public accountants at any time;
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(e) from time to time such other information regarding the financial condition, operations,
or business of any Loan Party as the Lender may reasonably request;
(f) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of such other financial statements and
reports, if any, as any Loan Party may be required to publicly file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any similar or corresponding governmental commission, department or agency
substituted therefor, or any similar or corresponding governmental commission, department, board,
bureau, or agency, federal or state;
(g) as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a
Responsible Person of a Loan Party knows or has reason to believe, that any of the events or
conditions specified below with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan has occurred or exists,
a statement signed by a Responsible Person of the relevant Loan Party setting forth details
respecting such event or condition and the action, if any, that such Loan Party or its ERISA
Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto (and a copy of any report or notice required to be
filed with or given to PBGC by such Loan Party or an ERISA Affiliate with respect to such event or
condition):
(i) any Reportable Event (provided that a failure to meet the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, including, without
limitation, the failure to make on or before its due date a required installment
under the Code or ERISA, shall be a reportable event regardless of the issuance of
any waivers in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Code); and any request for a
waiver under Section 412(d) of the Code for any Plan;
(ii) the distribution under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to
terminate any Plan or any action taken by any Loan Party or an ERISA Affiliate to
terminate any Plan;
(iii) the institution by PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for
the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer
Plan that such action has been taken by PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer
Plan;
(iv) the complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan by any Loan
Party or any ERISA Affiliate that results in liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of
ERISA (including the obligation to satisfy secondary liability as a result of a
purchaser default) or the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of notice
from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to
Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or that it intends to terminate or has terminated
under Section 4041A of ERISA;
(v) the institution of a proceeding by a fiduciary of any Multiemployer Plan
against any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate to enforce Section 515 of ERISA, which
proceeding is not dismissed within thirty (30) days; and
(vi) any violation of section 401(a)(29) of the Code; and
(h) as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each of
the first quarterly fiscal period of each fiscal year of the Borrower commencing in the year 2010,
updated Schedules to this Loan Agreement, which shall be true, accurate and complete in all
material respects as of the last Business Day of such fiscal period.
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The Borrower will furnish to the Lender, at the time it furnishes each set of financial
statements pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, a certificate of a Responsible Person of
the Borrower in the form of Exhibit E, wherein such Responsible Person shall certify that, (i) said
Consolidated financial statements fairly present the Consolidated financial condition and results
of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the Loan Parties) in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period (subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes if applicable), except with respect to the monthly
management reports and statements of cash flow delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) to which the
foregoing clause (i) certification does not apply, (ii) to the best of such Responsible Person’s
knowledge, each Loan Party during such fiscal period or year has observed or performed all of its
covenants and other agreements in all material respects, is in compliance with the representations
and warranties in this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and has satisfied every material
condition contained in this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be observed, performed
or satisfied by them, and that such Responsible Person has obtained no knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except as specified in such certificate (and, if any Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, describing the same in reasonable detail and describing the action
the Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto) and (iii) that it is in compliance
with the financial covenants set forth by the President’s Designee pursuant to Section 7.03 and
shall include calculations necessary to demonstrate such compliance to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Lender.
7.02 Reporting Requirements. The relevant Loan Party shall deliver written notice to
the Lender of the following:
(a) Defaults. Promptly after a Responsible Person or any officer of a Loan Party
with a title of at least executive vice president becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default
or Event of Default, or any event of default under any publicly filed material agreement;
(b) Litigation. Promptly after a Responsible Person or an attorney in the general
counsel’s office of such Loan Party obtains knowledge of any action, suit or proceeding instituted
by or against such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal or state court or before
any commission, regulatory body or Governmental Authority in which the amount in controversy, in
each case, is an amount equal to $100,000,000 or more, such Loan Party shall furnish to the Lender
notice of such action, suit or proceeding;
(c) Material Adverse Effect on Facility Collateral. Promptly upon any Loan Party
becoming aware of any default or any event or change in circumstances related to any Facility
Collateral which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Change of Control. The Borrower shall furnish the Lender notice of any Change of
Control prior to the occurrence of such event;
(e) Judgment. Promptly upon the entry of a judgment or decree against any Loan Party
or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $50,000,000;
(f) Insurance. Promptly upon any material change in the insurance coverage required
of any Loan Party or any other Person pursuant to any Loan Document, with copy of evidence of same
attached;
(g) Change in Accounting Policies. Simultaneously with the delivery of the financial
information required pursuant to Section 7.01(b) or 7.01(c), any material change in accounting
policies
or financial reporting practices of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
(including the Loan Parties) since the delivery of the latest financial information required under
such sections;
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(h) Organizational Documents. Subject to Section 8.06, each Loan Party shall furnish
the Lender notice of any material amendment to such Loan Party’s organizational documents and
copies of such amendments;
(i) Reserved;
(j) Liquidity. On every other Monday (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day), beginning on the second Monday after the Effective Date, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Lender a bi-weekly liquidity status report, detailing, with respect to each
Loan Party and its Subsidiaries (on a Consolidated basis): (i) the current liquidity profile; (ii)
expected liquidity needs; (iii) any material changes in their business since the date of the last
status report; (iv) any transfer, sale, pledge or other Disposition of any material asset since
the date of the last status report; and (v) any changes to their capital structure in a form
agreed to between the parties;
(k) Expense Policy. Within fifteen (15) days after the conclusion of each calendar
month, beginning with the month in which the Effective Date occurs, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Lender a certification signed by a Responsible Person of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that
(i) the Expense Policy conforms to the requirements set forth herein; (ii) the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Expense Policy; and (iii) there have been no material
amendments to the Expense Policy or deviations from the Expense Policy other than those that have
been disclosed to and approved by the Lender. The requirement to deliver the certification
referenced in this Section 7.02(k) shall commence with the calendar month ending January 31, 2009,
and may be qualified as to the best of such Responsible Person’s knowledge after due inquiry and
investigation.; and
(l) Reserved.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.02 shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by a
Responsible Person of the relevant Loan Party setting forth details of the occurrence referred to
therein and stating what action such Loan Party has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
7.03 Financial Covenants. The Loan Parties shall, at all times following March 31,
2009, comply with such financial covenants as may be required by the President’s Designee in
his/her sole discretion, based on the Restructuring Plan Report and any other information that the
President’s Designee deems relevant. The Loan Parties shall cooperate with the Lender to amend this
Loan Agreement as necessary in order to reflect such financial covenants.
7.04 Existence, Etc. Each Loan Party shall:
(a) preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges,
licenses and franchises;
(b) comply with the requirements of all Applicable Laws, rules, regulations and orders of
Governmental Authorities if failure to comply with such requirements could be reasonably likely
(either individually or in the aggregate) to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and maintain adequate accounts and reserves for
all taxes (including income taxes), all depreciation, depletion, obsolescence and
amortization of its properties, all contingencies, and all other reserves;
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(d) not move its chief executive office or chief operating office from the addresses referred
to in Schedule 6.10 unless it shall have provided the Lender not less than thirty (30) days prior
written notice of such change;
(e) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed on it
or its income or profits or on any of its Property prior to the date on which penalties attach
thereto, except for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being
maintained. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries shall file on a timely basis all federal, and
material state and local tax and information returns, reports and any other information statements
or schedules required to be filed by or in respect of it where the failure to file would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) keep in full force and effect the provisions of its charter documents, by-laws, operating
agreements or similar organizational documents; and
(g) keep in full force and effect all agreements and instruments by which it or any of its
properties may be bound and all applicable decrees, orders and judgments, in each case in such
manner that a Material Adverse Effect will not result.
7.05 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advance as set forth
in Section 2.09.
7.06 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
(a) Each Loan Party shall keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good
working order and condition.
(b) Each Loan Party shall maintain errors and omissions insurance and blanket bond coverage
in such amounts as are in effect on the Effective Date (as disclosed to the Lender in writing
except in the event of self-insurance) and shall not reduce such coverage without the written
consent of the Lender, and shall also maintain such other insurance with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies, and with respect to property and risks of a character usually
maintained by entities engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated, against loss,
damage and liability of the kinds and in the amounts customarily maintained by such entities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.06(b), to the extent that any Loan
Party is engaged in self-insurance with respect to any of its property as of the Effective Date,
such Loan Party may, if consistent with past practices, continue to engage in such self-insurance
throughout the term of this Loan Agreement; provided, that the Loan Parties shall promptly obtain
third party insurance that conforms to the criteria in this Section 7.06(b) at the request of the
Lender.
