EXECUTION COUNTERPART
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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 29, 2001
between
XL CAPITAL LTD, X.L. AMERICA, INC., XL INSURANCE LTD, XL EUROPE LTD and
XL RE LTD,
as Borrowers and Guarantors,
The LENDERS Party Hereto
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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$500,000,000
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as Advisor, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner
and
MELLON BANK, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS..........................................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.....................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally..................................................11
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP and SAP...................................11
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS.........................................................................12
SECTION 2.01. The Commitments..................................................12
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.............................................12
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings..........................................12
SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings............................................13
SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections...............................................14
SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of the Commitments.....................15
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Term-Out Option; Evidence of Debt............16
SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans..............................................17
SECTION 2.09. Fees. 17
SECTION 2.10. Interest.........................................................18
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest.......................................19
SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs..................................................20
SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments...........................................20
SECTION 2.14. Taxes............................................................21
SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs......22
SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders...................24
ARTICLE III
GUARANTEE...........................................................................25
SECTION 3.01. The Guarantee....................................................25
SECTION 3.02. Obligations Unconditional........................................25
SECTION 3.03. Reinstatement....................................................26
SECTION 3.04. Subrogation......................................................26
SECTION 3.05. Remedies.........................................................26
SECTION 3.06. Continuing Guarantee.............................................27
SECTION 3.07. Rights of Contribution...........................................27
SECTION 3.08. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations......................27
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES......................................................28
SECTION 4.01. Organization; Powers.............................................28
SECTION 4.02. Authorization; Enforceability....................................28
SECTION 4.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.............................28
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SECTION 4.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change..................28
SECTION 4.05. Properties.......................................................29
SECTION 4.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.............................29
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements..............................29
SECTION 4.08. Investment and Holding Company Status............................30
SECTION 4.09. Taxes 30
SECTION 4.10. ERISA 30
SECTION 4.11. Disclosure.......................................................30
SECTION 4.12. Use of Credit....................................................30
SECTION 4.13. Subsidiaries.....................................................31
SECTION 4.14. Withholding Taxes................................................31
SECTION 4.15. Stamp Taxes......................................................31
SECTION 4.16. Legal Form.......................................................31
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS..........................................................................31
SECTION 5.01. Effective Date...................................................31
SECTION 5.02. Each Credit Event................................................33
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS...............................................................33
SECTION 6.01. Financial Statements and Other Information.......................33
SECTION 6.02. Notices of Material Events.......................................35
SECTION 6.03. Preservation of Existence and Franchises.........................35
SECTION 6.04. Insurance........................................................35
SECTION 6.05. Maintenance of Properties........................................35
SECTION 6.06. Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Charges and Priority
Claims Payment of Other Current Liabilities.................36
SECTION 6.07. Financial Accounting Practices...................................36
SECTION 6.08. Compliance with Applicable Laws..................................36
SECTION 6.09. Use of Proceeds..................................................37
SECTION 6.10. Continuation of and Change in Businesses.........................37
SECTION 6.11. Visitation.......................................................37
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS..................................................................37
SECTION 7.01. Mergers..........................................................37
SECTION 7.02. Dispositions.....................................................37
SECTION 7.03. Liens 38
SECTION 7.04. Transactions with Affiliates.....................................39
SECTION 7.05. Ratio of Total Funded Debt to Total Capitalization...............39
SECTION 7.06. Consolidated Net Worth...........................................39
SECTION 7.07. Indebtedness.....................................................40
SECTION 7.08. Claims Paying Ratings............................................40
SECTION 7.09. Private Act......................................................40
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT...................................................................40
ARTICLE IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT............................................................43
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................45
SECTION 10.01. Notices.........................................................45
SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments.............................................45
SECTION 10.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver..............................46
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns..........................................47
SECTION 10.05. Survival........................................................51
SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness........................51
SECTION 10.07. Severability....................................................51
SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff.................................................51
SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc................................52
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................................52
SECTION 10.11. Headings........................................................53
SECTION 10.12. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality...............53
SECTION 10.13. Judgment Currency...............................................54
SCHEDULE I - Commitments
SCHEDULE II - Indebtedness and Liens
SCHEDULE III - Litigation
SCHEDULE IV - Environmental Matters
SCHEDULE V - Subsidiaries
EXHIBIT A - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
EXHIBIT B-1 - Form of Opinion of Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., Counsel to XL Capital
EXHIBIT B-2 - Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq., Counsel to XL America
EXHIBIT B-3 - Form of Opinion of Special U.S. Counsel to the Obligors
EXHIBIT B-4 - Form of Opinion of Special Bermuda Counsel to XL Insurance and XL Re
EXHIBIT B-5 - Form of Opinion of Special Cayman Islands Counsel to XL Capital
EXHIBIT B-6 - Form of Opinion of Special Irish Counsel to XL Europe
EXHIBIT C - Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to Chase
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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 29, 2001, between XL
CAPITAL LTD, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands,
British West Indies ("XL CAPITAL"), X.L. AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation
("XL AMERICA"), XL INSURANCE LTD, a Bermuda limited liability corporation ("XL
INSURANCE"), XL EUROPE LTD, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland
("XL EUROPE") and XL RE LTD, a Bermuda limited liability corporation ("XL RE"
and, together with XL Capital, XL America, XL Insurance and XL Europe, each a
"BORROWER" and each a "GUARANTOR" and, collectively, the "BORROWERS" and the
"GUARANTORS"; the Borrowers and the Guarantors being collectively referred to as
the "OBLIGORS"), the LENDERS party hereto, and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Administrative Agent.
The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders make loans to
them in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $500,000,000 at any one time
outstanding, and the Lenders are prepared to make such loans upon the terms and
conditions hereof. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
to whether such Loan, or the Loans constituting such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"ADJUSTED LIBO RATE" means, for the Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
MULTIPLIED BY (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate for such Interest Period.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means Chase, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
"ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE" means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to a specified Person, another
Person that directly, or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
"ALTERNATE BASE RATE" means, for any day, a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day PLUS 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
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Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as
the case may be.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means (a) for the period from and
including the date hereof to but not including the Commitment Termination Date,
0.29% per annum and (b) in the event that the Term-Out Option has been exercised
and is in effect, for the period from and including the Commitment Termination
Date to but not including the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination
Date, (i) 0.415% per annum or (ii) if XL Capital's ratings from either A.M. Best
& Co. (or its successor) or Standard & Poor's Rating Services (or its successor)
is below A+, 0.54% per annum.
"APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the aggregate principal amount of the Loans held by the
Lenders or, if no Loans are outstanding, the Commitments most recently in
effect, giving effect to any assignments.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent,
in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means the period from and including the
Effective Date to and including the Commitment Termination Date.
"BOARD" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America.
"BORROWER JURISDICTION" means (a) Bermuda, (b) the Cayman
Islands, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) any other country (i) where any
Borrower is licensed or qualified to do business or (ii) from or through which
payments hereunder are made by any Borrower.
"BORROWERS" means each of XL Capital, XL America, XL
Insurance, XL Europe and XL Re.
"BORROWING" means (a) all ABR Loans made, converted or
continued on the same date or (b) all Eurodollar Loans that have the same
Interest Period.
"BORROWING REQUEST" means a request by a Borrower for a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day (a) that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London, the
Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Bermuda or Ireland are authorized or
required by law to remain closed and (b) if such day relates to a borrowing of,
a payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on, a continuation or
conversion of or into, or the Interest Period for, a Eurodollar Borrowing, or to
a notice by a Borrower with respect to any such borrowing, payment, prepayment,
continuation, conversion,
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or Interest Period, that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
carried out in the London interbank market.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS" of any Person means the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the
following events or conditions: (a) any Person or group of Persons (as used in
Sections 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations thereunder) shall have become the beneficial owner (as defined in
rules promulgated by the SEC) of more than 40% of the voting securities of XL
Capital; (b) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or
a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of
XL Capital; or (c) a majority of the members of XL Capital's board of directors
are persons who are then serving on the board of directors without having been
elected by the board of directors or having been nominated for election by its
shareholders.
"CHANGE IN LAW" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or,
for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such
Lender's holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or
issued after the date of this Agreement.
"CHASE" means The Chase Manhattan Bank.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
"COMMITMENT" means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a)
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased
from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 10.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Commitment is set forth on
Schedule I, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount
of the Lenders' Commitments is $500,000,000.
"COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" means June 28, 2002.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, at any date, the consolidated
stockholders' equity of XL Capital and its Subsidiaries.
"CONTROL" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to
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exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED"
have meanings correlative thereto.
"DEFAULT" means any event or condition which constitutes an
Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured
or waived, become an Event of Default.
"DOLLARS" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States
of America.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means the date on which the conditions
specified in Section 5.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
10.02).