(c) Each Loan Party shall use its best efforts to protect the Intellectual Property that is
material to the conduct of its business in a manner that is consistent with the value of such
Intellectual Property.
7.07 Further Identification of Facility Collateral. Each Loan Party will furnish to
the Lender from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Facility Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Facility Collateral as the Lender
may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
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7.08 Defense of Title. Each Loan Party warrants and will defend the right, title and
interest of the Lender in and to all Facility Collateral against all adverse claims and demands of
all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of holders of any Permitted Lien.
7.09 Preservation of Facility Collateral. Each Loan Party shall do all things
necessary to preserve the Facility Collateral so that the Facility Collateral remains subject to a
first priority perfected security interest hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan
Party will comply with all Applicable Laws, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority
applicable to such Loan Party or relating to the Facility Collateral and will cause the Facility
Collateral to comply, with all Applicable Laws, rules and regulations of any such Governmental
Authority, except where failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Loan Party will allow any default to occur for which any Loan Party is
responsible under any Loan Documents and each Loan Party shall fully perform or cause to be
performed when due all of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
7.10 Maintenance of Papers, Records and Files.
(a) Each Loan Party will maintain all Records in good and complete condition and preserve
them against loss or destruction, all in accordance with industry and customary practices.
(b) Each Loan Party shall collect and maintain or cause to be collected and maintained all
Records relating to its business and operations and the Facility Collateral in accordance with
industry custom and practice, including those maintained pursuant to the preceding subsection, and
all such Records shall be in the possession of the Loan Parties or reasonably obtainable upon the
request of the Lender unless the Lender otherwise approves.
(c) For so long as the Lender has an interest in or Lien on any Facility Collateral, each
Loan Party will hold or cause to be held all related Records in trust for the Lender. Each Loan
Party shall notify, or cause to be notified, every other party holding any such Records of the
interests and Liens granted hereby.
7.11 Maintenance of Licenses. Each Loan Party shall (i) maintain all licenses,
permits, authorizations or other approvals necessary for such Loan Party to conduct its business
and to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) remain in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and in each other jurisdiction where such
qualification and good standing are necessary for the successful operation of such Loan Party’s
business, and (iii) shall conduct its business in accordance with Applicable Law in all material
respects.
7.12 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will duly and punctually pay or cause to
be paid the principal and interest on the Note and each Loan Party will duly and punctually pay or
cause to be paid all fees and other amounts from time to time owing by it hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents, all in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement, the Note and the
other Loan Documents. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its
obligations, including tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon
such Person or upon its income and profits or upon any of its property, real, personal or mixed
(including without limitation, the Facility Collateral) or upon any part thereof, as well as any
other lawful claims which, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become a Lien upon such
properties or any part thereof, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the
validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the
relevant Loan Party, or such Subsidiary, has set aside on its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto and (c) the failure to make payment pending such
contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.13 OFAC. At all times throughout the term of this Loan Agreement, each Loan Party
and its Controlled Affiliates (a) shall be in full compliance with all applicable orders, rules,
regulations and recommendations of OFAC and (b) shall not permit any Facility Collateral to be
maintained, insured, traded, or used (directly or indirectly) in violation of any United States
statutes, rules or regulations, in a Prohibited Jurisdiction or by a Prohibited Person, and no
lessee or sublessee shall be a Prohibited Person or organized in a Prohibited Jurisdiction.
7.14 Investment Company. Each Loan Party will conduct its operations in a manner
which will not subject it to registration as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
7.15 Due Diligence. Each Loan Party acknowledges that the Lender, at the expense of
the Loan Parties, has the right to perform continuing Due Diligence Reviews as set forth in Section
11.16 and will assist the Lender in the performance of the Due Diligence Review as set forth in
Section 11.16.
7.16 Further Assurances. Each Loan Party agrees to do such further acts and things
and to execute and deliver to the Lender such additional assignments, acknowledgments, agreements,
powers and instruments as are reasonably required by the Lender to carry into effect the intent and
purposes of this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to perfect the interests of the
Lender in the Facility Collateral or to better assure and confirm unto the Lender its rights,
powers and remedies hereunder and thereunder.
7.17 Executive Privileges and Compensation.
(a) The Borrower shall cause each Relevant Company to comply with the following restrictions
on executive privileges and compensation:
(i) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that its Benefit
Plans with respect to the SEOs comply in all respects with Section 111(b) of the
EESA, including the provisions for the Capital Purchase Program, as implemented by
any guidance or regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of
the Effective Date, including the rules set forth in 31 CFR Part 30 and the
provisions prohibiting severance payments to SEOs, and shall not adopt any new
Benefit Plan with respect to its SEOs that does not comply therewith. For purposes
of applying section 111(b) of the EESA with respect to this Section 4.8(a), a
“golden parachute payment” means any payment in the nature of compensation to (or
for the benefit of) an SEO made on account of an applicable severance from
employment (except that the vesting of equity denominated awards granted prior to
the Effective Date and settled solely in equity shall not be included in such limit
on “golden parachute payments” to SEOs);
(ii) Each Relevant Company shall be subject to the limits on annual executive
compensation deductibles imposed by Section 162(m)(5) of the Code, as applicable;
(iii) No Relevant Company shall pay or accrue any bonus or incentive
compensation to the Senior Employees unless otherwise approved in writing by the
President’s Designee;
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(iv) No Relevant Company shall adopt or maintain any compensation plan that
would encourage manipulation of its reported earnings to enhance the compensation of
any of its employees; and
(v) Each Relevant Company shall maintain all suspensions and other restrictions
of contributions to Benefit Plans that are in place or initiated as of the Effective
Date.
At all times throughout the term of this Loan Agreement, the Lender shall have the right to
require any Relevant Company to claw back any bonuses or other compensation, including golden
parachutes, paid to any Senior Employees in violation of any of the foregoing.
(b) Within 120 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall cause the principal
executive officer (or person acting in a similar capacity) of each Relevant Company to certify in
writing to the Lender’s Chief Compliance Officer that such Relevant Company’s compensation
committee has reviewed the compensation arrangements of the SEOs with its senior risk officers and
determined that the compensation arrangements do not encourage the SEOs to take unnecessary and
excessive risks that threaten the value of such Relevant Company. The Borrower shall cause each
Relevant Company to preserve appropriate documentation and records to substantiate such
certification in an easily accessible place for a period not less than three (3) years following
the Maturity Date.
(c) From the Effective Date until the latest to occur of (i) the termination of the Loan
Agreement and satisfaction of all Obligations hereunder, (ii) such time as the Lender ceases to
own any Equity Interests of the Borrower acquired under any Loan Documents (including any Warrants
and underlying Equity Interests acquired by the Lender upon exercise thereof), and (iii) the
termination of the Warrant Agreement, the Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section
7.17. Section 7.17 shall survive termination of this Loan Agreement and satisfaction of all
Obligations thereunder.
7.18 Asset Divestiture. With respect to any private passenger aircraft or interest in
such aircraft that is owned or held by any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries
immediately prior to the Effective Date, such party shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
President’s Designee that it is taking all reasonable steps to divest itself of such aircraft or
interest. In addition, no Loan Party shall acquire or lease any private passenger aircraft or
interest in private passenger aircraft after the Effective Date.
7.19 Restrictions on Expenses.
(a) At all times throughout the term of this Loan Agreement, the Loan Parties and the
Relevant Companies shall maintain and implement an Expense Policy and distribute the Expense
Policy to all employees covered under the Expense Policy. Any material amendments to the Expense
Policy shall require the prior written consent of the President’s Designee, and any material
deviations from the Expense Policy, whether in contravention thereof or pursuant to waivers
provided for thereunder, shall promptly be reported to the President’s Designee.
(b) The Expense Policy shall, at a minimum: (i) require compliance with all Applicable Law,
(ii) apply to the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries, (iii) govern (A) the hosting, sponsorship
or other payment for conferences and events, (B) travel accommodations and expenditures, (C)
consulting arrangements with outside service providers, (D) any new lease or acquisition of real
estate, (E) expenses relating to office or facility renovations or relocations, and (F) expenses
relating to entertainment or holiday parties; and (iv) provide for (A) internal reporting and
oversight, and (B) mechanisms for addressing non-compliance with the Expense Policy.
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7.20 Reserved.
7.21 Reserved.
7.22 Reserved.
7.23 Reserved.
7.24 Cash Management. The Borrower shall submit to the Lender and/or its advisors a
cash management plan, in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, which shall set forth, in
detail, the Borrower’s cash collection, investment and disbursement plan on a company-wide basis.
7.25 Provide Additional Information. Each Loan Party shall, promptly, from time to
time and upon request of the Lender, furnish to the Lender such information, documents, records or
reports with respect to the Facility Collateral, the Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or any
Subsidiary thereof or the corporate affairs, conditions or operations, financial or otherwise, of
such Loan Party as the Lender may reasonably request, including without limitation, providing to
the Lender reasonably detailed information with respect to each inquiry of the Lender raised with
the Loan Parties prior to the Effective Date.
7.26 Material Transaction. Each Loan Party shall provide at least twenty (20) days’
prior notice to the President’s Designee (or such shorter time as the President’s Designee shall
agree) of any proposed sale of Property, investment, contract, commitment, or other transaction
(other than a GMAC Trust Disposition) that (x) is not in the ordinary course of business, and (y)
is proposed to be entered into with a value in excess of $100,000,000 (a “Material
Transaction”). The President’s Designee shall have the right to review and prohibit any such
Material Transaction if the President’s Designee determines that it would be inconsistent with or
detrimental to the long-term viability of such Loan Party.
7.27 Information and Report Deliveries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 7, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have delivered all information and reports
required to be delivered under this Section 7 to the extent the information and reports required to
be delivered pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement (as the same
may be in effect from time to time) have been so delivered as required thereunder to the Lender
thereunder.
7.28 Equity Interest Trustees. In the event of a GMAC Trust Disposition of any
Facility Collateral, the Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall cause the related Equity
Interest Trustee to (i) acknowledge the Lender’s first priority perfected security interest in such
Facility Collateral and (ii) grant to the Lender a continuing security interest in such Facility
Collateral pursuant to the terms of a pledge or other security agreement and related documentation,
the form and substance of which are acceptable to the Lender in its reasonable discretion;
provided, that such agreement shall permit Equity Interest Dispositions.
SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES.
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any amounts are owing with respect to
the Note or otherwise pursuant to this Loan Agreement are outstanding, each Loan Party will abide
by the following negative covenants:
8.01 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. No Loan Party shall at any time, directly or
indirectly, (i) enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate,
wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or Dispose of all
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substantially all of its Property without the Lender’s prior consent, provided, any Loan Party
(other than the Borrower) may merge, consolidate, amalgamate into, or Dispose of all or
substantially all of its Property to another Loan Party; or (ii) form or enter into any
partnership, syndicate or other combination (other than Joint Ventures permitted by Section 8.16)
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.02 Lines of Business. No Loan Party will engage to any substantial extent in any
line or lines of business activity other than the businesses generally carried on by the Loan
Parties as of the Effective Date or businesses reasonably related thereto.
8.03 Transactions with Affiliates. No Loan Party will (a) enter into any transaction,
including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property (including
Facility Collateral) or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is
(i)in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business, or (ii) upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to such Loan Party than it would obtain in an arm’s length transaction with a Person
which is not an Affiliate, and in either case, is otherwise permitted under this Loan Agreement, or
(b) make a payment that is not otherwise permitted by this Section 8.03 to any Affiliate.
Irrespective of whether such transactions comply with the provisions of this Section 8.03, but
subject to the other restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Loan Agreement, the Loan Parties
shall be permitted to transact business in the ordinary course with (a) the Joint Ventures in which
the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries participate, and (b) Delphi Corporation.
8.04 Limitation on Liens. No Loan Party will create, incur or permit to exist any
Lien on or to any of its Property (including the Facility Collateral), except for Permitted Liens.
Notwithstanding that a Lien is a Permitted Lien, if any Loan Party shall create or incur, or permit
to exist (other than such as may be in existence on the Effective Date), any Lien on, or to, any of
its Property not in the ordinary course of business and such Lien shall secure obligations in an
amount greater than $100,000,000, such Loan Party shall comply with the provisions set forth in
Section 7.26.
8.05 Limitation on Distributions. Without the Lender’s consent, no Loan Party shall
make any Restricted Payment or payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other
analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of
subordinate debt of any Loan Party, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other
distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in
obligations of any Loan Party, other than dividends, distributions, or payments that (i) are owed
to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party pursuant to a contract or Applicable Law as
of December 2, 2008, (ii) with respect to any Loan Party which is a Subsidiary, are paid pro rata
to holders of Equity Interests, (iii) are required to be made pursuant to the terms of any Equity
Interests or Indebtedness as in effect on the Effective Date (including Permitted Indebtedness),
(iv) constitute dividends on or repurchases of Equity Interests issued to employees (to the extent
not prohibited by Section 7.17) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the Effective Date
consistent with past practices, (v) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon any
exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise
price of such options or warrants, or (vi) any Settlement Agreement Debt, provided,
further that, no such payment may be made if, in each case of clauses (i) through (vi)
above, an Event of Default is continuing or would result from the making of any such payment.
Notwithstanding that a payment may otherwise be permitted pursuant to this Section 8.05, if any
Loan Party shall make any Restricted Payment or other dividend, distribution, or payment under this
Section 8.05 not in the ordinary course of business in an amount greater than $100,000,000, such
Loan Party shall comply with the provisions set forth in Section 7.26.
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8.06 No Amendment or Waiver. No Loan Party will amend, modify, terminate or waive any
provision of any contract to which such Loan Party is a party or its organizational documents in
any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the rights and
remedies of the Lender under any Loan Document or the value of the Facility Collateral without the
prior written consent of the Lender
8.07
Prohibition of Certain Prepayments. No Loan Party shall make any payment of
principal of any Senior Lien Loans, other than required payments of principal, without the consent
of Lender.
8.08 Change of Fiscal Year. No Loan Party will at any time, directly or indirectly,
except upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Lender, change the date on which such
Loan Party’s fiscal year begins from such Loan Party’s current fiscal year beginning date.
8.09 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses. No Loan Party will enter into or suffer
to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party
to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, other than this Loan Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Existing
Agreement, any agreements providing for a Lien permitted under this Loan Agreement. The agreements
excepted from the restrictions of this Section 8.09 shall include customary negative pledge clauses
in agreements providing refinancing Indebtedness or permitted unsecured Indebtedness.
8.10 Limitations on Indebtedness. No Loan Party will, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Indebtedness of such Loan Party other than Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding
that the incurrence of Indebtedness is Permitted Indebtedness, if any Loan Party shall create,
incur, assume or permit to exist (other than in connection with any Existing Agreement) any
Indebtedness not in the ordinary course of business having an original principal balance greater
than $100,000,000, such Loan Party shall comply with the provisions set forth in Section 7.26.
8.11 Limitations on Investments. No Loan Party intends to make any Investment, except
Permitted Investments. If any Loan Party shall make a Permitted Investment not in the ordinary
course of business in an amount greater than $100,000,000, such Loan Party shall comply with the
provisions set forth in Section 7.26. In the event the Borrower receives notification from any
counterparty to a funding commitment of the kind referenced in clause (iv) of the definition of
Permitted Investments which has been approved on a preliminary basis requesting funding pursuant
thereto, Borrower shall notify the Lender and the President’s Designee within two (2) Business Days
of the receipt thereof, and shall not make any payment thereunder prior to the twentieth (20th) day
thereafter (or such shorter time as the President’s Designee shall approve).
8.12 ERISA. No Loan Party will permit any Plan maintained by it to (a) engage in any
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) which could reasonably be
expected to result in material liability of any Loan Party for excise taxes or fiduciary liability
under Section 406 of ERISA, (b) fail to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA
whether or not waived, or (c) terminate any Plan in a manner that could result in the imposition of
a Lien or encumbrance on the assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
Section 4068 of ERISA. No Loan Party shall permit any of their assets to become subject to Title I
of ERISA because they constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of the DOL Regulation Section
2510.3-101 as amended by section 3(42) of ERISA.
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8.13 Action Adverse to the Facility Collateral. Except as otherwise permitted under
any other provision of this Loan Agreement, no Loan Party shall take any action that would directly
or indirectly materially impair or materially adversely affect such Loan Party’s title to, or the
value of, the Facility Collateral, or materially increase the duties, responsibilities or
obligations of any Loan Party.