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any Law, whether now existing or
subsequently enacted or amended, relating to (a) pollution or protection of the
environment, including natural resources, (b) exposure of Persons, including but
not limited to employees, to Hazardous Materials, (c) protection of the public
health or welfare from the effects of products, by-products, wastes, emissions,
discharges or releases of Hazardous Materials or (d) regulation of the
manufacture, use or introduction into commerce of Hazardous Materials, including
their manufacture, formulation, packaging, labeling, distribution,
transportation, handling, storage or disposal.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY" means any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of a Borrower or any Subsidiary
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any
Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract or agreement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
"EQUITY RIGHTS" means, with respect to any Person, any
subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements
of any kind (including any shareholders' or voting trust agreements) for the
issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or securities convertible into, any
additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other
ownership interests of any type in, such Person.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with any Borrower, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA EVENT" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a
Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
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Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding
standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of
such Borrower's ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to
an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal
from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate 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.
"EURODOLLAR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans constituting such Borrowing, are
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Article VIII.
"EXCLUDED TAXES" means, with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on (or
measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its
principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by
the United States of America or any similar Tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located or (c) with respect to any Lender
(other than an assignee pursuant to a request by XL Capital pursuant to Section
2.16(b)) any Indemnified Tax that (i) is in effect and would apply to amounts
payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement
(or designates a new lending office), other than any Indemnified Tax imposed on
any payment to any Lender to the extent such Lender (or its assignee, as the
case may be) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office
(or assignment, as the case may be) to receive additional amounts from such
Borrower with respect to such Indemnified Tax pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or
(ii) is attributable to such Lender's failure or inability to comply with
Section 2.14(e).
"EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT" means the 364-Day Credit Agreement
dated as of July 5, 2000 between the Obligors, the lenders party thereto, and
Chase, as administrative agent for such lenders.
"FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE" means, for any day, the
weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for
such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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"FINANCIAL OFFICER" means, with respect to any Obligor, a
principal financial officer of such Obligor.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means the government of the United
States of America, or of any other nation, or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory
body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
"GUARANTEE" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, any obligations of such Person (other than endorsements in the
ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection)
guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person in
any manner, whether direct or indirect, and including without limitation any
obligation, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or
any property constituting security therefor for the purpose of assuring the
holder of such Indebtedness, (ii) to advance or provide funds or other support
for the payment or purchase of any such Indebtedness or to maintain working
capital, solvency or other balance sheet condition of such other Person
(including without limitation keepwell agreements, maintenance agreements,
comfort letters or similar agreements or arrangements) for the benefit of any
holder of Indebtedness of such other Person, (iii) to lease or purchase
property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
holder of such Indebtedness, or (iv) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the
holder of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any
Guarantee hereunder shall (subject to any limitations set forth therein) be
deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the
Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made. The terms "GUARANTEE"
and "GUARANTEED" used as a verb shall have a correlative meaning.
"GUARANTORS" means each of XL Capital, XL America, XL
Insurance, XL Europe and XL Re.
"HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" means all explosive or radioactive
substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated
pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"HEDGING AGREEMENT" means any interest rate protection
agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection
agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging
arrangement.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, for any Person, without duplication (it
being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that insurance payment
liabilities, as such, and liabilities arising in the ordinary course of such
Person's business as an insurance or reinsurance company (including GICs) or
corporate member of The Council of Lloyd's or as a provider of financial or
investment
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services or contracts (in each case other than in connection with the
provision of financing to such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates) shall
not be deemed to constitute Indebtedness): (i) all indebtedness or liability for
or on account of money borrowed by, or for or on account of deposits with or
advances to (but not including accrued pension costs, deferred income taxes or
accounts payable of) such Person; (ii) all obligations (including contingent
liabilities) of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, banker's
acceptances or similar instruments; (iii) all indebtedness or liability for or
on account of property or services purchased or acquired by such Person; (iv)
any amount secured by a Lien on property owned by such Person (whether or not
assumed) and Capital Lease Obligations of such Person (without regard to any
limitation of the rights and remedies of the holder of such Lien or the lessor
under such capital lease to repossession or sale of such property); (v) the
maximum available amount of all standby letters of credit issued for the account
of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the
extent unreimbursed); and (vi) all Guarantees of such Person.
"INDEMNIFIED TAXES" means Taxes (including Other Taxes)
imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender on or with respect to any
payment hereunder or the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise
with respect to this Agreement, other than Excluded Taxes.
"INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST" means a request by a Borrower to
convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means (a) with respect to any ABR
Loan, each Quarterly Date and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period of
more than three months' duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at three-month intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period.
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, for any Eurodollar Loan or Borrowing,
the period commencing on the date of such Loan or Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or
six months thereafter, as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or
Interest Election Request; PROVIDED that (i) if any Interest Period would end on
a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall
in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day, and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the
last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan initially shall be the
date on which such Loan is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of
the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan, and the date of a
Borrowing comprising Loans that have been converted or continued shall be the
effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loans.
"LAW" means any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or
award of any Governmental Authority.
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"LENDER AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any Lender, (a) an
Affiliate of such Lender or (b) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course
of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender.
"LENDERS" means the Persons listed on Schedule I and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Acceptance.
"LETTER OF CREDIT AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated
Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 29, 2001 between
the Obligors, the lenders party thereto and Chase, as administrative agent for
such lenders.
"LIBO RATE" means, for the Interest Period for any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or on any
successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute
for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently
provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent
from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period, as the rate for the offering of Dollar deposits with a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available
at such time for any reason, then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall
be the rate at which Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security
arrangement of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to any
conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit
arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security.
"LOANS" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers
pursuant to this Agreement.
"MARGIN STOCK" means "margin stock" within the meaning of
Regulations T, U and X of the Board.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on:
(a) the assets, business, financial condition or operations of a Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (b) the ability of a Borrower to perform
any of its payment or other material obligations under this Agreement.
"MATURITY DATE" means the Commitment Termination Date, as such
date may be extended pursuant to the Term-Out Option.
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"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"NON-U.S. BENEFIT PLAN" means any plan, fund (including any
superannuation fund) or other similar program established or maintained outside
the United States by any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, with respect to
which such Borrower or such Subsidiary has an obligation to contribute, for the
benefit of employees of such Borrower or such Subsidiary, which plan, fund or
other similar program provides, or results in, the type of benefits described in
Section 3(1) or 3(2) of ERISA, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the
Code.
"OBLIGORS" means each of the Borrowers and each of the
Guarantors.
"OTHER TAXES" means 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 Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred
to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"PERSON" means any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
"PLAN" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and in respect of which any Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section
4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
"PRIME RATE" means the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by Chase as its prime rate in effect at its
principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
"PRIVATE ACT" means separate legislation enacted in Bermuda
with the intention that such legislation apply specifically to a Borrower, in
whole or in part.
"QUARTERLY DATES" means the last Business Day of March, June,
September and December in each year, the first of which shall be the first such
day after the date hereof.
"REGISTER" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
10.04.
"RELATED PARTIES" means, with respect to any specified Person,
such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
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"REQUIRED LENDERS" means, at any time, Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of
the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such
time.
"REVOLVING CREDIT EXPOSURE" means, with respect to any Lender
at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loans
at such time.
"SAP" means, as to each Borrower and each Subsidiary that
offers insurance products, the statutory accounting practices prescribed or
permitted by the relevant Governmental Authority for such Borrower's or such
Subsidiary's domicile for the preparation of its financial statements and other
reports by insurance corporations of the same type as such Borrower or such
Subsidiary in effect on the date such statements or reports are to be prepared,
except if otherwise notified by XL Capital as provided in Section 1.03.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor entity.
"STATUTORY RESERVE RATE" means, for any day (or for the
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing), a fraction (expressed as a
decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one MINUS the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages
(including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is
subject on such day (or, with respect to an Interest Period, the denominator of
which is the number one MINUS the arithmetic mean of such aggregates for the
days in such Interest Period) with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities" in
Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute
eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable
regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as
of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person (the "PARENT"),
at any date, any corporation (or similar entity) of which a majority of the
shares of outstanding capital stock normally entitled to vote for the election
of directors (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute
the voting rights of such capital stock) is at such time owned directly or
indirectly by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless
otherwise specified, "Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of a Borrower.
"TAXES" means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
"TERM-OUT OPTION" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.07(b).
"TOTAL FUNDED DEBT" means, at any time, all Indebtedness of XL
Capital and its Subsidiaries which would at such time be classified in whole or
in part as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of XL Capital in
accordance with GAAP.
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"TRANSACTIONS" means the execution, delivery and performance
by the Obligors of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the
proceeds thereof.
"TYPE", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans
constituting such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
"WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan
as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. TERMS GENERALLY. The definitions of terms herein
shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation".
The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the
word "shall". Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all
references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (e) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION 1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS; GAAP AND SAP. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP or SAP, as the context
requires, each as in effect from time to time; PROVIDED that, if XL Capital
notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers request an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date
hereof in GAAP or SAP, as the case may be, or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrowers that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or SAP, as the case may be, or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP or SAP,
as the case may be, as in effect and applied immediately before such change
shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. THE COMMITMENTS. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to a Borrower from
time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount
that will not result in (a) such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding
such Lender's Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding
the total Commitments (it being understood that Loans may be made, or be
outstanding, to more than one of the Borrowers at any time). Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.