8.14 Limitation on Sale of Assets. Subject to the restrictions and provisions of
Sections 2.07, 4.11, 4.12 and 7.26, and any other applicable provisions of the Loan Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, each Loan Party shall have the right to freely Dispose of any of its
Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests) whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
8.15 Restrictions on Pension Plans. From the Effective Date until the latest to
occur of (i) the termination of the Loan Agreement and satisfaction of all Obligations thereunder,
(ii) such time as the Lender ceases to own any Equity Interests of the Borrower acquired under any
Loan Documents (including any Warrants and underlying Equity Interests acquired by the Lender upon
exercise thereof), and (iii) the termination of the Warrant Agreement, no Loan Party or ERISA
Affiliate shall increase any pecuniary or other benefits obligated or incurred by any Plan nor
shall any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate provide for other ancillary benefits or lump sum benefits
that would be funded by the assets held by any Plan other than benefits due in accordance with Plan
terms as of the Effective Date.
The prohibitions on benefit increases under this covenant include, but are not limited to, a
prohibition on the creation or, in the case of a benefit not in effect under the terms of a Plan on
December 31, 2008, payment of any obligations associated with any plant shutdowns, permanent
layoffs, attrition programs, or other workforce reduction programs after the Effective Date, except
that the prohibitions under this Section 8.15 shall not apply to a benefit that was not in effect
under the terms of a Plan on December 31, 2008 if the President’s Designee approves such benefit
increase and, at the time of such benefit increase and taking into account such benefit increase,
each Plan of the Borrower and each Plan of each of its ERISA Affiliates is fully funded. In
addition, until such time as the Advance is repaid in full, this Loan Agreement is terminated and
the Lender ceases to own any Equity Interests of the Borrower acquired under any Loan Documents
(including any Warrants and underlying Equity Interests acquired by the Lender upon exercise
thereof), the Borrower agrees that no contribution under section 206(g)(1)(B), 206(g)(2)(B), or
206(g)(4)(B) of ERISA shall be made to any Plan.
8.16 JV Agreements. None of any Loan Party or any Pledged Entity shall allow any
modification or amendment to any JV Agreement which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Borrower shall notify the Lender within five (5) Business Days of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries entering into a new Joint Venture, provided that,
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to enter into a new Joint
Venture if such action otherwise violates Section 8.11 or any other provision of any Loan Document.
8.17 Permitted Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent the Loan Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries are permitted to enter into, or are not restricted from entering into, any transaction
pursuant to the terms of the XX XxxXx Loan Agreement and the other XX XxxXx Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, pursuant to the GMAC Reorganization, such transaction shall be
permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; TERMINATION EVENTS.
9.01 Events of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an event of
default (an “Event of Default”) hereunder:
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(a) the Borrower shall default in the payment of any principal of or interest on the Advance
when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or upon Mandatory Prepayment),
provided however, that the Borrower shall have two (2) Business Days grace period
for the payment of interest hereunder; or
(b) any Loan Party shall default in the payment of any other amount payable by it hereunder
or under any other Loan Document after notification by the Lender of such default, and such
default shall have continued unremedied for three (3) Business Days; or
(c) any Loan Party shall breach any covenant contained in Section 7.03, Section 7.17 or
Section 8 hereof; or
(d) any Loan Party shall default in performance of or otherwise breach non-payment
obligations or covenants under any of the Loan Documents not covered by another clause in this
Section 9, and such default has not been remedied within the applicable grace period provided
therein, or if no grace period, within ten (10) Business Days; or
(e) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made herein or in any other
Loan Document by any Loan Party or any certificate furnished to the Lender pursuant to the
provisions hereof or thereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect
as of the time made or furnished; or
(f) a judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $500,000,000 in the
aggregate (to the extent that it is, in the reasonable determination of the Lender, uninsured and
provided that any insurance or other credit posted in connection with an appeal shall not be
deemed insurance for these purposes) shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries by one or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction
over them and the same shall not be discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge)
or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within sixty (60) days from the
date of entry thereof and such Loan Party or any such Subsidiary shall not, within said period of
sixty (60) days, or such longer period during which execution of the same shall have been stayed
or bonded, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal; or
(g) any Loan Party shall admit its inability to, or intention not to, perform any of such
Loan Party’s material Obligations hereunder; or
(h) any Loan Party shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of
possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
(iii) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, (iv) file a petition seeking to take
advantage of any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or composition or readjustment of debts, (v) fail to
controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, or acquiesce in writing to, any petition filed
against it in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, (vi) take any corporate or other
action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing, or (vii) generally fail to pay such Loan
Party’s debts as they become due; or
(i) a custodian, receiver, conservator, liquidator, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
for any Loan Party, or of any of its Property (as a debtor or creditor protection procedure), is
appointed or takes possession of such Property; or any Loan Party or generally fails to pay any of
its debts as they become due; or any Loan Party is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent; or an order
for relief is entered under the Bankruptcy Code, or any successor or similar applicable statute,
or any
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administrative insolvency scheme, against any Loan Party; or any of its Property is
sequestered by court or administrative order; or a petition is filed against any Loan Party under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution,
moratorium, delinquency or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now or subsequently in
effect, and such petition is not dismissed within 60 days; or
(j) any Loan Document shall for whatever reason be terminated, any default or event of
default shall have occurred under any Loan Document, the Loan Documents shall for any reason cease
to create a valid, security interest in any of the Facility Collateral purported to be covered
hereby, or any Loan Party’s material obligations (including the Borrower’s Obligations hereunder)
shall cease to be in full force and effect, or the enforceability thereof shall be contested by
any Loan Party; or
(k) (i) any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, or any other ERISA Event shall occur, (ii)
any material failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not
waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall
arise on the assets of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur
with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be
appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of
proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, likely to
result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Plan shall
terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall, or
in the reasonable opinion of the Lender is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a
withdrawal from, or the insolvency or reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan, (vi) any labor
union or collective bargaining unit shall engage in a strike or other work stoppage, (vii) the
assets of any Loan Party shall be treated as plan assets under 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101 as amended by
section 3(42) of ERISA, or (viii) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect
to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vii) above, such event or condition, together
with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(l) any Change of Control shall have occurred without the prior consent of the Lender; or
(m) any Loan Party shall grant, or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Facility Collateral other
than Permitted Liens; or the Liens contemplated under the Loan Documents shall cease to be first
priority perfected Liens on the Facility Collateral in favor of the Lender (subject to the
interests, if any, of the holders of any Permitted Liens); or
(n) the Lender shall reasonably request, specifying the reasons for such request,
information, and/or written responses to such requests, regarding the financial well-being of any
Loan Party and such information and/or responses shall not have been provided within ten (10)
Business Days of such request; or
(o) any Loan Party shall default under, or fail to perform as required under, or shall
otherwise materially breach the terms of any instrument, agreement or contract for Indebtedness
between any Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Lender or any of the Lender’s Affiliates on the
other; or any Loan Party shall default under, or fail to perform as requested under, the terms of
any instrument, agreement or contract for Indebtedness entered into by such Loan Party and any
third party, if, in either case, the effect of any such default or failure is to cause, or to
permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee or other representative on its or
their behalf (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) to cause, such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;
provided that it shall not constitute an Event of Default pursuant to this
paragraph (p) unless the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness exceeds $100,000,000; or
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(p) any Governmental Authority or any person, agency or entity acting or purporting to act
under governmental authority shall have taken any action to condemn, seize or appropriate, or to
assume custody or control of, all or any substantial part of the Property of any Loan Party, or
shall have taken any action to displace the management of any Loan Party or to curtail its
authority in the conduct of the business of any Loan Party, and such action provided for in this
subsection (q) shall not have been discontinued or stayed within thirty (30) days; or
(q) subject to the right to self-insure under Section 7.06(b), any third-party insurance
required hereunder is terminated, ceases to be valid or is amended so as to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Facility Collateral unless similar coverage replaces such insurance within
thirty (30) days; or
(r) any Loan Party shall fail to comply with any Applicable Laws, when such failure will
result in a Material Adverse Effect on any Loan Party or the Facility Collateral;
(s) any Loan Party shall enter into any Material Transaction after the President’s Designee
has prohibited such Material Transaction; or
(t) the failure of the Borrower to comply with any of the terms and provisions of the Warrant
Agreement or the Warrant.
SECTION 10. REMEDIES.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of one or more Events of Default, other
than those referred to in Section 9.01(h) or (i), the Lender may immediately declare the principal
amount of the Advance then outstanding under the Note to be immediately due and payable, together
with all interest thereon and fees and out-of-pocket expenses accruing under this Loan Agreement;
provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in Sections 9(h) or (i), such
amounts shall immediately and automatically become due and payable without any further action by
the Lender. Upon such declaration or such automatic acceleration, the balance then outstanding on
the Note shall, subject to Section 10(h), become immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower and each other Loan Party and may thereupon exercise any remedies available to it at law
and pursuant to the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, the liquidation of the Facility
Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10(a), subject to
the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in
Sections 9(h) or (i), the Lender shall have the exclusive right, exercisable at its option, to
convert this Loan Agreement into a debtor-in-possession facility in form and substance acceptable
to the Lender. The Lender may, subject to Section 10(h), exercise at any time after the
occurrence of an Event of Default one or more remedies, as they so desire, and may thereafter at
any time and from time to time exercise any other remedy or remedies.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of one or more Events of Default, the
Lender shall have the right to obtain physical possession of the files of each Loan Party relating
to the Facility Collateral and all documents relating to the Facility Collateral which are then or
may thereafter come in to the possession of any Loan Party or any third party acting for any Loan
Party and each Loan Party shall deliver to the Lender such assignments as the Lender shall
request. In
addition, the Lender shall, subject to Section 10(h), be entitled to specific performance of
all agreements of each Loan Party contained in this Loan Agreement and under any other Loan
Document.
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(c) Subject to Section 10(h), in addition to all the rights and remedies specifically provided
herein, the Lender shall have all other rights and remedies provided by applicable federal, state,
foreign, and local laws, whether existing at law, in equity or by statute, including, without
limitation, all rights and remedies available to a purchaser or a secured party, as applicable,
under the Uniform Commercial Code.
(d) Subject to Section 10(h), except as otherwise expressly provided in this Loan Agreement,
the Lender shall have the right to exercise any of its rights and/or remedies without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind other than as expressly set forth herein, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party.
(e) Subject to Section 10(h), the Lender may enforce its rights and remedies hereunder
without prior judicial process or hearing, and each Loan Party hereby expressly waives, to the
extent permitted by law, any right such Loan Party might otherwise have to require the Lender to
enforce its rights by judicial process. Each Loan Party also waives to the extent permitted by
law, any defense such Loan Party might otherwise have to the Obligations, arising from use of
nonjudicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the Facility Collateral or from
any other election of remedies. Each Loan Party recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are
consistent with the usages of the trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result
of a bargain at arm’s length.
(f) Subject to Section 10(h), each Loan Party shall be liable to the Lender for the amount of
all expenses (plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the Post-Default Rate), and breakage costs
including, without limitation, all costs and expenses incurred within thirty (30) days of the
Event of Default in connection with hedging or covering transactions related to the Facility
Collateral.
(g) The Lender shall also be entitled to all rights and remedies set forth in Section 4
hereof.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Loan Agreement, including that
the Lender shall be entitled to any and all other remedies under the Loan Documents and Applicable
Law, each of which shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy available to the
Lender, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default the Lender shall have the right to exercise
the Option pursuant to Section 4.13, at which time the Facility will terminate and all amounts
owing with respect to this Loan Agreement will be immediately exchanged for the Rights Offering
Equity in full and complete satisfaction of the Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Loan
Agreement.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.01 Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Lender to exercise, and no
course of dealing with respect to, any right, power, privilege or remedy under any Loan Document
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Lender of any
right, power, privilege or remedy under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy. All rights, powers,
privileges and remedies of the Lender provided for herein are cumulative and in addition to any and
all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies provided by law, the Loan Documents and the other
instruments and agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, and are not conditional or contingent
on any attempt by the Lender to exercise any of its rights under any other related document. The
Lender may exercise at any time after the occurrence of
an Event of Default one or more remedies, as it so desires, and may thereafter at any time and
from time to time exercise any other remedy or remedies.
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11.02 Notices.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Loan Agreement, all notices, requests and
other communications provided for herein and under the other Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Loan Agreement)
shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by telecopy or Electronic
Transmission) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified on the
signatures pages hereof, beneath each party’s name and in Section 11.02(b); or, as to any party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other
party. Except as otherwise provided in this Loan Agreement and except for notices given under
Section 2 (which shall be effective only on receipt), all such communications shall be deemed to
have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or Electronic Transmission or personally
delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as
aforesaid.
(b) If to Lender:
The United States Department of the Treasury
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance)
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance)
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to Borrower:
General Motors Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
with copies to:
Attention: Treasurer
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
and
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 000-000-0000.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000.
11.03 Indemnification and Expenses.
(a) Each Loan Party agrees to hold the Lender, and its Affiliates and their officers,
directors, employees, agents and advisors (each an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and
indemnify any Indemnified Party against any and all claims, suits, actions, proceedings,
obligations, liabilities (including, without limitation, strict liabilities) and debts, and all
losses, actual damages, judgments, awards, amounts paid in settlement of whatever kind or nature,
fines, penalties, charges, costs and expenses of any kind (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs of
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defense), which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Party
(collectively, the “Costs”) relating to or arising out of this Loan Agreement, the Note,
any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, or any amendment,
supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Loan
Agreement, the Note, any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby,
that, in each case, results from anything other than any Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party agrees to
hold any Indemnified Party harmless from and indemnify such Indemnified Party against all Costs
with respect to or arising out of any violation or alleged violation of any rule or regulation or
any other laws, that, in each case, results from anything other than such Indemnified Party’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct. In any suit, proceeding or action brought by an
Indemnified Party in connection with any Facility Collateral for any sum owing thereunder, or to
enforce any provisions of any Loan Document, each Loan Party will save, indemnify and hold such
Indemnified Party harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any
defense, set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction or liability whatsoever of the account
debtor or obligor thereunder, arising out of a breach by any Loan Party of any obligation
thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to
or in favor of such account debtor or obligor or its successors from any Loan Party. Each Loan
Party also agrees to reimburse an Indemnified Party as and when billed by such Indemnified Party
for all such Indemnified Party’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
enforcement or the preservation of such Indemnified Party’s rights under this Loan Agreement, the
Note, any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, including without
limitation the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel. The Borrower hereby acknowledges
that, notwithstanding the fact that the Obligations are secured by the Facility Collateral, but
subject to Section 4.13 and Section 10(h), the Obligations are recourse obligations of the
Borrower.
(b) Each Loan Party agrees to pay as and when billed by the Lender all of the reasonable
out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the development,
preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Loan
Agreement, the Note, any other Loan Document or any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith. Each Loan Party agrees to pay as and when billed by the Lender all of the
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation and administration
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including, without limitation, (i) all the
reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Lender and (ii) all the due
diligence, inspection, testing and review costs and expenses incurred by the Lender with respect
to Facility Collateral under this Loan Agreement, including, but not limited to, those costs and
expenses incurred by the Lender pursuant to Sections 11.03(a), 11.15 and 11.16 hereof. Each Loan
Party also agrees not to assert any claim against the Lender or any of its Affiliates, or any of
their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability,
for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to
the Loan Documents, the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advance, this Loan Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) Each Loan Party agrees to pay as and when billed by the Lender all of the reasonable
out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the exercise of the
Lender’s rights and remedies upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, including without
limitation all the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Lender.
(d) If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by
it under this Loan Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel and indemnities, such amount may be paid on behalf of the Borrower by the Lender, in its
sole discretion and the Borrower shall remain liable for any such payments by the Lender and such
amounts
shall accrue interest at the Post-Default Rate. No such payment by the Lender shall be
deemed a waiver of any of its rights under the Loan Documents.
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(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of a Loan Party hereunder, the
covenants and obligations of each Loan Party contained in this Section 11.03 shall survive the
payment in full of the Loan and all other amounts payable hereunder and delivery of the Facility
Collateral by the Lender against full payment therefor.
11.04 Amendments. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Loan Agreement, any
provision of this Loan Agreement may be modified or supplemented only by an instrument in writing
signed by the Lender and the Borrower and any provision of this Loan Agreement may be waived by the
Lender.
11.05 Successors and Assigns. This Loan Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
11.06 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 2.05, 3.03, and 11.03
hereof shall survive the repayment of the Advance and the termination of this Loan Agreement. In
addition, each representation and warranty made, or deemed to be made by a request for the
borrowing herein or pursuant hereto shall survive the making of such representation and warranty,
and the Lender shall not be deemed to have waived, by reason of making the Advance, any Default
that may arise by reason of such representation or warranty proving to have been false or
misleading, notwithstanding that the Lender may have had notice or knowledge or reason to believe
that such representation or warranty was false or misleading at the time the Advance was made.