SECTION 2.02. LOANS AND BORROWINGS.
(a) OBLIGATIONS OF LENDERS. Each Loan shall be made as part of
a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder; PROVIDED that the Commitments of the Lenders are several
and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to make Loans
as required.
(b) TYPE OF LOANS. Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing
shall be constituted entirely of ABR Loans or of Eurodollar Loans as any
Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make
any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of
such Lender to make such Loan; PROVIDED that any exercise of such option shall
not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
(c) MINIMUM AMOUNTS; LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BORROWINGS. Each
Eurodollar Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or a larger
multiple of $1,000,000. Each ABR Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount equal
to $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000; PROVIDED that an ABR
Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused
balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type may be
outstanding at the same time; PROVIDED that there shall not at any time be more
than a total of ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) LIMITATIONS ON INTEREST PERIODS. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request (or to
elect to convert to or continue as a Eurodollar Borrowing) any Borrowing if the
Interest Period requested therefor would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03. REQUESTS FOR BORROWINGS.
(a) NOTICE BY THE BORROWERS. To request a Borrowing, XL
Capital shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i)
in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
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time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (ii) in
the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one
Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic
Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by XL Capital.
(b) CONTENT OF BORROWING REQUESTS. Each telephonic and
written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance
with Section 2.02:
(i) the relevant Borrower;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business
Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period
therefor, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the
term "Interest Period" and permitted under Section 2.02(d); and
(vi) the location and number of such Borrower's account to
which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the
requirements of Section 2.04.
(c) NOTICE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO THE LENDERS.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing.
(d) FAILURE TO ELECT. If no election as to the Type of a
Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.
If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar
Borrowing, then the requested Borrowing shall be made instead as an ABR
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. FUNDING OF BORROWINGS.
(a) FUNDING BY LENDERS. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of
the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by
notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available
to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to an account of such Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent
in New York City and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request.
(b) PRESUMPTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
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available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the relevant Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available
to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
(ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If
such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall
constitute such Lender's Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.05. INTEREST ELECTIONS.
(a) ELECTIONS BY THE BORROWERS. The Loans constituting each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing
Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have the Interest
Period specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the relevant Borrower
may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to
continue such Borrowing as a Borrowing of the same Type and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect the Interest Period therefor, all as provided in
this Section. The relevant Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans constituting such
Borrowing, and the Loans constituting each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing.
(b) NOTICE OF ELECTIONS. To make an election pursuant to this
Section, XL Capital shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by
telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section
2.03 if XL Capital were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such
election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic
Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly
by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest
Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by XL
Capital.
(c) CONTENT OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUESTS. Each telephonic
and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request
applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to
different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to
each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph shall be specified
for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such
Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR
Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
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(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period therefor after giving effect to such election, which
shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest
Period" and permitted under Section 2.02(d).
(d) NOTICE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO THE LENDERS.
Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative
Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender's
portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) FAILURE TO ELECT; EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If XL Capital fails
to deliver a timely and complete Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, then,
unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest
Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders,
so notifies XL Capital, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i)
no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar
Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted
to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period therefor.
SECTION 2.06. TERMINATION AND REDUCTION OF THE COMMITMENTS.
(a) SCHEDULED TERMINATION. Unless previously terminated, the
Commitments shall terminate at the close of business on the Commitment
Termination Date.
(b) VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OR REDUCTION. The Borrowers may at
any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; PROVIDED that
(i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is $20,000,000
or a larger multiple of $10,000,000 and (ii) the Borrowers shall not terminate
or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment
of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the total Revolving Credit
Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.
(c) NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OR REDUCTION. XL Capital
shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the
Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days
prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such
election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any
notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each notice delivered by XL Capital pursuant to this Section shall be
irrevocable; PROVIDED that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered
by XL Capital may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness
of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by XL
Capital (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.
(d) EFFECT OF TERMINATION OR REDUCTION. Any termination or
reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the
Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Commitments.
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SECTION 2.07. REPAYMENT OF LOANS; TERM-OUT OPTION; EVIDENCE
OF DEBT.
(a) REPAYMENT. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises
to pay to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders, (i) in the event
that the Term-Out Option has not been exercised, the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans made to such Borrower on the Commitment Termination Date and
(ii) in the event that the Term-Out Option has been exercised and is in effect,
on the Maturity Date, the then unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to such
Borrower outstanding at the close of business on the Commitment Termination
Date.
(b) TERM-OUT OPTION. The Borrowers may, by notice given by XL
Capital to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders)
not less than 15 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date, extend the
Maturity Date for all Loans outstanding at the close of business New York City
time on the Commitment Termination Date to the first anniversary of the
Commitment Termination Date (the "TERM-OUT OPTION"); PROVIDED that such
extension shall not be effective with respect to any Lender unless:
(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on each
of the date of the notice requesting such extension and on the
Commitment Termination Date; and
(ii) each of the representations and warranties made by the
Borrowers in Article IV shall be true and complete on and as of each of
the date of the notice requesting such extension and on the Commitment
Termination Date 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).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commitments of the Lenders to make Loans
shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
(c) MANNER OF PAYMENT. Prior to any repayment or prepayment of
any Borrowings hereunder, XL Capital shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to
be paid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment; PROVIDED that each
repayment of Borrowings shall be applied to repay any outstanding ABR Borrowings
before any other Borrowings. If XL Capital fails to make a timely selection of
the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid or prepaid, such payment shall be
applied, first, to pay any outstanding ABR Borrowings and, second, to other
Borrowings in the order of the remaining duration of their respective Interest
Periods (the Borrowing with the shortest remaining Interest Period to be repaid
first). Each payment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans
included in such Borrowing.
(d) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS BY LENDERS. Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice records evidencing the
indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by
such Lender to such Borrower, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(e) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The
Administrative Agent shall maintain records in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made to each Borrower hereunder, the Type thereof and each
Interest Period therefor, (ii) the amount of any
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principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from such
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for account of the Lenders and each Lender's
share thereof.
(f) EFFECT OF ENTRIES. The entries made in the records
maintained pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section shall be PRIMA FACIE
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein;
PROVIDED that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain
such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation
of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(g) PROMISSORY NOTES. Any Lender may request that Loans made
by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, each Borrower shall
prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such
Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the
Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if
such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
SECTION 2.08. PREPAYMENT OF LOANS.
(a) RIGHT TO PREPAY BORROWINGS. The Borrowers shall have the
right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in
part, subject to the requirements of this Section.
(b) NOTICES, ETC. XL Capital shall notify the Administrative
Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in
the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the
case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of
each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; PROVIDED that, if a notice of
prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of
the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such notice of prepayment
may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with
Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that
would be permitted in the case of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in
Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the
Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10 and shall be made in the
manner specified in Section 2.07(c).
SECTION 2.09. FEES.
(a) FACILITY FEE. XL Capital agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Lender a facility fee, which shall
accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.06%, (i) prior to the termination of such
Lender's Commitment, on the daily amount of such Commitment
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(whether used or unused) during the period from and including the Effective Date
to but excluding the earlier of the date such Commitment terminates and the
Commitment Termination Date and (ii) if such Lender continues to have any
Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, on the daily amount
of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which
such Lender's Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such
Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall
be payable on each Quarterly Date and on (i) in the event the Term-Out Option
has not been exercised, the earlier of the date the Commitments terminate and
the Commitment Termination Date or (ii) in the event the Term-Out Option has
been exercised and is in effect, on the Maturity Date, commencing on the first
such date to occur after the date hereof; PROVIDED that any facility fees
accruing after such earlier date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall
be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year
of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) UTILIZATION FEE. XL Capital agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Lender a utilization fee at (i) the
rate per annum equal to 0.05% on the amount of the outstanding Loans of such
Lender for each day that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Loans
shall be greater than 33% but less than or equal to 66% of the aggregate
outstanding Commitments then in effect and (ii) the rate per annum equal to
0.10% on the amount of the outstanding Loans of such Lender for each day that
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Loans shall exceed 66% of the
aggregate outstanding Commitments then in effect. Accrued utilization fees shall
be payable on each Quarterly Date and on the earlier of the date the Commitments
terminate and the Commitment Termination Date; PROVIDED that such utilization
fees shall not accrue after the Term-Out Option has been exercised and is in
effect. All utilization fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day).
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FEES. XL Capital agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and
at the times separately agreed upon between XL Capital and the Administrative
Agent.
(d) PAYMENT OF FEES. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid
on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent
for distribution, in the case of the facility fees and the utilization fees
referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, to the Lenders entitled
thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.10. INTEREST.
(a) ABR LOANS. The Loans constituting each ABR Borrowing shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate.
(b) EURODOLLAR LOANS. The Loans constituting each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing PLUS the Applicable Margin.
(c) DEFAULT INTEREST. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the
Borrowers hereunder is not paid when
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due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue
amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per
annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% PLUS the
rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided above or (ii) in the case of
any other amount, 2% PLUS the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) PAYMENT OF INTEREST. Accrued interest on each Loan shall
be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon (i)
in the event the Term-Out Option has not been exercised, the date the
Commitments terminate or (ii) in the event the Term-Out Option has been
exercised, the Maturity Date; PROVIDED that (i) interest accrued pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of
any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan
prior to the later of the Commitment Termination Date and the Maturity Date),
accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on
the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
therefor, accrued interest on such Borrowing shall be payable on the effective
date of such conversion.
(e) COMPUTATION. All interest hereunder shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the
Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in
a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable
Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the
Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
SECTION 2.11. ALTERNATE RATE OF INTEREST. If prior to the
commencement of the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required
Lenders (acting in good faith) that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining their respective Loans included in
such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to XL Capital and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies XL Capital and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or the
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective
and such Borrowing (unless prepaid) shall be continued as, or converted to, an
ABR Borrowing and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing,
such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.12. INCREASED COSTS.
(a) INCREASED COSTS GENERALLY. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve
requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any
other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by
such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or
otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
(b) CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. If any Lender determines that any
Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender's capital or on the capital of such
Lender's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the
Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such
Lender's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender's policies and the policies of such Lender's
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Lender's holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) CERTIFICATES FROM LENDERS. A certificate of a Lender
setting forth such Lender's good faith determination of the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be,
as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to XL
Capital and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after
receipt thereof by XL Capital.
(d) DELAY IN REQUESTS. Failure or delay on the part of any
Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender's right to demand such compensation; PROVIDED that the
Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 90 days prior to the
date that such Lender notifies XL Capital of the Change in Law giving rise to
such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's intention to claim
compensation therefor; PROVIDED FURTHER that, if the Change in Law giving rise
to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 90 day period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
SECTION 2.13. BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS. In the event of (a) the
payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the
conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other
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than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor, (c) the failure to borrow,
convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be
revocable under Section 2.08(b) and is revoked in accordance herewith), or (d)
the assignment as a result of a request by XL Capital pursuant to Section
2.16(b) of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
therefor, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender
for the loss attributable to such event. The loss to any Lender attributable to
any such event shall be deemed to be an amount determined by such Lender to be
equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender
would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the
period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the
last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a
failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that
would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the
interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for
such Interest Period, OVER (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would
earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such
principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such
Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for Dollar deposits from other banks in
the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A certificate of any
Lender setting forth such Lender's good faith determination of any amount or
amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall
be delivered to XL Capital and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof by XL Capital.
SECTION 2.14. TAXES.
(a) PAYMENTS FREE OF TAXES. Any and all payments by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder shall be made free and
clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes; PROVIDED that if any
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes from such payments,
then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may
be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii)
such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) PAYMENT OF OTHER TAXES BY THE BORROWERS. In addition, each
Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(c) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWERS. The Borrowers shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written
demand to XL Capital therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes
(including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as
the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to XL
Capital by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on
behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive as between
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such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and the Borrowers
absent manifest error.
(d) EVIDENCE OF PAYMENTS. As soon as practicable after any
payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental
Authority, XL Capital on behalf of such Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) EXEMPTIONS. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent
shall, at the written request of XL Capital, provide to any Borrower such form,
certification or similar documentation, if any (each duly completed, accurate
and signed) as is currently required by any Borrower Jurisdiction or any other
jurisdiction, or comply with such other requirements, if any, as is currently
applicable in such Borrower Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction, in order to
obtain an exemption from, or reduced rate of, deduction, payment or withholding
of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes to which such Lender or the Administrative
Agent is entitled pursuant to an applicable tax treaty or the law of such
Borrower Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction; PROVIDED that XL Capital shall
have furnished to such Lender or the Administrative Agent in a reasonably timely
manner copies of such documentation and notice of such requirements together
with applicable instructions. The Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify
any Lender or the Administrative Agent under Section 2.14(a) or (c) for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes to the extent such Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes would not be imposed but for the failure by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to comply with the provisions of the
preceding sentence. Upon the written request of XL Capital, each Lender and the
Administrative Agent will provide to XL Capital such form, certification or
similar documentation (each duly completed, accurate and signed) as may in the
future be required by any Borrower Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction, or
comply with such other requirements, if any, as may be applicable in such
Borrower Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction in order to obtain an exemption
from, or reduced rate of, deduction, payment or withholding of Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes to which such Lender or the Administrative Agent is entitled
pursuant to an applicable tax treaty or the law of the relevant jurisdiction,
PROVIDED that neither such Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall have any
obligation to provide such form, certification or similar document if it would
be unduly burdensome, would require such Lender or the Administrative Agent to
disclose any confidential information or would otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender or the Administrative Agent and PROVIDED FURTHER
that the Borrower shall have furnished to such Lender or the Administrative
Agent in a reasonably timely manner copies of such documentation and notice of
such requirements together with applicable instructions.
SECTION 2.15. PAYMENTS GENERALLY; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING
OF SET-OFFS.
(a) PAYMENTS BY THE BORROWERS. The Borrowers shall make each
payment required to be made by them hereunder (whether of principal, interest or
fees, or under Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds,
without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any
date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be
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deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of
calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
except payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 10.03, which shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute any such payments received by it for account of any other Person to
the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of
such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b) APPLICATION OF INSUFFICIENT PAYMENTS. If at any time
insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to
pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such
funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal
then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance
with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c) PRO RATA TREATMENT. Except to the extent otherwise
provided herein: (i) each Borrowing shall be made from the Lenders, each payment
of fees under Section 2.09 shall be made for account of the Lenders, and each
termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.06
shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata
according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) each Borrowing
shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their
respective Commitments (in the case of the making of Loans) or their respective
Loans that are to be included in such Borrowing (in the case of conversions and
continuations of Loans); (iii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans
by the Borrowers shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance
with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; and (iv)
each payment of interest on Loans by a Borrower shall be made for account of the
Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then
due and payable to the respective Lenders.
(d) SHARING OF PAYMENTS BY LENDERS. If any Lender shall, by
exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in
respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such
Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its
Loans and accrued interest thereon then due than the proportion received by any
other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase
(for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the
extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Loans; PROVIDED that (i) if any such
participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise
thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made
by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to any Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this
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paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to
the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower
in the amount of such participation.
(e) PRESUMPTIONS OF PAYMENT. Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders hereunder
that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders
the amount due. In such event, if the relevant Borrower has not in fact made
such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(f) CERTAIN DEDUCTIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. If any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.04(b) or 2.15(e), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for account of such Lender to satisfy such
Lender's obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations
are fully paid.
SECTION 2.16. MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.
(a) DESIGNATION OF A DIFFERENT LENDING OFFICE. If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if any Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for account of
any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable
efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its
offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable
pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii)
would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay
all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any
such designation or assignment.
(b) REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.12, or if any Borrower is required to pay any
additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for account of any
Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to
fund Loans hereunder, then XL Capital may, at its sole expense and effort, upon
notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to
assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); PROVIDED that (i) XL Capital shall have received the prior written
consent of the
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Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii)
such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the relevant Borrower
(in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required
to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction
in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the relevant Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE III
GUARANTEE
SECTION 3.01. THE GUARANTEE. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and
severally guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their
respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and
interest on the Loans made by the Lenders to each of the Borrowers (other than
such Guarantor in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder) and all other amounts
from time to time owing to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by such
Borrowers under this Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the
terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the "GUARANTEED
OBLIGATIONS"). Each Guarantor hereby further jointly and severally agrees that
if any Borrower (other than such Guarantor in its capacity as a Borrower
hereunder) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor
will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in
the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at
extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of
such extension or renewal.
SECTION 3.02. OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. The obligations of
the Guarantors under Section 3.01 are absolute and unconditional, joint and
several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement or any
other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any
substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor, it being the intent of this Article III that the obligations of the
Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several,
under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following
shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, which shall
remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
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(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the
Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or
compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of
this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein
shall be done or omitted; or
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified,
supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this
Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall
be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations
or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in
part or otherwise dealt with.
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative
Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any
Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to
herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security
for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 3.03. REINSTATEMENT. The obligations of the Guarantors
under this Article III shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent
that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower in respect of
the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any
holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any
proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Guarantors
jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Administrative Agent
and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including
reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and
expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment
constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
SECTION 3.04. SUBROGATION. The Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally agree that until the payment and satisfaction in full of all
Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments
they shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance
by them of their guarantee in Section 3.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise,
against any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations
or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 3.05. REMEDIES. The Guarantors jointly and severally
agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the
Borrowers under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable
as provided in Article VIII (and shall be deemed to have become automatically
due and payable in the circumstances provided in Article VIII) for purposes of
Section 3.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due
and payable) as against any Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration
(or such obligations being
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deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether
or not due and payable by any Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable
by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.06. CONTINUING GUARANTEE. The guarantee in this
Article III is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed
Obligations whenever arising.