11.07 Captions. The table of contents and captions and section headings appearing
herein are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the
interpretation of any provision of this Loan Agreement.
11.08 Counterparts and Facsimile. This Loan Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties agree that this Loan
Agreement, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Loan Agreement and any notices hereunder
may be transmitted between them by email and/or by facsimile. The parties intend that faxed
signatures and electronically imaged signatures such as .pdf files shall constitute original
signatures and are binding on all parties. The original documents shall be promptly delivered, if
requested.
11.09 Loan Agreement Constitutes Security Agreement. This Loan Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code
11.10 Governing Law. Insofar as there may be no applicable Federal law, this Loan
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to any rule of conflicts of law (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law)
that would result in the application of the substantive law of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York. Nothing in this Loan Agreement shall require any unlawful action or inaction by
either party.
11.11 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY:
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(A) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, THE NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF,
TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK;
(B) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY
MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF
MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.02 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS
OF WHICH THE LENDER SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND
(D) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO XXX IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
11.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH LOAN PARTY AND THE LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
11.13 Acknowledgments. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Loan
Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) the Lender has no fiduciary relationship to any Loan Party, and the relationship between
the Borrower and the Lender is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture exists among or between the Lender and any Loan Party.
11.14 Hypothecation or Pledge of Facility Collateral. Nothing in this Loan Agreement
shall preclude the Lender from engaging in repurchase transactions with the Facility Collateral or
otherwise pledging, repledging, transferring, hypothecating, or rehypothecating the Facility
Collateral. Nothing contained in this Loan Agreement shall obligate the Lender to segregate any
Facility Collateral delivered to the Lender by any Loan Party.
11.15 Assignments; Participations.
(a) The Borrower and the other Loan Parties may assign, sell, transfer, participate, pledge,
or hypothecate any or all of their rights or obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents only with the prior written consent of the Lender, which consent may be withheld at the
sole discretion of the Lender. The Lender may assign, sell, transfer, participate, pledge, or
hypothecate to any Person all or any of its rights under this Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
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(b) The Lender may, in accordance with Applicable Law, at any time sell to one or more
lenders or other entities (“Participants”) participation interests in the Advance, the
Note, its right to make the Advance, or any other interest of the Lender hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by the Lender of participating interests to a
Participant, the Lender’s obligations under this Loan Agreement to the Borrower shall remain
unchanged, the Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, the Lender
shall remain the holder of the Note for all purposes under this Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and the Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Lender in
connection with the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. The Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Loan Agreement and the Note
are due or unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off
in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Loan Agreement and the Note
to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a
Lender under this Loan Agreement or the Note; provided, that such Participant shall only be
entitled to such right of set-off if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it
shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lender the proceeds thereof. The
Lender also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.04, 2.08,
3.03 and 11.03 with respect to its participation in the Advance outstanding from time to time;
provided, that the Lender and all Participants shall be entitled to receive no greater amount in
the aggregate pursuant to such Sections than the Lender would have been entitled to receive had no
such transfer occurred.
(c) The Lender may furnish any information concerning any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries in the possession of the Lender from time to time to assignees and Participants
(including prospective assignees and Participants) only after notifying such Loan Party in writing
and securing signed confidentiality statements (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D)
and only for the sole purpose of evaluating participations and for no other purpose unless
disclosure is required pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
(d) Each Loan Party agrees to cooperate with the Lender in connection with any such
assignment and/or participation, to execute and deliver such replacement notes, and to enter into
such restatements of, and amendments, supplements and other modifications to, this Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Documents in order to give effect to such assignment and/or participation.
Each Loan Party further agrees to furnish to any Participant identified by the Lender to such Loan
Party copies of all reports and certificates to be delivered by such Loan Party to such
Participant or lender’s assignee hereunder, as and when delivered to the Lender.
11.16 Periodic Due Diligence Review.
(a) Until the later to occur of (i) the termination of the Loan Agreement and satisfaction of
all Obligations thereunder, and (ii) the date on which the Lender holds either the Warrant or
Equity Interests in the Borrower having an aggregate liquidation value of less than 10% of the
Warrant exercise price (assuming the Warrant is exercised in full), each Loan Party and each of
its direct and indirect Subsidiaries shall permit the (x) Lender and its agents, consultants,
contractors and advisors, (y) the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program,
and (z) the Comptroller General of the United States access to personnel and any books, papers,
records or other data, in each case to the extent relevant to ascertaining compliance with the
financing terms and conditions; provided that prior to disclosing any information
pursuant to clause (y) or (z), the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
shall have agreed, with respect to documents obtained under this agreement in furtherance of its
function, to follow applicable law and regulation (and the customary policies and procedures for
inspector generals) regarding the dissemination of confidential materials, including redacting
confidential information from the public version of its reports, as appropriate, and soliciting
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the input from the Borrower as to information that should be afforded confidentiality. Each
of the Lender and the Loan Parties represents that it has been informed by the Special Inspector
General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Comptroller General of the United States that
they, before making any request for access or information relating to an audit, will establish a
protocol to avoid, to the extent reasonably possible, duplicative requests. Nothing in this
Section 11.16 shall be construed to limit the authority that the Special Inspector General of the
Troubled Asset Relief Program or the Comptroller General of the United States have under law.
(b) Each Loan Party acknowledges that the Lender has the right to perform continuing due
diligence reviews with respect to the business and operations of the Loan Parties and the Facility
Collateral. Each Loan Party also shall make available to the Lender a knowledgeable financial or
accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions respecting the business and operations
of such Loan Party and the Facility Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Loan Party acknowledges that the Lenders shall make the Advance to the Borrower based upon
the information concerning the Loan Parties and the Facility Collateral provided by the Loan
Parties to the Lender, and the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, and
that the Lender, at its option, have the right, at any time to conduct a due diligence review on
the business and operations of any Loan Party and some or all of the Facility Collateral securing
the Advance. In addition, the Lender has the right to perform continuing Due Diligence Reviews of
each Loan Party and its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees and significant shareholders,
if any. The Borrower and the Lender further agree that all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Lender in connection with the Lender’s or Special Inspector General of the
Troubled Asset Relief Program’s activities pursuant to this Section 11.16 shall be paid by the
Borrower.
(c) The Lender will use reasonable best efforts to hold, and will use reasonable best efforts
to cause its agents, consultants, contractors, advisors, and United States executive branch
officials and employees, to hold, in confidence all non-public records, books, contracts,
instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, “Information”)
concerning the Loan Parties furnished or made available to them by the Borrower or its
representatives pursuant to this Loan Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be
shown to have been (i) previously known by such party on a non-confidential basis, (ii) in the
public domain through no fault of such party or (iii) later lawfully acquired from other sources
by the party to which it was furnished (and without violation of any other confidentiality
obligation)); provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Lender from
disclosing any Information to the extent required by Applicable Law or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process. The Lender understands that the Information may contain
commercially sensitive confidential information entitled to an exception from a Freedom of
Information Act request.
This Section 11.16 shall survive termination of the Loan Agreement and satisfaction of all
Obligations hereunder.
11.17
Set-Off. Subject in each case to Section 10(h):
(a) the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Lender at any time and from time to time
without notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower, to set-off
and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final), credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Lender or any
Affiliate thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, or any part thereof in such
amounts as Lender may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and description of Lender against
Borrower, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Loan Agreement, or under any other
Loan Document, as Lender may elect, whether or not
Lender has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims
may be contingent or unmatured;
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(b) the Lender may set-off cash, the proceeds of the liquidation of any Facility Collateral
and all other sums or obligations owed by the Lender or its Affiliates to Borrower against all of
Borrower’s obligations to the Lender or its Affiliates, whether under this Loan Agreement or under
any other agreement with the Borrower, or otherwise, whether or not such obligations are then due,
without prejudice to the Lender’s or its Affiliate’s right to recover any deficiency;
(c) the rights of Lender under this Section 11.17 are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including without limitation, other rights of set-off) which Lender may have; and
(d) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender shall have the right to cause
liquidation, termination or acceleration to the extent of any assets pledged by the Borrower to
secure its Obligations hereunder or under any other agreement to which this Section 11.17 applies.