SECTION 3.07. RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION. The Guarantors (other
than XL Capital) hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any such Guarantor
shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the
payment by such Guarantor of any Guaranteed Obligations, each other Guarantor
(other than XL Capital) shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but
subject to the next sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount
equal to such Guarantor's Pro Rata Share (as defined below and determined, for
this purpose, without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such
Excess Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of
such Guaranteed Obligations. The payment obligation of a Guarantor to any Excess
Funding Guarantor under this Section shall be subordinate and subject in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such Guarantor
under the other provisions of this Article III and such Excess Funding Guarantor
shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until payment
and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.
For purposes of this Section, (i) "EXCESS FUNDING GUARANTOR"
means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, a Guarantor that has paid an
amount in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii)
"EXCESS PAYMENT" means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, the amount
paid by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such
Guaranteed Obligations and (iii) "PRO RATA SHARE" means, for any Guarantor, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the aggregate
present fair saleable value of all properties of such Guarantor (excluding any
shares of stock of any other Guarantor) exceeds the amount of all the debts and
liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and
unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Guarantor
hereunder and any obligations of any other Guarantor that have been Guaranteed
by such Guarantor) to (y) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value
of all properties of all of the Guarantors (other than XL Capital) exceeds the
amount of all the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated,
unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the
Guarantors under this Article III) of all of the Guarantors (other than XL
Capital), determined (A) with respect to any Guarantor that is a party hereto on
the date hereof, as of the date hereof, and (B) with respect to any other
Guarantor, as of the date such Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 3.08. GENERAL LIMITATION ON GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. In
any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state or
Federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights
of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 3.01
would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of Section 3.07, be held or
determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims
of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section
3.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the
amount of such liability shall,
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without any further action by such Guarantor, any Lender, the Administrative
Agent or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other
creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 4.01. ORGANIZATION; POWERS. Such Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in,
and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is
required.
SECTION 4.02. AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABILITY. The Transactions
are within such Borrower's corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate and, if required, by all necessary shareholder action. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Borrower and constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable against such
Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, examination
or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
SECTION 4.03. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS; NO CONFLICTS. The
Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of (including any
exchange control approval), registration or filing with, or any other action by,
any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in
full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or
the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not
violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other
instrument binding upon such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or assets, or
give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any such
Person, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any
asset of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.04. FINANCIAL CONDITION; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE.
(a) FINANCIAL CONDITION. Such Borrower has heretofore
furnished to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheet and statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of such Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries (A) as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31,
1999 and December 31, 2000, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent public accountants (as provided in XL Capital's Report on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000), and (B) as of
and for the fiscal quarter ended
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March 31, 2001, as provided in XL Capital's Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
SEC for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001. Such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of
operations and cash flows of such Borrower and its respective consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP or
(in the case of XL Europe, XL Insurance or XL Re) SAP, subject to year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred
to in clause (B) of the first sentence of this paragraph.
(b) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. Since December 31, 2000, there
has been no material adverse change in the assets, business, financial condition
or operations of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.05. PROPERTIES.
(a) PROPERTY GENERALLY. Such Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real
and personal property material to its business, subject only to Liens permitted
by Section 7.03 and except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with
its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such
properties for their intended purposes.
(b) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Such Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames,
copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business,
and the use thereof by such Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon
the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.06. LITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(a) ACTIONS, SUITS AND PROCEEDINGS. Except as disclosed in
Schedule III or as routinely encountered in claims activity, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority now pending against or, to the knowledge of such Borrower, threatened
against or affecting such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as disclosed in Schedule IV
and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, neither such Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to
comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any
permit, license or other approval required for its business under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has incurred any Environmental Liability, (iii) has
received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv)
knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 4.07. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND AGREEMENTS. Such
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or
its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in
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the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4.08. INVESTMENT AND HOLDING COMPANY STATUS. Such
Borrower is not (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company"
as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935.
SECTION 4.09. TAXES. Such Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required
to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which such Person has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA
Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all
accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used
for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as
of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts,
exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) all contributions required to be made by any
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries with respect to a Non-U.S. Benefit Plan
have been timely made, (ii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has been maintained in
compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable
laws and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with the
applicable Governmental Authority and (iii) neither any Borrower nor any of
their Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in connection with the
termination or withdrawal from any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan.
SECTION 4.11. DISCLOSURE. The reports, financial statements,
certificates or other information furnished by such Borrower to the Lenders in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (taken
as a whole) do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED that, with
respect to projected financial information, such Borrower represents only that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to
be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 4.12. USE OF CREDIT. Neither such Borrower nor any of
its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities,
in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate,
incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the
proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock
(except for repurchases of the capital stock of XL Capital and purchases of
Margin Stock in
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accordance with XL Capital's Statement of Investment Policy Objectives and
Guidelines as in effect on the date hereof or as it may be changed from time to
time by a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of XL Capital (or
any committee thereof)). The purchase of any Margin Stock with the proceeds of
any Loan will not be in violation of Regulation U or X of the Board and, after
applying the proceeds of such Loan, not more than 25% of the value of the assets
of XL Capital and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole consists or will consist of
Margin Stock.
SECTION 4.13. SUBSIDIARIES. Set forth in Schedule V is a
complete and correct list of all of the Subsidiaries of XL Capital as of the
date hereof, together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of
organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership interests in
such Subsidiary and (iii) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary
represented by such ownership interests. Except as disclosed in Schedule V, (x)
each of XL Capital and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens, and has
the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each
Person shown to be held by it in Schedule V, (y) all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (z) except as disclosed in
filings of XL Capital with the SEC prior to the date hereof, there are no
outstanding Equity Rights with respect to any Borrower.
SECTION 4.14. WITHHOLDING TAXES. Based upon information with
respect to each Lender provided by each Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
of the date hereof, the payment of principal of and interest on the Loans, the
fees under Section 2.09 and all other amounts payable hereunder will not be
subject, by withholding or deduction, to any Taxes imposed by any Borrower
Jurisdiction.
SECTION 4.15. STAMP TAXES. To ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any promissory
notes evidencing Loans made (or to be made), it is not necessary that this
Agreement or such promissory notes or any other document be filed or recorded
with any Governmental Authority or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or
in respect of this Agreement or such promissory notes, or any other document
other than such filings and recordations that have already been made and such
stamp or similar taxes that have already been paid.
SECTION 4.16. LEGAL FORM. Each of this Agreement and any
promissory notes evidencing Loans made (or to be made) is in proper legal form
under the laws of any Borrower Jurisdiction for the admissibility thereof in the
courts of such Borrower Jurisdiction.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS
SECTION 5.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. The obligations of the Lenders
to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which the
Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, each
of which shall be satisfactory to the
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Administrative Agent (and to the extent specified below, to each Lender) in form
and substance (or such condition shall have been waived in accordance with
Section 10.02):
(a) EXECUTED COUNTERPARTS. From each party hereto either (i) a
counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii)
written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page to this
Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) OPINIONS OF COUNSEL TO THE OBLIGORS. Opinions, each dated
the Effective Date, of (i) Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., counsel to XL
Capital, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, (ii) Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Esq., counsel to XL America, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-2, (iii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special U.S. counsel for
the Obligors, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3, (iv) Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx & Xxxxxxx, special Bermuda counsel to XL Insurance and XL Re,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4, (v) Hunter & Hunter, special
Cayman Islands counsel to XL Capital, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-5 and (vi) A&L Goodbody, special Irish counsel to XL Europe,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-6.
(c) OPINION OF SPECIAL NEW YORK COUNSEL TO CHASE. An opinion,
dated the Effective Date, of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP,
special New York counsel to Chase, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C (and Chase hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to
the Lenders).
(d) CORPORATE DOCUMENTS. Such documents and certificates as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating
to the organization, existence and good standing of the Obligors, the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating
to the Obligors, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its
counsel.
(e) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. A certificate, dated the Effective
Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial
Officer of XL Capital, confirming compliance with the conditions set
forth in the lettered clauses of the first sentence of Section 5.02.
(f) EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT. Evidence that (i) the Obligors
shall have paid in full all principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the loans under the Existing Credit Agreement and all fees
and expenses owing by the Obligors thereunder, (ii) all other amounts
(if any) payable by the Obligors under or in respect of the Existing
Credit Agreement have been paid in full and (iii) the Commitments (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) have terminated.
(g) OTHER DOCUMENTS. Such other documents as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or special New York counsel to Chase
may reasonably request.
The obligation of any Lender to make its initial Loan
hereunder is also subject to the payment by XL Capital of such fees as XL
Capital shall have agreed to pay to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in
connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Milbank,
Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special New York counsel to Chase, in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Loans
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hereunder (to the extent that reasonably detailed statements for such fees and
expenses have been delivered to XL Capital).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the
Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 10.02) on or prior to 3:00 p.m., New
York City time, on June 29, 2001 (and, in the event such conditions are not so
satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 5.02. EACH CREDIT EVENT. The obligation of each
Lender to make any Loan is additionally subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Obligors set
forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date
of such Loan (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
(b) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
Loan, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by
the Obligors on the date thereof as to the matters specified in the preceding
sentence.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have
been paid in full, the Borrowers covenant and agree with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION. Each
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 135 days after the end of each fiscal year of such
Borrower (but in the case of XL Capital, within 100 days after the end
of each fiscal year of XL Capital), the audited consolidated balance
sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year (if such figures were
already produced for such corresponding period or periods) (it being
understood that delivery to the Lenders of XL Capital's Report on Form
10-K filed with the SEC shall satisfy the financial statement delivery
requirements of this paragraph (a) to deliver the annual financial
statements of XL Capital so long as the financial information required
to be contained in such Report is substantially the same as the
financial information required under this paragraph (a)), all reported
on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public
accountants of recognized
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national standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of
such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements
present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and
results of operations of such Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP or (in the
case of XL Europe, XL Insurance and XL Re) SAP, as the case may be,
consistently applied;
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of such Borrower, the consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows of such Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet,
as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods of the previous
fiscal year (if such figures were already produced for such
corresponding period or periods), all certified by a Financial Officer
of such Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of such Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP or (in the case of XL Europe, XL Insurance and XL Re) SAP, as the
case may be, consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes (it being understood that
delivery to the Lenders of XL Capital's Report on Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC shall satisfy the financial statement delivery requirements of
this paragraph (b) to deliver the quarterly financial statements of XL
Capital so long as the financial information required to be contained
in such Report is substantially the same as the financial information
required under this paragraph (b));
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements
under clause (a) or (b) of this Section, a certificate signed on behalf
of each Borrower by a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to whether a
Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the
details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating compliance with Sections 7.03, 7.05, 7.06 and 7.07 and
(iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or (in the case of XL Europe,
XL Insurance and XL Re) SAP or in the application thereof has occurred
since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in
Section 4.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such
certificate;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements
under clause (a) of this Section, a certificate of the accounting firm
that reported on such financial statements stating whether they
obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such
financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited
to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies
of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed by such Borrower or any of its respective Subsidiaries with the
SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the
functions of said Commission, or with any U.S. or other securities
exchange, or distributed by such Borrower to its shareholders
generally, as the case may be;
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(f) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements
under clause (a) or (b) of this Section, a certificate of a Financial
Officer of XL Capital, setting forth on a consolidated basis for XL
Capital and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal
year or quarter to which such certificate relates (i) the aggregate
book value of assets which are subject to Liens permitted under Section
7.03(g) and the aggregate book value of liabilities which are subject
to Liens permitted under Section 7.03(g) (it being understood that the
reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall
satisfy the requirement of this clause (i) of this paragraph (f) if
such reports set forth separately, in accordance with GAAP, line items
corresponding to such aggregate book values) and (ii) a calculation
showing the portion of each of such aggregate amounts which portion is
attributable to transactions among wholly-owned Subsidiaries of XL
Capital; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other
information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial
condition of XL Capital or any of its Subsidiaries, or compliance with
the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender
may reasonably request.
SECTION 6.02. NOTICES OF MATERIAL EVENTS. Each Borrower will
furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default; and
(b) any event or condition constituting, or which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the relevant Borrower setting
forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any
action taken or proposed to be taken by such Borrower with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.03. PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE AND FRANCHISES. Each
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain its
corporate existence and its material rights and franchises in full force and
effect in its jurisdiction of incorporation; PROVIDED that the foregoing shall
not prohibit any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 7.01. Each
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, qualify and remain
qualified as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which failure to
receive or retain such qualification would have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.04. INSURANCE. Each Borrower will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound and reputable
insurers, insurance with respect to its properties in such amounts as is
customary in the case of corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses
having similar properties similarly situated.
SECTION 6.05. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Each Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained
in good repair, working order and condition the properties now or hereafter
owned, leased or otherwise possessed by and used or useful in its business and
will make or cause to be made all needful and proper repairs, renewals,
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replacements and improvements thereto so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times except if the
failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the foregoing shall not impose on such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such
Borrower any obligation in respect of any property leased by such Borrower or
such Subsidiary in addition to such Borrower's obligations under the applicable
document creating such Borrower's or such Subsidiary's lease or tenancy.
SECTION 6.06. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER POTENTIAL CHARGES AND
PRIORITY CLAIMS PAYMENT OF OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES. Each Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge:
(a) on or prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto,
all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies imposed
upon it or any of its properties or income;
(b) on or prior to the date when due, all lawful claims of
materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other
like Persons which, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien
upon any such property; and
(c) on or prior to the date when due, all other lawful claims
which, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien upon any such
property (other than Liens not forbidden by Section 7.03) or which, if
unpaid, might give rise to a claim entitled to priority over general
creditors of such Borrower in any proceeding under the Bermuda
Companies Law or Bermuda Insurance Law, or any insolvency proceeding,
liquidation, receivership, rehabilitation, dissolution or winding-up
involving such Borrower or such Subsidiary;
PROVIDED that, unless and until foreclosure, distraint, levy, sale or similar
proceedings shall have been commenced, such Borrower need not pay or discharge
any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity thereof
is contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted
and so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions as may be required
by GAAP or SAP, as the case may be, shall have been made therefor and so long as
such failure to pay or discharge does not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.07. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. Such Borrower
will, and will cause each of its consolidated Subsidiaries to, make and keep
books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect its transactions and dispositions of its assets and maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements required under Section 6.01 in conformity with GAAP and SAP, as
applicable, and to maintain accountability for assets.
SECTION 6.08. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. Each Borrower
will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable
Laws (including but not limited to the Bermuda Companies Law and Bermuda
Insurance Laws) in all respects; PROVIDED that such Borrower or any Subsidiary
of such Borrower will not be deemed to be in violation of this Section as a
result of any failure to comply with any such Law which would not (i) result in
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fines, penalties, injunctive relief or other civil or criminal liabilities
which, in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) otherwise
impair the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
SECTION 6.09. USE OF PROCEEDS. Each Borrower will use the
proceeds of all Loans for its general corporate purposes (which may include
funding acquisitions, paying dividends and repurchasing securities).
SECTION 6.10. CONTINUATION OF AND CHANGE IN BUSINESSES. Each
Borrower and its Subsidiaries will continue to engage in substantially the same
business or businesses it engaged in (or proposes to engage in) on the date of
this Agreement and businesses related or incidental thereto.
SECTION 6.11. VISITATION. Each Borrower will permit such
Persons as any Lender may reasonably designate to visit and inspect any of the
properties of such Borrower, to discuss its affairs with its financial
management, and provide such other information relating to the business and
financial condition of such Borrower at such times as such Lender may reasonably
request. Each Borrower hereby authorizes its financial management to discuss
with any Lender the affairs of such Borrower.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been
paid in full, each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 7.01. MERGERS. No Borrower will merge with or into or
consolidate with any other Person, except that if no Default shall occur and be
continuing or shall exist at the time of such merger or consolidation or
immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto any Borrower may merge or
consolidate with any other corporation, including a Subsidiary, if such Borrower
shall be the surviving corporation.