11.18 Reliance. With respect to the Advance, the Lender may conclusively rely upon,
and shall incur no liability to any Loan Party in acting upon, any request or other communication
that the Lender reasonably believes to have been given or made by a person authorized to enter into
the Advance on the Borrower’s behalf.
11.19 Reimbursement. All sums reasonably expended by the Lender in connection with
the exercise of any right or remedy provided for herein shall be and remain the obligation of each
Loan Party (unless and to the extent that the Loan Parties are the prevailing party in any dispute,
claim or action relating thereto). Each Loan Party agrees to pay, with interest at the
Post-Default Rate to the extent that an Event of Default has occurred, the reasonable out of pocket
expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Lender in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, enforcement (including any waivers), administration and amendment of the Loan
Documents (regardless of whether the Loan is entered into hereunder), the taking of any action,
including legal action, required or permitted to be taken by the Lender pursuant thereto, any “due
diligence” or loan agent reviews conducted by the Lender or on their behalf or by refinancing or
restructuring in the nature of a “workout.”
11.20 Waiver Of Redemption And Deficiency Rights. Each Loan Party hereby expressly
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, every statute of limitation on a deficiency
judgment, any reduction in the proceeds of any Facility Collateral as a result of restrictions upon
the Lender contained in the Loan Documents or any other instrument delivered in connection
therewith, and any right that they may have to direct the order in which any of the Facility
Collateral shall be disposed of in the event of any Disposition pursuant hereto.
11.21 Single Agreement. The Borrower and the Lender acknowledge that, and have
entered hereinto and will enter into the Advance hereunder in consideration of and in reliance upon
the fact that, the Advance hereunder constitutes a single business and contractual relationship.
Accordingly, the Borrower and the Lender each agree (i) to perform all of their obligations in
respect of the Advance hereunder, and that a default in the performance of any such obligations
shall constitute a default by it in respect of the Advance hereunder, and (ii) that payments,
deliveries and other transfers made by any of them in respect of the Advance shall be deemed to
have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect thereof
hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers may be
applied against each other and netted.
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11.22 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. If any
provision of any Loan Document shall be held invalid or unenforceable (in whole or in part) as
against any one or more Loan Parties, then such Loan Document shall continue to be enforceable
against all other Loan Parties without regard to any such invalidity or unenforceability.
11.23 Entire Agreement. This Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents embody the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior
agreements, arrangements and understandings relating to the matters provided for herein and
therein. No alteration, waiver, amendments, or change or supplement hereto shall be binding or
effective unless the same is set forth in writing by a duly authorized representative of the
Lender.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Loan Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION as Borrower |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |||
Address for Notices: 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability | |||
Address for Notices: The United States Department of the Treasury 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000 Attention: Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance) Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
$884,024,131.20 | ||
January 16, 0000 | Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),
hereby promises to pay to the order of the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (the “Lender”),
at the principal office of the Lender in Washington, D.C. in lawful money of the United States, and
in immediately available funds, the principal sum of EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR MILLION TWENTY FOUR
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE DOLLARS and TWENTY CENTS (or such lesser amount as shall equal the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advance under the Loan Agreement), on the dates and in the
principal amounts provided in the Loan Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of the Advance, at such office, in like money and funds, for the period commencing on the
date of the Advance until the Advance shall be paid in full, at the rates per annum and on the
dates provided in the Loan Agreement.
The date, amount and interest rate of the Advance, and each payment made on account of the
principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of this
Note, endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation thereof; provided,
that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the
obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing under the Loan Agreement
or hereunder in respect of the Advance.
This Note is the Note referred to in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 16,
2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Loan
Agreement”), between the Borrower and the United States Department of the Treasury, as Lender, and
evidences the Advance thereunder. Terms used but not defined in this Note have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note or in the Loan Agreement, upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default the Lender shall have the option to make demand under this
Note, at which time all amounts owing with respect to this Note and the Loan Agreement may be
immediately exchanged for the Rights Offering Equity in accordance with Section 4.13 of the Loan
Agreement in full and complete satisfaction of the Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Note
and the Loan Agreement.
Subject to the preceding paragraph, the Borrower agrees to pay all the Lender’s costs of
collection and enforcement (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements of Lender’s
counsel) in respect of this Note when incurred, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees through appellate proceedings.
Notwithstanding the pledge of the Facility Collateral, but subject to Section 4.13 and Section
10(h) of the Loan Agreement the Borrower hereby acknowledges, admits and agrees that the Borrower’s
obligations under this Note are recourse obligations of the Borrower to which the Borrower pledges
its full faith and credit.
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The Borrower, and any indorsers or guarantors hereof, (a) severally waive diligence,
presentment, protest and demand and also notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this
Note, (b) expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time
to time, and consent to the acceptance of further Facility Collateral, the release of any Facility
Collateral for this Note, the release of any party primarily or secondarily liable hereon, and (c)
expressly agree that it will not be necessary for the Lender, in order to enforce payment of this
Note, to first institute or exhaust the Lender’s remedies against the Borrower or any other party
liable hereon or against any Facility Collateral for this Note. No extension of time for the
payment of this Note, or any installment hereof, made by agreement by the Lender with any person
now or hereafter liable for the payment of this Note, shall affect the liability under this Note of
the Borrower, even if the Borrower is not a party to such agreement; provided, however, that the
Lender and the Borrower, by written agreement between them, may affect the liability of the
Borrower.
Any reference herein to the Lender shall be deemed to include and apply to every subsequent
holder of this Note. Reference is made to the Loan Agreement for provisions concerning optional
and mandatory prepayments, Facility Collateral, acceleration and other material terms affecting
this Note.
Any enforcement action relating to this Note may be brought by motion for summary judgment in
lieu of a complaint pursuant to Section 3213 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules. The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits for itself and its property in any legal
action or proceeding relating to this Note or the Loan Agreement, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of any court
of the State and county of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. The Borrower consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts and, to the extent permitted by law, waives any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same. The
Borrower agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing
a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to its address set forth in the Loan Agreement or at such other address of which the
Lender shall have been notified. The Borrower agrees that nothing in this Note shall affect the
right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to
xxx in any other jurisdiction.
Insofar as there may be no applicable Federal law, this Note shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any rule of conflicts of law (other than
Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would result in the application of the
substantive law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Nothing in this Note shall
require any unlawful action or inaction by the Borrower.
GENERAL
MOTORS CORPORATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME
TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE MAY BE
OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE BORROWER AT GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, 000 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX
XXXX 00000, ATTENTION: TREASURY.
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SCHEDULE OF LOANS
This Note evidences the Advance made under the within-described Loan Agreement to the
Borrower, on the dates, in the principal amounts and bearing interest at the rates set forth below,
and subject to the payments and prepayments of principal set forth below:
LOAN GRID
Date of | ||||||||
Borrowing | Amount of | Unpaid | ||||||
and | Principal Amount of | Principal Paid | Principal | Notation | ||||
Rate | Advance | or Prepaid | Balance | Made By | ||||
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EXHIBIT B
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of January 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Loan
Agreement”), among GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”)
and the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Lender”) and a copy of the Equity
Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, the “Equity Pledge Agreement”), among the Borrower and the other parties thereto as
pledgors, (the “Pledgors”) and the Lender which such Loan Agreement and/or Equity Pledge
Agreement contains the pledge of Equity Interests of the undersigned Pledged Entity. Capitalized
terms used herein, but not herein defined, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan
Agreement or Equity Pledge Agreement, as applicable. The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the
Lender as follows:
1. | The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Loan Agreement and the Equity Pledge Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned. |
[PLEDGED ENTITY] |
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Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
Address for Notices: |
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Fax: |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
[insert date]
United States Department of the Treasury
[ADDRESS]
Attention:
[ADDRESS]
Attention:
Ladies/Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2009 (the “Loan
Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given
them in the Loan Agreement), between GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (the “Borrower”) and the United
States Department of the Treasury as Lender (the “Lender”).
In accordance with Section 2.03(a) of the Loan Agreement, the undersigned Borrower hereby
requests that you, the Lender, make the Advance to us on the Effective Date.
The Borrower hereby certifies, as of the Funding Date, that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof nor will
occur after giving effect to the Advance as a result of the Advance;
(b) each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in or pursuant to the
Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on
and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have
been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);
(c) the Borrower is in compliance with all governmental licenses and authorizations, except
where the lack of such licenses and authorizations would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all required
jurisdictions, except where the failure to so qualify would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the Borrower has satisfied all conditions precedent in Section 5.02 of the Loan Agreement
and all other requirements of the Loan Agreement.
Very truly yours, |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
In connection with your consideration of a possible or actual acquisition of a participating
interest (the “Transaction”) in a loan, note or commitment of the United States Department
of the Treasury (“Lender”) pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement between the Lender and
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), dated January 16,
2009, you have requested the right to review certain non-public information regarding the Loan
Parties that is in the possession of the Lender. In consideration of, and as a condition to,
furnishing you with such information and any other information (whether communicated in writing or
communicated orally) delivered to you by the Lender or its affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, advisors, agents or “controlling persons” (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) (such affiliates and other persons being herein
referred to collectively as the Lender “Representatives”), in connection with the
consideration of a Transaction (such information being herein referred to as “Evaluation
Material”), the Lender hereby requests your agreement as follows:
(a) The Evaluation Material will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating a possible
Transaction with Lender involving you or your affiliates, and unless and until you have completed
such Transaction pursuant to a definitive agreement between you or any such affiliate and Lender,
such Evaluation Material will be kept strictly confidential by you and your affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, advisors, agents or controlling persons (such affiliates and other persons
being herein referred to collectively as “your Representatives”), except that the
Evaluation Material or portions thereof may be disclosed to those of your Representatives who need
to know such information for the purpose of evaluating a possible Transaction with Lender (it
being understood that prior to such disclosure your Representatives will be informed of the
confidential nature of the Evaluation Material and shall agree to be bound by this Confidentiality
Agreement) or if disclosure is required pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. You agree to
be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by your Representatives.
(b) The term “Evaluation Material” does not include any information which (i) at the time of
disclosure or thereafter is generally known by the public (other than as a result of its
disclosure by you or your Representatives) or (ii) was or becomes available to you on a
nonconfidential basis from a person not otherwise bound by a confidential agreement with Lender or
its Representatives or is not otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to you. As
used in this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “person” shall be broadly interpreted to include,
without limitation, any corporation, company, joint venture, partnership or individual.
(c) In the event that you receive a request to disclose all or any part of the information
contained in the Evaluation Material under the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or other regulatory body, you agree to (i) immediately
notify the Lender and the Borrower of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such a
request, (ii) consult with the Borrower on the advisability of taking legally available steps to
resist or narrow such request, and (iii) if disclosure of such information is required, exercise
your best efforts to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will
be accorded to such information.
(d) Unless otherwise required by law in the opinion of your counsel, neither you nor your
Representative will, without our prior written consent, disclose to any person the fact that the
Evaluation Material has been made available to you.
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(e) You agree not to initiate or maintain contact (except for those contacts made in the
ordinary course of business) with any officer, director or employee of any Loan Party regarding
the business, operations, prospects or finances of any Loan Party or the employment of such
officer, director or employee, except with the express written permission of the Borrower.
(f) You understand and acknowledge that no Loan Party is making any representation or
warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the Evaluation Material or any
other information provided to you by the Lender. Neither the Loan Parties, their affiliates or
Representatives, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling
persons (within the meaning of the 0000 Xxx) shall have any liability to you or any other person
(including, without limitation, any of your Representatives) resulting from your use of the
Evaluation Material.
(g) You agree that neither Lender nor any Loan Party has granted you any license, copyright,
or similar right with respect to any of the Evaluation Material or any other information provided
to you by the Lender.
(h) If you determine that you do not wish to proceed with the Transaction, you will promptly
deliver to the Lender all of the Evaluation Material, including all copies and reproductions
thereof in your possession or in the possession of any of your Representatives.
(i) Without prejudice to the rights and remedies otherwise available to the Loan Parties, the
Loan Parties shall be entitled to equitable relief by way of injunction if you or any of your
Representatives breach or threaten to breach any of the provisions of this Confidentiality
Agreement. You agree to waive, and to cause your Representatives to waive, any requirement for the
securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.
The validity and interpretation of this Confidentiality Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be fully performed therein (excluding the conflicts of law rules) insofar as
there is no applicable Federal law. You submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District
Court for the District Of Columbia and the United States Court of Federal Claims for the purpose of
any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Confidentiality Agreement.
The benefits of this Confidentiality Agreement shall inure to the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto, and the obligations and liabilities assumed in this Confidentiality
Agreement by the parties hereto shall be binding upon the respective successors and assigns.
If it is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to
further appeal) that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, (i) the remaining
terms and provisions hereof shall be unimpaired and shall remain in full force and effect and (ii)
the invalid or unenforceable provision or term shall be replaced by a term or provision that is
valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of such invalid or
unenforceable term or provision.
This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and
supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings relating to the matters
provided for herein. No alteration, waiver, amendments, or change or supplement hereto shall be
binding or effective unless the same is set forth in writing by a duly authorized representative of
each party and may be modified or waived only by a separate letter executed by the Borrower and you
expressly so modifying or waiving such Agreement.
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For the convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Confidentiality
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto. Each such counterpart shall be, and shall be
deemed to be, an original instrument, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one
and the same Agreement.
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Kindly execute and return one copy of this letter which will constitute our Agreement with
respect to the subject matter of this letter.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY |
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By: | ||||
Confirmed and agreed to
this day of , 200 .
By:
Name
Title:]
this day of , 200 .
By:
Name
Title:]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
This Compliance Certificate (“Certificate”) is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 of
the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), among GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
“Lender”). Capitalized terms used herein, but not herein defined, shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
The undersigned, in its capacity as a Responsible Person and without assuming personal
liability, hereby certifies to the Lender as follows:
1. | I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Responsible Person of the Borrower. | ||
2. | I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Certificate. | ||
3. | I have reviewed the terms of the Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents and have made or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the financial statements attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the “Financial Statements”). To my knowledge, such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries covered thereby at the date thereof and the results of its operations for the period covered thereby, subject in the case of interim statements only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the addition of footnotes. Such review did not disclose the existence during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the Financial Statements, and I have no knowledge of the existence, as of the date of this Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default. | ||
4. | Attached hereto as Attachment 2 are the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.03 of the Loan Agreement.1 | ||
5. | Since the Closing Date: |
(a) | Neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party has changed its name or identity or organizational structure; | ||
(b) | Neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party has changed its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or its sole place of business; | ||
(c) | Except, in each case, (i) any of the foregoing that has been previously disclosed in writing to the Lender and in respect of which the Borrower or a Loan Party, as applicable, has delivered to the Lender all required Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other filings required to maintain the perfection and priority of the Lender’s security interest in the Facility Collateral after giving effect to such event, in each case as required by Section 7.09 of the Loan Agreement and (ii) any of |
1 | This certification is only required with quarterly and annual financial statements and at such time as financial covenants are agreed with the President’s Designee |
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the foregoing described in Attachment 3 hereto in respect of which the Borrower or a Loan Party, as applicable, are delivering to the Lender herewith all required Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other filings required to maintain the perfection and priority of the Lender’s security interest in the Facility Collateral after giving effect to such event, in each case as required by Section 7.09 of the Loan Agreement. |
6. | Since the Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party, as applicable, has created or acquired any Subsidiary. | ||
7. | To the best of my knowledge, during the last fiscal [month][quarter][year], the Borrower and the Loan Parties have observed and performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every material condition, contained in the Loan Documents to be observed, performed or satisfied by it. | ||
8. | No Loan Party has (a) incurred, assumed or permitted to exist any Indebtedness of such Loan Party that is not Permitted Indebtedness, (b) made any Investment that is not a Permitted Investment or (c) created, incurred or permitted to exist any Lien on any of its Property that is not a Permitted Lien. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date set forth
below.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION |
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Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
Dated: , 200
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2009 (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), among GENERAL
MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and the United States
Department of the Treasury, as Lender (the “Lender”). Capitalized terms used herein, but
not herein defined, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
(the “Non-U.S. Lender”) is providing this certificate pursuant to
Section 3.03(d) of the Loan Agreement. The Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents and warrants that:
1. | The Non-U.S. Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loans or the obligations evidenced by Note(s) in respect of which it is providing this certificate. | ||
2. | The Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In this regard, the Non-U.S. Lender further represents and warrants that: |
(a) the Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as
a bank in any jurisdiction; and
(b) the Non-U.S. Lender has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax,
securities law or other filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any
application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax,
securities law or other legal requirements.
3. | The Non-U.S. Lender is not a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code. | ||
4. | The Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation receiving interest from a related person within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date set forth below.
[NAME OF NON-U.S. LENDER] |
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Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
Dated:
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