SECTION 7.02. DISPOSITIONS. No Borrower will, nor will it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily (any of the
foregoing being referred to in this Section as a "DISPOSITION" and any series of
related Dispositions constituting but a single Disposition), any of its
properties or assets, tangible or intangible (including but not limited to sale,
assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights, chattel
paper or general intangibles with or without recourse), except:
(a) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business involving
current assets or other assets classified on such Borrower's balance
sheet as available for sale;
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(b) sales, conveyances, assignments or other transfers or
dispositions in immediate exchange for cash or tangible assets,
PROVIDED that any such sales, conveyances or transfers shall not
individually, or in the aggregate for the Borrowers and their
respective Subsidiaries, exceed $500,000,000 in any calendar year; or
(c) Dispositions of equipment or other property which is
obsolete or no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of
such Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 7.03. LIENS. No Borrower will, nor will it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any
property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by
it, except:
(a) Liens existing on the date hereof (and extension, renewal
and replacement Liens upon the same property, PROVIDED that the amount
secured by each Lien constituting such an extension, renewal or
replacement Lien shall not exceed the amount secured by the Lien
theretofore existing) and listed on Part B of Schedule II;
(b) Liens arising from taxes, assessments, charges, levies or
claims described in Section 6.06 that are not yet due or that remain
payable without penalty or to the extent permitted to remain unpaid
under the provision of Section 6.06;
(c) Liens on property securing all or part of the purchase
price thereof to such Borrower and Liens (whether or not assumed)
existing on property at the time of purchase thereof by such Borrower
(and extension, renewal and replacement Liens upon the same property);
PROVIDED (i) each such Lien is confined solely to the property so
purchased, improvements thereto and proceeds thereof, and (ii) the
aggregate amount of the obligations secured by all such Liens on any
particular property at any time purchased by such Borrower, as
applicable, shall not exceed 100% of the lesser of the fair market
value of such property at such time or the actual purchase price of
such property;
(d) zoning restrictions, easements, minor restrictions on the
use of real property, minor irregularities in title thereto and other
minor Liens that do not in the aggregate materially detract from the
value of a property or asset to, or materially impair its use in the
business of, such Borrower or any such Subsidiary;
(e) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.07(c)
covering assets whose market value is not materially greater than the
amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby plus a commercially
reasonable margin;
(f) Liens on cash and securities of a Borrower or its
Subsidiaries incurred as part of the management of its investment
portfolio in accordance with XL Capital's Statement of Investment
Policy Objectives and Guidelines as in effect on the date hereof or as
it may be changed from time to time by a resolution duly adopted by the
board of directors of XL Capital (or any committee thereof);
(g) Liens on (i) assets received, and on actual or imputed
investment income on such assets received, relating and identified to
specific insurance payment liabilities or to liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of any Borrower's or any of their Subsidiary's
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business as an insurance or reinsurance company (including GICs) or
corporate member of The Council of Lloyd's or as a provider of
financial or investment services or contracts, or the proceeds thereof,
in each case held in a segregated trust or other account and securing
such liabilities or (ii) any other assets subject to any trust or other
account arising out of or as a result of contractual, regulatory or any
other requirements; PROVIDED that in no case shall any such Lien secure
Indebtedness and any Lien which secures Indebtedness shall not be
permitted under this clause (g);
(h) statutory and common law Liens of materialmen, mechanics,
carriers, warehousemen and landlords and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of business; and
(i) Liens existing on property of a Person immediately prior
to its being consolidated with or merged into any Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries or its becoming a Subsidiary, and Liens existing on
any property acquired by any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries at
the time such property is so acquired (whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby shall have been assumed) (and extension, renewal and
replacement Liens upon the same property, PROVIDED that the amount
secured by each Lien constituting such an extension, renewal or
replacement Lien shall not exceed the amount secured by the Lien
theretofore existing); PROVIDED that (i) no such Lien shall have been
created or assumed in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or
such Person's becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition of property and
(ii) each such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of
property so acquired and, if required by terms of the instrument
originally creating such Lien, other property which is an improvement
to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired
property.
SECTION 7.04. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. No Borrower will,
nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or carry out any
transaction with (including, without limitation, purchase or lease property or
services to, loan or advance to or enter into, suffer to remain in existence or
amend any contract, agreement or arrangement with) any Affiliate of such
Borrower, or directly or indirectly agree to do any of the foregoing, except (i)
transactions involving guarantees or co-obligors with respect to any
Indebtedness described in Part A of Schedule II, (ii) transactions among the
Borrowers and their wholly-owned Subsidiaries and (iii) transactions with
Affiliates in good faith in the ordinary course of such Borrower's business
consistent with past practice and on terms no less favorable to such Borrower or
any Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable
transaction on an arm's length basis from an unrelated Person.
SECTION 7.05. RATIO OF TOTAL FUNDED DEBT TO TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION. XL Capital will not permit its ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt to
(b) the sum of Total Funded Debt PLUS Consolidated Net Worth to be greater than
0.35:1.00 at any time.
SECTION 7.06. CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH. XL Capital will not
permit its Consolidated Net Worth to be less than the sum of (a) $4,600,000,000
PLUS (b) 25% of net income (if positive) for each fiscal quarter of XL Capital
commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2001.
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SECTION 7.07. INDEBTEDNESS. No Borrower will, nor will it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Indebtedness, or agree, become or remain liable (contingent or
otherwise) to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) Indebtedness created hereunder;
(b) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Letter of Credit
Agreement;
(c) secured Indebtedness (including secured reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit) of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount (for all Borrowers and
their respective Subsidiaries) not exceeding $300,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(d) other unsecured Indebtedness, so long as upon the
incurrence thereof no Default would occur or exist;
(e) Indebtedness consisting of accounts or claims payable and
accrued and deferred compensation (including options) incurred in the
ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(f) Indebtedness incurred in transactions described in
Section 7.03(f); and
(g) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and described in
Part A of Schedule II and extensions, renewals and replacements of any
such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof.
SECTION 7.08. CLAIMS PAYING RATINGS. XL Capital will maintain
at all times a claims-paying rating of at least "A" from A.M. Best & Co. (or its
successor) and XL Insurance and XL Re will maintain at all times a rating of at
least "A" from Standard & Poor's Rating Services (or its successor).
SECTION 7.09. PRIVATE ACT. No Borrower will become subject
to a Private Act other than the X.L. Insurance Company, Ltd. Act, 1989.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events ("EVENTS OF DEFAULT") shall
occur:
(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due
date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or
any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause
(a) of this Article) payable under
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this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 3 or more days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any
Borrower in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or
modification hereof, or in any certificate or financial statement
furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall prove to have been
false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made (or
deemed made) or furnished;
(d) any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in Article VII;
(e) any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those
specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of 20 or more days after notice
thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the request of any
Lender) to such Obligor;
(f) any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall default (i)
in any payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for
borrowed money in principal amount of $50,000,000 or more, or any
payment of any principal amount of $50,000,000 or more under Hedging
Agreements, in each case beyond any period of grace provided with
respect thereto, or (ii) in the performance of any other agreement,
term or condition contained in any such agreement (other than Hedging
Agreements) under which any such obligation in principal amount of
$50,000,000 or more is created, if the effect of such default is to
cause or permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or trustee on
behalf of such holder or holders) to cause such obligation to become
due prior to its stated maturity or to terminate its commitment under
such agreement, PROVIDED that this clause (f) shall not apply to
secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale
or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(g) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises shall have been entered adjudging any Borrower a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization of such Borrower under the Bermuda Companies Law or the
Cayman Islands Companies Law (2000 Revision), or any other similar
applicable Law, and such decree or order shall have continued
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or a decree or order
of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of
an examiner, receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in
bankruptcy or insolvency of such Borrower or a substantial part of its
property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered, and such decree or order shall have continued
undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days;
(h) any Borrower shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated
a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy
proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization under the Bermuda Companies Law or the Cayman
Islands Companies Law (2000 Revision) or any other similar applicable
Law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall
consent to the
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appointment of an examiner, receiver or liquidator or trustee or
assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or a substantial part of its
property, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or corporate or other action shall be taken by such
Borrower in furtherance of any of the aforesaid purposes;
(i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 shall be rendered against
any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and
the same shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed (whether by
appeal or otherwise) or bonded pending appeal within 45 days from the
entry thereof;
(j) an ERISA Event (or similar event with respect to any
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan) shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the
Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events and
such similar events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000;
(k) a Change in Control shall occur;
(l) XL Capital shall cease to own, beneficially and of record,
directly or indirectly all of the outstanding voting shares of capital
stock of XL Insurance, XL Re, XL America or XL Europe (except, in the
case of any company organized under the laws of Bermuda, for a nominal
number of shares owned by nominee shareholders required by the Bermuda
Companies Law); or
(m) the guarantee contained in Article III shall terminate or
cease, in whole or material part, to be a legally valid and binding
obligation of each Guarantor or any Guarantor or any Person acting for
or on behalf of any of such parties shall contest such validity or
binding nature of such guarantee itself or the Transactions, or any
other Person shall assert any of the foregoing;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower
described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrowers, take either
or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate
the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in
part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of
the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder,
shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers;
and in case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (g) or
(h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the
principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon
and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued
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hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by
the Borrowers.
ARTICLE IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the
Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall
have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender
and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and
such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or any Subsidiary or
other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject
to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the
Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders,
and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of
the Required Lenders or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of
any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and
shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or
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by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not
incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult
with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties
and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying
the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with XL Capital, to appoint a successor.
If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative
Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent's
resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (1) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of the
Administrative Agent (and all payments and communications provided to be made
by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each
Lender directly) until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
paragraph). The fees payable by XL Capital to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between XL Capital and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's
resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall
continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Lead
Arranger, Bookrunner and Co-Syndication Agents named on the cover page of this
Agreement shall not have any duties or liabilities under this Agreement, except
in their capacity, if any, as Lenders.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. NOTICES. Except in the case of notices and
other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices
and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if to any Borrower, to XL Capital at XX Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx XX 00 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
(Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000); WITH A COPY to Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq. at
the same address and telecopy number (000) 000-0000);
(b) if to the Administrative Agent, to The Chase Manhattan
Bank, 1 Chase Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention of Loan and Agency Services Group, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
(Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000; Telephone No. (000) 000-0000), WITH A
COPY to The Chase Manhattan Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (Telecopy No.
000-0000; Telephone No. 000-0000); and
(c) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number)
set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case
of any such change by a Lender, by notice to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent). All notices and other communications given to any party
hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 10.02. WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS.
(a) NO DEEMED WAIVERS; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No failure or
delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of
any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrowers
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not
be
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construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative
Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the
time.
(b) AMENDMENTS. Neither this Agreement nor any provision
hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or
agreements in writing entered into by the Obligors and the Required Lenders or
by the Obligors and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required
Lenders; PROVIDED that no such agreement shall:
(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written
consent of such Lender,
(ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the
rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without
the written consent of each Lender affected thereby,
(iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal
amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment,
or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without
the written consent of each Lender affected thereby,
(iv) change Section 2.15(c) or 2.15(d) without the consent of
each Lender affected thereby,
(v) release any of the Guarantors from any of their guarantee
obligations under Article III without the written consent of each
Lender, and
(vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the
percentage in the definition of the term "Required Lenders" or any
other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders
required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender;
and PROVIDED FURTHER that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise
affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.03. EXPENSES; INDEMNITY; DAMAGE WAIVER.
(a) COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Borrowers shall pay (i) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this
Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof
(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated), (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one legal
counsel for the Administrative Agent and one legal counsel for the Lenders, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with
the Loans made
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hereunder, including in connection with any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect thereof and (iii) all transfer, stamp, documentary or
other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or
revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to
herein.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWERS. The Borrowers shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of
any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an "INDEMNITEE")
against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee (but not including Excluded
Taxes) incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by
the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation
of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan
or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in
any way to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; PROVIDED that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses result from or arise
out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) REIMBURSEMENT BY LENDERS. To the extent that the Borrowers
fail to pay any amount required to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent
under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay
to the Administrative Agent such Lender's Applicable Percentage (determined as
of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is
sought) of such unpaid amount; PROVIDED that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may
be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity
as such.
(d) WAIVER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ETC. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) PAYMENTS. All amounts due under this Section shall be
payable promptly after written demand therefor.
SECTION 10.04. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
(a) ASSIGNMENTS GENERALLY. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower
shall assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
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obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any
attempted assignment or transfer by a Borrower without such consent shall be
null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement.
(b) ASSIGNMENTS BY LENDERS. Any Lender may assign to one or
more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it); PROVIDED that
(i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a
Lender Affiliate, each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
must give their prior written consent to such assignment (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a
Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the
date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than
$5,000,000 unless each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
otherwise consent,
(iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment
of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement,
(iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and
(v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver
an Administrative Questionnaire to the Administrative Agent (with a
copy to XL Capital);
PROVIDED FURTHER that any consent of the Borrowers otherwise required under this
paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b),
(g) or (h) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing. Upon acceptance and
recording pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 10.03). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
Lender (a "GRANTING LENDER") may grant to a special purpose vehicle (an "SPV")
of such Granting Lender, identified as such in writing from time to time by the
Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, the option to
provide to the Borrowers all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender
would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01,
PROVIDED that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to
make any Loan, (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise
fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be
obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) the Borrowers
may bring any proceeding against either or both the Granting Lender or the SPV
in order to enforce any rights of the Borrowers hereunder. The making of a Loan
by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the
same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by the Granting Lender. Each party
hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any payment under this
Agreement for which a Lender would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to
the extent, the related Granting Lender makes such payment. In furtherance of
the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive
the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and
one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other
senior indebtedness of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other
person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or similar proceedings under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof arising out of any claim
against such SPV under this Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Section, any SPV may with notice to, but without
the prior written consent of, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent and
without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its
interests in any Loans to its Granting Lender or to any financial institutions
(consented to by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity
and/or credit support (if any) with respect to commercial paper issued by such
SPV to fund such Loans and such SPV may disclose, on a confidential basis,
confidential information with respect to any Borrower and its Subsidiaries to
any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of a surety, guarantee or
credit liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This paragraph may not be amended
without the consent of any SPV at the time holding Loans under this Agreement.
(c) MAINTENANCE OF REGISTER BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers,
shall maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the
Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
"REGISTER"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower and any Lender, at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENTS. Upon its receipt of a duly
completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an
assignee, the assignee's completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the
assignee shall already be a Lender
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hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) PARTICIPATIONS. Any Lender may, without the consent of the
Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks
or other entities (a "PARTICIPANT") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans owing to it); PROVIDED that (i) any such participation
sold to a Participant which is not a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or a Federal
Reserve Bank shall be made only with the consent (which in each case shall not
be unreasonably withheld) of XL Capital and the Administrative Agent, unless a
Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case the consent of XL Capital
shall not be required, (ii) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall
remain unchanged, (iii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iv) the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; PROVIDED that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such
Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that
each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and
2.14 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
(f) LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEES AND PARTICIPANTS. A
Participant or Assignee shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.12 or 2.14 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant or the
Lender interest assigned, unless the sale of the participation to such
Participant or the assignment is made with the Borrowers' prior written consent.
(g) CERTAIN PLEDGES. Any Lender may at any time pledge or
assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge or
assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; PROVIDED that no such pledge
or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(h) NO ASSIGNMENTS TO ANY BORROWER OR AFFILIATES. Anything in
this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or
participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to any Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender.
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SECTION 10.05. SURVIVAL. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the Borrowers herein and in the
certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties
hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other
party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not
expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 10.03 and
Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the
Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of
this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 10.06. COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and
any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract between and among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when
taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.07. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement
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 hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.08. RIGHT OF SETOFF. If an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time
and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and
apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender
to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any of and all the
obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held
by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The
rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
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SECTION 10.09. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. Each Obligor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting
in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern
District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that
a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement against any Obligor or its properties in
the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. Each Obligor hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in
any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding
in any such court.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. Each party to this Agreement
irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in
Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to
this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(e) WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. To the extent that any Borrower has
or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any
legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution or execution, on the ground of sovereignty or
otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of
its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER
BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER
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AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 10.11. HEADINGS. Article and Section headings and the
Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken
into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.12. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION;
CONFIDENTIALITY.
(a) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. Each of the Borrowers
acknowledge that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and
other services may be offered or provided to any Borrower or one or more of
their Subsidiaries (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any
Lender or by one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of such Lender and each of
the Borrowers hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information delivered
to such Lender by such Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement,
or in connection with the decision of such Lender to enter into this Agreement,
to any such subsidiary or affiliate, it being understood that (i) any such
information shall be used only for the purpose of advising the Borrowers or
preparing presentation materials for the benefit of the Borrowers and (ii) any
such subsidiary or affiliate receiving such information shall be bound by the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section as if it were a Lender hereunder.
Such authorization shall survive the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or
termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined
below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates'
directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel
and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure
is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this
Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any
suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of
rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement in writing containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this paragraph and for the benefit of the
Borrowers, to (a) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee
of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
(b) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with
the consent of the Borrowers or (viii) to the extent such Information (A)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph
or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Borrower. For the purposes of
this paragraph, "INFORMATION" means all information received from a Borrower
relating to a Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is
available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by such Borrower; PROVIDED that, in the case of information
received from a Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to
maintain the
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confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered
to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the
same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such
Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will
not trade the securities of any of the Borrowers based upon non-public
Information that is received by them.
SECTION 10.13. JUDGMENT CURRENCY. This is an international
loan transaction in which the specification of Dollars and payment in New York
City is of the essence, and the obligations of each Borrower under this
Agreement to make payment to (or for account of) a Lender in Dollars shall not
be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment
expressed in or converted into any other currency or in another place except to
the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by such
Lender in New York City of the full amount of Dollars payable to such Lender
under this Agreement. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it
is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency (in
this Section called the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY"), the rate of exchange that shall be
applied shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Administrative Agent could purchase such Dollars at the principal office of the
Administrative Agent in New York City with the judgment currency on the Business
Day next preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of
each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender hereunder (in this Section called an "ENTITLED PERSON") shall,
notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such
judgment, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following
receipt by such Entitled Person of any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the
judgment currency such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase and transfer Dollars to New York City with the amount of the
judgment currency so adjudged to be due; and each Borrower hereby, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify such
Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand, in Dollars,
the amount (if any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in
Dollars hereunder exceeds the amount of the Dollars so purchased and
transferred.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
X.L. AMERICA, INC.,
as a Borrower and a Guarantor
By
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Title:
XL INSURANCE LTD,
as a Borrower and a Guarantor
By
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Name:
Title:
XL EUROPE LTD,
as a Borrower and a Guarantor
By
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Name:
Title:
XL RE LTD,
as a Borrower and a Guarantor
By
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Name:
Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, XL Capital has caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as a Deed by an authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
EXECUTED AS A DEED by XL CAPITAL LTD,
as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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witness
By
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Name:
Title:
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LENDERS
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
individually and as Administrative Agent
By
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Name:
Title:
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CITIBANK, N.A.
By
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Name:
Title:
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MELLON BANK, N.A.
By
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Name:
Title:
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By
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Name:
Title:
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BANK ONE, NA
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
By
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Name:
Title:
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG
By
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXXXXX XXXX XX, XXX XXXX AND GRAND
CAYMAN BRANCHES
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By
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Name:
Title:
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LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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THE BANK OF BERMUDA LIMITED
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
<
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A.
By
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
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COMERICA BANK
By
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Name:
Title:
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By
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Name:
Title:
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NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
By
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX AND TRUST COMPANY
By
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Name:
Title:
